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to pay tribute to the people

of Manchester and London

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following terror attacks this year.

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Hello and welcome

to World News Today.

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In Rome, Pope Francis

has called for an end

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to the suffering of children,

and for peace in the Middle East.

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It comes as Christmas

celebrations in Bethlehem have

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been quieter than usual,

after the violence which followed

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President Trump's decision to move

the US embassy to Jerusalem.

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Meanwhile the Archbishop

of Canterbury here in Britain,

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has used his Christmas Day sermon,

to reflect on what he described

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as "tyrannical leaders

around the world."

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Justin Welby said 2017 had

seen "populist leaders"

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deceiving their people.

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The BBC's Religion Editor

Martin Bashir reports.

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Bright sunshine lit up the basilica

in St Peter's Square.

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But Pope Francis chose

to focus his Christmas Day message

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on how conflict and oppression

are casting a dark

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shadow over the world.

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He said that Christmas makes us

focus on the Christ child,

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and thereby pay attention

to the sufferings of children,

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particularly in the Holy Land.

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"We see Jesus in the children

of the Middle East," he said,

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"who continue to suffer

because of growing tensions

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between Israelis and Palestinians."

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"On this festive day, let us ask

the Lord for peace for Jerusalem."

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The Anglican archbishop

in Jerusalem, the Most

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Reverend Suhail Dawani,

said that Christ himself wept over

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the city 2,000 years ago, and,

with Donald Trump's decision

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to officially recognise Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel,

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that grief continues.

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When he wept at that time,

he wept for the absence of peace

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and love in the life of people

who live here.

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I'm afraid that our Lord Jesus is

really still weeping for this city.

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At Canterbury Cathedral,

the archbishop said though Christ

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was born without any political

leverage, he provides more freedom

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to individuals than the world's

most powerful leaders,

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but midway through preaching, his

own powers of speech began to fail.

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Unlike the Budget, it's not gin!

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In Rome, Canterbury

and here in Jerusalem,

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Christian leaders have taken

the opportunity of this day

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to challenge the wisdom

of the world, that they say puts

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power before people and has failed

to protect the most vulnerable

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members of society, our children.

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Russian opposition leader

Alexei Navalny has called

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for a boycott of next year's

election after the country's

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central election commission

rejected his bid to take part.

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The commission said that Navalny's

controversial conviction

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for embezzlement meant

he couldn't run.

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I spoke to BBC Russians Olga

Ivshina a little earlier

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about the development.

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We cannot call it a surprise but

this is an important twist. All of

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this documents he needed have been

submitted. He was rejected because

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the head of the electoral committee

said he has an outstanding criminal

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conviction. Those charges were

politically motivated, according to

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human rights organisations around

the world. Russian authorities

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insist, and a Russian court has

decided that is what has happened.

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In return he has said that he will

appeal the decision and if the bank

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continues, then he has called for a

boycott of the elections. This is...

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This adds intrigue to the elections.

Because almost all political

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analysts believe that Vladimir Putin

will win, but the question is what

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will be the percentage and what will

the turnout be?

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A diplomatic row between Venezuela

and Canada has intensified.

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Canada has announced it's banning

Venezuela's ambassador to Ottawa

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from returning to the country

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and is expelling its

charge d'affaires.

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The Canadian Foreign Minister said

the move was in retaliation

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for the expulsion of its most senior

diplomat from Caracas

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over the weekend.

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The BBC's Americas editor

Leonardo Roccha

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explained what the row is about.

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It is about the opposition in

Venezuela, and the way the

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president, Nicolas Maduro, has

handled opposition movements and

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protests. In April, President

Nicolas Maduro announced he would

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call in a sitting assembly, very

controversial, because the new

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assembly would take over powers and

replace the Congress in Venezuela

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that was controlled by the

opposition. That sparked four months

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of protest, about 120 people were

killed. Canada has been very vocal

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about this, very critical. They went

against the Venezuelan government,

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and what happened is, over the

weekend, they finally, Venezuela

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expels the Canadian ambassador. They

said they could not stand by,

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Canada, and they will continue

supporting the defence of human

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rights in Venezuela.

