>> thank you very much for joining us this christmas day. he will start with our main story, age of branding the muslim brotherhood a terror group. mom and morsi was the president in july. now being blamed for an attack in the nile delta. is this justifiable, to brand the muslim brotherhood is a terror group? >> in fact, the muslim brotherhood was behind all the egypt sinceence in

the last four or five months. and led to demonstrations in egypt. it pushed to violence. [indiscernible] an organization linked to al in thethey were working , attacking the army. this same organization says it was responsible for the blast that killed 16 persons. >> it is hard to imagine the muslim brotherhood was elected in the power.

mohamed morsi was the first democratically elected president. the leader, of course, was in charge of the country. what happened to this wide support? will a go underground? ,> they have no other solutions saying they have a very short with the muslim brothers to be considered as outlaws and can be put in jail at any time. probably does not go underground. it is not the first time in 1954 it happened. today, we reveal more acts of terror.

>> at least 37 people have been killed in three separate bombings in baghdad. two of the bombs went off simultaneously in an outdoor market. in the neighborhood, a car bomb went off by a church. french tanks have been deployed by an airport where there was heavy gunfire at the scene with tens and thousands of -- tens of thousands of people taking refuge there. the central african republic is still in the group of violence despite calls for calm from the president. three turkish ministers in the government have quit of allegations of corruption. it raises pressure on the prime minister. the alleged illegal money transfers.

the ministers, they deny any wrongdoing. >> they are accused of bribery. thousands cheered. to them, the accusations are false. the interior ministers were the first to step down to prove their innocence. he sees this as the biggest political crisis. a smear campaign against his government. operationkdrop of the against our government, targets and national will. the national will and the nation itself. >> hours later, a third member resigned.

investigators suspect dozens of people have taken bribes from businessmen for construction projects. it also focuses on illicit money transfers. including the three sons of the ministers. according to turkish media, police found $1 million at the apartment and 4.5 million stashed in shoe boxes. the crisis could lessen. minister elected in august. >> we have been following this story. disgrace,rs resign in but never before has a disgraced minister said the prime minister should resign as well. one aspect of the corruption

scandal that it is time to weigh in here. projects were approved in an unorthodox way. they were mysteriously redefined. ,hen announcing his resignation they said most of these roger x have gone ahead. allowed a culture of corruption. pope francis has called for peace in his first christmas address. those thatong cheered. overlooking st. peter's square to the cheers of 70,000 workers.

it is head of the catholic church. blessing means for the city and the world. it is given the catholics and at easter and christmas. he called for peace in syria where war has raged for two and a half years. followers arethe joining us in our prayer for peace. >> he expressed his desire for peace and conflict around the world. iraq and israelis and palestinians.

off the coast of the italian island. >> migrants in search of a dignified life may find acceptance. may tragedies like those we have witnessed this year with so many deaths never occur again. hoped that those would call for child soldiers to be rescued. from human exploitation of the planet. >> look upon our planet. help and protect all the victims of natural disasters, especially

the people of the philippines greatly affected by the recent typhoon. >> known for his personal ,odesty, in just nine months pope francis has already been called the people's pope. >> that is his first christmas address. we wish you a very merry christmas. stay with us. >> first came in earthquake of 9.3 on the richter scale suddenly hitting the 250,000 inhabitants of the indonesian on sunday,efore 8:00

december 26, 2004. few buildings had been built to resist such a shock. rescue services did the best they could but there were already many victims and there were more to come. sweeping away the rubble 10 minutes earlier. >> that is where my house was. i left my four children.

>> this is on the seafront, made infamous by satellite photographs taken before and after the disaster. an unrecognizable landscape. whole areas and accessible. inaccessible. nine years later, it has been rebuilt along the large mosque. the city took refuge in religion. 30 meters back from where it was. >> for the children, this is now routine. twice a year, every school in

the province holds tsunami drills. this class of 11-year-olds were infants when the tsunami struck. too young to remember. this drill is more like a game. they know exactly what to do if disaster strikes again. they have all learned first aid and survival techniques.

