south africa has a signatory to the treaty which means under their obligation that the minute that al-bashir steps in that country they're supposed to arrest him and he gets his trial on genocide so naturally every time he goes to a country whether it's out of africa or chad or anyplace else i wrote the crowd using social media as a means where everybody gets involved and i do things like tweet out president al-bashir is headed to south africa. south africa is a signatory and here's the phone number for the south african embassy in washington dc. call and tell them what you think they should do when he arrives. there's a groundswell of people doing it and other likewise trying to get him but the reason i pursued this is one day i found out that president al-bashir wanted to send his foreign minister to talk to me. i bet, talk to me? that's odd. i said okay. so he came to washington, he was going to be at the un in new york or the opening of the un general assembly so he came down from new york to see me at a hotel. my husband and a couple people were there and he brought his entourage sittin

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martin bashir, bbc news, injerusalem.nian foreign ministry has reacted angrily to guatemala's plan to move its embassy in israel tojerusalem. guatemalan presidentjimmy morales said he made the decision after speaking to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. president trump had threatened to cut aid to nations that voted against the us in a recent un vote on the issue. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny, who's an outspoken critic of vladamir putin, has been formally barred from competing in next year's presidential election. the central electoral commission says he's ineligible because of a disputed corruption conviction which he says is politically motivated. he's urged his supporters to boycott the vote, in march. translation: it would exclude millions from the political system itself, because it won't allow them to take part in the election in any way, and this is what your decision is about. a bus has ploughed into an underpass near a moscow train station killing at least four people and injuring a numb

but president bashir has been leading sudan excellently. he saved sudan from different problems.tries of the region, through proxy by the us. foreign minister, ibrahim ghandour, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you. monday morning starts off on a chilly note. there will certainly be more frost in rural spots with mist and fog. high pressure building in from the south and that keeps the weather pretty quiet during the day on monday. the mist and fog across parts of the north—west of england and down to the midlands should slowly clear. then lots of dry and bright weather, a bit more cloud across the far north and north—west of scotland with some showers. temperatures range from a chilly four degrees in the east to eight or nine further west. monday evening, once the sun goes down, mist and fog forming quite widely, especially across central, southern and eastern parts of england, where there could be dense patches of freezing fog temperatures here dipping below freezing even in the towns and cities. some of that fog across central, southern and eastern part

martin bashir, bbc news, injerusalem.rs are trying to work out what caused a bus to career into a pedestrian subway in moscow, killing at least four people. victims include a woman in her thirties and a teenager. the driver told officials he'd been trying to apply the brakes, but they didn't work. faith orr reports. it is a task nobody would envy. these emergency workers are picking up the pieces after a bus crashed into an underpass. it killed several people and was only stopped by the roof of the tunnel. this was the terrifying moment the vehicle barrelled down the steps, hitting pedestrians. officials say they are working to try to establish what caused the crash. translation: the bus was driving away from the square and due to unknown reasons, drove into a pedestrian underpass. an investigation is under way. four people died and nine were hospitalised, two people refuse to go to hospital. the driver is in shock and investigators are working with him to try to figure out what happened. the driver has been detained by p

martin bashir, bbc news, bethlehem. archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has used his christmas sermon in canterbury cathedral to affirm the hope offered byjesus in a world of conflict, suffering and pain. he reminded the congregation that, after the miracles surrounding the birth ofjesus, the holy family fled as refugees, like the 60 million refugees in the world today. he called their plight the greatest toll of misery in the world today. the archbishop said jesus was with them, and christianity offered an invitation to live lives of freedom through god's love. there is no power in the universe stronger than god's love. and it is directed towards the liberation of human beings. and that liberation begins with the risky, counterintuitive birth of god in the form of a baby, of a teenage single mother in a poorfamily, in a war—torn country, ruled by an infant—slaughtering family—murdering psychopath. there is no power in the universe stronger than god's love. and it is directed towards the liberation of human beings.

