[000:00:00;00] the the breaking news of playing crush in western catholics. the seas dozens killed. but almost half those up for the us there by john airlines flight survive to children, believe to be among them. the 4 people are killed in the shelling of a puerto ton and rushes crisp regions. local officials say you clearly and proves actively store to target civil unions blocks the separatist criminals will

either lay down that voluntarily will be stumped out with the weapons in syrian soil. surrender or die turkish president gerardo on fires all phenomena, threat to kurdish militant groups in syria. these fighters were previously bach, and supported by on for his own the nato allies. the united states. the 10 am in lima 3 pm in cook county and 6 in the evening. this december 25th here in moscow. welcome to the news hour. we begin with breaking news from catholics done where in the us or by john airlines plane has crashed with 69 people, reportedly on board. dozens are believed to have lost their lives. exact figures out this stage are on clear, but emergency services, se sum 32 survivors have also been rescued. we receive the exclusive footage of the 1st moments after the morning crush taken by one of the passengers. the video

capture several people trying to pull out of those labels for luggage and stroke and seizures. many of the survivors appear to be in shop covered in a look at blogger also felt this of the site of the project. just the snow. i'm at the scene of the incident about 28 kilometers from the city of opt out. judging from the fact that the plains wreckage has scattered all over the stuff. there are many victims here, according to preliminary data. they say there are also survivors. as you can see, police have cordoned off the entire perimeter and are not letting anyone else, not even journalists. but while the exact cause of the cross remains on known president pollutant has offered his condolences to the families of those killed and said that any assistance necessary would be given to help with the ongoing investigation ortiz marina cost rivet took me through the details of the diamond or liner a little earlier on the plane was leaving

a box was advised on and it was headed to gross me in chechnya, when apparently it collided with the flock of birds, and that collision actually caused an oxygen tank on board to explode after which passengers apparently lost consciousness then and as to what signal was sent out while the plan was over the caspian sea. and apparently the pilot decided to divert the play into how and has like start. and it tried to have a live that we can see from the video there as it was attempting to line. it caught fire, started spin around and the front of the play and then fell apart. and presumably that's where those who died were seated in the front of the play. of course, emergency services arrived at the scene of rider with some, a 150 people working there. and actually we have a video that was taking moments after the crash, a heartbreaking video. good question. the

the around half of the pair passenger survived. and we have heard from the cause that ministry of transport confirmed the citizenship of those who are on board. and there was $37.00 advisor on the citizens. 16 russians, 6 cossacks, and the 3 kirk is a citizen. so those were the people who are on board and we're finding out information as to who made it out alive. and particularly after that then comes the investigation to probe into what occurred and we know that the russian federal air transport agency has commented on potential causes that the crush. yes, they comments it and they definitely say that it seems that it was cause due to a collision with a flock of birds and not they're in contact with you, sword, seize and cause like sunshine to figure out exactly what happened. but we also here

spoke to an aviation expert trying to figure out what went wrong. how could this have happened? and this is what they had to 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 plain was almost uncontrollable. now what's interesting is that we're getting reports that local authorities are now looking into a violation of safety rules during aircraft operation. and also process investigative committee has launched a criminal case. also looking into a violation of traffic safety rules as operation of air transport. then in terms of official reaction to the accident, a lot of countries involved here what's being said, yes,

we'll start with the russian embassy. those are about john, which is of course in contact with bill storage, who's there in the context on and i trip ashanda. i've also set up a crisis headquarters nearby and sent their employees to the see over the crash. we also heard from money, as i thought of, she confirmed that most go is in contact with all the countries involved. and also trying to establish the faith of the russian passengers who were on board and she's got parcels to the russian embassy and cosmic stone, as well as our representative offices in the country are in contact with local authorities regarding assistance to victims of the ocean disaster information about the hotline of the ministry of emergency situations of cosmic style, which relatives of the deceased can contact has also been published on the website and accounts of the russian embassy in starting. the russian diplomats working in the context on will monitor the situation and promptly inform on this issue. we also heard from vladimir putin who expressed his condolences to the eyes are by johnny leader,

me through the school. so the crumbling spokes person has confirmed that blind may i please, and actually spoke to mr. i live by phone. and he also confirmed that mister i live was in fact in st. petersburg for an informal summit when this happened. but of course, he had to cut his trip short, in essence, returned back to eyes advice on the sofa, the little girl who took the president earlier in the morning as when he had almost arrived in russia, but had to turn back. let us hope for a speedy recovery for the injured and of course, i am sure there will be a thorough investigation. we will coordinate the work of our special education services on all issues related to this tragedy. we also know that mr. ally of such a state delegation to cause like started looking into the causes of the crash. some more reaction of course, from the test. the liter homes on the who expressed his condolences and said that he's praying for the speed of recovery of those for some 5. we also had the cause of presidents expressing his condolences and saying that he will set up

