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Marise, christian palestinian watch the world change in front of his lens. his images caught moments in time in the holy land. but while the west bank went through war and political to malt, his was a job of documenting bethlehems vip visitors, a town and its focus through the decades. and of course, every year, he captured christmas. stand and of course, every year, he captured christmas.— and of course, every year, he captured christmas. and hear my dad was filmin: captured christmas. and he...

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Because of a ban on foreign visitors, due to covid—19. staying in bethlehem, an exhibition has been taking place of photos tracing 70 years of history — and christmas events there. the pictures were taken from the 1950s onwards by one of the towns first official photographers — maurice michael — whose son later took up the same trade... as a bbc news cameraman. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has their story. in the story of christmas, the star is the one behind the camera. mar...

Flying, to be honest. im glad to see everyone looks pretty masked up. ijust hope people on the plane are respectful of those around them. fully vaxxed and boosted and all of that and i said, you know, im just so glad to be - back with people, doing what we do. it kind of feels good. i mean, im still worried - about the variant, omicron, and all that, but at the same time, im just like you know what? - letsjust — lets get back. to living our lives a little bit. airlines are now calling for redu...

Based on tourism. but these pictures of the past key peoples faith and their hope shining. but for keeps. do you like these pictures? does he shoot as well as you? tom bateman, bbc news, bethlehem. time now to show you some pictures from the uk. its officially a white christmas! reports of snow have been confirmed in the yorkshire dales in england and in parts of scotland, including here in the village of insh in the highlands. there was even evidence that santa paws had visited the village of t...