the residents of belgrade are upset about the hefty price tag of a large christmas tree and it's not even real the cost of the fake tree has triggered corruption allegations against the city's mayor. twitter welcome to the program. christmas celebrations are underway in the west bank city of bethlehem but amid heightened tensions this year's festivities come at a time of simmering anger after u.s. president donald trump's controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the announcement triggered clashes and has been weighing on christians as they prepare to celebrate christmas despite it all festivities are under way. christmas eve in bethlehem the town where the it is the birthplace of jesus is infested me and asked thousands of christian pilgrims arrive from around the world . to find something special and to. talk to feel something special yet here we are here to follow the steps of the christ. being there where he was born. is like. reading the bible all you. jerusalem's latin patriarch pierre batista peace about was a school to buy israeli police through a chec

the residents of belgrade are upset about the hefty price tag of a large christmas tree and it's not even real the purchase has triggered corruption allegations against the city mayor. welcome to the program christmas celebrations are under way in the west bank town of bethlehem and made to heighten tensions this is festivities come much a time of simmering anger of to u.s. president donald trump's controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital that move has triggered clashes and has been weighing on christians as well as they prepare to celebrate christmas still the celebrations are happening. christmas eve in bethlehem the town where the it is the birthplace of jesus is infested named as thousands of christian pilgrims arrive from around the world. and i hope to find something special and. back to feel something special here we're here to fall of the steps of the price. of being there where he was born. is like. reading the bible all life was jerusalem's latin patriarch pierre but he stopped ysabel or was a score to buy israeli police through a checkpoint from je

this is not only the most expensive plastic christmas tree in the world it's also an insult to belgrade citizen. forget christmas spirit someone town says instead. the person who bought this christmas tree should be held responsible. but nobody it seems has yet got round to asking what the bulls and bows cost they could be in for a shock. david versus goliath is a familiar tale in our human world but out there in the natural world it is also the stage for some seemingly unequal battles to help contain habitat destruction in south africa conservationists are turning to one of nature's smallest creatures to rein in one of the biggest. they're nature's heavy weights and not surprisingly they need a lot of food an adult elephant will munch its way through more than one hundred kilograms a day of fruit leaves bark and grass that can be costly for landowners who react by trying to keep elephants away from their property is a general consensus that elephants are very destructive in terms of trees and there are to certain degree but it's not just the elephants that cause her habitat change . an

this is not only the most expensive plastic christmas tree in the world it's also an insult to belgrade citizens story forget christmas spirit someone town says instead. the person who bought this christmas tree should be held responsible . but nobody it seems has yet got round to asking what the baubles and bows cost they could be in for a shock. well whatever the shock it is christmas day across the globe say merry christmas to everyone celebrating centron rudolph by the way still very busy at the moment as they enter the final stretch of their well before they set off on their travels on christmas eve they made a stop in alexandria virginia the engine turning families on the banks of the potomac river at the annual christmas show that before they set off on their worldwide delivery run delivering presents across the world saint nick and by the way i joined by the grinch on a jet ski he overcame his grumpy anti holiday spirit to dazzle the spectators. a quick reminder for you of all top stories at this hour pope francis has delivered a strong defense of migrants at midnight mass in ro

this is not only the most expensive plastic christmas tree in the world it's also an insult to belgrade citizens the story forget christmas spirit someone tell it says instead. the person who bought this christmas tree should be held responsible. but nobody it seems has yet got round to asking what the bulls and bugs cost they could be in for a shock. now is christmas day across the globe so merry christmas to everyone who was celebrating and watching santa and rudolf all are still very busy at the moment as they enter the final stretch of their world tour before they settle for on their travels on christmas eve they made a pit stop in alexandria virginia the duo entertained families on the banks of the potter mack river at the annual christmas show before they set off on their worldwide present delivery run st nick and rudolph were joined by the grinch on jet ski go over came his grumpy and the holiday spirit to dazzle the spectators. there you have it that's your world news update for now more coming up at the top of the hour gardell force is up next and we'll be telling you where the

