but the hash tag abba alone has billions of views. and alba is among the bands whose songs are most often covered by others. youtube features can cover versions of their songs in every genre imaginable. i was see, i teach generation spawns new ab fans. so what's behind the band and during appeal in the sound, i guess especially the 2 guys voices. and maybe that's what appeals, but it's very difficult to say it's, it's really it's for other people to try and explain that challenge accepted young . we spoke to a music journalist, an opera singer, a former eurovision winner, a fashion designer, song writers, composers and producers. all of them know as a personally and live in stockholm. a 2 couples behind about benny and any freed, nita, and beyond. we're not always as well loved as they are today. in the beginning, a lot of journalists and fellow musicians thought the band was totally uncalled. back in the seventy's, in sweden i'm, i was a no go, ah, you should definitely not listen to how by shouldn't praise them. they were always neg

and would know he loves abba . and would know he loves abba. yeah. yeah.2 abba of sold more albums any year before is pretty unbelievable . i have is pretty unbelievable. i have to be honest. yeah, i'm pleased with. how well is that mamma mia show that i've got, you know, the live virtual reality show? i mean, that's selling out. i mean, that's selling out. i mean, so is incredible. mean, so it is incredible. they've got that now. they're going voyage. the soul going to have a voyage. the soul of or avatar show now as of avatar or avatar show now as well. it's well. and that's it's incredible. anyway for the panel incredible. anyway for the panel. dawn. thank panel. thank you, dawn. thank adam. thank you, amy. we will be back. let's have a look at some of your emails, by the way, in on all various subject we've been talking about tonight's staycations those dogs throwing away christmas trees. could away your christmas trees. could you tell from steve you possibly tell me from steve where i can staycation when of our hotels are being turned over to house mi

and would know he loves abba . and would know he loves abba. yeah. yeah.2 abba of sold more albums any year before is pretty unbelievable . i have is pretty unbelievable. i have to be honest. yeah, i'm pleased with. how well is that mamma mia show that i've got, you know, the live virtual reality show? i mean, that's selling out. i mean, that's selling out. i mean, so is incredible. mean, so it is incredible. they've got that now. they're going voyage. the soul going to have a voyage. the soul of or avatar show now as of avatar or avatar show now as well. it's well. and that's it's incredible. anyway for the panel incredible. anyway for the panel. dawn. thank panel. thank you, dawn. thank adam. thank you, amy. we will be back. let's have a look at some of your emails, by the way, in on all various subject we've been talking about tonight's staycations those dogs throwing away christmas trees. could away your christmas trees. could you tell from steve you possibly tell me from steve where i can staycation when of our hotels are being turned over to house mi

is this a fake launched by abbas galyavim? for what purpose then it is not clear, so of course i don’t know anything about this situation in fact . i think that such a variant can be developed later that this is the normal work of the political and military headquarters to have an option to have a script ready for all situations in life, but in any case, i do not think that the kremlin considers him as the main one, they have a slightly distorted perception of information until now while they are squeezing ukraine, the west will force ukraine to go to negotiations. if it is on their terms , then on some kind of compromise terms. reached in general we are so kirill sezonov with us obvious let's renew the connection with kirill sezonov let's wait i continue in particular, in crimea, the center of national resistance in crimea reports that the russian special services have been tasked with identifying underground networks of ukrainians, for this, selective searches will be conducted in the apartments and houses of crimeans, the e

mirza fakhrul islam alamgir and mirza abbas were questioned in connection with clashes with police on

this is d w. news live from building a national holiday in argentina to celebrate the world cup when abbas carrying linen messy and his teammates is slowly making its way through the capital one saturdays. hundreds of thousands of fans of pack the city sent hoping to catch a glimpse of the hearers also coming up germany cars at long over jude foreign minister. and alina babbled, hands back beneath bronzes to nigeria. europeans looted the artworks more than a century ago. plus one of germany's last holocaust tribes and 97 year old woman is found guilty of the debts of more than $10000.00 people at a nazi concentration. ah, i'm anthony how we're going to the program? tens of thousands of argentinians are welcoming home their world cup winning football team. you can have take a look at them, live pitches from a bonus bodies where so many people have turned out to see leonor missy and his teammates that they boss has not yet made it to the secret santa as planned. the president has declared a national holiday that might help explain it. argentina fans are still partying 2 days since they side

