this is bbc news. the headlines at apm: the royal marine serving life after being found guilty of murdering an injured afghan fighter, has been refused bail, pending a new conviction challenge. german police launch a manhunt for a tunisian man suspected of carrying out a lorry attack on christmas shoppers in berlin, leaving 12 people dead. there are vigils to those who died as the german interior state minister says the tunisian suspect had his asylum application rejected after arriving in the country last year. in london, extra security measures including for the changing the guard ceremony at buckingham palace. jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years, the multi—millionaire property developer who murdered his escort girlfriend. the queen and the duke of edinburgh have delayed their journey to sandringham. buckingham palace says they've come down with "heavy colds".

i'm ben brown. fireworks market. huge explosions tear through mexico's most popular fireworks market. at least 29 people have been killed and the emergency services say they expect the death toll to rise. and after dozens of near misses with planes this year, plans for tighter rules for people who own drones. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a former royal marine who was jailed for the murder of a taliban fighter has been refused bail pending a new challenge to his conviction

at the court martial appeal court in london. sergeant alexander blackman, known as marine a, shot the insurgent in 2011 in helmand province. our correspondent daniel boettcher is at the royal courts ofjustice. yes, this hearing lasted under two hours. at the end of it, the two judges, the lord chiefjustice lord thomas and mrjustice sweeney decided bail should be refused. alexander blackman is injail in wiltshire and the result of this decision means that he will stay in jail ahead of a second appeal hearing next year. just to give you the background to the case, he was convicted of murder in 2013 after shooting a wounded taliban insurgent in helmand province in afghanistan. he was sentenced to life with a

minimum of ten years in 2014, he appealed, his appeal against conviction was not successful though his minimum term was reduced to eight years. the case then went to the criminal cases review commission. this is the independent body that is set—up to look into potential miscarriages ofjustice. after looking at the case it said that new evidence including new expert evidence relating to alexander blackman's mental state at the time of the offence and the fact that an alternative verdict of unlawful act of manslaughter was not available raised a real possibility that a court martial appeal court would quash the murder conviction. the ccrc referred the case back for a second appeal. but what today was about, was simply this decision as to whether he should be granted bail, should be released on bail ahead of that fresh appeal hearing and the two judges have decided that

he should not, that bail should be refused. officials in germany say the tunisian man being sought in connection with the berlin lorry attack had already come under suspicion for planning to commit a serious crime. police have searched a shelter for migrants where the suspect is said to have lived. 12 people died when a lorry was driven into a busy christmas market. german officials say the man was due to have been deported after his asylum application failed and had links to an islamist network. let's cross to robert hall in berlin. as you join us live, this square silent for three days is just beginning to return to normality. an

operation has begun to clear the debris left by that attack in order that the market can re—open tomorrow morning. a sign of the defiance and solidarity that we have been talking about since this attack. there are still people coming here to the shrines, but the lights are back on. away from here, that police operation, the operation hunting for a man who has used different names, different nationalities, and who, if police had caught him, may well have been deported. let's hear now the details of the operation and what has led to it from christian fraser. amid the chaos and the panic of monday night's attack, the man at the wheel of this truck slipped into the dark undetected. the man arrested, a 23—year—old pakistani migrant, has already been released without charge. now, we discover, there is a new suspect, said to be a tunisian asylum seeker still at large. german newspapers are carrying a photo of a 21—year—old man known as anis a,

who used a mix of identities. he's said to be known to german police and was wanted on charges of assault. the truck, carrying 25 tonnes of steel girders, had travelled from poland to this factory in berlin. the driver was polish. lukasz urban, a 37—year—old family man, who was later found dead inside the cab. his cousin, who owns the truck company, said they lost contact with him around four in the afternoon. he was called yesterday to identify the body. translation: there were stab wounds on the photo i was shown. it was clear he had been fighting, his face was swollen and bloodied. i learned about the gunshot wounds from police who told me that apart from being stabbed he was also shot. that struggle inside the cab has left important clues. there were asylum papers found beneath the driver's seat. so where might this suspect have intercepted the truck?

