i'm dr thomas thanks so much for being with us a delegation of who's the rubbles has arrived in sweden ahead of peace talks with yemen's government the u.n. brokered talks are the first since twenty sixteen and are aimed at ending yemen's devastating four year war. possible syndicates in hand jennie many hypo bring peace a delegation if the rebels were a team to pull dash light to sweden. the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths has been instrumental in setting up the talks with the yemeni government such is the distrust between the two sites and rebels wouldn't get on the plane without him. our basic guarantee is the presence of the u.n. envoy with us on the same flight this is the only guarantee we have for going there . the evacuation of fifty wounded who see fighters from the war zone has also helps build confidence in the talks with the conflict locked in stalemates the who sees backed by iran control the north west of the country including the capital sanaa which they took him twenty fifteen the government backed by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. has set up base in aden in the south.

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i'm dr thomas thanks so much for being with us the american defense secretary jim mattis has resigned over president trump's decision to withdraw american troops from syria the president used twitter to confirm that mattis would leave his post at the end of february. has said in his resignation letter that he was stepping down to make way for a defense secretary quote whose views are better a line with the president's reports indicate he resigned after a last ditch attempt to persuade the president to reverse his decision on syria before star marine general became defense secretary when trump took office white house press secretary cyrus sanders denied suggestions that trump had asked mattis to resign secretary mabus has served the president and with the president for two years they have a good relationship i've seen up close and personal on a number of occasions and again they agree to disagree at times but that doesn't mean you can't have a good relationship with somebody he was laying out the reasons that he was stepping down from his post and. beyond that i think it's absurd to tr

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. >> but there is another account of the life of thomas that picks up where the bible narrative stops. drnicola denzi-louis has come to the library where there is a rare copy of the ancient book, "the acts of thomas." >> this text is written in syriac, and that's important because it's close to arrest am aic. the language he spoke to his disciples. this is fabulous to recovering more information about what thomas was up to. and the story goes that after jesus' death, the disciples are getting together and trying to decide who goes where. and they actually draw lots. thomas chooses the short straw. >> the disciples believe drawing lots would allow god to decide where they should go to spread the word. thomas gets india. >> i cannot go. i do not wish to go. >> india was on the other side of the world. so it would have been enormously daunting for anyone to think about traveling to india. >> how can i, as a hebrew man, go among the indians to proclaim the truth? >> the lots are drawn. >> we have a human moment. thomas says, i would rather not go to india. i mean, that's a whale of a long way

dr this g. twenty ok thank you very much that was your views thomas spare or political correspondent. france's government says it is considering declaring a state of emergency to prevent a recurrence of the worst civil unrest seen in the country in more than a decade a spokesperson said leaders would discuss all options at a meeting later on sunday after police and protesters filled central paris with smoke and tear gas in the third weekend of clashes the so-called yellow vests movement was sparked by opposition to a plan to fuel tax rise but has grown into more general and violent opposition to the government of president a man you had michael. was singing through they cast masks another such day of demonstrations in central paris protestors define themselves by the high visibility fasts french matrices have in their cars it's become a symbol of the people frustration over fuel price increases has turned into anger at a range of government policies and a feeling that mccrone is not listening. i. agree to pay tax but i want to my money is good. weather uses and understand it's ok i'm

dr. benjamin rush. before congress adjourned he had treated the likes of benjamin franklin, john adams, thomas jefferson, and other leading americans. although he treated adelphi is rich and famous, and charged them accordingly. he spent most of his time treating the poor. even african-americans. the first caucasian doctor in america to do so. doctors north, south, east and west refused even to consider treating african-americans at the time. nor did many of them consider treating the poor. the poor were in cities, police were did he come they smelled, couldn't read or write, the slums religion had no water, no sewers. conditions were horrible and the slums of america's cities. no one who called himself a doctor, even? , willing set foot in the slums or want anything to do with those who lived there. except dr. benjamin rush. listen to rush as he describes his daily rounds. i lead a life of constant labor, a life in which my shop was crowded with the poor in the morning and at mill times, and i visited nearly every street and alley in the city every day. often have i ascended the upper story of huts by

. >> the lost gospel of thomas points to a surprising explanation for this tension between peter and mary. drhe coptic museum in cairo to see these gospels. >> so there's this one particular saying that comes at the very end of the gospel that gives us some really intriguing information about the relationship between mary magdalene and jesus and the other disciples and that's the last folio which is in folio 51. so can we see that? there it is. beautiful. so when saying 114, we see a little argument, a little dispute, a little scene unfolding. >> the gospel of thomas tells of an angry episode when peter vents his resentment against mary. >> tell mary to leave us because she's a woman and not worthy of life, spiritual life. similar to the jewish tradition that women aren't supposed to be taught torah. >> another lost gospel, that of phillip, suggests a different reason for peter and the other disciples' apparent dislike of mary. >> so all those tantalizing theories about jesus and mary magdalene being lovers really jumped from this one passage, right? this is the juiciest stuff that we've got.

your turkey digests, and you settle down on the sofa, spare a thought for dr turner, played by stephen mcgann. his wife, heidi thomasespite the snow and the decorations, the programme was filmed back in may. very special guest stars are the kingdom choir, who returned to the showjust six days after singing at harry and meghan‘s wedding. what a week they had. try and sum up your week. um, surreal, unreal, phenomenal, exciting, fun, magical. had to do that. laughter. tomorrow night, you will hear hark the herald angels, but as a special treat, a reminder of how they wowed the royal wedding and the world seven months ago. # just as long as you stand, stand by me. # so, darling, darling, stand by me. that‘s wonderful. the christmas special of call the midwife is on bbc one at 7.45pm tomorrow evening. i think we‘ll be watching that. definitely. it‘s christmas time. christmas eve, and that is about it from us today. i‘ll be here on bbc one from 6.00 tomorrow. until then, enjoy the rest of your day, and a very merry christmas. we‘ll leave you with a special performance of hark the herald angels sing from the winchester cat

thomas and her mother, valerie. in 2003, 8-year-old kayla began having headaches so severe they caused vomiting and extreme sensitivity to light. valerie says she decided to take kayla to drseeing an ad that sinus surgery is a cure for headaches. >> he did a cat scan and she had deviated septum and polyps and could be free from headaches the rest of her life if she had immediate surgery. >> how quickly did it happen? >> within two weeks. >> how did it work. >> the headaches never stopped and the light sensitivity became worse. >> she finally went to a medical center and found the cause of her misery. >> they did a cat scan and told us that evening there was a tumor there. >> what was that night like. that was the worst night of my life. though the tumor turned out to be non-cancerous it was growing and the surgeons told the thomases kayla would need immediate brain surgery to reduce the pressure in her head. >> do you understand what the doctor said? >> i didn't understand most of it but some of it. i would have to have surgery and afterward be taken care of, i understand. >> there was a problem. valerie says the university doctors said the scar tissue from the sinus surg