at canterbury cathedral, the archbishop said phil christ at canterbury cathedral, the archbishop saidst was born without any political leverage, he provides more freedom to individuals than the world's most powerful leaders, but midway through preaching, his own powers of speech began to fail. unlike the budget, it's not gin! in rome, canterbury and here in jerusalem, christian leaders have taken the opportunity of this day to challenge the wisdom of the world, that they say puts power before people and has failed to protect the most vulnerable members of society, our children. almost 200,000 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 prepared 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,

at canterbury cathedral, archbishop justin welby said that though christ was born without any politicalerage, he provides more freedom to individuals than the world's most powerful leaders. but midway through preaching, his own powers of speech began to fail... unlike the budget, it's not gin. laughter. in rome, canterbury and here in jerusalem, christian leaders have taken the opportunity of this day to challenge the wisdom of the world, that they say puts power before people and has failed to protect the most vulnerable members of society, our children. martin bashir, bbc news, injerusalem. the palestinian 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 is an outspoken critic of vladamir putin, has been formally barred from competing in next year's presi

the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has used his christmas sermon in canterbury cathedral tohope 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. almost 200,000 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 spe

at canterbury cathedral, archbishop justin welby said that though christ was born without any politicales more freedom to individuals than the world's most powerful leaders. but midway through preaching, his own powers of speech began to fail... unlike the budget, it's not gin. laughter. in rome, canterbury and here in jerusalem, christian leaders have taken the opportunity of this day to challenge the wisdom of the world that they say puts power before people and has failed to protect the most vulnerable members of society, our children. martin bashir, bbc news, injerusalem. russian investigators 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 mo

martin: at canterbury cathedral, archbishop justin welby says that though christ was born without anyolitical leverage, he provides more freedom to individuals than the world's most powerful leaders. midway through preaching, his own powers of speech began to fail. >> like the budget, it is not gin. [laughter] martin: in rome, canterbury, and here in jerusalem, christian leaders have taken the opportunity of this day to challenge the wisdom of the world that they say is power before people and has failed to protect the most vulnerable members of society, our children. martin bashir, bbc news, jerusalem. gavin: 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, basi

at canterbury cathedral, archbishop justin welby said that though christ was born without any politicalage, he provides more freedom to individuals than the world's most powerful leaders. but midway through preaching, his own powers of speech began to fail... unlike the budget, it's not gin. laughter. in rome, canterbury and here in jerusalem, christian leaders have taken the opportunity of this day to challenge the wisdom of the world that they say puts power before people and has failed to protect the most vulnerable members of society, our children. martin bashir, bbc news, injerusalem. russian 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 stopp

at canterbury cathedral, the archbishop said though christ was born without any political leverage, herovides more freedom to individuals than the world's most powerful leaders, but midway through preaching, his own powers of speech began to fail. unlike the budget, it's not gin! in rome, canterbury and here in jerusalem, christian leaders have taken the opportunity of this day to challenge the wisdom of the world, that they say puts power before people and has failed to protect the most vulnerable members of society, our children. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has called for a boycott of next yea r‘s election after the country's central election commission rejected his bid to take part. the commission said that navalny‘s controversial conviction for embezzlement meant he couldn't run. i spoke to bbc russians 0lga ivshina a little earlier about the development. we cannot call it a surprise but this is an important twist. all of this is an important twist. all of this documents he needed have been submitted. he was rejected because the head of the electoral committee said he

at canterbury cathedral, archbishop justin welby said that though christ was born without any political leverage, he provides more freedom to individuals than the world's most powerful leaders. but midway through preaching, his own powers of speech began to fail... unlike the budget, it's not gin. laughter. in rome, canterbury and here in jerusalem, christian leaders have taken the opportunity of this day to challenge the wisdom of the world that they say puts power before people and has failed to protect the most vulnerable members of society, our children. martin bashir, bbc news, injerusalem. 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. 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. ten peop