don't forget iran is only 200 miles from the kingdom of bahrain. we have multinational commands so we play a vital role in the deterrence and stability of the region. we are proud of it. it has been running for more than 75 years, which is a great achievement for the kingdom of bahrain and the region so i refer to my grandfather when he described the situation as the mountain of five protecting us from all threats. that night in specific, we were all in duty and aware always in close contact with our colleagues and allies and the region itself. thank god we had a proper integrated system especially trying to cover our air space. so, this is excellent example for how we should come coaster, how we should always ingrate our efforts and -- integrate our efforts and always layer the map and make sure we don't let loose any -- keep the area air tight but there are so many details that go into that specific attack. we know many countries have been in charge of the deterrence itself and aware proud as the kingdom of bahrain to be part of that integrated s

in the oli the united kingdom. in the policy toward _ the united kingdom.he policy toward china that. policy toward china that undoubtedly will be important in the coming months, what are the major bear crops?— the major bear crops? well, obviously — the major bear crops? well, obviously the _ the major bear crops? well, obviously the personal- obviously the personal relationship will be important. we should not fool ourselves into thinking that the british ambassador, even one of the cloud and of the international reputation if you like of lord mandelson, it is going to be seeing the president of the united states every other day, things don't really work like that. there are machinery in government, and different experts that go on all the time. nevertheless, the profile thatis time. nevertheless, the profile that is enjoyed by the ambassador on the spot is an important part of trying to ensure that the uk's perspective is understood and that we have influence in addressing these questions. the downside if you like, the risks as you would say, is that you

the united kingdom's serious fraud unit deputy. assistant secretary of state george kent chris hynes, the abc white house reporter, abc good morning america. the washington post, the new york times. ukrainian law enforcement and the obama state department. they all thought there was cause to raise the issue about bidens and burisma. now the house managers might say without evidence that everything we just have said has been debunked, that the evidence points entirely and unequivocally in the other direction. that is a distraction. you've heard from the house managers. they do not believe that there was any concern to raise here, that all of this was baseless. and all we are saying is that there was a basis to talk about this, to raise this issue, and that is enough. i yield myplease welcome uniteds representative sean duffy of wisconsin and his

everyone is welcome in the kingdom.ound the world, we have rules and regulations that everyone should abide with and respect. when we come to the uk, we respect the rules and the overall cost is likely to be hundreds of billions of dollars and this decision was expected. there was only one bid. fifa had already called it a very strong all round proposition, but not everyone is convinced. amnesty called that assessment "an astonishing whitewash "of the country's atrocious human rights record." in saudi arabia, free speech is severely limited. its justice system is draconian. this year, it's estimated that it executed more than 300 people. more, it's thought than any country other than iran and china. and on its executions for drug offences. the un has previously said "this is incompatible "with international norms and standards." also, women don't have the same rights as men and homosexuality is illegal. the bbc�*s dan roan asked the saudi government about this. everyone is welcome in the kingdom. like any other nations

you'll find a lot of cultural doctor folks that was taken from the kingdoms of bending. and this was to be found in countries such as nigeria, the gumby. i did not promise much, but was frontage to the extent that it was one of the outlets out there in the atlantic ocean. now becoming a tourist part are dies set, or they all was same as a full, a number of minerals and was also nearer to the united kingdom. and ultimately we know cool. cool was a major commodity that was been created done particular time. and when you tell us about how does buries talk late, you must never forget that it is the soap plate on the call call from gun that was being used to open up a couple of funk restart, just cut very soap plate. when you go to zimbabwe, which was also a set of the community because of the weather that was there, you'd find a lot of things that was coming from that particular area of the file industry was big in that area. and of course, we know that in the, in present day i was on the, uh, which was the noise under these. yeah. and was administered for some time as in ye

of course, they did not stop there in the 1800s when they invaded late this kingdom of been then they took the same as the bronze bus of brandon, which are still to be found in the british museums. they did not stop there. they went to egypt and still the great rosetta stone, which helps us to understand how the gym language could be translated in lots a day times. and they went down in a therapy on to the top box, the tablets very significant with the pin orthodox judge. and up till now, the british have been unable to concede that they did on the con, even the display of them. because they are going to say that to be suck, read out of the feel p an orthodox judge of cost has been demanding the top books to be done in uganda. they also took a lot of things from the royal houses of the baganda and the royal houses of the window to get tighter and they went to nigeria and also took us to folks from different parts of that. well, the british of cos, admittedly, the biggest hall does overlooked the active folks. and as oddly as 1900 on the british museum off of that. yeah. they said that