a commission looking into the causes of the sites and how this was allowed to happen. they had the processed august on is offering to help in any way he can from his side and the georgia foreign ministry set that it's nice and solid. there are 2, but that strategic part that during this difficult time, we had the survey as president pockets nonce prime minister, expressing their condolences and also the united states saying that they're willing to help us there by john in any way they can. and of course, we expect them to hear more reaction as the day progressed. as more people around the world wake up to these, this news, the 4 people have been killed and 5 more injured in ukrainian shelling of a ton of lagoons in russia's curse, squeaking those figures coming from local authorities. here's our t correspondent, e course. i don't know if with more than what's known at this time, ukraine has opted to launch a missile strike against a small town about 19 minutes drive away from the regional capital. the town of the

gulf that's is now ukraine itself. the command is making a claim that they talk to a command center of russia as of $810.00 marine brigade, but basically the witness accounts, as well as video that were short, literally moments of to the attack they paying to very different picture. it can be seen that an apartment block building a 5 story high apartment low building as well as a few town houses and a view to paula were hits it by the missiles. now the attack was deadly right now. all these sites, they don't have a, basically the power is out that they don't have any gas supply for now, both the, the sites that have been directly hits and those that have found themselves in the direct vicinity of the strike side. now, according to the russian investigative committee and well actually judging by the

sort of destruction in the scale and the remoteness of the town over the gulf from the front line, it is most likely that us made a long range high mas massages were used to carry out this attack, employees of the russian investigation committees, main military department, are inspecting the aftermath of the showing in the course of regions. town of the golf during an inspection, fragments and shrapnel were found, presumably parts of a high mar system. all of them will be seized and sent for further examination to clarify their specific type and kind of show. now if that version is to be finalized and announced as the final one, then this would be the very same type of munitions that the ukrainians use. less than 5 days ago, in fact a to attack a small town over it is also in russia's course region that the destruction was truly horrendous. also, civilians died and the injured in the vast attack too. and so it seems that the ukrainians are guessing a bit of a taste of launching such attacks against peaceful and civilian targets. and when

it comes to russia's reaction well, most go as being quite sensitive about the attack on russia's course region need. it has been even more so sensitive when it comes to using american long range weapons against the attacks deep into the russian soil and the gains, the swell that has been internationally recognized as pods over russia and according to russia's for administer. surg, elaborate of russia. every single time brushes calculating the sort of retaliation very carefully, given the absolute lack pretty much of condemnation by the international community of such attacks, stroke associates of, for you as for the constant terrorist acts that the key regime is resorting to deliberately striking, purely civilian targets residential buildings, hospitals, clinics, shops, places where people gather and wrist. this is outrageous and a direct violation of all anti terrorist conventions and all security council

resolutions on the subject. unfortunately, no one in the west is joining our condemnation. and none of the leaders of international organizations, including the u. n. d o s c u n e s c o, and many others is joining our condemnation. we warn that further continuation of such a line will be met with an increasingly strong response each time. and frankly, as far as i can understand, as a non military person, the damage to cubes, military machine, not only in response to these terrorist attacks, but in general during the special military operation in recent months. it is very, very significant. not necessarily after this criminal strike on the screeching on the brian screeching on the belgrade region. it's not necessarily something to do

immediately. we are patient people, but sometimes you know, measure 7 times and cut ones. so we need to measure so that we can cut off the full program. now key of has been absolutely hell bent on keeping the foot hold on, holding their ground in rushes coolest region. but so far, all of these attacks against these civilian targets, they have failed to bring any sort of advantage in any results. for key of the uh, for instance, uh they are keep to mount as they are throwing new new reserves into rushes course regions this tripping other parts of the front from these and much needed with the reserves and reinforcements where they are pulling back. but they have been also put on the backbone and they have been the retreating in brushes, course region as well. because since the since their initial gains in august this year, they have lost more than 50 percent over land that they initially managed to get

onto the control in a sort of a blitzkrieg operation. so they will, they are bound to try and carry out more of such strikes. and this is certainly well not good news for everyone living and brushes course region. russia has been calling on everybody who have found themselves close to the, to the new front line. the to evacuate, and this is so far, probably the best advice they can get and follow a terror attack caused a russian cargo ship to sink in the mediterranean sea on monday. that's the revelation coming from the company that owned the vessel. you know, other details were given a by to me of target. on the ledge of the tug, a bloss destroyed the person major ship engine rooms which occurred off the coast of spain as it was on route from st. petersburg to vladivostok. the crew reported 3 successive explosions that occurred on the starboard side of the boat. 2 crew members out of the 16 on board,