Tit-for-tat,

then, but the Brazilian ambassador

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has also been expelled.

For a

slightly different case, the

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Brazilian government has been very

critical of President Maduro, the

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Brazilian ambassador, what they said

is that Brazil has broken the role

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of law, with the impeachment of its

left-wing leader. What it shows is

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that Venezuela has decided to strike

against the countries that are

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critical of the president, President

Maduro, who next year is running for

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re-election. And they will get

closer to their allies, Russia,

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Cuba, left-wing allies, in Latin

America, and other parts of the

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world.

Recreation of a constituent

assembly, that reduces the

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opposition powers, it will mean next

year 's election should be easier

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for Nicolas Maduro.

The opposition

is very weak. Many of its leaders

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have been put in prison. They have

been sentenced. Others have left the

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country. The constituent assembly

has been divided, completely, they

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did not know how to act, to boycott,

to strike back. President Nicolas

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Maduro, if he called for elections

in April, May, he is almost certain

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to win. He will get another six-year

term.

Canada, Brazil, these

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expulsions, is that the end of the

matter or will it escalate?

That is

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how they can do it, the conditions

for Brazil are basically impossible,

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it would be the return of the

president, Dilma Rousseff. With

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Canada, they have said, taking

orders from President Trump, the

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Empire. And there is nothing that

they can do there. For Venezuela

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what is crucial, relations with the

United States. Where they export

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most of their oil, and with Russia.

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At least nine people have

been killed

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in a suicide bomb attack close

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to Afghanistan's national

intelligence agency

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in the capital, Kabul.

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The bomber targeted people

as they arrived for work.

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The so-called Islamic State group

said it carried out the attack.

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Anbarasan Ethirajan reports.

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The mangled remains of the car hit

by the suicide bombing.

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Most of the passengers of the car

died in the impact of the explosion.

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The bomber was on foot,

and detonated before the security

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guards could stop him.

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Two guards were among the dead.

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Several people were injured.

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TRANSLATION:

I heard a big

boom, and then realised

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it was an explosion.

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I was so scared.

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And then the security

forces arrived.

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TRANSLATION:

The sound was so loud,

then it was dusty, and people

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were fleeing from every corner.

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Security forces came quite soon.

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And, fearing the possibility

of a second explosion,

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they stopped people getting close

to the area.

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The Islamic State group said it

carried out the attack.

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It comes a week after militants

stormed a building near the same

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intelligence agency.

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In May, a truck bomb killed at least

150 people in the heavily protected

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diplomatic district.

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The repeated attacks raised

questions over the ability

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of the security forces

to prevent such incidents.

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As a bitter power struggle

continues between the Afghan

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presidency and local leaders,

some are worried that the political

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crisis is distracting

the government's efforts in tackling

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the growing Islamist insurgency.

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Let's take a look at

some news in brief now.

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Authorities in the Philippines have

ordered a criminal investigation

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into a shopping mall fire

in the southern city of Davao.

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At least 37 people died.

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Deadly blazes occur regularly

in the Philippines,

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particularly in slum areas.

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Twenty people travelling

to a Christmas Day mass

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in the Philippines have been killed

in a bus crash.

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The churchgoers' small bus collided

with an oncoming coach

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near the town of Agoo,

north of the capital Manila.

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Twenty five other

people were injured.

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A bus in the Russian capital,

Moscow has ploughed

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into a pedestrian underpass,

killing at least four people.

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The vehicle travelled at high

speed down a staircase

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at the entrance of the underpass.

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The incident took place

near the Slavyansky Bulvar metro

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station in the west of the city.

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The driver of the bus

was detained by police.

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A man has rammed his car

into the headquarters of Germany's

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Social Democratic Party in Berlin.

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Police say the 58-year-old

was intending to kill himself.

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He had gas cartridges

in the car and cans of petrol.

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The man was injured

and taken to hospital.

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He also left a bag containing

gas canisters

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in front of the headquarters

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of Chancellor Angela

Merkel's party.

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Stay with us on BBC

World News, still to come:

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one of London's busiest

railway stations,

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makes the most of a suspended

service on Christmas Day,

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providing lunch for the homeless.

