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 for christmas after both developing heavy colds. the royal marine jailed for murdering an injured afghan fighter, is refused bail ahead of an appeal.

jailed for life — the multi—millionaire property developer who murdered his escort girlfriend gets a minimum of 25 years. and after dozens of near misses with planes this year — plans for tighter rules for people who own drones. in germany police have launched a nationwide hunt for a tunisian man who's believed to have carried out the lorry attack in berlin. robert hall is in berlin. this evening as the lights come on above the market for the first time in three days and authorities prepared to reopen at the emphasis has shifted away from berlin and

beyond the german borders as a europe—wide alert is issued in the hunt for one suspect at least at the moment. we are not receiving any official confirmation from police but we have been piecing together information from media reports and security sources in tunisia. the man is being named unofficially as anis amri, the name appears on a wanted poster issued during the afternoon. he is thought to be 23 years old, he was born in tunisia close to the libyan border and he came to germany during the last 18 months. he said to have for asylum, to have had that claim rejected, he appears to have beenin claim rejected, he appears to have been in custody for a while in the german state up in the north west near the dutch frontier. that is where there has been a police operation going on during this afternoon. at some stage she has been released from custody, awaiting

a p pa re ntly been released from custody, awaiting apparently deportation. and he is 110w apparently deportation. and he is now on the run and being sought urgently. he is described as extremely dangerous. so what has led to this and how has the investigation been evolving? christian investigation been evolving 7 christian pressure has been piecing it together. —— christian fraser. police the driver seat of the truck used in the attack a clue that seems plausible that pivotal to the investigation. german newspapers say the papers of anis amri, who was born in tunisia, he arrived in germany last year. the interior minister would not confirm his name but he did confirm that this is now an international manhunt. there is a new suspect, he said, and like eve ryo ne new suspect, he said, and like everyone i would point out that we are talking about a suspect, not necessarily the perpetrator. the

investigation continues to be conducted in all directions and and arrest warrant has been issued from midnight both in germany and within the schengen zone area of europe. anis amri was registered as a refugee centre on the dutch — german border and known to security agencies. is reported he had used six different games whilst in europe and three nationalities. his asylum claim had been rejected in the summer claim had been rejected in the summerand he claim had been rejected in the summer and he was scheduled for deportation. the truck carrying 23 tonnes of steel girders, had travelled from parliament to germany for them the driver was polish, lu kasz urban, for them the driver was polish, lukasz urban, a 37—year—old family man who was later found dead inside the cab. his cousin, who owned the truck company, said they had lost contact with him around four o'clock on monday afternoon. he was called by german police yesterday to identify the body. translation: there was stab wounds on the

photographs are shown and it was clear he had been fighting, his face was swollen and bloodied. i learned about the gunshot wounds from the police who told me that apart from being stabbed, he was also shot. 50 where being stabbed, he was also shot. so where might the suspect had intercepted the truck? on monday morning lukasz urban arrived at the steel factory in berlin ahead of schedule ready to unload. there was no space. we know he went to get filled and he was caught on cctv inside this cabal of shop nearby. there is then a gap in the timeline until 8pm when the truck ploughed into the crowded christmas market killing 12 people and injuring 49. the driver fled into the darkness of the park pursued by a witness who called the police. a 23—year—old pakistani man was arrested near the victory column monument but there was nothing to link into the trap. in those precious few hours, the real suspect, possibly injured, in those precious few hours, the realsuspect, possibly injured, had escaped. lu kasz urban realsuspect, possibly injured, had escaped. lukasz urban it seemed was kept alive perhaps until the very

moment of the attack. a gps trackers are purported to show that around 3:a5pm petrak 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 continued to be treated. eight of them are heavily injured, two of them are heavily injured, two of them died and now at this hospital we have for patients with severe trauma of the lower extremities and the pelvis. no doubt the early slip—up in this investigation piles more pressure on to the embattled chancellor angela merkel and it will not help her cause that the tunisian that they are hunting appears to have slipped into the country when she opened the doors to thousands of refugees. with the manhunt under way, there will be anxiety not only in berlin and not only in germany,

