also in attendance for the first time in many years was us central command said two days ago that a usess of york. she walked alongside her ex—husband prince andrew. if you look through the crowds there in those shots you can see them on the far right. as they all make their way into the church for the annual christmas day service. i spoke to our royal correspondent daniela relph, who was waiting for the royal family's arrival in sandringham. some people have been waiting since the early hours of the morning here. so, a long wait. hoping to get a front and centre position to see the royal family. front and centre position to see the royalfamily. if front and centre position to see the royal family. if you are a bit of a royal watcher, sandringham is a good place to come. normally the big royal events, thejubilees, the weddings, it is hard to get up close and personal. it is very different here. you will probably get to see them quite close up when they leave church here. traditionally they take a slow walk back to the main house, chatting to people, taking flowers. there is a very good

spokesman is going to make an important statement, and that is going to be as regards this us central command report saying that helicopters have shot at some vessels and what they call it was self-defense. they were responding to an s'. call from a singapore flag vessel cart uh mursk hangzu and the reports have it that three of the four small in boats were destroyed and the crews aboard were killed. this is what sam has reported, we are now waiting for the yemini military to confirm if this this is reput, this report is true or if they could have their own version of the story and what action they are going to take, actually what reaction. and we're just waiting for this to start, general is going there with his statement, he is there, listen, for the yemen armed forces, those who are oppressed have them given permission to fight, and god is the most important.

but the us central command announcing that now the 2 latest attacks from who's the rebels occurred on monday and they seem to be coordinated in time one attacking an oil tanker that was struck either by a drone or by a ballistic missile us central command. so both were fired toward this vessel, and that it asked for help, and that the us as carnie, which was in the region when and assess the damage, there were no injuries reported there. and then that the 2nd attack happened at the same time directed toward a cargo ship that reported a explosion in the water and its vicinity also no injuries there, nor any damage. in that case, all of that, just coming on the heels of lloyd austin's announcement of this maritime coalition, and we're learning a little more details. i believe he's having that ministerial meeting. now this is a multi national security initiative that will have the last thing, k, france, canada, other western nations as well as bahrain. and what it will look like is joint patrols as well as intelligence. and it's not clear exactly which nations will be doing what part of

first let's go - through what the us central command has been saying about the latest attacks in thessiles were fired into the international shipping lanes indirectly but did not cause any damage. separately, another us warship patrolling the area shutdown four is aimed at the warship. and in another separate two incidents, one oil tanker narrowly missed a drone attack, a norwegian owned and flight and an indian flag tanker was hit by a drone but no injuries or main damage reported. all of this comes 24 hours after another ship abound for india carrying oilfrom saudi arabia into india came under drone attack on friday. excuse me. they ship suffered damages and also took in some water and now current leadership is sailing towards the port to mumbai to assess damage. the port to mumbai to assess damaue. ., ~ the port to mumbai to assess damaue. ., ,, ,, the port to mumbai to assess damaue. ., ~' ,, , the port to mumbai to assess damaue. ., ~ ,, , . the port to mumbai to assess damaue. ., ~ , . ., damage. thank you very much for u -adatin damage. thank you very much for updating us- _ f

harry, because even as a lord also was making this announcements, there were reports from the us central command of 2 additional attacks that they attribute to who the rebels launched from yemen on ships in the southern red sea, one was an oil tanker that according to us, central command was targeted by both a drone animalistic missile. and that reported being struck, it sent out to a signal for help. the nearest ship was a us military vessel that went to assess the damage, found that there were no injuries involved. and then at the same time, the us central command says there was an additional attack on a cargo ship that reported an explosion in the water. in its location, apparently it was not struck, it did not request assistance. again, no injuries in that incident. but all of this coming nearly at the same time as the announcement we just heard from what else in the us defense secretary announcing this multi national security initiative. now this is going to be led by the us. it's joined by the u. k. canada, france, several other western nations as well as bahrain. and this appears to be un

according to us, central command and navy helicopters had arrived to prevent the vessel from being boarded when they came under fire. the hoof, these have been attacking is really linked to ships in the red sea for weeks to protest as well as war and gaza. to hear in germany, chancellor, all off schultz has used his new year's message to warn of the difficult geo political landscape. i had point, we have friends in europe and across the globe. these are partners with whom i discussed on a daily basis, how we will guarantee ya, security in germany and europe. after world rushes of war in the east of our continents is no saver, nor is the on the conflict in the middle east. the overhead will also bring presidential elections in the united states, which may have far reaching consequences, including for us here in europe of owns here, an oval us. and let's talk about this more with our chief political editor, mckayla cuss. hi mckayla. we're there just as an expert from all of schultz as a traditional new year's eve address. could you talk us through some of the biggest challenges that you thin

