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sport — and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. some good news if you're a manchester city fc on? manchester city have won the club world cup for the first time, after a dominant 4—0 win over brazillian team fluminese in saudi arabia. pep guardiola's team have just lifted the trophy after a convincing performance in the final injeddah. it took city just a0 seconds to score their first goal — julian alvarez pouncing on a rebound. he got a second in the match, phil foden got on the scoresheet, too. but it was a tough night for fluminese — the winners of the copa libetadores scored an own goal to compound their misery. city the winners of the club world cup for the first time. it's their fifth piece of silverware of 2023. there is one game in the english premier league this evening. aston villa are at home to bottom
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side sheffield united. it's 0—0 after 30 minutes. if villa win they will leapfrog both arsenal and liverpool to the top of the table. you have to go back 25 years to the last time they led the way at this stage of the season. a win for sheffield united would see them move off the foot of the table, but they would still be three points from safety. all six of the premier league sides that originally backed the breakaway european super league have now re—affirmed their committment to playing in uefa's european competitions. it follows yesterday's ruling by the european court ofjustice that the ban by uefa and fifa on clubs from joining the european superleague was "unlawful". arsenal and liverpool have followed tottenham, manchester city, manchester united, and chelsea who issued statements yesterday. all six were founder members of the breakaway league in 2021 before quickly withdrawing their support after a backlash from fans. liverpool say their involvement has discontinued, while arsenal say their position hasn't changed
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despite the ruling and that they will continue to participate in uefa competitions. supporters, football supporters, and the passion they bring to the game is the main reason why this game belongs to them and the players. because they are absolutely the protagonists and make this game so enjoyable. we have to look after them, and their opinion is very important. cricket — and the australian opener usman khawaja will appeal against the icc charge that he breached their "clothing and equipment regulations" during the first test against pakistan. he wore a black armband on day one which he says was for a "personal bereavement" and not in support of civilians in gaza. the batter had intended to wear shoes which featured messages including "freedom is a human right," but opted not to after the icc said that would be against its regulations.
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the icc asked me what it was for, i told them personal bereavement. i never, ever stated it was for anything else. the shoes were a different matter, i'm happy to say that. at the armband —— but the armband made no sense to me. i followed all regulations, guys have put stickers on their backs, names on their shoes and all sorts of things in the past with icc approval and have never been reprimanded. i respect what the icc�*s rules and regulations, i willjust be contesting that they make it fair and equitable for everybody, and that they have consistency in how they officiate. that's all i ask for. anthonyjoshua has weighed in 13 pounds heavier than his opponant otto wallin ahead of this saturday's must—win heavyweight fight. -- his opponent. the brit was 17st, 13lbs at the weigh—in in riyadh. a win over sweden's wallin at the kingdom arena, in saudi arabia could set up a long—awaited contest against deontay wilder.
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american wilder will face fellow former world championjoseph parker in saturday's co—main event. i'm not here to party and get caught up i'm not here to party and get caught up in the glitz and glamour, i'm here to fight. of course i'm tense because i want to fight and win. i got an urge to win and i want to hurt my opponent, as well. saturday is where my heart and soul, every cell on my body is fully focused words and doing what i know i can do. and that's all the sport for now. staying with sport and to india. india's top wrestler, who won an olympic bronze in 2016, has quit the sport as a row over accusations of sexual harrassment at the top of the country's wrestling federation continues. sakshi malik, along with other female wrestlers, protested in central delhi for weeks earlier in the year calling for the former head of wrestling federation
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of india, brij bhushan singh, to resign over allegations he harrasssed female wrestlers. claims he denied. injune, the police charged mr singh — who's a member of the ruling bjp party — with stalking, harassment, and intimidation. he was granted bail by a court. his new replacement is his business partner and close aide, sanjay singh. his appointment has angered many of the women who protested — and it's what prompted sakshi malik to retire. translation: i've fought with this fight with all my heart, _ but if brij bhushan or someone associated with him is the president of the wrestling federation of india, then i quit wrestling. you won't see me there after today. here in the uk, some troubling news for the economy as we head into the new year. revised figures from the office for national statistics suggest the uk is at risk of recession after the economy performed worse than previously thought in the second and third quarters of the year.
