Sunday 25 December 2016

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Turkey beefs up forces on Syria border

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ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkey on Sunday deployed more tanks and artillery to the border with war-torn Syria, where Ankara is pressing a campaign to capture an Islamic State group bastion, reports said.Several tanks, military transport vehicles and at least 10 artillery units including cannons were sent to Oguzeli and Karkamis in southeastern Turkey, state news agency Anadolu reported.The latest deployment came as Turkish forces tightened their grip around the IS bastion of Al-Bab in northern Syria, as Ankara-backed Syrian rebels and Turkish troops pressed a fierce assault to capture the town.Sixteen Turkish soldiers were killed by IS in the battle for the flashpoint town on Wednesday - Ankaras biggest loss so far since it launched its incursion into Syria in August.The Turkish army said it killed 12 IS militants on Sunday near Al-Bab, though it was not possible to independently verify the claim.A Britain-based monitoring group meanwhile said on Friday that at least 88 civilians had been killed in 24 hours of Turkish air strikes on Al-Bab, including 21 children.Syrian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Al-Bab is nearly finished, and reiterated a previous vow that Turkish forces would head next to the town of Manbij, a former bastion of IS that is now under the control of US-backed, Kurdish-led militia.Ankara views Syrias Kurdish forces - which have played a lead role in the battle against IS - as terrorists linked to a 30-year Kurdish insurgency in Turkey.It has vowed not to take part in any international offensive to reclaim Raqa, IS main bastion in northern Syria, should Kurdish fighters take part.Erdogan will discuss the issue with the incoming US administration after President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated in January, Erdogan said.

Tens of thousands flee as Christmas typhoon hits Philippines

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DARAGA (AFP) - A powerful typhoon with gusts of up to 235 kilometres an hour hit the Philippines late Sunday, disrupting Christmas celebrations for tens of thousands who fled its approach, officials said.Typhoon Nock-Ten made landfall in the eastern island province of Catanduanes at 6:30pm, the state weather service said.There were no immediate official reports of damage or casualties from the storm, one of the strongest this year to hit the disaster-prone archipelago on the Pacific Rim.The military and local governments earlier moved at least 102,000 people from the coasts and other hazardous areas of Catanduanes and the nearby Bicol peninsula, provincial officials said, after experts warned of possible huge waves, floods and landslides.The typhoon was forecast to sweep west and threaten the countrys most densely populated areas including the capital Manila on Monday morning.It would pass over land overnight and we hope that would dissipate the typhoons strength somewhat, state weather forecaster Lorie de la Cruz told AFP.She said maximum sustained winds were 185 kph at 0900 GMT but the agency did not have the figure during landfall itself.In the Bicol region in the south of the main island of Luzon, babies, toddlers and old people were loaded onto military trucks in pouring rain earlier Sunday as the weather service warned of possible storm surges up to 2.5-metres (eight-feet) high, landslides and flash floods.Nock-Ten, named after a bird found in Laos, struck on one of the biggest holidays in the mainly Christian nation, and one provincial governor offered roast pig at evacuation centres to entice people to abandon celebrations at home.Floods terrify me. Each time I hear about a coming typhoon I want to throw up, Criselda Buenvenuto, 68, told AFP as she joined neighbours sheltering at a school in the town of Santo Domingo in Bicol.The hunchbacked widow lived alone in the kitchen of her house after the rest of it was destroyed during a typhoon 10 years ago that killed more than a thousand people.In the village of Alcala on the slopes of the active Mayon volcano, about 100 babies, toddlers, parents and elderly people were the first to be trucked off to another school as rain and strong winds shook trees.There are large ash deposits on the slopes (of Mayon). Heavy rain can dislodge them and bury our homes in mud, said Alberto Lindo, an official in the farming village of 3,300 people.The government forced more than 12,000 residents to move away from the Catanduanes coast, provincial vice governor Shirley Abundo said on ABS-CBN television.In Camarines Sur province near Catanduanes, governor Miguel Villafuerte said on his Facebook page that nearly 90,000 residents were moved out of their homes as part of his zero casualty goal.Please evacuate, we will offer roast pig at the evacuation centres, he said in another post on Twitter.Civil defence officials in Bicol said earlier nearly half a million people in the region were in harms way and needed to be moved out.The military and local governments sent trucks on Christmas Day to clear people from coastal communities and other areas hit by landslides or flash floods in previous storms.Some 20 typhoons or lesser storms strike the Philippines each year, routinely killing hundreds of people, and Bicol is often the first region to be hit.It prides itself on having sharpened its disaster response to minimise casualties, and all ferry services and commercial flights in Bicol were suspended.Rescue workers in Manila and the flood-prone central Luzon plains to the north have been put on standby, evacuation centres opened and food and other rations stocked.The coastguard on Sunday ordered the beaches south of Manila to be cleared of holidaymakers by Monday, while residents of the capitals seaside slums were warned to leave their homes.Mammoth tsunami-like waves devastated the city of Tacloban and nearby areas when super typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines in November 2013, leaving 7,350 people dead or missing.

