one thing i want to point out is at the university of leicester we do not advocate that you all rushst is that having so many lights will only add to the climate emergency they are all currently facing, and the second for us currently facing, and the second for us astronomers currently facing, and the second for us astronomers is one currently facing, and the second for us astronomers is one of high importance, light pollution, to make sure that we budding stargazers can look up into the night sky and still see the objects we are looking for, including the very special opportunity tonight for us to look up opportunity tonight for us to look up and see santa claus and his reindeer as they fly across the night sky on theirjourney round the world. it is always the most magical moment. we appreciate your christmas jumperand yourtime moment. we appreciate your christmas jumper and your time for joining moment. we appreciate your christmas jumper and your time forjoining us on christmas eve, thank you so much, professor. thank you, happy christmas. provides happy christmas. simon king has

well, students at the university of leicester may have found the answer after calculating that in ordert christmas it will need to be covered in more than 2,600 fairy lights. we spoke to dr leigh fletcher who is an associate professor in planetary science at the university of leceister to find out more. we all know that this was fairly ridiculous experiment to begin with, and that santa claus already knows what all the good boys and girls live, but we did ask our leicester physics students to do this thought experiment as a kind of training exercise for them to hone their reasoning skills, to use the concepts that they have been learning throughout their physics degrees, to apply themselves to this particular challenge which will be a concern, no doubt, for school children of any age across the globe this morning. that is, will santa be able to see my own home in his sleigh as he is running along? now, the calculation involves our leicester physics students using their knowledge that they have acquired over the course, such as ideas from space, science and astronomy and how lights propa

one thing i want to point out is that we at the university of leicester are not advocating that you arehouse without any problem. there are two reasons, then. firstly, having so many ways is only going to add to the climate emergency that we are all currently facing, but the second reason for us astronomers, is one of high importance, that is to do with light pollution. it is trying to make sure that we budding stargazers can look up into the night sky and still see the objects that we are looking for, including the very special opportunity tonight to look up and sees santa claus and his reindeer as they fly across the night sky on theirjourney around the world. pilgrims from around the world are gathering in the biblical city of bethlehem to celebrate christmas in the holy land. hundreds of people watched as palestinian scouts paraded to the sound of drums as christmas eve festivities got under way around the church of the nativity. people have been queuing to visit the grotto inside it, which is believed to be the exact site wherejesus was born. the archbishop of the latin patriarch o

have joining us here in doha in the studio is is the last man an assistant professor at the university of leicester and author of media and the somali conflict mohammed had more gay is former head of strategic communications for the somali government he joins us from mogadishu jealous man is a somali journalist who joins us from london welcome to all of you folks and start with it ill here in the studio so does the bombing show that somalis government small is government has failed already failed to even control the capital. it's a very difficult situation sami on one hand you have a an insurgency that's reinventing itself and they have been driven away from many parts of that they controlled previously in south south and central somalia they used to have a stronghold in mogadishu they no longer do the same with you know several key cities in south central somalia but what's happened what's happening here is a number of key issues that have sort of come together on one hand you have a government who doesn't have the sophisticated arms to actually be it to have a more sophisticated warfare with agai