are still missing the rest are alive and were rescued by the spanish coast. the trickiest president jose should a forceful ultimatum to us, but kurdish militants in syria, red chip, tire bird one sees the fighters must surrender or die. i had a few to join in the because we are resolute to now determination to eliminate terrorist organizations particularly days and the p k. k which threatened the stability and territorial integrity of both nations. the separatist criminals lie, the lay down that voluntarily will be stamped out with the weapons and syrian soil . hope of what we understand at the time being that was more concerned about ensuring that the curtis groups in the northeast of the country laid down the weapons or face the consequences of military operations and an incursion into the northeast. we understand that based on the statements that i'm curious providing that the fundamental issue here is that it is to do so, of course,

to get rid of any threats along the turkish border. but also, it says essentially adhered to the territorial integrity and the sovereignty of the state of syria. but of course, we can essentially say that this is the silence before the start, because we understand that uncle is currently in a position trying to persuade the y p g, but also the syrian democratic forces, the s b f, which is the umbrella organization for that group after was re branded and it's quite against dia sion. we understand that the current position on color hold is a crucial one. but this also means that it comes with a great deal of attention, particularly between incorrect and washington. we understand that the united states currently has a great deal of interest within the region that it's interest online with the y p g or the current age groups. and we understand that and washington are currently at odds when it comes to this topic, specifically speaking. so much so that although there has not been a wide spread military operation or incursion to these territories against cody's positions,

that there had been some attempts to essentially shelving or attacking certain settlements within the northeast that we understand that this is of course, a matter of concern because we understand that the us position suggests that the us must be interest, especially focus on taking all of its options into account. the american enterprise institute to essentially the american thing time published an opinion piece, suggesting that the american should be in a position to at least prepared to target terms outside of practice borders essentially hinting in syria. and this comes, of course, at a time, according to that opinion piece, suggesting that attacks by the turks about forces within uh, north northern syria, ne syria. that's them. some attacks have come close to attaching us personnel. and this, of course, moving forward could fit into nato allies against each other, but coming to reality are coming to us to our sensors. and the most part is going to suggest that on present a position to ensure that the y p g and this affiliated groups within the north of the country laid down the weapons that we understand that outreach is not just limited to syria. but there has been

a great deal of vocal opposition against continuing this fight with these curtis groups and so much so that the national, this party, the m h p within cherokee has also suggested that on crow might even consider a new reproach. mince with the kurdish forces and essentially put everything behind them. but of course, this is a decades long history that we're talking about and the battle are these, the warren, syria has essentially result in a great deal of the issues that i'm trying to use to address as to how successful longer will be. and it's at least it's commitment moving forward is going to be something that we will observe quite closely. a former senior security policy, i'm less than the us defense department might tell. maloof predicts washington is likely to a bottom that the kurdish fighters, it once supported, and i think it indicates a big mess. number one, but number 2, it was the united states that was supporting the h t s, but everyone has its own,

has its own designs, it was inevitable, and it was to be expected. the kurds are, uh, are you in a very defensive mode right now it's tricky appears to be in the, in the driver seat, on the, on syria, syria, as we know, it no longer exists. and as a secular stated, it's not no longer it no longer exist. um and the cards are, are, are, are going to have to figure something out as soon as they're either going to get attacked. or they may have to go along with the simulation. a is mr july because the suggested into their uh, new uh, military uh, military structure of the united s for what the united states does. like every other agreement will probably the united states probably will a random occurrence. the revised figure is how the merge following

a psych closed in the french overseas region of my yacht in mid december. at 1st, it was feared, thousands may have lost their lives, but not local law. socrates have less than that number, significantly noticing it was dozens, $39.00 people in total over a $120.00 more. however, remaining a serious condition. in the aftermath of the tropical storm on the indian ocean island residence of being forced to leave their destroyed homes with streets also measured by phone and treason. rec, both part us deliberate on choose to, but local say, it's not enough. the lack of water electricity in homes in cities and everything. that's what's causing the current population to panic. it's been 2 or 3 days and 2 nights that i've been sleeping here the 1st night i was put top. but now it's becoming more and more difficult to find accommodation except that we live on the mainland and that's it. so last night we slept outside. i think there were about 10 of us about 20 at the airport. they have nothing tool. people can't get on the

plains, the plains empty, we have to ask, we make requests, we insist, send emails, and in the end we get nothing. we try and find water or food. if someone bring something to eat, everyone still goes hungry because we are the same. we suffer. in fact, the situation is catastrophic. and for us parents, i'm very affected because i have to separate from my children. if there's no school, i've got to manage to send my children to the metropolitan france were offered repatriation assistance, but it's not enough. we hear that there are associations. we hear that there is help, but i get the impression that it's tar it is. so we've been left out of it, and i'd like us to look after all the categories of people, the indian prime minister, in the end, remotely has visited the headquarters of a leading catholic organization in you delhi, to mark christmas. it's the 1st time a leader of the country has attended such facilities. this trespass also marks the

