a mockery of justice a un official slams saudi arabia over the handling of the jamal khashoggi murder investigation while the united states backtracks on promises to sanction the gulf war likely over the killing. paul's cold war for on christmas fun banning ice skating rinks in some cities over environmental concerns. and you know cliques comedy show catholics in brazil the over the depiction of a gay jesus we get reaction. making a joke out of a really sacred holiday for many many christians around the world and i think it just goes far. and concerns over security climate change and political correctness

put it down from christmas cheer in the. morning at 8 in moscow it's december the 24th i'm calling bright with the world news for a multi international welcome to the program 1st u.n. officials have denounced a saudi arabia's punishment of those involved in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi calling it a mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death and 3 others to jail time the u.n. appointed rights investigator believes the people actually behind the journalists have been left untouched spokes person for the u.n. secretary general also stressed the importance of a further probe. the secretary general continues to stress the need for an independent and impartial investigation into the murder to ensure full examination of any accountability for human rights violations committed in the case. mochas

shoji was last seen entering the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul in turkey in october 28th where he was then murdered the u.n. reports suggest his death was a state planned execution and insists it was the result of a rogue operation he's kind of open looks at how the death of a journalist who lived and worked in the united states affected washington's relations with its top customer. the assassination of jamal khashoggi shocked the world and drew massive condemnation a saudi court recently sentenced 5 people to death and 3 more to jail over that killing however if you thought that this ruling would draw a line under the case think again this is what the washington post workers showed you work had to say the complete lack of transparency on the saudi government's refuses cooperate with independent investigate says suggests that this was merely a sham trial now immediately after the killing last october many pointed

a finger directly at the saudi monarchy among them are u.s. senators austria the netherlands denmark and finland immediately banned the sales of weapons to the saudi monarchy however donald trump immediately ruled out any such ban in the united states and he made no secret about his reasons but as to whether or not we should stop $110000000000.00 from being spent in this country knowing they have 4 or 5 alternatives 2 very good alternatives that would not be acceptable to me for the past 2 years democrats and republicans have called for the u.s. flow of arms to saudi arabia to stop those same arms have been used to lay waste to yemen since 2015.

but now it seems the battle to stop those arms exports is over on friday donald trump was presented with a congressional defense spending bill by the us congress and that bill contained no anti saudi measures some democrats are furious votes this would be a pool tonight that instead of seizing the opportunity to end illegal u.s. participation in the horrific saudi led bombings of yemen congress will continue to fund trump's unconstitutional will the blame game is now in full swing with congressman denying that they capitulated by letting the bill pass i wasn't cavan i

was fighting to the last conceivable minute the u.s. can talk all it wants about human rights and condemn the pointless slaughter of civilians abroad however when it comes to the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia the deep financial and military interests are just too important to sidestep and it's almost musing that the saudi regime thinks that it would be a good public relations move to send inspired low level participants to death in a secretive process that just continues to make them look like a very backwards state where justice is not served you know the house and senate have now repeatedly voted in multiple votes in amendments to and in bipartisan fashion to end the u.s. involvement in this horrific horrific war in yemen democrats could have very easily had to go. harder and said if this provision was not in that they would have voted it down and they chose not to do that i think trump's covering for the saudi regime

is starting to look very peculiar i think even to number of his supporters some of his more very far right wing republican supporters in congress have arm together with progressive democrats on this issue. and with christmas just around the corner a new t.v. comedy has outraged brazil's catholic community off to putting a satirical and apparently offensive twists on the story of jesus's life that have a flick show depicts christ as a gay man and like to party. no one she was. well over 2000000 of signed an online petition calling for the show to be removed from netflix they also want an apology from the people who made the movie over the offense it's caused but the production company

behind it is not backing down. as the petition against his picks up steam we celebrate the success of yet another one of god's creations our christmas special the 1st temptation of christ remains ever more powerful what we call the views of radio and t.v. host karyn turk and media analyst lionel. i don't know what this brazilian comedy troupe is thinking with offending the audience that they're going after it's just wrong it's just spray saying christmas is to score a singer major religion for a fact and it's just making a joke out of a really sacred holiday for many catholics and many christians around the world 1st and foremost what this is the greatest marketing ploy to take some 2nd rate 2 bit comedy and now elevated internationally look if you don't like something don't watch it people can talk turn off the t.v. but it's another thing that the people are speaking through this petition and they feel that it's wrong and they don't want to air and on that flex and you know what

let netflix polit since the beginning of time since galileo there have been people who have dared to take on certain things which proved to be most problematic and the mad here to defend the idea when it here is to defend the idea of expression and that's it and i could sit there and i can write down why this is blasphemous and it's true whatever you think it's terrific but we not only going to have a sharlee go again do we learn from this i'm all for letting people see this so long as netflix and the makers of this particular tour de force can look me in the on and say they will consider making a joke about muhammad or abraham or other religion i think that really what needs to happen is we need to start to have respect for religions but the reality is that the people have spoken and they want this thing taken down the best way to kill and