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here's our economics editor faisal islam. it's one of the last shopping days before christmas, and it doesn't look like a recession, but the ring of tills and the beep of card machines is accompanied by the signs that show retailers have had to slash prices to tempt in last—minute bargain seekers. i mean, pending recession is always worrying for everyone, for consumers and for retailers. we are not technically in a recession yet because we haven't had two quarters of gdp decline, but i think what we're seeing is consumers adopting a recessionary behaviour. so they are much more cautious in their approach. the overall economy numbers over the summer have been revised down, now showing a shrinking economy. that reflects weak consumer demand for kitchens, for example. as manufacturers in particular, we were not particularly shocked. whilst if the uk does produce a recession this year, it is unlikely to deter the activity of manufacturers who do believe that at least in the near future or long term will be better than it is right now.
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it's been a run of sluggish numbers over the past couple of years, but today's revisions have taken down even the sparse growth that was recorded over the last six months, with a dip in the third quarter raising the possibility that britain is in a recession. the bank of england is now predicting no growth in the current quarter and through the whole of next year too. a recession isn't certain. if it did come, it would be a mild one, and the economy is not drastically different after this revision than before. but the bigger economic picture is an economy with zero growth, stagnant, flatlining, and that can come as little surprise after that series of interest rate rises over the past couple of years. this could up the pressure on the bank of england for faster rate cuts next year. but it also casted doubt on it when exactly the economy will take off again. at this birmingham food market, it is falling commercial energy prices that is causing some optimism.
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before we were breaking even, barely, you know, all of a sudden now we are back in profit, which is what we wanted. but those little fluctuations of energy costs make a load of difference to us. i wouldn't say pleased, but not pulling my hair out like i probably was 12 months ago. but as the year ends, the economy not in a deep freeze, but not heating up either. faisal islam, bbc news. jamie rush is chief european economist for bloomberg. thanks forjoining us here on the context, jamie. we heard one of the contributors to the report they're saying it's not technically a recession, but what do you think the status is? do you think the uk is headed for one? i status is? do you think the uk is headed for one?— status is? do you think the uk is headed for one? i think we use the word recession _ headed for one? i think we use the word recession quite _ headed for one? i think we use the word recession quite a _ headed for one? i think we use the word recession quite a lot - headed for one? i think we use the word recession quite a lot in - headed for one? i think we use the word recession quite a lot in the i word recession quite a lot in the uk, we have a frustrating tendency amongst uk economies to describe it
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as two quarters of declining growth. now people worry about these things, they think recession, think global financial crisis and losing their jobs. that's not what we are seeing, they wouldn't define this as a recession in the us at all, they would need to see broad—based decline in output to give that label. so frankly what we are looking at is not a recession at all. i think that faisal�*s reporting is exactly right in the sense that we have an economy which has been on the brink of recession or stagnating for the best part of a year and a half, and that's likely to continue over the next few quarters. so the chancellor — over the next few quarters. so the chancellor is _ over the next few quarters. so the chancellor is saying _ over the next few quarters. so the chancellor is saying that _ over the next few quarters. so the chancellor is saying that the - chancellor is saying that the medium—term outlook is far more optimistic than the numbers suggest. do you agree with that characterisation? i do you agree with that characterisation? ~ ., characterisation? i think what we will aet characterisation? i think what we will get over _ characterisation? i think what we will get over the _ characterisation? i think what we will get over the coming - characterisation? i think what we will get over the coming year- characterisation? i think what we will get over the coming year is l characterisation? i think what we | will get over the coming year is an easing off on the impacts of
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inflation on people's spending power which will help the economy to grow so people go out and spend more. at the same time we haven't had the full impact of interest rates feeding through to the wider economy yet, that'll be acting as a drag. so yes, we will probably see some improvement over the course of the year, but it'll be moderate. and when we do get back to a more normal growth outlook, it's still extremely weak because the uk has a very long—standing structural problem which is that growth is very weak, productivity growth in particular, which means we're not getting better ourjobs which means we're not getting better our jobs this which means we're not getting better ourjobs this year, therefore there's no room for incomes to go up and for us to be better off somewhat to read you a quote from the chancellor, let me tell you what the shadow chancellor had to say on this, rachel reeves said, "the prime minister has this, rachel reeves said, "the prime ministe . , ., ., ., minister has failed to grow the economy. _ minister has failed to grow the economy. one _ minister has failed to grow the economy, one of _ minister has failed to grow the economy, one of his _ minister has failed to grow the economy, one of his pledges l minister has failed to grow the l economy, one of his pledges as minister has failed to grow the - economy, one of his pledges as we head into an election next year." from an economist�*s perspective, what needs to be done to grow the economy? i what needs to be done to grow the econom ? ~ ., what needs to be done to grow the econom ? ~ . ., economy? i think we are in a difficult position _