this is not only the most expensive plastic christmas tree in the world it's also an insult to belgrade citizens. forget christmas spirit someone town says instead. the person who bought this christmas tree should be held responsible. but nobody it seems has yet got round to asking what the bulls and bows cost they could be in for a shock. well with soccer playing such a big role in germany it's tough for athletes in other sports to make a name for themselves martin kaymer has been the face of german golf for the better part of a decade but his place could be threatened by a player barely known here zander shah fully is ranked twenty fifth in the world he won the season ending tour championship in september and now could be german golf's next big thing. a tale of two names in the u.s. he's known as zander saucily his name is german though show for the technically he's germany's best goal for. his father and coach stefan moved from step got to san diego thirty years ago and taught him everything except for the language. growing up in a household of a german father is something i learned

belgrade unsavory sounds the craziest dog i have ever been to be between policies on a red star he's known for its fierce and literally fiery atmosphere and he bets out the most formats a might and so beat international. to show us around. three four. something. south thank you so much for. a long time since we. absolutely. you all for the support aston villa where we played together and overseeing spy in its name playing in russia as well when in the run to russian championship with rubin because i'm really felt right on really excited about stopping flight in a big is policies on against red star. one of the biggest games and a wall. that you will see later on it's all about this game is special and i would say crazy we know about. celtic rangers. manchester city mentioned you know what makes this special trust me i've been to this country open one played there. to. these games all peaceful. and beat starting all week because the red star was always club and parties and was military is always something. i'm talking about communism yeah you know stuff. and it's not the thing. our fa

a whirlwind trip in belgrade over because villa fans want to see you back at the paul gladly i want to bring her home for the close. well this is the call ourselves off from the left he says let's go have a drink and a bite so it's ok. that she also understand cullimore shouted i don't forget to join us next week for more incredible football stories just leads me to say from everyone here in the studio and all say have a very merry christmas. how does it feel to be a sheriff the greatest job in the world it's as close to being a king as any job there is what business model helps to run a prison now we just do or don't like us is nobody oh visitation i don't no one comes anymore we don't have to serve them anymore is cost effective this will be won't do that as long as they don't give a damn if you do the chores or not there are actually pretty enough to put it back into the louisiana incarceration rate is twice as high as the usa breach what secrets is behind such success. but in under them i did not cut it. upon him and if one came at the misunderstood i can know me a little much to b

belgrade against red star belgrade it's tipping done with ryan as you can see the security presence is extremely big. expect trouble it comes with the territory also incredibly. on the pitch. how well you do what you do and this for the game just specifically come from. your side exactly this i. could see. in the red star and. you can say now that it was a place called basically. sure the home funds going to the home sectional shoulder it's called just delta rand and mace places. i mean full trysts if you like. into the home and. say we rinsed off funds will be a lot of away fans to know it was us it's always like that. here. it's not important which stadium splaying. full life will be and that's one definitely but it's also in this one is one of them is more coming support us in this aside. from there to here is false and it's going to be able to take screen one so yeah. three in front of these three we'll see if the west wing will be a mix between the more. so the case just kicks off boxes that it gets right this it's out for not just on the bill this is the right stop all right fans

belgrade in serbia is home to the crises dog i have ever been to the eternal dog between politics and red style he's known for its fierce and literally foreign atmosphere and knew better than most for might say might and so be the international supplemental speech to show us around. three people. so. south thank you so much for because of the at a long time since we saw each other. you all for the club to our support aston villa where we played together and overseeing spy plane in russia as well when the richest russian championship with ruben because i'm really felt right on really excited about stopping the flight in a big parties on against red star. one of the biggest games and walt definitely you will see later on. all of this game is special and i would say crazy we know about. celtic rangers. manchester city mentioned you know what makes this special trust me i've been to these country help you want to play there. to. these games are all peaceful. and beat starting all week because the red star was always club and parties and was military there is always something to. be talkin

serbia have discovered a huge stockpile of toxic waste at a private property at site the capital belgrade twenty five tons of deadly chemicals were being illegally stored in poorly sealed barrels local residents have been warned not to use local wells in case there contamination is moving on to those force needs now and germany's all conquering football team are currently world champions confederations cup holders and number one on the fifa charts the team is now preparing to defend its world cup title in twenty eight and russia and coach live believe he has all the ingredients needed to win the competition for a fifth time. for germany's coach joachim the upcoming world cup is the burning issue his reputation could suffer if germany to defend its title. the best the world is probably saying that germany are favorites and logically every team that plays against those will want to take us. from the second round to the quarterfinals and semifinals. the pressure will be greater for us than it was in brazil we have to deal with that. still nervous keeping his cool after all he has several est

