bangladesh's history of the head of the catholic church pope francis there's a mass in the car around one hundred thousand people we understand attending that mass where he ordained sixteen priests later in the day he is expected to be meeting she has seen or the country's prime minister that meeting will be happening at the vatican's embassy he will also be meeting a group of around fifteen ranger refugees that are specifically traveled from these camps close to the myanmar border to dakar to meet him it's been described as a bit of a diplomatic tightrope that the pope is trading during this visit yet again publicly at least he has not mentioned the word ranger a word that is used by the entire diplomatic community to describe the more than six hundred twenty five thousand people that have fled that crackdown in myanmar since all this the twenty fifth now representatives of the catholic community in myanmar said the reason why he didn't do it there was because there were fears of a backlash against the christian community in myanmar the pope last night thanked the bangladeshi governm

santamaria welcome to the news hour from al-jazeera coming up pope francis finally uses the word re-injure asking them for forgiveness they've gone through and for the world's indifference also in the news an appeal for help the u.n. asks the international community for twenty two billion dollars to help with humanitarian crises around the world and attack at a college in pakistan is that these nine people dead all of that plus. the system will be three times more powerful than any system in the on earth. could be the beginning of a new era in renewable energy the world's largest lithium ion battery is on. and i'm far is smaller top sports story today the world cup draw is just two hours away where thirty two teams will find out who they all face in russia next year. so in just the past half hour or so pope francis finally used the word. for the first time on his asia trip while in bangladesh he met with refugees from me and them for forgiveness for all they have endured and for the indifference of the world he'd avoided using the word ranger while in neighboring me and remember mor

criticizes the leader of america's closest ally. at a call for action pope francis urges the international community to take decisive measures to resolve the hinge a refugee crisis. libya has agreed to the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse in its detention camps the plan's been drawn up at a joint african union summit in ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back to their home countries tasha butler reports from abidjan. well the fame of this summit was huge but there is no doubt the from the outset it was dominated by the issue of the refugee slave trade in libya and by migration we heard from the host of the summit the president of the ivory coast in the beginning who said that everyone had a collective responsibility to do something when at the end of the summit what leaders decided is that they would try and repatch reate those migrants and refugees that are trapped in libya that they had also launched a task force to try and crack down on people smuggling and we spoke to many people here who

security advisor please guilty for lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia. pope francis means for him to refugees in bangladesh and ask for forgiveness for the world's indifference to the suffering i mean i said nation sends an s.o.s. to the world global crises have put at least one hundred thirty five million people in need of aid. in russia will play saudi arabia and you know pretty much next year's football world cup well christiane i was portugal have been drawn alongside twenty ten when a space. we began in the united states president donald trump's former national security adviser as pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about the extent of his russian contacts speaking in courts michael flynn admitted his actions were wrong but said he was directed to make contact with the russian ambassador in december twenty sixth by a senior member of trump's transition team the charges against flynt have been brought by special counsel as part of an investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's presidential poll flynn is now for the cooperating with the investigation th

heard the last few days the international community has made a lot of noise from pope francis to two recent major mr math problems of the german foreign minister and so on many usual allies of the united states that being said i think the russians benefit from this tremendously the russians see the world in a zero sum fashion with regard to the united states any loss for the united states is a potential victory for russia and i think russia's stock generally in the eyes of many has increased as a result of this they certainly can't trust the united states can't really trust russia but with regard to this issue the russians have been better. load abbas says that he will not meet u.s. vice president mike pence when he comes to the region what do you think about that approach that response. i think that's the appropriate response right now and i wish all arab leaders would have a similar response we've seen recently that the egyptian pope has also said he's not going to meet mr counts when he comes to cairo chief of us who has also said he's not going to meet mr pence when he comes also

