you cannot go to rome and say that peter did not make it to rome.er changed by the life of peter. >> john the baptist -- >> judgment is coming! >> -- the fearless prophet who hails the coming of a new messiah. >> he believes that some reckoning is imminent. >> the preacher who baptizes jesus, setting him on his mission towards god. >> it's at that moment that something profound changes for jesus. >> now, science joins the quest to connect past and present, testing john the baptist's relics to discover a link to the man the bible says was john's cousin, jesus himself, to help us answer, who really was john

the vilified on a scene a in rome was commissioned by the bank i go see no cheap and built by. it is seen as the ultimate expression of the high renaissance and with its perspectives hole it features a room of trump boy painting. the walls are covered with scenes from the life of an example of a great book 1st catches the eye is a writing messenger with flowing cloaks in the form of a white fan giving the impression of wings. the messenger is part of a historical allegorical depiction of the wedding of alexander to the persian princess razzamatazz of the center alexander appears and hands the princess the crowd the real focus that was the heavenly messenger commies and half an archangel gabriel. alexander is typical of the newly awakened interest in mythical historical figures during the 16th century the small angels which look like cupid's are borrowed from the pagan classical era. in classical times cupid's when love calls depicted a small voice. the art of christendom. makes them into anonymous angels and celery figures they reveal the meaning and intention of the miral its

this is deja news live from berlin sardines have swarmed the squares of rome protesters turned out in the italian capital to show their opposition to the anti immigrant league party led by divisive politician potatoes salbi also in the show. gridlock at the u.n. climate conference with crucial deadlines looming world leaders still can't agree on funding or international rules to slow global warming climate doctors there want immediate action and big decisions before the meeting ends. plus the u.n. says authorities in chile are guilty of serious human rights violations for the treatment of protesters people have taken to the streets again demanding changes from the government and investigations into police behavior. i'm max foster thanks for joining us tens of thousands of people have gathered in rome to protest against the divisive rhetoric of far right leader met teo salvia me and his anti immigration league party the movement started just a month ago as a flash mob participants adopted the name sardines as they aim to fill public squares as tightly as little fish packed inside tin c

if you're a restorer, rome is a good place to work? >> yes, definitely. >> reporter: restorers, archaeologists and historians today working in this learning more about its past through these unfolding tantalizing discoveries. seth doane, rome. >> love this next story. >>> a lot of people have ping-pong tables in their basements. it can be a fun way to spend the afternoon. but when ping-pong becomes table tennis, things can get serious. it's an olympic sport, and omar villafranca caught up with a table tennis legend working to make the u.s. olympic team that will be headed to tokyo next year. >> reporter: we went to the 2019 u.s. open championships of table tennis a few weeks ago in fort worth, texas, to catch up with one of the sport's legends who is trying to make one final run to solidify his place in the sports' history. the air-bending serves, the deep volley, and the overhead smash. this is table tennis at the highest level. a flurry of action, all on a nine-foot by five-foot table. an olympic caliber athlete in peak form is usual

josephus was a jewish aristocrat, who eventually ended up in rome where he became a writer of jewish history. >> were it not for josephus, we would know very little about pontius pilate's reign as governor of judaea. in the time of josephus, the province of judaea was ruled from the administrative capital, caesarea maritima. >> when pontius pilate arrives here in caesarea, he would have found a proper roman city befitting the imperial representative of rome. he would have found a manmade harbor complete with a temple to augustus at this beautiful huge hippodrome, where spectators could watch the races while they looked out over the mediterranean. >> according to josephus, pontius pilate arrived in judaea roughly 30 years after the birth of jesus. >> pilate was a roman knight, which means that he belonged to the equestrian order, the lowest rank of the roman nobility. he would have owed his position in judaea to the patronage of the roman emperor tiberius. >> pontius pilate was clearly an ambitious chap. he had been sent to judaea, not the plum appointment of all appointments. he want

