bashir! bashir? computer, locate dr. bashir. computer: dr. bashir is not on the station. what was his last known location? dr. bashir's last known location was runabout pad "e." sisko to defiant. go ahead. you have new orders. at any cost. is that clear? yes, sir. commander. the yukon is headed straight for the bajoran sun. its shshlds are holding. how can that be? looks like someone's been doing some modifications to the yukon. tekasite and protomatter on board. a bomb. if it explodes inside the sun... it could trigger a supernova-- wipe out the entire fleet, the station... and bajor. we havavto use the tractor beams. we're too far away. want to bet? take us to warp. inside a solar system?! the runabout's been destroyed. if the sun had gone nova it would have wiped out the dominion fleet, too. chief, scan for those warp signatures again. captain... they're gone, aren't they? all i'm reading is the dominion's real fleet never left cardadaian space. this was all an elaborate trap-- an attempt to destroy the station and bajor and cripple the federation and klingon fleets wi

martin bashir reports. praise the lord.ng a growing and diverse congregation for the last 17 years and cannot understand why ethnic minorities can fill the pews and pulpits of the church of england, but not senior leadership positions. what is it about being a bishop that we cannot do? what is different? the appointment of karowei dorgu yesterday, as bishop of woolwich, has been welcomed, but does little to improve statistics. 0f 41 diocese, there is only one black, asian or minority ethnic bishop, john sentamu, the archbishop of york. he's one ofjust five minority ethnic clergy to hold senior positions in the entire church of england. rose hudson—wilkin serves at the centre of the nation's democracy, as chaplin to the speaker of the house of commons. she's also one of the most prominent black members of the clergy. i do not believe that the church respects and embraces its minority ethnic membership. when you describe the church as not respecting people of colour, of being visible and invisible, are you not describing the

the year leaves people — in a more unpredictable world. 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashirentering canterbury cathedral in time—honoured fashion, archbishop justin welby focused his christmas day sermon on the uncertainty and division that has marked both domestic and international politics over the last year. he described 2016 as a year of unpredictability and uncertainty, where fear and division were in danger of overwhelming us and went on to suggest that our anxiety is a clear sign that placing our trust in material prosperity has failed. in rome, where additional security was in place following the berlin attack, pope francis also criticised materialism, and appealed to christians to stand out as people of compassion and self—sacrifice. translation: it is times for weapons

martin bashir, abc news. martin bashir, bbc news.ictures coming from burke share. here are the duke and duchess of cambridge leaving saint mark's church. you can see prince george with his father. just behind him, there is the duchess of cambridge is with 18—month—old princess charlotte who looks very much the part, doesn't she? in the shawl, that is carole middleton and michael, kate's pa rents. middleton and michael, kate's parents. we've also seen her sister, pippa middleton. slightly and usual for prince william to spend the day away from sandringham, but like everybody else, sometimes you got to decide which family to spend christmas with and this year is the turn of kate's parents. many well—wishers there today as there are in sandringham. the queen hasn't been there today because she is suffering a heavy cold. the duke of edinburgh appears to have recovered and we've seen him going into the church. they are going into their car now and off no doubt of their christmas lunch. ifjames if james patterson is ifjames patterson is on

martin bashir reports. happy christmas!welby focused his christmas day sermon on the uncertainty and division that has marked both domestic and international politics over the last year. the end of 2016 finds us all in a different kind of world, one less predictable and certain, which feels more awash with fear and division. he went on to suggest that anxiety is a clear sign that placing our trust in material prosperity has failed. the uncertainty of our world, of our feelings, of our values are in the wrong place. in rome, where additional security was in place following the berlin attack, pope francis focused on the plight of children, pleading with all parties to end the conflict in syria. translation: it is time for weapons to be still forever and the international community to actively seek in negotiated solution so that civil coexistence can be restored in the country. pope francis concluded by appealing for christians to stand out as people of compassion and self—sacrifice. martin bashir, bbc news. our rome correspon