it makes industrial sold, abbas, and also sold a wire and buys tin from a certified mine in peru using a smartphone and a q r code. you can follow the supply chain. the product can be traced back to its origin using block chain technology. 6000 kilometers away in rwanda, up here to their minds that care about employment contracts, occupational safety and guidance for the employees such as the mines of rural material. group, luna smelt up. however, this is still not the norm here. made up a sand off mining in the land. unfortunately, still are tis no money which lack of proper mining procedures and nom as safety. the safety level is quite for a block chain records. the data of the shipment here on site for tin extracted here is mostly exported to asia and europe, back in germany, sternal process around a 1000 tons of tin a year. the company itself isn't covered by the new supply chain rules. it's too small. instead, it offers an example of how other firms may trace their supplies in the future. over big companies, the new law means big changes. but there's also been criticism of the mea

new, one of the most talked about films in can earlier this year was danish iranian director, ali abbas is wholly spider based on the true story of a serial killer targeting sex workers in iran. it stars our amir abraham, me as a female journalist, investigating the crimes in light of the ongoing anti regime protests in iran. the often graphic thriller is especially resonant with audiences over a more tender and introspective his belgian director lucas dawn. second film close, about 2 young teenage boys whose intimate friendship is thwarted by the gaze of others. the film, one critical acclaim and the grown pre at this year's con film festival. so is the runway testing for a grumpy brand or a smiley brand? the winner of this year's palm adult continues to score points for its many laugh out loud moments. triangle of sadness by swedish director reuben. iceland is a merciless takedown of the world of the super rich or when a lavish luxury yacht gets stranded on a deserted island. all hierarchies are appended 3 that this is really, really bad. and diverse line up with a wealth of credentia

but abbas 60, i've been seeing this in bangalore in deland, ghana, in calcutta, in mall by recently long by one of those 65 paulson, the civic and private schools have brought in caesar doing cameras. so these are also there, but the concomitant data projection measures those have not been in place. so again, i stress that some schools do good work. they have these control rooms where very few people have access to the data feed. why some schools just put it in a deception media. i can see what happened in the city. so it's not standardized. let's look at that on. it's our job to a little look at the non digital side of this argument because the government's claim continues to be. look, we want to keep students if, therefore we need to have the city, the cameras. and based on some of the experiences that you have had, it seems to be working, at least in some schools. let's look at the other side of it. is this also a case of the government washing its hands off its own responsibility to ensure that school employees protect children? this is actually a very good question because our did.

usually nfl abbas bullock, just the kings of tay based range in the u. s. i did a lot of hands. find it hard with the lack of scoring, but this team showed enormous thought they would of reward by they pay the teams and bid applies. they look like they just a structural white may be from being a really great team, but they're, they're improving the rising. they've got great participation numbers in the states, but not viewership numbers, but this tournament has turned a lot around about football in the states. right. moment in this game to pie gets the 1st day, the blend gets the 2nd goal. he then got to go and celebrate with his father, who's an assistant coach on the sidelines midlands play argentina next in a quarter funded. that's a real old school powerhouse quote, a final and as we looked at tomorrow sunday, what you think will be the main highlights fronts. it's about fronts coming up and that man, they are killing him back by. and seeing that they've got the 1st 11 back on the pitch site, i show the fee for the final game of the, at the group stage, when they're at their

people that were arrested in another group that wanted to kidnap germany's health minister, a car lout abbas. so that's where this investigation started and where that ended also with all the rates and several german cities to day it detaining these $25.00 people. they will now face justice, how politicians and the authorities reacted to the news. so i have been to reactions and once i praising the police officers that were involved in the rates and also the domestic intelligence is services that also conducted all the investigation over the past months. this is a pretty long process and on all the side, they're also showing how deep it this goes into the problems that we have seeing of the many are saying the german authorities have a blind eye on right wing extremism. one of those who reacted is german president, frankfort. our style may, who said this incident represents a new level in the extreme as threat, something similar that government spokes person, stephanie bush, they said that is extremely dangerous, pointing out the plans that you also mentioned, of attacking and of this armed