on monday morning mr urban arrived ahead of schedule at the steel factory in berlin ready to unload, there was no space and he was asked to come back later. he never returned. at 8pm, just a few miles from the factory, the lorry ploughed into the crowded christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring 49. the driver fled into the park. a 23—year—old pakistani man was arrested near the victory column monument, but there was nothing to link him to the truck and in those precious few hours the real suspect, possibly injured, had escaped. mr urban, it seems, was kept alive. perhaps until the very moment of the attack. a gps tracker is reported to show that around 3.45pm the truck was driven erratically as if someone was learning to drive it. the blood spots found inside the cab could be that of the suspect, police have since checked

all hospitals in berlin, where victims of the attack continue to be treated. eight of them are heavily injured, two of them died, and we have now here in this hospital four patients with severe trauma of the lower extremities and the pelvis. one of the 12 victims is said to be fabrizia di lorenzo, a 31—year—old italian, who has not been heard of since the attack. her phone and metro pass were found at the scene. there's no doubt the early slip—up in this investigation piles more pressure on to the embattled chancellor angela merkel. it will not help her cause the tunisian they are hunting appears to have slipped into the country earlier this year when she opened the doors to thousands of refugees. you go to france nowadays, you see military on the streets, a place like this would have had armoured vehicles protecting it. the germans said, "we don't want to do this, we don't

want our christmas feeling to be destroyed." it's an understandable, nice, gentle way of looking at things, but it's the wrong way. but that's yesterday. things have got to change. even today, i think, there's not enough police on the street. the anxiety felt by people in berlin will be shared by many others around europe. we've been here before. the simplicity of this attack, the background of the suspect, the clues that were missed. and, of course, the difficulty in trying to stop them. police here have been talking about a continuing danger particularly in connection to the suspect they are 110w connection to the suspect they are now hunting. he is described as armed and dangerous. people are around not to approach him, to contact police immediately if they see him. this afternoon, the search for him spread to the north—west, right up to near the dutch border.

the interior minister for that state has been talking to journalists this afternoon. he said that the man who we have seen referred to as anis a had been, had his asylum request rejected and that he had been marked for deportation. translation: in june 2016, the asylu m translation: in june 2016, the asylum application was rejected by the federal office for migration and refugees. although the centre of vital interest was in berlin, the deportation process was carried out bya deportation process was carried out by a town. the man could not be deported because he had no valid identification papers. the passport replacement process was started in august. at first, tunisia denied this person was their state citizen.

the papers were not issued for a long time. they have arrived today. i will not comment on this further. well, away from germany, we heard yesterday that the police in the uk we re yesterday that the police in the uk were looking at security arrangements around big public events. today, in london, those new precautions became evident. sarah campbell is outside buckingham palace. sarah, could you outline for us palace. sarah, could you outline for us what has changed. i think particularly around the changing of the guard? that's right, robert. there had been a plan in place for a three month trial period whereby the traffic approaching buckingham palace would be stopped during changing the guard. but that plan was brought forward following the berlin attacks. so today, for the first time, between 10.45am and 12.30, the traffic was stopped on the roads. there are several significant roads approaching the palace, you have got the mall and the memorial. there were large

crowds here today as you'd expect during a high—profile. around about 1,000 people. there were extra armed guards and there was a heightened security presence and those we spoke to said they felt reassured and they did feel safe. that plan was at the instigation of the metropolitan police. they had had concerns that this is a high—profile event and of course, it has a high—profile military significance and of course, it is on at the same time on the days that it is on so it is not difficult to know when people could work out when there might be a large crowd in front of buckingham palace. i should also say that there are heightened security measures elsewhere across the uk, greater manchester police say that they are stepping up patrols in light of the berlin attack, but before that attack had happened, the police forces in birmingham and in newcastle said that they were also increasing security at christmas markets. sarah thank you very much indeed for

bringing us up—to—date with that. to recap, the hunt for the 23—year—old tunisian, known as anis a is continuing. there have been operations in berlin and as we heard in the north—west of germany. here, in the north—west of germany. here, in the centre of berlin, the lights are coming back on and another gesture of defiance of solidarity. this christmas fair will re—open in the morning. robert hall there for us the morning. robert hall there for us in berlin. we'll have continuing coverage of the manhunt following the attack at the christmas market in berlin here on bbc news and you can also keep up—to—date with the latest developments online on the bbc news website. the queen and prince philip have cancelled plans to travel by train today to their estate in sandringham in norfolk, after coming down with heavy colds. 0ur royal correspondent

nicholas witchell gave me the latest details. buckingham palace has now said officially on the record the queen and the duke of edinburgh have heavy colds. heavy colds. and so have decided not to travel to sandringham today. the queen was, as you mentioned, due to catch a train from london up to king's lynn this morning to travel to sandringham to begin the christmas break. she normally catches the 11.01am. but she didn't catch it so that started questions being asked what was the cause of this departure from the plan and it transpires both she as the duke of edinburgh have heavy colds. i imagine they will wish to travel as soon as they feel able to. they won't want to miss the family christmas at sandringham. so i'm sure they will return to their plan for christmas in the next day or so. it is part of the christmas tradition, isn't it, lots of members of the royal family gathered at sandringham.