serbia have discovered a huge stockpile of toxic waste at a private property outside the capital belgrade twenty five tons of deadly chemicals were being illegally stored in poorly sealed barrels local residents have been warned not to use area wells in case there contaminated. war. star has been awarded a knighthood in queen elizabeth's new year's honors list. drummer's one of many names featured on the list honoring service to the nation. co-founder and singer barry give as also. be we. will be just b.c. . vietnamese businessman who germany says was abducted in berlin and then smuggled back to hanoi by vietnamese security services may face the death penalty the businessman trench one ton is accused of corruption back in vietnam annoyed denies kidnapping him but the case has caused a diplomatic rift between germany and vietnam. german diplomats had both expected and feared vietnam's top news headline it is now become a matter of life and death. is public enemy number one in vietnam but germany sees him as the victim of an unprecedented abduction. police say that while walking in the cent

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be sent to belgrade to be tried. but what happened was some thinking that. the citizens of sarajevo campaign to bring back her. economy. if you are an. elite. to exploit. the mind the right is today by saying the fighters all walk in the old. adage this is their lives. and they always had some security you will see that there's lots of cars a mason tree. the diary he kept during those days in custody became his way of dealing with his loyalty and longing for sarajevo. that. does. theirs and it was a. purpose of rather. capper probably should am it will be now be should be steady post them to present it and i think are submitted. that we do which is a good boy will be done. like i said out the door jim acosta iraqis. put up was a man they monitored it for paris was korea said don't. neck it then it is pretty neck it is a bet it's a. subject that i assume is p.t.s.d. because i didn't get testy he just said the. but you know what she. was. off to snow months in custody the campaign to free him finally one. man. released without charge divjak returned to sarajev

just for him cologne have been knocked out of the europe on the golf to one in defeat to red star belgrade the when soul red star leapfrog colluded to second place in group g. earning them a spot in the competitions lost thirty two in the other match group winners also no thrashed by peabody's up six nil colognes defeat means all three german sides crashed out in the group stages often i'm ahead of the len who were eliminated on the previous match day both through their final matches one voice. turning to the winter olympic games which a fost approaching in among athletes training for peak performance on the women's bobsled team from nigeria there's not much snow in the west african nation but if the sun kissed island of jamaica could do it in one thousand eighty eight why not the ladies of nigeria and the super eagles team not lacking in ambition. to vote for change started their intervention twenty sixteen after successful crowdfunding campaign began training in the united states they broke their place last month after strong performances in qualifiers now and the pride of nigeria. it's

you broke out as one by one the country's ethnic group soon to independence from belgrade. it was bosnian philosophy is that bag of it she championed independence for the republic of poles near and that's a covenant with such a gave its capital. independence so men. and democratic must now have to mean that serbs rejected the idea no more it didn't miss it did a magic pill that the bushman you can't for the impact on a muslim ask you out of more than less than your muslim ask you not a member of the programming of the wood out and quickly formed their own state. the news server public mobilized the yugoslav people's army to j. and k. to besiege something evil. and turned to genocide the systematic ethnic cleansing of the population last night shells hit a hotel it was hoped of more than a thousand refugees in the rush to escape there was panic and confusion. in the sukkah because. they've had this at the god in a propaganda car objection a premier director does as bush shot him a muslim man on them or say gee that. siddhivinayak who had made such a you feel his home there w

code i went in when i was 15-years-old in early 1944 with -- first marine belgrade on marine brigadet in china to get those japanese and northern china to surrender. they did not want to surrender. but it took first marine division, six worrying division to get them to surrender eventually. we had a separate treaty in china on october 25, 1945. talkers in the early part of world war ii, the enemy codereaking every military that was being used in the pacific. it created a huge problem for strategizing against the enemy. madeually as ingestion was in early 1942, february 1942 essentially, to use them language as the code. marine corps recruited 29 young navajos, not telling them what they are being recruited for because this was a top-secret operation. they were just asked, do you want to join the marines? do you want to fight the enemy? come join the marines. they volunteered. 29 young never pose joined the marines and 1942 -- young navajos joined the marines in 1942. past boot camp with flying colors. , the sametraining thing. then into marine corps communication school. new were, tha

