the, the, [000:00:00;00] the, [000:00:00;00] the, you're watching the news, our live from headquarters, and del times already. you navigate are coming up in the next 60 minutes. armed functions across syria agreed to unites under the ministry of defense. part of the new administration's restructuring plan is really dro strikes target. the

headquarters of draws us civil defense killing 2 people with no let up and it's cj often on these earliest continue to combine the innocent civilians ruthlessly. and without any massive christians and they occupied westbank celebrate christmas eve in the shadow of israel's devastating war on goss, on the, on the opposition and most on vehicles for nationwide protest software or high court confirmed the governing parties. when in october disputed election, the hello syria is new administration has shown its 1st major sign of unity. master armed factions reached an agreement to dispense its liter. i fled a shudder as as the groups across the country will form one army under the

administrative defense. they all gathered at a special meeting in damascus on sunday to discuss the proposal, but the curtis lids and us back the syrian democratic forces is not part of the deal. the arm group has been in conflict with the turkish back syria national army in north eastern syria. meanwhile, christians have been holding mass and celebrations and parts of syria ahead of christmas day. the new administration has promised that minority groups will be protected in the country. first of all, stars are as joining us now from damascus to discuss that agreement on the factions were so i suppose the devil will be in the details. but what more are you learning about it? slow? see is the form of special a sad? perhaps this is the most significant development in the country. now that's all the mid of the sections where been some of them fighting for over the course of 15 years of the civil war. i just seen of the game here. now deciding to me to, to,

to dissolve themselves band over there. um, as to the new and solution is quite significant because many of these groups have been having controlling of the control of the some territories for years and years now on december 8th, when they took over the country. so the main concern was now that they do not have a common enemy who was but as i said was in, well will, will they be able still to, to be, to be unite to, to keep the unity or not. and so that since then they have been several tools made things off their meetings in damascus and some other major cities. after they finally big old came here and they had agreed to to dissolve themselves a hand over the weapons to come to be merged in one army that is going to be under the responsibility of the administrator or of defense. however, when the lead is of these on fractions,

ongoing data submitted it arrives in the new military or not. that is still not elaborate. but one of the staging point is that every in yes, yes. the city of democratic forces, which is mainly made of made up to the kurdish fighters, which is us as main allies in, in syria, is not or in this deal. so the, the, the, the fact the leader of syria, i'm of the shudder has made it clear several times seen that in celia in new syria . so the only, and only seen an ottoman the new army allowed to have weapons. none of the groups are going to be allowed to have weapons. so now that s d f is not, it's in these agreements is not handled with. and his weapons is not clear what's going to be the position of the united states, which is the main becker. and what would be the response of the federal government's. however, we know that's still better folks and communication channels between the damascus

and these s d f. but the question is eventually, if s d f does not handle with weapons, whether there will be another civil war between the central government does not know that by the position and between the co despises in notice of the country. okay, russell, sorry, got a report from damascus in syria. thank you. so here's a look at the groups that are part of this new deal. hey, as to how to get a sham. it plays a central role in serious new administration after leading the offensive that toppled the said government. there was a serial national army backed by turkey. this group operates mainly in the north and has a lot of influence and turkish controlled areas. the free syrian army, backed by the us, this group is based and turn off and operates in the syrian deserts. the 8th brigade of the 5th corps is made up of a group of ex rebels in the southern syria, working in collaboration with russia. the syrian front as

a coalition of moderate opposition groups united to oppose what they consider extremist factions as i sent them once controlled eastern, who it's on here, damascus. it's known for its strict ideology and military strengths, but not everyone is on board. as you've been hearing the curtis letting us back siri and democratic forces which control eastern syria have not joined the steel, rob guy spin folders, lecture and peace and security at durham university. joining us from durham in the u. k. thanks for your time again. now the b s b s is not joining this deal as far as we know up until this point. what are the implications of that? well, i think this deal is actually an attempt to put pressure on the sds. now we often speak of the, the, as a code is true, that is not technically true. they are, code is dominated group, but they're actually more out of devices. for example, in the staff. then they're all could each fight as i took, the main issue is not with the sds per se, but with the y p g,

a different subdivision of the s d f, which they say is basically the same thing as the p k. k, which i consider of calls the terrorist organizations. so i think this is an attempt to get defections from the tv's are of units within the sds. now remember that towns such as mount paige danner, i was, or those were formally as the facility ages, but they split not because of a particular fighting or offensive. but mainly because the, our as the food age groups that switched and placed that loyalty to aged. yeah. so i think this is an attempt to cut down the sds territory without actually officially or practically go to war against the s d a. and on the other hand, is also important for syria because it needs to actually have one army representing many different ethnic groups, religious groups. and then for us, the demo,

