orthodox christians in the west bank turned out to attend christmas eve mass in bethlehem's church of the nativity the orthodox patriarch of jerusalem the office and third presided over midnight mass palestinian president mahmoud abbas also attended the service. in egypt president sisi made a symbolic appearance at an orthodox christmas mass amidst high security to protect egypt's minority christians from possible attacks by islamist militants cc's visit was seen as a show of solidarity. if you are our family you are part of us they are all one christians and muslims yes and no one can ever divide us. in moscow russian patriarch kirill held christmas mass in the city's opulent christ the savior cathedral in a ceremony rich in song. like the other orthodox christian denominations the russian orthodox church also follows the julian calendar which is thirteen days behind the gregorian calendar used by catholics and protestants. russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january sixth. german chancellor angela merkel is set to host a fresh round of talks on possibly forming a

the word just a few moments at christmas is christmas for many orthodox christians around the world are not included in russia where we just saw president putin joining the service the christ the savior cathedral in moscow these are live pictures from the center of orthodox christianity we'll go live to our correspondent in. for a feeling of how things have been going on there for the last hour. we are churning in from around the world this hour welcome to moscow onto our team international good to have your company i mean and only a fourth day pro-government marches has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day opera icing triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. i. look. well on friday night the united nations security council on washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that iran should be left alone to deal with it so minturn leffers that sentiment was echoed by a number of othe

on sunday is christmas for many orthodox christians or run the world and not include in russia. pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of orthodox christianity in moscow with the service has been ongoing for more than two hours we've got updates from our correspondent coming. around the clock across the world this is our team international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program a fourth day of pro-government marches has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the countries of the. it comes in response to a seven day off pricing triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty six. god. i. rock rock. rock rock. while on a friday night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that iran should be left alone to deal with its own internal affairs that sentiment was echoed by a number of other members of the security council to. in the past week what has happened on the groun

crowds have gathered near moscow center of orthodox christianity the christ the savior cathedral and let's cross live there now to just clean food who has been taking it all in the hours coming up to be the service checking yet it's one of the most important days in the orthodox christian calendar what's the mood like give us a sense of what it's like where you are. both a very anticipatory insult retore mood here in the center of russia because this is the holiest day of the year and the holiday falls on january the seventh and not december the twenty fifth fourth of us persons due to an issue of calendars the orthodox christians never adopted the majority of them that is didn't adopt the gloriana calendar sticking to the julian calendar which has a difference of thirteen days mean that christmas falls on january the seventh which means we're looking last hour of christmas eve here. and the russian capital and for them this is a whole day that has a focus on religion very much so. fast for forty days in the run up to christmas and they attend services today christmas eve and tomorro

thousands attended midnight masses across russia home to more than a third of the world's orthodox christians russian leaders including president vladimir putin but in attendance. fears were also held at the church of nativity in bethlehem in the occupied west bank a place at the heart of many conflicts in the middle east and beyond and here they were prayers for better times some of injury the al-jazeera hundreds of people have marked the third anniversary of the attack on france the terrible magazine charlie hebdo that left twelve people dead. a response ability for the attack saying magazine was targeted for printing cartoons off the prophet muhammad which is about to rule i do not always agree with it and i do not find it always very funny but i defend challis of those freedom of expression. it's a special day of commemoration and also of testimonials from civilians elected officials writers and politicians who come to explain what charley is to them what is this freedom of expression and criticism that must be preserved. now the first man to command a space shuttle flight has died at the

sunday is christmas for orthodox christians all around the world of course including russia worshippers gathered for midnight services at christ the savior cathedral here in moscow the city center of orthodox christianity. jacqueline who was that. quite the cold it's an extremely warm and silver tory atmosphere here on the streets of moscow where this is one of the holiest days of the year being recognized christmas day the holiday falls on january the seventh not december the twenty fifth for orthodox christians due to an issue of calendars and for them this is a whole day that has a focus on the village and just behind me you can see the cathedral of christ the savior where crowds have been pouring into attend those services that are actually being held by the head of russia's orthodox church patriarch keel and as the people have been coming to attend the services we have talked to a few about what the holiday means to them let's take a listen just first of all christmas for me is a family holiday my grandmother was a very religious person so i'm here for her to one of my family tradi

christmas at the vatican pope francis marked the catholic festival and also reached out to orthodox christians. some eastern churches catholic and orthodox are celebrating christmas today. may this glorious celebration be a source of new spiritual vigor and of communion among us christians who recognize him as lord and savior you know are we going to. eastern churches elaborate of the day with parades and religious services and music like here in croatia. and in serbia. and in ukraine. more news coming up here on at the top of the hour you can always get more news on the latest on our website dot com i'm michel henry in berlin thanks for watching. about that. it's all about the.