and cologne have been knocked out of the europe europa league after a one nil defeat to red star belgrade though the german side created more chances they went down to a twenty two minute goal from. sarah niche the win saw red star leapfrog cologne into second place in group g. earning them a spot in the competitions last thirty two and the other match group winners arsenal thrashed off six nail colognes to feed means that all three german sides crashed out of the group stages often high and lynn who were eliminated on the previous match day both through their final matches one all and staying with football cristiana rinaldo has won the long door for a record tying fifth time the rail madrid forward retains his crown as the world's best player after helping to the spanish league in the champions league titles last season were naldo has now drawn level with his attorney a rival barcelona star lionel messi brussels has lost the right to host the games at the euro twenty twenty following delays in the development of a new stadium. says that the four matches set to be played in brussels will

up a little studio in her apartment and spread to over fifty kilometers from the serbian capital belgrade. she learnt to draw as a child and taught herself to paint today illusionist videos are her trademark. i live challenges and that's why i choose to do and it's very funny when you make another nut in your stomach or if you are i'm enjoying to do it because every day i'm. twenty sixteen international breakthrough came with wooden. a video that won or a top makeup artists award in serbia. she also made an appearance on spanish television. more than one hundred thirty thousand fans have subscribed to her you tube channel and regularly watch your videos she can't believe her look. i'm so happy i am old vehicle you know from all over the world and you're talking when they write he says for rosie. i have that feeling that i was there or i you know so it's a very special feeling. can spend two days preparing her designs scrutinizing them in the mirror to see what works and what doesn't like the not on her stomach. she can work on a new body for up to eight hours drawing inspiration from musi

we have warwick arts centre and the belgrade theatre which has won awards for its diversity. is coming back to coventry with a major new production at coventry cathedral. they will do the entire works of shakespeare streamed in locations like the forest of arden, london road cemetery. our uk cities of culture is going to embrace the whole of the uk and celebrate everything distinctive about coventry. everything about post—brexit modern britain. coventry. everything about post-brexit modern britain. you mentioned the specials. many people watching will say, i can't quite think what the cultural heritage of commentary is. philip larkin was born. dallas a bit more about the cultural history of the plays. -- tell us a bit more. you mentioned philip larkin. george eliot middlemarch will stop let's talk about george shaw, the turner prize winner. this is a place that has been reinventing itself, a great wave of creativity will stop has a great arts school at coventry university and a fantastic arts centre at warwick university. the great cultural heritage. it invented theatre and e

encountered has to be a recent trip to serbia it's right on top between parties on and red star belgrade . it started all week because the star was always parties club and parties and was military yeah there is always something to eat. i'm talking about communism yeah stuff was there and they started to examine. our fun. i mean we have definitely war people because we've been in so many wars you know she's three so you can imagine. support us because when we are we don't war we have to fight somebody we trust to fight against each other. the. sun the game let's just keep. up the sun against right stuff like this it's out for an obviously at. least a right stop all right fans and the other parties out of the interest and it said tank don't know nights where the atmosphere is going to look the likes. i. love. off time of the big dog make it incredible families always pick the right. don't like each other they say sense of fun credible soldier of soldier because. but that's too strong. budget trying to get this kind of like you could feel i mean must be quite incredible to play out tonight

these two men are in a way professional revolutionaries they come from belgrade that's where their careers began. it was the mid nine hundred ninety s. together with other students in the group or they had a goal to topple then president still but on milosevic and set the stage for free elections their tactic nonviolent resistance much of it based on humor in action. people need to have something to be need to belong to something so creating that impression using humor make you fix kind of things. and then people know actually who you are as well when you are doing something on the streets so it is important to have symbol and to create the brand because then it's real of life. who are symbol was a fish today it's been adopted as a logo by their new organization canvas canvas trains and advises activists all over the world and offer seminars on mine. probably worked with people from i don't know forty fifty different countries i lost count completely and this ranges from small student groups fighting for more justice or less rate in their campus to the large organizations that are shaking