martin bashir, bbc news. of days, the attack on a market in berlin. in dusseldorf there is a news c0 nfe re nce berlin. in dusseldorf there is a news conference going on at the moment. we do not have an interpreter, i am afraid so we cannot listen indirectly but this is the interior minister for a cannot listen indirectly but this is the interior ministerfor a region whose talking to journalists about the continuing manhunt. he is talking that continuing search for who ever drove that lorry into the christmas market and the reuters news agency says he has been saying that security agencies have identified the suspect as being in contact with an islamist network. that is what the reuters agency is telling us at the moment. as you can see, that news conference is going on so see, that news conference is going on so it looks like we will get more detailfrom on so it looks like we will get more detail from that. yes, this is the north—rhine westphalia interior ministerjust finishing the news conference. he declin

martin bashir, bbc news. it was one of the highlights of the year.emory of sports fans. now, team gb‘s bosses are looking ahead, notjust to 2020, they're already working with the athletes of 202a. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, has been to meet some of them. it was a summer of unprecedented sporting success. commentator: yes, come on! golds were boldly won, where golds haven't been won before. commentator: oh, sensational! never before had a nation exceeded their medal tally at a summer olympics immediately after a home games. commentator: adam peaty takes olympic gold for great britain. tokyo has a lot to live up to. but future stars are already on the springboard, and not just for 2020. uk sport was unique when it launched its eight—year pathway programme. not only does it invest in athletes with what it calls ‘podium potential‘ for the next olympics, but also for the athletes coming up behind them, like diver kat torrance. with two golds at the recent world junior championships, she's an olympic hopeful, learning her trade alongside olym

martin bashir, bbc news. time for the headlines.he queen pays tribute to what you call the other heroes such as carers and volu nteers other heroes such as carers and volunteers in her christmas message but is forced to miss church this morning with a cold. president putin declares a day of mourning tomorrow in russia, after a military plane crashes on its way to syria, killing all 92 people on board. there is no longer any threat of a toon army in southern chile, after a powerful 7.6 magnitude quake hit off the coast. emergency services say there have been no fatalities. the israeli leader, binyamin netanyahu the israeli leader, binyamin neta nyahu has ordered the israeli leader, binyamin netanyahu has ordered his foreign ministry to summon and reprimand ambassadors from countries on the united nations security council, including britain. the move is a response to the un vote on friday that condemned israel's building of jewish settlements in the occupied west bank. our middle east analyst, alanjohnston west bank. our middle east a

martin bashir, bbc news. that's all from the bbc news team this evening.stay with that news that has emerged just in the last hour here tonight, the news that the singer george michael has died. he was 53. a statement came from his publicist just in the last hour saying that george michael had died peacefully at his home earlier today. thames valley police saying that the death is not being treated as suspicious. george michael, hard to overstate just what an extraordinarily successful career he had, beginning here with wham alongside andrew ridgeley in the 1980s and going on of course to have an immensely successful solo career. our arts correspondent david sillitoe is with me. as we look at these pictures, david, just a thought about that career. he has been around for so long with such enormous success. 35 yea rs long with such enormous success. 35 years since he got started aged 16. he was so young when i first remember seeing him as a teenager myself on top of the pops doing wham rap and then after that you have songs like careless whisper and they we

martin bashir reports.athedral in time—honoured fashion, archbishop justin welby focused his christmas day sermon on the uncertainty and division that has marked both domestic and international politics over the last year. he described 2016 as a year of unpredictability and uncertainty, the end of 2016 fighters in a less predictable world which feels more awash with fear and division. he went on to suggest that our anxiety is a clear sign that placing our trust in material prosperity has failed. the uncertainty of our world and our feelings tell us's our values all in the wrong place. —— or in the wrong place. security was in place following the berlin attack, pope francis also criticised materialism, and appealed to christians to stand out as people of compassion and self—sacrifice. translation: it is time for weapons to be still forever and the international community to actively seek a negotiated solution so that civil coexistence can be restored in the country. he concluded by appealing for christians t