as you say, is very much in the detail because we'll have to see exactly how, what to what extent of these groups will be integrated. whether hedge diaz can do it without actually crating. so much tension, a bureau to bureaucratic and basically resistance that these groups will resist that challenge for the same. so i know being so hands off that these groups remain autonomous. do you belong the good? caged, yes. kind of hazardous of already an influence over the various groups to a degree a ton, but it's mainly trading at the moment. a good way around the military strength h t s. as a group with around 2 to 3 up 230000 points. is that 223-0005 to sorry, it is not the largest rebel group in syria by fall. and if you look at some of these groups, for example, the s n a, is there a national army? we talk about a group as one organization. it's not is made up of 40 different groups, many of whom have 14 showed that they were 50 religions this the. so what you have

is some of the secular, for example, and they don't get on at the moment. the only thing they have in common isn't when 2 kids as jump. they say how hard. so the question is, how can they be integrated? can it be done in a way where these groups splits up and spread out, or will they be kept in the same, cannot instruct just books reporting to a different line mileage i guess in damascus rather than at, for the 2 kids. that's the big question. i think that has to be 8 and a nice, a neat balancing act t a because of age ds goes to far away the lose that group support if it goes too far. the other way that group would be to oppose on him is not really actually part of the defense ministry. i really in a normal way, but not the practical way. is there a comparison to be made here with other countries that have tried this in the past? i mean, the roster for example comes to mind. yeah. and series neighbors are the obvious examples, right. you have 11 in the next. do you have iraq of both of those of integrated

those i battery has been issues with varying degrees of success of english and say, 11 and there is one on me the civil war ended in 1990. but there are very many different villages and that different bi sexton ideology. for example, some groups like the she, i have multiple issues that don't always gets along with each other. so i think you can say integration 11 is largely failed. and as a result, 11, it is a weak stages, approaches of awards pro to extend of involvement. that's something that said we had doesn't want to look at rock, i'd say is all you be most successful in the many, many issues that were raised, the country have been integrated the state. but this still questions is the how loyal they actually all the state. remember, when the submarine was collapsing, we have several 100 iraqi mission functions cross into serious that was without the iraqi government official sanction. and indeed, in the end, the rock actually closed exploded to them. so there's still even, there's, it's still not an exact science needs to be done in a way to crate the unified command,

but doesn't create site much bureaucratic resistance that these groups go, wrote. just a final thought from you. if i'm a on, on the situation with, i saw in syria. so the us, as we've seen recently stuffing up a tax on ice. so groups, ha ha, how do you think the u. s. is going to deal with the sort of changing politics of syria going forward. as we know there are now 2000 us troops still in the country. yes, and in fact the us killed to iso finds as last night in the strike, which i believe is the world stride they, they've told us to die. so by just since the folder with the machines i've not very long ago, they definitely stepped to the right to reduce the what the us has been trying to do is to negotiate a ceasefire or long set. an agreement between the, the actual key berries, proxy forces,

they have managed to de escalate some of the volumes. for example, they ad convinced the sds to basically give up some large towns and cities in exchange for the 7 days and pulling back as well. but the offensive never really ended the s and i was still attacking probably onto a keyboard. and so the us is not going to throw its weight behind. the staff is not going to increase those truth numbers. but the question is whether it will withdrawal the map predict what from does very much a fools errand as we know from his previous administration. but we do know that he pulled out for the last time. okay, that's what he did. but in response, toki escalated against the, at the end of this incense been raged from, who then bought from the decision. so the key here is not relations be in the us and damascus. more of the relations being with us until kia and where the other one can sweet talk and sean trump into once again with drawing us both is from syria and where the want doesn't over play his and, and basically create such

a backlash. it depends on, in the say, the versus the decision. okay, rob guy's been sold lecture and peace and security durham university speaking to us from the u. k. thank you. sec. while the fate of tens of thousands of prisoners and missing people from serious civil war remains unknown. between 20112024 more than half a 1000000 people were killed. the syrian network for human rights believes another, a 150000 are missing. in comparison, roughly 40000 people disappeared during the war in bosnia herzegovina. the international commission on missing persons of the hague says there may be as many as 66 mass grace sites in syria will not speak to robert petitions. they had a, b, u, ends, international impartial and independence mechanism investigating serious crimes and syria. joining us from geneva. mister, proceed. thank you for your time. with us on al jazeera, you've just returned from your 1st official visit to syria. tell us what you found

