i name is the about of the home and a war adds to. this news coming to you live from bali in indonesia raising the threat level from its rumbling volcano to a red alert authorities warned the public to keep their distance from the. flights until people to stay away from the coast. triggered a deadly tsunami at the weekend or so coming up here a strong come next an unannounced visit to iraq to me troops in a combat zone for the first time he's also made

a quick landing at an air base in germany on his way back. and jamie discusses a proposed tax on practicing muslims to create a mosque and a mom the so-called mosque tax which would be similar to the church tax that the process and the roman catholics base. a warm welcome to you. authorities in indonesia have reason for the kiddo that caused the tsunami last weekend they've warned people that fresh activity from the . might cause another tsunami and they've ordered all flights to steer clear of the area such it is deadly waves killed at least four hundred thirty people since then heavy rains and flooding have added to the hardship. the w.'s on

a song doth has this report. on. it these villages thought they were safe after escaping the tsunami that tore into the western coast of java but now they've returned they face a new problem. in the lobby around six in the morning when the water began rising. i went out to get some food and when i came back the water was almost chest high our village has never been flooded like this lawyer. johnny moved his family because of the risk of another tsunami. here he is leaving behind me with a three other children and twenty five other individuals it's a tight research but at least he's living with whatever job and they are or found work right now on that space is family. attorneys

wife made several remembers the moment she had to leave. but i'm wondering when i heard talk of a second tsunami coming i grabbed my children and run to my sister's house people were panicking and fleeing screaming run and run because the wave was coming i couldn't think of anything else the safety of my children was my only priority my youngest children eight and three years old they're in a bit of a shock and have trouble sleeping. so although the tsunami spared this family the flood still threatened their lives. and that report by the news. she now joins me from the coastal town of anya in west java an apology said the crocodile lucchino has the potential to cause more devastation how wanted are people but another tsunami there is definitely still much anxiety about the possibility of another tsunami also or at least today raise

that alert level to three which is the second highest level because they said that there was more volcanic activity from the volcano more volcanic ash and smoke was seen the spewing from krakatau the locals that i've spoken to tell me that they are afraid but residue they say that their faith is what keeps them strong it is their face that will keep them that was see them through this disaster now as they saw in your report rain and flooding is adding to the misery of the people how is all of this impacting the rescue and relief efforts. search and rescue teams told us that extreme weather conditions remain to be their biggest challenge roads are either blocked by debris or flooded so this impacts their access to the affected communities and the immediacy by which they can extend aid to those that need help either how are people coping you know we can see there's a lightning of behind you know what is is more rain forecast. yes

there is more rain for those forecast for the coming days and as we saw yesterday sometimes it comes in torrents right and we where we you wake up the roads are flooded and some of the villages are filled up to their rooftops and completely submerged so the residents they tell us that ok this happens and. they are tired but yes still very determined and resolute that their faith will see them through this disaster on a scientists in west java thank you very much for that update. the partial shutdown of the u.s. government is now in its sixth day and it looks unlikely to end any time soon members of congress are away from washington for the holiday u.s. president donald trump is back in the capital after an unannounced woodwind trip to american troops deployed to iraq and germany in iraq he defended his controversial decision to pull soldiers out of neighboring syria. the reception was everything he

could have hoped for it was donald trump's first visit to a u.s. military base in a combat region and just a week after a controversial move to pull u.s. forces from syria. let's have a good time but what a job you have done what they have made it clear from the beginning that our mission in syria was this drip isis of which military strongholds were not nation building rebuilding see. will require a political solution. and it's a solution that should be paid for by its very rich neighboring countries not the united states let them pay for and they will they will. come in hot on the heels of a government shutdown at home and of course christmas on

a visit was meant to be a minute left or as much for the troops as for trump himself with cheers signings and selfies in their three hour stopover. mingled with the very soldiers taking the fight to the so-called islamic state. trump was then briefed by military leaders where he again pressed the case for other countries to take over the fight against isis. we knock them out with not them silly. i will tell you that's a very big draw for the president who wants to knock him out also and he will do it and others will do if you were in their region they should be really sharing the burden of course they're not. there was time to for a surprise visit to enthusiastic troops stationed at an air base in germany the president using a refueling stop for one last chance to take his mind off what awaits him at home.

