here you have the archbishop of canterbury being quite firm on the prime _ canterbury being quite firmn them. do you think that's a _ your hands up in on them. do you think that's a fair _ your hands up in on them. do you think that's a fair enough - your hands up in on them. do you i think that's a fair enough comment? he's a member of the church, a very senior member of the church. should he be commenting on aspects of political life quiz mac i think... this is actually an issue of political life also being about different kinds of leadership. it's about moral leadership, it's about leading by showing the value that you would like to see reflected in society. and that is very much the role that religious leaders take on as well. they have a pastoral responsibility if you like. i see in overlap between those things and i think we dopolitics and i think we do need to be about starting to say who can and cannot have a say in politics. i don't think we should necessarily be going down that road. you looked as if you agree with that, john, you are not away at one point. i that, john, you

the most reverend justin welby was speaking at canterbury cathedral this morning.tory shows us how we must treat those who are unlike us, who have far less than us, who have lived with the devastating limits of war and national tragedy. there have been the volunteers who have been on my mind, welcoming and caring for refugees arriving on the beaches so close to this cathedral, and they do one thing, save life at sea. it is not politics, it is simply humanity. the former england test cricket captain, ray illingworth, has died. he was 89 and had been undergoing treatment for oesophageal cancer. he had a 15—year test career, playing 61 times for england. he also captained yorkshire during a period where the county dominated domestic cricket. he played a pivotal role as a coach and selector for england in the 1990s. well, let's speak to huw turbervill, who's the editor of the cricketer. he joins us live from south london. a sad day for cricket. how do you think he will be remembered among friends and colleagues? i think he will be remembered among friends and colleague

the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has called for compassion towards refugees in his christmasn. and lift—off! the world's most powerful telescope has blasted into space, soon to offer unprecedented images of the universe. christmas covid vaccines are being offered to thousands of people in england, as the british government expands its booster programme to offer all adults a jab before the new year. and the former england and yorkshire captain, ray illingworth, has died at the age of 89. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the queen has spoken movingly, in her christmas day message, about her grief at the death of her husband, prince philip, who died in april. the monarch poignantly reflected on a year of personal grief, saying there was "one familiar laugh missing" amid the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. windsor castle on christmas morning. the royal standard signifying that the queen was in residence. merry christmas. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwalljoined the congre

the most revjustin welby was speaking at canterbury catherdral this morning. than us, who have lived with the devastating limits of war and national tragedy. there have been the volunteers who have been on my mind, welcoming and caring for refugees arriving on the beaches so close to this cathedral, and they do one thing, save life at sea. it is not politics, it is simply humanity. a christmas service has been held in a renovated church in indian—administered kashmir for the first time in thirty years. the mayor of the city of srinagar and other officials greeted those who visited st luke's church, one of the oldest in kashmir. the 125—year—old place of worship was shut down three decades ago when the separatist violence began in the muslim—majority region. iam sure i am sure there will be some mark of respect, tribute perhaps, the start of the ashes test in australia later today. the former england and yorkshire cricket captain ray illingworth has died. he was 89 and had been suffering from cancer. 0ur sport correspondent, joe wilson, looks back on his life.

the archbishop of canterbury justin welby has called for compassion towards refugees in his christmaspowerful telescope has blasted into space, soon to offer unprecedented images of the universe. and the former england and yorkshire captain ray illingworth has died at the age of 89. now on bbc news, review 2021, the year in science. it was a year shaped by the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic but with significant developments in climate change and space exploration. our science correspondent pallab ghosh gives his analysis of the year. 2021 was the year that world leaders agreed on a new plan to save the planet.

in his christmas message from canterbury cathedral, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, reflectedwhether we are working in sage or the cabinet, to each one of us, from huge companies to those who are sleeping rough. at the vatican, pope francis spoke about the importance of dialogue. he urged world leaders to engage with each other — to solve problems and prevent conflicts. nicholas witchell, bbc news. volunteers are working at vaccination centres across england today, as the push continues to give every adult a booster by the end of the month. the nhs says it expects thousands of people to receive theirjab on christmas day. vaccination centres are closed in northern ireland, scotland and wales. as ministers consider whether tougher restricions are needed in england, the roman catholic archbishop, cardinal vincent nichols, has urged them not to close places of worship. emily unia reports. redbridge town hall in east london is one of a small number of vaccination centres in england that opened this morning, on christmas day, to help bolster the booster programme. fantastic idea to