we have been here before. the background of the suspect, clues that were missed, and so long as he is at large, the threat of another attack. well before i hand backjust take another look at the photo which european police forces have been issued with. this is the man that is being named as anis amri, tunisian sources told the bbc that he will turn 2a tomorrow. the search has extended well beyond berlin, big operations in the north—west of germany and obviously everyone now on the alert. the public are being warned that the suspect, still not officially named by the german authorities, it is extremely dangerous. more on this story later in the programme. at 5.40 i'll be talking to the german ambassador to the uk, dr peter ammon. and you can also keep up to date with the latest developments online on the bbc news website.

in london, scotland yard has brought forward extra security measures for the changing the guard ceremony at buckingham palace, because of the berlin attack. roads around the palace have been closed for the ceremony. the restrictions are being introduced earlier than planned, but police say the change is "a precautionary measure" for the next three months, and is not based on any specific intelligence. to talk more now about the uk's policing response following the terror attack in berlin, i'm joined by police scotland's assistant chief constable bernard higgins, who's just outside glasgow. what changes have you introduced because of the attack in berlin on monday7 because of the attack in berlin on monday? good evening. obviously the berlin attack was horrific and what i would say is that there is no specific intelligence suggesting anything like that is likely to

happen in the uk. but we have been operating with the threat level as severe and for many months police forces across the whole of the country have been planning for offence under that planning assumption. given obviously january the 1st, and the fact that scotland a tt ra cts the 1st, and the fact that scotland attracts many people from around the world for hogmanay, what specific problem stores that cause and what precautions are you taking in light of what happened in germany and indeed other attacks7 of what happened in germany and indeed other attacks? we have many events right across the country but probably the biggest is the street party in edinburgh where over 100,000 people attend. the planning for that has been meticulous, it has been planned for many months and involves a multi—agency response. and certainly in light of the attack yesterday we have convened the multi—agency group to review lands, not necessary to change them because we have been planning under this

severe threat for many months now and there is no specific intelligence suggesting that or any other event is going to be targeted. what we want to say to people is this is a busy time of year, please come out and enjoy yourself, be aware of your circumstances but do not be alarmed. if you feel at any time uncomfortable or suspicious of anything go to approach a police officer or one of the many stewards who will be on duty and tell them what is worrying you and let us deal with that. in terms of precautions, do you have armed officers on patrol, are you cancelling league or bringing in extra police over the holiday period? we cancelled rest days some months ago in anticipation of policing what is a major event, we have not cancelled any additional leave as a result of yesterday and in terms of your question around armed policing, we have armed response officers on duty 2a hours a

day and they will form part of a contingency to protect notjust day and they will form part of a contingency to protect not just the hogmanay event in edinburgh but events right across the whole of scotland. thank you. 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. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is at buckingham palace. not a huge surprise, these are two people in their advancing years. exactly right, the royal standard is flying above buckingham palace indicating that her majesty is there along with the duke of edinburgh. well every year at this time of year just before christmas the queen normally travels to liverpool street station and bought a train to head to king ‘s lynn and then goes on to the sandringham estate in norfolk. this morning at around 11 o'clock when the train was due to leave her security turned up but her majesty did notand

security turned up but her majesty did not and neither did the duke of edinburgh. that omitted because speculation and concern as to the reasons why she had not arrived. a couple of hours later the palace issued a statement saying that the queen and duke of edinburgh had heavy colds and had decided not to travel to sandringham today. i understand that this is not cause for concern, there are a lot of germs around as you said but saying that the duke of edinburgh is 95, the queen as we know is 90 and so any ill health is going to be monitored extremely carefully. the christmas celebrations at selling —— a sandringham is a long—held tradition for the family, the queen is very fond of the place and i'm sure she will be hoping to get up there as soon as possible along with there as soon as possible along with the duke of edinburgh. so we expect them to leave in the next few days. thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making bbc news at five. police say there are now 400 potential victims in the national football abuse scandal with some possibly being as young as four. officers say the number of potential