the industries in europe, and specifically in the united kingdom, which had become a major industrial power which then bends the question. how do we assess british colonizer a, been in direct as the it was one of the method that they used to was divide under the divide and rule was creating concept amongst the different nations. so that when they came to kenya, then sure that there was conflict between his venue was on the 6 who are you then sort of there was conflict between this. but lou he uh, on the video, was there any sort that there was conflict between the my size and the communities? because divided in that way, you would not join a sports for buffers, just removing them from power. they went through uganda, uninsured, that they divided the country and ensured that there was conflict between them. i've gone down to, i knew all on the i knew on the single door law and under the i strongly and to ensure that this was done and they were, they went to countries such as the gum via they showed that there was a conflict among the my lincoln, people in nigeria, then sure that there

they did so in the gone, they went to the great ice on the kingdom and took some of the most important royal active books under of course, they did not stop there in the 1800s when they invaded, lead this kingdom of ben. then they took the same as the bronze bus of been in which i still have to be found in the british museums. they did not stop there. they went to egypt and took the great rosetta stone, which helps us to understand how the deep language could be translated in lots a day time. and they went down unit to appear on top. the top box, the tablets very significant to the fuel pin orthodox judge. and up till now, the british have been unable to concede that they did on the con event display them because they are going to see that to be suck, read on this to appear on orthodox judge of costs has been demanding that the top books be done in uganda, they also took a lot of things from the royal houses of the baganda and the royal houses of the when you all to get data. and they went to nigeria and also took us to folks from different parts of that. well, the british of cos admit

and then the united kingdom. and this continued in different parts of the continent of africa in east africa. of course coffee was a major commodity that was traded t was a major commodity as we have indicated when they went to west on fiber of africa in countries such as saturday. all countries such as and nigeria, on the gun on your costs was cool, cool, and gold. and today if of course you go to the british museum on the nozzle, places where they keep this active flux, you would find a lot of active pups because it was also called 0. you'll find a lot of controlled octave folks that was taken from the kingdom. so bending. and this was to be found in countries such as nigeria, the gumby. i did not promise much, but was frontage the extent that it was one of the outlets out there in the atlantic ocean. now becoming october as part of dies saturday, all was same as a full a number of minerals and was also near up to the united kingdom on the ultimate to be no cool. cool. was a major commodity that was been create

united kingdom series fraud unit. deputy assistant secretary of state george can.hey all thought there was cause to raise the issue about the biden's and burisma.wenow the house managers might say without evidence that everything would just said has been debunked. the evidence points entirely and unequivocally in the other direction that's a distraction. you heard from the house manager they do not believe that there was any concern to raise that all this was baseless. there was a basis to talk about this to raise the issue. i yield my time. people who benefited are his family members, not the american. let's take a closer look. we all know about jared's son hunter biden. a corrupt ukrainian oligarch put hunter on the board of the gas company even though he had no experience in ukraine or the energy sector. non-. yet he was paid millions to do nothing we only have one qualification that mattered he was the son of the man in charge of distributing u.s. a ukraine. recently reported information revealed a few months after hundred biden joined the corrupt companies boa

i felt a deep sense of pride here in the united kingdom when, in response to anger and lawlessness in several towns this summer, community came together not to repeat these behaviors, but to repair, to repair. not just building things, but relationships. and most importantly, to repair trust by listening and to understanding. deciding how to act for the good of all. again, listening is a recurrent theme of the nativity story. mary, the mother of jesus, listened to the angel who revealed to her a different future full of hope for all people. the message of the angels to the shepherds that there should be peace on earth, in fact, echoes through all faiths and philosophies. it rings true to this day for people of goodwill across the world and so it is. with this in mind that i wish you and all those you love a most joyful and peaceful christmas. once in alluding city stood studio. to share and when mother did her baby thing to. bed. that. day. come on solitudes heard you loud. oh, oh, oh. yes. oh. and oh oh. oh. oh. oh. oh, oh. oh. for. oh. oh. oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. oh, oh. i. saw. oh, oh.