. >> she is likely to have left from rome.h jerusalem is almost 2,000 miles over land. >> for an elderly lady -- helena was in her 70s at this point -- this journey is an enormous undertaking. >> it is so unbelievably far away. in the american context, if new york is rome, jerusalem is something like guam or american samoa. >> but by all accounts, helena is a remarkable woman. we know only a couple of things about the empress helena. we know that she was christian, and we know that she was a commoner. >> and yet she gets together with a traveling roman army officer and gives birth to the man who will one day become emperor of rome. >> since its creation in 27 bc, the roman empire has been ruled by pagans. then in 312 ad, helena's son, constantine, has a dramatic change of faith. >> the story goes that on the eve of a great battle outside rome, he has a vision. >> he sees a cross of light in the sky, and he hears a voice that tells him, "by this, you will conquer." he takes it to mean that by the symbol of the cross and by chri

all be addressed speak on to office his annual christmas blessing to the city at the world problems rome as he appeals for peace around the globe also to have enough. a wildfire destroys dozens of homes in chile. evacuated thousands from the city off to the lab. that is sold as the blaze springs to residential areas. and a christmas celebration back making waves hundreds of scientists take to the ocean to show off their surfing skills we take a look at some of the time usual ways people celebrate christmas. oh. hello i'm christine want to welcome to the program. pope francis has been giving the christmas be it all beatrice and he's blessing to the catholic faithful from st peter's square and rome but. it's the who speech you sent. in the movie it's 9 minutes because. francis spoke about migrants and those feeling what he called unspeakable forms of abuse the pontiff also appealed for peace in the syria and an end to the social unrest in venezuela earlier the pope led a midnight mass at st p. says the seneca at the vatican his blessing emphasized forgiveness not just for sin is but for th

berlin pope francis give me at all the address you're seeing live pictures from st peter's square in rome where the conflict is about all these annual christmas releasing to the city and to the world also coming up. romania marks a grisly anniversary 3 decades of though it's the last communist dictator nations and bringing the country's bloody revolution to a close. hello i'm christine wendell welcome to the program. we begin our broad cost in brome where pope francis is set to give his yearly irby it'll be christmas day blessing from the balcony off the st this piece has pacifica christians around the bold also integrating the birth of jesus thousands have come to see the pontiff this cross over to rome. all right and those are pictures from rome where pope francis is shortly going to be delivering he's opiate oby christmas message now he led a midnight mass at st peter's basilica at the vatican he's blessing emphasized forgiveness not just for sin is but for the church itself ofter a difficult area in which sexual abuse scandals continue to rock the catholic church francis christians to

many say it's the youth that movement that people of all ages showed up in rome on saturday. they're calling for more humanity and less racism in italian politics it's only been a month since the saudi movement was spawned but this weekend tens of thousands assembled from around the country they gathered in piazza sanjeev ani a traditional rallying spot for leftwing demonstrations. i think would have been the sort of authority we certainly have values much closer to the left than to the right but i believe that at this stage with the supremacist populist front so powerful and impetuous the progressive front is much more necessary than a left front to see stuff you could even see. that concern widespread support for this man. right wing populist leader of the league currently italy's biggest political party they may win a historic victory in regional elections next month. missing a name that it's not being against salvini us a person. any to the leak to any other force which behaves unacceptably and she says file and language i say no. and that is why so danes were gone to say

our rome correspondent, mark lowen, reports.but within the last four weeks it has sprung up from a flash mob in northern italy to this, tens of thousands filling this square in rome, rising up against the far right party here, the league, led by matteo salvini, the former deputy prime minister. they call themselves the sardines because they have packed tightly into piazzas right across this country over the last four weeks. they are calling for respect for human rights, for welcoming migrants, a return to core values of democracy and they warn that the ghosts of italy's fascist past are returning. we want to demonstrate that we are here and the other half of italy is here, and we are not agreeing with what has been done in the last year. i do not like salvini. salvini, i think he represents a part of italians that did not wake up from fascism, and we are here to prove that some italians are. we are living in a deep and black age here in italy, so i think my work here is to stand up for everyone's right and this, i think, is ever

mark lowen in rome.risjohnson, has visited the north—east of england to thank voters in a region traditionally loyal to the opposition labour party. mrjohnson met supporters in sedgefield, the constituency once held by the former labour prime minister tony blair, but which returned a conservative party mp in this week's elections. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is coming under increasing pressure to resign immediately after his party suffered its worst result since the 1930s. our political correspondent iain watson reports. good morning. a prime minister is a familiar sight in these parts, though it's usually been a labour not a conservative one. so where better for borisjohnson to rub his opponent's nose in the election result than in tony blair's old stomping ground of sedgefield 7 i know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us. and i want the people of the north—east to know that we in the conservative party, and i, will repay your trust. so what issues wi