christmas at the vatican pope francis marked the catholic festival and also reached out to orthodox christians. some eastern churches catholic and orthodox are celebrating christmas today. may this glorious celebration be a source of new spiritual vigor and of communion among us christians who recognize him as lord and savior. based in churches elaborate of the day with parades and religious services in music like here in croatia. and in serbia. and in ukraine. barcelona have made the biggest sign in a football skirt transfer window by signing liverpool midfielder felipe. the deal to bring the brazilian to catalonia is reportedly worth one hundred sixty million euros continue spent just fought under five years at liverpool scoring fifty four goals for you conclude. he's long been billed as a replacement for his countryman neymar who left barcelona last summer. a ski jump in just four hills tournament has come to a close in austria with one name on everybody's lips kamil stalk was untouchable over the first three stages and with the overall victory almost in the bag he had a record in his sight

to put any of these plans into action orthodox christians around the world have been celebrating if any for them the holiday commemorates the baptism of jesus in the river jordan millions of believers marked the occasion with a traditional ritual often braving freezing waters even russia's president vladimir putin. well it's certainly not for the fainthearted. here in siberia the air temperature is minus thirty degrees celsius and lake baikal is frozen over but that's not enough to deter these orthodox christians they believe taking it it cleanses the so and brings. you in reporter just because i've been doing it every year for about five years. that's all. i do it to strengthen my spirit and my heart and to purify my soul. the water is the first blessed by a priest. for those who can't face the freeze they can at least go home with some holy water. the ceremony happens all over russia to mock orthodox appear from the. whole world and this year even president vladimir putin couldn't resist the chance to strip off and take the plunge. in moscow the ad temperature was a comparatively balm

orthodox christians have been celebrating christmas eve.e presence of patriarch kireel. in st petersburg, russian president vladimir putin also celebrated mass, the ritual of the holy cross retrieval. in greece and turkey it was also observed. here the patriarch of costantinopole throws the crucifix into the golden horn, in istanbul. swimmers then braved freezing temperatures to retrieve the cross from the water. and in bethlehem, orthodox christians have been attending midnight mass at the church of the nativity in the town. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, was among the congregation. meanwhile, egyptian coptic christians have celebrated the start of their christmas. president sisi joined the head of the church pope tawadros ii as he led midnight mass, at a cathedral east of cairo. worshippers welcomed sisi with cheers. police have increased security at the country's churches after fears of possible attacks. a gunman killed at least 11 people last week in attacks on a coptic church and a christian—owned shop near cairo. it was the

in orthodox christians fall of the old julian calendar and celebrate the birth of jesus christ on the seventh of january a solemn been reports. the him from what's perhaps the largest cathedral in the middle east should in midnight mass. this egyptian church with a capacity of one thousand people open its door for orthodox christmas many of the faithful prayed for a better year ahead after multiple attacks on the gyptian christians in recent months. we hope peace will prevail over the world in general and especially in egypt and that will get rid of terrorism and troubles. wishing egypt and all the region to live in peace and god to protect us from any kind of terrorism or anything which might hurt us. the tens of thousands of security personnel were deployed across egypt to ensure safe celebrations and there were reassurances from the president more than one hundred christians have been killed in attacks in recent months the latest just a few days ago. you are our family you are part of us we are all one questions and muslims and no one can ever divide us. from the roost with the opi

this saturday marks christmassy for many orthodox. christians around the world but in palestine celebrations have been marred by scuffles which occurred in bethlehem protesters trying to block the convoy of the local patriarch of greek orthodoxy he's faced the recent backlash from palestinians for allegedly selling property in jerusalem to the jewish community. special coverage all of the celebrations in the country later tonight don't miss it . all right in theory you're meant to be fighting in the army but the following. the military feared they would damage the units reputation for being a little. girl . has ended up in a situation that requires a series of measures to reduce excess weight among its personnel. if you have to die january is not a bad month to do it in that is your style to even use round up from moscow more programs right ahead and i'll be back with the big global stories affecting your world. los angeles the sony of luxury and fame but also an alarming number of people living in the streets. the simple fact in l.a. he's there