suspects has nearly doubled to 155. 148 football clu bs are being investigated a royal marine reservist, 43, has been jailed for 14 and a half years at the old bailey following an undercover sting to recover stolen guns and ammunition he had stockpiled in the new forest. all the locks at birmingham prison are to be replaced following last friday's riot — at a cost of three quarters of a million pounds. keys were handed over to inmates by a prison officer who had been threatened. it's thought the total cost of repairs will be £2 million. the private firm running the prison — g4s — will pay. 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. the hearing lasted less than two hours, there were dozens of supporters of alexander blackman outside, some with banners and flags saying, just as for marine a. there was a cheer as his wife came to the court. they were all hoping that he would be granted bail, that he would be freed from prison ahead of a fresh appeal hearing next year. but the lord chief justice fresh appeal hearing next year. but the lord chiefjustice lord thomas said the practice of the court was a lwa ys said the practice of the court was always to expedite appeals so in other words to speed them up rather than releasing on bail and he said despite the unprecedented nature of the case, the court could see no basis for departing from that practice. so bail was refused, and alexander blackman puzzling wife gave her reaction outside court. that statement contained some flash

photography. we are also disappointed by the decision of the judge not to grant bail was 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 this conviction and sentence overturned. we are grateful to the courts for expediting the appeal process. well he was convicted of murder in 2013, sentenced to life with a minimum term of ten years. the following yearan term of ten years. the following year an appeal against his conviction failed, though the minimum term was reduced to eight yea rs. minimum term was reduced to eight years. the case was then looked at by the criminal cases review commission, the independent body looking at potential miscarriages of justice. and earlier this month it decided that the case should be referred to the court of appeal. for a second appeal. and it said that it

would look at a number of issues including new expert evidence relating to alexander blackman buzzer mental state of the time of the offence with the commission concluded there was a possibility that the court martial appeal court would not quash the murder conviction. so that is how this second appeal came about. the decision today was about weather in the meantime he should be granted bail but thejudge the meantime he should be granted bail but the judge decided that should not happen. thank you. the headlines on bbc news. german prosecutors have named their prime suspect in the berlin lorry attack as tunisian national anis amri ina attack as tunisian national anis amri in a wanted notice. here in london extra security measures are brought in for the changing of the guard ceremony at buckingham palace. the queen and prince philip delay plans to travel to sandringham for christmas after both developed a heavy cold. and in sport northampton saints will not face any sanctions despite being told that their player

george north should never have been allowed to carry on playing in the match earlier this month. the welsh winger landed on his head and was briefly knocked out. a double wimbledon champion ashoka the will not be able to play tennis again 46 months, she needed surgery on her hand after a knife attack at home the chap republic. and valtteri bottas looks closer to move to mercedes to replace the retiring formula 1 world champion nico rosberg. a dealfor the formula 1 world champion nico rosberg. a deal for the williams driver is expected to be completed in the new year. —— the czech republic. a multi—millionaire property developer has been found guilty of murdering his escort girlfriend. newport crown court heard that peter morgan — who's married with two children — admitted killing georgina simmonds after she threatened to blackmail him — but he denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. our wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. 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 property millionaire admitted strangling georgina symonds with baling twine, but denied murder 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 expensive gifts. she later moved into a bungalow in 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 filming records morgan claiming he didn't know where she had gone. where do we think she was going at 12 o'clock? didn't say. she didn't say.

she just wanted me gone by 12. i don't know whether she was off out or someone was coming here or what. 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 is 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 was once i'd attempted murder her, i could be in a hell of a lot of trouble for that.

and she could have still gone and blackmailed me, couldn't she7 peter morgan had told psychiatrists that he was having a midlife crisis. the court was told that he had asperger‘s syndrome, but that was not a defence. the murder of georgina symonds had been carefully planned. sian lloyd, bbc news, newport crown court. the evacuation of civilians from the syrian city of aleppo has resumed. a convoy of about 60 buses is taking some of the last 3,000 evacuees from eastern districts of aleppo. our correspondentjames longman is in beirut. what is happening at the moment? this looks to be the endgame for east aleppo. we understand so far all of the critically ill and seriously injured have already been evacuated, according to the red cross were managing this evacuation.