hundred eighty those victims are waiting to see if pope francis and the vatican will take any meaningful steps to protect children from sexual abuse in the future victoria gay to be out there that's an update on our top story this is situation in colombia right now you can see and bethlehem you can see security forces that tensions pretty high israeli security forces preparing for clashes with palestinian protesters for a second consecutive fridays we were hearing from across from us a little earlier has been caught up until now after friday prayers but they are expecting more the tensions to develop if you like as the day goes on certainly the presence and security forces and it has to be. out of stones variance and full scale so we're keeping a close eye on that. happening to guinea's supreme court has ruled in favor of refugees on a prison camp on line aside the court ruled refugees who were held in this training to run the prison camp can claim millions of dollars of compensation it also ruled that human rights the human rights of all those sent to the offshore prison camp

possibly now pope francis has met range of refugees in bangladesh who fled myanmar's military crackdown in russia kind state you apologize for the world's indifference to the suffering and ask them for forgiveness and he used the politically sensitive time ranges something that he avoided doing when he was in myanmar earlier this week charles strafford reports now from the camp. and i stated hundred thousand bangladeshis crowded into this already park in dhaka as pope francis helped mass but it was later in the day after the pontiff met ranger refugees that he finally publicly mentioned the ethnic group by name. and. will continue to recognize their rights we won't close our hearts to them we won't look in another direction the presence of god today is also cold every one of us needs to respond in the right way muhammad idris was among the small group who spoke with the pope along with his ten brothers and eight sisters he fled the military crackdown on the region just three months ago he says soldiers burnt their family home in rakhine state and shot his cousin dead as. we ha

protesting against the far right of the party which is anything bad to elect a new leadership. pope francis is wrapping up his asia tour where he finally used the word during a mass on friday the head of the roman catholic church blessed people during a gathering for young people in bangladesh is capital dhaka the pontiff has been on a six day trip to bangladesh in myanmar where the international community hope to address the six hundred twenty thousand who fled violence in iraq and state he didn't specifically mention the ethnic minority and day five of his tour. the pope finished his tour by addressing young people a nostradamus university in dhaka. the job of. young people always ready to go through it because they are ready to take risks they have the bravery to push forward with enthusiasm to achieve their best chance tried for it is in many of their anger muslims are living in camps so we finally use the world charles how is that going down in some of the camps that you've been visiting. well many of the ranger are completely unaware of the what the pope has said in the last twenty four

communities destroyed by conflict. pope francis asks the hinge of people for forgiveness for what they've gone through and for the world's indifference. and the results are in everything you need to know about friday's draw for russia twenty eighty. u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia michael flynn admitted that his actions were wrong but said the senior member of trump's transition team and asked him to reach out to russia's ambassador to the united states he's now cooperating with the f.b.i. investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's u.s. election white house correspondent kimberly helka reports. arriving at federal court in washington michael flynn ignored shouted questions by reporters. inside moments later the former national security adviser to president donald trump pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. court documents show the charges against flynn stem from his lying about efforts to obtain advance knowledge of how foreign governments might vote on a u.n. security coun

biggest opposition bloc in parliament and pope francis wraps up his historic visit to me in modern bangladesh where he finally used the word rangar during a mass and in support tiger woods continues his impressive return to competitive golf the fourteen time major champion is five shots off the lead heading into the third round. now fighting between allies in yemen has intensified into a fourth day in the battle for control of the capital and least forty people were killed when houthi rebels fault forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh talks to when the dispute ended on friday with no solution are now solid says he's open to talks with saudi arabia to end the war in yemen but they won't is that comes with conditions. they need to lift the blockade and open the airports and allow food and medicine into the country we will open a new page for them for dialogue that is happening in yemen is enough. saudi foreign minister says the coalition is looking at ways to increase the flow of aid into yemen saudi arabia imposed that blockade last month after a missile was fired from