80th anniversary of the catholic bishops conference of india or at c, b. c. i association, which posted the country's prime minister. mister moody addressed the leaders of india's personal community, unexpended, his best holiday wishes to believe his boots, if he was talking, is currently conducting united ridge program with a focus on the christian community in southern india. did you see fallen off of the plaza? what christmas? indeed is a very special day for over 2000000000 believers worldwide. and especially so in bethlehem where the story of jesus began. but this december marks the 2nd year of subdued celebrations in the west bank city, overshadowed by the ongoing war in gaza. and this really rates across the palestinian territories. r t. 's. maria financing. i've visited the holy side on christmas eve. we are a best let him tell his student sits in the occupied. westbank believed to be the birthplace of jesus christ. then 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 lights, no decorations. typically the square is full of vendors selling 3 food of these children running around 2 rooms singing carol's, taurus, so clean in this period of the holidays. now it's all gone for the 2nd here in the row. bethlehem has cancelled as christmas celebrations. and the reason of this they and they were in guys on this, has cost a dark shadow over 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 and guys,

enduring unimaginable hardship with more than $45000.00 lives lost in the palestine and in slave of thousands and thousands more wounded or missing. the grief is in tens earlier of 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 a vice i also so so you also we on so nice of the war to cancel our life and that's the

biggest reason us 3 i was hearing best left him 2 years ago during the 1st christmas off the cove and low downs and the square, i have to tell you and the say to look very different back then we're finally invest, let him a mother, mary would make it here today, she would find the say to reach the decorated for christmas and full of celebrating crowds for the 1st time in 3 years, the town believe to be the birthplace of jesus accepts christians from all over the globe earlier his really prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed wish turns worldwide. bang king band for supporting israel's fight against what he called the forces of evolve. we spoke with some people here about beaver's speech. palestinians refused to talk on camera for security reasons, adding, it's not hard for ideas 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 record

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 i know 1000 goals. i b as in love because the district that tells us that the love you, your neighbors love yourself. and i just realized that the only lights and the square of flashing from police cars security is very tight with more officers visible here than civilians. the atmosphere is very tens reflecting the rogue, the security situation all across the west bank. that is marked by escalating violence and deepening divisions. take the northern city of jeanine for example. a lot on time. center of resistance is wally occupation. that is an golf in conflict with questions this time ranging between forces loyal to the palestinian authority

and milton groups, including the mass and his lumnick jihad, who accused the po colorful rating. with age ralph's palestinian authorities responds with deadly raids. gunfire and explosions have become daily routine, their living residence for us to the cycle of fear and violence and beyond security . the westbank economic crisis is deepening. unemployment has claimed and relatively above 25 percent. and many families are struggling to make ends meet and some parents here early and told us they didn't bring the children to the square 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, a m team in the water. we are staying tonight. we are the only gas shops shorter than the mood is one of the disparate. it's going to be hard,

especially here because it be a very i came to here as a citizen of the with the him. on the i see i don't the separation from people from different the countries it today. i think nearly multiple years. we are not so very thing to hear from because of the wish. and so i, yeah, i just wish to finish this war because the situation is misery and i, i hope people came here again next year, maybe uh, on saturdays uh, with the people here. definitely not in the mood to celebrate 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 for boston. this is weird. christmas survives and wide 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. the trying to get in right now, probably seen is some foreigners inside there is this draw sense of peas, a star contrast to the turmoil outside. and we can see people's faces all this smiling and they're happy. so in this moment they're grieving, edit the said moments of gaza, full pallets tie, but what they tried to find for some courage to, to be able to hear the weight of gaza and the struggles across the westbank. all it is capable, get people gather lights and candles, whisper and prayers,

hoping that next christmas maybe my bring and brightest story and of course to everyone. so the right thing tonight, merry, merry christmas from bethlehem in palestine while a person in question is explored next. as christians and other minorities, fear persecution this christmas day in syria come, the country survived the turmoil its enduring. or is the ancient land which has withstood many, many a tax over centuries set to be carved out across the top of the page. the . the