the palace doesn't give indications as to when they hope they might get there? they are not, no. there was the big christmas lunch for members of the royal family at buckingham palace yesterday. all the family were together. now, there was no suggestion then that anyone was blowing their nose rather unexpectedly, but it transpires today heavy colds and there is a lot of it about, everybody has a snivel at the moment, but i am sure they will wish to go as soon as they are able because other members of the family will be heading to sandringham. but not william and catherine because are staying with the middletons‘ for christmas, but the rest of the family, colds or no colds, i'm sure will be there! the headlines on bbc news: the royal marine serving life after being found guilty of murdering an injured afghan fighter, has been refused bail, pending a new conviction challenge.

german police launch a manhunt for a tunisian man suspected of carrying out a lorry attack on christmas shoppers in berlin. in london, extra security measures including for the changing the guard ceremony at buckingham palace have been enforced. northampton saints will not face any sanctions despite being told that their player george north should not continue on playing. the double 0lympic playing. the double olympic champion maybe out for six months according to a czech news agency, she was stabbed in the hand after a suspected burglary at her home. bottas could move to mercedes. a deal is expected to be completed for the williams driver in the new year. i will have a full update in the next 15

minutes. a former royal marine, who was jailed for the murder of a taliban fighter and has been refused bail, pending a new challenge to his conviction. this is sergeant alexander blackman, known as marine alexander blackman, known as marine a shot the insurgent in 2011 in helmand province. his wife, clare, has been talking outside the court in the last few minutes. so let's have a listen to what she had to say. we are disappointed by the judges‘ decision not to grant bail this afternoon. however, we must remember that earlier this month the criminal cases review commission decided to refer the case back to the appeal courts and this is the most important step towards getting al‘s conviction and sentence overturned. we are grateful to the courts for expediting the appeal process. we

would ask that the media now give the family some space to come to terms with today‘s decision. thank you. the wife of sergeant blackman speaking after that decision. a multi—millionaire property developer has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 25 years after being found guilty of murdering his girlfriend. newport crown court heard that peter morgan, who is married with two children, admitted killing georgina simmonds after she threatened to blackmail him, but he denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. thomas morgan is at new worth crown court. give us the latest on this today. well, millionaire peter morgan met georgina simmonds four years ago and after finding out that she was going

to blackmail him, he decided to kill her. he was diagnosed with asperger‘s syndrome, the 11 jurors here at newport crown court did not agree and after three—and—a—half days of deliberation, they found unanimously, found him guilty of murder with thejudge unanimously, found him guilty of murder with the judge sentencing him for a murder with the judge sentencing him fora minimum term murder with the judge sentencing him for a minimum term of 25 years. after the sentencing, gwent police read out a statement on behalf of the victim‘s mother, deborah simmonds. the death of my daughter georgina simmonds has been a devastating tragedy. her beautiful daughter has been left without a mumment all of our happy memories will be kept forever in our hearts. we respect the decision of the jury and the sentence that's been handed to peter morgan, but this will never compensate for our loss. we would like to be left to grieve as a family in privacy. gwent police have

been excellent throughout our ordeal. peter morgan became obsessed with georgina simmonds. he allowed her to live in one of his houses and gave her an allowance of thousands per month. he was infatuated and paid her to be with him exclusively. he bugged her house and after listening in on several conversations he found out that she was planning to blackmail him and that path led him down to killing her in what the prosecution described as a premeditated and planned murder as sian lloyd now explains. georgina symonds, a 25—year—old mother of one, murdered by the man who called himself her sugar daddy. she‘d met peter morgan four years ago while working as an escort. the court heard that the 54—year—old became infatuated with her. during the trial, the court heard the property millionaire admitted strangling georgina symonds with baling twine, but denied murdering her on the grounds

of diminished responsibility. this was peter morgan before he met georgina symonds. the footage of him restoring an old windmill was shown in court. it was one of the places where the pair would later meet. the married father of two paid her £10,000 a month, took her on helicopter flights and bought her expensive gifts. she later moved into a bungalow on the grounds of a ruined tudor mansion that morgan owned. police visited the property when georgina symonds was reported missing after failing to pick up her daughter from school. this body—cam film records morgan claiming he didn‘t know where she had gone. but georgina symonds was already dead. peter morgan had hidden her body in the barn next to his home some 20 mimes away. he told the court that he had

heard her threaten to blackmail him and then leave him. morgan has been using a bugging device similar to this one. it‘s disguised as a plug and he was using it to listen in to georgina symonds‘ conversations. inside there is a sim—card and a microphone. the property developer could activate from it his own mobile phone. over a two—month period, he called it 514 times and spent hours on end listening in. this is the moment when he told police officers what he had done. the trouble is once i attempted murder her he could have still gone and blackmailed me. peter morgan had told psychiatrists that he was having a midlife crisis. the court was told that he had asperger‘s syrdrome, but that was not a defence.