i felt a deep sense of pride here in the united kingdom when, in response to anger and lawlessness ineveral towns this summer, communities came together, not to repeat these behaviours, but to repair. to repair notjust buildings, but relationships, and most importantly, to repair trust by listening, and through understanding, deciding how to good for the good of all. to act for the good of all. again, listening is a recurrent theme of the nativity story. mary, the mother ofjesus, listened to the angel, who revealed to her a different future full of hope for all people. the message of the angels to the shepherds, that there should be peace on earth, in fact echoes through all faiths and philosophies. it rings true to this day for people of goodwill across the world. and so, it is with this in mind that i wish you, and all those you love, a mostjoyful and peaceful christmas. # once in royal david's city # stood a lowly cattle shed # where a mother laid her baby # in a mangerfor his bed # mary was that mother mild # jesus christ her little child # he came down to earth from heaven # who

following the letter, which the prime minister of the united kingdom addressed to me, on the 12th ofnational secretary adviser, on the 25th of november, the delegation of officials from the united kingdom came to mauritius last week forfurther united kingdom came to mauritius last week for further discussions with the mauritian authorities. apart from meetings which were held between senior officials from mauritius and the united kingdom, the head of the uk delegation called upon me. during the discussions, mauritius made clear that while it is still willing to conclude an agreement with the united kingdom, the draft agreement shown to us after the general elections is one which, in our view, would not produce the benefits that the nation could expect from such an agreement. therefore, mauritius accordingly submitted counterproposals to the uk so that an agreement which is in the best interest of mauritius can be concluded. the response of the united kingdom to the counterproposals was received yesterday afternoon and is now being currently considered. thank you, madam speaker. bud c

the united kingdom's serious fraud unit deputy. assistant secretary of state george kent chris hynes, the abc white house reporter, abc good morning america. the washington post, the new york times. ukrainian law enforcement and the obama state department. they all thought there was cause to raise the issue about bidens and burisma. now the house managers might say without evidence that everything we just have said has been debunked, that the evidence points entirely and unequivocally in the other direction. that is a distraction. you've heard from the house managers. they do not believe that there was any concern to raise here, that all of this was baseless. and all we are saying is that there was a basis to talk about this, to raise this issue, and that is enough. i yield my ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm pam bondi. our party theme tonight is america, the land of opportunity. and listening to the stories of discoveries and deliverance you can't help but be proud to call this country home. but for joe biden it's been the land of opportunism,

and thinking especially of the many thousands of professionals and volunteers here in the united kingdom, and across the commonwealth, who, with their skills and out of the goodness of their heart, care for others, often at some cost to themselves. from a personal point of view, i offer special heartfelt thanks to the selfless doctors and nurses who this year have supported me, and other members of my family, through the uncertainties and anxieties of illness, and have helped provide the strength, care and comfort we have needed. i am deeply grateful too to all those who have offered us their own kind words of sympathy and encouragement. on our recent visit to the south pacific to attend the commonwealth summit, i was reminded constantly of the strength which institutions, as well as individuals, can draw from one another, and of how diversity of culture, ethnicity and faith provides strength, not weakness. across the commonwealth, we are held together by a willingness to listen to each other, to learn from one another, and to find just how much we have in common. because through listeni

didn't hit the economic sector until the middle of the 1800's for the registration act of united kingdom corp. lost united states were wicked shipped for mercantilism to bottom-up economic organization and the other factor was higher carbon this massive increase in available energy. these two things transform human society to an unrecognizable state today and now we have a movement and i run a public company. in the movement in the big picture it's reversing both of those top-down dictates about what values and what you should check an explicit war against hydrocarbons. based on a mainstream climate narrative that goes something like this, there's an ever-growing climate crisis sweeping the world wreaking destruction in its wake particularly harming low-income people around the world and therefore all the countries must unite in a battle to drive the fastest possible energy transition to cleaner greener fuel and denying retrograde getting in the way and we will be there soon. this is the narrative but the one problem with the narrative is it simply not true. and let me hit if you've thos

and between the united kingdom and between countries such as qatar.hen it comes to qatar itself, we know that when it came to the world cup there was a lot of concern as to the country's human rights record, but today what we are looking at, although there will no doubt come up as well because i know a lot of the commentators we've been speaking to this morning have this up, but today this is about what we're going to see within the next hour, just the pomp and ceremony, the royal household working in unison with the foreign and commonwealth office to ensure that every moment of this goes down to detail. so we are watching what is happening at horse guards parade. with me is robert hardman, economist for the daily mail. and you are the author of a new book, charles iii, allabout author of a new book, charles iii, all about the king. author of a new book, charles iii, allabout the king. as author of a new book, charles iii, all about the king. as we monitor what is happening, we'rejust watching monitor what is happening, we're just watching these pictu