on what the next steps are. well, i found, uh, they found a dashboard. it was finally coming back. and uh, which a lot of mixed emotions. um, i filed a guy take care of authorities that were trying to address all the regular needs of, of a regular government. and i found many, many sites of potential evidence that need to be preserved. yeah. and speaking of that preservation, i mean there are trails. the trails for a legend crimes in any country, really and particularly uh, syria depends on credible untainted evidence. but what we seen is a lot of the locations being round sacked by many family members where i looked, looking for their missing and loved ones. so how do you go about protecting the evidence on gathering evidence to? well, that's, 1st of all is the responsibility of the categories authorities. but i don't think any one group i can do it alone. i think it should be a concerted efforts between the authorities and civil societies,

any international organization such as ours, which are specifically mandated to preserve the evidence and certainly can help with that. you're right. some of that evidence has already been lost. some of it through, well intended families wanting to know what happened to their loved ones, which is a perfectly understandable emotion and an action. but nonetheless, we need that in that evidence to be preserved and as quickly as possible and time is running out. but as a, as they had of the you and the sort of international mechanism, what would your advice be to the new authorities in terms of preserving that evidence? what do they need to do right away? first of all hits to restrict access. nobody needs to be going in there. certainly, you know, not media, not, not anybody. it should be uh preserved, sealed, and secured. and then a plan should be put into into the, into, into effect, to how to have the right interveners come in and preserve that evidence. first of

all, assess the the issue and preserve the evidence. we are mandated by the us of the general assembly of the united nations to do just that. i've expressed to the caretaker with are these are our desire to come back. i formally requested access and we're waiting to get a response from them to quickly deploy. and start assisting on this project and, and in terms of accountability because this must all lead to some sort of process of accountability where the next steps when it comes to accountability, how do you see that thing else as well? that should be a question answered, but assume people accountability and this transitional process. after such a, such a horrific conflict must be decided on a concerted basis by the people themselves. what they want in terms of accountability, surely in terms of those most responsible, those are the highest level of level of responsibly don't, should be

a ground to kind of go through a traditional process for their crimes. others, the thousands and thousands of other perpetrators that again should be decided by the sea and people, but we were mandated we were created and we've been working on this for 8 years and we stand ready to assist that process. okay, robert betsy at the head of the you ends, international impartial and independence mechanism investigating serious crimes and syria speaking to us from geneva. thank you so much. thank you. the and is really drawn. strike is at the headquarters of gaza, civil defense, the group responsible for emergency services and rescue operations across the strip . so the drones striking garza city killed a member of the civil defense along with his son. the group already struggles for the lack of fuel and machinery needed to conduct rescue operations and the rubble

following is really bombardments and in the north, one of the last partially functioning hospitals is under renewed assaults. at least 20 patients and medical staff have been injured by explosions around come on odd one hospital in based law here, the director of the hospital, a warrant that the building sustained damage in the time. because this is the just now one of the explosives planted by these really on the designated it caused the shockwave that shot to the hospital doors and windows on the west side. it also ended some of the patient and the very few medical staff left at the hospital, roughly 20 people with that. a 2nd stronger explosion followed. it caused the mass of damage to the hospitalized west wing. and more patients went and did the entire west wings, doors and windows were all smashed on the full seat and collapsed and administrator refugee camp displaced palestinians are struggling to reinforce their tents using

scrap plastic sheets, with temperatures dropping, you'd assess as children and gauze are suffering from cold sickness and malnutrition, we have our correspondence hotter. come out as soon joining us from dated back in central cause a tonic. what's been the impact of b? c is really drone strike on gaza, civil defense. and what does that mean for the work that they're trying to carry out across the goals district of the well, basically the reading, a civil defense. what cars have been a focus points for the use video tags. since the onset of the conflict, we got the latest updates release from gaza. civil defense suggesting that at least $87.00 a palestinian civil defense. what cars have been killed since this talk to personalities . back in october 2023 and more than 300 others were wounded. and if we just took a close slow point, how the situation looks like inside the main headquarters, we can find out that at least 13 civil defense dentists have been widely destroyed

by these very minute. 3 bombardments, alongside that at least 66 vehicles have been destroyed and open treated, including quite a gives us even implants is run by cause of civil defense. why cause and these sorts of attacks that has been widely deliberate. by the usability minutes, we have remarkably hinted their ability to do their humanitarian services on the ground. and that's was quite obvious what spot of use in the north of district where the civil defense work is, cannot fully over operate in devalue and big law. here tom, the military had destroyed or the vehicles have deliberately, deliberately targeted their members on the ground creating some sort of a very dangerous environment for the civil defense workers to work with them. this is a very controversial military approach adopted by the is by the army. and this is similarly happening to right now to the vast majority of the function of hospitals in