Militia kill 34 in Congo; church leader makes appeal to Kabila

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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 34 civilians over the weekend, the army and local activists said, and the violence stoked concerns over political instability.Attacks have surged across the country in the past week alongside violent protests over President Joseph Kabilas failure to step down at the end of his constitutional mandate on Tuesday.While it is not clear that all the violence is related, analysts fear political instability over Kabilas tenure is stoking localised conflicts by creating security vacuums.An ethnic Nande militia killed at least 13 Hutu civilians on Sunday in the eastern town of Nyanzale with guns and machetes in an apparent revenge attack for the deaths of Nande civilians last week, local activist Innocent Gasigwa said.This must be the response for last time, Gasigwa said, referring to an attack on Thursday by Nyatura, an ethnic Hutu militia, that killed at least 17 civilians in a nearby village. He said two militiamen were killed as well.On Saturday, 21 civilians and four militiamen were killed on Saturday in attacks near the city of Beni, 300 km (185 miles) north of Nyanzale, local army spokesman Captain Mak Hazukay told Reuters.Hundreds of civilians have died in raids near Beni since October 2014. The government blames the ADF, a Ugandan Islamist group, though analysts say others, including Congolese soldiers, are involved.At least 40 people died last week in protests against Kabilas refusal to step down at the end of his constitutional mandate last Tuesday. The government says he will remain in office until an election can be organised in 2018.Local mediators from the Catholic church hope talks between Kabilas ruling coalition and the main opposition bloc will produce a deal by Friday for Kabila to step down after an election in late 2017.Catholic priests across Congo on Sunday read out a message from the churchs national head, Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo, saying: The time is over when one tried to hold onto power with arms by killing ones people, these young people who only seek out their right to live with a little more dignity.African and Western powers fear the violence could spark another conflict in a country where millions died between 1996 and 2003 in regional wars. The central African country has not achieved a peaceful transfer of power since independence in 1960.

Karachi: CTD arrests activist of banned outfit

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – According to details, Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) conducted an operation in SITE area of Karachi on Sunday and arrested an operative of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Dunya News reported.The arrested TTP activist, indentified as Farukh Jamal alias Salman alias Lamba, was wanted in several cases police encounters and murders.A CTD spokesman informed that a Kalashnikov and a hand grenade was also recovered from his possession.

Boy dies after falling into open manhole

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FEROZEWALA (Dunya News) - A nine-year-old boy named Bubashar was killed after falling into an open manhole in Rehmanpura area of Ferozewala on Sunday, Dunya News reported.The residents of the area rescued the boy from the manhole on self-help basis and shifted him to a nearby hospital where doctors confirmed his death.Open manholes in the area are posing a threat to the lives of the residents, but the authorities concerned have turned a deaf ear towards the issue.