the murder of georgina symonds had been carefully planned. thejudge did the judge did speak of that defence. he said that, "i find as a fact you suffered from asperger‘s, but in my judgment only a mild form of that condition. you have committed of the murder by strangulation of georgina simmonds, the murder of a woman you said, you loved. in myjudgment this was a carefully planned and calmly executed. you killed her out of cold anger at what you discovered she had done and out of fear of what she might do." peter morgan will serve a life sentence, a minimum of 25 yea rs. a royal marine reservist has been jailed for 14.5 years. martin

shannon, from southampton, took guns, ammunition and explosives and grenades from his base in poole over four years and buried them in the new forest. daniel sandford has been following the case and is outside the old bailey for us. daniel, tell us more the old bailey for us. daniel, tell us more about the background to this. yes, ben, martin shannon was caught on 1st september, when he met an undercover officer who he believed to be a criminal. he said he believed him to be an old—style criminal like the great train robbers and when he met that undercover officer, he tried to sell him seven high explosive hand grenades and plastic explosive for that he took £5,000, and then he then took the under cover officer outside and rented him an assault rifle, loaded, a self loading pistol which was loaded and a sawn—off shotgun. for that he said he was

going to rent them to the man he believed was a criminal for £5,000 and collect them a week later. the court heard that martin shannon was a serving royal marine reservist and had been since 1996 and actually for the majority of that time, although he was a reservist, he was working full—time. he had served in iraq, in 2003, in afghanistan in 2006, and that a psychiatrist has now assessed that a psychiatrist has now assessed that going back as far as 2003 he has been suffering from post—traumatic stress disorder and that he had been using alcohol to alleviate the symptoms of that. the judge said that while he took the royal marines service into account and also his post—traumatic stress disorder and the fact he pleaded guilty and admitted the crimes at the earliest opportunity, he said there was a very serious breach of trust and while this was an unusual case, he felt that although he didn‘t want to pass a life sentence

for a didn‘t want to pass a life sentence fora man didn‘t want to pass a life sentence for a man trying to provide the weapons to criminals, he would pass a sentence of 14.5 years and he told martin shannon he would serve at least half of that in prison. daniel, thank you very much indeed. that‘s daniel sandford reporting. an ex—servicemen who tried to burgle wayne rooney‘s mansion has been jailed for two years and eight months. robert mcnamara admitted attempting to enter the football‘s family home with intent to steal last august. wayne rooney, and his wife and their three sons were all attending the charity tribute game attending the charity tribute game at old trafford against his first club, everton when the break—in attempt took place. the government has been told it shouldn‘t keep computer data under laws which critics have called the "snoopers‘ charter". the european court ofjustice has ruled that communications information can only be retained if it‘s used to fight serious crime. the home office says it‘ll

try to get the decision overturned. earlier i spoke to our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman. we are we a re really we are really looking at the investigatory powers act. this case concerns the retention of data, this is not the content of data, it is not the content of a phone call, an e—mail, oa not the content of a phone call, an e—mail, o a text or your internet, it is the what, when and how and the why? it paints a picture of what you have been up to, who you have been talking to, when you have been talking to, when you have been talking to, when you have been talking to them, who you have been communicating with, it can paint a com plete communicating with, it can paint a complete picture of a person‘s life. the european court ofjustice, that‘s the eu‘s highest court, today ruled that the general retention of that data is the phrase they use was

the general and indiscriminate retention of that data is illegal and the only means which which it can be done is if it has been used ina can be done is if it has been used in a targeted way in order to combat serious crime. that gives the government at a time of a real and present terror threat a real headache. with me now is lord carlile, the former independent reviewer of terror legislation. your thoughts about today‘s ruling. the first thing that one should remember the european court of justice has no remit over national security. so in relation to terrorism cases, actually this judgment is not strictly relevant. it may influence the way in which the government looks at terrorism cases, but don‘t forget that we‘ve just passed the investigatory powers act which had more scrutiny than any other act of parliament i have seen in my 33 or so years in parliament and which has a vast raft of protections built into it. this decision will, when it is finally determined, what its effect is,

possibly have an effect on the investigation of other serious crime, but the decision doesn‘t stand alone. it has no effect today. it has to be returned to the court of appeal, which referred the case to the european court ofjustice, and sometime, probably injanuary, the court of appeal will decide the effect that it has on existing statutory provisions. i'm really struck that you say it had more scrutiny than anything you‘ve had in a lengthy career because the ecj language is so interesting saying that this exceeds the limits of what is strictly necessary and cannot be considered to be justified, is strictly necessary and cannot be considered to bejustified, within a democratic society. well, they were talking about a different act of parliament. they were talking about an act of parliament that was passed ona an act of parliament that was passed on a temporary basis and which ceases to function at the end of this year. we have a new act of parliament and that new act of parliament and that new act of parliament in my view come prices with thisjudgment. parliament in my view come prices with this judgment. however... largely? i can't say 100%. the

