this is news line from berlin rescue teams race to find survivors of the indonesian tsunami the official death toll rises to three hundred and seventy three and survive as a force to move to high ground the volcano the cause of tsunami is still erupting and their fears of a second giant wave coming up. pakistan's former prime minister nawaz sharif's gets seven years in jail for corruption that's on top of a ten year sentence on similar charges he was given in july. to he sends troops

into its borders zones with syria president trump claims eradicates islamic state functions in syria after the withdrawal of u.s. forces because in the region fia tekkie is preparing a new offensive against them. and in this season of giving d.w. leaves and or know all a washington d.c. restaurant who is being charitable all year round. i'm just q money thank you for joining us authorities in indonesia people to stay away from parts of the coastline because they may be another tsunami this comes after a tsunami hit without warning on saturday night authorities now say at least three hundred seventy three people died when the huge wave swept the coastline along the soon to straight hitting sumatra and java it's. believed to have been triggered by

the eruption of an island volcano which is going through an active phase homes and beach side hotels were destroyed along the coast which is popular with tourists and dozens of people remain unaccounted for with more than a thousand feared injured. search and rescue teams digging with their bare hands looking for anyone left alive under the rubble but it's been since anyone has been discovered until saturday this was a beach resort now there are just the remains of what was once he. and boats those who survived are terrified. of and i'm i'm afraid sometimes i ask my son in law to check our house i don't know what to say i'm really afraid i have not gone home in the last two days. to indonesia it's yet another natural disaster president yoko is yet again thrust into the role

of consoler in chief as he visited the disaster zone it was at pains to come anxious locals worried about the prospect of another tsunami. i advise people to remain calm but be cautious not to be provoked by misleading information i have also ordered the meteorological agency to keep informing people about the situation including the weather conditions as soon as possible this is what scientists believe likely cause saturday's tsunami and that krakatau volcano erupted under water triggering a landslide and the killer waves now authorities are warning indonesians to stay away from the disaster zone as the volcanoes eruption continues there's the risk of further disaster. so we're all going to get more from the disaster zone and going to be speaking to someone in indonesia now i

understand that your team is the most is the most affected area right now how would you describe the situation. well there's been a lot of activity today with similar accusations going on a lot of bodies recovered but they still seem to be some areas that are not being reached by all thirty particularly down to the south western tip of java island. i guess in those areas we may see this over was and what is the situation like for the survivors well it depends i mean there's quite a lot of people who are living in refugee shelters at the moment and some smaller towns we saw there was four thousand people estimated and that was just in one area so. i'm assuming that throughout the throughout the region there's

a lot more combat. and the conditions in those shelters are not great they're quite cramped and the funding for things like food and things like that are just being provided by the local authorities at this stage so. yeah it's a difficult situation i think for everybody you know i know that such an rescue effort ongoing but one of the chances of survival being found at this point. i wouldn't rule it out i honestly couldn't really give you a clear answer on that but there are definitely some areas as a that haven't really been touched very much by authorities so there is there is a possibility of that happening it's only been a couple of days and you know we've we've seen some survivors being found a lot longer to that after events like this from the bottom and how would you categorize the indonesian government's reaction. to this disaster. i think that. the tsunami early warning system clearly isn't working properly but

whether or not that's actually to blame here is another question entirely it definitely needs to be repaired and it would be a good thing when it is your pet not the president has pledged to do that which is great i think that in generally in general terms the indonesian government response to all natural disasters is excellent and actually so this is quite a good example for other countries to to replicate so yeah i mean they they have their fair share of natural disasters this year is a no exception to that as you probably are well aware and i think. with with with some with some reservations yes but i've been in a really good job but there's still work to be done here to get people back on track royce correspondent. joining us from indonesia thank you you. thank. now to some of the other stories making news around the