we think the last few buses are either just about to leave or on their way out of east aleppo. it has a lwa ys their way out of east aleppo. it has always been difficult to knowjust how many people needed to be evacuated from this part of aleppo. at the beginning of the process the un said something in the region of 50,000 people needed to leave. over the last few days something like 25,000 have come out and that is the official number but we think it could be higher. now this evening and into tomorrow morning is probable the last few people will leave, they're going to go to a medical evacuation point to the west of aleppo where they will receive all the things that they were missing while living in besieged aleppo. the conditions that they face there were horrific, months of siege and bombardment, so they're in a very bad way. will be, they will access the scare and then be able to choose where they want to go next. most will choose to go to the last

remaining stronghold of the opposition in syria, which is the province of it live. as for east aleppo, the syrian government has said their army will enter that part of the city and finally won several reca ptu res of the city and finally won several recaptures the product the whole of aleppo city. this is a huge victory for the president. the war in syria is over, is not over, but at least the war in aleppo seems to be. do we know why people were delayed by an extra 24 hours? there has not been a lot of information, there has been confusion, the evacuations were a lwa ys confusion, the evacuations were always contingent on other evacuation is taking place in parallel into government—controlled villagers in north—west syria. it is thought that there were complications there and until people could leave those places, no one was going to be able to leave east aleppo. there were also demands allegedly made by the iranians who

are heavily involved in syria, that some of the levels that the rebels returned bodies of their markers as they put them, those killed inside east aleppo. so this was a very complicated process and was always to be difficult. so looking at the situation in syria, for this to happen so quickly, and it was only on thursday that the progress began, it was delayed for the weekend but for it to have come to an end so soon for it to have come to an end so soon just shows how much the syrian government want this to happen. they wa nt to government want this to happen. they want to show the rest of the world andindeed want to show the rest of the world and indeed their population that they are in control and can remove people from east aleppo and claim it back. and that indeed seems to be what they are doing. the labour mpjamie reed — one ofjeremy corbyn's most high profile backbench critics — says he's standing down from parliament, triggering a by—election in his copeland constituency. mr reed — who has clashed with the labour leader over the issue of nuclear weapons — says he's taking a job at the sellafield nuclear plant, in his constituency.

he tweeted to say it's been the hardest decision of his life. in a statement following jamie reed's resignation, jeremy corbyn said he's sorry to see him go. he said that mr reed has "given great service to his party, his country and his constituency" and added "he has been a powerful voice for rural and remote communities. i wish him all the best in his future role." the government has been told it shouldn't keep computer data under a law called the "snoopers' charter" by critics. 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. the liberal democrat shadow home secretary brian paddick said the ruling proves the government has overstepped the mark. at least 31 people are now known to have died in a series of explosions at a fireworks market in mexico. footage shows a single stall catching fire, triggering a chain reaction of blasts.

it's the third major blast at the market since 2005. our correspondent will grant sent this report. captured on mobile phone footage, the moment this fireworks market was engulfed in flames. within minutes, the entire site destroyed in a blaze of smoke, noise and deadly explosions. once the smoke cleared, the scale of the damage became clear. a fire at the main san pablito fireworks market outside mexico city was always likely to have devastating consequences. most celebrations in mexico involve fireworks, so in the run—up to christmas it was full of shoppers. the local authorities have already confirmed around 50 deaths and many more injured. once nearby residents got over the initial shock of the blast, they did what they could to assist

the emergency services. translation: we were in the area when there was an explosion at a shop at the end of the road then a series of blasts came one after the other, people started to fall down a lot. they started running, pieces of concrete and brick started falling all over the street. it was very loud, there were several explosions, we saw the smoke. we thought it was the gas station, then we saw it was the fireworks. we heard several very strong explosions and then the smoke came up. for the time being the authorities say they are still investigating the cause of the tragedy. whatever is behind it, this isn't the first explosion at san pablito. in 2005, just before mexican independence day, the market caught alight, injuring more than 120 people. at the time the mexican government vowed to impose stricter regulations on the fireworks industry but many