according to us central command, a navy helicopters had arrived to prevent the vessel from being boarded. when that came on the 5 who these have been attacking is riley linked ships in the key tribe line for weeks. 2 bird protest is ralph's boy, in gaza as well. people in northern latitudes may ring in the new year in relative wintery comfort. many in the southern hemisphere, a suffering, a stock reminder of client of the climate crisis in 10 feet during the brazilian summit is just one indicator of another year of broken hip records. and the urgency of working to fight climate change was proceedings. i use the switching temperatures as the yoke i'm doing and it is some of total one. but this to us string of heat, we've already started month audio systems. my other people are fainting. the subway . people don't feel well, it's too hot. a heat that people aren't use to book some others. ok, 2023 shot to climate gods or across the board or according to a report by the world media, logical organization. it's set to be the hottest year under guard, about $1.00 degrees celsius, hard to compar

according to us central command centcom, a missile hit the vessel causing fire on board, but no casualties. the yemeny army has not claimed responsibility, but in recent weeks it has seized several israel linked vessels in water around yemen. this says that all ships destined for israel legitimate targets unless the needed food and medicine are allowed into gaza. since october the 7 forces have also conducted series of missile strikes deep inside the occupied palestinian territories. the strikes are in response to israel's deadly onslot on gaza. yemen is uping the anti in its retaliatory attacks against the israeli regime which has been pounding gaza and not stop for over two months now. in what is internationally viewed as a genocidal onslaught. the spotsman. for yemen's armed forces has warned all shipping companies against dealing with israel due to the zinest enemies continuous commiting horrific mergers, genocide and seed against our brothers in gaza, the yemini armed forces here by announced the prohibition of the passive ships heading to the zianist entity of any nationality, if the

us central command said that the strikes had three facilities used by the pmu filiated groups. claim the move was the response to attacks and american personnel. one pmu force was killed and 24 people, including dozen iraqkian tearministry members, were injured in the us attacks in babylon province. that's according to iraqi security sources. on monday, a drone strike from the iraqi resistance struck a us base and airbell, leaving three americans injured. the resistance groups have recently carried out number of attacks on us facilities in iraq and neighboring syria. anti-us sentiment has grown further since the israeli regime, backed by washington, launched its genocidal war in gaza. navid bahruz is press tv's baghdad bureau chief here. earlier joined us to give more details about the latest us strikes on the arab country. last night, the us carried out the strikes on three facilities used by pmu forces in babel province, located in southern iraq. the attacks have left casualties and cause damage to the facilities. the strikes show us adventurism while blatently violating iraq

us central command said that the strikes had three facilities used by pmu affiliated groups. claimed the move was in response to attacks on american personnel. a monday a drone strike from the rocky resistance struck a us bas in their bill, leaving three americans injured. resistance groups have recently. carried out number of attacks and us facilities in iraq and neighboring syria, anti-us sentiment has grown further since the israel regime backed by washington launched its genocidal war on the gaza streb. resistance factions have repeatedly warned the us against funding and supporting the israely crimes against palestinians. iran's islamic revolution guard score is revered in west asia for its key role in helping the iraqi and the syrian armies eliminate the daesh terror group. and israel has once again demonstrated his hostility toward the irgc and the campaign against terrorism by assassinating a senior iranian military advisor in syria. brigadier general said razi musabi was assassinated in a missile strike on the neighborhood near the saida zainab shrine in damascus. he

the us central command announced that a gabonese oil tanker flying the indian flag and another oil tanker flying the norwegian flag were targeted by the yemeni drone attack. the united states announced that no one was injured in these two incidents without mentioning more details about these attacks. yemman has not reacted yet. he also claimed to shoot down four drones in the red sea . according to the american claim, these drones are for the purpose the placement of american ships were launched and shot down before hitting the target. yesterday, a commercial ship belonging to the zionists in the indian ocean was attacked and caught fire. the increase in maritime accidents comes at a time when the united states has formed a naval coalition of 10 countries in the red sea for two weeks, however, according to the british daily express newspaper, three countries, france, spain and italy, have withdrawn from this alliance. lebanon's hezbollah announced in a statement that it targeted the gathering of zionist soldiers in a hideout in the north of the occupied territories with my colleague stati