world israeli coalition leaders have agreed to hold early elections in april seven months before they are due israeli media reporting a fallout within prime minister benjamin netanyahu is right wing government coalition parties are in dispute over a new law extending the military draft to ultra orthodox jews. the body of a seven year old girl who died in the u.s. border patrol custody has arrived home jacqueline called died in texas earlier this month reportedly from dehydration and shock after a three thousand kilometer journey u.s. authorities were heavily criticised for the way they handled her case. they've been fresh demonstrations in the sudanese capital over the soaring price of bread protests challenging president omar al bashir who are now into their fifth day sudan's opposition says twenty two people have now been killed in the so-called bread protest. archaeologists and it's a he have uncovered

a petrified horse with harness and settle in the ruins of h. and pompei the ruins of other horses were also discovered in what appears to have been a stable of a roman general pompey was buried in volcanic ash in seventy nine a.d.f. to an eruption by the nearby mt the soviets. a court in pakistan has sentenced former prime minister nawaz sharif to seven years in jail for corruption he was found guilty on one of two charges involving his family's business dealings shareef denies any wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated the three time prime minister was removed from office by the supreme court last year in july he was sentenced to ten years in prison over the purchase of luxury apartments in london he was then released and being an appealing . journalist class ra joins us now from islamabad washer if says the charge is a politically motivated what are his arguments. less definitely.

going to go to court in pakistan than hundred seventy years time to a farmer two time prime minister in the marsh if. he was slapped a bit you know the fine after twenty five million euros to start as well but definitely be there should be a start on the party all of them have said that the charges are politically motivated and definitely they have pointed fingers at the. incumbent government especially the prime minister and on condit i would cause. him of court and gaining of you know plenty of evidence as against the should leave his family and also. against some of the big big zoff is the political party that would have been. remanded to power from the will towards entered into bilbo's and it sort definitely they have stepped in the border city family have got out of your. party

they have sucked it they hope the court verdict but definitely they have made a point that these are that they are no these are princes are politically motivated and they have heard they are optimistic that they are going to you know a bit in the higher court and definitely prove that job did that and allegation leveled against it and his family are baseless and politically motivated right so what can we expect now from sheriff supports has. but i have got. the new search almost sources. that the leadership of for you know as they should leave the political party they have us up there defer but you know of insert situation the leader of the leaders going out all of the party workers from hoarding and. steers and all but i have got

information. for fifty cent on the streets orders have come out of ours is due to the streams and roads and the dancers here the water council are classroom in islamabad thank you. the u.s. military says president donald trump has now signed the order to pull all american troops out of syria maintains that withdrawal will be highly coordinated and he says president edwin has assured him the techie will eradicate all remaining fighters of the so-called islamic state in syria. turkish forces are massing on both sides of the syrian border the question is who will they go after and when turkey has long wanted to crush the kurdish y p g militia in syria which it sees as part of a terrorist alliance threatening its territorial integrity the white p.g. however has been a key ally of the united states on the international coalition in the fight against

the so-called islamic state but turkey now says it will take over the fight against i asked militants. u.s. president donald trump talk to his turkish counterpart yesterday and tweeted that president at a one would rather kate whatever is left of isis in syria. the u.s. withdrawal will not be overseen by jim mattis since he was sworn in early last year the u.s. secretary of defense has earned the respect of allies around the world as a reliable partner his team often reassured the kurdish fighters in syria but then mattis resigned in response to trump's abrupt troop withdrawal announcement issuing a clear rebuke of the president those same allies have been left stunned on a visit to chad french president emanuel was pretty clear about what he thought. regret the decision taken on syria and i would like to pay tribute here to general mattis and to the words that accompanied his decision. so this is you

it. should be reliable and coordinate with our allies general mattis understood this perfectly. mattis will be replaced by his deputy patrick shanahan as acting defense secretary on january the first trump only brought shanahan into the defense department last year he's an engineer who spent most of his career at boeing a major supplier to u.s. forces he has no background in politics diplomacy or military affairs. but the christmas holiday is nearly upon us many people are reminded of the virtues of giving but for one restaurant owner in the us capital of washington there is no off season for generosity. paid him a visit. it's the season of giving for kasi manana this means going into overdrive because he is an immigrant from pakistan who now owns a small but successful restaurant in downtown washington d.c. all of these scarves and warm clothes that he purchased are about to be given away