mexicans are angry the rules are often never applied or never enforced, and that mexico state's market traders and shoppers lost their lives through a potentially avoidable accident. time for a look at the weather now — with darren bett. a lot of people are going to be travelling in the run—up to christmas and the west of the weather will be across the northern half of the country. this evening we have gales and frequent wintry showers to the north west of scotla nd showers to the north west of scotland and some rain developing in england which will ease away. in the north west it is going to be cold overnight, not far from freezing in the countryside. more wintry showers

to come in scotland, and also a gale force wind on thursday. some showers around across england and wales. as we head bent towards friday we have this amber warning from the met office because of this next storm, barbara, and a deep area of low pressure to the north west of scotland. the wind very strong with gusts of 90 miles an hour during friday and friday night. elsewhere up friday and friday night. elsewhere up to 70 miles an hour. hello. this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines at 5:30pm. a manhunt is under way for a tunisian man suspected of carrying out the lorry attack on a christmas market.

berlin police say anis amri arrived in germany last year, but his application for asylum was rejected. tributes continue to be paid for the 12 people killed when the lorry ploughed through the crowds in the centre of berlin on monday night. here in london, extra security measures are brought in for the changing of the guard ceremony at buckingham palace. a former royal marine sergeant who's serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter has been refused bail, while he awaits an appeal hearing. the family of alexander blackman had hoped he'd be released from custody in time for christmas. just a warning there is flash photography in this next clip. we are obviously 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. the queen and duke of edinburgh have delayed theirjourney to norfolk for christmas after coming down with "heavy colds." multi—millionaire property developer peter morgan has been jailed at newport crown court for a minimum of 25 years for the murder of his escort girlfriend georgina

symonds. he strangled her injanuary after she blackmailed him. —— threaten to blackmail him. —— threatened to blackmail him. and after dozens of near misses with planes this year, plans for tighter rules for people who own drones. time for a round up of the day's sports news, with olly foster. northampton saints won't face any punishment for allowing george north to carry on playing against leicester earlier this month although a concussion management review group found that the welsh wing should never have returned to the field of play after appearing to be briefly knocked out. they found that the saints' medical team hadn't intentianally ignored the players best interests but have made nine reccomendations to improve the current pitchside protocols. dr barry o'driscoll, the former medical advisor for world rugby feels that much more has to be done to protect the players. the protocol was this players go

through when they go off the field is not worth the paper it's printed on. first of it's five minutes, then ten minutes, 13 minutes. no other sporting the world uses it. they don't use it in any rugby games. if you had to take a player off to have a concussion assessment, you must suspect concussion and they must stay off, and the regulations state that, but when the player goes back, the impact is going to be huge. this is what is wrong. cardiff blues lock george earle has been banned for eight weeks for gouging. the south african player was sent off for the offence during cardiff's 38—3

defeat to bath last week. he had pleaded not guilty. he'll be free to play again on february 13. the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova will be unable to play competitive tennis for at least six months according to her manager. kvitova was in surgery for around four hours yesterday and believes she's lucky to be alive, after a knife attack at her home in the czech republic. her left hand was damaged in the incident. a statement from her management team said the operation went well with no complications. it's thought it was a random burglary and kvitova wasn't specifically targeted. a former serviceman who tried to break in to wayne rooney's home while the manchester united and england captain was playing in his testimonial match at old trafford has been jailed for two years and eight months. 25—year—old robert mcnamara from scarborough had pleaded guilty at chester crown court to attempting to enter as a trespasser with intent to steal. the attempted burglary took place on the night of august 3 this year, when wayne rooney's testimonial match against everton was taking place. rooney's wife and children were at the match when the alarm at their house was triggered.