but president bashir has been leading sudan excellently. he saved sudan from different problems.countries of the region, through proxy by the us. foreign minister, ibrahim ghandour, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you. hello. high—pressure can bring a fairly settled spell of weather at any time of year and certainly we have a high pressure dominating the scene across a good three quarters of the british isles, not doing just enough to keep the fronts at bay in the far north and north—west of scotland, as you will see. what it can mean is that we start the days on a fairly chilly note. that is not my great concern as we get into the first part of tuesday. it is just how dense the fog is going to be and how widespread that dense fog could well be. i am highlighting a number of areas there. bbc local radio is a good source of local information as to how it will affect your journey. 0n the bigger picture, there are islands of fog that we had quite widely across england and wales and that is not the only source of poor visibility. 0bviously that frontal system

pro-choice democrat might assume the state's vacant senate seat if they don't for republican elizabeth bashir there's only one possible option a lot of people myself included feel that roy moore is just not an acceptable candidate he doesn't a spouse the views that are important to me are a lot of younger people as well lot of women as well just do not feel that he holds the same values that we do it's not just the allegations of sexual misconduct for years more has reveled in overt racism and discrimination but he often clicks in bible scripture recently he mused that life in the u.s. had been better while slavery existed these thoughts often delight a call right wing evangelical base in alabama who feel that washington has allowed the u.s. to descend into godlessness starting with allowing a woman reproductive rights more spoke at brian baptist church in late november and the pastor there says there's no proof of child molestation the women should have due process and so should judge moore the problem is is because of this election being so short we had don't have plenty of time for it so y

for failing to arrest sudanese president omar al bashir bashir is wanted on genocide charges arisingfrom the conflict in there for he was in amman last march attending the arab league summit those are the top stories stay with us inside story is next. the e.u. talks of restarting the middle east peace process followed israel's prime minister slams the continent for hypocrisy its european and u.s. policies towards the middle east diverged what options does brussels really have this.

martin bashir, bbc news, jerusalem.avin: russian opposition leader alexei navalny has called for a boycott of next year's election after the central election commission rejected his bid to take part. the commission said that navalny's controversial conviction for embezzlement meant he couldn't run. >> we can't call it a surprise, but this is a very important twist. just yesterday mr. navalny went to the electoral committee and submitted all the documents needed, and today in the morning, just a few hours later on, basically, he was rejected because the head of the electoral committee said he has outstanding criminal convictions. mr. navalny and a few human rights organizations around the world said that those charges are politically motivated. -- orn authorities insist a russian court decided that's what happened, he can't run. first of all, he said he would appeal the decision, and if the ban would continue, call to boycott the elections. adds smallthis intrigue, because almost all political analysts believe mr. putin

martin bashir, bbc news, injerusalem.an investigators are examining what caused a bus to careen into a pedestrian subway in moscow, killing at least four people. the victims include a woman in her thirties and a teenager. the driver told officials he had been trying to apply the brakes but they didn't work. faith 0rr reports. it isa it is a task nobody would envy. these emergency workers are picking up these emergency workers are picking up the pieces after a bus crashed into an underpass. it killed several people and was only stopped by the roof of the tunnel. this was the terrifying moment the vehicle barrelled down the steps, hitting pedestrians. 0fficials barrelled down the steps, hitting pedestrians. officials say they are working to try to establish what caused the crash. translation: the bus was driving away from the square and due to unknown reasons, drove into a pedestrian underpass. an investigation is under way. as a four people died and nine were hospitalised, two people refuse to go to hospital. the driver is

the other did president put in who was president bashir and bashir was very clear at telling the put in please help us come and protectors of america and so we don't know how much of that will be played up and then if the americans are to react to that kind of discussion between sudan and russia or between one faction of the libyan government and the russians how it will be played out in other places is something that we are interested in watching. might have an effect one. is seventy odd we took advantage of i'm wondering nicholai on thursday the u.s. defense department accused russian planes of deliberately failing to dig conflict i think is the term we're using the conflict the airspace over syria of the u.s. planes intercepted russian planes putin's envoy also for syria that they called on the u.s. to leave the country are we going to see more tension between those two powers. in syria when it comes to syria face well more tension is likely we were on the bring or the nod around of tension several months ago or not not not even several months ago just about one and a half months

martin bashir, bbc news, bethlehem.key mac. oh, yes! it was on the arrivals board. are you happy, finn. thank you so much. he is so happy. i love mac. you love mac. finn regan—alexander left the cuddly toy on an aer lingus plane after the family flew from gatwick to knock to visit relatives last tuesday. when his mother louise put out a tweet appealing for help to find him, sightings of the monkey were reported in pubs, planes and even in glasgow. luckily the real mac was found by the airline and returned to finn yesterday, just in time for christmas. the best cuddle of all! not glasgow. now animals regularly find a way to make the news. here is a look back at some of the best animal stories of the year. this does not look like a walk in the park, dog walkers in california have hit the waves in the second annual dogs' surfing champions. there is style, confidence, the size of wave. some have very big waves. there is a lot of style and technique. it is interesting. the competitors' main challenge is to stay afloat on the