earlier us central command confirmed that the strikes had three facilities belong to the pmu affiliated groups in babylon province. claim the move was in response to attacks and american personnel. on monday drone strike from the iraqi resistance struck a us bas in her bill, leaving three americans injured. the resistance groups have recently carried out number of attacks on us facilities in. "the attacks have left casualties and cause damage to the facilities. the strikes show us adventurism while blatently violating iraq's sovereignty. despite the iraqi government's warnings to the us against repetition of such attacks, washington insists on carrying out adventurous moves. some sources say that the targeted bases belong to iraq's hezbullah brigades, a resistance group working under the pmu command. the us claims that the offensives were in response to recent attacks by iraq. resistance groups on al-harir base in erbill which had left three american soldiers injured. resistance groups have underlined that they'll continue their attacks on us facilities in iraq as long as israel keeps c

this was reported by the us central command.ng to him , khusid fired at a container cart from a distance of 20 m and tried to penetrate it. the security team returned fire. american helicopters that came to the aid of the ship also came under fire. they then reportedly sank three of the houthis' four boats. in turn, the mayersk company said it would suspend cargo transportation through the red sea for 48 hours. the governor of the moscow region took part in the all-russian action tree of wishes. andrey vorobyov fulfilled the dreams of five children. postcards with their wishes were hung on christmas trees in the kremlin and senesh was masterfully managed. eight-year-old matvey is among the lucky ones. he really wanted to feel like a real tanker. together with his mother, he was invited to the taman division and given the opportunity to ride the legendary t-80. talyosha. this combat vehicle became especially famous during the war, when the crew knocked out two enemy tanks and six armored vehicles. now there is a short advertiseme

that the us strikes killed one iraqi service man and wounded 18 others, including civilians. us central command has confermed that the strikes hit three facilities belonging to pmu feed groups in babylon province. it claimed that move was in response to attacks in american personnel. on monday a drones back from the iraqi resistance struck a us base in air bill, leaving three americans injured. resistance groups have recently stasion number of operations on us facilities in iraq and neighboring syria, anti-us sentiment has grown further since the israel regime back by washington launched its genocidal war on gaza. now podcaster and journalist sasha krishna swami has told us about the us involvement in israel's genocidal war and washington's regional moves that could lead to the escalation of war in west asia, they know that their war is not going well, so they are trying to draw in more parties into the war, especially us, uk, nato forces, this would make no sense to needlessly create a tinder for a an entire. war that can spread to many many countries, so i think it is intentional on the part

this was reported by the us central command.to him , the houthis fired at a container ship with 20 m away they tried to penetrate him. the security team returned fire, and american helicopters that came to the aid of the ship also came under fire. they are reported to have subsequently sunk three of the four houthi boats. on new year's eve, the life of our colleague maxim sokolov suddenly ended. famous journalist, writer and tv presenter. died at the age of sixty-five. sokolov was recognized as the best newspaperman of the nineties. he was called the golden pen of russia, the largest publications published in the middle of the article, and his tv programs were broadcast on vgtrk. mikhail fedotov will continue. a talented columnist, publicist, a man of the highest culture with an exceptional literary gift. with these words, colleagues remember maxim sokolov, a journalist, columnist and writer, who in the nineties stood at the dawn of the formation of the new. style of russian journalism, an easy living language instead of the bur

us central commanders confirmed that the strikes hit three facilities belonging to the pmu." groups in babylon province, it's that the move was in response to attacks and american personnel. a monday, a drone strike from the iraqi resistance hit a us base in air bill, leaving three americans injured. resistance groups have recently carried out number of attacks on us facilities in iraq and neighboring syria and the us settlement is grown further since the israely regime backed by washington launch its genocidal war on gaza. now don debar, radio host and journalist uh with cpr news is now joining me, good to have you with us, don so uh, this has been going on for quite some time, you now multiple fronts in the region, resistance fighters, beat those in yemen, hezbollah in lebanon and also iraq, we have pmu launching operations against us bases, now we have us hitting back in response, it's claimed some civilians lives as well so... how do you see this uh process uh move on and baghdad government is worried that this could harm the relations between the two? well it's difficult to imagin