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This is BBC World News Today.

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I'm Gavin Grey.

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The latest headlines:

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The Pope has been

giving his Christmas blessing.

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He called for "peace

for Jerusalem" and "mutual trust"

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on the Korean peninsula.

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Russia's election commission has

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voted to ban opposition candidate

Alexei Navalny from

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running for president.

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He says he will appeal.

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The deadly tropical storm that

cut through southern

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Philippines on Saturday,

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where it killed 240 people

in mudslides and flash floods,

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is beginning to hit

southern Vietnam.

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Up to one million people are being

evacuated from low lying areas,

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as anywhere from Da Nang southwards

is expected to have up to 500mm

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of rain fall.

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A short time ago I was joined

by Nick Miller from the BBC

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Weather Centre, who told me

the storm is now weakening.

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At one stage it was a typhoon, it

strengthened, having moved with the

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southern Philippines, it became a

typhoon, just before reaching

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southern Vietnam, it was downgraded

in terms of wind strength to a

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tropical storm. Wind is in the only

feature we need to be worried about

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when it comes to typhoons and

tropical storms, it is very much the

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rain, all that rain in the southern

Philippines causing problems. And

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the storm surge, the amount of water

above normal tide level that will

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come into low-lying areas, very

serious threat. Although technically

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it has weakened, we are still

expecting several hours of heavy

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rain and the storm surge, still

potential for damaging wind across

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southern parts of Vietnam. That

rain, in the worst affected areas,

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reaching 200 of millimetres as we

have mentioned.

Extraordinary, and

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continues to head west, where does

that put the track?

The energy from

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this, as a weakening system, we have

been watching, it has broken apart,

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in terms of cloud structure, and

well-defined typhoon. But the energy

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from this goes out west to the Gulf

of Thailand, and on towards

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Thailand. There will be areas, come

the end of the week, that will be

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affected by heavy rain, and brings

the potential for some flooding

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where some spots, by about 18, 100

150 millimetres of rain, not

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producing as much as we have seen in

Vietnam over the next few hours, but

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certainly as much rain as the

terrible problems we saw in the

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Philippines.

500 millimetres of

rain, relatively short time,

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particularly when we talk about the

Philippines, that is what caused the

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mudslides.

And not everybody will

see that much rain, let's be clear,

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it ties in with the topography, the

hills, the geography of these

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places. You can have areas that see

a lot of rain, minimal impact, a lot

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of rain also in the worst possible

area, else I, something like that, a

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lot of that rain will follow down

quite quickly, producing landslide

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and flooding. That degree of things

is unpredictable in terms of the

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impact, we saw that in the southern

Philippines, at risk of seeing some

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problems that may not be on that

scale, that is why these

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preparations and evacuations are

taking place. Certainly very much a

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system that needs to be is taken

seriously.

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Nigerian military officials say

they have repelled an attack

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by suspected Boko Haram fighters.

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Militants had attacked

the village of Molai,

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around five kilometres

from the north eastern

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city of Maiduguri.

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Major General Nicholas Rogers,

who heads Nigeria's military

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operations against Boko Haram,

told Reuters news agency

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the situation was now under control.

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Yemeni officials say that fresh air

strikes and clashes have

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killed over 60 fighters.

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It comes as Saudi-backed

pro-government forces push

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an offensive against Houthi rebels.

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Saudi-led coalition air raids

overnight targeted Hais,

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while bombardments from gunships

struck the city of Tahita.

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Government troops and coalition

forces have been advancing along

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the Red Sea coast recently.

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You've heard of re-cycling

but these days the new

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buzzword is up-cycling,

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transforming rubbish

into objects of desire.

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A nonprofit workshop in Austria,

supported by the city government,

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is working with the long-term

unemployed

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to make furniture,

ornaments and jewellery

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out of old household appliances.

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Bethany Bell reports

from the Dismantling

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and Recycling Centre in Vienna.

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It's beautiful, but it is actually

all made from rubbish.

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The process starts

here at this workshop.

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Workers remove hazardous substances

from old computers and appliances.