eastern orthodox christians traditionally celebrate christmas this weekend while worshippers have also ring out for christmas at the church of the nativity in bethlehem, which many believe was the birthplace of christ. the world's biggest eastern orthodox community is in russia, and the country's president joined worshippers st petersburg for carols. in serbia, the orthodox service ends with the traditional burning of a yule log. across the balkans and much of central and eastern europe, they celebrated holy christmas eve. back in bethlehem, the traditional arrival of the holy lands' greek orthodox patriarch was blocked, temporarily at least, by palestinians protesting at what they say is church land being sold to israelis in eastjerusalem. eventually, theophilus iii did make it tojoin celebrations with the heads of the syrian and coptic orthodox churches. in egypt, despite recent attacks on coptic christians, president al—sisi took part in a midnight mass, after the service in which they break their 43—day vegan fast. food also plays an important role in mexico, where roman catholics

from christ the savior cathedral the center of orthodox christianity in moscow. thank you for watching the headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow. a fourth day of mass pro-government rallies has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been on marches to show their support for the country's leaders these come in response to a seven day uprising triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. oh. on friday night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that terror on should be left alone to do with its own internal affairs well that sentiment was echoed by a number of other members of the security council. in the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nation of iran is something the world must take note of. given the last few days in iran may be they do not constitute per se the threat to international peace and security every un member state is sovereign but member states cann

this saturday marks christmas eve for many orthodox christians but the mood has been far from festive in bethlehem the story and plenty more right after this. but politicians do you suppose you think. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so. you want to be president and she. wanted us. to go right for us this is what the full story of the more people are. interested in the waters of. the roller coaster ride for a bit coin seems to be on the way all again after near forty percent slump recently it is currently just below the seventeen thousand dollars mark after hitting highs i can't even reach a twenty thousand k. last year here's a quick reminder of the journey so far. bitcoin has hit a financial milestone not reached in almost four centuries it's taken over the title of biggest bubble in history for what was known as chile mania in the netherlands. value has surged by around sixty times in the last three years that's considerably faster than shoot bulbs in the seventeenth century which were at one point worth ten years of a skilled craftsman. back then prices

orthodox christians have been celebrating christmas eve.the presence of patriarch kireel. in st petersburg, russian president vladimir putin also celebrated mass, the ritual of the holy cross retrieval. in greece and turkey it was also observed. here the patriarch of costantinopole throws the crucifix into the golden horn, in istanbul. swimmers then braved freezing temperatures to retrieve the cross from the water. and in bethlehem, orthodox christians have been attending midnight mass at the church of the nativity in the town. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, was among the congregation. and now for some history from the bbc witness team. we're going back to 1967 and to one of the great land and speed record holders of the 20th century. donald campbell was attempting his latest record at lake coniston in the north of england when things went badly wrong. witness has spoken to gina campbell about her father. my my dad was donald campbell, and in the 1930s, my dad was donald campbell, and in the 19305, 19405, 19505 and 19605, my fath

today saturday marks christmas eve for many orthodox christians but the mood has been far from festive in bethlehem that story on plenty more right after this. little walk so you on the idea of dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that. you talk to try to tell you that because of the public eye fell. off the bad guys and tell you you are not cool enough to buy their product. these are the hawks that we along the border will walk. be in debt is to express your true self as an american and part of the western. culture card debt is by definition your identity your credit score is who you are and you can buy social media as are doing in china any time you step out a line if you spit on the subway your social media index is degraded and your cost of funds goes higher and you get deeper into the casino goulet. a low again the rumor coaster ride for a big corn seems to be on the way up again after a near forty percent slump recently it's currently hovering around the seventeen thousand dollar mark after hitting highs of that figure a way up there

orthodox christmas eve the reason for that is there's building anger among the orthodox community here colace to me and christians toward the greek orthodox patriarch that's the author list the third because there's been allegations made in reports in israeli media that the greek orthodox patriarch that he was involved in property sales to foreign tax havens and the belief is that perhaps israeli businesses were the ultimate binet fisheries of these property sales it's a contentious issue and that's why there have been people out demonstrating today they haven't been huge protest thus far about an hour and a half ago we saw around us a few dozen people we're told perhaps more will be protesting later in the day we're still not sure exactly when the patriarch will be arriving here in manger square but the plan has been to boycott his arrival so that the ushers that are typically in place that would greet him make sure that he gets through the square they would not be here doing so they would be in essence giving him bolder now we spoke a short while ago to set up already and here's more of what he told us about wh