martin bashir, bbc news. time for the headlines.s such as carers and volu nteers other heroes such as carers and volunteers in her christmas message but is forced to miss church this morning with a cold. president putin declares a day of mourning tomorrow in russia, after a military plane crashes on its way to

bashir isn't going anywhere. but i do have someone else in mind. i don't know what makes me angrier-- that you agreed to go into the gamma quadrant with garak or that i had to hear it from sisko. i was going to tell you. when? on your way out the airlock? a klingon warrior does not have to explain why he chooses to face danger, not even to his par'machkai. so in other words you were afraid i'd make a scene... that i'd embarrass you, maybe even cry. you are capable of anything. don't worry, worf. i won't be shedding any tears over you. then you came to wish me a good death in battle. no. my klingon operas. you won't be using them for the next few days. somebody might as well enjoy them. what? something wrong? you have a tendency to misplace things. and you're afraid yes. it's a distinct possibility. if i were you, i'd hurry back. that is, if you want to keep your collection intact. have a glorious death... or don't. the gamma quadrant? you can't go to the gamma quadrant. oh, i can... and i will. i have to. but if something were to happen to you, i..

martin bashir, bbc news.eveloped in north wales to see how sheep respond to the weather. what they tell us could lead to a change in the landscape of our countryside. bbc weather‘s nick miller reports. everything is not quite what it appears in this field. the sheep seem to sense it. look closely, you might as well. it is a unique experiment at bangor university's research farm, designed to find out what sheep can tell us about the weather and how it affects them. you may have noticed this is not a real sheep. neither is this one. thankfully, pip jones is a real human. why have we got fake sheep? they might be fake but they tell us a lot about real sheep and about the environment they experience. we have two things, our sheep and a met station. the met station measures radiation and wind and temperature. those things together tell us how the sheep is feeling. on a windy day, that must be having an impact on how the sheep feel? but how can you tell? it is so much colder when the wind blows, and for animals lik

here's our religious affairs correspondent martin bashir.ditional start to christmas and a solemn midnight mass at westminster cathedral. cardinal vincent nichols began his sermon by quoting the poet wb yeats, referring to a turbulent year, with many fearing that things may fall apart, that the centre cannot hold. the last six months in particular has seen a widespread anxiety and uncertainty at many levels, at life in this country and in those major partnerships and neighbours that we have. so, with europe, with america, with the middle east, financially, economically. it's an unsettling time. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, who, like last year, will deliver his christmas message later this morning, will also address the division and uncertainty that's marked global politics. cardinal nichols said the answer to our insecurity was neither materialism nor the pursuit of selfish interest, but rather a renewed focus on the life of christ. cardinal nichols concluded his midnight sermon by emphasising the fact of christ's birth, which

here's our religious affairs correspondent martin bashir.onal start to christmas and a solemn midnight mass at westminster cathedral. cardinal vincent nichols began his sermon by quoting the poet wb yeats, referring to a turbulent year, with many fearing that things may fall apart, that the centre cannot hold. the last six months in particular has seen a widespread anxiety and uncertainty at many levels, at life in this country and in those major partnerships and neighbours that we have. so, with europe, with america, with the middle east, financially, economically. it's an unsettling time. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, who, like last year, will deliver his christmas message later this morning, will also address the division and uncertainty that's marked global politics. cardinal nichols said the answer to our insecurity was neither materialism nor the pursuit of selfish interest, but rather a renewed focus on the life of christ. cardinal nichols concluded his midnight sermon by emphasising the fact of christ's birth, which he