after a landslide buried abbas and other vehicles, emergency workers digging through the earth, looking for victims. authorities believe days of heavy rains trigger the disaster. the area is on alert for more lance lights. jerry has restarted a popular train service linking the capital a buddha and the city of kaduna 8 months after it was the target of an attack gum and blew up the tracks, killed several people and took dozens hostage shoot. now being released, the train is operating with heightened security ah brazil a through to the woke up court. finally after being south korea for one in the route of 16 in a dominant performance. brazil put 4 goals past south korea in just the 1st half. that included alison's 3rd goal of the tournament before it is your juniors perfect chip pass found lucas makeeta put it in the back of the net the 5 time. well, champions submitted their status as one of the tournament favors and supports corresponded max merrill was at the stadium in doha sh, where brazil demolished south korea. he told us what it was like they well, the other arenas here in catcha

it was a hell toss with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. the said china supports on the feelings of policy. the peoples demand for nashville nice. a britain is placed a new sanctions on iraq, including numerous government officials for their part and a crackdown on anti government protest. this is comes as european union city. it too, is putting further sanctions international condemnation. as follow to hans execution of a protester was, an shikari was hanged on thursday. the activists are wanting that at least a dozen more iranian protesters faced the same fate behind the walls of the notorious evian prison most in shaker. he was hanged on thursday. the death sentence against the 23 year old was only handed down in november and has now been very quickly carried out as iran's judiciary, a que shake, hurry of injuring a militia member during the protest. human rights groups condemned the proceedings as a fast track show trial. lacking an independent defense intended to scare off other protesters. bahama roy on thursday morning broadcast, as

it makes industrial sold, abbas, and also sold a wire and buys tin from a certified mine in peru using a smartphone and a q r code. you can follow this.

ceiling, everything else is in calm light gray, tones, fake metals, natural stone, yes, it seems, abbases, like a convoy. yes, it's shiny, for the most part. it's more like a large supply there with pieces of his kolya already in place here. we saw it, polish it, each station of the metropolitan metro is a mega-project, but experts say this, especially to go in the opposite direction to work on a scale, if in fact they built more than one station, and two stations have one feature that is not found anywhere else in moscow. because we can't cover. uh, the street crossing leninsky prospekt, since the length of the pit is very large, we were forced to go through part of the structure by underground way. construction site, slightly stepped on leninsky street. kravchenko academician pilyugina innovators did not have to close the district did not get up - this is the main thing, but soon will go even faster on the subway map looms. new line, troitskaya if you listen. yes , you can hear how the trains are going, there is also an innovative one behind the wall, only a large ring line. in total

on the ceiling, everything else is in calm light gray tones, fake metals, natural stone, yes, like abbas if we don't shine so polished, yes like a convoy. yes, he is brilliant, mainly, it is with karelia, the supply there is large with pieces of his kolya here already in place. we saw it, polish it, each station from the metropolitan metro is a mega-project, but this is what experts say, especially four reversal tunnels are adjacent to the innovative one; trains leave in them to go in the opposite direction. to work on a scale. in fact , more than one station was built here, and two stations have one feature that is not found anywhere else in moscow due to the fact that we cannot block it. uh, the streets crossing leninsky prospekt, since the length of the pit is very long, we were forced to go through part of the structure of the underground hair. construction site. slightly stepped on leninsky streets. kravchenko academician pilyugina innovators did not have to block the area did not rise. this is the main thing, and soon it will go even faster on the metro map. new line. trinity if yo

mirza fakhrul islam alamgir and mirza abbas were questioned in connection with clashes with police on wave of strikes in the run up to christmas, in a long running dispute over pay and conditions. the walk—outs will hit deliveries across the uk, with people being urged to post their christmas cards and parcels earlier than usual. further strikes are planned this month, including on the 23rd and 24th — and the cwu union is preparing to ballot over more action injanuary. 0ur employment correspondent zoe conway reports. in parliament square, striking postal workers are calling on the chief executive of royal mail, simon thompson, to resign. this is the 13th day they've been on strike this year. not far away, at the mount pleasant sorting office, 100 agency workers and royal mail managers are sorting the post, filling in for 1,000 striking workers. the company says it's working hard to process the christmas post. we sympathise with any disruption that has been caused for our customers, butjust to reassure, on a day like today, even with lower staffing levels, we are still able to process