martin bashir, bbc news, bangladesh. rajini: you are watching "bbc world news america."still to come on tonight's program, what will the world be?s biggest matchups anticipation builds after today's draw. the argentine navy has abandoned efforts to rescue the crew of a submarine which disappeared two weeks ago with 44 people on board. the navy says the search will continue, but is looking for the wreck of the submarine on the seabed. aircraft and ships from 18 countries have covered 70% of the search area. it has caused consternation of anger of the relatives of those on board. reporter: it was a routine mission. some of the crew had been working on the san juan for several years. but talks of finding any survivors had already faded. the argentine navy has now confirmed it is no longer arrest of effort, but a mission to recover the vessel from the south atlantic. >> we have extended the search by more than double the number -- that wouldde make rescuing the crew possibility. having analyzed the crew received by our units, different countries and agencies participating in

martin bashir, bbc news.a fire at a hotel in the moment, at the cameron house hotel. three other people are being treated in hospital. police are trying to find out how the fire began. tens of thousands of people may be putting themselves at increased risk of dying from heart attack or stroke, because they're mis—using anabolic steroids. the british cardiovascular society has issued a stark warning, amid concern that steroids are being used by more people than ever before, particularly by young men who feel under pressure to have the perfect body. dan whitworth reports. this is 29—year—old gareth doing what he does best, take a look. it's what nearly five years of hard work, dedication and black market anabolic steroids looks like. i feel more awake, better in myself, more manly, i have a high sex drive. there are serious potential risks from a medical perspective using steroids. increased risk of heart attack, strokes, mood swings, infertility. do those not worry you? everything we do in life carries a risk

martin bashir, bbc news, bethlehem. killed in a suicide bombing in the afghan capital, kabul. officials say the bomber, who was on foot, blew himself up near the country's national intelligence agency. the so—called islamic state group said it carried out the attack. the bodies of 36 people have been found after a fire at a shopping mall in the philippines. a criminal investigation has been ordered after the fire at the nccc mall in the city of davao on saturday. christmas is meant to be a time of giving for all, but one family from west yorkshire has gone further than most with their seasonal goodwill. the clarkes from halifax collected clothes, sleeping bags and food, and drove to calais. they've been giving them to some of the thousands of refugees and migrants still in the area, despite the closure of the so—called "jungle" camp. here's their story in their own words. i'm katie clarke from halifax, west yorkshire. good morning! we have had people leaving donations. thanks very much, that's great, and they are clearl

martin bashir, bbc news, bethlehem.on the arrivals board. are you happy finn. thank you so board. are you happy finn. thank you so much. he is so happy. board. are you happy finn. thank you so much. he is so happylj board. are you happy finn. thank you so much. he is so happy. i love mack. you love mack. finn regan—alexander left the cuddly toy on an aer lingus plane after the family flew from gatwick to knock to visit relatives last tuesday. when his mother louise put out a tweet appealing for help to find him, sightings of the monkey were reported in pubs, planes and even in glasgow. luckily the real mac was found by the airline and returned to finn yesterday, just in time for christmas. and it was love all over again. now the weather. good evening. it is chris mat eve and hopefully you have done the last minute preparation and are sitting home in the warm. out there things are not looking particularly cold. we have mild conditions. some rain in the west. and further south it is dry, but mild and cloudy into christmas

martin bashir, bbc news, bangladesh.sia. today, england secured a favourable draw when the groups were decided in moscow. this is how it will all begin for england in the opening group stage. they will kick off against tunisia on monday, 18 june. england will then play panama on the 24th, saving the toughest for last, playing one of the top seeds belgium on the 28th. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. it was the day russia invited the great and the good of football inside its seat of power. the kremlin playing host to some of the legends who have graced the sport's showpiece event. a first world cup in russia has become a matter of personal pride and political importance to vladimir putin. the president himself taking the opportunity to kick off proceedings. applause. a colourful celebration of russian culture providing the now traditional pre—draw entertainment. as england's manager gareth southgate prepared to learn his team's fate, there were plenty of familiar faces from which to gain confidence. world cup winner go

martin bashir, bbc news, bangladesh.ince harry and his fiancee meghan markle are on their firstjoint official public engagement in the uk, we'll find out why the city of nottingham in the english midlands has a special place in the prince's heart. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless, that the childrens are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippy cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11:00am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands with and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. this is bbc news. the main stories this hour: former national security adviser michael flynn has pleaded guilty to l

martin bashir, bbc news, in bethlehem. it will not be a wet christmas. for some of us it will be very wet and it will even be heavily across western parts of the uk. this is where the rain is coming from the south —— it will be raining heavily. ahead of this at the mild they are, not just across the ahead of this at the mild they are, notjust across the uk but much of europe and into southern parts of scandinavia as well. this is what the evening looks like. temperatures into double figures across the uk with temperatures starting to drop in the far north of scotland as the weather front moves to. let's look at the evening hours. still mild, very mild south—westerly ‘s across the uk, rain for northern ireland, much of western scotland and the la ke much of western scotland and the lake district as well. a very wet period on the way. through the early hours of christmas day you can see the front this southwards into the west of the uk saw it will be raining in the tips of cornwall, quite windy as well during the afternoon.

