the same as of the results. for example, the breaking news and as are by john airlines plane crashes in western conflicts done with dozens of passengers reportedly rescued. so far, 2 children are supposed to be among the survivors. recruiting scammers calling in thousands of bomb threats and even hiring minors to kill a russian defense manufacturer are too big and deeper into these roads. ukrainian started also ahead the grieving moments, gaza, how this time. but what they try to find for some parades to, to be happy as people around the world and joyfully observe christmas. in bethlehem,

the city christians consider the birthplace of jesus, the grief of fellow palestinians. and godsa overshadows celebration the year, watching archie international. i'm rachel ruble live in moscow. they begin with breaking news from catholic stand were and as are by john airlines plane has crashed with 67 people, reportedly on board emergency services say at least 28 survivors have been rescued, including 2 children. us. all right, are to correspond them or when a customer of us in the studio now with memory. now, what more can you tell us on the plane, it was traveling from by crew as a by john to touch the as a gross me. and apparently there was a collision with birds. and after that, the pilot made the decision to divert the plane to the closest airport at how and

conflicts on now flight radar shows the planes circling around before the pilot made the decision to land. now a poll line day, and we can see that in one of the videos that since emerge the line as it lines. we see that i catch this flyer in the back of the plane there. we can see it now the back of the plane as it proceeds to make the line then attach the supplier. and presumably that's where most of the casualties were in the back of the plane. and emergency services, of course, arrived on the scene right away, they extinguish the fire. and actually we have the moments of what after the crash, we can see some of the survivors, some heartbreaking them. of the some of the above. the question, the, the, the,

the of the truly tragic and the heartbreaking to watch that of course, again conflict, the reports. so for us to how many made it out alive so far where this our at least were here and that the number is at least 20 people to live among them a 2 children. now we also heard from the cause of transport, who clarified the citizenship of some of those people who were on board. so on board. there were 37 eyes or by johnny citizens, 16 russians, 6 cossacks, and 3 courteous citizens. of we also heard from arrears, a har of all the spokesmen for rushes out for an ministry. and she said there, awesome diplomats are in contact with the officials and cod is next time trying to establish the faith of the russian citizens to liter items on the could. they also has expressed his condolences and not his brain for the recovery of those who

survive similarly with the cosmetic liter as well, who has also set up a delegation looking into the causes on this crash. yeah, and the russian federal air transfer agency has commented on potential causes of the crash. no, you said it was possibly a birds. right. what. what more can you tell and yes, well they are also, there are confirm and that it was a happened because of a collision with, for it's and they're saying that they're in contact with the other advice on the airlines as well as with officials from conflicts on that of course, as well as those back is gone. now we spoke to a navy issue expert trying to find out what could have happened. what could have caused this depression. this is what they had say. i have an impression that the plane was almost out of control. it was descending and seemed ready for landing. but in reality, the descent was too steep. only at the very last moment there seemed to be an attempt to level the playing off. it didn't seem right to me. there could be

a number of reasons such as control systems failure. it's like reading tea leaves. there can be a lot of reasons, but we can see that the plane was almost uncontrollable. now will of course have more analysis and more reaction as the hours go by, as well as the number. when will it rise? will it drop? and we'll see when it comes to the casualties and the victims and other than we know those that the servers on the price that was actually most ago for a c i a summit. and he has since caught that trip. shorts. he's going back to his country and he has sense of state delegation to conflicts on so also investigate what happens in room 13 serena cus, vapor, marina, thank you. a war against russians continues on and off the battlefield. southern people, including its 3 miners, had been detained by russian security services for an attempt to the car bombing attack in the moscow region. the suspects confessed, they were coordinated by ukrainian forces. russia has also been shocked by

a series of sabotage, incidents carried out by civilians who been duped by scammers reports relief from ukraine and what appears to be a highly coordinated campaign. a number of citizens have been persuaded to set fire to police cars as well as government and bank offices are to senior correspondent, rog does the of dig deeper. the kinds scam is call centers make up the country's lives pro for the black sport scans, no of the country in the world comes close, i nearly pension is whenever you are a but russian and all over the world stab the life savings. so the june of a billions of dollars a year when you have new more of the new ethics, it doesn't matter who is a big to me, is a pensioner or a kid? the,

every yeah, ukrainian scott was cooling thousands of both the threats to russian schools and until the gotten zillow closes, i suppose that the free time between scamming vulnerable pension is it's hard to stop. technically, what it takes is a so called same box, literally a box the can house store. so even hundreds below you go sim cards and allow you premium hold centers, which they're all believe to be hundreds of to make direct calls to victims in, in germany or in britain, new russia. the