is a them this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up thousands of protesters in rome denounced the rise of the far right is the so-called solid beams movement grows guilty of corruption so that president bashir is sentenced to 2 years in detention but he plans to appeal. plans for an ambitious new tourist railway through southern mexico's pristine jungle could be devalued by local residents. there are a growing fears international efforts to fight climate change are faltering as the u.n. summit drags on without agreement the cop $25.00 talks in madrid was supposed to end on friday the delegates have so far failed to agree on major points it's been deadlock over emissions targets and how much money poorer countries should receive to cope with climate change i request all of the fix. all your training now and all your volunteer to find you know these agri not the sick consensus is that we need to have an ambitious resold. we are almost there it's hard it's difficult but he's worth it i specially meet you but people you know what countries need us protesters have gathered outside

now let's bring in journalist david wiley who's in rome he's been following the vatican for years good to have you david what you may call for france's message this year. well i think pope francis is trying he has a very ambitious program he's working he's celebrated his 82nd birthday recently he's aware of his increasing age and he can't expect many years to come of his previous 8 he's preparing his for his shooting and i think that he is trying as desperately as he can change the mindset of the people who run the church his direction and i thought it was very thing that he quoted a former cardinal who's now wrong cardinal martini of new york who said just before he died that the church the catholic church was 200 years behind the times when other words pope francis not afraid of of criticizing the people who helped him during the church were or the minds of the current conservative and interesting on that point david if you'll allow me one of the things that he said in the midnight mass just to the point about the criticism that he's willing to to give the church he talks about the c

so-called sardine protesters packed this center of rome tens of thousands rally in the italian capital against the. party and its right wing leader. syria's regime gold take a look at how european demand for some syrian products is growing such as traditionally made natural soap from war torn aleppo. a michael thanks for joining us. the u.n. climate talks in madrid appear to have stalled and activists fear no meaningful deal will emerge they've criticized the lack of progress the meeting was supposed to end on friday but disagreements mean the negotiations are dragging on representatives of more than $200.00 nations are working to strike a deal on emissions targets and funding mechanisms they aim to finalize the rulebook of the existing pairs agreement on global warming which comes into force next year. the president of cop 25 carolina schmidt has pleaded with delegates to reach an agreement. i request all the flexibility all your trade. now and all your volunteer to find you know the agreement of the sick consensus that we need to have an ambitious result we are almost there it's hard

protesters against italy's far—right party, the league, gather in rome — for what's expected to be theration yet by grassroots activists that call themselves the "sardines". good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has visited the north—east of england to thank voters in traditional labour heartlands for backing his party. borisjohnson met with supporters in newly—conservative sedgefield, tony blair's former constituency. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn is coming under increasing pressure to resign with immediate effect after his party suffered its worst election results since the 1930s. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. a prime minister is a familiar sight in these parts, though it's usually been a labour and not a conservative one. so where better for borisjohnson to rub his opponent's nose in the election result than in tony blair's old stomping ground of sedgefield. i know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us. and i want the people of the north—east to know that we in the conservative party, and i, will

our rome correspondent mark lowen is at the protests in the italian capital.sh mob to this, tens of thousands in rome, rising up against the league, led by matteo salvini. they call themselves the sardines because they pack themselves tightly into piazzas across the country in the last week. the call for respect to human rights, for welcoming migrants, a return to the core values of democracy. and they warn that the ghosts of italy's fascist past are returning. we want to demonstrate that we are here, the other half of italy is here. we are not agreeing with what has been done in the last year. i do not like matteo salvini, i think either he represents a part of italians that did not wake up from fascism. we are here to prove that some italians are. i think my work here is to stand up for everyone's rights, i think everyone here has the same purpose. looking out across the sea of sardines, you see pictures of fish, but what you do not see are political banners and flags, because this movement wants to rise above the traditional parties, above italy's polarised

our rome correspondent, make lowen, is at the protests in the italian capital.tifascist partisan song, bella ciao. crowd sings: # bella ciao, ciao, ciao #. and this is what this movement represents. it is fighting against the values of fascism that they believe are espoused now by italy's far right here. matteo salvini, the former deputy prime minister who is now in opposition, he leads the league party, and this movement has sprung up as a spontaneous protest against him. it started just a month ago as a flash mob in the northern italian city of bologna, the idea of four friends to gather 6000 people in the square there as matteo salvini was due to launch a campaign for a regional election. double the number of people came and so sparked this street movement. they call themselves the sardines because they're so tightly packed into squares, and in the last month, they have gathered in the length and breadth of italy. and they have really stunned italy by the speed with which they have grown, by the numbers turning out, and they have really caught matteo salvini