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The leftovers are sent either

for recycling, or upstairs,

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to the trash design team.

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What we do is that we collect

specific kinds of garbage -

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that means electric

and electronic equipment.

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We make, design objects

and jewellery, and we offer

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the old garbage an opportunity

to get reused, or to get upcycled.

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They turn vinyl records into clocks,

and dead keyboards into rings.

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The glass from washing machine doors

become sandblasted bowls,

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complete with patterns.

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And it's not just about

transforming trash.

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Lives are changed here, too.

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Many of the people who work

here are the long-term unemployed.

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Susann says she has been

given a new chance.

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TRANSLATION:

It is cool.

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I find it really super.

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You make something new out

of old stuff, but it hurts me

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when I have to cut up

these old records.

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I recently had an old Abba album

and I thought "No!",

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and then it became a notebook.

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But that's the way it goes.

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Some of Vienna's famous

Christmas markets are also

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getting in on the act.

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Trash design is on offer, alongside

the gingerbread and mulled wine.

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The workshop has its own stalls,

where products are on sale,

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often for pretty prices.

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These items have come a long way

from the city's rubbish dumps

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to the magnificent surroundings

of one of Austria's old royal

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palaces, and when it comes

to Christmas presents this year,

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the designers are hoping that it

will be upcycling all the way.

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Bethany Bell, BBC News, Vienna.

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Queen Elizabeth has been attending

the traditional Christmas Day

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service along with other

members of the royal family

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including Prince Harry

and his fiancee Meghan Markle.

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In her Christmas Day broadcast

the Queen paid tribute to the cities

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of Manchester and London,

following this year's

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terrorist attacks.

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It's a day for family,

with its own established pattern.

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For the Royal Family, that means

a visit to church, led by the Queen.

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Very much at home already,

the Royal Family's soon-to-be newest

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member, Meghan Markle.

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Alert to everything that was going

on and waiting for her cue

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in terms of Royal protocol.

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A neat curtsy as

the Queen left by car.

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Then walking across to speak

to members of the crowd who had

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been hoping to meet her,

before lunch, and then

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the Queen's Christmas broadcast.

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The central message of this year's

broadcast

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was one of solidarity

with two British cities.

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This Christmas, I think

of London and Manchester,

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whose powerful identities shone

through over the past 12 months

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in the face of appalling attacks.

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The Queen said it had been

a privilege to witness

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the extraordinary bravery of young

people injured in

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the Manchester attack.

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Very wicked.

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To target that sort of thing.

Yes.

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She spoke too about what she called

the "sheer awfulness"

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of the Grenfell Tower fire.

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Our thoughts and prayers

are with all those who died,

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and those who lost so much.

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And we are indebted to members

of the emergency services,

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who risked their own lives this past

year saving others.

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Television has made it possible

for many of you to see me

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in your homes on Christmas Day.

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And there were personal touches.

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The Queen recalled that it's 60

years since she delivered the first

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live Christmas Day TV broadcast.

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And that is how I imagine you now.

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Six decades on, the presenter

has evolved somewhat.

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And it's 70 years since she and

the Duke of Edinburgh were married.

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He retired from solo

duties this year.

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But...

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I know his support and unique sense

of humour will remain as strong

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as ever as we enjoy spending time

this Christmas with our family,

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and look forward to welcoming

new members into it next year.

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A Christmas message which

acknowledges the passage of time,

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but which reminds us that,

more than six decades now

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after she came to the throne,

the Queen remains strongly committed

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to her role as head of state.

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Nicholas Witchell, BBC

News, Buckingham Palace.

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Meanwhile, the US President Donald

Trump and First Lady Melania Trump

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have released a Christmas message.

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Here's some of what

they had to say.

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This Christmas season we celebrate

our blessings as Americans and we

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pray for peace all over the world.

On behalf of Melania

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pray for peace all over the world.

On behalf of Melania, myself, I do

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barren, and the entire Trump family,

God bless you, God bless America,

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and have a very Merry Christmas and

a happy New Year. -- Baron.