russian law enforcement of sees 320000 a legal sim cards. the owners and operators has rested, leasing serious jail time. but as things get worse on the front blinds for you, pride this guy, most of time to recruiting kids teenagers to become kayla is the largest moment. i last why were detained for attempting to blow up a car? 7 suspect. so be detained as an attempt to cons. carbone under the vehicle soon by the head of a russian defense manufacturer. 3 of them. but mine is under age promised $5.00

to $10000.00 to kill somebody. what is the result of an after speed operation? the cell sticks when detained, as they belong to the call bones. all the cell sticks involved have been charged. it always starts to the victim. is jen t lead fast? isabel. that track and eventually to mother boomed literally from the 3. but the fluid, the change while preparing to blow up a car, which we had tracked before hand. so yes, it's about a they asked us to drive to the parking lot and located land cruiser, proud to what dean called me in the city and put together an improvised explosive device. that's when i realized that our handler was involved with ukraine. ukraine makes no secret of it. they have on, on numerous occasions, admitted to assassinations, of, of journalists and activities, and politicians,

blowing up civilians. according to you prayed all over the world, is neither terrorism nor crazy. what they call terrorism. we call liberation. and this didn't happen because i went crazy and started killing people in moscow. all i will say is that we've been killing russians and will continue killing russians all over the world until ukraine's complete victory. it's things like greece, scabbing and the bombings that are waiting to americans and europeans up regarding the nature of ukraine's rule is the spot, the, the propaganda or yeah, i could see. and then the bbc and, and countless other outlets of school on your side to time and time again, people, people stop and pause to find the gas about you, credit and slaves of stones. they ask themselves the simple question, how on us could these be the good guys

christmas is a very special day for billions of believers and especially so on bethlehem, where the story of jesus began. but this december, for the 2nd year subdued celebrations in the west bank city, are overshadowed by the ongoing war in gaza as well as his rally raids across the palestinian territories. r t. 's maria financial reports from the sacred city. we are a best let him tell his student sits in the occupied. westbank believed to be the birthplace of jesus christ. and traditionally, of course, the heart of christmas celebrations for millions and millions of questions around the world. but tonight, it's hard to find any sign of passivity. here the manger square behind me usually dominated by a towering bright elite. beautiful christmas trees fence. there are no tree, no lies, no decorations. typically the square is full of vendors selling st food,

a gift. children running around pilgrim singing carols, taurus, so clean in this period of the holidays. now it's all gone for the 2nd year in a row, bethlehem has cancelled as christmas celebrations. and the reason of this they and they were in jobs on this has cost a dark shadow of palestinians in the west bank. and here in bethlehem who say guys was all like family to them. brothers and sisters who's suffering is deeply shared . church leaders and local officials council facilities as an act of solidarity with those in guys, endearing, unimaginable hardship. with more than 45000 lives lost in the palestine and in slave, and thousands and thousands more wounded or missing. the grief is in tens earlier, and the catholic church is less than patron who is attending the midnight mess at the church of the tv to to night. he visits

a gaza and here's what he said upon his return from god's vice also. so so you also, we also meant to it's nice of yes, i really love the console our life. and next the biggest trees most 3 i was here invest. let him 2 years ago during the 1st christmas off the cove and loved downs and the square, i have to tell you, and the c t looks very different back then we have finally invest, let him. if mother mary would make it here today, she would find the city of which the decorated for christmas and full of

celebrating crowds for the 1st time in 3 years. the town believes to be the birthplace of jesus, accepts christians from all over the globe earlier his really prime minister, benjamin netanyahu addressed wish turns worldwide. thing thing bad for supporting israel's fight against what he called the forces of evil. we spoke with some people here about beaver's speech. palestinians refused to talk on camera for security reasons, adding it smelled hartsville id asked to come here and arrest them. but they told us they believed newton. yahoo is the evil one. some foreigners who share their vision allowed us to report them, is trying to get the christian votes from like the western world, from your phone, from the us. but also like the christians here and they don't feel safe. they don't feel like they can celebrate christmas and the way that they should be able to as a christian, i believe in fees and i believe you know,