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economy? i think we are in a difficult position anyway, - economy? i think we are in a - difficult position anyway, because we are still dealing with the issues of increased energy cost and with the bank of energy has had to do to get inflation under control. so there won't be an answer to this in there won't be an answer to this in the near term, partly the bank of england wants the economy to be week so that inflation gets down to target. the longer term perspective means setting out sensible plans for investment in the economy, which has been much weaker than our international peers, and it's not been helping us to grow. so for any government, that ought to be a priority for the next parliament. jamie, you mentioned international countries or international peers — where does the uk stand globally when it comes to economic growth? not great, frankly. if you look at the us economy, for example, the pandemic is in the distant rear—view
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mirror, and growth has been reasonably strong for the last couple years, taking the us well ahead of that pre—pandemic level. the uk is not very far, only about a percent or so. so we are actually not looking great relative to some of our international peers, and that does partly reflect this lack of dynamism in the economy, its inability for us to keep growing and getting better at what we are doing, becoming more efficient. that's not happening enough. becoming more efficient. that's not happening enough-— becoming more efficient. that's not happening enough. jamie, thank you ve much happening enough. jamie, thank you very much for— happening enough. jamie, thank you very much for taking _ happening enough. jamie, thank you very much for taking us _ happening enough. jamie, thank you very much for taking us through - happening enough. jamie, thank you very much for taking us through that | very much for taking us through that subject and taking us through very clearly. the israeli military says it has destroyed a major hamas tunnel network under part of gaza city. video has been released showing a large explosion which the idf says targeted these tunnels. bbc verify has been looking at the video and others released by the israelis in recent days, which they claim shows extensive tunnels in gaza. here's merlyn thomas.
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the israeli army has released this footage of a huge explosion which they say destroyed hamas infrastructure, including a tunnel network in gaza city. and by studying this video we have worked out it is around here — around palestine square, in the heart of the city. and we know this because of these two a—shaped buildings and the palestine stadium which you can see just here in the background. and i will show you that on this map, the two a—shaped buildings, and palestine stadium in the background. and just a day before this, the idf released several videos claiming to show hamas tunnels around this area. and this is the beginning of one of those videos, just next to the square. here is what they say is a tunnel entrance that is about to appear right here. and we know it's here because we can see building signs on the posts here. this is the one on the right, and it's a sign for atfaluna society for the deaf, which they also make reference to in the video. and the israeli army claimed this
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was a centre of a strategic tunnel network of hamas leadership strongholds, which they said connects to the underground infrastructure in the area of al—rantisi hospital and al—shifa hospital. this is just one of several videos they've released in recent days, and a lot of it is filmed indoors or underground. now the idf claims this shows a tunnel leading to the home of the right—hand man of yahya sinwar, a hamas official. now, some of the above—ground footage is filmed at night. overall, this makes the footage hard to verify. the idf have offered many graphics and explanations about how the tunnels are connected. but without video to link those tunnels to identifiable exteriors, we have yet to verify these images. and this isn't the first time the israeli army have made claims about tunnels. for example, in october, they produced this animation which they said showed a network of tunnels under al—shifa hospital — they called it the main headquarters
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for hamas terrorist activities. then the israeli forces got control of the al—shifa site and were able to investigate what lay underneath it. and now in november, they released a video of what they said was a 55—metre tunnel under the hospital site. we were able to confirm the location of this as the far north—eastern edge of the complex — and one part of the tunnel apparently ran underneath a hospital building. the idf footage showed two rooms, toilets, and a sink area. there was also electrical wiring visible. but the idf didn't explain how this constituted the command and control centre they had earlier alleged. we've been back to the idf to ask for further details and evidence of what they found at al—shifa since, and they haven't provided this. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different