. this is an annual gathering at franklin square park in downtown d.c. various charities and churches will give away food and goods to people in need just before christmas because he has been coming here for the past four years and has built up a small network of homeless people who know him. you know it's a it's a joy anything that you can make another person happy is a christmas time is a beautiful you know time of the year and the people that are in the street you know if we come out as a community we show our love that you see that everybody smile and if you're going to put a smile on other people saying this is a big blast this to me is the most joyful the moment i always cry and have tears in my i was sharing my love and i've seen people smile this is causes restaurant called sakina grill it serves free meals to homeless people all day every day even . when it's not christmas homelessness is endemic in washington d.c.

some estimates put the number of people who have to sleep on the streets about eleven thousand cars a month on himself said he wants faced a similar situation living in extreme poverty and now that he's a successful business owner he wants to get back. to kenya grill now has many regular non paying customers besides the benefit of freshly made food one man told us it simply helps him feel accepted. it makes you feel. like the star to be. like you. were. because you know like everyone else so you can make you feel privileged to cause his generosity started from day one when he opened the restaurant seeing homeless people digging through trash cans broke his heart and he resolved to do something about it but i promise if i ever had a restaurant i will have this philosophy to open my heart to the people who need it

and how are you going to survive and everybody like you. because this is this is you know running a charity you're running a profit business class and you will see that i have created god who created me his creation we create a woman and. benefit me benefit others it's been four years sakina grill is still operational and has given out more than eighty thousand meals a good reminder that need knows no season. and with christmas celebrations obviously as we've seen getting underway around the world pilgrims are gathering in the west bank city of bethlehem traditionally considered the birthplace of jesus hundreds of locals and foreign visitors gathered to watch a parade passed a giant christmas tree in manger square the celebrations will continue into the night and the catholic patriarch of jerusalem will be midnight. mass in the church

of the nativity. to the wonderfully going now and made it three wins on sunday after eking out a close fought victory over struggling oxburgh body aside have now collected thirteen points from their past five matches and head into the winter break on target to qualify for europa league place. after four wins in the last five matches bruno love idea has turned vosburgh into a force to be reckoned with after some close calls his side got the leave they deserved in the thirty third minute captain yours work you have a good connecting perfectly with john briggs header for the opener i the visitors were the more effective side in the first half and their hard work paid off william doubling the world's lead just before the break my idea very pleased at half time hausberg fans less so which is why i. brought on some

extra spice in attack which immediately paid off as they pulled one back in the forty ninth minute i've already cadia taking advantage of both spurs poor defending my the walls were in trouble now you want to turn schmidt setting up sergio court of equalizer it was a double blow for the wolves in the space of just ten minutes. of my as the game drew to a close out kept pushing for a winner but luck was on vosburgh side of the can it get hard convert of the winner in the eighty ninth minute by three two the final score as out spurs are in the dumps while bruno love a dear is on a high as he caps off a very successful first half of the season. hoffenheim needed six treat draws on sunday after a stalemate at home to mines around a form which has left them out of contention so far for european qualification

spots the host took an early lead when steven sober found kerim demi a bye and marked that goal makes it the germany internationals fourth of the campaign but the need was short lived as mines struck back just after five minutes john phillips scoring one all the final result. it might be christmas but monica brags it is still looming in the air and i understand banks are now acting absolutely the latest one to act r.b.s. the royal bank of scotland it's applied for a german banking license ahead of breaks it because that would help the bank retain its clients in the e.u. if britain crashes out of the block without a deal the move would affect its subsidiary not to west and expand its branch in germany's financial capital of france it r.b.s. already has a license to operate in the netherlands more than thirty u.k. financial firms have applied for banking licenses ahead of britain scheduled exit