. now pope francis has wrapped up his asia tour after meeting range refugees in bangladesh in a highly symbolic gesture of solidarity with the muslim minority fleeing violence in myanmar the catholic pontiff visited a hospital in dhaka run by the order of mother teresa on the final day of a visit to bangladesh and that's being dominated by the plight of the ranger child stratfor takes a look back at a strip and whether he achieved his objectives. it was never going to be easy for pope francis a trip to a country that the u.s. and the u.n. accuse of ethnic cleansing meeting myanmar's leaders of the more than six hundred twenty five thousand muslim or hindu flip the latest military crackdown. rights groups a man most soldiers killed many civilians and gang raped women as they swept through revenge of villages following a tank spy ring rebel group in late august. the pope was advised not to even use the word ranger in myanmar for fear of a backlash against christian. as there is. the future of me and my must be pace a pace based on respect for the dignity and rights of each member

the vatican in a position of power and prominence i think it's time for pope francis to send a very strong message by burying cardinal law quietly quickly and without pomp and circumstance a man who protected child predators who allow predator clergy to continue to be moved from parish to parish just not deserved to be buried with high honors in your opinion there so why is it so difficult for the catholic church to deal with the problem when it has been an ongoing problem not just in the united states but in other dioceses in other parts of the world as well where do you see the problem or how do you see the problem being tackled. i think it hasn't they haven't changed their behavior because they haven't been forced to all of their needs are being met they continue to get donations people continue to show them respect and yet they continue to hide and protect the predators so until civil authorities step in and hold them accountable not only the predators but those who enable and protect and shield them nothing is going to change what numbers are we talking about as far as your con

ended up in the vatican in a position of power and prominence i think it's time for pope francis to send a very strong message by burying cardinal law quietly quickly and without pomp and circumstance a man who protected child predators who allow predator clergy to continue to be moved from parish to parish just not deserve to be buried with high ours case time to get all the sports news now here is peter. barbara thank you so much russian paralympians will need to wait until january before learning if they're allowed to compete at next year's winter games in pyongyang chang an decision was expected from the international paralympic committee on friday but while the ban on russian competitors has been upheld they've been given an extra month to meet the criteria required to lift the suspension this includes the world anti-doping agency reinstating russia the international olympic committee only allowing russian athletes to compete as neutrals in february is the big games. chelsea will be looking to break their pattern of quarter final defeats when they face bournemouth in the englis

thousand and eleven law was not involved in the election of pope francis who has tried to deal with the ongoing fallout from the scandal rather than conduct laws funeral services at the vatican francis will conduct the burial ceremony in a statement released after last death was announced francis said quote i raise prayers for the repose of his soul that the lord god who is rich in mercy may welcome him in his eternal peace the survivors in boston say law deserves no such thing i hope he gets what he deserves and help rosalind shorten al-jazeera washington. the united states has imposed sanctions against several lessons and chechens including ted chen president ramzan kadyrov a us treasury department blacklisted katty off for alleged human rights abuses them wednesday the chechen need to secure east of overseeing and administration involved in disappearances and extrajudicial killings torture and other violations. catalonia there's an anxious wait head of thursday's election madrid called the step after the procession made us in the last rally declared independence in october called

retirement age in two thousand and eleven was not involved in the election of pope francis who has tried to deal with the ongoing fallout from the scandal rather than conduct law's funeral services at the vatican francis will conduct the burial ceremony in a statement released after last death was announced francis said quote i raise prayers for the repose of his soul that the lord god who is rich in mercy may welcome him in his eternal peace the survivors in boston say law deserves no such thing i hope he gets what he deserves in help rosalyn george. washington. took over now where the president is facing a congressional vote that could remove him from office of a corruption allegations. has denied accusations that he had business ties with a massive brazilian building firm. the company has been at the center of a bribery and corruption scandal that's cause political upheaval across south america let's get more on this now with our correspondent. who is joining us live from leave us a president on the verge could be on the verge of being removed from office marianna how a peruvian is re