tt 3 is an interview with a archbishop of canterbury that has been done by the bbc news cast podcast,egend parties taking place in number ten, the archbishop was actually working in st thomas's hospitaljust over the other side of the river tends. there he was praying with people when they were l. he was praying with people in their dying moments. so it's quite interesting to hear what he has to say about these allegations. he says he'sjust disappointed to hear what was going on allegedly in number ten at that time. he saying when leaders get things wrong committed got a duty to put their hands up and say that they made mistakes. he was actually quite careful in what he said. he was asked about what did he think about borisjohnson and whether he was an honest person, and he quite wisely avoided that and said he would not be getting into individuals and said i do have a pastoral role when it comes to some of these people. they are important in our nation and i would much rather talk to them about this rather than come up with my own judgment on them in advance to speaking to them. high

there was a surprising discovery at canterbury cathedral.nes. this series was thought to have been made on the 13th century. but researchers discovered that some of the panels, including this one of the prophet nathan, were made much earlier. it's only come to light now because of this device, called a windolyser. it may not look like much, but it was developed by scientists to be used on location without damaging the glass. it shines a beam onto the surface, which causes material inside to radiate. this radiation contains a chemicalfingerprint from which the researchers worked out their age. we've been working on this detective storing for some time, putting all the pieces in place, and then we finally get an answer, something new that brings together science and art into one story. it's fantastic. these are all stories that were recorded at the time they happened here. the discovery astonished leonie seliger, who looks after the stained glass windows here. she believes the redated panels could go back to the mid—1100s and were in place dur

going to sound likejohnny morris in a while, but bramble is the abcd, which is the archbishop of canterbury'srrific. and it sounds like quite a handful. oh, she is a handful. she is a cocker spaniel, so she's insatiable when it comes to food, but she's very friendly. and she may well reappear from time to time. does she like christmas dinner, archbishop? - she loves it. she will eat... she prefers other people's christmas dinner. we have caught her on the table before now. well, that is tremendous. well, newscast, i'm happy to say, - is a news programme where everyone's pets are welcome, so thank you very l much indeed for allowing her to bel with all of us today, - particularly exciting for me. just to get serious for a bit, the reason we are not all in the same place having mulled wine and christmas pies and patting each other�*s dogs is because of the worries about the omicron variant and people getting pinged and various things like that. archbishop, when people are starting to get a bit scared and particularly a very sensitive time of the year, what do you think your kind of role is? wel

also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. finding the 1st text message ever sent has been sold. if you can do that for just over a $120000.00 at an auction in paris, the message read merry christmas. it was sent on the 3rd of december 1992 for my computer by an engineer at the british telecoms company, vodafone, it has been sold as a non fungible token and n f t, which is the type of digital asset allots become popular this year. the good news proceeds from the sale go to the united nations refugee agency. it will not share a help. honestly are, these are the top stories you as president, jo biden's announced measures to limit to search of all my current cases includes expanded testing support for hospitals and mo, vaccinations he has stopped short, however, of calling for not a lockdown. all these people who have not been back, you have an obligation to yourself to your family, and quite frankly, i normally criticize this to your country. get faxes it now it's free. it

also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. i'll people in the worst flood hit regions of malaysia being moved to safety. 17 have died. 4 of them were found in sullen gall, the country's wealthiest and most populous region. the government has been criticized about its slow response, which is being blamed on the lack of boats and manpower. florence louis reports from columbia, missouri city villa. yeah. after more than a day trapped in her home by flood waters, this woman is finally been rescued. 2 days of torrential rain last week had caused waters to rise swiftly, inundating homes and damaging property. many couldn't leave their houses in time and ended up sheltering on the upper floor or roofs desperate for help. and the roads had become impossible, and the only way out was in boats. those who managed to escape barely had time to grab their belongings. i think i did, but they yeah, i mean we are left with only our clothes and important documents like our children's birt

the leader of the anglican church, the archbishop of canterbury, praised the work of volunteers helpinghristmas sermon. the christmas story shows us how we must treat those who are unlike us, who have far less than us, who have lived with the devastating limits of war and national tragedy. there have been the volunteers who have been on my mind, welcoming and caring for refugees arriving on the beaches so close to this cathedral, and they do one thing — save life at sea. it is not politics. it is simply humanity. this christmas is also the occasion for a special service for the first time in 30 years at srinagar�*s st lu ke's church. the 125—year—old place of worship in the indian administered kashmir was shut down three decades ago when the separatist violence began. christmas gatherings will be easier than a year ago in many other places around the world. for example, most australians are allowed to travel interstate over the festive break for the first time in two years. as sydney's catholic archbishop puts it, christmas was a ray of light in dark times. sadat ahmed bakir, bbc news.

