it has beenin arrived in manger square. it has been in rome since that seventh century.to franciscan custodians of the holy land as a gift from the vatican. worship is thronged the square vatican. worship is thronged the square as vatican. worship is thronged the square as the chief franciscan carried the relic it is in catherines church which is next to the church of the nativity, outside of which is the christmas tree. it is complicated, sorry about that. on friday, mr patten had told afp that the seventh century latin patriarch had sent the relic to roam in around 640 as a gift of that then pope theodore the first. it is a 2.5 centimetre long, and it will be installed forever in bethlehem as a holy relic linking the modern church to the ancient traditions of christianity. that is the ceremony in bethlehem taking place. we will bring you more of that in the course of the next couple of hours hit on bbc news. now we live bethlehem and joined the team for click. i lost my sight seven years ago. navigating the world can feel like a huge challenge, even with my gorgeous gu

the annual christmas tree lighting ceremony, in bethlehem's manger square has taken place.lieve jesus was born. the tree lighting marks the beginning of advent. and staying in bethlehem a fragment of wood, believed by christians, to be from jesus 5 manger — has been returned to the town after more than a thousand years in rome. the thumb—sized relic has been given to the holy land on the orders of pope francis, as a gift. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. the final day of november was particularly cold in scotland after that earlier sharp frost but also in parts of the midlands where the mist and fog was reluctant to left and for most, the uk was still sitting in that colder air at the moment, but for south west knew that weather front, it is not quite so chilly here. there is more cloud and more breeze and still a few showery bursts of rain which will head southwards towards the channel islands. northwards, though and we have got some more mist and fog for the midlands, parts of wales and the situation is more complicated in east anglia with mor

the annual christmas tree lighting ceremony in bethlehem's manger square has taken place.rks the beginning of advent. and staying in bethlehem, a tiny wooden relic, believed by christians to be from jesus manger has been returned to the town after more than a thousand years in rome. it was briefly put on display injerusalem yesterday before continuing its journey to the holy land on the orders of pope francis. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. it is cold this evening and overnight. some of the mildest weather is on the far south—west of england. we have more clout here, patchy rain, also for the channel islands. further north, the mist and fog that never really cleared in some parts of the midlands is thickening up, heading towards wales. 0ne thickening up, heading towards wales. one of two showers in east anglia, and further north, mainly the north of scotland. apache frost further south, because of the breeze and cloud overnight, and also the rain. that should clear away, the cloud and fog breaking up more quickly tomorrow. we will get sunshine fa

the annual christmas tree lighting ceremony in bethlehem's manger square has taken place.rn. the tree lighting coincides with the beginning of advent and the four week run up to christmas. and staying in bethlehem, a tiny wooden relic, believed by christians to be from jesus s manger, has been returned to the town after more than a thousand years in rome. it was briefly put on display injerusalem yesterday before continuing its journey to the holy land on the orders of pope francis. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. temperatures in places have struggled to get above freezing,

the annual christmas tree lighting ceremony, in bethlehem's manger square has taken place.ree lighting marks the beginning of advent. and staying in bethlehem, a fragment of wood, believed by christians to be from jesus's manger, has been returned to the town after more than a thousand years in rome. the thumb—sized relic has been given to the holy land on the orders of pope francis as a gift. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers benedicte paviot and bonnie greer. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. how cold is it out there, lukwesa? really cold. particularly across the northern half of the uk there is some cloud around but it is very thin. some parts of the country struggle to see temperatures above freezing all day today. we have more mist and fog forming as well here and there. we are firmly into cold air across much of the uk. an exception has been the far south—west of england, the channel islands, near that weather front we have seen more cloud, patchy rain and drizzl

the annual christmas tree lighting ceremony, in bethlehem's manger square has taken place.t. and staying in bethlehem, a fragment of wood, believed by christians to be from jesus s manger — has been returned to the town after more than a thousand years in rome. the thumb—sized relic has been given to the holy land on the orders of pope francis, as a gift. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. we have got a frost developing across many parts of the country now and towards the south west of england it has been a bit milder, we still have cloud, more of a breeze and a few showery burst of rain that will help south towards the channel finals. wales and the midlands, there will be more mist and fog overnight, a few showers coming into east anglia. north of here will have the coldest and clearer skies away from some showers near the northern coast, particularly the north of scotland. further south where there is more of a breeze and a bit of cloud, those temperatures, in terms of frost, a little more marginal. but with more of a breeze tomorrow, that were left

the annual christmas tree lighting ceremony in bethlehem's manger square has taken place. the tree is outside the church of the nativity — where christians believe jesus was born. the tree lighting coincides with the beginning of advent and the four week run up to christmas. and staying in bethlehem, a tiny wooden relic, believed by christians to be from jesus s manger, has been returned to the town after more than a thousand years in rome. it was briefly put on display injerusalem yesterday before continuing its journey to the holy land on the orders of pope francis. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. temperatures in places have struggled to get above freezing, particularly where the fog has been slow to clear. the fog will reform this evening and overnight, particularly across east wales, the midlands and northern england. cloud and rain in the south—west will begin to slide south, taking gusty winds with it. a breeze blowing gci’oss winds with it. a breeze blowing across the southern half of the uk, so across the southern half of the uk, so the

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thousands of palestinians and they gradually come to the manger square which is theirs and i think thatchurch tradition. right on that event it took us i know where to get here from jerusalem because of israeli checkpoints we were delayed but this is the way. it's a joyful occasion it's a new beginning nothing competes with the beauty. this year palestinians have another reason to celebrate earlier in the day. that are believed to have been of jesus' prayer more than 2000 years ago they've been moved to the vatican's in the 7th century before making their way back to. linnean look at their own legs we'll get to raise them up with the ministry of tourism there then they hold the 3000000 visitors that came to palestine out here and. of course that was not every reporting there from bethlehem where palestinians are hoping that the christmas celebrations will provide a little bit of a boost to terrorism but if the news hour i'll be back with another bullet and very shocking stay with us. an investigation of how foreign companies plunder africa's natural resources with trust is show importan

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