1000 goals. i b as in love because i discussed it tells us that the love you, your neighbors love yourself. and i just realized that the only lights in the square of flashing from police cars security is very tight with more officers visible here than civilians. the atmosphere is very tense reflecting the road, the security situation all across the west bank that is marked by escalating violence and defending divisions. takes the northern city of jeanine, for example, a lot all the time. sensor of resistance is wally off to patient. that is an golf in conflict with questions this time ranging between forces loyal to the palestinian authority and milton broad thing for the mass and his lumnick jihad who accused the po, collaboration with age row, probably sitting in a forward to respond with deadly raids, gunfire and explosions have become daily routine. they're leaving residents for us to the cycle of fear and violence and beyond security. the westbank economic crisis

is deepening. unemployment has claimed i'm relatively above 25 percent, and many families are struggling to make ends meet. and some parents here earlier told us they didn't bring the children to the square of these here as they can not even afford a balloon. the cancellation of christmas celebrations has put another burden on the local economy, which is obviously have a lead depending on torres, some hotels and teams in the water. we are staying to night. we are the only gas shops shorter than the mood is one of despair. it's going to be hard, especially here, because if we, if we came to here, a citizen of the with the him on the, i see i don't the separation and people from different the country. is it today? yeah. i think nearly multiple years, we are not some nice thing to hear from because this do wish. and so i, yeah,

i just wish to finish this war because the still wishing the is misery and i, i hope people to came here and again, next year maybe and sort of place uh with the people here. definitely not in the move to celebration of this year. not last year. it was one of my favorite periods . it's throughout the whole year. i would look forward to this period because it would be so full. you would see so many people. again, it's itself. so spiritual and so celebratory, and today it's empty. i know, at least for me, i can't imagine myself celebrating now, not any time soon. so i can imagine that most people are feeling very similarly. i moved a little bit so that you could see the entrance to the church inside these walls. christmas isn't completely from boston. this is weird. christmas survives in quiet moments of prayer within the walls of the nativity church. the midnight mess has

just started. hundreds of people have gathered inside already you can see they're lining the outside. they're trying to get in right now. how is teen is some foreigners inside there? is this frank draw sense of peas? a stark contrast to the turmoil outside, and we can see people's faces all this smiling and they're happy. so and this moment they're reading as a sub moment of gaza full pallet sky. but what they tried to find for some coverage to be the name on here or the weight of gaza and this trundles across the west bank . all it is capable, get people gather lights and candles, whispering prayers, hoping the next christmas maybe my bring and brightest story and of course to everyone. so the right thing tonight, mary merry christmas from bethlehem in palestine. i'm turning now to syria, where a christmas tree has been set on fire in a greek orthodox majority town,

sparking outrage video online. it showed men torturing the holiday symbol local media have pointed the finger of fighters affiliated with the high out to rear of some terrorist group that recently ceased. power is comes just a week after gunmen open fire on a group orthodox church in the nearby city. a mall causing significant damage to the building. prisons, christians have responded by staging mass protest us in damascus. hundreds of demonstrators march through the streets of the capital of changing slogans and carrying process. besides, the top of government had previously sought to protect various religious and ethnic minorities in the country. but since the h t s militants took over, there has been an uptick. in religiously motivated attack. my colleague union o'neill spoke with some other superior of the monastery of saint james,

the mutilated in syria. agnes marian, mozilla cries, says it's a dark time for the nations christian community. we see that there is a security deeds that we can say is it varies in security and this guy and the of the attempt to of aggression, you know, is not the only 2 but the material and the 3 it is burning. i would appreciate, i suppose it's a burning of offense. it's burning with joy. it's burdening, you know, the fees of the christmas. me is the key of a lot of these guys. is it less for me for the us? it's an insult. so i have the, you know, how is it someone, is it easy going through and of the situation really the give

a statement and as always, my, my experience in celia is this, see me. the entity is always forgot in the media. they speak when they want to shift to show is it would be, you know, interesting. i am talking about domestically media with these interesting for them . let's let the people in the of the lee and celia i'm leaving. mean doesn't matter . it's not the only need for the creation that have been a lot of dilutes against other minorities. you see what, how does the christian community currently receive from the west? my idea, we have never received the paper from the west to the contrary. we have always said, especially during those years,

is that the to us even before the be done for us to talk about the persecution of cushions. are you wonder how your oh is it was not helping to secure the life of christian in the past is how now are they going to secure it when they are treating we use the, you know, h t s, which is the cost of good as it the least organization, you know it's, it's a situation like this piece of the new situation and we, we, we don't rely on the pro dixon from the west and i'd be glad to state the us government has wasted