arrived and conveyed congratulations and good wishes on behalf of the president of palestine, mahmoud abbasthat we are loved by the presidents and heads of government if they send their representatives to our forum at our conference. this means that we have them further and in the twenty-third year. we will work very closely with our partners. and i want to note. our efforts are noticeable in iran and turkey and saudi arabia and other countries and indonesia and malaysia, but it is very pleasant that the pope, francis at my initiative, when i said, let's raise our hands. and turn to god with a prayer for peace and brotherhood, he raised our hands, and we prayed with him, and he invited us to hold our next international muslim forum in december in the twenty-third year in rome with the support of the vatican with the support of the italian ministry of foreign affairs this means that we understandable to the entire islamic world, as well as to the west from milan from rome, delegates came to our international forum. they took part in moscow at our international forum. not to mention our frien

you have to literally fold them in order to pack them as compactly as possible ryabovo's friends abbas abbasov was not a novice in this business, so he was able to transfer 40 flamingos at once there the nuance was, uh, later, as it turned out, the nuance was the most important in that , how fold correctly. flamingo legs and most importantly, then these legs, let's say, as they are expressed in their own slang, put them on their feet, that is, there you literally snap your legs open, needless to say, not all flamingos could survive such a difficult path alive only 23 children of the sunset reached minsk on forged documents. they were sold to the minsk zoo, but even these birds did not all survive, only thanks to the sensitive care for technicians and veterinarians , 15 individuals of director minsky managed to go out zoo. he took possession of the funds for the park in the amount of 39,000 belarusian rubles. this happened due to the fact that the birds were sent to the territory of belarus illegally without any documents for them, respectively. it was decided to conclude an e-sales agr

["dancing queen" playing] abba: ♪ ooh you can dance you can jive having the time of your life ooh, seehe girl watch that scene digging the dancing queen ♪ man: that's awese. i mean, that was good. i feel like we were heard quit a bit. you know? we were just going into r week of just, like, running the show. were actually ready to move into the theater. and then, like, i got the call and it was like, "we're shutting down." we spent a year and a half not exercising this thing that has been in our dna for a really long time. that's hard. yeah, it was a couple months of like, "i'm good," and then it was a couple months of like, "i'm going to have to figure out a place to put all of this." the fact that, like, this thing to which you have dedicated your life can literally be just taken away from you because of something that is wildly out of your control, i think we're still dealing with that. people have been decrying the death of theater since theater began. there are these sort of overarching, bigger than we are things that i think are causing the l.a. theater community to constrict. and

is day w, news live from building a national holiday in argentina to celebrate the world cup with abbas carrying lino messy and his teammates is slowly making its way through the capital one families, hundreds of thousands of fans of pack the city santa hoping to catch a glimpse of bay heroes, also coming up, germany goes along the jude foreign minister. and alina babel hands back beneath bronzes to nigeria. europeans looted the artworks more than a century ago.

we are here for you with reports and background information, abbas football figures. i everything you need about the 2022 will cover on d. w with every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out with i'm in your northern most count to play with 3 times one still very much alive. d, w, travel, you'll go to the special with recognizes where exactly it was fun. i learned a lot. our culture history. all their d. w. travel extremely worth a visit. ah ah, this is a d, w. news live from berlin. the mayor of his temple is sentenced to nearly 3 years from prison. he's seen as a challenge to prison, retro tire or to one, but could now be banned from running for public office. after being found guilty of insulting officials.

in the streets of at is abba, u. s. full for choice. when looking for a quality cup of coffee, the small radiates in the aid, the beams low in the bloodstream. it's more than just the drink, it's part of who they all i'm here with curator prince, do me at the hector peterson memorial and museum exploring what we need to remember about the now use day celebrations every year on the 16th of june. what role did the media play in suppressing all the information about the atrocities that took place during the apartheid era? and on this day, of course. so the africans made to, to, to their job place oppressed everything in english. try to be lakes on defense. yes . but not wanting to provoke it, they did the government and then we have newspapers like the world we're writing. the story is, is it develops. how does it have been that this picture was not surprised by the media simsi? my took pictures when hector was shot by police confiscated the flu and his position and we don't have those. then the ones that we referring to were taken on the

exactly. 1410 version included because we are here for you with the report and regarding formation, abbas football figures. everything you need about the 2022 world cut on d w ah ah ah, the says these are the news live from berlin, russia. jack's a price cap on its oil exports. it comes off to the joins g, 7 nations and limits. moscow spawns for school in ukraine. the $50.00 per barrel calf will take effect on monday. the u. s. pentagon unveils its.