let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world the united arab emirates has reopened its embassy in damascus the move is seen as a boost for syrian president bashar al assad and the u.a.e. broke ties with damascus after the syrian war broke out and has backed various forces fighting us that. formatted i guess president andree erasure leena has been declared the winner of a runoff as a dental election his rival has charged a lecturer fraud and asked for an investigation by the country's electoral commission madagascar's hike. now has nine days to confirm the result. a cleanup operation is underway on the italian island of sicily after an eruption of the mount. triggered an earthquake struck just north of baton mia injuring several people and damaging buildings chimneys exploring the idea of

a so-called mosque tax it would be loosely based on the existing tax which funds catholic and protestant churches in germany the idea is that levin a charge on practicing muslims here would make german mosques less dependent on financial support from abroad. the central mosque in cologne is the largest in all of germany the mobs in germany come largely from turkey and are paid by the turkish religious organization the dia net the concept that mosques could be offered an alternative financing by germany appeals to many politicians in the government coalition. he taught us a city that i believe it's important that mosque associations in germany and islam are independent of foreign influence from currently the fact is that most of the money comes from foreign states and that's not good for our society or islam in germany. after all fit in islam in. the turkish community gives the plan

a cautious welcome to interest groups often i support the wish for independence in germany in all areas because here in germany we have a federal constitution that covers all religions. for finished. but the structure of the muslim organizations in germany is more differentiated than that of the christian churches in order to implement a mandatory tax on all members it would first be necessary to centralize all muslim communities say run a test founder of the liberal roast go to mosque and just have a yes this is why the new idea or approach is to think about how muslims can be represented so that they have a democratic advisory committee and create something new together with the liberals and conservatives this responsibility could be initiated by muslims but at the same time supported by the government. funding muslims it's come about classmates from start before. the interior ministry plans to begin discussions on the mosque tax

idea with german muslim communities. tunis the capital of tunisia has got its first elected mayor of that he she is the first woman to hold this post in the region and tunisia is regarded as a relatively progressive muslim country and has seen great changes since the arab spring but out there he does face some male prejudice despite a competence this report by the that this. is visiting a construction site in tunis his old city. she's come to make sure everything is going to plan. and i'm going to make here i wanted to expand the surface but keep the old laughs. that we can't exchange all of them i never knew and as i don't want to go to into the plan they have to be exchanged phone calls. and i live. there are simply too many cars in tunis

and not only in the old town the mayor hopes that these reconstruction measures will relieve at least some of the congestion. that's going to add abderrahim who is fifty four is married with two children she studied pharmacy which is now she has to focus on building sites and traffic flows but she's a politician. it's her job to delve into new subjects quickly she likes leaving the office and meeting the inhabitants of tunis. on the next corner a discussion breaks out with sanitation workers of the future and the it is true they say well we don't have equipment material all machines only can use it to we have which community and you know if that's the move there and going to have enough garbage trucks and there isn't enough stuff but we have so few riots and i'm coming

up you have trade unions that defend your rights we sit down with them every day with only money and we met the trade unions and they got everything that they want to talk. to his town hall is located away from the hustle and bustle of the old town. over the past one hundred fifty years the mayor has always been nominated. abderrahim is the first person to be elected to the position. and the first woman mayor ever had. even though we have relatively progressive laws and equal rights are anchored in law with equal opportunities for men and women still don't exist. there is still a patriarchal mentality especially in certain positions linked to power in fields of. women in tunisia have more rights than those in other parts of the arab world

after the twenty eleven revolution more laws were introduced to promote equal opportunities yet there is still plenty to be done. with them as it was she hasn't been in power for long she is now entering the battle the big war is the tunisians fragile the situation is very critical. from what i understand and the news there hasn't been anything negative about her she's just doing her job like anyone else regardless of whether they're a man or woman when i got a human on the after work the mare and her staff go for another walk on the square not far away is the prime minister's official residence there's speculation that she could become tunisia's first female president. heather said ellen it's too early to say i'm not even thinking about that at the moment i've called a lot of responsibility for the next five years. and so for seward abdulrahim

there's a lot at stake whether she's done her job well the citizens will vote on this in five years' time. that's it for me i'm going to achieve on this thursday evening in a billion to join us again at the top of the hour ahead in the humphrey we'll have the news for you for now. i'm scared that if i work that hard and in the the end. i mean you are not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you that. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers were alliance of the what's your story. on what numbers of women especially are victims of violence in terms of its take part.