and those times told sent petitions to europe in kingdoms inviting them to claim the potent his throne. they also wrote to have the terrible good for the senior wheel or yeah or 3. it is pasquale. if they blow up, we'll skip parts here for those because much is with always to senior. what is the premium they open on? why was not your voice and your country region everywhere? and if it wasn't, it was more than always by return to the about the russian. so knowing that the total ins economy was in disarray and that the knights didn't to be the king said the conditions that the polish nobleman could not accept the great rulers free royal silver until he is not like your richard kingdom from the terrible samantha to the opponents nobility, the ultimately the opponents crown went to step on the bus already f. transylvania who hated russia. federal way federal if there was anyway, man has a bill by being that i see here. russian tank door. noiselessly. none of us knew housing. and part of this tony fillasy wayne, you know me, is defeated, but it's lens that are absorbed by poland and sweet.

to publish campaign against the checks the at the time. poland was a very small central european kingdom, the 17th century the mongol, as the rest of the prince palletized became a bouncer, protecting proposals from wholesale moving worship. nearby slots of stuff is a lot boy out of the year. at the fortunately partner suddenness, fortune to you, i was able to do the story and pushing me over to do it. i see the silly thing to the doctor of history as well versed in the history of breast. some relations with colon. i say unless i'm on this issue dealer 04 months old, but i don't know to you before you look at the motion issue or questions and weeks about boredom, which is the thing it's sort of vehicle would be a notion that image seen english one that rushes eastern principalities fell to the mon goes well. those in the west and the rooms had been weakened by the mongol invasion and unable to defend felt of the poles and blissful indians. that too was a lingering and destructive me. ok, the last 4 of issue that happened there's that, that, that are mongolia need talk to me, a bunch of,

everyone is welcome in the kingdom.ons around the world, we have rules and regulations that everyone should abide with and respect. when we come to the uk, we respect the rules and regulations, whether we believe in them or not. for its part, fifa argues the tournament could serve as a catalyst and contribute to positive human rights outcomes. 0ne focus is certain to be labour conditions. in recent years, saudi arabia has undertaken several vast construction projects. but according to human rights watch, a blatant failure to protect migrant workers creates a near certainty that the 2034 world cup will be stained with pervasive rights violations. saudi arabia disputes this, saying the safety and wellbeing of workers are fundamental priorities. and on the world cup it says this. we already started and a lot of the venues, so we have a long time to do it in the right time and the right process. and also with the collaboration with fifa to put the right steps in. fifa's track record on ensuring the right steps are taken is

the two fertilizer factories in the united kingdom were set down. they come and intervene rapidly so they could put one of them back on because that's the source of industrial co2, d without that you can't carbonate beer. this was threatening, this was the start of a real crisis. britain briefly decarbonized their beer. energy poverty is not just a poor country thing. california has highest adjusted poverty rate in the nation today. 10% of americans have received a disconnection notice of the utilities in the last year. a larger percent report keeping their homes in unsafe temperatures, not coding them enough in a sump or heating them in the winter. tens of thousands of people come in this country die every winter low income elderly people not keeping their home at safe temperatures. climate change should be based on data and facts and traded off against other things but it's not at all. it's just a political driving force that justifies control, not about reducing greenhouse gas emissions or bettering human lives. my response for response to this w

they are no strangers to the united kingdom. of yoon went to --qatar went to sandhurst, and he is an anglophile, if you will. not a huge amount of relations that need to be patched up. the fact that they have this joint squadron with the royal air force base, where you have qatari pilots, they have done all the training that the raf has to do, practicing what it means to be ejected from a plane, to parachute down, captured ienemy territory, they have done all of that survival training up there in parts of the u.k. in many ways, they feel as if they share a great deal in common. the interesting thing about qatar, for a while, it was a pariah state in the middle east. saudi arabia, bahrain, the uae, and egypt essentially put it on the announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: get the free pbs app now and

rights record, fifa's evaluation report gave the sole saudi bid it's highest mark, and tomorrow the kingdomup. the norwegian football federation will vote against it, they have been highly critical of the whole process as well as the choice of host. our sports news correspondent laura scott sent us this from oslo. the congress itself has caused some controversy among the federations, because instead of a traditional vote by the congress or, indeed, a congress held in person. this one will be all held virtually and fifa have said that the federations will instead endorse the bids by a process of acclamation. now, that has got a lot of criticism from the norwegian football federation and its president said she will be abstaining from that process of acclamation because she says that it is a flawed process by fifa. she said that the bidding process undermines fifa's own 2016 reforms for good governance and transparent world cup allocations. so for her, it isn't really about criticising the host countries for both those tournaments, but the way that fifa has reached the point where there are tw