rather than the legacy of failed was in iraq, afghanistan, syria, and libya. joining me now from canterbury is kent university professor of russian and european politics and the author of the pigeon paradox. professor richard sackler, thank you so much. sure. profess faqua for coming back on. we're actually talking about armageddon and bought 2 of this show biden. i just finished democracy, summit selected democrats being invited to to are a virtual. as summit you said last time you were on going underground. that biden would be it exceptionally dangerous leader endorsed by the washington security establishment. you said, aside from him sending the 7th fleet, i think it is to china along with the british war. sure. being sent there. are we see the 6 fleet in the black sea right now? what do you think? and in the context of russia imminently about to invade ukraine, what do you think of the virtual putin bite and some of this week? well, when we last spoke, i think we were anticipating what the biden currency was going to look like. and it's only days what is actually happened since it's now

also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. un world food program has announced that we'll have to redo food rations for 8000000 people in yemen due to lack of funding. the cutbacks will set in from january and the un agency is warning a serious consequences of hunger raises. the country has been on the brink of famine since 2016 because of the civil war. the w. f. p says 5000000 people are a step away from starvation. at least 20 commuters have been injured after 2 metro trains collided outside iran's capital to run. state television footage shows one train was derailed after the crash. emergency services say at least 11 people were taken to hospital one with serious injuries. an investigation is now underway. one person has been killed at least 70 others are missing after a landslide in a jane mine in the mar. that accident happens in kitchen states close to the border, which china last year, more than $175.00 miners were killed in a mining accident. in that same area o

also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. thailand is announced that it's delay me called her a bangkok central station for a month. the station was due to shell on thursday to make way for a new high speed railway funded in part by loans from china. those plans have been delayed. as tony chang reports from bangkok for more than a century, fallen pon station in bangkok has stood as a testament to tie independence in the face of colonial dominance. opened in 1916 at a time when thailand was threatened by british regional control, it sat at the center of se, asia's 1st railway network. but while m pong is due to close, to make way for new grand central station, at the heart of a high speed rail network. that's caused considerable concern for many, particularly as china is the main investor. i need a little unlock, i'm, it's important to make sure that when china makes investment, how are we going to make people of this country or of this region get benefit from an investm

justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury, described desmond tutu as "a man of words and action".ad a great sense of humour. he had this kind that with forgiveness so he was he was angry with injustice so if the perpetrators of injustice turned away from what they'd done wrong he was quick to form and form friendships. his life was patterned onjesus christ and he had this extraordinary bubbly overwhelming sense of humour. you laughed the whole time when you met him. the last time i met him two or three years ago i went to see him in south africa and he was there with his family and i think that stands out because here was someone who with his family was what you saw in public, you saw what you got. and he was there surrounded by those closest to him, he was up with the news and willing to tease and to challenge and he was just the most remarkable man and he used to send fantastic e—mails, always signed off as arch, short for archbishop and he was extraordinary. but you also knew that to his dying day he was constantly focused onjesus christ and that was where he got his sense of i

also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. the jury in the trial of a former police officer charge with killing a black motorist is considering its verdict kimberly potter pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, sang. she went to use her taser, but drew her gun and shot dante wright instead of killing triggered nationwide protests. the jury and gallon knacks false sacks, trafficking trial is once again asked for the printed testimony of 3 of her accuses . it's the 2nd day of deliberations. british socialite maxwell pleaded not guilty to grooming teenagers for underage sex with her former boyfriend, jeffrey epstein. she faces up to 70 years in prison. if found guilty. thailand has announced its delaying the closure of bangkok, central station for a month. the station was due to shout on thursday to make way for a new high speed railway funded in part by chinese loans. tony chang reports from bangkok but more than a century while m pon station in bangkok has stood as a testame