tens of thousands take to the streets of rome to protest against the italian far right party. and arsenal distance themselves from comments made by mesut ozil. their star player criticised china over treatment of uighur muslims. hello and welcome to bbc news. as negotiations continue through the night at the un climate talks in madrid, the minister leading them has appealed for flexibility as delegates struggle to reach agreement on crucial measures to tackle global warming. the european union and many small island states, vulnerable to climate change, are pushing for more ambitious action from all countries but some of the biggest polluters, including the us, brazil and india, have objected. carolina schmidt said a deal was almost there but the outcome needed to be ambitious. this is the call for action and no action if it is not ambitious so we need to get a concession on that. ambition is a central driving force but i am sure that all of you, based on the feedback, i received this morning, in the meeting at 9am, we have been consulting with parties non—stop in this issue to

you cannot go to rome and say that peter did not make it to rome. rome was forever changed by the life of peter. >> john the baptist -- >> judgment is coming! >> -- the fearless prophet who hails the coming of a new messiah. >> he believes that some reckoning is imminent. >> the preacher who baptizes jesus, setting him on his mission towards god. >> it's at that moment that something profound changes for jesus. >> now, science joins the quest to connect past and present, testing john the baptist's relics to discover a link to the man the bible says was john's cousin, jesus himself, to help us answer, who really was john the baptist? >> the judean desert in the first century: a wild forbidding place at the fringes of the roman empire. this outpost on the banks of the river jordan is home to a revolutionary firebrand who promises the coming of a new savior. his name? john the baptist. >> john the baptist is the first chapter to the long and amazing story of jesus. he tees it up for jesus to come in and to really be the true messiah. >> he comes with t

tens of thousands of protesters have crammed into a square in rome to denounce italian far right leader matteo salvini the rally was organized by the anti populous all danes movement it was a stablish just last month in opposition to growing support in the north for salvaging these right wing coalition the hamid reports from the italian capital. it was the biggest rally yet tens of thousands of italians decrying the far right leader matthew salvini and his party that make the demonstration in rome was organized by a grassroots movement known as the set of d.n.a. it's barely a month old but has a ready managed more than a 100 similar gatherings in italy and other european cities its leaders who friends from the city of bologna have become devoid of the most i would be out the better we 1st got on the streets to protest against a form of political rhetoric that is disastrous damaging and dangerous we didn't discover data many places around italy has a serious problem and a lack of political representation is a big problem which at a moment we cannot be sold i is that cool to counter the r

and tens of thousands take to the streets of rome to protest against the italian far right league party. hello and welcome to bbc news. negotiations have gone through the night and into the early morning at the un climate talks in madrid. the minister leading the meeting has appealed for flexibility as delegates struggle to reach agreement on crucial measures to tackle global warming. the european union and many small island states which vulnerable to climate change are pushing for more ambitious action from all countries, but some of the biggest polluters, including the us, brazil and india, have objected. gareth barlow reports. international delegates are struggling to agree how to react to and limit climate change. the eu small island states they more needs to be done, but countries including the us, india, and brazil, say current plans are adequate. we are sorry to inform you that we are not comfortable with the tax as it is at icp25. it is not only brazil, avu and several other partners have expressed our deep discomfort with this proposal for a work stream on land. european union,

if you're a restorer rome is a good place to work. >> yes, definitely.orians today working in this ancient city are constantly learning more about its past through these unfolding tantalizing discoveries. for "cbs this morning," seth doane, rome. >> can i just say that seth definitely has the best job. >> he does. >> that's why you've got to go to rome. >>> good morning everyone. it is a 20 5 am. in the traffic center. we are checking a few crashes including westbound 80 in fairfield. if we take a look, it is westbound at waterman boulevard. be the way down to about 12 miles per hour. here is another crash that we are tracking and, it is northbound 17 at redwood estates. it is on the shoulder. it doesn't seem to be affecting any traffic in that area. and, they may look at those times. everyone looking in the green. and a bridge tech, san mateo bridge. and that non-commute direction it's all morning long for the new year's holiday. >>> we need to think about those new year's resolutions. and actually is the in 2019 with high-pressure and control for us. w