northern gauze that are right now rating on the very tens and precarious environment that in the north 30. speaking of the hospitals and the north topic, what is the status of the come out allowed? one hospital which we understand has come under renewed or solved once again of the will. the situation has gigantically. the 2 rated especially in commodities one hospital. this hospital, it's a very, it's complete level of rock hill that's just a barely functional light of the very on imaginable attacks that took place during the past 2 months. that the diploma and some of these very military operations has reached a very pointing point. uh, the hospital has been repeatedly targeted and right now, as we have been in touch with the some of the stuff he yeah, he confirmed that there are approximately the 65 patients are right now is still trapped inside to come out of the one hospital on the pharmaceutical warehouse is

about to run out of a central medical supplies, and there has been a very notable sides of attacks and even casualties delivered to the hospital in light of being is very ongoing military operation. and the north has repeatedly applied for the international community to provide them with an essential eh, agent protection. but to now there was, there isn't any source of a very top triple and practicum protection being granted for the was submitted. come what? because and even one of the let he's one of his leg displeased that he had to leave the poor for the for dependency of foot forward with the medical. but because we have gone through know me days without having enough amounts of food and even more to, to use to as a meat of serve on the ground. so yeah, we're navigating a old means of survive light of this very chaotic situation. but there is a very remarkable sense of this direction on the faces of medical. what because what i'm side also with who's wanted people who are in a very desperate need for medical care. that cannot be even easily food as

a course of hospitals in the strip that are right now on the edge of collapse. the re topic across the gaza strip. how desperate is the humanitarian situation with those temperatures dropping this winter of the well we, we read to every day, but we open at encampments and we just see how desperate of people's faces and even the level of pain choking them. we, we understand clearly that the civilians who are trots in areas designated by the has been invalid. 3 are quite overwhelmed with test wides, with the ongoing struggles will survive and including the search for water which is considered to be an undertaking every day. and then another side that they are also trying to afford the kids themselves with some sort of pete some regarding the, the ongoing, a harsh with the fluctuations,

the witness thing. we know that the bus majority of families are living close to the coast on the beach of the gaza strip. and right now the winds are quite now unusable for them. and they are guard right now trying to use the blankets as rules for the, for the time. so they have been using to take refuge and re so even that they have the don't have the financial ability to buy their essential wins up close on this. we so children what, what will keep that for every single day and the life can cause us quite at right now i a very sort of the very pressure of dispatch. and we, we understand clearly that this is a very normal outcome for this under engine decides. and people here are just looking. i'm just waiting eagerly to you the announcement for us to supply it to you. and every day they ask us about when is the time of the deal? and if you can hear anything about any significant breakthrough, simply because the once and for this not met on the ground,

but they are twined with full possible means of survivor right now to cling to the window of mind, which has been quite li, narrow. it's within the past few months, especially in light of the east valley, unrelenting attacks that continue to how much to show even areas. where does it make it to be safe? humanitarians or, or even for the last haven for causes population, which is right now the central in areas of the territory. okay. tonic i've also reported from dated back and goes up. thank you. and it's really or strike on garza city's main commercial area. killed 4 people late on monday. witness the sad, the attack felt like an earthquake it but human honey is at the scene. the i'm now in the main street of the gods city called i'm or i'm a star street in northern central guy. this trip where these were $85.00 or just how strong it is. this residential building near this market. as you can see here,

civilians are trying to sweep or apple that's resulted in for killed policies and dozens were injured and transported to the hospital for the hospital here in oregon central garbage strip. as you can see, the degree of this bombed out buildings. civilians are trying just to sweep the rubble just to make this point. and this mark a scale of the destruction inflicted to this residential building due to this attack as we have spoken to civilian and the missile feels like a mirror with the ruth ality of this missile target in this area in the i'm or i'm a star market where the surface a reserve and all of a sudden and without warning, we had a very loud explosion erupt. the area as if it were an earthquake. and it's really we'll try and find a huge me so. so here's the enticement blocks,

flew into the little lone dead bodies. people are blown to pieces since then we've been using our bare hands to recover the dead bodies. from under the rubble, we even recovered body parts. these riley's continued to bombard innocent civilians, ruthlessly, and without any mercy, the ongoing and ruling place of environment focused on northern guys for making the situation more catastrophic. i'm sorry, i guess the northern dogs lost his time. sam perry is a former chairman of the 4 and press the association of israel. he says, israel's 2 mangoes remain eradicating from us and the release of captives despite the times by the far right to go further. now in pursuit of these 2 goals, which i think are both legitimate, are they, are they committing actions that some of it shouldn't be quite possibly quite possible. the argument for ethnic cleansing would involve the idea, the israel's

