usual and this is definitely one of the worst christmas for many real tellers in hong kong and tension hossam been so often during holiday but he took up. and this is a huge contrast with the posing only a season. to be kong there reporting from hong kong now pope francis pope francis has given his christmas address from the vatican in his annual or be it or be latin for to the city and the world the pontiff spoke about migrants and people who've endured what he called unspeakable forms of abuse that was a reference to spiralling allegations of sexual abuse in churches around the globe if inish by blessing the catholic faithful impact st peter's square in rome. 50000 people gathered in st peter's square in bright sunshine for the pope's christmas address it's the 7th of his papacy and again the condemnation of war and violence was the heart of his message with conflicts in europe asia africa and the americas francis issued a call for peace. he still. may rise to bring his lights out to the many children suffering from war conflicts in the middle east and in various countries of the world. com

show and this is definitely one of the worst christmas for many real tellers in hong kong and tension hossam been so often during holidays but instead heated up as we observed and this is a huge contrast with the posing only a season of celebration. to become reporting there from the territory next we turn our attention to chile a wildfire in the city of you so has damaged or destroyed more than 100 homes there are several districts in the western part of the city had to be evacuated it's not known what triggered the blaze but hot temperatures and strong winds how to fan the flames. seen the flames with pets. and household possessions. the fire started in the area on 5 power useless outskirts. and quickly spread. it consumed dozens of homes in its path. and a huge hole of thick black smoke rose above the city. as the flames crept closer residents tried in vain to stop them advancing. north but it i feel powerless because all the houses are burning and now the fire is coming here. extra firefighting reinforcements had to be called in to help local residents joined in the effort to douse the f

and this is definitely one of the worst christmas for many of you tell us in hong kong and tension hossam been so often during holiday but instead he took up a suite up so and this is a huge contrast with the posing only a season off a celebration. to becoming there reporting from hong kong now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. russian opposition politician alexei navalny says one of his key staff has been forcibly conscripted into the military the military said response to a veteran often seen here with a volley earlier this year is being made to perform his obligatory service at an arctic base novell new said the move amounted to quote kidnapping. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu had to interrupt an election rally after a warning of an incoming rocket from gaza rally was taking place in the southern town of ashkelon just a few kilometers from the gaza strip israel says its air defenses successfully and intercepted the rocket. and friends ballet dancers took part in a strike against the government's pension reforms by performing parts o

ayatollah ali khamenei as well as the head of the courts force of the revolutionary guard major general hossam solomon and so his legion says are never questioned he has said in the past that he identifies with the ideologies of the islamic republic and even during the 8 year iran iraq war the armory fought on the iranian side against saddam hussein and the iraqi forces so his presence now at this event is significant not only because he is now part of the official government in iraq but it's sending a signal it's a very strong message to the americans in iraq and that is that iran is never far away from its its influence is never rather far away in iraq and also his companion the crisis ali is also another figure who heads a political group and they're also in parliament we've also seen pictures of. the hundreds who is the head of the popular move in front of all these groups that we've been mentioning are part of the popular mobilization front which are part of the iraqi government so these are all high ranking officials at this event which means that this event was not an impromptu gatherin

to the supreme leader of iran ayatollah ali khamenei but also the head of the courts force general hossam soleimani he has said that that is where his heart lies in iran and he is seen as a very close friend of the iranians in iraq and now that he's part of the parliament he's part of the ruling coalition in parliament that monopolization he is seen as a very very important ally within the iraqi government his organization the brother organization has been operational as a political party as a military has had a military wing as well since the 1980 s. with the help of iran and his presence at this event only highlights that this event is not a impromptu. protest that the people decided to actually storm the u.s. embassy in baghdad this shows that there were some planning that took place in terms of getting the leader of one of the most important parties in iraq to this event along with a crisis ali who is the head of his own political party as well known as the network his group also very active not only within the iraqi politics but also when it comes to having them military say within t

the chief executive of global cyber risk my colleague hossam seek a spoke with her earlier and asked her how safe any of our online transactions really are. was very significant it's a a major bust of a very large cyber criminal ring but what the f.b.i. wasn't really focusing on in their announcements was it took them 8 years to do this investigation they began it in 2011 so it is wonderful that they have finally brought this ring into indictments it's doubtful they will ever bring these 2 russians to trial because they remain in russia and it highlights the difficulty of how hard it is to track and trace and conduct cyber crime investigations is this kind of thing sort of a drop in the ocean is there more to it now that you believe a cyber crime costs businesses about 5 trillion a year i believe is the last number i read so the bad guys are winning and it is a step in the right direction but when you consider all the cyber crimes that happened between those intervening 8 years you can see that we're way behind so it is a problem that we have to address in our legal frameworks and in

meanwhile, in egypt, security forces have arrested three more journalists -- solafa sallam, hossam el-sayyad, and mohamed salah. their arrests come after security forces raided the cairo offices of egypt's only independent media outlet, mada masr, and arrested its staff members, who have since been released. and in saudi arabia, authorities arrested at least seven journalists, bloggers, and columnists last month. in london, residents and officials gathered for a vigil today to mourn the deaths of two former cambridge university students who were killed in a stabbingng on london bridge friy in what is being called a terror attack. the two vivictims were 23-year-d saskia jones and 25-year-old jack merritt. both had worked at the prison-based education project learning together. they had gathered to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the program at fishmongers' hall when the attack began. this is london mayor sadiq khan speaking at a memorial service today. >> the first way to defefeat ths by turning on one another, but it is by focusing on the values that bind us, to take hope from the heroism

country but also to the supreme leader as well as the head of the revolutionary guard sports force hossam soleimani he doesn't make it a hidden fact that that's where his allegiances lie he is now head of the better organization which is part of the largest ruling coalition within the iraqi parliament group as is the man we just heard from he is the head of puzzle the network these are groups that came to be following the fall of saddam hussein and their various groups that were fighting amongst each other and also fighting against the u.s. forces that were occupying iraq at that time they now are part of the government this is where the dichotomy law is within iraq their relationship with iran is something that has been ongoing for years and now that they are officially part of the government that is something the united states cannot tolerate they've said that this is part of iran's quote to malign behavior it's something really that dates back a long time it is not a recent development the relationship between these sides so for this event today it's very important to note that these l

protesters have blocked the main highway linking beirut with southern lebanon promise to designate hossam is promising to form a technocratic government of experts within 6 weeks to solve the country's economic crisis tony berkley has more from beirut. less than 24 hours after lebanon's do prime minister designate was announced this was the reaction from people in beirut so. they launched angry street protests a confronted lebanese soldiers and right police rocks were thrown with casualties on both sides. this is a sunday area of beirut and these people are supporters of the outgoing prime minister he's calling for people to remain calm he wants them through reduce the tension and he wants them to work with the new prime minister. to help solve the problem but obviously that message is not being heard by these people. even though the prime minister designate has is a sunni muslim who was nominated by the predominately shia alliance of hizbollah and the mouth and its christian allies many in the sunny community expected hariri to be nominated and said i felt burned there is anger on the st