of the most important ceremonies on the catholic calendar people from around the globe descend on rome to

of the most important ceremonies on the catholic calendar people from around the globe descend on rome to witness the ritual. pope francis is busting emphasize love and forgiveness after a difficult year for the church and. gone to buy the nomination we want together the heavenly realm fills you with a gift of his peace and. you share us with the chechen happens. to. it's he he she. now christmas celebrations are also taking place in bethlehem revered by christians as the birthplace of jesus more than 2000 years ago mass was held in the church of the nativities which is one of the world's oldest places of continuous christian worship outside thousands of visitors conversion around the christmas tree and manger square record numbers of tourists are expected to visit bethlehem over the christmas period many have to pass through israel's separation barrier to reach the city which is in the israeli occupied west bank. now earlier journalist sami sokol in jerusalem gave us a snapshot of the christmas celebrations in bethlehem. we've seen a record number of tourists and pinworms visiting bot

in churches around the globe if inish by blessing the catholic faithful impact st peter's square in rome. 50000 people gathered in st peter's square in bright sunshine for the pope's christmas address it's the 7th of his papacy and again the condemnation of war and violence was the heart of his message with conflicts in europe asia africa and the americas francis issued a call for peace. he still. may rise to bring his lights out to the many children suffering from war conflicts in the middle east and in various countries of the world. community and they hate inspired governments and the international community to find solutions to allow the peoples of those regions to live together in peace and security. and doesn't end to their suffering in. the list of war torn regions it's long francis again come for better protection for people fleeing the violence and he criticized europe's policy of expelling or refusing entry to migrants toward the end of his address he gave the traditional blessing for the already to the city of rome and the world. but. and then a more mundane message to the fai

a certain man named judas led a rebellion against both rome and the sons of herod the great.y entering into the city of sepphoris, breaking into the armory, stealing all the weapons and arming his men. >> judas the galilean was a famous rebel against rome who insisted that the empire had no proper right to be ruling israel. >> we know about judas' revolt from josephus, who writes about it in his historical documents. >> here was a native jew who could be king over judea, a new messiah that many jews wanted to support. >> today, we cannot imagine someone going up against a force such as the roman empire in that way. but in judas' time, the romans have not been in israel very long relatively speaking. >> for a while, it may have looked like the rebellion would have been successful, but then the romans sent 15,000 troops down from syria into sepphoris to flatten the city and squash the rebellion. >> i think it would be terrifying to face the roman army. you would know that they were there to utterly destroy you. >> judas was hopelessly outclassed, in military terms, by the roman

important ceremonies on the roman catholic count calendar people from around the globe descend on rome to witness the ritual. pope francis is blessing emphasize love and forgiveness after a difficult year for the church. thank you barry you think i may call it like the combination together the heavenly realm fills you with your gift of his peace and things that you share with the church in heaven. and then the. party. he has to be and this. christmas celebrations are also taking place in bethlehem revered by christians as the birthplace of jesus more than 2000 years ago mass was held in the church of the nativity which is one of the world's oldest places of continuous christian worship . outside thousands of visitors converged around the christmas tree in manger square record numbers of tourists are expected to visit bethlehem over the christmas period many have to pass through israel's separation barrier to reach the city that is in the israeli occupied west bank. earlier generalists a semicircle in jerusalem gave us a snapshot of the christmas celebrations and. we've seen a record nu

migrants toward the end of his address he gave the traditional blessing or the or be to the city of rome and the world. but. and then a more mundane message to the things fall around the globe. christmas lunch. i now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. russian opposition politician. says one of his key staff has been forcibly conscripted into the military the military said roost on a show that enough seen here was no vonnie earlier this year is being made to perform his obligatory service at an arctic base of only said the move amounted to quote kidnapping. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to interrupt an election rally after a warning of an incoming rocket from gaza the rally was taking place in the southern town of ashkelon just a few kilometers from the gaza strip israel says its air defenses successfully intercepted the rocket. faso president. called for a 2 days of mourning after $35.00 civilians almost all of them women were killed by jihadists near the town of our bindo on tuesday at least 7 soldiers and 80 attackers also died