leaders led midnight mass, at the church of the nativity, where the palestinian president, mahmoud abbaseen able to attend, because of covid restrictions. britain has welcomed more than 115 thousand ukrainian refugees since the start of the russian invasion. many of them have found warmth and company this christmas with the help of community and faith groups. churches, pubs, community halls and other places of worship are also trying to help people cope with the cost of living. figures for the bbc suggest more than half will open as usual over the christmas period to help people struggling to pay heating bills. 0ur religion editor, aleem maqbool reports. one, two, three... santa claus! they�*re calling out for santa claus in a church in west london. it is a joyful gathering, but the children here, receiving their gifts from santa, have had an unsettling and traumatic year. they�*re all ukrainian refugees, spending their first christmas away from the country they fled. around 200,000 ukrainians have been given permission to come to the uk since the war started, many of them having suffere

we just didn't know in a long time it feels like the worst of the crisis is now behind them. abba of the state of evie. huh. that's what i very much doubt that i'll do this forever, is often because it's a very busy life and it's hard work. what's in? it's like you have no roots to think i would need to, so i don't think it will be forever. but for the time being, we're here, cynthia, fall bad is open to all those who are willing and able to work hard and cope with the extremes. most migraines move on after a few years for them. the archipelago in the arctic is a beautiful but temporary hon. power games on the melting ice. a reporter tracks down the arctics. major players with urine folded. there is russian warships and alan dice. version. oh, any guns? rover shadow. arctic blue. 15 minutes on d. w. innovation is ready to lift all progress and science will turbocharged the economy with lightning fast quantum computers and climate change resistance super plans. we take a look at high flying technologies in our review of everything that matter is not made in germany. 90 minutes on d. w

presents holding talks with several arab leaders in his meeting with the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas. he said that china supports the palestinian peoples demand for national rights in the early molar. ah, are you watching a dw years live from berlin? so let's look at what's happening in the world cup and play resumes and the coming out with 8 teams in the quarter finals. there are some interesting matches including the tina argentina against the netherlands. and we repeat of the $978.00 world cup final, which argentina one here 2022 match likely to be a little messy. so final game for his country, anticipation is high. last sports correspondent mark matters is in doha and says that guitars a love for lino massy really shows. yes it does. there absolutely may seem man here in qatar, let's be honest, there aren't that many dutch fans here. there are a few argentinians were playing beach football with them yesterday, but the vast majority of fans in the loose sales stadium tonight will be cattery, although be migrant workers who live there. although be from the wider gulf region, and th

christian leaders led midnight mass in the church of the nativity and the palestinian president mahmoud abbasblic of the congo is emerging from a ten—year conflict and the un projects that 150,000 people will have fled their homes by the end of this year. now, a local n60 is ensuring that some displaced children do not miss out on the christmas cheer. they held a party for the children in a village in north kivu, a few miles away from the frontline. daniel dadzie reports. around the world by daft punk plays. a reason to celebrate in the midst of chaos. for several months, these children and their families have been on the run from war. they found refuge in the kibati stadium in kanyaruchinya, a village east of the democratic republic of congo. it's in the north kivu province at the epicentre of a decade—long conflict between the drc government forces and m23 rebels, the most notable of numerous armed groups. on saturday, local ngoa new day visited the displaced persons in their makeshift homes to give them a taste of christmas. translation: in our villages, our children used to celebrate | ch

and then behind me on the mainstream, which leads to the pastoral abbas deal. the crushes are getting more serious, need to pass to the public. some shops are being looted and from far as having started right on the street. so something is burning near the circle of the local police are advancing calls from over there on the situation is getting worse as the protesters are starting to wreck shots, banks, and other offices that building over there in the winter circle. there are children that are still being out and protested or throwing rocks. they've ripped right off the pavement, expect your detention declining here in the public point. but here's a look back at how the passion is 1st erupt id and unfolded in paris on friday. ah lacey tay gaster. this 1st crowd was hundreds of locals could gathered near the sight of farther shooting. the french interior miss arrival at the scene only appeared to file the flames. the devil's faces throwing objects at office who are also lighting fires and damaging near by vehicles. he sits united, all suspect has been detained

