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a war we'll get the latest from our moscow bureau. the philippines storm attempts and unleashes flash floods and washes away homes more than one hundred people are dead and dozens are missing we'll bring you the latest on the rescue operations. on my ass waiter thank you for joining us ukraine's president petro poroshenko has thanked the u.s. for its decision to provide his nation with lethal weapons u.s. officials said washington plan to provide the ukrainian government with anti-tank missiles and missile launchers kiev has been battling russian back separatists in eastern ukraine since two thousand and fourteen. cleaning up after the attacks has almost become a normality in eastern ukraine. neither side is willing to concede as they continue

to shift the blame on to each other president poroshenko was fond of saying that the war cannot be won with radar and night vision goggles alone. while joint exercises with the west boost troop morale poroshenko now says ukraine needs arms more than anything else. and the united states is expected to deliver washington has agreed to provide forty seven million dollars worth of weapons including the u.s. made anti-tank missile system javelin. russian president vladimir putin has said his country would react quote appropriately and adequately speaking to a congress of his united russia party he briefly touched on the matter of peace but . we are not looking for confrontation with anyone however we will never sacrifice the well being of our citizens and the interest of our nation. critics warn the move would have consequences. but this undermines the peace process and prevents

efforts for the implementation of the minsk treaty. a ceasefire has been in effect since saturday due to last until the new year past agreements have been shaky at best so now by emily short winded obvious correspondent in moscow forty seven million dollars worth of weapons are about to be delivered to ukraine what's the reaction been in russia. well as you can imagine my of the reaction has been rather severe here in russia russia's deputy foreign minister today said gayety of course said that the us has gone too far and that they have crossed a line they also accused to you also accuse the u.s. of fueling war rather than acting as an intermediary in peace and question in fact the u.s. is capability of acting as an intermediary in the future at all and ahead of the decision the kremlin also said that this kind of decisions would fuel bloodshed so

as you can see the reaction has been really extreme and we can expect that now russia won't just be blaming the blaming ukraine for breaking the minsk agreement but that they may also be blaming the u.s. so this conflict in ukraine has been going on since two thousand and fourteen it's basically a frozen conflict as sort of become the status quo for a lot of the country a lot of people in the eastern part of ukraine there is there any fear is that this new move on the u.s. is part would lead to an escalation of sorts well obviously the reaction as i said has been really severe and of course the u.s. and russia support opposing sides in the conflict which has now become even clearer with this u.s. step and it does sort of feel like this almost could become more of a kind of proxy war between the u.s. and russia especially because there has been a hardening of the two sides this week as well with the u.s.

presenting its new its new national security strategy which called russia a rival along with china and putin said that that strategy was quote aggressive so this decision along with that strategy sees a hardening of of the kind of positions between russia and the u.s. and that can be good for ukraine. rival sides the rival sides in the conflict directly have been have agreed as you say to a holiday cease fire began today but we know these things have been tenuous at best in the past what have we seen so far is it working well both the ukrainian side and the pro russian separatists side have have already been claiming violations in the cease fire and there has been an escalation in violence recently according to monitors and also this this week a mechanism which is supposed to guarantee peace and help facilitate peace the

joint center for control and coordination in ukraine basically broke down russia pulled out its officers on wednesday and today german chancellor i'm going to america and french president. called for russia to bring their officials back to restore that and to uphold the cease fire and for the cease fire to be upheld excuse me but so far things aren't looking so great well sure when for us in moscow thank you very much nato says russian submarines have dramatically stepped up their activity in the mediterranean and the north atlantic the alliance fears that moscow could use its navy to damage or tap into vital undersea data cables that run between europe and north america interview with a german newspaper nato secretary general yes stoltenberg said quote russia has

invested massively in its marine capability especially in submarines he also pointed out that russia's submarine activity was now at its highest level since the cold war. more than one hundred people are dead in the philippines after a tropical storm brought devastation to the south of the country rescue operations are underway to find dozens who are still missing tembin is the second deadly storm to hit the country this week is swept over the southern island of mindanao leaving destruction in its wake. this man and child and lucky to be alive. the effects of mudslides and flooding have been devastating. entire villages under meters of water. others swept away. volunteers have been digging through mud to try to recover bodies of.