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stories from across the uk. bournemouth is well—known for its yuletide sparkle. christmastree wonderland is in its sixth year, and includes a market in the central square open well into the evening. town centres are not as vibrant as they used to be, but christmas markets and light events like that, they bring people back. hello, baby! nearly nine million people came to this event last november and december. but there is a price tag for bcp council, which also has a budget hole. it isn't funding lights in the suburban shopping centres this year, but it looks like this event will survive. we're finding it really hard, with doing these sort of additional services, additional things for people to enjoy. but there is an element where we need to have a thriving town centre, we need to be supporting our local economy. and the truth is, the locals seem to like it. for more stories from across the uk,
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head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. next, we've talked about this on the show before, and it's still something i'm fascinated by — spacejunk, which is quite literally when litter is left in space. of course, we're not talking crisp packets and sandwich wrappers, but satellites and spacecraft at the end of their life span. well, to clean things up, an unmanned spacecraft has now departed the international space station — but instead of returning to earth, it will perform a planned destructive re—entry into earth's atmosphere, where it will disappear. the contents of the cygnus spacecraft will be space junk — trash from on board the international space station — but how does it work, and how safe is it? joining us now is professorjohn crassidis, a space debris expert at the university at buffalo. you're a space debris expert, so
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you're exactly the man to explain how all of this works. so just tell us about this particular mission, what exactly is it cleaning up and how will it do that? is what exactly is it cleaning up and how will it do that?— how will it do that? is not really cleaning op _ how will it do that? is not really cleaning up anything, _ how will it do that? is not really cleaning up anything, all- how will it do that? is not really cleaning up anything, all it's - how will it do that? is not really i cleaning up anything, all it's doing isjust taking junk from cleaning up anything, all it's doing is just taking junk from the space station itself and taking it back to earth, so it's not taking spacejunk in terms of what you think space junk is, being in space itself, it's in the space station. fiifi junk is, being in space itself, it's in the space station.— in the space station. ok, so look slightly different. _ in the space station. ok, so look slightly different. how— in the space station. ok, so look| slightly different. how significant is that? ., ., �* ., ., , is that? you don't want to put it overboard. _ is that? you don't want to put it overboard, but _ is that? you don't want to put it overboard, but you _ is that? you don't want to put it overboard, but you could - is that? you don't want to put it overboard, but you could do, i is that? you don't want to put it. overboard, but you could do, but if you do it'll turn in the spacejunk and that'll hit other satellites, what you don't want to do. so this is a preventative _ what you don't want to do. so this is a preventative mission, - what you don't want to do. so this is a preventative mission, in a - what you don't want to do. so this i is a preventative mission, in a way? absolutely, yes, and they've been doing it for a long time. is this something _ doing it for a long time. is this something other _ doing it for a long time. is this something other people - doing it for a long time. is this something other people can i doing it for a long time. is this i something other people can learn from? i remember on the programme if you weeks ago, we were talking about spacejunk, so others you weeks ago, we were talking about space junk, so others aren't being as cautious or respectful, and are
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leaving things around — is that right, is there technology being left as junk? right, is there technology being left asiunk?_ right, is there technology being left asiunk?— right, is there technology being left as “unk? , �*, ., , left as “unk? yes, there's actually a lot left asjunk? yes, there's actually a lot ofjunk _ left asjunk? yes, there's actually a lot ofjunk out _ left asjunk? yes, there's actually a lot ofjunk out there. _ left asjunk? yes, there's actually a lot ofjunk out there. we - left asjunk? yes, there's actually a lot ofjunk out there. we track | a lot ofjunk out there. we track about 15,000 objects about a softball size or bigger, which is a lot of material. the stuff we are really worried about the stuff we can't see, it's estimated... they're all travelling very fast, 7500 mph, and we are worried about that. so why are other people not adopting the same methods as the international space station is? the s - ace international space station is? the space station _ international space station is? iie: space station is international space station is? "iie: space station is very international space station is? i““i2 space station is very unique, international space station is? ii2 space station is very unique, most satellites go up into orbit and a lot of them blow up because of the batteries, which causes space junk, and some of them are just batteries, which causes space junk, and some of them arejust in batteries, which causes space junk, and some of them are just in space for a very long time. others aren't doing manoeuvres to bring them back, so we have any satellite with the rest remaining, we will deorbit over