the us central command has confirmed the strikes hit three facilities belonging to pmu affiliated groups in babylon province. it claimed that. wasn't response to attack son american personnel, on monday a drone strike from the iraki resistance, struck a us bas in air bill, leaving three americans injured. resistance groups have recently staged number of operations on us facilities in iraq and neighboring syria and the us settment has grown further since the israelit regime back by washington launched its genocidal war on gaza. price of his baghdad burch. if he has details about the latest us strikes in iraq: last night, the us carried out the strikes on three facilities used by pmu forces in babel province located in southern iraq. the attacks have left casualties and cause damage to the facilities. the strikes show us adventurism while blatently violating iraq's sovereignty. despite the iraqi government's warnings to the us against repetition of such attacks. washington insists on carrying out adventurous moves, some sources say that the targeted bases belong to iraq's hezbullah brigade

us central command has confirmed that the attacks hit three facilities of the pmu affiliated groups in babylon province. it claim that move was a response to attack and american personnel. a monday a drone strike from the iraqi resistance hit a us base in airb leaving. three americans wounded, resistance groups have recently performed number of operations on us facilities in iraq and neighboring syria, anti-us sentiment has grown further since the israely regime back by the us launched its genocidal war on gaza. navid behruz is pressed of his baghdad bureau chief and he has details about the latest us strikes in iraq. damage to the facilities, the strikes show us adventurism while blatently violating iraq's sovereignty. despite the iraki government's warnings to the us against repetition of such attacks, washington insists on carrying out adventurous moves. some sources say that the targeted bases belong to iraq's hezbullah brigades, a resistance group working under the pmu command. the us claims that the offensives were in response to recent attacks by iraqi resistance groups on al-ha

according to us central command, sancom, missile hit the vessel causing fire on board, but no damage or casualties. the yemen army has not claimed responsibility, but recent weeks it has seized several israeli linked vessels and waters around yemen. it says that all ships destined for israel are legitimate targets unless the need, the needed food and are allowed into the gaza strap. since october 7th, the... have also conducted series of missile strikes deep inside occupied palestiny territories. the strikes are in response to israel's deadly onslot on gaza. yemen is upping the anti in its retaliatory attacks against israeli regime has been pounding gaza nonstop for over two months now, what is internationally viewed as a genocide onslot. the spokesman for yemen's armed forces has won all shipping companies against dealing with. due to the zinus enemy's continuous committee horrificurest others in gaza, the many armed forces here by announced the prohibition of the passage of ships heading entity of any nationality, if the gaza strip does not receive the food and medicine it needs. t

said us strikes killed one iraqi serviceman and wounded 18 others including civilians earlier us central command confirmed the strikes hit three facilities belonging to the pmu affiliated groups and babylon province, it claim move was in response to attacks on american personnel. on monday, drone strike from iraqi resistance struck a us bas in air beal, leaving three americans injured. the resistance groups have recently carried out number of attacks on us facilities in iraq and neighboring syria. anti-us sentiments have been growing since israely regime backed by washington launch its genocidal war on gaza. earlier uh, isha krishna saami, a broadcaster and journalist joined us with a hertake about the involvement of the us in israel's genocidal war in gaza, as well as washington's regional moves that could lead to escalation of war in west asia. they know that their war is not going well, so they are trying to draw in more parties into the war, especially us, uk, nato forces. "this would make no sense to needlessly create uh a tinder for a an entire war that can spread to many many countries, s

and it is led by the us central command and use officials report only in the last 2 weeks has been working actively to get those other countries to contribute more naval ships. so that is an announcement we're expecting in the coming hours and it's coming just as we're getting new reports of liberian slide cargo ship that has now reportedly been struck by projectile from yemen. this is according to the associated press, citing a us official saying that this cargo ship was, or at least it may still be on fire. that is still a developing situation. but yet another example of who see a tax that has really disrupted commerce through this vital with straightway for international shipping. the u. s. as repeatedly issued a warnings to who sees their various channels to stop these attacks. and also having shot down a who see drone on tuesday. so certainly very concerned about maintaining the freedom of navigation through the straight, which is another topic that jake sullivan actively brought up with benjamin netanyahu in their meeting. that was just a day ago. the in other world use now the you i