a subliminal would be to render a northern goes on and habitable. so the listing is kind of return. i, i don't have it is that those are go, but i do know that some far right people, my girlfriend would certainly like uh for um, for a gaza to pay a territorial price. and as a consequence of having basically wage war on israel and the most barbaric fashion possible. october suns, there is a not, not ridiculous idea that it is really, is a buffer zone inside got to protect from any further away. but and of course cause is so small that it seems impractical. i think, i think i hope the cooler has will prevail and what will emerge from what isn't really a nightmare is for gaza to be led to by force that israel does appear. and therefore such, such thoughts disappear because because as long as i say that it's not

a good way forward models guarantees more cost. about a 3rd of the of the governing coalition really does want is they want to restore us, which is they want permanent occupation. that's a yahoo! i don't think does, but they did bring down the government and because he is a maniac who assist unclear power, he may be throwing them alone at the very least prolonging a war in order to cut off the issue. because if he were to end the war, done his government still ahead on the houses or it is our i'm trying to reach out to the whole thing of the late this and the rising tension between a valley and calm and the condition of the minorities in bangladesh, the the

while it's cool down in argentine, the wind direction coming up from the size tends to knock about 8 degrees off. and that's what's happened. also generate sharon's where it comes across the warmer. and that's going to be the case in the northwest problems and you probably power required. and what do you see? the orange that means from the song is quite likely. hey, on damaging, has nothing come of this time. the in this area, the bigger and more persistent, she has a cause problems inside power re over. so i've had a ticket with some flooding and that could be anywhere else in bolivia or possibly so then the concentration just kind of get into ecuador could do the same thing that of a risk from the size of the shaft. currently, we should like to affect panama to the funding at home. jose isn't as great as it was, but we got an influx of more right, maybe more concentrating in nicaragua. and i didn't see that for sure. flash flooding from big charles, just west of mexico city, and more likely in the dominican republic because of the persistence of the shares and lights. but occasionally a heavy run comes through and that's cause some st funding here to the bahamas,

where it's again southern florida and the shelves moved into the southern states. the us actually is not really like winter is much more over the course of the big showers here. snow has fallen but will disappear on tuesday from the east coast. but in california, it's all the way down the mountain chains. the latest news as it breaks, the lack of saves owens means that even when b sweating scott shoot, civilians are affectively trapped with no chance of survival with detailed coverage . so when you watch all control your wife's took them as well as hospital car reading shows lessons and blanket as it's officially when to hear from the heart of the story is what your plans have targeted. this school which is filled ranch housing, hotels for years, will have been forcibly displays from there's a be able to hear your life as you can. a russell buried in southern england with 2 farmers trans safari park. pioneers fits the attractive nature in the driving seat

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armed opposition groups have agreed to disband and form one army by the shutter, says the functions will join forces under the ministry of defense is really forces at the headquarters of cause of civil defense killing one of the members along with his son, the civil defense plays a vital role in gaza and leading emergency and rescue operations across the street . and one of the last partially functioning hospitals is under when news assaults in garza is north. at least 20 patients on medical spouse have been injured by explosions around come on on one hospital and big la him and the occupied westbank . the city of bethlehem is preparing for the 2nd christmas and the shadow of israel's world garza christians. believe the city is the birthplace of jesus christ, there will be no large christmas tree in bethlehem's main square and no fest of lights. the foreign tours that usually visit the palestinian city are also absence

. only religious ceremonies will be health and solidarity with palestinians in garza. i'm afraid that this police must seize the hands of teddy, but beards of darkness. and you're beginning to turn the page, start writing these new page. something with the words of hope or future. and for 10 needs, because what we need enough with diffusion and silence. okay, let's switch into that. but he was a journalist joining us from bethlehem. so a somber mood. me that for the 2nd you're running in bethlehem. tell us what people have been telling us. yes, that in and now it's dark time usually around this time you would be hearing loud christmas carols used to be seeing the declaration, the christmas lights and also the christmas 3. this is usually the holling here, but this here, everyone is sad to hear of best level as far as the cost savings we've been speaking to. they say that they can not celebrate,

even though this is considered the capital of christmas, so long as their fellow palestinians are suffering in the besieged gauze as to the list is more about the experiences of palestine is from bethlehem. and in best lab, i'm joining here now by mr. diaz. the is, is a tourism expert and works in one of the organizations vehicle told me that the trust that i wanted to ask you about, you know, the comparison. it's really obvious how the situation looks in comparison with previous years, but how do people feel? how did the tourism get affected? yeah, like it's of the, you know, to, does that mean? does that mean income for the local community is here, you know, like more than 50 percent of our income comes from tourism. so when you have shops, hotels, and you can see it's an emphasis the people of said, you know, this for the price, that's the 0 celebration for the 2nd view of it's feeling, you know, said for the local community that we all, i shouldn't even begin to isn't on the with what's happening here with the photos.

it goes challenges. so i think everybody, every single person living in bethlehem is affected by the situation he has today. and you're telling me that yes, tourism affects people economically. it could help boost their income, but also you were talking to hollywood using tourism as a way to share the palestinian narrative with the world. how does that work? so as i say the bedframe is the tourism income is actually made for the source of them. and so so $2000000.00 and a half dollars every day we lose from the tourism in the industry. and as i look and he of that, we use those in the only as i think from, but also as a space and the tour associated, i would know that there's under what a story to coordinate. the international community was a living storm living here, the local communities, that's the only to come and visit the stones of the churches here, which is that,

that song meth, museums, was to meet an income, to, to get to know more about the, for the scene in life and the pursuit and challenges and it's a space where international community can integrate that meets the local communities here and ask you so people can see a little bit more of your face, but you are a palestinian christian from bethlehem. and, you know, you've been living here all of your life. could you tell people, could you tell us how you feel now seeing the major squared looking like this. and this is the 2nd year that you're not celebrating because it actually is the 1st time in my life that i, what is the situation like we have been facing many challenges in the past. like the 2nd intifada, the colvin. but this actually the 1st time in my life that we with the same sea city and no celebration, no festive. i must feel here. and we, as i've got a silly question we, i should have feel, you know, said this and we look at the new uh,

the tv and see all the international community are sort of re things with those of christmas decorations. first of the celebration, i'm sorry about that and guess everybody's really waiting for the gift. why he or people are in in needs. people are way you know, mostly looking for a piece of bread that has no income. and this actually, everything just starts here in bethlehem. center and some nation community should be aware i am conscious about the difficulties and the challenges that there's no cuz people are facing when whenever they have a secret gift, they should be aware of and think about the children of bethlehem. and it shows that it does that. i should, it has no, they have no place to stay. they have no homes. and this actually, we are threatening isabel assuming the question to raise awareness until our message to the could can we for the international community to be aware. and whenever they give granted youth to the blessings that they have,

they should also think about their responsibility as a human. they collective responsibility towards other fellows, other people who are facing challenges in this season. no, yes we took last every year when we a journalist meets the palestinians. here we talk about christians. it would great thing from bethlehem from the occupied palestinian territory because of the restrictions imposed by these really occupation. and as we've been witnessing now, more than a year of this bombardment in gaza, are you seeing more people leaving? are you scared about the christian community here in about 944 south only because of you know that this kind of situation from, you know, we have them. i know it's, you know, like one percent. and we feel when of one family decided to leave. you know, whenever we lose a family and a immigrate, we feel that there is something shrinking here and there is something missing in

that fat break over the scene and community and the other students push and community and force. i see there is an increase of young people who are deciding to leave and they liked you to guessing this about tennessee and leaving the country. and, you know, basically is what that means. moreno m c from the christian 9. this is actually the cover. so over the course of the christian co capital christmas, 1070, it seems on there all the thank you so much the yes, it is really a good to see you. but you know, again, post it is, keeps saying that they are celebrating christmas and why though they are still remarking for some reason why the world is celebrating, they want the people to remember that christmas is not so mary, here and by ok, turner, listen to i but i am reporting from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. thank you . well, thousands of displaced christians in lebanon are preparing for their 1st christmas since the ceasefire between israel answers by law. many are longing to go home

after fighting force them to leave parts of southern on eastern limit on barbara and go for reports of the villages. got that for a recital to church in and out. the outside sit in the congregations remembering lost friends also and is really strikes to 6th story building down a hillside, killing at least 70 people in the homes a few months. okay. they say the 1st christmas since the cx, 5 between israel and has that brought a year of pricing to an end is bit to sweet. have had been in the hospital, medicinal, we hope that this bloody will that happened in the south does not happen again. and we hope for the returnable displaced people. it's true, we are celebrating christmas, but we have heartache for being on an estimated one point. 2000000 people have been displaced by fighting in southern and eastern 11 and all at frances would be decorating a christmas tree at the house where she's sheltering. far from home in. um,

i'll show up close to the border with this room and saying that messiah wants to decorate my house, and i'm a shot with a big trees. so we can enjoy christmas without family and loved ones. i don't want to decorate anything here. i will leave it as it is because we are not in the mood for anything. she and her husband thought the move would be temporary, but months later that desperate to go home with us. so we feel heartache and pain, but wants to folks to go back to their turn of their homes to rebuild. again. israel has threatened displaced lebanese people not to return to best southern boards, advantages, including um, i'll show up. so it saves the rebuild and wide start any time soon. barbara and good pop out to sarah, use crouse in damascus of and protesting against the burning of a christmas tree in central syria.