with this judgment. however... largely? i can't say 10096. the court of appeal will make its own judgment of appeal will make its own judgment of the advice given in this judgment, of the european court of justice, but we do have to remember how important it is to be able to access appropriate data, in a proportionate way in order to be able to detect serious crime. but i repeat, this doesn‘t apply to national security and terrorism in any event. the new act deals with that and it is the decision of parliament. today, as a result of this ruling, what are people watching to make of this? we are as safe as society as we are in western europe. as a result of this, if it has a significant effect on the way data is retained, then it will make us less safe. i think that

would be to the detriment of the british public. there is a delusional belief among some that the security services spend all their time snooping on our communications. that is just not true. it is to slander the security services to say they do not act with integrity. there are of course m ista kes integrity. there are of course mistakes from time to time. there is a commissioner who scrutinises everything that they do. in 2015 he produced a report which supported the activity of the security services in relation to data, and i think we should bear that in mind as an important factor. in my view, this decision is being overblown in the claims which are being trumpeted about its effect on british legislation and the way the security services operate. but i know the

government has contingency plans and will be making strong arguments to the court of appeal injanuary. will be making strong arguments to the court of appeal in january. so your argument is a blanket operation to retain this sort of information, reg retta bly to retain this sort of information, regrettably perhaps, but is vital in this current climate? it is essential to retain information so that it can be looked at on the basis of a proper and proportionate enquiry, when it is needed to try and detect who has committed a serious crime, and when it is needed to try and prevent a serious crime. if you look at what has happened in the uk, particularly since 2005 when 77 and 21/7 to place, although there have been serious incidents, the scared of them have been smaller than what happened in other comparable countries. that is because we are a safer country. we

have a responsible and well scrutinised set of security services and we have legislation that parliament has determined and that will continue in any event in relation to national security and terrorism. lord carlile, thank you for joining terrorism. lord carlile, thank you forjoining us. let‘s see what the weather has got in store for us. darren bett can tell us. good afternoon. some stormy weather in the run—up to christmas. in the north west of scotland tonight gaels are likely. there will be frequent wintry showers. there is some rain to push south eastwards away from england. skies clearing up to the north—west. a chilly night and not far away from freezing in the countryside. we could have some icy patches in scotland. some showers the northern ireland, one or two for

england and wales. a good deal of sunshine. there will be a chilly feel to the day but pleasant enough in the sunshine and out of the winds. then we have the amber wind warning from the met office, be prepared. that is through friday and into friday night as well, all courtesy of storm barbara. a deep area of low pressure heading for scotla nd area of low pressure heading for scotland and the north—west. gusts of 90 mph in scotland and 70 mph across northern england, northern ireland and the far north of wales which is likely to lead to some disruption. hello. this is bbc news with jane hill and ben brown. the headlines at 4.34pm. the royal marine serving life after being found guilty of murdering an injured afghan fighter, has been refused bail pending a new conviction challenge. we are obviously disappointed by the judge‘s decision not to grant

bail this afternoon. however, we must remember that earlier this month the criminal cases review commission decided to refer the case back to the appeal courts. new pictures emerge of the man the police are hunting in connection with a lorry attack on a christmas market in berlin which left 12 people dead. security agencies in germany said they shared information about that suspect last month. in the wake of the attack in germany, roads have been closed around buckingham palace during today‘s changing of the guard ceremony. multi—millionaire property developer peter morgan has been jailed at newport crown court for a minimum of 25 years for the murder of his girlfriend georgina symonds. the queen and duke of edinburgh have delayed theirjourney to norfolk for christmas after coming down with "heavy colds." and 0lly foster is our man with all

the sports news this afternoon. how is it is fairly quiet but enough for us to get our teeth stuck into. good afternoon. northampton saints won‘t face any sanctions for allowing george north to carry on playing against leicester earlier this month although a concussion management review group found that the welsh winger should never have returned to the field of play after appearing to be briefly knocked out. dr barry 0‘driscoll, former medical advisor with world rugby is with me. hello, thank you for popping in. you area hello, thank you for popping in. you are a true expert. concussion has been your thing for the last few yea rs. been your thing for the last few years. the panel said that the saints‘ medical team had completed the head injury assessment and had not intentionally ignored the player‘s best interests, but