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the pacific ocean. we do thatjust in case something gets there so nobody gets hurt. find in case something gets there so nobody gets hurt.— nobody gets hurt. and what are the risks for space _ nobody gets hurt. and what are the risks for space junk _ nobody gets hurt. and what are the risks for space junk being _ nobody gets hurt. and what are the risks for space junk being left of i risks for space junk being left of there? risks for space “unk being left of there? ~ , ., ., risks for space “unk being left of there? ~ i. ., ,., . ,, risks for space “unk being left of there? ~ i. ., . ,, ., there? well, if you go back to 1978, donald cussler _ there? well, if you go back to 1978, donald cussler from _ there? well, if you go back to 1978, donald cussler from nasa came i there? well, if you go back to 1978, donald cussler from nasa came up. donald cusslerfrom nasa came up with what's known as the kessler syndrome, where he said if you have objects colliding — we had two big satellites collide in 2009, causing about 500 pieces of space junk. so he said, if we have space junk that collides with other space junk, that'll create more space junk, collides with other space junk, that'll create more spacejunk, then we get into a situation where we have so much space junk up there that probably a collision will be so great, we can't put satellites up there. ., , great, we can't put satellites up there. .,, , great, we can't put satellites up there. ., , ., great, we can't put satellites up there. , ., | great, we can't put satellites up there._ i think l great, we can't put satellites up there._ i think if there. please carry on. i think if we don't do _ there. please carry on. i think if we don't do something - there. please carry on. i think if we don't do something in i there. please carry on. i think if we don't do something in the i there. please carry on. i think if i we don't do something in the next 50 years, that will come true. so we don't do something in the next 50 years, that will come true.— years, that will come true. so cute risks there — years, that will come true. so cute risks there as _ years, that will come true. so cute risks there as you _ years, that will come true. so cute risks there as you say, _ years, that will come true. so cute risks there as you say, not - years, that will come true. so cute risks there as you say, not least i years, that will come true. so cute risks there as you say, not least to future space missions if something
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isn't done —— huge risks there. what isn't done —— huge risks there. what is the item of technology that's most common junk? is the item of technology that's most commonjunk? i mentioned chris packets, but we all see chris packets, but we all see chris packets as junk here on earth. what about open space? packets asjunk here on earth. what about open space?— packets asjunk here on earth. what about open space? mostly satellites blowin: u, about open space? mostly satellites blowing op. space — about open space? mostly satellites blowing up, spacejunk— about open space? mostly satellites blowing up, space junk can - about open space? mostly satellites blowing up, spacejunk can be i blowing up, spacejunk can be anything as small as a paint flak or as big as the size of a bus. so we describe it as anything that's not useful any more.— useful any more. thank you very much, professor. _ let's ta ke let's take you to live pictures from washington, dc. there you go, some christmas cheer for you on the context, that's the president and the first lady at the children's national hospital, where they appear to be reading a story, it looks like, i see reindeer injill biden's
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book there, and they are in front of a massive christmas tree. so we have a massive christmas tree. so we have a quick listen and? fin a massive christmas tree. so we have a quick listen and?— a quick listen and? on donner and blitzen. a quick listen and? on donner and itlitzen- to — a quick listen and? on donner and blitzen. to the _ a quick listen and? on donner and blitzen. to the top _ a quick listen and? on donner and blitzen. to the top of _ a quick listen and? on donner and blitzen. to the top of the - a quick listen and? on donner and blitzen. to the top of the porch i a quick listen and? on donner and blitzen. to the top of the porch to | blitzen. to the top of the porch to the top of the wall, now —— away, —— away, —— away all. fii< the top of the wall, now -- away, -- away. -- away all-— the top of the wall, now -- away, -- away, -- away all. ok maybe we leave that they are — away, -- away all. ok maybe we leave that they are for— away, -- away all. ok maybe we leave that they are for now, _ away, -- away all. ok maybe we leave that they are for now, though - away, -- away all. ok maybe we leave that they are for now, though we i away, -- away all. ok maybe we leave that they are for now, though we do i that they are for now, though we do love to hear a good christmas story, especially because this is the last programme before christmas. staying with the festive theme... sam ryder, the pogues, or wham! who gets your vote for the christmas number one? or maybe you secretly love that mariah carey song. here in the uk, there's been quite the battle this year to take the coveted top spot in the charts, and the result has been revelead this afternoon. spoiler alert — if you've been playing whameggedon, you may as well give up now. our music reporter mark savage reports on the festive first place. for the first time in the history