quell than just dilute any kind of negative idea that you don't like is to be indifferent to it i think that they should have had a little more tact and putting this thing out about christmas now well it should have the respect for the religion for the people that have spoken in this country and a respect for tradition. you know it's christmas. climate change has been in the headlines for most of the year and it seems like christmas isn't off the hook either activists are now at odds with a favorite seasonal pastime ice skating and more particularly the ice rinks which pop up all over the place at this time of year explained. with the festive season in full swing what could be more typical of a winter wonderland than an ice skating rink across the world to thousands of temporary ones are wrecked it every year and for many skittering across the ice is a magical experience but it seems not everyone is in or in the future of rinks

could be on thin ice as the traditional ice rink has become the latest battleground for climate change french city wren has canceled its one citing concerns over the carbon footprint needed to maintain it in a few years it is not certain that there will still be snow at christmas but it is certain that there will no longer be an open air ice rink this is good news for the planet's meanwhile in bordeaux rising costs financially and environmentally mean the outdoor skating rink was cancelled for the 3rd year running the outdoor skating rink is absolutely not in sheen with the times keeping an outdoor ice rink cold consumes a lot of electricity open for a little over a month the city hall skating rink cost $70000.00 euros france's 1st indoor ice skating rink opened in paris an 876 it was an immediate hit and the idea has remained popular ever since but now with concerns about climate change is it time

for us to rethink some of our traditions we have people here in paris has this popular activity ways up against the cost to the environment since i just sort of it's a tradition to have an open air skating ring like this it's magical it brings christmas spirit and there's not much snow it's good to have the rain at the national depends when it's cold enough and. it's it's possible. but when it's not cold enough it doesn't have to be. we've seen many changes in the climate so i think it's very very good of some parts or citizen of france to do that but i agree the data strings are not good for global lumia but this is only one winter it's not true that. they isn't on so that could keep everyone happy and it's in the most unlikely of places mexico in a bid to keep

a wind to feel to the holidays an eco friendly artificial ice rink has been installed that and with options like that it seems that there is no longer a reason to skate around the issue so ski. paris. france is the largest telecoms company and its former c.e.o. have been found guilty of moral heris month following a series of staff suicides during the 2000 and france telecom which is since been renamed orange had recently been privatized and was being restructured that process caused thousands of job cuts and thousands more employees were placed in different roles which were often described as degrading as a result of the stress caused by the overhaul 19 workers took their own lives court has now ordered orange to pay a 75000 euro fine and sentence the former c.e.o. is what is 2 other former executives to time in prison we heard from some of the victims' relatives. since we are satisfied and happy 1st and

foremost because according to the extracts from the letter that were read out to us by the court what happened is we recognize as wrong this is a replica. wanted to be of the. i'm glad that this guilty verdict has been a deliberate decision we expected it was very. i'm very grateful to my lawyers and to everyone who supported the highly significant because up until now moral rest move has not be recognized as a crime and punishment the judicial level of a new unity in france is ruling her friday's ruling rather was significant and it would have the 1st time that a french court had found a corporation guilty of institutional heris meant but a lawyer for the company's former chief executive says he intends to appeal. this is to do off said ma we're talking about interpersonal harrison's lawyer in relation to any employee i believe that this decision is completely and reasonable it has no legal basis. if. ok on the way how christmas cheer has her

come into christmas fair in some parts of europe with fears of terrorism concerns over political correctness playing on people's minds it seems that just for us some in western countries christmas just isn't quite the same anymore as peter oliver explains. christmas in europe what a wonderful time of the year christmas markets in full swing perfect for those last minute gifts the smell of sweet treats teasing your nostrils and on an evening walking in and be in the lift streets perhaps not cold with a special someone to keep you from the wind chill not a care in the world but goodwill to all thought in recent times that's also come with increased security travel warnings and with some traditions now deemed woke what could be called the whole whole whole marginalization of the christmas period terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in germany you should be

vigilant and follow the advice of local authorities security is of course power mounted all major and then send christmas markets on different terror attacks and the market in strassburg last year and here in the lead in 2016 are still fresh in the memory. you can run them up as festively as you like but these bollards the bar is there to try and stop chris. this market's becoming a target again. this

also dated the birth questions raised over the inclusive the teeth of some christmas traditions which will soon be publicly shamed into the saying of the christmas instead of sunset. i've just been shamed on a facebook group for using the name father christmas and told that fantasia is now seen as gender neutral it's a common trope in the press to say christmas is being done away with this year it does seem quite difficult to do christmas without upsetting someone a good chunk of people polled say they boxed agenda neutral santa christianity is pretty central to the christmas celebration christ after all is in the name the one school in the u.k. decided to change the words to the carol away in a manger from little lord jesus to baby boy jesus prompting a prole from parents and national newspapers alike saying this was inclusive it's