from the european union and that'll be in much. germany exports likely less energy tricity to its neighbors in twenty eighteen than last year but the amount of electricity imports into germany rose leading to a fifth fifteen or fourteen percent decline in the export surplus european countries buy and sell power between each other to make up for the difference in consumption and generation that helps reduce the likelihood of power outages the main consumers of german electricity this year austria the netherlands and france germany's export surplus is expected to end by twenty twenty three as more gas and coal fired power stations shuts down. and u.s. treasury secretary stephen newton has phoned the heads of the country's six largest banks to discuss steps to calm markets after a week of dramatic losses on wall street when i called the chief executives of

goldman sachs bank of america j.p. morgan chase walk in stanley citi group and wells fargo will corning to statement confirmed that they have ample liquidity available for lending the calls come as u.s. stock markets suffered the worst week since the twenty or two thousand and eight financial crisis uncertainty over the passion go. the mint shutdown has added to concerns. for more on what's driving the markets in these last few days of the year i'm joined by people in the jim blue my colleague of course will phone call do you think come markets well i mean if the reaction is anything to go by so far it's not doing any of that likely you reassurance that isn't quite there reassurance now investors actually thinking about whether they have to be concerned about the liquidity that he had to discuss with those six bank c.e.o.'s in the u.s. that he spoke with yesterday and of course today he'll be having a meeting with the leading market participants in the u.s.

regarding the current market volatility among other things and so easily investors are wondering if there's more to be concerned about not really we're short of those points so everybody's i actually kind of wondering they want to be probably listening in on those phone calls and that's the issue right now you know i mean those phone calls just quite an unusual move in on not necessarily instilling confidence there and that's certainly when you have that back backdrop that the government shutdown which i mean we see it every year but this year is somehow different yes i mean the last one was in two thousand and thirteen and that was the one during the obama administration that when white point two percent of the g.d.p. that year so in terms of this one is very probably bad for the market because it comes at a time when the market is already volatile that wasn't the case in twenty thirteen and investors have enough to be concerned about and now they actually have this one thing to also worry about and i think that's the issue at this point is just the timing is terrible at the at a time when december is actually a great month when bester is normally but this is sort of like the worst december

in years except for of course the financial crisis in two thousand and of course december isn't over just yet with the christmas season that we're coming up to new year do you think this could be resolved before the end of if you will i mean is going to be a vote on the twenty seventh of the december that's when a decision could be made and it doesn't look very likely because of course as sort of an issue with that wall. border wall with mexico and trump is not very willing to compromise on that and the mexican supposedly pay for it anyway though i mean he wants now his own government to pay for it and nobody is going to really probably come to an agreement on that one at least not until the end of the year yeah chip on that thanks so much for joining me in the studio. now jim in luxury come a b.m.w. has been fined ten million dollars by south korean authorities they say the comic it was too slow to recall vehicles affected by a faulty engine and there's more trouble ahead to b.m.w. now also faces a criminal investigation. south korea's transport ministry wants prosecutors to

investigate german car maker b.m.w. it says it has evidence the auto giant took its time to form authorities of a forty car engine b.m.w. b.m.w. said it recognise a correlation between the defect in the exhaust and the fire on its vehicles only on july twenty twenty eighteen but the company's headquarters formed a task force in october twenty fifteen to resolve the problem of the fort and embark on the measures to minimize the risk of fire including changing the vehicle design and so on so one you can check more than forty cases of fire involving b.m.w. cars were reported in south korea where the carmaker has now record more than one hundred seventy thousand vehicles by october b.m.w. had recalled another more than one million vehicles due to the same problem in europe and some asian countries including self career where its sales were down ten percent on the year by the end of november. and is a reminder of the top stories we're following. rescue teams are racing to find

survivors of the indonesian tsunami the death toll has risen to at least three hundred seventy three but the volcano that's most likely triggered to the destruction is still erupting and there are fears of a second tsunami. a court in pakistan has sentenced former prime minister not a chevy for to seven years in jail for corruption he was found guilty on a one off to charges involving his family's business dealings sheriff denies any wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated. don't forget you can always get your news on the go just download it from google play all from the apple store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use the app to send us photos and videos. and we leave you now with a taste of the traditional christmas sing along at

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