the demonstrators are demanding that the rights of christians be protected. a video circulated showing 2 masked men setting a christmas tree on fire overnight and how a province seriously registration has promised to protect minorities, as well as freedom of religion. some adventure of age, warning us from the syrian capital. tell us what you're seeing and what the mood is like where you are. well, it's very different to what you just described, maureen, here in the syrian capital. it's festivities, it's people gathering and coming for a christmas eve mosse here of this a to and church. and being seen people from on pods from coming from all the with the word rather coming to syria, to try and celebrate this. here on these have started places in damascus, but this is a family who have actually come to celebrate christmas here, and then they soon senior. but 1st i'm going to speak to amber,

the base of junior high school. and can you tell us and our viewers all over the road right here. so that here. well yeah, here we are. he it's yeah, hey, just survey the merry christmas button. but you all know that these are friends of barcelona. so i'm of you were telling me that you are the only a fine organization that has been recognized by some or tell us about the festivities that yes, we are about fixing to be a big so many stuff that must uh, so we uh, doing the last 2, i was supposed to go to cancel the auction will not be associate activity. i see that in damascus sufficiently, tell us about the christian community is yes, how. busy how has asked in the 8th of december, what does it mean for the christian community? uh, fixed the phone i must do, but also my experience on my time. do you have a balance of uh, used yours? uh,

everybody's happy. now. we are looking for gold for the good to chat with charla, with the uh you issue somebody. so you. yeah. and uh if we buy these beginning for a lot to have with cbs, we see one on the one, cbs uh, counting on cbs around the world. on both so again that's we had a lot of differences that have been happening here in syria and the last few years a lot of minorities have concerns and so yeah. do you think they are justified and what should be the future of siri? for the future should be, as i told you, one and one only. celia continued, always to young, retorted the villages with us. and sylvia answered, i've got. busy everybody has best, you've got nationalities should be the only ones you've. yeah. because yeah, i mean free in the safe um the the oh, as we see you cation and the,

with the nation with everybody here. you are listens here on the gates of does a to church inviting people and giving them. but if an area, what should the world look to syria and what should the people, especially the christian community, all over the world, look at syria, jesus to find on cdns on the shows dog on these. but inside that change on christmas, i'm going to use those once he finds onto them, in more so than most of them are done on a, on, on activity, on once our meeting every by the device. this last you can see us for me, closer to us to make the most people don't mix. most people in feeding escape. this is only shot law is a good now shot while we are bullying fogel to have the one on these 2 beautiful boys. students, thank you very much. there you go. that's the word here in the streets of damascus, where people from our fates, from all parts of syria, from all colors,

from all sick day divisions are here in the streets of damascus. here at the gates of the day, through the church, celebrating boss and preparing for the christmas day under a new government, a government which should make syria according to the explorations of the signal. okay, sullivan job had reported from damascus. sir. yes, thank you. or the, the opposition of mozambique is calling our protest her is to shut down the country . that's off to the top court confirmed the governing parties when in october as contested presidential election, the opposition has disputed the result saying that that vote was rates harm. i tossed out of joining us on the top of some a pool so. so what are you seeing? how route well, it's getting dark now to see it's a now a lot quiet. so what's the, are seeing us more when little groups of young boys in men playing football, but they also have their own small barricades. what?

who steves throughout the day. and what is probably going to happen over night is whenever cause size, because some of the boys they will be allowed to possibly, or in some cases the cause will be stone. so a lot of these posting as code just about the less is out. some groups it seems, have infiltrated them and use them for their own agenda. we heard from the presidency, let's daniel chapel. he says that he is going to a cod to unite the country. he's going to be in need of old knows that because when he sworn in january, we also spoke to officials for the opposition they urging the supporters to keep carrying on protesting on the streets. another question is, how do all of these approaches going to last? is it a couple of days? could it be a couple of weeks? because a lot of this on risk takes in mozambique it is affecting the economy. it is affecting business, for example, some of the ports of being affected. some of the land borders have been affected. so i'm gonna be

a for to be an effective business. the road to the airport for most of the day it was blocked. we have to have always, sol, soldiers, and police escorted many v i, p and airlines off to and from the airport. that's how dangerous this road was a few hours ago. so people now want to know what's going to happen is and in terms of the economy, this country is using billions, the longer these participate. okay, her, i'm a toss a report from the food to mozambique. thank you. still ahead on the houses, there are news our how artificial glaciers are helping communities with

a drought crisis in chiles. and these, the the,

[000:00:00;00] the, [000:00:00;00] the, so the diplomatic route between bangladesh and india shows no signs of settling down at the heights of unrest across bangladesh. in august, the former prime ministers, if i see not fled to new delhi. now doc out, once india to return has, you know, a request by 1st shows a new tele seemed to have been ignored despite an existing extradition treaty time here child here, reports from dot com and only say enter india sentiment inbound with this existed long before check has been as far as an add new daily support for years, despite our government's use of force corruption and election fraud. after our removal by student protest earlier this year, writers targeted supporters of her automatic party. and in some cases in those