gone too far in france there's a ban on the titty scenes under their religious imagery laws the mayor of bessie is rebels and faced backlash once the go to seasonal salutation only really in north america happy holidays is the right way to wish people well we're told with merry christmas deemed inappropriate by some even if you avoid the causing offense minefield you can still fall down on the environmental impact of christmas 57 percent of those polled here in germany said they would i the limit they use solve all abundant entirely christmas lights over environmental concerns if you prefer a real christmas tree good luck finding one in some parts of the usa where over the last 5 years christmas tree shortages have been reported with changes in temperature and rainfall cited among the reasons there's even been advice published

over how to correctly argue with your climate change denying relatives over the christmas period what do people in europe those think of christmas 29 teens. do and don't see. the family getting i want to tell you boy and eating each other so often dust the spirit of christmas the question is whether tradition this is not the same as why wouldn't tradition be inclusive he writes i think santa should just be what he's always been and that's a big man with a big big big. think that would be wonderful just to have a female presence as a father christmas i'm big on tradition so i think santa has always been santa i don't think there's any real issue with it for some population merry christmas means something religious. i will continue with the matter of christmas for me i think happy holidays is fine i think everybody should celebrate his own hold of it but. read it to accept friends relatives so horrible it was their own

and wishing you all very happy holidays in the hope that gender neutral sun brings you a sense of security. china's expressed concerns over america's newly formed space force beijing says that they see the u.s. military unit as a direct threat to peace. may volunteer to do the relevant u.s. actions are a serious violation of the international consensus on the peaceful use of outer space on the mind global strategic balance and its ability impose a direct threat to outer space peace and security we are deeply concerned about it and resolutely opposed to it the outerspace security one is the security for itself and each other things. things happening in space. growth space is the world's newest were firing. the space tourists will harvest to

deter aggression and control the altering the height. of the space force is the 1st new military service in the united states in 7 decades that we made up of about $16000.00 air force and civilian personnel and the full funding is around $40000000.00 but that figure is expected to grow to several 1000000000 in the future its mission is to protect u.s. assets such as satellites used for communications and surveillance we spoke about the u.s. military presence in space with sara flounders from the antiwar international action center. here isn't really a star wars on steroids you could say being proposed by. president trump new legislation. part of the largest u.s. military budget and when you look at trump statements it's not only to place weapons in space in is to dominate. this is a direct threat and so dangerous act there is an escalation and deliberate

intentional as culmination of a threat against china a new enemy has created a new threat when you could compare the nation's space 800 u.s. bases around the world no one country has been to the aircraft carriers or global no one or country has. and now to the place weapons. israel's ambassador to the united nations has launched a scathing attack on the international criminal court accusing it of a diplomatic terror it's after the organizations chief prosecutor announced plans to investigate alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories. i am satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation into the situation in palestine war crimes have been being committed in the west bank including east jerusalem and

the gaza strip the i.c.c. prosecutor's decision has turned the international criminal court into a political tool to do legitimize the state of israel this is a dark day for truth and justice bad out of my side now after 4 years of hard work and fuller and after providing all the necessary information about the crimes committed by the occupying forces against the palestinian people in the occupied palestinian territories the decision was finally made today this is a great day for us we have achieved what we wanted. the i.c.c. has the authority to hear cases relating to war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity israeli officials insist though that it has no jurisdiction to investigate alleged crimes committed in the palestinian territories because palestine isn't universally recognized as a sovereign state but the court's top prosecutor has signaled her intent to look into alleged war crimes carried out by mass and the israeli defense forces since 2014.

the director of ramallah based human rights organization told us that war crimes committed in the territories should be investigated. they don't allow for instance for the special robot wars to get them to investigate they do to allow for the commission of you know the un commissions of inquiry is to come to investigate this is the case you know this is how the israelis dealing and treating very sissy a dozen poor people only in one way and the palestinians all of them they accept. that if there is crimes you know committed by palestinians let's see the size of

that go after the palestinians at least 3 months or something like that but why the is the is the concern. that if they know well that palestinians commit crimes this is the ice is the gov't of them. but i think they don't want for this mechanism and for this tour and for this already to function. a couple of other world headlines for you hundreds of people have gathered in hong kong to denounce the decision to shut down an online fundraising platform for protest as demonstrators said their goal is to draw the attention of the international community to the government's illegal actions to freeze funds to be hit by protest since march right now withdrawn extradition bill that would allow the transfer of suspects to mainland china. as wildfires rage across australia one of the country's most like conic animals is in serious danger but is it doing their best to rescue koalas

they've also been providing them with her through the steps like the fire started a month ago and it killed 9 people destroyed 2 and a half 1000 buildings so far in southwest australia. and the news for this hour thanks for watching i'll have you next update off the imprisoned tells the story of another death row survivor wrongly jailed as a teenager for shooting at a party off the witnesses admitted being coerced into giving evidence. seems wrong. just don't. get to see. this day. and in the game equals betrayal.

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