the chelsea assistant coach, steve holland, has been appointed as the england assistant manager working alongside gareth southgate. the pair have worked together with the under 21's since 2013 and then with the senior team during southgate's period during southgate's period as interim manager. holland, who's currently chelsea's assistant first team coach, will work with england for the upcoming matches will work with england for the upcoming matches against germany and lithuania in march before then joining the fa on a full time basis at the end of this season. england's chris jordan was on the losing side in the latest match in australia's big bash series, his adelaide strikers side lost to brisbane heat today. former new zealand captain brendan mccullum hit 25 in one over including two sixes to set up the heat. jordan took two wickets for adelaide strikers including this with the very last ball of the 20 overs, heat made 206 forfive in their innings. batting at number seven, jordan madejust one run as the strikers fell ten runs short in their reply, they reached 196 for 6 wickets.

it's the sixth season of the competition. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more in sportsday at 18.30pm. thank you very much, ollie. let's return now to germany, where police are searching for a tunisian suspect, whose identity papers were found in the lorry driven into a christmas market. let's go live now to berlin and our correspondent robert hall. the suspect has been named as anis amri. according to sources in

tunisian, he will be 24 years old tomorrow, and police have offered a 100,000 euros reward for information leading to what they say is the detention of the suspect, though thatis detention of the suspect, though that is the situation at the moment with the investigation, but let's return here, to berlin, where people gather at this shrine in berlin, and where the lights have come back on and we move towards normality at this christmas time. i'm joined by the mayor for this district of berlin, reinhard naumann. i want to go back to monday. you we re i want to go back to monday. you were one of the first to get here after this terrible attack. how did that happen and what effect did it have a new? burst ball, evening to everyone. the heart of the city rests here in berlin around this

monument for peace and love, after the second world war and the disasters between our two countries. i had disasters between our two countries. ihada disasters between our two countries. i had a private dinner. that is not so i had a private dinner. that is not so often. a couple of days before christmas. i got a message after the main course. i immediately took a taxi, and when i arrived, the governor of berlin, and the senator we re governor of berlin, and the senator were at the place. we were together with the leaders of the police and the fire brigade. the atmosphere was very intense stop to manage the rescue, details for the victims, at this moment, and there were victims. terrible for those who had to witness it. how would you sum up how

berlin's citizens and visitors have responded to this event over the last day or two. i am very proud and happy that the city society ball into panic, and that the police did a very, very good job to give almost every hour, the information as to what had happened. communication was very important in the last 48 hours since the attack took place. these extraordinary scenes at these shrines here. absolutely. i got a lot of telephone calls, and direct contact with the population. people are in sorrow. not in panic orfear,

but sorrow. and what about the future7 but sorrow. and what about the future? but at the moment, the situation is clear. we have confidence to the police into the investigations. and we need time for our sadness about victims and this attack. can i ask one more question? where does this leave your chancellor and the debate over immigration here in germany? angular merkel is conservative party, i am labour party, but last summer she said that we will realise manage the situation. next year, we have the national elections, the very right party is very active. there is a

neo—nazi demonstration tonight which is very bad. we need to continue to build bridges between different religions and cultures, so my centre left view is definitely to bring people together in solidarity to fight against this bad populism. thank you very much forjoining us. our sympathies with you and your city at this very difficult time. merry christmas. back to you now in london. joining me now from central london is germany's ambassador to the uk, dr peter ammon thank you very much. good evening to everyone. i have been inundated with m essa 9 es

everyone. i have been inundated with m essa g es of everyone. i have been inundated with messages of sympathy. your foreign secretary came to us personally. i am very grateful to the attitude and the reaction of the british public and government. it was quite clear with that interview with the mayor that berlin is not a city in panic although it's certainly a city in grief. i think it's quite remarkable. the motto at the moment is an english one, stiff upper lip. there is no panic and there is also nobody falling into the trap of the populist voices that somehow try to equate immigration or refugees with terrorists. these populist voices are very loud. it is often a trap. we more realise outside of the country down inside the country, so

it's very important that this point was made clear. that said, there are those that say that the chancellor's decision to open the door to nearly 1 million refugees and asylum seekers, in the words of the chairman of the alternative the germany party, by opening doors, angela merkel has completely surrendered our domestic security. 0f surrendered our domestic security. of course there are these voices, but it is important for you and our british friends to know that this is a small minoru t boys. and yet that it this turns out that it is a tunisian responsible, it's early days but this is where it is disappointing, with tunisia, morocco and algeria, your government is trying to say that this is a safe country of origin and its members are not normally offered asylum.