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London's Euston Station has been

turned into a shelter

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for the homeless, as rail workers

and charity staff served around 200

0:22:190:22:22

rough sleepers a full

Christmas lunch today.

0:22:220:22:23

Caroline Davies reports.

0:22:240:22:25

Festive preparation under

the departures board,

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as Network Rail volunteers prepare

for their homeless guests.

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They're part of our community,

they're here every day and I think

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some places would maybe just shun

them away, but for us,

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they are an important

part of the community.

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They're here, we have to engage,

we have to look after them and make

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sure that they're safe.

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Local charities invited 200 guests

to enjoy some festive music

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and a four-course meal.

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A meal which was only possible

thanks to the donations from 45

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different businesses and groups.

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Jed has been squatting

since he was 18.

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It's unique.

0:22:520:22:53

They've got this space

on Christmas Day, quite interesting

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to see somewhere like this

on Christmas Day, see it

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put to some good use.

0:22:580:23:05

Jesse now squats, too,

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but spent many years living

in a tent moving around the UK.

0:23:060:23:10

It's nice.

It's a nice relaxing environment.

0:23:100:23:12

It takes the usual chaos out

of our lives, you know?

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As well as leaving well fed,

guests were also given sleeping bags

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and thermal clothes to help them

endure the winter cold.

0:23:200:23:23

For these guests, for now, some

Christmas cheer on the concourse.

0:23:230:23:33

France has also opened

up a train station

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to a shelter for the homeless.

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A traditional Christmas dinner

was served for those in need.

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It was organised by the French

association The Poor People's

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Younger Brothers and held

in the capital's Paris-Est station.

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Christmas is of course

is being marked in many different

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ways around the world.

0:24:050:24:06

Funnily enough, many celebrations

seem to involve water.

0:24:060:24:08

Take a look.

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It's a bit like English

weather here at the moment,

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but we're just delighted to be here.

0:24:380:24:41

Lovely people, lovely atmosphere.

0:24:410:24:42

I'm afraid we've got silly hats on,

but that's part of the deal.

0:24:420:24:51

Merry Christmas!

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Well, obviously, tea

is incredibly British.

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Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year.

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CHEERING.

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To where the wet weather lingers

overnight across parts of Scotland

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and north-east England, some sleet

and snow even to low-level,

0:25:480:25:50

temperatures dropping away, watch

out for icy patches into Scotland as

0:25:500:25:57

Boxing Day begins. Temperatures

close to freezing, maybe a field

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below. Frost in some spots as well,

an indication of the changing feel

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of the weather, much colder for all

of us as Boxing Day begins. Snow

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petering out as it pushes south, as

the day goes on, frequent wintry

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showers following into northern

Scotland. For many of us, sunnier,

0:26:140:26:19

called today than it has been but

there you go. Another area of heavy

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rain pushing into south-east England

-- south-west England and South

0:26:230:26:27

Wales. In the evening that will

field the North, and the risk of

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more snow, as I will show you in a

moment. For many of us, this

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indicates how much fine whether

there is during Boxing Day afternoon

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if you plan a walk. Much sunnier for

the afternoon in the central belt,

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southern Scotland, frequent showers,

and wind into northern Scotland.

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Taking a look at this area of wet

weather feeding North. Parts of

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Wales, the Midlands could well see

some sleet and snow developing as we

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go through the evening on Boxing

Day. North of that, cold, frosty

0:26:580:27:02

night, I see in places, still

uncertainty about this area of rain,

0:27:020:27:05

sleet and snow connected to this

area of low pressure as it pulls

0:27:050:27:10

away East going into Wednesday

morning. Cold air, rearward flank of

0:27:100:27:14

that system. Cold start on

Wednesday, temperatures, single

0:27:140:27:19

figures almost across-the-board.

Mixture of rain, sleet and snow

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pulling away from eastern England.

Snow in the Chilterns, but then

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plenty of sunny but cold weather

following on behind, still some

0:27:270:27:31

wintry showers in northern Scotland.

Frosty start on Thursday with

0:27:310:27:35

sunshine, brain preceded by snow in

places, and then turning mild again

0:27:350:27:39

for the weekend.

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