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and the world remember the queen. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room as cnn s special live coverage continues. we begin with charles iii s debut as king. the new monarch facing a moment he acknowledges he s been dreading, the death of his mother, queen elizabeth. cnn s bianca nobilo is outside st. paul s cathedral where a service for the queen was held today. bianca, this has been a very, very emotional day for the british people and their new king. it has, wolf. i ve been speaking to those who attended this service. 2,000 members of the public, first come, first serve were given wristbands this morning, and they were coming from all over the world. these were people from australia, cuba, italy that i spoke to. they were going past the tourism office where they were giving out tickets to this remembrance service and service of thanksgiving. and they just happened to be in the right place and t ....
This yea in smaller numbers in the uk the queen giving her annual christmas message, her first since losing her husband prince philip. christmas can be hard for those who have lost loved ones this year especially i understand why. reporter: like so many of us, the queen also changed her plans, spending the day with prince charles and camilla at windsor castle and the biblical city of bethlehem keeping the christmas spirit alive even without tourists for the second year in a row in italy, the pope speaking today from the central balcony of st. peter s basilica with thousands, but far less than usual, of faithful. he spoke about the importance of staying connected during the pandemic italy ha canceled all new year s celebrations and as omicron cases spike new restrictions are coming in across ....
Used his address to call on countries to set aside differences in syria for the sake of the nearly 6 million people forced to flee their homes after years of war. translator: may the international community work decisively for a political solution that can put aside divisions and partisan interests, so that the syrian people, especially all those who were forced to leave their own lands and seek refuge elsewhere can return to live in peace in their open country. standing at the balcony of st. petersburg basilica, he prayed for mutual fuunderstandi ....
from vatican said into bethlehem and thousands of cities and between people kicke up christmas of christmas by celebrating using traditional christmas time ceremonies. we saw that last night in bethlehem and also today and vatican city where the pope did lead an address before a crowd of thousands of people on the balcony of st. peter s basilica at the vatican monday night in st. peter s basilica. broke princess led the traditional christmas eve mass. focusing his remarks on consumers and asking how much o the material they buy is actually needed. meanwhile in the ancient city o bethlehem source and pilgrims gathered in major square christmas eve to watch the lati patriarch procession and hear christmas music at the birthplace of jesus christ. a representative representative of the vatican was joined by marching bands and boy scouts who paraded from jerusalem to bethlehem. later in the night the traditional a traditional midnight mass had in the basilica of the nativity. ....
Mideast and africa. kitty rogan has more. what was the message from the pope this christmas? well, as he so often does, the pope spoke about the trouble spots around the world. speaking from the balcony of st. peter s square, he spoke about a two-state solution in the mideast. he s playing for peace on the korean peninsula. he talked about the long-running war in syria and the forgotten war in yemen. in the west bank, there was calm. fewer people were out celebrating perhaps put off by the recent clashes that followed the president s announcement to recognize jerusalem as israel s capitol. the pope is surely hoping today the calm we saw today will be repeated and his message about peace will be heeded, ed. and how is the british royal family celebrating their ....