not involved in the election of pope francis who has tried to deal with the ongoing fallout from the scandal rather than conduct law's funeral services at the vatican francis will conduct the burial ceremony in a statement released after last death was announced francis said quote i raise prayers for the repose of his soul that the lord god who is rich in mercy may welcome him in his eternal peace the survivors in boston say law deserves no such thing i hope he gets what he deserves and help rosalind shorten al-jazeera washington. still ahead on the news hour another setback for but this time at the news highest court. it's time to turn around the struggling economy that's the message from zimbabwe's new president and in sports two ones and two days of the scare on that story coming out of the to. be nice pink scarring spy the taj mahal. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. welcome back across much of central southern eastern china the weather is looking very quiet at the moment dry fine conditions not particularly warm slightly below average temperatures if anything conditi

fire from the vatican pope francis has been a staunch critic calling on donald trump to respect the status quo pizza shop reports from the vatican ahead of the pope's christmas eve mass. this is the most holy day of the year some peter's square was starting to fill up a full twelve hours before pope francis will take christmas eve mass a traditional event taking place at a time of extraordinary up even at the vatican for many here the controversy surrounding jerusalem dates back decades in the centered on israel's illegal occupation. because. i think it's difficult for the pipe to intervene directly in politics but he is clever enough to persevere for free access to jerusalem for everyone. by the chairman and general very made it to the pope speaks well jerusalem has to remain a free and not before. the pope can talk to regular people as well as world leaders and say jerusalem belongs to everyone it's home for a number of different religions it's a limited or. they spoke with one voice the vatican slinks with true islam go back centuries this is the church of the holy cross in jerus

this is the news out live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes pope francis urges the faithful to turn the power of fear into the power of charity as he draws attention to the plight of refugees. a bleak christmas in parts of the philippines as the country struggles with the aftermath of two tropical storms in quick succession. in peru a presidential pardon sparks charges of a corrupt political deal. and a leading opponent of russia's president vladimir putin says he's ready to challenge him in next year's presidential election. the head of the roman catholic church has used his christmas eve message to highlight the plight of refugees and migrants around the world speaking during midnight mass peter's basilica in rome pope francis compared refugees to mary and joseph recounting the biblical story of how the couple had to travel from nazareth the bethlehem but found no place to stay the pope stressed that faith demands that foreigners be welcomed everywhere. and you say pay my dear she has gone so many other footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of joseph and mary we s

jerusalem as israel's capital is looming large in this year's festivities pope francis is presiding over celebrations in the vatican he's been a voter called critic of trump's move and is calling for the status quo to be preserved palestinian leaders were among those attending services in bethlehem where there was also a message on jerusalem. both princes say repeating a lot many other said before is not that. peace there is not peace if someone uses clue to. and that decision is also been widely denounced by the international community the u.n. general assembly has voted to declare trumps jerusalem recognition as null and void are a force that reports now on a city united and divided by faith. by attention walls this tiny patch of land has for millennia borne a power that has spread far beyond the. stories of the three abrahamic faiths have jerusalem at their heart and the history of their sometimes tolerant often bloody relationship has soaked into the stones and walk westward along the via dolorosa where christ carried his cross brings you after some twists and turns to the church of

pope francis said that their suffering is reflected in their faces talking about winds of war he mentioned conflicts in the middle east africa and tension on the korean peninsula to highlight dangers facing the world. so. today as the winds of war blowing in our world and an outdated model of development continues to produce human societal and environmental decline christmas invites us to focus on the sign of the child and to recognize him in the face of little children especially those from whom like jesus there is no place in the inn we see jesus and the children of the middle east who continue to suffer because of growing tensions between israelis and palestinians on this festive day let us ask the lord for peace for jerusalem and for all the holy land five that isn't peter's square in rome our correspondent peter shop is that peter what do we make of what the pope had to say. well there was a brief mention of jerusalem by name but i think he speaks for a huge constituency in the world one point three billion roman catholics and among them i feel and here too there are others