martin bashir reports.entering canterbury cathedral in time—honoured fashion, archbishop justin welby focused his christmas day sermon on the uncertainty and division that has marked both domestic and international politics over the last year. he described 2016 as a year of unpredictability and uncertainty, where fear and division were in danger of overwhelming us and went on to suggest that our anxiety is a clear sign that placing our trust in material prosperity has failed. in rome, where additional security was in place following the berlin attack, pope francis also criticised materialism, and appealed to christians to stand out as people of compassion and self—sacrifice. you would have seen archbishop justin welby in martin's report. he celebrated christmas at canterbury cathedral in kent. archbishop of canterbury said in his christmas sermon canterbury said in his christmas sermon that globalisation has left many people behind, and that inequality was on the rise in the world today. the end of 2016 fin

now earlier today, syrian president bashir al assad said that it is not just for syria, but russiaçtching these intense and they have had talks excludeing the united states. >> thank you so much for that update. >> back here in the u.s. population growth in america, america is at it's lowest level since the great depression. there was more deaths and a likely contributing factor is a drop in immigration. the biggest growth was in florida, california. >>> donald trump has not even taken office yet but some are talking about 2020 already. who the democrats might want to see challenge him in four years. and the first and final campaign managers, both going to washington, but will they be taking on different roles? we'll tell you more about that coming up.ç when you've been making delicious natural cheese for over 100 years like kraft has, you learn a lot about what people want. honey, do we have like a super creamy cheese with taco spice already in it? oh, thanks. bon appe-cheese! okay... we're opening more xfinity stores closer to you. visit us today and learn how to get the most out

a victory in aleppo would give the government of bashir al-assad control of all of syria's's largesties. it is christmas in orbit. arrivedse cargo ship -- it also said there are christmas presidents for two americans, three russians, and one frenchman on board. news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. that.: thank you for market movers, including the industries themselves, with abigail doolittle. abbott: one of the big stories is that we may see the dow climbed to 20,000. earlier, the dow was 84 points away from the milestone. with this is the possibility we will see the fastest point climb in the dow ever. we see a look passed and that back in 1999, it took the dow 35 days to climb to 11,000. this is during the tech bubble and the longest stretch was in 2007, recovery out of the tech bubble to 12,000. right now, we are on day 22 from 19,000. will it be the fastest? it could be. two weeks ahead, it could still be a record thousand point increment for the dow. one of the top percentage pointers for the dow, i

we heard bashir al assad accuse her and her mother not being who they say they are or where they say they are. thursday night she was still in the rebel-held area of east aleppo. as you heard, we are now sort of swapping the last remaining living syrians. she's caught in an area that is no more than a dozen blocks. it's getting smaller and it's getting worse and getting colder and children are trapped and dying. we are waiting to hear from her. she tweeted the last time about three hours ago but we don't know her location. >> it's hard to wrap your brain around this situation of children. orphan children pleading to be evacuated. how has social media helped or maybe hurt in this situation? >> these 47 orphans have been putting out videos. they put out a good-bye video. it was put out thursday morning. they were saying good-bye to the world. they tried to get out thursday night. they were caught in the gun fire of one of those convoys. we don't know if they have gotten out. the issue of social media is fascinating. all this is happening in front of the world. there is so much misinfor

the deal comes amid reports of massacres and firing squads to loyals like bashir assad. britain's former secretary condemned russia for the escalating death toll. >> the dictator was left to do his worst, along with his allies, russia and iran, and the bloodiest tragedy of the 21st century has since unfolded. >> civilians and opposition fighters will be evacuated to a town 40 miles away. >>> it's going to be extremely cold over three-quarters of the country for the rest of the week. what forecasters call the photo plunge will feed. that water just refreezes into more ice because it's so cold. >> one of the wornds of the world, the eiffel tower in paris, is closed down. the union spokesman says the tower is in such a state that climbing it is hazardous. >>> an eyesore has escalated into a public health hazard. that's according to san jose city leaders who are frustrated with highway litter and graffiti. they're calling for a state agency to step up. alana rivera has a solution. >> reporter: when you drive into the city of san jose, it's hard to miss this view of trash sca