and millions of orthodox christians celebrate christmas every around the world. welcome to look at the weather across north america those far as the really cold weather is concerned across north america you can see the change in colors as far as the temperatures go over the next couple of days more there is a venture going to push its way in but there's a price to be paid for that in terms of from quite heavy snowfall so coming back to sunday we're going to see an area of rain developing and turning into snow across parts of the midwest through up towards the great lakes and heading into monday then we've got quite a widespread area of snow pushing into the bit lanty region rain for the towards the se but also the potential for some freezing rain along the length of this frontal system miami twenty three degrees for the best place to be yet across the west more snow heading in towards pacific northwest further south rowsley drawing fire fight them the colorado there was fourteen degrees heading down into the caribbean we've got this area of cloud and rain extendi

from christ the savior cathedral the center of orthodox christianity in moscow. well we're back next hour my colleague rory sushi will take you through the news that the shape the week up next on r.t. international is going underground and for our viewers in the u.k. and ireland that's put me. here we're going on the ground on the day a representative of the victorious outside government in syria takes to the stage at the u.n. general assembly after years of british backed rebels going over there. is there to be no u.k. post nearly. after all the creator of the breakfast referendum. speech so far goldman sachs's winning and the british people losing. his party conference in the southeast of england we. voted against the iraq war former labor cabinet minister lord chris smith the outgoing chair of the regulator of british advertising. plus the queen of mean on to raise a major seventy eight percent increase in hate crime in the u.k. winner of ru paul's drag race insult comedian. you know why it is legal in twenty nine u.s. states to be fired for your sexual orient

this is based on the orthodox christian calendar where christmas falls on january 7.sian presidential election is in march. many believe mr. putin might be trying to win support from religious voters. we should note u.s. ambassador john huntsman will take parts in the epiphany in moscow this weekend. shep? >> shepard: thanks, trace. there's a travel warning in effect for one united states senator. it's about neither flu nor weather. it's for football fans and it's next. it's ok that everyone ignores me while i drive. it's fine. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i'm accident free. and i don't share it with mom! right, mom? righttt. safe driving bonus checks. only from allstate. switching to allstate is worth it. successful people have onthey read more.on. how do they find the time? with audible. audible has the world's largest selection of audiobooks. for just $14.95 a month, you get a credit-good for any audiobook. and you can roll your credits to the next month if you don't use them. audible members get free, no-hassle exchanges... ...and use

only orthodox christian males, who are fasting and barefoot, are allowed past. the legendary source of the blue nile, or gish abay as it's called here, is off-limits for all others. some 100 kilometers downriver, the precious waters flow into lake tana -- the largest lake in ethiopia. one of the many orthodox monasteries which dot this region is located on a small island in the middle of the lake -- debre maryam. belief in the power of the river's water draws pilgrims to debre maryam as well. priest eshete medhem was born and raised on the banks of the abay river. eshete: abay means life to me. not only because the water is holy, but also because the church on this island gives me work. the church and the river are closely entwined. people come here to be cured. once upon a time the nile's waters even raised some from the dead. reporter: a river so powerful, people even ascribe miracles to it. 30 kilometers south of lake tana, the blue nile falls are africa's second biggest. the falls are themselves a miracle in ethiopia, a country generally notorious for drough

snow and caused flooding in coastal areas forecast as a calling the storm a bomb site claimed orthodox christians around the world are getting ready to mark the christmas holiday preparations are underway for a parade in the occupied west bank city of bethlehem. and overseeing armenians celebrating christmas the eastern orthodox faith follows the old julian calendar which puts the birth of jesus christ on or near january the seventh. headlines and back with more news on al-jazeera after the listening post stay with us. valued as a general of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades to town jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-jazeera. capture. karmarkar. fires are far from our eyes. forget who cannot forget who until they see me. or seen them go. you look around your body and then they're right there. elaborate then we'll know is into whether one that i will show you about help or will i mean you. yes it does are younger than i can from c