martin bashir, bbc news, at church house.'t want to live in a country where thousands of people are living lonely lives, forgotten by the rest of us. now her campaign is calling for a government—led strategy to address the problem — saying it can be as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. danny savage reports. you can't catch me! in the months before she was murdered, jo cox started a campaign to tackle loneliness. the mp said she didn't want to live in a country where thousands of people are living lonely lives, forgotten by the rest of us. the campaign carried on in her name, and has now concluded we all have to do our bit to combat loneliness. so how's your leg after your fall? susan spent months feeling isolated and desperate, but things improved hugely when the royal voluntary service befriended her. oh, i was really low. i were depressed, i tried to take my own life. i were really bad. i were in a lot of pain. and if it wasn't for these people, all these people that's helping me now, i wouldn't be here. and

bashir who is wanted on genocide charges was in amman last march attending the arab league summit there are two international warrants for his arrest on ten charges related to the conflict in darfur by shit tonight as the charges. so had air on al-jazeera story i was shadowed by north korea's nuclear arms race the un takes a look at the countries mountain human rights violations plus no sign of slowing down thousands affected by the wildfires that are storming their way through california. from brisk noise and fuel. to the warm waters of southeast asia. welcome to international weather forecast we've seen some pretty severe weather affecting many parts of western europe is cold it's windy it's snowy this frontal system is a really active affair we've had some heavy rain for parts of the mediterranean coastline but really it's snow which is the main issue at the moment so let's look at the forecast then you see we've got warm air there pushing up ahead of this cold front itself a temperature of double figures f vienna and also for warsaw but still a very strong winds across parts of germ

martin bashir, bbc news, bethlehem.idges of camp —— the archbishop of canterbury has used his message of the whole of byjesus and all conflicts, suffering and pain. he reminded the congregation that after the miracle of the birth ofjesus the holy family fled as refugees, like the 60 million refugees, like the 60 million refugees in the world today. he called their plight the greatest hole of misery in the world. the archbishop said thatjesus was with them and that christianity offered an to live lives of freedom through god's love. there is no power in the universe stronger than god's love. it is directed towards the liberation of human beings. that liberation of human beings. that liberation begins with the risking counter immaturity of birth of god in the form of a baby, of a teenage single mother in a poorfamily in a war—torn country ruled by an infant slaughtering family murdering psychopath. almost 200,000 people are currently serving as part of the uk armed forces. for many on foreign deployments, it means christm

martin bashir, bbc news, in bethlehem.0,000 people are currently serving as part of the uk armed forces. for many on foreign deployments, it means christmas away from loved ones. yesterday, bbc news visited one military base in iraq as troops prepare to spend today farfrom home. dan johnson reports. i'm not going to pretend that it's not difficult to be in iraq over christmas. of all the families apart this christmas, these are amongst the furthest away, for the longest amount of time. this is my first christmas away from home in the army, and to be honest, i'm here with the lads, i'm here with my guys, here with my friends, so, yeah, it's not with the family but it's quite good. as you see, it's a good atmosphere. it's good fun. after 21 years' service, you get used to being away from home. it gets harder when you've got a wife and child at home. obviously you won't get to see your daughter open her presents on christmas day. some improvisation helps give a feel of christmas in the desert. but, of course, not everything c

have plenty of time for it so you're going to have to make a rush decision bashir says she feels some more voters are employing circular thinking i also think there's something going on. in terms that well i couldn't support somebody who would do these things so there's no way he did those things because i support him this race is being defined in many different ways a referendum donald trump a key movement for the republican party so the movement where key demographics like younger people and women feel they have no choice but to split with the party's extremism even if they too are against abortion but despite the consternation that's been expressed nationwide about moore's nostalgia for the us during slavery for example he does speak for a large section of alabamians there was that insider but there were certain certain principles of that ok that was a man's word was his was his bond so to speak we value human life better at that time as far as the white population. in some in some areas and if does win on tuesday night it's not as if he'll be the only republican in the u.s. senate