the deal comes amid reports of massacres and firing squads to loyals like bashir assad. britain's former secretary condemned russia for the escalating death toll. >> the dictator was left to do his worst, along with his allies, russia and iran, and the bloodiest tragedy of the 21st century has since unfolded. >> civilians and opposition fighters will be evacuated to a town 40 miles away. >>> it's going to be extremely cold over three-quarters of the country for the rest of the week. what forecasters call the photo plunge will feed. that water just refreezes into more ice because it's so cold. >> one of the wornds of the world, the eiffel tower in paris, is closed down. the union spokesman says the tower is in such a state that climbing it is hazardous. >>> an eyesore has escalated into a public health hazard. that's according to san jose city leaders who are frustrated with highway litter and graffiti. they're calling for a state agency to step up. alana rivera has a solution. >> reporter: when you drive into the city of san jose, it's hard to miss this view of trash sca

it's a major victory for syrian president bashir al-assad.housands of civilians remained in the city facing an uncertain future. many are on the brink of starvation. >> thank god we have escaped. we were starving. i can't even move because of hunger. >> let them go to hell, those animals. it does not give the children anything to eat. >> meanwhile talks between john kerry and his russian counterpart have broken down. russia reportedly refused a u.s. proposal to allow the safe evacuation of people including fighters from the rebel held areas. >>> president-elect donald trump recent conversation with taiwan's president and his comments on the issue of taiwan's sovereignty have heightened u.s. tensions with china. it's a major breach of diplomatic protocol with the chinese who consider taiwan to be a breakaway province. greg talbott has more from london. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump does not take office for several weeks. already shaking up the u.s. foreign policy. after taking a call from a taiwanese president the first direct comm

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is a real delight today to hold this rollout for a new project being led by andrew bashir. and the national security advisor. with a long record of distinguished service in the government. and andrew joined us here in together conceived of and designed at this project which is to look at american leadership and alliances in the two to of course go together. and are at a point of some transition turbulence given events around the world and given the pressures of globalization and other things on a domestic supporter of alliances. the presidential transition. and it seems a good time to get back to some of the fundamentals while he bit the system and a what what sustains it. what's in it for us. what are the things that we have to do to make it more effective. and they're going to do this and i will introduce him now. the strategy. beginning with this event today. i'm gonna turn it over now to the director to this project and let andrew tell us about the rest of today. thank you mike and thank you everyone. for coming. in particular i would like to thank you for your support

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i don't have a sense that the charlotte sod -- bashir al-assad and the shia militia and even russianpower necessarily will enable him to conquer all the remaining elements. one of the questions right now is he is in aleppo. does he go back and get paul , and he pullra troops out to go to aleppo and isis is back in there. there is a question about how much farther he can go, number one. number two, we have a real problem. you can never have legitimacy in the eyes of the majority of the country, which is sunni arab, albeit though with a reasonable shia population from which he springs, but also syrian kurds and even christians in the population, but how to put that back together. -- the regional policy, the president was go and now it is not. although none of us want to see him stay because of the legitimacy issue and he is the magnetic attraction from would be jihadi's from around the world, you should not go on till you know on till -- you know who will follow him. it could get worse. there is a real conundrum here. our focus is twofold. it has been. it has been to defeat the islamic

i don't have a sense that bashir al-assad and the shia militia and even russian airpower necessarily will enable him to conquer all the remaining elements. one of the questions right now is he is in aleppo. does he go back and get palmyra, and he pull troops out to go to aleppo and isis is back in there. there is a question about how much farther he can go, number one. number two, we have a real problem. you can never have legitimacy in the eyes of the majority of the country, which is sunni arab, albeit though with a reasonable shia population from which he springs, but also syrian kurds and even christians in the population, but how to put that back together. the dilemma is -- the regional policy, the president was go and now it is not. although none of us want to see him stay because of the legitimacy issue and he is the magnetic attraction from would be jihadi's from around the world, you should not go on till you know who will follow him. it could get worse. there is a real conundrum here. our focus is twofold. it has been. it has been to defeat the islamic state and an al qaeda