jerusalem the pope francis calls for dialogue between israelis and palestinians in his christmas day message. the u.n. says the world is now experiencing record levels of displaced people as thousands continue to make the dangerous trusting africa to europe. and spends all emirates airline flights up to the u.s. aid to ninety two million women entry citing security concerns. i'm tatiana all the day's news including a look ahead to a christmas day rematch of last season's n.b.a. finals between the golden state warriors and the table and catalyst. tropical storm tembin is heading towards vietnam after leaving a trail of destruction across the southern philippines about one million people have been evacuated from vietnam's southern areas where the government has warned more than sixty thousand fishing boats not to venture to see tembin is moving southward and will pass the province of come out on tuesday before entering the gulf of thailand thousands of people in the southern philippines are spending christmas in emergency shelters landslides and flash floods have so far killed more tha

for a boycott of days barred from running in next year's presidential election pope francis' warns against the winds of war as equals for a two state solution in the israel palestine conflict. and we look at how a new age of automation arab zero six will impact on the world's poorest workers. we begin the program in vietnam where authorities are evacuating a million people from low lying areas along the southern coast out of tropical storm ten bins arrival vietnam's disaster prevention committee says seventy four thousand people have already been moved to safety from vulnerable areas while authorities in fifteen provinces and cities are making preparations to evacuate more than sixty thousand fishing boats have also been told not to venture to see temin is moving southward and will pass the province of sound on choose day before entering the gulf of thailand. well the storm has already claimed two hundred fifty lives in the philippines where equals devastating landslides and flash floods thousands of people are being forced to spend christmas in emergency shelters right has this up

israeli palestinian conflict it's the second time pope francis has spoken out since u.s. president to donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital he says talks are the only way to find peace but. we see jesus and the children of the middle east who continue to suffer because of growing tensions between israelis and palestinians on this festive day let us off the lord for peace for jerusalem and for all the holy land let us pray that the will to resume dialogue may prevail between the parties and that a negotiated solution can be finally reached one that would allow the peaceful coexistence of two states within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders and greater job has more from role. this is only the second time the pope francis has spoken in public about the trump plan for a capital in jerusalem he said when he first heard that and that was on december sixth he was profoundly concerned and i think there are some people in the people i've spoken to here that were hoping perhaps for something a little stronger in this long awaited message i mean he's he'

not as colorful as these a circus troupe intruding to pota baz as a special show for pope francis is part of his weekly public appearance pontiff praised the performance saying circus r. is beautiful and brings people closer to god. that wraps up the news hour and that's all for me as well but my colleague sue turton will be with you with much more the day's news so stay with us. you are making very pointed remarks where on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been to criminalize or if you join us on say no you will first just wakes up all over the morning and says i want to cover the world in darkness and this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. training starts lightly but the pace picks up quickly as these grannies work out a long life time of frustration. at eighty five years old intombi sold what trains as hard as anyone and. i feel so good i feel fresh approach this side

easy for pope francis a trip to a country that the u.s. and the u.n. accuse of ethnic cleansing meeting myanmar's leaders of the more than six hundred twenty five thousand muslim or hindu fled the latest military crackdown. rights groups a man most soldiers killed many civilians and gang raped women as they swept through range of villages following attacks by regime rebel group in late august. the pope was advised not to even use the word ranger in myanmar for fear of a backlash against christians there if. the future of myanmar must be pace a pace based on respect for the dignity and rights of each member of society respect for each ethnic group and its identity the avoidance by the pope of using the name of the ethnic group that these people come from jury in the myanmar leg of his asia visit costa dark shadow as he arrived here in bangladesh and it wasn't until meeting some of the people from these camps that specifically travelled to the car to talk to him and him hearing some of their horrific stories that he finally said the word written just. as in myanmar the pope held m

refugees and migrants worldwide says the plan is inconsistent with u.s. sovereignty. pope francis says there. and it is statements in the in mar on the plight of rangar refugees saying he spoke the truth in private the pontiff was criticized for not directly addressing the crisis during his visit using rangar until he was in bangladesh. is expected to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council starting on tuesday regional alliance is facing its worst crisis in decades with the blockade of qatar june has this report . kuwait has been the mediator in the gulf diplomatic crisis that began in early june the country is now getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on couple of kuwait's emir. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is i think the middle quite knows very well that the crisis is actually for a long and we are going to s