us central command said two days ago that a us navy destroyer had shot down four drones in the red searritory. russia's most prominent opposition politician — alexei navalny — who mobilised huge protests before being jailed in 2021, is alive and being held in a penal colony in siberia — that's according to his spokeswoman. navanly�*s team lost contact with the imprisoned political activist on the 6th of december, prompting concerns from allies, human rights groups and western governments. several hundred protestors have gathered in the serbian capital, belgrade, vowing to block streets unless the government promises to re—run disputed elections there. it follows violent scenes on sunday night, with opposition activists attempting to storm belgrade's city hall, and police then using tear gas to disperse them. dozens were arrested. president aleksander vucic has blamed foreign powers for inflaming the situation, and russia has now said that the west is trying to destabilise serbia. i m joined by our europe regional editor, paul moss. what exactly is behind these protests? initially it is

earlier, us central command confirmed that the strikes hit their three facilities belong to the pmu affiliated groups in the province of babylon. move was in response to attacks on american personnel. on monday, a drone strike from iraqi resistance truck a us based in airb, leaving three americans injured. resistance groups has recently carried out number of such attacks on us facilities in iraq and syria and us sentiments are high in the region since the israely regime backed by washington starts this campaign of genocide against gzans. and now moving over to pardon to india where a blast has hit near the israeli embassy in the capital in new delhi, local side explosion occurred at a close proximity to the embassy premises. indian police have courned off the embassy now as a probe into the cause of this incident is underway, no casualties have yet been reported and we will be following the developments very closely here on press tv. and you want to give march in the capital. and istanbul to once again condemn israel's aggression on gaza. holding both turkish and palestinian flags, processors

the us central command has issued the latest update, listing out the number of attempts made on tankershey said two antiballistic missiles were fired by houthi rebels from yemen, and they are regarded as the proxy of iran. four drones were shot down by a us warship and two other ships were hit, one had a narrow head—on. however, another indian tanker was hit by a drone but not much damage or casualties. we were talking about the attack on friday. an india—bound ship which one of the british maritime agency said is really an affiliated tanker carrying oilfrom india to saudi arabia, that came under attack. that has also shaken the confidence of the industry. the us blames iran, saying for the first time that it is directly involved in an attack, but the iranian authorities deny it. it is still a mystery who carried it out, nobody has taken responsibility, but what is assured is how one of the busiest routes now has come under attack from these rebel groups or some others threatening the industry. that is the wider concern, isn't it? in terms of what the authorities are saying, what are th

the us central command said that navy helicopters destroyed three of four small boats used by the iranian—backeds they attempted to board a container ship. this footage released last month shows some of the group's armed militias dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern red sea. the houthis have claimed that their attacks on this vital shipping route are directed at vessels linked to israel in response to its conflict with hamas. as this year draws to a close there is no end in sight for the war in gaza or the suffering of its people. earlier i spoke tojuliette touma director of communications for the united nations relief and works agency — she explained the issues they are facing on the ground in gaza. extremely challenging to deliver assistance to people across the gaza strip right now, also because very little humanitarian supplies continue to come into gaza, and also the fighting itself, and the fact that there is a raging war in the gaza strip also stands in the way. the level of desperation among people, you may have seen videos that we posted, the media posted,

yemen's armed forces have struck norwegian flag tanker off the country in the red sea to the us central command sentcom a missile hit the vessel causing fire on board no casualties, but no casualties. the yemen army at this point has claim responsibility for that. in recent weeks seized several is linked vessels and waters around. this says all ships destined for israel are legitimate targets unless the need of food and medicine are into gaza. since october the 7th, the emmy forces have also conducted series of missile strikes deep inside the occupied palestinian territories. the strikes are in response to israel's deadly onslot on gaza. is an activist and political commentator who joins us from soana. welcome to the program. so in the past uh 30 minutes or so we heard from the yemeni army, the spokes person. has come out and said that they have claimed responsibility for this norwegian flagged vessel. um, it doesn't come as a surprise of course, because the yemy army had previously issued warnings in terms of any is. really affiliated um vessel or tanker that is going to be targeted unless aid