Faisalabad: Woman poisoned to death by in-laws

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FAISALABAD (Dunya News) – According to details, 22-year-old Samina was poisoned to death by her in-laws over her inability to bear a child in Warispura area in the jurisdiction of Batala Colony Police Station in Faisalabad on Sunday, Dunya News reported. Samina married Rizwan son of union council chairman Malik Iftikhar two years ago but could not conceive a child. Samina’s heirs have blamed her in-laws of poisoning her to death over her infertility.Police have registered a case and launched a search to arrest Rizwan and other accused.

Sirajul Haq for electoral reforms before next elections

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LAHORE (Dunya News) - Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq has said on Sunday that it is duty of Election Commission to begin electoral reforms before next elections in the country. He said that some elements in bureaucracy and establishment are backing the prevailing cruel system in the country. The JI Ameer vowed the bring revolution through free and fair election.Sirajul Haq said that some families had decided between themselves to support one another to come into power and not to speak against each other’s corruption.Senator Sirajul Haq said that poor masses were unable to make both ends meet whereas leaders of political parties, who come to power by turns, have built castles in London, Paris, Washington and Dubai. He further said that the corrupt rulers have turned Quaid’s Pakistan into a land full of problems. He termed these corrupt leaders as enemies of the poor people of Pakistan.

Pakistan win toss, choose to bat first against Australia

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MELBOURNE (AFP) - Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to bat in the second test against Australia in Melbourne on Monday.Australia won the first test by 39 runs in Brisbane and bring an unchanged side to the Melbourne Cricket Ground where they will bid to seal the three-match series with a game to spare.Pakistan have lost four tests in succession but arrived in Melbourne upbeat after scoring the highest ever fourth innings total in Australia to give the home side a huge scare at the Gabba.They made one change, with right-arm paceman Sohail Khan replacing left-armer Rahat Ali.The MCG wicket had a covering of grass before the opening session but the pitch is likely to dry out quickly with hot weather in the opening days.Team:Pakistan: Sami Aslam, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan.Australia: DA Warner, MT Renshaw, UT Khawaja, SPD Smith (capt), PSP Handscomb, NJ Maddinson, MS Wade (wk), MA Starc, JR Hazlewood, NM Lyon, JM Bird.

New Zealand opt to bat in first ODI against Bangladesh

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CHRISTCHURCH (Dunya News) - New Zealand captain Kane Williamson on Monday won the toss and opted to bat first against Bangladesh in the first ODI against Sri Lanka, Dunya News reported.Mustafizur Rahman returned for Bangladesh, playing his first international match since March. Soumya Sarkar also came back after being dropped during the England series in October.Williamson said his side would be more aggressive than they were in Australia, with the teams pace bowlers to be asked to put pressure on the Bangladesh batsmen.New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (capt), Neil Broom, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi (wk), James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent BoultBangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed.

Pakistan confident despite Brisbane Test loss

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MELBOURNE (Dunya News/Agencies) – Pakistan will face Australia in the second Test which starts in Melbourne today (Monday). The match will start at 4:30am (PST).A strong fourth innings fightback that had nearly clinched a remarkable record run chase in the first test loss to Australia in Brisbane had given Pakistan the confidence they needed for the rest of the series, captain Misbah-ul-haq has said.The visitors, who were dismissed for 142 in their first innings, had Australian cricket fans chewing their fingernails to the quick as they counter-attacked in chasing 490 for victory.Asad Shafiq scored a superb century and rallied the tail for 230 runs as the visitors reached 449 for eight before Mitchell Starc produced a superb bouncer that ended his 336-minute resistance.Until that point, the Australians had looked nervous in the field and the visitors increasingly confident of sealing victory, something they needed after losing 2-0 to New Zealand just before the first game.The guys are relaxed and confident that they can perform well here, Misbah told reporters at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.You can see that everybodys spending a lot of time in the nets, working on the basics. They wont leave anything behind before we get into the second test match.Thats a good sign that we are confident but at the same time, were focussed and determined. Im comfortable with the position were in at the moment as individuals and as a team.Misbah was reluctant to name his teams final makeup, despite Steve Smith having earlier confirmed his side would be unchanged, though left-arm opening bowler Mohammad Amir had recovered well from knee and thigh injuries in Brisbane.Misbah added there was no point in concentrating on under pressure batsman Nic Maddinson, who has scored just five runs in his three innings since debut and was considered at risk with all-rounder Hilton Cartwright brought into the squad.Hes quite young at international level but theyre believing in him, Misbah said.You cant just write someone off. That person can really hit you. I think everyone who is in the Australian team is capable enough to perform at international level so we have to give respect to every player.Teams:Pakistan (from): Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam, Babar Azam, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Amir, Rahat Ali, Sohail Khan, Imran Khan.Australia (from): Matt Renshaw, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (capt), Peter Handscomb, Nic Maddinson, Hilton Cartwright, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Jackson Bird, Chadd Sayers.Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (IND) and Ian Gould (ENG).Third umpire: Richard Illingworth (ENG).Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI).

