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hello and welcome to you if you're joining me around the world, wherever you may be watching in the united states, europe, asia. i'm richard quest. together, we are in the "cnn newsroom". president biden reveals that he didn't ask for a cease-fire in his long call, telephone call, with the israeli prime minister. at the same time, the military in israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza. christmas eve for many, to be sure, as the war rages on in gaza. christians in bethlehem and around the world, it's a celebration much more difficult than in previous years. and at the cn...

he's charged with rape and murder. >> the suspect, was ordered to leave the country by an immigration judge two years ago. >> the migrant telling police he tied up the teens, gagged them with cloth, according to prosecutors, he says, at first he was nervous, but then got comfortable and even recorded this attack. >> they enter the u.s. illegally, were caught, allowed to stay, and now a 12-year-old texas girl is dead. >> we also heard more about indications that jocelyn fought back against her attackers. >> that is just some of the reporting on a string of brutal crimes across the cou...