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of this song, last christmas is your official christmas number one today! # last christmas i gave you my heart # but the very next day, you gave it away... 13 million — that's how many times last christmas was streamed over the last seven days. and that is why it is christmas number one, for the first time since it was released 39 years ago. i am delighted. it has been a long wait in many respects but it was a song george wrote with the intention of being a number one, and to finally achieve that goal, it is humbling. top of the pile is a great place to be. what do you think george would make of it going to christmas number one after all this time? he would be absolutely over the man. he wouldn't have cared for the amount of time it took to get
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there but better late than never. wham's classic fended off a challenge from eurovision star sam ryder, whose song, your christmas to me, took second place. while mariah carey came third. after shane mcgowan's death last month, there had been a campaign to get the pogues's fairytale of new york to number one, but in a busy week it had to make do with sixth place. christmas is the peak sales period for the music industry which is why you see records like this back on the shelves and in the charts every december, and for the artists, it is still an honour to be christmas number one. it is the best thing, i keep saying to people this is my version of the world cup final,
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it is that big for us here on the official chart, the christmas number one. it doesn't get bigger than this. outside of the singles race, the rolling stones top to the albums chart with hackney diamonds, a late birthday present for guitarist keith richards who turned 80 on monday. mark savage, bbc news. isn't it nice to hear all those songs? and if you don't like christmas songs, paul humbug. i'll be back after a short break, but that wraps up this first hour. stay with us. hello there. full christmas forecast coming up in just a moment, first of all, i thought we'd start off with these rare nacreous clouds that are once again being spotted overhead in the uk. these form really high in the earth's atmosphere —
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between 13—19 miles above the ground. that's 2—3 times the height of which aeroplanes fly at and you need temperatures in this part of the atmosphere to be at —78 celsius or even colder. normally, that really cold air is concentrated around our polar regions, but right now it's moved a bit further southwards. and it's cold enough across the uk for next week or two to see some of these rare clouds. best chance before sunrise or just after sunset, so eyes to the skies. further down in the atmosphere, we've got this mild flow of air to take us through the rest of the night. it will be quite a damp night across western areas. some heavy rain for western scotland. as that rain band bumps into the cold air across northern scotland, some of it turns to snow. could bring some disruption here as we head into the first part of saturday morning. 2—10 centimetres possible, the larger amounts over the hills. if you're planning a journey maybe set out later in the day because it will eventually turn milder, the snow eventually will turn back to rain. lots more rain to come across western scotland. it's been a very wet month for these areas and so this extra rain could bring some flooding concerns. some damp weather elsewhere in the west of the uk.
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best chance of any cloud breaks east wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern parts of england. for most it will be quite a mild day. saturday night sees heavy rain set up across mid—wales, could bring some localised flooding here. it's also been another part of the world where we've seen more rain than average so far this month. sunday, which is christmas eve, another big travel day and it's going to be a windy day, particularly for western and northern scotland over and to the east of the pennines — where we could get gusts of wind of 50 to 70 miles an hour. those stronger gusts could knock down a few high sided vehicles, maybe even blow over one or two trees. so the message, if you're planning a journey on christmas eve, check conditions out on the roads and the railways before heading out. there could be some disruption. christmas day, monday, we've got these south—westerly winds, mild air across vast majority of the uk. so not a white christmas for most of you. a gray, cloudy, wet and windy christmas for many. the one exception really is across the far north of scotland, where we still have that colder air with us.
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some of the rain could start to turn to snow over the hills here. so forjust 1—2 of you, it might yet be a white christmas. bye for now.
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hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. you're watching the context on bbc news. good evening.
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the united nations security council has passed a resolution aiming to get more aid into gaza, but which stops short of calling for an immediate truce. we'll have the latest from new york. joining me on the panel — bryan lanza, former deputy communications director of the trump campaign, and susie boniface, who is a journalist and author. also on the programme, more damaging allegations for donald trump — a detroit newspaper reports that he urged two republican michigan election officials not to certinyoe biden's victory in the state following the 2020 election. and we'll take stock of the uk economy after poor figures raise fears of a recession in 202a. good evening. the united nations security council has passed a resolution aiming
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to get more aid into gaza, but which stops short of calling

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