something has gone badly wrong here? cows and things keep ego —— things keep going badly wrong. the huge problems here is the protocols the players go through when they go off the field are not worth the paper it is written on. it is experimenting on players‘ brains, first five minutes, then ten minutes then 30 minutes. no other sport uses it, by minutes. no other sport uses it, rugby do not use it in any other game in communities games, children 01’ game in communities games, children or women‘s games. if you take a player off to have a concussion assessment, you must suspect concussion and he must stay. but they are experimenting in that part of the game which is most brutal. when the player goes back the impacts will be huge. this is what is wrong. you said they keep experimenting. this new protocol was

launched, much song and dance about it, but that northants medical team did not have that video replay in which it seemed pretty clear that george north was spark out momentarily. absolutely. they did not see it and that is something which could probably be put right but there will be a lot of things happening in the middle of rucks and mauls where the video will not show the impact. we have to have it on the impact. we have to have it on the impact. we have to have it on the impact you see on the video, the history of the player and what you find when you go on the field. if the referee calls the doctor on because of the player lying prone on the ground, unable to get up or confused and losing balance, that is the end of it. that is the end of it everywhere in the world but not in elite rugby. they have had enough exa m ples of elite rugby. they have had enough examples of how it has gone wrong to say enough is enough. northampton have released a statement. they accept george north should never have gone back playing and they will

help world rugby. there are new recommendations designed to improve pitch side communication and increase the amount of video footage. at least something good could come out of this but you don‘t feel enough will be done. these world —class feel enough will be done. these world—class players you feel are being protected too much in the wrong way to get them playing? com pletely wrong way to get them playing? completely in the wrong way. rugby and other sports have done a lot in accepting the player is concussed, the way they look after them in seven days afterwards and the day by day assessment, but they have got to start at the crucial point and they have got to keep them off the field. until they start that, the rest is trying to play catch up. thank you for your thoughts. it is provoking a lot of response to the news that northampton will not face any sanctions for allowing george north to carry on playing but a lot of

recommendations have come out of this incident it is hoped. that is all the sport for now. i will be backin all the sport for now. i will be back in the next hour. thank you. there has been a tightening of security in london after the berlin attack. earlier i spoke to chris phillips, former head of the government‘s national counter terrorism security 0ffice about the uk‘s response to the berlin attack. he says the uk has done more than many other countries to protect crowded places. we need to understand in the uk we foresaw this kind of problem 11 or 12 years ago actually and we developed a project protecting crowded places. we have spent a lot of money putting in hostile vehicle mitigation so barriers and blockers and bus stops and things that would stop vehicle bombs or vehicles from attacking major crowds. that is an actual active policy, that people going out

shopping don‘t realise that it is there and where would that be in effect, in any large, urban area? yeah, most cities in the uk have had some work done. most major train stations are protected. arsenal football stadium has got hostile vehicle mitigation on the outside of it and you wouldn‘t necessarily know that it was doing thatjob, but you can use things that are in the environment to protect you, even trees and things like that. you can‘t, none of us can protect everything all the time, but i‘m curious then given the work that you have been involved with, what went through your mind when you saw what happened in berlin, whether you thought crikey, just not enough was done to try to prevent this sort of, this tragedy? well, there are two things. one, i know the countries in europe haven‘t done enough to protect their crowded places, but there is also the rider that

you can‘t protect all places, oxford street, regent street, all those places in london and every other part of the uk, if you really want to, if you get into a vehicle, a truck and you want to kill lots of people, you can do that. but what you can do is prioritise those types of locations that might be more attractive to terrorists and of course, places like winter markets are exactly that and we‘ve actually seen terrorists try to attack strasbourg market back in 2000 when they were going to use a vehicle with a bomb in it and british intelligence actually did a brilliantjob there to stop that from happening and tipped off the authorities and they were arrested. so when we think back to nice with the truly appalling death toll that we saw in nice, again, in your opinion was that a result of the structures that you are talking about that in place in some of our cities that they weren‘t there? yes. i mean, is it naivety, is it money, what is it that means some cities think about this sort of thing

and others don‘t? i guess this thing doesn‘t come cheap? well, if i take you back 12 years ago when we were foreseeing this kind of attack in the uk, i actually did a little tour of europe and tried to review what they were doing over there to see if we could learn from them and actually we found that the idea that, the view of terrorism at that time across europe was that this was a uk and a us problem, that this was not something that affected mainland europe and you know, i spoke to people in belgium, germany, and they really did feel that it wasn‘t their problem and i think that because of that, they are five or ten years behind our learning in the uk. now that doesn‘t mean to say that we cannot be attacked because obviously, you know, a terrorist decides what they want to do and it is the terrorist‘s decision as to whether they use a vehicle, a bomb or a gun, but we can put in defensive measures and we have put in defensive measures which will allay some of the attack methods. is that sort of work

