are there are more. from doha also coming up the trumpet ministration hits back at a book claiming the white house is in chaos and the president is incompetent. and we live in bethlehem to tell you why it s not such a happy christmas for all for christians that this year. plus we re looking at how world wide band of certain chemicals has helped to heal the planet. has held a special session on recent protests in iran with the u.s. accusing to iran of stifling the voice of its people the members objected to the meeting insisting the council wasn t the place to discuss a country s internal affairs like hanna reports from the united nations. there was animated debate in the council chamber before the discussions began their members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u.s. in calling for this public debate the u.s. ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry
thousands rally in support of iran s government as the foreign minister mocks the u.s. for its emergency meeting at the united nations. angry scenes in bethlehem as palestinians protest against the greek orthodox patriarch accusing him of selling church land to his ratings. and good news from nasa the hole in the ozone layer is getting smaller thanks to the global ban on c.f.c. chemicals. president trump has rejected accusations that he is mentally unfit for office describing himself in a tweet as a stable genius it follows the publication of a book that questions his ability to do his job and claims his staff view him as a child michael wolff book went on sale on friday four days early despite threats of legal action from trump s law is the president has described fire and fury inside the white house as full of lies misrepresentations and sources that don t exist he insists he never even spoke to wolf the author to nice president meanwhile is telling his focus to keep pharma
minutes. if i weren t involved they wouldn t be talking about olympics right now u.s. president donald trump credits absolve for the upcoming talks between north and south korea. also new arrests in the kingdom of saudi arabia eleven princes are detained after a rare show of protest at a palace in riyadh. also surviving the war but will they survive the cold wet winter a plea for help from syria s internally displaced. doctors are good to have you with us protests against the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem of overshadowed all the docs christmas celebrations the alleged sale of church to israelis has sparked ted seems as well have a judge judy explains from bethlehem. the protests were unprecedented in a display of an. toward the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehem s manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involv
of the greek patriarchate orthodox christmas celebrations accusing him of the trial . if i were they would be talking about olympics right u.s. president donald trump credits himself for the upcoming talks between north and south korea. also new arrests in the kingdom of saudi arabia princes are detained in riyadh. and surviving the war but will they survive the cold winter a plea for help from syria s internally displaced. welcome to the new protests against the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem have overshadowed all the docs christmas celebrations the alleged sale of church land to israelis sparked tense scenes as mohammed june explains from bethlehem. the protests were unprecedented in a display of anger toward the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehem s manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in property
beijing may finally be winning its war on smog. plenty more on those stories over the next couple of hours. calendar today is trade numbers out of china for the month of december appeared rounding out has been a year of significant recovery when it comes to chinese exports in particular. 5643. after the declines over the past couple of years we do see two years of decline followed by that recovery. we are looking at december, a 10% year on year rise when it comes to exports coming in dollar terms. that s a little moderation from november s 12.3% rise. imports looking to pick up significantly. the brighter spots in that. continuing to paint a picture of synchronized global recovery. such a stronghad base to come off of in 2017 we might be struggling to hit double-digit numbers in 2018 for exports. certainly there is also the cloud of trade tensions between the u.s. and china lurking ever in the background. we are 30 minutes away from the opening china and hong kong. sophie, we