big screen the german pop heroes contributed the theme song for germany's newest tragicomedy jesus bashir to harrods or this silly heart about the courage to dream the single is also a taste of their new album coming out next year in april. the movie is out now in german theaters and stars heartthrob in the u.s. and barak in the lead role. free fall is one of the most unusual jazz bands and gemini at fest the band consisted of a cash nest and two horn players in the meantime of the three young men have at it and the traction with. the result is a mix of hip hop afro beat soul reggae and jests definitely worth a listen. it's kind of about to leave this weekend some of the people see it as this all the. time and. it's not just three fall from cologne i mean the jazz trio is known for its innovative and expressive music two years ago they joined forces with afro german singer milan to complete their unique sound to. someone at their show in hamburg they presented the songs from their first new album together for. so much. time. off oil was a lot of material i had already been singing the for

i did things like president bashir is headed to south africa, a signatory here is the phone number for the south african embassy in washington, d.c.. call them and tell them what you think they should do when he arrives. so there's a huge groundswell of people doing it and others are likewise trying to get him, but what happened is i was so pursued with this but i found out the president bashir wanted to send his foreign minister to talk to me. so he said i was going to be at the un for the general assembly. my husband was there and a couple other people think about his entourage into sitting across the table he said to me he came because he wanted me to know and stop spreading lies about him. i almost got the sense that he felt sorry for me because people were feeding the false information and he was coming to tell me to stop my social media campaign and he goes and i said politely listen to him and then when he had finally taken a long breath and i knew he finished i said there's a problem with that and he said what's that and i said i'd seen it with my own eyes to which he responded

the suffering of children, and for peace in the middle east, as the bbc‘s religion editor martin bashirts. bright sunshine lit up the basilica in st peter's square. but pope francis chose to focus his christmas day message on how conflict and oppression are casting a dark shadow over the world. he said that christmas makes us focus on the christ child, and thereby pay attention to the sufferings of children, particularly in the holy land. "we seejesus in the children of the middle east," he said, "who continue to suffer because of growing tensions between israelis and palestinians." "on this festive day, let us ask the lord for peace forjerusalem." the anglican archbishop in jerusalem, the most reverend suhail dawani, said that christ himself wept over the city 2,000 years ago, and, with donald trump's decision to officially recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel, that grief continues. when he wept at that time, he wept for the absence of peace and love in the life of people who live here. i'm afraid that our lord jesus is really still weeping for this city. at canterbury cathedral

from bethlehem, our religious affairs editor martin bashir reports.tourists. the fragile peace in this holy place has been shaken by president trump's announcement earlier this month that america would officially recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. america would officially recognise the threat of violence immediately affected businesses in bethlehem, like the five—starjacir palace hotel, where there are now plenty of rooms at the inn. every year, we are fully booked at christmas and new year. this year, we had before, it was overbooking, but when the uprising started, everything cancelled. and is this because of what donald trump said? of course, of course, because the uprising... what he said, the uprising started, we lose everything. and it's notjust tourists who are looking elsewhere. jalal al shayeb is a successful body—builder and palestinian christian. successful body—builder while he'll celebrate christmas here, he sees no future for himself in bethlehem. here, he sees no future it's very hard to live here. here, he sees no future we

former libyan leader moammar gadhafi who is the pows and killed in two thousand and eleven but selig bashir chaired the eight billion dollar the be an african investment portfolio and knowledge they get duffy family's private funds this is what he told us. for the heart as to how it's not right to see gadhafi better to say the libyan government the libyan government left about two hundred billion dollars in various banks abroad and the un has frozen the money in accordance with the security council resolution and when it comes to the money inside the country those who came to power after his afi claim there are one hundred sixty tons of gold billions of dollars in libyan dinars in the central bank when gadhafi moved from tripoli to search he took nothing with him and. an accomplice of the older than i was government official not was how i dealt with sarkozy as an official the french media pie another major outlets claimed that some people met with me and then there was a decision taken to pay fifty million i said i have nothing to do with that. a lot. nothing is known about that there are g

. >> well i think there was an issue in terms of dealing with the chemical aspect of what, what bashirl-assad was doing. i do think he has taken advantage of that. i happened to have a different view at the time. i've really do think it is important to understand that the russians have wanted to have influence in the middle east forever. and, that they have regained it. for a number of different reasons. but partially, i am very worried about what they have done in terms of weaponizing information. they have put incredible pressure, not only on the united states, through information jiggling. they are also trying to do all kind of things in central and eastern europe and in the baltics. and they are using information to contain democracy. they want to undermine our system and we are dealing with somebody that knows how to deal with propaganda. >> let me ask you -- it is not just the chemicals. you know very well at the u.n. general assembly during the obama administration when vladamir putin announced to the world that he was going to get involved militarily in syria. and he was allowe