leaving another great in the early days of august, there were numerous texts on homes, temples and hindus, including women without which occurred in various area those for him with of all some targeted allow me, lee, and elliptical affiliates. most victims. what ordinary people, the situation has since improved that item. the government is now cloud pricing to put so many year blaine, some media and social media in india for spreading fake news, unfurling tensions, and done mainstream media lay out. but that was largely state level media, not the indian mainstream media, that's sensationalized, but it's such a news without the proper investigation. and that created to shut off. similarly, our media spreads and verified the reports, especially regarding s condo in late november tension goes father. after him, the monk and bangladesh was arrested for sedition, restless to protest by the new groups,

and most of them lawyer was killed in the city of chuck to them. during down the rest of that followed. a week later protested attacked a bond with the should consulate in india as paper of state this spark to maintain the protest across bangladesh. last that it goes, it goes to the events of august, the 5th and beyond. we're mainly political and 2nd of all names of us hindus and muslims, links to the why me leak were attacked. what i can put the article there tensions eased a political site to try to incite unrest recently pulled out in the typical, thankfully, the situation is now stable in does make up nearly 10 percent of burn with this total population of tax on the new minorities in bangladesh didn't just begin with the fall of sec, i've seen a during recent years, acts of land grabbing local political conflicts, even a postern. religion on social media have led to attacks on the community. the chief advisors office as reported $138.00 incidents of violence against minorities this year,

most awkward in early august and were largely political during the recent visit to dock of the indian for on 2nd 3 on barn with a she official promise to is tensions and improve relations. india decides a positive, constructive, and mutually beneficial relationship with bangladesh. we have always seen in the past and we continue to see in the future this relationship as a people centric people oriented relationship. so manually secures from a prime minister has seen or facing charges of corruption and monitor here is running a misinformation campaign from exile where relations go from. here may depend on india's willingness to expedite her temperature of the i'll just say that dr. trench will rains. have hit north western cities of hazy, leaving residents to battle months and strew month strewn streets. and these are images from port to pay after the downpours. a presidential delegation trying to return to the capital after

a trip to columbia has been stranded since saturday. scientist and south america are drawing inspiration from asia to help solve the droughts crisis and the and these mountains, artificial glaciers in the himalayas have helped the storage on flow of water to communities. long after the snow has noted now researchers in chalet one to take advantage of the abundance ice and the winter to keep water available when the summer settles. and we'll see a new man reports from the answers. mountains into a to this is the my bold canyon and chillies and these mountains known as horse country. but the reader, him on medina, feeding his animals, has become untenable. but to him closely buckling, this is the 1st harvest of height. it becomes most curious in summer, the price goes up until it disappears altogether. we have to search for for the far

away at any price. i've had to sell off half of my hood. yeah. it's spring here. let's come. some of this mountain valley will become a desert. right now this looks very lush and green, but in about a month it's going to be yellow and totally dr. because of the drought, an ongoing drive that's less than more than 15 years here. but what is the voice to released by snow in glaciers in spring could be prolonged to the critical summer months. that's the goal of the news project to build artificial glaciers. cold ice to pass from these middle structures via not in today or sweetwater reserves are the glaciers and in the last 50 years, half of the world's ice mass has melted. the magic begins in winter when temperature has dropped well below 0. the water from the stream of the melting glacier is harnessed, moves up a hose and releases

a night spray that eventually turns into a rock hard structure, up to 14 meters high. the inspiration came from far away from the village in a barren desert plateau in the himalayas. using branches, sticks, and logs. villages had been building i stupidly named after a cone shaped buddhist monument to access precious water in summer. i. there julian, count parts are using artificial intelligence, solar energy, and satellite internet to, to improve their technique. but ultimately, it's the force of gravity that supplies water to the stoop, as if someone get a, these hoses, a price quote of 500 meters, a pill up stream with just the difference in altitude that pushes the water to the top of the super, where it comes out as a spray of droplets plug granger to newman, you'll says he's noticed a positive impact. you're going to see that if you have its dining of the

disappearing for us who must focuses on condos, also the dining to the natural. and i'd be that 22 years. it's hope they'll be at least 50 i supers in this area to prolong water supplies to help restore some of the end is declining. it goes system countering advancing climate change. one drop at a time. you see in human al jazeera got wind on my board tuesday. we'll take a short break and we'll be back in just a moment with warnings on how to 0. the tail is the hotels that i've ever stated. and the biggest box

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