for example, if you look at the items that were already done by the americans to the shanty kingdom on when or say to to who is the i sent the hand was receiving them. he said, our soul hides, we've done as a sole, has been restored back to us on this things. i saw significant active folks on not only on how to hide image of what the people but these on the expression of the creativity and innovation. it is in that regard that we must see the band in the bones when we come put the rosetta stone, which was stolen from egypt. we want one to find the people where civilizations thought the. and we are saying that the writings started with 0 know if it's on been rosetta stone, is what is all going to open that though, why do they still hold it? these are the arguments that we want to put forth so that when we are engaging the british museum, we are telling them you are not long enough. there was that the stone you are just starting to watch, which you thought. and of course, when we come to the top of the spots and put the not know what the tablets uh, the tablets uh, fairly significant to

they hung on the account, people must innocently even the wives and children, kingdom of poland, viceroy glenview, constantine nichol. i have it in a letter to the emperor and nicholas the 1st people go to war against opponents nobility, owners pass and send the most adults population of both resulting the russian peasants in the fetus. provence done more than 20 estates and smash published attachments, pop's corner, the sabbath that i would still shut up of interest. you all smell and you have those and all that you can think of of starting, i call you guys products of each item. you don't see skibo popsicle of when you came by, we over but on your service stuff a lot. especially if going to create your own special ed budget, we are new billions of all that. and you can think up most by number of your jams on your my files are the only like 3 of which name is motion, which i think doesn't show which i was at 1st couple of the numbers camp of leg work in general has left a lot of the people simple russian and handicapped with rebels on mass. so we looked at the russian come at a $128.00

and this war chest is now driving the kingdoms vision 2030. it's a plan that sounds as ambitious as it is paradoxical. a country built on oil wants to move away from oil, but why the? so i the real i mr. the abuse or the little sort of the here, the softly fee i'm a she is a team to set to rule the crown prince mohammed been so mine is the face of vision . 2030 the saudis, once we get 50 percent of the energy from renewable sources by the end of the decade, currently the pallet by 99 percent fossil fuels the. this is jim crane, who specializes in energy g, politics, international organizations, lee, i am after world bank, et cetera, has been urging the saudis to diversify their economies for a long time. finally, those warnings have been taking hold. the initial target about $54.00 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity. sadie recently said the sitting at just 2.8 gigawatts. well, there's about $21.00 to $24.00 gigawatts on the development. this is karim l. g and the climate consultant based in london, whose focus is on the middle east. i'm no

the russian will take of all of the war exhausted. kingdom of poland is expensive. the newly acquired region represented a semi wild country, covered with dilapidated checks. napoleon used to say that he had discovered the feast, colon give me 3 crew historian of 1874. the emperor a drunk amnesty for ponies soldiers and officers who fought for napoleon against russia. in 1816 also sold the foundation of a new university to military academies at the school of agriculture. poland has never had so many scientists and writers, as under the heel of accosted russia to say, poland has never been happier than in the time of alexander. when in november 1817, the russian ambrose entered, was sold to the sound of bells. its inhabitants cheered him on the opponent's nobility, demands more russia. i must give them great colon from seat to sing. essentially the russians kemper a most comfortable rooms. miscellaneous lillian amelia, away from russia and incorporate them into poland. the 1850 the 1st and the russian uprising. vanelle both adult position demands. poland separation f

and then you global gulf tool, the old parts of the kingdoms. why? the 2030 vision plan to create economic growth beyond the oil industry, the saudis, in prepared to really kind of meet fed on any criticism the opposite sides of the sound, the market as well. we'll get to such that international partners around the world would actually want to try and get into the sound you markets and perhaps template some of the, some of the criticisms they would otherwise have made. if the saudis couldn't construct the time 011, stay here that they're going to do, we'll see a ton of months of quite exceptional variety across the kingdom. we will see a country that's his football obsessive. we'll see a country that is incredibly useful in terms of age and demographics. and so in that respect, it could be a real festival. the footboard is people like to say sadie radius says it's committed to holding a safe family friendly world cup and has also expressed an interest in hosting the women's world cup a year later in 2035. david stokes, which is 0. right, that's the n