only orthodox christian males who are fasting and barefoot are allowed past the legendary source of the blue nile or as it's called here is off limits for all others some one hundred kilometers downriver the precious waters flow into lake tana the largest lake in ethiopia. one of the many orthodox monasteries which dot this region is located on a small island in the middle of the lake every mariam. belief in the power of the rivers waters draws pilgrims to debra mariam as well. priest to met him was born and raised on the banks of the river. and means life to me not only because the water is holy he would but also because the church on this island gives. a church on the river. and people come here to be cured. once upon a time the nile's water even raised from the dead. a river so powerful people even ascribe miracles to it thirty kilometers south of lake tana the blue nile for africa's second biggest the falls are themselves a miracle in ethiopia a country generally notorious for drought and hunger. time appears to have stood still in the impoverished highlands. further south the blue

this is david lee and here's a live from berlin it's christmas day again for orthodox christians around the globe.

and orthodox christians around the world are celebrating the christmas holiday five west bank city of bethlehem palestinian christians are marking the day with parades and a mass the eastern orthodox faith follows the old julian calendar which puts the birth of jesus christ on or near the seventh of january the united nations has condemned a recent series of death sentences in egypt with twenty people reportedly executed in the past two weeks human rights office expressed concern that the use of military courts to try civilian. we're seriously concerned that in all of these cases due process and fair trial guarantees do not appear to be followed as military courts typically deny defendants rights accorded by civilian courts reports also indicated the prisoners who were executed may have been subjected to initial inforce disappearance and torture before being tried now the latest report on some of the biggest stories of the yeah we take you to a refugee camp in bangladesh is now home to hundreds of thousands of who've fled violence in manama child strafford reports on what the refugees

so-called bomb cyclon dump thirty centimeters of snow and cause flooding in coastal areas and orthodox christians around the world are celebrating the christmas holiday palestinian christians are marking the day with parades in the occupied west bank city of bethlehem the eastern orthodox faith follows the old julian calendar which puts the birth of jesus christ on or near the seventh of january. those are your headlines more news on al-jazeera after counting the costs. at this time. i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week post sanctions iran is still a hard place to find a job we'll look at the economic reasons behind the rest of the middle east second largest economy also this week meltdown specter these are the nicknames for the two major flaws discovered in the hardware of nearly every computer and digital device worldwide the race is on to fix the. new year new rules for european finance but that's not all we'll ask the chief global economist at u.b.s. what's his dangerous idea. it is the number two economy

from moscow to bethlehem and beyond, orthodox christians begin their christmas celebrations.

for many orthodox christians around the world is coming up in a couple of hours here in moscow but in palestine celebrations already have been marred by scuffles which have broken out in bethlehem but tests is they're trying to block the convoy this time with a local patriarca of greek orthodox and there's a story behind it he faced a recent backlash from palestinians for allegedly selling property in jerusalem to the jewish community i. was. i. if you will wander around the world one told me christmas the seventh of january is christmas day in the julian calendar there are celebrations for the street where you can see a priest blessing for the cross and. braving those icy cold this is the centuries old tradition from the fifty's. and i can let you know in the coming hours special coverage of the celebrations here in russia later tonight though. this weekend next news updates in thirty minutes with you have a very good evening for me and the rest the team here. thanks. everybody stephen. proud american. george bush. this is my buddy max famous financial guru a little bit different. yo

eastern orthodox christians traditionally celebrate christmas this weekend.. russell trott explains. the bells ring out for christmas at the church of the nativity in bethlehem, which many believe was the birthplace of christ. the world's biggest eastern 0rthodox community is in russia, and the country's residents joined worshippers in saint petersburg for carols. in serbia, the orthodox service ends with a traditional burning of a yule log. across the balkans and much of central and eastern europe, they celebrated holy christmas eve. back in bethlehem the traditional arrival of the holy land's traditional arrival of the holy lands the greek orthodox patriarch was locked, temporarily at least, by palestinians protesting at what they say is church land being sold to israelis in east jerusalem. eventually, theophilus the third did make it to join celebrations with the heads of the syrian and coptic 0rthodox churches. any chipped, despite recent attacks on coptic chrisjones, president despite recent attacks on coptic chris jones, president rcc despite recent att