that is continually reviewed, continually ongoing, it is so fascinating to listen to you, but you are talking about an attack using a vehicle. nothing can stop an individual who is prepared to die for their cause, whatever that might be, withks i don‘t know, explosives or a gun, you can‘t do something about one single individual walking around on foot? terrorism — once they get the gun, the bomb, the knife in their hand, then it is very difficult to stop them. however, our best opportunity is to stop them from becoming terrorists in the first place so the radicalisation piece is the most important bit and we‘ve done that quite well as well in the uk. again, it is not perfect, but we have done a lot of work on that. but there is an ongoing problem. when someone gets a gun in their hand or a knife, they can actually commit the terrorist attack without a doubt. chris phillips talking to me in the

last hour. there were some more details coming through from the reuters news agency. the german federal office is naming a tunisian suspect as 24—year—old anis amri. they added that he could be armed and dangerous. that is coming from the federal prosecutor ‘s office. we are also hearing that a reward has been offered for up to 100,000 euros for information leading to the arrest of the suspect in the berlin attack. there had been used earlier on that he had been on the radar of the german security forces and had been discussed in fact as recently as last month by the various security agencies. a 100,000 euros

reward is being named for any information leading to the arrest of the suspect who has now been named as 24—year—old anis amri. and a warning from the german federal prosecutors‘ office, that he could be armed and dangerous. he is still on the run and a huge manhunt is under way for him in germany. that is the picture of him which has been released this afternoon. 24—year—old anis amri. a couple of pictures released of him in fact, and the warning that he could be armed and dangerous. we will keep you up—to—date on that and more from berlin at five o‘clock, of course. reports from eastern aleppo say that the evacuation operation has resumed for the remaining people in the rebel enclave. syrian state television says that five buses have left the area. syrian army units are preparing

to take full control after four years of fighting against anti—government rebels. earlier i spoke to our correspondent james longman, who‘s following the story from beirut. the first buses have started to move out of east aleppo. it is very difficult to knowjust how many. syrian state television are saying five, we have had reports up to 30. but the important thing to say is thousands of people are now getting out of east aleppo. it has been extraordinarily cold there over the last 24 hours or so. snow fell last night and there has been a blizzard this morning. it has been a place where no one at the best of times would want to stay and particularly not now given that people in east aleppo only have the bombed out buildings in which to live to take any kind of shelter. they will now be transported to the staging postjust outside of aleppo in the aleppo countryside where they can receive

the medical care and the food, the blankets, all the things that they were missing over the last years, that they have been living in east aleppo and then they will have a choice about where they want to go next and we understand most will probably choose to go to idlib, which is the last basically, the last rebel stronghold in syria, a large pofens to the north—west of syria where they will go. as for aleppo, now the government will have its chance to, in their words, re—take it from the terrorists. the government has said that they plan to send the army in to the last rebel enclaves of east aleppo as soon as the evacuation is over and that would constitute an enormous victory for the government of bashar al—assad. already people in west aleppo are celebrating this event. we saw pictures of locals dancing around a christmas tree. this really is a big moment for the government to be able to say that the whole of aleppo is back

under their control. it is important to say though the war isn‘t over. all the actors that are still funding and rolling this war on from outside of the country and inside, are still very much engaged in it so the war will continue. but the war in aleppo anyway seems to be drawing to a close. james longman for us in beirut. ina in a moment we will take a look at how the financial markets in europe have closed today but first a look at the headlines. the royal marine serving life after being found guilty of murdering an injured afghan fighter, has been refused bail, pending a new conviction challenge. german police have released pictures of the suspect of the lorry attack

in berlin. in london, extra security measures including for the changing the guard ceremony at buckingham palace. hello, i‘m susannah streeter. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. trading has been pretty light in stock markets around the world in the run—up to christmas. it is the fate of italian banks which have been concentrating minds. germany‘s dax was treading water. 0n the ftse 100, mining stocks were among the top four lives. —— top folders. for

. another story is a former fund manager of blackrock has been sentenced to four months in jail accused of insider dealing. rio tinto stock was falling, as a result of a tropical storm. and shares in the oldest bank in the world, monte dei paschi continue to fall. it is trying to raise billions infunding. let‘s get detailed analysis of all that with lawrence gosling, editor in chief of investment week. let‘s talk first of all about monte dei paschi. it has been trying to raise money and it needed 5 billion

euros by the end of next week. investors are euros by the end of next week. investors a re not euros by the end of next week. investors are not minded to stump up cash because they do not get what the business model is and the bank has consistently burned through any cash it had had over the last few months and it looks as if it will run out of money in the middle of next year. it looks as if the italian government will be the last hope for the bank. and there are others as well in very poor financial health. there are at least six italian banks which are in dire straits. mps, as it is known, is probably the oldest and most high profile. 0ther probably the oldest and most high profile. other banks have suffered with non—performing loans and bad debts which do not look like they will never be paid back. it is an endemic problem in the italian banking system. the ftse 100 endemic problem in the italian banking system. the ftse100 is on the back foot and weather is complicating matters for rio tinto? there is the potential for hurricane