houses well being flooded with people could no longer get out of their holes so they got trapped by the strong waters they were swept away. when the big. dozens of people are still missing. rescue efforts have been hampered by power cuts and the loss of communication lines. storm tendin struck the southern island of mindanao on friday. it's an area not often hit by tropical storms. winds of up to eighty kilometers per hour along with heavy rain batter the area. for locals and night taking stock of the damage officials say more than seventy thousand people have been affected. there used to be one hundred three houses here but when the flash flood happened

everything was washed out all their homes and livelihoods gone we have ninety families that are affected. by. this nasa satellite map shows the extent of the powerful storm which is now headed towards the philippine island of palawan and on towards vietnam. for those affected by ten then a long path lies ahead to recovering from its devastation. out of some of the other stories making news around the world the united nations has been evacuating african refugees from libya directly to italy for a second day the u.n.h.c.r. called the move a quote ground breaking development over one hundred sixty migrants among them children and women have been waiting for months in libyan detention facilities but hundreds of thousands of migrants are still stuck in the country where they often face abuse and torture. cuts alone

a separatist leader carlists pushed him out says he is still a legitimate president of the spanish region in an interview he also asked madrid to allow him to return home in time for the opening session of the council on parliament separatist parties one a majority in the regional vote on thursday the f.b.i. is investigating the background of a tow truck driver from california after the recent muslim convert admitted to an undercover agent that he was planning to bomb and shoot crowds at a busy pier in san francisco court documents say that the former marine everett aron jameson told the agent he wanted to stage an attack quote along the lines of san bernardino or new york using explosives and his truck as a weapon it's one of some francisco's most popular attractions. right on the bay. it's alleged the x.

marine was planning a christmas tight attack he intended to detonate explosives before shooting people at random the twenty six year old revealed his plans to an undercover f.b.i. agent pledging allegiance to the so-called islamic state. the xcel just father rejected the accusations saying his son had always been a loving kind person you know how to feel really it's just shocking you know that's my son like knowledge you know were the nice ones you know i mean or the nice ones or not like that you know i was pretty but the f.b.i. find weapons ammunition under martyrdom letter in the form of marines apartment he has denied the charges if found guilty he could face twenty years in prison. this is the season to be jolly even as christians in the palestinian territories are feeling less than festive as they prepare to celebrate christmas but they feel a responsibility to keep its traditions alive in the bethlehem and surrounding

areas one of these traditions is the game of being go to the obvious israel correspondent tanya kramer was there and joined for around. christmas time is being go in at the auditorium of the orthodox christian community they're keeping track of every number on people here play bingo all year round but during the festive season the athletes here is extra special. palestinian christians see themselves as a custodian of christmas and it's often colorful traditions and bingo is one of them that they call the. friends and family gather to play every sunday after going to. gives us a break from everything going on with all the checkpoints the situation is difficult and people can't go anywhere they want that's where we open the community so we can play bingo over the holidays and have

a good time. being groupings everyone together. on a very vigilant look we really have a good time. for. listeners would be christmas here without being go maybe christmas day wilfredo way it we we have a nice holiday atmosphere that's why we meet here he has been. instead of sweets the winners get practical hosts want items like rice detergent or toilet paper it's been like this since intifada times this spirit of helping families is strong but this year the next in warsaw if you let me say any middle of we're in a crisis situation this is about the future of to a city that's holy to us today it's about our homeland that we are losing. a message for surround speech in bethlehem cutting off the roads to jerusalem images of trauma familias site palestinians from the west bank need

a special permission from israel to visit jerusalem. bethlehem the birthplace of jesus decked out for the. christmas holiday here too the mood is far from stiff but locals and visitors try to make the best out of the situation. to sit looks like this christmas will be bad after what happened in the west bank following trump's decision so everyone here is against terrorism is down to what. we'd like to come to bethlehem today to show the baby the atmosphere the city i love the circumstances we are in is dishonest dress because of the occupation carry . back and it's just third round of the bingo game everyone's enjoying the evening and trying to forget the uncertainty casting a shadow over this christmas. and if you're on the lookout for an

alternative festive soundtrack this year in norwegian musician could help composer and percussionist harry is songs that invented ice music around eighteen years ago and he's been touring with his frosty songs ever since we'll leave you with some of his music thanks for watching and join us again at the top of the hour. here. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all speak up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom.