this is the news live from berlin police identify the attacker who killed 2 people on london bridge they confirm he had been convicted person involved in a terrorist plot but later released from prison passers by tackled the man armed with a knife and wearing a suicide vest before officers arrived and shot him dead. thousands of anti-government protesters in iraq keep up the pressure and day after the prime minister promises to resign they say his departure is not enough and are calling for sweeping reforms and an end to corruption. a small piece of wood believed to

have been part of the manger in which jesus was born arrives in bethlehem after a long journey from the back. i'm max foster thanks for joining us. police have identified the man who carried out friday stabbing attack in london they say it was 28 year old man who killed 2 people on london bridge he was later shot dead by police can was convicted in 2012 of terrorism offenses offenses and was released from prison about a year ago several onlookers captured friday's incident on their mobile phones some of those who intervened are being praised as heroes for disarming the attacker. members of the public pin the attacker to the ground one of them taking away the knife used in the attack. police were called and arrives quickly

there's been about 5 shots there's another 1. 10 i phones me who are. moments later the police shooting again. on my own. as you would expect due to the nature of the incident we responded as though this was terrorist related i'm now in a position to confirm that it has been declared a terrorist incident. eyewitnesses were visibly shocked. it was extremely frightening yeah but if you don't know what to do you know you have done something just i don't want to do think twice about just going off and not to come again london's mayor denounce the attack terrorism is cowardly and evil we must and will stand united and resolute in the face of terror

those who seek to attack us and divide us will never succeed and the british prime minister said he wants sentences for serious crimes to be more strongly enforced by how long and that's easy in the stake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison and it is very important that we get out of that habit and that we enforce the appropriate sentences for dangerous criminals especially the terrorists that i think the public want to see. this is the 2nd terror attack in this part of london in a little over 2 years. and our correspondents tell us our parts joins us now from london i shall have more details have emerged about the victims and the attacker what can you tell us.

well we now know all the details of what has been unfolding on friday afternoon around london bridge the bridge leading into the financial heart of the city where banks and insurance companies are located the attack started stabbing people at an event that was organized by cambridge university students with form a criminal it was former prisoners and that's where he started stabbing people at the moment 3 of them are still being treated at one of the hospitals here in london and 2 of them sadly have died as a result of this attack the attacker himself 28 year old khan he is a convicted terrorist he was convicted in 2012 for plotting a bomb attack on the london stock exchange and for plotting to set up a terrorist camp in kashmir or terrorist training camps there now that of course has been shot at the scene he was released he was in prison for several

years he was released last december and december of 2018 and ever since and has been wearing an alley tronic teg and so the sorry to use at all times knew where he was and this is what authorities of course are looking at closely now if they knew where he was why why didn't they know what he was planning and at the moment this is an open question i guess another question is what effect will this have now now that the united kingdom is in the middle of a general election campaign. exactly less than 2 weeks to go december 12th the british voters will have to the polls and of course terrorism will be one of the big topics now in this election and new topic prime minister boris johnson of the conservative party was very quick with a political message last night and he said he has been always in favor of not

releasing dangerous and violent criminals too so now already the calls for tougher sentencing from his side and from his cabinet the security minister reiterated that this morning and of course this comes at an emotional time for the country with breaks it already having divided this country polarized this country so now i guess it will take a backseat and there are 2 remaining weeks of the campaign and terrorism and tougher sentencing will take a front seat ok you know we corresponded with a party in london thanks for that. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. the last of the $39.00 people found dead in a truck in britain last month have been returned to vietnam the country's foreign ministry said the remains of the $23.00 victims arrived at hanoi airport they were taken to their home provinces for burial and 31 men and 8 women were discovered in a refrigerated truck near london. and hong kong hundreds of young and elderly

protesters have gathered to show that their demands have not changed despite a landslide victory for the pro-democracy camp in local elections a week ago saturday's rally is organized by the students and the so-called silver haired group to show that their calls for freedom and democracy are cross generational. in malta protesters have called on prime minister joseph to step down they're angry because his associate allegedly the mastermind of journalist murder was freed from jail investigative reporter daphne. it was killed in a car bomb explosion 2 years ago. and hundreds of environmental activists in eastern germany have occupied coal mines calling for an immediate end to the use of the fossil fuel much of the rust belt region depends on the mines for jobs campaigners say the government's plans to phase out cold by 2038 don't go far enough. and anti-government protesters in iraq are keeping up the pressure

a day after prime minister mehdi announced his intention to step down demonstrators say his departure is not enough they want parliament to resign as well more than 400 people have been killed since violence broke out in october protestors are calling for sweeping reforms and see the political class as puppets of outside forces and especially iran. and to shed more light on this i'm joined by iraqi journalist i mean thanks thanks for being with us the protests are continuing even though the prime minister resigned why is that. the calling of these tipping the government and also the problem. and because they think that's iraq now facing a new republic of iraq after the invasion it's a new iran you're thinking people calling to fighting against the corruption and also against the influence from from outside specially from iraq so they're calling

it would seem for a wholesale renewal of the entire political class is that realistic in fact it is difficult nowadays to arrive their demands because it's still it is a good step that the government or the other of the mehdi decide to resign but in the end of the day we are talking about the whole political system in iraq which is facing a lot of corruption and also mismanagement. i think in the next weeks will be very important tool to find a solution for whole this problem since it seems it is 16 years and is there any notion that you have or a name that is being circulated for a new prime minister or are we there yet well there is some names have been put on the table but i think it is not realistic not to talk about the person it's model

important to talk about the process who is going to be the next i think the protesters or in iraq there is a person should be closed the rainy and close to united states and will likely from kurds and from shia and sunnis we are looking for a mercy it is for the with it you want to tie us with the backlights from reno and so on it's a kind of mixing it's really very dangerous and very expensive explosive mix of political and social influence from inside and outside and is going to the pete told via elections a possible answer i think the next step will be the parliament decide to solve himself and call. for emergency government for the 66 months to preparing the ground for the new election and your election law and maybe the government will be quite different than what we have no facing ok iraqi journalist amir was on the situation in iraq thanks for that thank you. a fragment of what believed to have

been part of the manger where jesus was laid to after his birth has been returned to the holy land the relic was sent to rome as a gift to the pope 1400 years ago now it's back in bethlehem the town where christians say jesus was born. in cased in silver this piece of wood this come. from a papal church in rome the way to jerusalem christians believe it comes from jesus is current it is very important because these pieces of the man. that is coming. to the holy land last of many saying it is because there are. 7 saying that the structure of the. wing from. bethlehem to rome it may be a small wooden fragment but it has huge political as well as religious significance . it's. a message of

a special friendship between his holiness and president mahmoud abbas it's a message of solidarity with the palestinian people it's a message of peace to the people of the holy land it's a message from the holy see that we in the you know and we should not be despair and continue to warp for a better future for. its return is a big event for the palestinian christian community. it took over 1000 years for this small piece to come back to the holy land however small it is so many people here it's very precious i'm very happy today to be here today to see to receive that piece of the manger is something that from the 1st century that we have here in the holy land again in jesus is something that jesus may ringback

touch and she says is alive she says a person and is a life is this is this is very difficult to express but i feel so moved so enriched to be part of this wonderful feat of power as the roman catholic church following its rapturous reception in jerusalem the relic will move to its permanent home in bethlehem just in time for the start of the christian festival of advent and the run up to christmas. a protest chant and dance are becoming popular among women in latin america looking to raise their voices against violence and impunity it was created by a chilean collective but it's a universal message and catchy rhythm made it easy to repeat from one country to another. it was not my fault my clothes were not why i was raped lines from the feminist chand and dance making waves

across latin america and beyond. it almost in a past in a half angry we want to be heard and we want to be recognized as women to look people and citizen like almost without us. it has created by a chilean collective ford in the vendor 25th close all day protesting violence against women and has spread to spain france and to mexico the rhythm and universal lyrics make the song easy to repeat its message to transcends borders. voted in america and it everywhere in latin america there are very high rates of femicide rates of insanity from rapists murderers for the disappearance of the women for many. the hope to start with this chant and their fury the fight for women's safety can maintain today's momentum and.

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