also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. where the midway point in this new sound will get weather update next, and then thousands of people in argentina on the 20th anniversary of what was called the great crisis. 2 decades later, we looked at whether there's been any change on certain times. we looked at what's behind a star shortage in denmark. and then in sports, the national hockey league signed off for christmas. corona virus forces a pool ah, ah. hello, the weather remains cold if not bitterly cold across a good part of year. a pat my mister large clear skies got big area of high pressure in charge here for the time being. but low pressure will grassy feed its way in as we go on through the next couple of days. and that will allow slightly margaret to push him for many as we go on through the next day or so. so he can see size of that model where these yellow showing up on our chart as we go on through the next day or 2, it will gradually warm up. there we go. t

also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. finally, the 1st text message ever sent has been sold. if you can do that for just over a $120000.00, an auction in paris, the message read merry christmas. it was sent on the 3rd of december 1992 from a computer by an engineer at the british telecoms company, vodafone, it has been sold as a non fungible token and n f t, which is the type of digital asset. now that's become popular this year. the good news proceeds from the sale go to the united nations refugee agency. chevron ah mostly are. these are the top stories you as president jo biden's announced measures to limit to serge of all my cotton cases includes expanded testing.

also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. to buys ruler or so from my ben rationale, mccuen has been ordered to pay his ex wife more than $700000000.00 in a divorce settlement. a high court judge in london said the greatest threat to princess haigha and her children is from her former husband. have fled to the u. k . in 2019 with their 2 children. in an earlier hearing, judge is found on the balance of probability that the chef ordered 2 of his children to be kidnapped, hacked his ex wife's phone, and subjected her to a campaign of intimidation. opposition. supporters and george are demanding the release of jails. former presidents mikhail suck, has fairly dr. say he was tortured in custody. thousands rallied in front of parliament and a council to be seen threatening. a mass hunger strike sack is really was arrested in october after returning from exile in ukraine. he was convicted of abuse of power. a charge he says is politically motivated. one person has been killed

an article by the head of the latin patriarch it here in jerusalem, also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. cilla had an al jazeera turkey's troubled lira rebound slightly after the laces. government moves and sprang from the currency. how much would you pay for an embassy canvas? tell you why it's cost the danish museum. more than $84000.00 and sport steph curry leaves a short handed warriors victory action coming up through the show. oh hello, there will look to africa in a moment, but 1st to the middle east and unsettled weather continues to plague the levant. we've got wet and windy conditions linger, lingering around coastal areas of the eastern mediterranean, but the further east we move it is going to dry up this little bit of a wintering mix pushing into parts of iran. but for the south of this is a lot finer and dryer, with some cloud popping around northern areas of saudi arabia. we've got a bit of a brisk wind that's going to blow down the gulf, but it remains

also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. the jury angela maxwell sex trafficking trial has asked to review, print to testimony of 3 of her users that are socialized. maxwell pleaded not guilty to grooming teenagers for under age sex with her former boyfriend and convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. she faces up to 70 years in prison if found guilty. a jury in the trial of a former us police officer charged with killing a black motorists have been told to carry on deliberations. if they fail to reach a verdict, kimberly potter pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, saying she meant to use her taser, but drew her gun and shot dante writes, the killing triggered nationwide protests. 100 has more from outside. the court in minneapolis. all we've heard is that the jury came back with one question yesterday . they wanted to know about the timing. when kim potter consulted a defense expert. that's because there were some inconsistencies in her story about how she reacted to

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also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. the jury in delay maxwell's sax trafficking, trial is once again asked for the printed testimony of 3 of her accusers. it's the 2nd day of deliberations british socialized, maxwell pleaded not guilty to grooming teenagers for under age sex with her former boyfriend, jeffrey epstein. she faces up to 70 years in prison, found guilty tens of thousands of people of march, the 20th anniversary of what's known as argentina's, great crisis in 2139 people were killed in a crackdown though a nation wide protest and riots after the government imposed measures to ease large scale debt or critic say 20 years on the situation in argentina is no different. the government is in the midst of negotiations with the international monetary fund to restructure $44000000000.00 it owes to the global fund throws a bo reports from one osiris. this building housed at disco prior to the cove it pandemic. but the loved down and argentine has already shaky

also by the archbishop of canterbury, the most senior figure in the anglican church in which he talks about a hot cry coming from christians in the holy land. the un security counselor's meeting to discuss the humanitarian situation in afghanistan that working on a plan to provide aid and to see when sanctions lation of 38000000 is facing food shortages that may trigger another refugee exodus. afghanistan's economy has been crippled on to the u. s. withdrew its troops in august and the taliban took over. let's speak to kristin salumi, who's following the session for us at the other night at nations. kristen, what's the point of this resolution? is it going to pass so the united nations has been warning that the economy of afghanistan is on the verge of collapse because of some $10000000000.00 and assets that were frozen in international banks when the taliban took control. so given that money is not flowing into the country, the goal of this resolution is to get some cash into the system and prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. as you say, some to nearly 23000000 people are expected to