more than 30 people have been killed in northwestern columbia after landslide buried abbas and other vehicles, emergency workers and digging through the earth, looking for victims. authorities believe dates of heavy rains triggered the disaster. the area is on alert for more landslides. columbia is experiencing its worst rainy season in 40 years. dw corresponded nicole reese is in the colombian capital borgata, and she explained how much worse than usual the rain is. b, we're looking at hundreds of thousands of people who have been affected by these rains this year in different regions of colombia, and more than 200 people have died in connection to these rainfalls. so i think this together with the pictures that we just saw, gives you a pretty good idea of just how severe the situation across the country in the different communities is. and it's especially communities in the rural areas, with dirt, roads, and for infrastructure that are more vulnerable and more effective if we are affected. as with justine in this village. and this is all due to a phenomenon caught lanning. yeah. wh

mirza fakhrul islam alamgir and mirza abbas were questioned in connection with clashes with police on 10pm there will be a full round up of the days news. first, unspun world withjohn simpson hello and welcome to unspun world, the programme where the bbc�*s experts explain in detail what's really going on and where we're heading. most of us, to our deep embarrassment, are pretty sure that vladimir putin was just posturing when he talked about invading ukraine back in february. british and american intelligence knew better, presumably because they were listening in to the phone calls. but is there any way out for vladimir putin now? so perhaps his new calculation is, well, i've gone so far with this that i can't retreat now. i'm going to push for some kind of victory. the united states started off 2022, looking old, chaotic and deeply disturbed. it's not been an easy year for americans, but somehow things don't look nearly as bad as that now. the heat seems to have been taken out of it. enough that we will talk about heavily divided politics, rather than the possibility of an actual, g

and he ws both correspond and done, abbas alone am, has been covering the woke up for us from door is what she told me earlier on about morocco's historic success at the tournament sofa. right, so was morocco. we definitely saw a classic world cup upset. i mean morocco really defied everyone's expectation for them coming into this tournament. nobody really even thought of advancing out of their group. not only did they advance out of their group, but they taught their group. and this performance against band really showed that now they're actually on be in now and 9 games, they only have one goal against in for game. so really impressive from this morocco inside. of course, it had to be accurate. how key me to send staying home. he was born in span, raises, played, played in span, could have played for span, but just a word on the moroccan fans here. morocco is last air team in a tournament. the last african team in the tournaments were really carrying the hope of so many people here. it actually feels like it's a whole world cut for morocco. last night the parties went late, late int

it swallowed up abbas, and other vehicles in and as mountain region was enjoying reports. a day after a mudslide swallowed a highway in central columbia rescue crews called off the search where survivors they say at least 34 people on a bus in a car and on a motorcycle were killed on sunday. at least 8 of the victims were children. rescuers did find 9 survivors here and 3 la specialness cup when what amongst the people we could rescue alive was a 7 year old girl who was right now at the san jorge. they put a to a hospital was a minor injuries. unfortunately, we found her clinging to her deceased mother. her brother also died there was a boy a little over a year during the major tragedy we are going through. this is the latest catastrophe of columbia's rainy season, which started in august. official said the weather pattern called la nina, has intensified this year. storms mudslides and floods have killed more than 200 people and displaced a half 1000000 residents this year. official saying they will try to step up reforestation programs to prevent future mudslides and loss

i lost my k was 2019, and i was already 2022, francis relief to 4 fair ground operator, tommy abba, who was forced to counsel the market for 2 consecutive years during pandemic locked downs. i knew the off log is off, was the one of the locked down restrictions upon the sale of alcohol on parking lots and in recreational parks. adama, but a christmas market without mold wine when it is pointless to governor. now food and drink or wants again on offer at japanese roughly $3000.00 christmas markets. but prices are noticeably higher. inflation is dampening the festive spirit and vendors income. not all the regulars managed to return this year in the might of i just on him and honestly someone else operated the stall before as well as the one over there, but they didn't survive the 2 year break. so i said, okay, i'll jump in and run boat stalls. one man's joy is another sorrow, unfortunately. ah, the students from ukraine and making the rounds as christmas angels at the charlatan. both parties market collecting donations for children often by rushes war on their country. as an ins, athena,