us central command said they destroyed its targeted facilities and likely killed some kataib hezbollah affected. defense secretary lloyd austin said in a statement, "the president and i will not hesitate to take necessary action to defend the united states, our troops, and our interests. while we do not seek to escalate conflict in the region, we are committed and fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and ourfacilities." iranian state media say a senior member of the revolutionary guards has been killed by an israeli air strike. sayyed razi mousavi reportedly died from the attack near the syrian capital, damascus. mousavi was one of the oldest advisers of irgc in syria and was responsible for co—ordinating the military alliance between damascus and tehran. parham ghobadi from bbc persian talked to the bbc�*s lewis vaughanjones about the significance of mousavi. sayyed razi mousavi was such an important commander, a senior revolutionary guard commander in syria, that iranian state tv interrupted this programme to announce his death. and...the iranian re

us central command also says attack drones also targeted two tankers, hitting one.lows an increasing number of shipping operators pledging to avoid the red sea following attacks on vessels. back here in the us, as he makes another run for the white house, former us president donald trump's biggest challenge may not be on the campaign trail but the legal cases he's up against. the most recent development came from the us supreme court, which this week refused to fast—track a decision on whether he can be tried for federal crimes stemming from his time in office. the ruling means his trial in washington, dc, expected to take place in march, is likely to be delayed. but a recent reuters poll showed that trump holds a huge lead over the field of republican presidential candidates nationally, with 61% support. and to discuss donald trump's legal issues, i spoke with harry litman, former us deputy assistant attorney general. let's start with the us supreme court's decision this week to, at least for now, not fast—track a decision on this measure of presidential immunity.

us central command also says attack drones also targeted two tankers, hitting one.pping operators pledging to avoid the red sea following attacks on vessels. in russia, a former tv journalist has been blocked from challenging president vladimir putin in the upcoming presidential election. yekaterina duntsova was preparing to campaign on ending russia's war in ukraine. she said she wanted to make russia peaceful, friendly, and cooperative with the world. banning duntosva is the latest anti—democratic measure in a country notorious for driving out opposition candidates before they can ever threaten president putin who's all but guaranteed to win a fifth term. 0ur reporter naomi choy smith has this report from london. well, it was a short lived presidential bid for former tv journalist turned politician yekaterina duntsova, who threw her hat in the ring just three days ago. she's one of 29 contenders who have filed to run for president in russia so far. the candidates are expected to gather thousands of signatures from supporters before they qualify to have their name

around the world to conduct joint patrols in the red sea in the gulf of a as it comes off the us central command. so 2 commercial shipping vessels were recently targeted by the city fees, but who sees claim to only target is rare related vessels like those shown in this footage? no injuries were reported. throwing on the incidence which follows last month's dramatic scenes when the rebels storms and is rainy linked call go back so well. just days before the reported strikes sharon's defense minister said this file was any multi national task force in the red sea would face. if the us make searching the rational move they will be faced with extraordinary problems . nobody can make a move in a region where we have predominance, around 15 percent of the wealth, shipping traffic policies through the suez canal, and the waters of the red sea, just off again. and the latest tracy escalation has already impacted global trade with red c shipping reportedly down by over a 3rd. it comes as major shipping companies are redirecting the vessels, traveling between europe and asia, around for the fast for to i

us central command said in a statement there was no damage to shipping and no reported injuries.orate. shaimaa khalil is in jerusalem with the latest. "0ur things are gone, mum," she says, standing in what used to be her home. israel's bombing of rafah in southern gaza has continued, leaving those who fled there at a loss of where to go. translation: israel claimed j that there are safe residential areas or secure zones. but this attack shows that that's a lie. israel's military operation has intensified in khan younis, also in the south. little amal was home with her family. the bomb hit them and killed her uncle. "we were sleeping, then i heard a big bang," she said. "rocks fell on us. "all our windows were shattered." amal�*s baby sister is three days old. baby mariam is bearing the brunt of the conflict she was born into. "the war in gaza will last for months," said the head of the israeli military, herzi halevi, vowing to reach the hamas leadership. translation: there are no magic solutions. - there are no short cuts in dismantling a terrorist organisation, only determined a

us central command said two days ago that a us navy destroyer had shot down four drones in the red seae francis has used his christmas eve sermon to appeal for an end to the conflict between israel and hamas. speaking to a congregation of more than 6,000 people at st peter's basilica in the vatican, he said jesus' message of peace was being drowned out by the "futile logic of war". the pope also suggested people had lost touch with christian values. translation: tonight, our hearts are in bethlehem, where the prince of peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. we an appealfor peace in the middle east has been echoed by the head of the catholic church in england and wales, cardinal vincent nichols, says he is extremely worried for catholic parishioners in gaza, after two women were killed by israeli snipers inside a church on december 16th. the idf has denied this. i think their biggest fear and my biggest fear is that somehow they will be