construction hasn't started here yet but the grievances a similar to those in belgrade the exchange of land for jobs that haven't materialized and the general sense of being cheated by the authorities have a man loquat look they may not like. jeb sound of hamas the man had the ad that well you have some money and know what's happening so you will see who new facilities will relocate the yemeni and putin yeah fifty percent is really high have one year old when you're asleep because that he really are they going to deal with boss getting it wasan oh yeah both of these a government reports but within four years the amount of barren land jumped up from seven point five acres to sixteen and by law the government can force people to sell in fertile land well you can this is real that what are they going towards the got a load better the other way yang will give out of activity out of highly kindness toward yeah i got what you hear. non-violence that this protest is local police have still threatened to charge these people with breach of the peace and the man in charge of the jr is inventing.

football and cologne have been knocked out of the europa league after one little defeat to red star belgrade the when saw red star leap frog cologne into second place in group g. earning them a spot in the competitions lost thirty two in the other match group winners arsenal trashed but a body saw six live colognes defeat means all three german sides crashed out in the group stages hoffenheim and hetta berlin who were eliminated on the previous match day both drew their final matches one all. the winter olympic games are foster protein in a mine athletes training for peak performance of the women's bobsled team from nigeria this much snow in the west african nation but if the some kissed island of jamaica could do it in nine hundred eighty eight why not the ladies from nigeria and the super eagles team on not lacking in ambition. to vote for team started their intervention twenty sixteen after successful crowdfunding campaign began training in the united states they took their place last month after strong performances in qualifiers now the pride of nigeria. it's been beautiful to know that

twenty five tons of highly toxic waste after a search of a private property southwest of the capital belgrade the chemicals in the mixtures include benzene that is a cancer causing compound that is highly regulated across the developed world residents have been warned not to use water from nearby wells and the owner of that property has been arrested. i think that within two weeks we will have all the analysis there are some indications but we don't want to talk about indications what is important is that we ask citizens from this part of a brand of its not to use wells for drinking water until we get the analysis. one hundred forty five indian fishermen released by pakistan on thursday have returned home the men were arrested and jailed for fishing legally and pakistani territorial waters another group of indian fishermen will be released next month as a goodwill gesture pakistani and indian maritime agencies frequently arrest each other's fisherman. india's lower house of parliament has approved a bill which would make it illegal for muslim men to use instant divorce to leave their wives th

having fairly stormy stuff for italy in the adriatic balkan state for a time but there's the warmth belgrade in twelve ten inches still nine in vienna as it starts to rain behind it all the next systems already lined up come from the bay of biscay more rain to come through from spain and portugal london's at four degrees but in the sunshine now south of all this of course is going to be something happening in the central mediterranean there's to curl of rain potentially still in the adriatic it might drag some rains through tunisia and catch northern libya and the temperatures are after it drop a bit more thirteen degrees in tunis and in the wind. when libyan troops to pledge their dictator the wardrobe struck an unlikely to be. shut. down. for some time but instead news it was the weapon of choice stronger than bullets with which documentary but this time on al-jazeera. welcome back reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera a workers have begun evacuating critically ill patients from of the seats of syria's capital damascus but at least eighteen people have died while waiting on says pres

highly toxic waste buried in barrels and containers at a private property southwest of the capital belgrade the chemicals include benzene a cancer causing compound is highly regulated across the developed world of a property has been arrested. i think that within two weeks we will have all the analysis there are some indications but we don't want to talk about indications what is important is that we ask citizens from this part of a brand of its not to use wells for drinking water until we get the analysis. turning rubbish into politically infused art a resistance movement that originated in the slums of the capital is adding a creative twist to everyday objects tries about reports from port au prince. in one of the poorest areas of haiti's capital port au prince a place where people live surrounded by trash. and part of a resistance movement against social inequality using art. is love. it is just fighting every time someone. and. many of his cultures are based in what he describes as voodoo because of the special place the religious practice has in haitian history and society. asian peopl