[laughter] the archbishop of canterbury said so. the dalai lama said so.war, if it was to be a justifiable war in terms of the just war theory, would have to be one that was declared by a legitimate authority. [applause] and the administration here was aware of that. that's why they went to the u.n. there's no point in going to the u.n. if you had already decided -- they probably, of course, had decided -- but, i mean, there was no point unless they believed or they realized in order for it to be legitimate and therefore justifiable, the only authority would have to be the u.n. and when they didn't get what they wanted from the u.n., they did what they did. we said then, and we keep saying so, not just that it was illegal, it was immoral. and the consequences of it just now -- i mean, you have to be, you've really got to be blind to say, "well, yeah, it's ok. we have removed saddam hussein." why didn't you say that was the reason for going? because the world would have said, "no, no, no, no. that isn't a reason that will be allowable for you to declare war

protestants and others will reach out to the church so they came and of england and the archbishop of canterburyose are usually protestants so for instance i protestant community between the ukraine and russia as far as i can tell was wiped out that they petitioned so to trace where the petitions are around the world and then there are conscious efforts among the awakened protestants to reach out with the intention to reunite in overcoming the reformation and that is the more theological movement going back into the 17h century that these are more 17h century figures but they were committed and you have that going on. host: as a quick follow-up you talk about to the church of england what about the church of scotland? he is not the head so what does he get? >> this is important george the third was personally in anglican his personal relationship anglican clergy and the anglican context but he was a protector of the church of scotland so he is the head of the system and obligated to protect them and he discourages thing he doesn't take petitions to our troublemakers within the church of scotland

in canterbury, justin welby is expected to call for compassion for migrants crossing the channel.arliest stars and galaxies in the universe is due to head off into space the coming hours. described as a "�*time machine' the james webb space telescope is being transported into space via the ariane five rocket. designed to unlock mysteries of the universe, the telescope will be able to look back to 400 million years after the big bang. it has a wider spectrum view than the hubble telescope and will operate further out from the earth. let's take a closer look at it: it weighs half of the now iconic hubble telescope and specialises in infrared astronomy. it will operate at a mind boggling i million miles away from earth. in order to be launched into space it has been folded like origami. it will take a full month to unfold properly once it is in position it contains 18 hexagonal mirrors that will help astronomers see back more than 13 billion years. those gold—plated mirrors are mainly made of beryllium. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. stunning images revealing the beauty

interesting, you lay out in the book on the american side they're agitated but then the arc bishop in canterbury is like it would be great but it's not going to happen, guys, we got other things to worry about right now. >> yes, even though he wants it, right, i mean he's writing some of the pamphlets agitating for it, he really wants it, but it's just just not politically feasible. >> and part of the imperial crisis we talked about, that crisis develops in the first year of the american revolution. how does the revolution appear to begin to bend the scaffolding, compromise it in ways it might not recover? >> i think it happens a couple ways. one is the nonreligious issues they're dividing brits from americans divide religious communities too. so the more politicized, particularly, new england's dissenters get, the less on-board with that english dissenters are. and english dissenters aren't necessarily for arguing revolution for the colonies. they want to protect the rights of the colonists but aren't going the next step there. so you get dwigs there, divisions between anglicans pushing for the

it's now growing 120 acres of grapes and is making sparkling wine near canterbury, in what's known ase garden of england." patrick mcgrath, who represents taittinger in great britain, persuaded the company to invest here in 2015. have you brought the grapes from france? >> patrick mcgrath: yeah. the-- the vines were imported from france as-- as tiny, little vines, and the first crop we had from them was in 2020. and then, that wine will be released at the end of 2024. >> stahl: you know, in-- in france, part of the problem is not just warming; it's extreme weather conditions. you know, too much flooding, too much frost, too hot. won't england also have extreme situations like that? >> mcgrath: not at the moment. we're fortunate, you know. england is coming onto the radar as being an area that is warming, but is still moderate in terms of heat, compared to south and central europe, where it's becoming very, very hot. >> stahl: do you think that wine lovers around the world already know that great wines are coming out of england? in other words-- is it "ooh, la la" no more? it's "jolly

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