New Zealand to play aggressive against Bangladesh

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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A thrashing at the hands of Australia had been a salutary lesson for New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and his side would be far more aggressive when their one-day series starts against a confident Bangladesh team on Monday.Williamsons team had journeyed across the Tasman having beaten Pakistan in two tests and confident they could beat a shell-shocked Australian side who had been humiliated by South Africa and overhauled by the selectors.Instead, Australia hammered New Zealand 3-0 with an aggressive style of play with Williamsons team failing to capitalise on the few opportunities they did have in the series.Hess (coach Mike Hesson) and I have spoken a bit about that series, Williamson told reporters in Christchurch on Sunday ahead of their first game against Bangladesh.I suppose when you go away on a tour and get beaten like we did in Aussie theres a number of things you would have liked to have done a little bit better. Its important we learn from it and become a better side going forward.Williamson said his side would be more aggressive than they were in Australia, with the teams pace bowlers to be asked to put pressure on the Bangladesh batsmen.The only selection issue at Hagley Oval appeared to be over the balance of the quicks, with rookie Lochie Ferguson and Matt Henry likely to be the toss-up for the third seamer role on Monday.With the depth in the pace department it is something were looking at, Williamson said of the makeup of the side. Its more the balance of the pace bowlers that were trying to get right.New Zealand won the last match between the two sides, at Seddon Park in the pool phase at last years World Cup.Prior to that narrow three-wicket victory, however, they had lost their previous seven completed fixtures against Mashrafe Mortazas side, albeit all of those games were in Bangladesh.At home theyre extremely tough to beat, said Williamson, who was mindful Bangladesh in October had recorded their first test victory over England.Theyve turned over nearly everyone in their home conditions and are getting more experienced around the world.They have been getting better and better every year. We will need to play our best cricket.

Strong Christmas Day quake alarms Chile, but no deaths reported

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Santiago (AFP) - A strong Christmas Day quake rattled southern Chile on Sunday, triggering initial tsunami fears and evacuations, but no deaths were reported and damage was minor.The quake registered 7.7 on the Moment Magnitude scale according to seismologists at the US Geological Survey. Chiles national emergencies office ONEMI put it at 7.6.The epicenter of the shallow quake was on the southern part of Chiloe island, in a zone of several national parks.Authorities issued a tsunami alert immediately after the temblor, with people on the southern coast urged to flee to higher ground.But that was later downgraded to a state of precaution, according to ONEMI chief Ricardo Toro. The public was still told to stay away from the beaches because of the risk of bigger than usual waves and currents.There was no loss of human life according to early reports, ONEMI said.Electricity and phone lines were briefly cut to some communities, and media showed images of cracked and cleaved roads.The mayor of the town of Ancud, Carlos Gomez, told Chilean television network Canal 13 that falling objects had caused some damage.But hours later, everything was back to normal, he said.Chiles president, Michelle Bachelet, sent strength and thoughts to our compatriots affected by the quake in Chiloe on her Twitter feed.ONEMI said around 4,000 people had been evacuated from one town, Los Lagos.The closest population center to the quake was Castro, a town on Chiloe island of 40,000 inhabitants. Chiles capital Santiago was around 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from the epicenter.The earthquake hit us as we were having breakfast and we immediately ran out of the house because of fears of a tsunami, one man who fled with his family told Chilean television.Families celebrating ChristmasThe quake struck as Chileans were with their families celebrating Christmas. All shops were closed.Chile is in a quake-prone region, lying on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire of frequent seismic activity. As a result, buildings are usually built to survive swaying.The last big quake to shake Chile was in September 2015, when an 8.3 temblor followed by a tsunami hit the north of the country, killing 15 people. A coastal evacuation order had limited the number of casualties.In 2010 another quake measuring 8.8, also followed by a tsunami, struck the center and south of the country, killing more than 500 people.