a trillion dollars in spending this year. that's the bombshell claim from republican senator rand paul, who's publishes annual report on where tax payers cash has been going the most to blame for our crushing national debt. everybody this year, members of both political parties in congress voted for massive spending bills filled with subsidies for under performing industries. continued military aids to crane and controversial climate initiatives. as congress spends to reward its favored pet projects, the american taxpayers are forced to pay through high prices and crippling interest rates. the same big spenders teamed up yet again to continue sending americans hard earned money to foreign countries, funding and list wars all while still ignoring our wide open southern border and our mountain, the debt will continue to pile even higher. us drill down on the numbers. the

senator says, the one trillion dollars of the government waste includes $13000000.00 for assessing the street type show in a rock. 12000000 for a pickle ball sports complex, and las vegas over 10000000 for experiments infecting cats with co bid. and then telling them, and nearly 5000000 for ukrainian influencers to promote so called public affairs. and as all funded by us tax payers who had no say in how their money was spent. we discussed the prospects for accountability with the german american economist thomas pen. this is the site type of monitoring system that we have this dis, dollar based system with the united states at the center, as the issuer of the, you know, we're, we're one reserve currency. they're all accounted for. all he gets lost is just so much more has it that's induced under such a, you know, what type of monetary regime, where the money can be, but essentially printed it. well, then handed out, well, you know,

it's why we got the growth companies like, like, amazon, these, these, these, these big, gigantic google, uh, american multi nationals, they're able to take over the entire american market. and you know, other markets as well because they have easy access to this printed up funding money. and it leads, it's kind of like a, it's everybody's that it's like a big party and everybody's at the bar and, but it's getting drunk. does the federal reserve is the, is the, is the really, the bartender handed out all of this free money and everybody's getting liked it up on it and, and it doesn't matter where you spend it because we're all drunk and having a good time. but the party is slowly coming to an end, and it's going to be a big problem for the nightstands. uh, before we go, a quick recap now of the breaking news. we're following here on our tv commercial aircraft has crash, landed in southwest the catholic stan, with at least to 62 passengers and 5 at crew members on board. there are reports of more than 20 people being taken to the hospital with 2 children. among the

survivors, rescuers continued to search at the sides. according to local media, the airplane was circling in the air and send an emergency signal before the crash, as a by john airlines flight took off from the capital baku and was on route to gross me in southern russia. the pipeline was reportedly change due to a collision with a flock of birds. we will keep monitoring this story and bring you further developments as we get them here on our team. all right and do stay with us up next on cross top peter lavelle and his guest discuss what the future may hold for the survey and people buy from the the

the the hello and welcome to cross stock. were all things are considered. i am theater,

live out, a solid is gone. now what, what about syria? is it gone to? it would seem so outside powers are carving up the country. what was an international proxy war against damascus is turning into an international civil war . is there a place for the syrian people, the cross fucking syria and join bottom? i guess we risk in be real key is a security and political affairs analyst, also in lebanon. we have some stuff id and he is an associate professor and canada research chair in the history of the modern middle east at the university of british columbia. and in manchester we cross to peter ford. he is a former british ambassador to bahrain and syria. are a gentleman, cross stock rules and a text that means you can jump any time you want and i would appreciate it every single time about sort of forward. if i go to you 1st and in manchester and the title of this program, does syria have a future? and if it does, what is it?

go ahead. i'm afraid the future looks very great. very blake. indeed. now of course 3 major in the west. hope being emphasizing the positive and the word which keeps copying is tribute ation cumulation. because there are some people in the street to i obviously overjoyed at the removal of the shop. but that's only hoss the picture if you, if they told the cameras to the boy that we live at all, and then severed some of the 1000 streaming out every day in, in fear for their lives. tribulation would not be would coming to their lives. so basically, half of syria appears to be looking forward to the kind of future that they want

and incentives future and the other half or more drifting it. well, i'll lee, you know that there is the famous phrase that goes back to content. lisa rice, you know, creating the new middle east. well, i suppose there is a new middle east now, but is it, is anyone security been enhanced with this dramatic change in syria? ali and be root? or i think that the main beneficiary or whatever to in mind. but our fisheries, as we whole know, regarding the events in serious in the immediate future. and they need to, you're having this right of them to, to the age for their own reasons. i think that the is randy is of played on major major uh, seeing how the situation was on the fall that it was before. right before the events in syria. when benjamin a video spoke about i, you middle east now would have to use that for the time.