>> this time, he did not hand out a big disaster. the latest information is that there is no sin on me. today was just a simulation. the lessons of 2004 have been learned. >> according to me, that was nine out of 10. not bad. realized there will always be victims. the kids have the knowledge now. nine years since the synonymy -- tsunami, a bustling city has sprung up from the debris and devastation.

with billions of dollars of aid, 130,000 new houses have been built. this entirely new neighborhood is known by everyone as jackie chan hill. built because of constant support from the star and other chinese actors. in whene first to move construction finished in 2007. >> please get the motorbike out. >> the family is getting ready to leave for the day. we are happy with their new life. >> the situation is very comfortable here. the neighborhood is very nice.

>> the eldest daughter is nigh promising young businesswoman. she sells cars and in her spare time, teddy's english at university. the tsunami is now a distant memory. survived, but all their belongings are washed away. >> it is too difficult in life. we slept on the floor. when i go from my house -- >> she is determined to work hard and keep improving her life.

she has a well played job. she sells japanese cars. bonus.rned a hefty >> i think it will be a modern city like jakarta and it will continue to have good economic grace. for myself, i work here so i can change my life and make it better. >> it is developing fast, but some of them left on the sidelines, still struggling to move on after the synonymy. these fishermen are rare survivors. the ground zero of the disaster. completelys

flattened and much of it remains underwater. they lost everything that day. he survived because he was far from the shore. felt the shaking, but we did not know about the wave. home, we wered at shocked at the state of the place. i couldn't find my house. it was just water. the first thing i did was search for my wife and my son. around, is laying all tried to collect some of them together in one place. it was impossible to know. >> i never found my wife.

baby. still just a i had been married for 10 years. backn't want to go anymore. >> all the fishermen lost loved ones. they simply know no other way of life and went back to work. only caught a few small fish and squid. in the years since the disaster, they have slowly been rebuilding his life. he is remarried and has another young family.

his sons aged five and two and another baby on the way. >> let's go home. >> life is far from easy. the family still lives in an emergency shelter following the synonymy -- tsunami. >> hopefully, we will get a new house. he doesn't want to leave his fishing port. he wants propose a new home on jackie chan hill, but it is 20 kilometers away. now it is too late. they are stuck. >> the government says the tsunami is in the past. but we are victims. everybody in the world gave aid.

>> the local community leader has been working to find a solution for the 20 fishermen's families stranded in these aging cabins. but so far, no success. >> there are people that got houses a jackie chan hill. but they felt so isolated. they did not want to stay up there. they are fishermen and it is too far from the sea. >> they take us to the memorial. more thanve for 14,000 victims are buried. today, a group of patients is visiting the site. >> you and your families victims

? > >> yes. now i'm an orphan. >> oh, i see. this is a mass grave are victims of the synonymy are varied -- tsunami are buried. >> the synonymy left its mark -- tsunami left its mark. memorial sites like this were created to help the healing. people come here to pray and mourn for family members killed in the sytsunami. it is an important site for religious tourism, too. >> already known as the veranda of mecca, islam has become an even deeper part of life.

mosques were the only buildings to emerge unscathed. seen by many as a sign that disaster was divine punishment. crowd hasy, a huge gathered to hear it spoken and imam. they are convinced the tsunami struck because locals were sending. they said it was a warning -- from allah. >> allah gave us a signal to be better people and live our lives in a better way. >> they introduce -- extol the virtues of the law. allah gave us sharia law and

it must be obeyed every time and everywhere. >> sharia law is enforced in earnest. they have a special brigade of sharia police. check000 officers that drinking, gambling, and adultery. >> don't be arrogant. don't fight with people and don't be repressive. >> this is the all-female squad. sure men are attending friday prayers. they say they aim to be courteous to persuade rather than force people to obey the rules.

they do face corporal punishment. obligation. all men are not sending, -- sinning, he gets a warning. if he is seen three times on a friday not praying, he will be caned three times and maybe jailed for six months. >> the strategy is clearly working. the streets have emptied. it becomes a ghost town. any man still outside our publicly shamed -- any men still outside are publicly shamed. >> stop selling. it must go inside the mosque now. >> you don't want to end up in prison, right? >> i don't want to talk about this right now.

we can talk another time. >> religious rules are taken extremely seriously. it doesn't mean repression in all areas of life. at the beach, women don't have to wear veils. the car saleswoman is keen to show us her new hobby. she has only been surfing for one year. talk to ride the waves by a rare western tourists. ♪ >> [inaudible] is really beautiful.

>> she feels free and optimistic like other young people here. the tsunami had painfula7guc

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