elections. to the crisis in may and now pope francis has defended his statements on the plight of rangar refugees saying he spoke the truth in private the pontiff has faced international criticism for not directly addressing the crisis during his visit to me in ma last week the pope didn't use the word rangar until he was in bangladesh where he met refugees who escaped from a crack down. i mean. i was interested in my message getting through so i saw that in my speech if i had used that word the door would have slammed shut but i describe the situation the riots that no one should be excluded citizenship to allow me in my private meetings to go further i was very very satisfied with the discussions i was able to have. meanwhile the influx of ringers to bangladesh has exposed the dark underlying issue at refugee camps and cox bazaar i the agency say young wrangle women are being sold as sex slaves people trafficking is common in the camps for hanging have sought safety for decades charles traffic reports. cartoon is not her real name we call her that to protect her identity the fifteen ye

between forces loyal to sala and the who these in the capital sana. pope francis has defended his silence and man march for the plight of the head to refugee saying he spoke the truth in private he's been facing international criticism for not directly addressing the crisis the pontiff says public that n.c.a.a. and would have prevented his message from being heard. for now on our top story the political fallout in the united states following michael planes guilty plea or so it is a professor of national security studies at georgetown university joins us now from washington d.c. thank you so much mr swift let's. let's start with the tweet and when i say the tweets that could be any number of tweets bill let's start with this one and it says to up donald trump's account treated i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the f.b.i. he's pled guilty to those lies it's a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful there was nothing to hide so. it would seem that donald trump tweeted that but now there are reports coming from various media orga

to jerusalem would be a sign of incompetence and failure the leader of the catholic church pope francis has spoken to the palestinian president saying it's essential to recognize the rights of all people in the holy land the british foreign secretary boris johnson says he's waiting to see exactly what will be announced but says he's concerned about what's being reported so far and china's foreign ministry is worried about an escalation in tensions urging all sides to avoid causing new confrontation first let's go to harry forsett he's our correspondent in occupied east jerusalem is at the damascus gate in many ways where you are is the eye of the storm isn't there we haven't heard anything from prime minister benjamin netanyahu but the mare of jerusalem has been quite vocal in his approval. that's right we've had some reaction from politicians especially on the israeli right we had the mayor talking about thanking donald trump from the bottom of his heart for validating what he said was three thousand years or excuse me of jewish history the transport minister as well saying tha

and israeli sides a number of other leaders have backed the un position among them pope francis released a statement calling on all to respect to roast lamb status quo based as he put it on the pertinent united nations resolution criticism of president trump's decision coming to from the president of france sitting this is. this is a regrettable decision that france does not approve of and which goes against international law and all the u.n. security council resolutions and the british prime minister theresa may said the following we disagree with the u.s. decision to move its embassy to jerusalem and recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital before a final status agreement we believe it is unhelpful in terms of prospects for peace in the region the british embassy to israel is based in tel aviv and we have no plans to move it back at the un even before president trump made his announcement the bolivian ambassador said he would call an emergency meeting of the security council. reckless and dangerous decision to go against international law the resolutions of the security council. weak

at the responses from every major world leader out there from pope francis to german chancellor angela merkel to british prime minister theresa may to french prime minister emmanuel medical deval condemned his unilateral move saying that it is in violation of international law and united nations resolutions and they don't support it and so you know i hope that palestinians and people worldwide will see that you know you know lateral move like this from a charlatan like donald trump is not indicative of global response or feelings towards the palestinian israeli conflict but i wonder how that will go down in israel because this just seems to have given netanyahu government carte blanche to do whatever they want to basically in jerusalem. yeah that's a good point barry and i think it's important for your viewers to remember that the city of jerusalem is a city that is holy to all three major abrahamic religions today it is for jewish people the city where david ruled for christians it is the city where jesus taught and for one point seven billion muslims it is the city where our b