active trucks and african governments and african countries which are the media successes of the kingdom from which these are looted uh, actually making great efforts in terms of um, but it could be yoga off the approach. but i'm sure that these other folks are done . we are way out as i've already indicated, what the nigerian governments of done with what was stolen from band in on some of them. of course being we've done some of them. i've been alone in the, under the understanding that ultimately they would be taken back to where they would take them in as in bob way. there was also must've routing. that is the famous thing called visiting baldwin, but which was taken by the british and this bad is very significant to visit bob when people's and it is one that has been detained as thinking. the british museum on one hopes that it will ultimately be done. the other one that is important is of course there is a linkage between the economic value of the looted items on the to where it is to provide many of these cities across the visit does that they have essentially because they have th

but he represents a kingdom that was responsible for sitting down to petition to africa leading to many ones as we're dealing with today. so i think president government is not looking to king by the way of the individual, but he's looking through him as a representative of the system of the kingdom that was responsible for petitioning that eventually led to what we know as the conflicts, the plus conflicts and the genocide in rwanda, and i think some of these are troubling uh, memories and conversations that we need to grow. and the decision of the catholic church from wrong deciding to make him a strange provokes this composition. i think it's very, very important. i think it's very interesting point. you make that, i appreciate you, you're saying that they are on that, but tv and you're talking about, you know, old ghost of colonialism. but still in many ways more than one is still very much haunting some of these regions. they do do, do you believe the vatican's actions could in any way undermine efforts to promote african sovereignty and self determination? what we see in the globa

presenting the wreath for the kingdom of belgium is ms.ttachÉ, embassy of canada. >> presenting the wreath for france, colonel julian -- military attachÉ, embassy of france. presenting the wreath for the grand duty of luxembourg is mr. frank bieber, counsel and head of administration, embassy of luxembourg. presenting the wreath for the united kingdom, it is friends of the national world war ii memorial resident historian, alex kershaw. >> now if you're able to do so, please rise for the playing of taps. [taps] [taps] [taps] [taps] >> we now come to the part of the ceremony where we play our service songs. when you hear your service song being played, please rise and be recognized. the united states merchant marine. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> united states coast guard. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the united states space force. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the united states air force. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the united states navy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the united states marine corps. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the united states army. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> this concludes today's c

i felt a deep sense of pride here in the united kingdom when, in response to anger and lawlessness in several towns this summer, communities came together, not to repeat these behaviours, but to repair. to repair notjust buildings but relationships. and most importantly, to repair trust by listening, and, through understanding, deciding how to act for the good of all. the king's christmas message from this small, intimate chapel is more personal and more direct this year, reflecting the challenging 12 months he has been through. the king's cancer treatment will continue into 2025. but palace sources say this christmas he is feeling positive about the year ahead. daniela relph, bbc news. and we'll bring you the full king's speech coming up here on bbc news in about ten minutes. pope francis has delivered his traditional christmas day blessing. speaking from the central balcony of st peter's basilica to thousands of people in the square below, he delivered his traditional christmas day urbi et orbi — an address to the city and the world. in his speech, the pope called for talks between

you so much we are willing to work with the united kingdom. if the okay is willing to work with us. yes, the the but i do not know if this is not the case is then we will sure. but even if i used to do well on our own, without off for my allies from the anti hitler coalition stuff. what do you mister president? there are many questions from russians as well. i think we should have a brief question section which this a to is to have a dream, a personal dream, excuse me, not a statement. 3 buttons, but the one that is personal. well yes, i do have spots since that is personal. i think i'll leave it to myself. you to say to you about the funding from the trip we've question from the social media. are you happy mat bush, they just stick to the bleed? so i do think it's a good question for the leave q and a can i say yes or no. you meant to to deal with those. so if you see the thing is symposium every 2 years. so for us to, to what you're seeing here, as everyone knows that was born to a simple family, might be a small, you see it over the do ancestors across the do not use the info lev

i felt a deep sense of pride here in the united kingdom when, in response to anger and lawlessness ineveral towns this summer, communities came together, not to repeat these behaviours, but to repair. to repair notjust buildings, but relationships, and most importantly, to repair trust by listening, and through understanding, deciding how to act for the good of all. again, listening is a recurrent theme of the nativity story. mary, the mother ofjesus, listened to the angel, who revealed to her a different future full of hope for all people. the message of the angels to the shepherds, that there should be peace on earth, in fact echoes through all faiths and philosophies. it rings true to this day for people of goodwill across the world. and so, it is with this in mind that i wish you, and all those you love, a mostjoyful and peaceful christmas. # once in royal david's city # stood a lowly cattle shed # where a mother laid her baby # in a mangerfor his bed # mary was that mother mild # jesus christ her little child # he came down to earth from heaven # who is lord and god of all # and