'No survivors' as Syria-bound Russian jet crashes

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Moscow (AFP) - A Russian military plane heading to Syria crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday, with no sign of survivors among the 92 on board, including Red Army Choir members on their way to celebrate the New Year with troops.The Tu-154 plane went down shortly after taking off from the southern city of Adler where it had been refuelling, defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a briefing broadcast on the ministrys website.It disappeared from radar just two minutes after it took off at 5:25 am (0225 GMT).The ministry told agencies there was no sign of any survivors at the crash site and that 10 bodies had been recovered off the coast of the resort city of Sochi, as authorities pledged to dispatch an additional 100 divers to aid in the search.Fragments of the Tu-154 plane of the Russian defence ministry were found 1.5 kilometres (0.9 miles) from the Black Sea coast of the city of Sochi at a depth of 50 to 70 metres (165 to 230 feet), the ministry said.President Vladimir Putin told state television that Russia will observe a national day of mourning on Monday.The plane had been on a routine flight to Russias Hmeimim air base in western Syria, which has been used to launch air strikes in Moscows military campaign supporting its ally President Bashar al-Assad in the countrys devastating civil war.Among the planes 84 passengers were Russian servicemen as well as 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, the armys official musical group also known as the Red Army Choir, and its conductor Valery Khalilov.They were headed to Syria to participate in New Year celebrations at the air base.Mourners laid flowers and candles throughout the day in front of the Moscow concert hall where the Red Army Choir usually performs in the Russian capital.Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, in charge of a state probe into the crash, said on state television that investigators were looking into a whole spectrum of theories on the cause of the crash.When asked if a terror attack could have been behind the crash, Sokolov said: It is premature to speak of this.He added that the aircrafts black boxes had yet to be found.The passengers also included nine journalists, with state-run channels Pervy Kanal, NTV and Zvezda saying they each had three staff onboard the flight.There were also eight crew members, the ministry said.A list of passengers published by the defence ministry also included Elizaveta Glinka, a doctor and charity worker who serves on the Kremlin human rights council.Probing cause of crashMikhail Fedotov, who heads the council, said Glinka was travelling to Syria to bring medication to a university hospital in the coastal city of Latakia near the air base, agencies reported.Assad, as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and the US Embassy in Moscow, expressed condolences over the crash.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin was being kept updated on the search operation and was in constant contact with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.Konashenkov said that deputy defence minister Pavel Popov had flown to Adler along with a team tasked with clarifying the circumstances surrounding the crash.He later added that 32 ships, 80 divers, five helicopters and drones had been dispatched to the area to take part in the search operation.Pictures from the scene showed rescue workers carrying bodies on stretchers on a pier in Sochi.The transport ministry said the bodies recovered from the crash site would be sent to Moscow for identification.According to Konashenkov, the aircraft had been in service since 1983 and had flown some 7,000 hours since. The plane last underwent repairs in December 2014 and was serviced in September, he said.Russias Investigative Committee said a criminal probe had been launched to determine whether violations of air transport safety regulations had led to the crash.Indefinite deploymentInvestigators are currently questioning the technical personnel responsible for preparing the plane for take-off, the committee said.Tu-154 aircraft have been involved in a number of accidents in the past.In April 2010 many high-ranking Polish officials, including then president Lech Kaczynski, were killed when a Tu-154 airliner went down in thick fog while approaching Smolensk airport in western Russia.Moscow has been conducting a bombing campaign in Syria in support of Assad since September 2015 and has taken steps to boost its presence in the country.In October, Putin approved a law ratifying Moscows deal with Damascus to deploy its forces in the country indefinitely, firming up Russias long-term presence in Syria.Russian warplanes have flown out of the Hmeimim base to conduct air strikes, and the base is also home to an S-400 air defence system.