around the world to conduct joint patrols in the red sea in the gulf of a it comes off being us central command set, the 2 commercial vessels shipping vessels were recently targeted by the who sees an oil tanker came under a drone and miss sile attack and a copy of ship report days and explosion which is near its location. there are no injuries reported in either incident. it follows last month dramatic scenes when the revels stormed, and it's really linked call go vassal for now. all right, and is the only ad state in the 10 nation coalition put together by the us it just days before the reported strikes the wrong. defense minister said that this was about any multi national task force in the red sea would face if the us make such an irrational move, they will be faced with extraordinary problems. nobody can make a move in the region where we have predominance, around 15 percent of the world, shipping traffic policies through the suez canal and the waters is the right c o, c m. and the latest to see escalation is, or the impacted bluefield freight with red c. shipping reportedly done by over a

the us central command said that navy helicopters destroyed three of four small boats used by the iranian—backedts as they attempted to board a container ship. this footage released last month shows some of the group's armed militias dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern red sea. the houthis have claimed that their attacks on this vital shipping route are directed at vessels linked to israel in response to its conflict with hamas. as this year draws to a close there is no end in sight for the war in gaza or the suffering of its people. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. earlier i spoke to rear admiral dr chris parry, a former royal navy warfare officer, for more information on the attacks. well, i think it's a continuation of the pressure that iran, through the houthis, is trying to apply to free world nations to try and offset the support that they're giving to israel. they're not too fussy about some of the vessels that they are attacking. originally, of course, they said they were attacking those with israeli connections. they've become a lot less discriminatin

the us central command said that navy helicopters destroyed three of four small boats used by the iranian—backed attempted to board a container ship. this footage released last month shows some of the group's armed militias dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern red sea. the houthis have claimed that their attacks on this vital shipping route are directed at vessels linked to israel in response to its conflict with hamas. as this year draws to a close there is no end in sight for the war in gaza or the suffering of its people. we are joined now by dr sabri saidam, deputy secretary general of the palestinian fatah party's central committee. he's in ramallah. thank you very much for being with us. i want to look ahead, if i can to what happens after a potential war and there is some suggestion that your party has been having conversations with the us about potentially taking over control of gaza in the event of an end to this war. can you tell us about those conversations on what you have decided? , ,., ., conversations on what you have decided? , ., , decided? yes. go

us central command said two days ago that a us navy destroyer had shot down four drones in the red seaory. king charles is spending his second christmas as monarch with other members of the royal family at sandringham. they're attending morning service at the church on the estate — before his christmas message is broadcast this afternoon. let's take a look at the pictures of the royal family arriving at church a few minutes ago. we have heard that the king and queen led to the family to the church. you can see them all there. also in attendance was, i think you can see there perhaps in the pictures, for the first time in many years, sarah duchess of york, who walked alongside her former husband, prince andrew. just there you can see them if you look to the right of the frame at the back. sarah ferguson and prince andrew walking into the church in sunderland for the annual christmas day service. and of course, later today we will be hearing from king charles in his christmas day message. i spoke to our royal correspondent daniela relph, who was waiting for the royal family's arrival in

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in a statement, the us central command said, "we also have every reason to believe that these attackshed by the houthis in yemen, are fully enabled by iran." the us says it will work with international allies and partners on an appropriate response. the houthi military spokesperson confirmed the group attacked two ships in the red sea which he described as israeli vessels. the attacks started just after 9 o'clock in the morning when the uss carney detected an attack in the vicinity of the mv unity explorer. almost three hours later, the carney was patrolling international waters when it shot down an unmanned drone headed its way. it's not clear if it was targetting the carney. at 12:35pm, the unity explorer reported it was struck by a missile. the uss carney responded to the distress call, and destroyed another inbound drone. at 3:30pm, the mv number 9 was struck by a missile while operating in international shipping lanes. the vessel, is shared among panama, bermuda, the vessel is shared among panama, bermuda,and the uk. and at a30, the mv sophie 2 sent a distress call stating it had

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