spending plan to avoid a looming government shutdown dian estabrook al-jazeera washington oh orthodox christians around the world are getting ready to mark the christmas holiday and we can see some preparations underway for a parade in the occupied west bank city of back to him. and in istanbul armenians celebrating christmas the eastern orthodox faith follows the old julian calendar which puts the birth of jesus christ on or near january the seventh russians ethiopians and ukrainians are also marking christmas. q.n. is investigating last month's attack in the democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen of its peacekeepers and suspects the allied democratic forces ugandan the group was behind the attack as fighters are known to be active in congress north kivu province where the assault took place and says it will examine the circumstances surrounding the death of the towns and in the national and make recommendations. the a smell is a professor at the university of minnesota he joins us now from kosmo in somalia via skype thanks very much for being with us it's the worst attack on u.n. pea

temperatures hitting six below zero it was all part of a ceremony marking a major holiday in orthodox christianity remembering the baptism of jesus christ. so a quick look at the top stories for you now turkey has fired artillery into a kurdish controlled on clay the northwest syria across the border bombardment of our freedom comes after days of threats by president russia type two on against the syrian kurdish fighters known as the white b.g. and curfew is the establishment of a kurdish corridor along its border stephanie decker has more from an taqiyya. the situation around the city is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria supported by turkey are mobilizing towards the east of affluent and this is all in line with the political rhetoric that's been coming out of anger over the last week or so in other top stories a country royal who is formerly a close ally of saudi arabia says the gulf diplomatic crisis has been manufactured in an audiobook cordin

and of course this is very significant time is that for the orthodox world many orthodox christians are celebrating their christmas in bethlehem so how is this whole controversy surrounding the status of jerusalem impacting upon this other very holy place it's very much dampen the enthusiasm for greek orthodox christmas this year you know this is a time of year when for orthodox palestinian christians even when there are difficulties there are usually festivities people are able to put the worries aside come together and celebrate it's not just the decision by president trump on jerusalem that has people worried in leading to more hopelessness amongst the palestinian christian community it's also allegations that have been made against the greek patriarch for the holy land the awful list the third we were in bethlehem's manger square yesterday to take in all the complexity here's our report . the protests were unprecedented in a display of anger toward the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehem's ma

on sunday is christmas for many orthodox christians around the world including russians these are pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of also christianity in moscow. for more on these and all out of the stories. coming up max and stacy bring you the latest kaiser report and go away. kaiser this is the kaiser report happy orthodox christmas you know a lot of people en masse are shopping over the holidays and apparently they're suffering a big debt hanging over all was. yes of course it's an orthodox christmas today and that's why you look like a christmas present there. if you take the hat off. because that is not a new shank and i want to bring that up because moscow today while we record this thirty six degrees raleigh where we are is twenty three degrees and this isn't fahrenheit and this should be the case we should not be having a polar vortex is or more to seas or whatever however you plural are tat yeah the vortex well we should know how that is we don't have because here we're not allowed to show that big for the wear in moscow if there is warm yeah brain cogitating

the icy plunge jumping into a hole cut into the frozen lake in northwest russia it's part of orthodox christianity celebrations remembering the baptism of jesus is known for his exploits in the wilderness but this was the first time he publicly took part in the ritual. of the top stories in an al-jazeera it looks unlikely the u.s. senate will be able to avoid a government shutdown politicians have only a few hours left to agree on a bill to keep federal agencies funded for the next month earlier donald trump met top democrats to win their support but significant areas of disagreement still remain particle heinous more from washington d.c. . it doesn't democrats are willing to cave republicans pretty much saying the same thing so it is a standoff they are holding the government hostage but just to keep this in perspective again this simply means that nonessential federal employees will not be able to come into work the basic functions of the federal government are expected to work if this doesn't go for a very long time if it does go for a very long time then it impacts the economy then it's a much

for the icy plunge jumping into a hole cut in the frozen lake in northwest russia a spot of orthodox christianity celebrations and then bringing the baptism of jesus known for his exploits in the wilderness but this was the first time he publicly took part in this ritual. all and of course on our website there it is on your screen the address dot com. dot com. let's get a quick check of the headlines here a partial shutdown of the u.s. government has begun a senate vote to fund federal agencies until next month has failed. the essential services and offices will remain open the white house is blaming the democrats for blocking the bill calling them obstructionist loses not negotiate not legislators particle has more from washington d.c. ten o'clock on a friday night in the senate convenes to take a vote on whether they should try to fund the government for a few more weeks while they didn't have the votes last some republicans picked up some democrats but still not enough to pass it but it didn't end there they continued to talk on the senate floor trying to come up with some sort of compromise w

it's christmas day again for orthodox christians around the globe. we take you to the celebrations in.