Putin, Rouhani welcome Aleppo 'victory'

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MOSCOW (AFP) Irans President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin welcomed the Syrian armys victory against the terrorists in Aleppo during a late-night phone call, Iranian media reported on Sunday.The Syrian armys victory sends a message that the terrorists cannot achieve their objectives. We must stop terrorists using the ceasefire to rebuild their forces and create new bases in other regions of Syria, Rouhani said following the call on Saturday night, according to a statement published by state media.Putin also welcomed the defeat of rebel forces in Syrias second city and said cooperation between Tehran and Moscow will continue.They said peace talks would take place in Kazakhstan, without providing further details.Iran and Russia have been the key backers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and label all rebel forces in the country as terrorists.The result of this cooperation is a major victory in the fight against international terrorism, added Putin.Syrian troops this week retook control of eastern Aleppo, which has been held by disparate rebel groups since mid-2012, after a devastating month-long offensive that has caused tens of thousands of refugees to flee their homes.Russias entry into the conflict in September 2015 -- primarily through air strikes -- helped turn the tide for Assad, while Iran has provided military advisors and frontline volunteer fighters.

Queen Elizabeth hails unsung heroes in Christmas speech

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LONDON: (AFP) -Queen Elizabeth II hailed inspirational unsung heroes in her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth on Sunday, as a heavy cold forced her to miss the royals visit to church.The 90-year-old monarch put the focus on ordinary people doing extraordinary things, in her annual message.The head of the Commonwealth urged people to achieve small things with great love in the speech, which is an integral part of Christmas Day traditions in Britain, and for millions around the world.The royal family spends Christmas together at Queen Elizabeths Sandringham private estate in Norfolk, eastern England.But the sovereign could not join them on their traditional walk to church as she was still battling a heavy cold that forced her to delay her journey from London to Sandringham by 24 hours until Thursday.Queen Elizabeth stayed indoors but was well enough to join in the family festivities at home afterwards, a spokesman said.I often draw strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things: volunteers, carers, community organisers and good neighbours; unsung heroes whose quiet dedication makes them special, she said, in her pre-recorded speech.They are an inspiration to those who know them, and their lives frequently embody a truth expressed by Mother Teresa.She once said: Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.No mention of BrexitThough she recalled the Rio 2016 Olympics and her 90th birthday celebrations, the head of state did not mention the referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union, the dominating feature of 2016 in the UK.On our own, we cannot end wars or wipe out injustice, but the cumulative impact of thousands of small acts of goodness can be bigger than we imagine, she said.Queen Elizabeth, who is the supreme governor of the Church of England, often refers directly to her guiding Christian faith in her Christmas address.The message of Christmas reminds us that inspiration is a gift to be given as well as received, and that love begins small but always grows, she said in conclusion.It is one of the rare occasions when the head of state speaks from the heart, without having to consult government ministers.The tradition was started on radio by her grandfather king George V in 1932.William stays with MiddletonsHer 95-year-old husband Prince Philip, who had also been struggling with a cold, was well enough to attend the Christmas Day church service along with their eldest son Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and his wife Camilla.Charles younger son Prince Harry attended, though as per royal protocol his girlfriend, the US actress Meghan Markle, was not at the family gathering.Charles elder son Prince William was spending Christmas 2016 with his wife Kates family in Berkshire, southern England, for the first time since their two children were born.They were seen taking Prince George, aged three, and one-year-old Princess Charlotte, to their first Christmas Day church service.
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