leaders led midnight mass in the church of the nativity, where the palestinian president, mahmoud abbasmp weather, there is plenty of christmas cheer. at the heart of celebrations, as every year, we had a procession. the palestinian scouts leading the way through the streets, playing bagpipes and drums. lots of competition between them as they entertain the crowds. they escorted church leaders arriving from jerusalem into bethlehem. we saw the head of the catholic church, a latin patriarch, shaking hands with people in the crowds. then it was down into the grotto of the fourth century nativity church just behind me over there. that is built on the very spot where christians believe thatjesus was born. here in bethlehem, what's giving locals extra sense of relief this christmas is the fact that pilgrims are back. tens of thousands of international visitors have been able to come here during christmas week and that is just extremely important for the economy of bethlehem, which is so reliant on tourism. i have been speaking to some of the visitors who came. you can experience christmas al

to know what you may have the latest sanctions on our teams. parent company including the freezing, abbas, is what are your thoughts? well, it's very amusing that on this very day, a number of e, you politicians, sounding off about twitter, suspending a few journalists in the united states. they're very indignant about that. in the meantime, they're essentially outlawing a whole bunch of tv and radio networks whose only crime is that they're providing information that the e u doesn't like. of course, it's in violation of all of the international covenants that you sign in violation of the charter on the mental right. so the youth violates the treaty. but they are, they may say, well, you know, it's a propaganda. well, you know, one man news is another hands propaganda. a lot of people might think that what you get on the p c and cnn is also smacks of propaganda. so it's just just part of the course for you and u. s. offices. so what do you think this mean this as a phrase means for the future of all see in europe? well, to be honest, i don't see t returning anytime soon. because fundament

the president mahmoud abbas said chinese, china supports the palestinian peoples of right to before national demand from national rights of britain has placed new sanctions on iran, including their numerous and government officials for their part and the crackdown on anti government protest. this comes as a european union amounts that it's also planning for the functions. international condemnation has followed iran's execution of protest who took part in the anti government demonstrations that began in september. wilson shikari was hanged on thursday and activists a warning, but at least a dozen other iranian protesters faced the same fate. behind the walls of the notorious evian prison, most in shakers was hanged on thursday. the death sentence against the 23 rolled, was only handed down in november and has now been very quickly carried out. waterloo, has iran's judiciary accused shake harry of injuring a militia member during the protest? human rights groups condemned the proceedings as a fast track show trial. lacking an independent defense intended to scare off other protesters, bahama

at least 34 people have died after a landslide buried abbas and other vehicles in columbia. 8 of the victims were binary, whilst the country's interior minister says 9 others have been rescued alive from the vehicle. the landslide which is caused by strong reigns occurred north west of the capitol ball guitar. tens of thousands of people in the us state of north carolina. we'll have to spend days without electricity following gunfire at 2 electric substations in more county sake of no voice. cooper says criminals intentionally sabotaged the grid on saturday. that $8000.00 homes are still without power, joint freezing night temperatures. those are your headlines stay with us for witness . ah ah. this video get millions abused on you to taking existing material in the lodging. it is something new tonight we're going to see in your one of its video creations perform live with strings. you tube video. here in the man behind a a oh no, i'm not. you didn't like where you never know please ron. what's up, guys? it is our print shop. i'm here because i'm letting you know that i'm starting th

officials but also other arab leaders. egyptian president, a c, c, palestinian president, mahmoud abbas. tell us a little bit more about the regional influence and why these meetings are happening . well, i don't think china is seeking to have a huge influence in the region. it's not going to displace other major players that do have much greater influence and throughout the middle east. but i think china is trying on some level to balance relationships between key players. if we think about egypt, iran saudi arabia and others, that there are a number of different countries that the chain is keen to improve its relationship with not only in economic terms, but potentially also with the security dimension. we all don't. let's talk about this in the greater context because it looks as if many gulf states have been rethinking their relationship with the us and turning more towards china. i'm wondering if you think that that's a fair assessment and do you see a realignment happening? no, i don't, i don't think that we're anywhere near that point as yet. as i said, i don't think china is try