problems to hit one of its big minds and this year could turn out to be and this year could turn out to be an annus horribilis for the mining sector. capacity prices were weak and throughout the year that has been run after run of bad news and rio is the latest. the city has been awash with news today about the jailing of a hedge fund managerfrom cat macro black rock. what do you know about mark littleton? cat macro black rock. what do you know about mark littleton7m cat macro black rock. what do you know about mark littleton? it is an unusual case. he traded in two stocks purely for his own personal gain. he made £45,000 out of it so not a very large amount of money. he was using private investors‘ money. he was something of a star manager but in court his barrister said they

—— the pressure of the whole scenario got to him and he was tempted to make some profit. u nfortu nately for tempted to make some profit. unfortunately for him and his family, because he will spend christmas in prison, he was susceptible to temptation. going back to the wider financial market, trading has been light. it appears the markets have been on the back foot. we are getting closer to the end of the trading week. by friday lunchtime it will be the end of the trading week in london and similar in the us. it is running out of stea m. in the us. it is running out of steam. there are not many big rational investors around at the moment allocating money. a little bit of momentum. there are still a little bit of bounce after the trump action in the states. it will be interesting to see if that carries on into january and of his inauguration. thank you. just to reca ptu re inauguration. thank you. just to recapture on it has been a lot of

light trading right across the world for stock markets. the ftse100 ending down very, very slightly. the dax and frankfurt up treading water and that is the case in the united states. the dow jones and that is the case in the united states. the dowjones and the tech heavy nasdaq reached record levels yesterday but we are in the run—up to christmas so trading is pretty light. any fluctuations we see are just that, fluctuations. thank you. now, let‘s see the panda pictures again! a giant panda has become an internet sensation after zoo keepers released hilarious footage of him playing in the snow. da mao was caught on panda cam at toronto zoo frolicking with his very own snowman. keepers said the snowman was specially built for the panda to offer him "enrichment" because he was not enjoying

the winter weather. he showed his gratitude by eventually destroying it. there is no pleasing some people, is that! he seems to be enjoying what is left of that poor snowman! it is brilliant, i love that bit! is their snow on the way for us? i bet not but here is darren with the forecast. hello. it could be a record—breaking mild christmas day but in the run—up to christmas it will be a fast moving fluctuating forecast. there will be some showers and some stormy weather to come. pretty windy out there this evening and overnight. gales are likely blowing in some frequent showers. the rain we have in southern england will edge out towards the near continent. temperature is not far away from

freezing in the countryside and some fog patches are likely put the south—east of england in particular. heading northwards and ice could be a concern overnight. typically over the high roots of scotland. there will be some more snow in the hills and really atrocious weather for the mountains. we have gales in the northwest. some showers in northern ireland. eastwards it will be more likely to be dry. there will be patches of fog chiefly in the south. they should not last long. for eastern areas it will be dry throughout thursday. some showers out towards the west. the bulk of showers in northern ireland and in scotla nd showers in northern ireland and in scotland where there will be snow in the hills. here, particularly unpleasant weather. it will feel cold and there will be a chilly feel across the board. as we head into friday we have storm barbara on the

way. this has been signalled for some time. it is a deep area of low pressure. it is the wind which will be the impact. we have a beep prepared amber weather warning from the met office throughout friday and friday night —— at the prepared weather warning. be prepared. the winds do ease quickly on christmas eve morning. it will be windy across the north with blustery showers. further south, the winds dropped. the skies will be brighter but cloud amounts will increase because we have another area of low pressure heading our way, this time for christmas day. it is not a named storm but it will bring some windy weather. we have some very mild daring deed. for many parts of the

uk it will not be a white christmas day. that is it, i will see you later. today at five. a manhunt is under way for a tunisian man suspected of carrying out the lorry attack on a christmas market in berlin. pictures emerge of the suspect known as anis amri. his asylum application had been rejected after arriving in germany last year. tributes continue to be paid for the 12 people killed and nearly 50 injured when the lorry ploughed through the crowds in the centre of berlin on monday night. i‘m in berlin and as authorities prepared to reopen the scene of the attack on monday police offer a 100,000 euros reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect. here in london, extra security measures are brought in for the changing of the guard ceremony at buckingham palace. we‘ll have the latest on the security situation across europe. the other main stories on the bbc news at five. the queen and prince philip delay plans to travel to sandringham