AP News Dictation Dec 25 PM 2017@打雷不怕 No.1097
- President Donald Trump released a Christmas Day video message with First Lady Melania. In the video, Trump quoted passages from the Bible and praised military families. The president is spending the holiday at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach.
- Pope Francis opened his annual Christmas message calling for a two states solution in the Middle East. He extended prier for children who suffering from wars and human traffickings. He also called for an ease of tensions on the Korean Penninsula.
- British Queen Elizabeth paid tributes to the victims of terrorist attacks in Manchester and London in her annual Christmas broadcast. She praised resilience of the survivors and paid tribute to the emergency responders.
- Members of an winter and ice swimming club celebrated at a lake in Berlin on Christmas Day. Wearing Christmas themed costumes they took a deep into the freezing lake water.