frank-walter steinmeier's message was at the heart of his christmas address. thanank you so mucuch for spendg this part of your day with me. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] . the funeral of algeria's exce me ththe situauation in burkina cls it was w where we start this nes comingng in of a dozen soldiers killed. in a new attack that that's taken place this is the country's already in mourning. over the death of some thirty five civilians mostly women killed in a double attack which is takining place in the north this recent attack. today in the same area

i well in his christmas address in german the present funk laughter steinmeier has appeal to germans to overcome their differences and respect each other as equals present time are also noted the high points of 29000 including the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall and low points including the far right attack in october at a synagogue in the city of hama. for the german president the holidays are a time of rest and reflection looking back on the events of the past year the anti semitic attack at a synagogue and how it had a profound impact on the building's locks door prevented greater tragedies. than it bears the traces of some 20 bulletins from the bridge you see the splintered wood and the metal remains in the bullet holes this is the this door guards the entrance to the synagogue and how it is a miracle that it held and that no more people fell victim to this brutal anti semitic attack in which 2 of our fellow citizens were murdered and sum up for the funds and states by the have modeled for things and done my visited the location of the anti semitic attack as soon

i'll be back again at the top of the hour with another update up next german president from walter steinmeier as christmas addressed a call for tolerance and mutual respect i'm married to abstain from me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching. for buying up the bill and. susan. couldn't express targeting these. their unions incisional for good now it's worth more not and i have to uninvite nothing unsee spray can see our moment mention the under my nose and on guns feel the have nots often but with us ya good town feel have mizell gaga speedman perfect at sunday school see on monday button do you see busiek tom inducing me on once you have made seared from hits you can just nation. valen on valley i give. you are you to comfort or pass even in stunned day in the ven i now had ties and knocked him out of. went clean maya under the investment i gave in to lincoln and father did he put it. in these in ya own t. move because i was a offer even by not nice tight marked my know it is ya'll be hopped out so i think indian ya land all front up mammy down undergo all me emmett and unde

of their reporting from jerusalem well in his christmas address the german president about their steinmeier says germans should overcome their differences and respect each other as equals steinmeyer also noted how political debates have become more prominent while president steinmeyer told germans we live in highly political times and added i really don't think we can complain about a lack of freedom of speech far from it we haven't had this many arguments in years and you can see and watch the german president's the christmas address in its entirety on ditto you news on christmas day. next we turn our attention to syria where there has been no end to the misery inflicted on civilians in the besieged province of idlib the last major rebel on clay facing the latest regime offensive russian airstrikes have claimed the lives of at least 8 people 5 of them children sheltering in a school in the province the united nations is warning that children are now bearing the brunt of serious increasingly violent conflict. multitool now men in egypt has become a ghost town people living here have fled th