will this change the strategy? no. it is important to help build stable societies for these countries, our european partners and britain play a very important part among things, so we had to stabilise societies, build the economy, democracy and, in the end, we all know that neither a general behaviour or the mediterranean sea will take these people away they —— if we don't help them to help themselves. people away they —— if we don't help them to help themselveslj them to help themselves. i don't wish to be churlish, but it would appear to be wish to be churlish, but it would appearto bea wish to be churlish, but it would appear to be a tunisian, and someone

somewhere has bungled here7 appear to be a tunisian, and someone somewhere has bungled here? these are somewhere has bungled here? these a re early somewhere has bungled here? these are early hours and the investigation is ongoing so i can't really comment on this. we don't know if the tunisian was the driver of the truck and whether he was the perpetrator or not, so, let's wait and see and ask these questions, which are important questions but not now. the attack on berlin's christmas market comes just five months after another terror attack on bastille day in nice, in which a lorry was deliberately driven into crowds killing 86 people, including children, and injuring hundreds more. it's raised questions over how safe certain public spaces are, which play host to large crowds. lets speak to ruth reed, former president of the royal institute of british architects who co—authored guidance in 2010 on designing for counter—terrorism. she's the current chair of riba's planning group, and joins me from birmingham. just looking at what we know of the berlin attack, crowded spaces like

that, what can be done? what has been done in the past to prevent that kind of attack? there has been considerable understanding here about the methods of ensuring that vehicles don't come into contact with pedestrians weather in permanent or temporary sites. so, we use massive blocks, steel harriers —— barriers. so this can't happen whether deliberately or accidentally. in terms of surveillance and intelligence, is that something you are involved in when landing7 that something you are involved in when landing? and architectural design gets a brief from someone with security knowledge to see what the needs are. the response is to be proportionate. the difficulty with

any area where people are going to be has always been an obvious target and is seen as such by terrorists, what can be done once an attack is under way, in terms of the planning? do you put more corners in streets7 design things in a way that makes mass “— design things in a way that makes mass —— that prevents mass casualties7 mass casualties? there are ways to design in which you can make it difficult for the vehicle, then put in place barriers. they don't all have to be at one point, notjust the point where you don't want the impact. you can stagger them will stop you will see rows of lard the public rate that is too slow and eventually stopped any vehicle that is trying to get to an area of pedestrian access. as an architect,

the last being you want to do is produce something that looks at the bunker7 produce something that looks at the bunker? one of the problems with the temporary measures is that they are concrete blocks and they are there for security reasons, but there are a lot of things we can do such as planters, seating benches and generally integrating this kind of thing into the environment. anything can stop a lorry. you could have a large advertising kiosk or lard. you can have lard that control vehicle access. you can have bollards that control vehicle access. the emirates stadium is a good

example of design, isn't it? they had vehicle deterrent and i don't know that whether many people know that. the business organisation, the cbi, has called for uk firms to continue to enjoy "tariff—free" access to european markets post—brexit, after conducting the largest consultation of its members since the eu referendum. it's published a report urging the government to adopt a so—called "whole economy" approach to ensure that individual sectors don't lose out. our business correspondent,john moylan, reports. what parts of the economy should we prioritise as we leave the eu? do we want finance or maybe farming to get the best deal? how about the creative industries, or even construction7 after a wide—ranging consultation with firms, the cbi has concluded that brexit needs to work for everyone. take farming. on paper, it adds £9 billion in value to the economy. that compares with £120 billion by finance, but farmers say those

numbers don't tell the whole story. agriculture is seen as more important or less important depending on the size of its contribution to the economy. for me, actually, i think we've got to be careful. that misses a trick about all the other things we do. the environment, the landscape, etc. we may well be sacrificed for financial services orfor another sector, but this is an industry we can't afford to lose. the cbi says that businesses want to make a success of it and it says there are key priorities that they all share. what we want to see is that every sector is able to do three things. have continued, tariff free and non—tariff free access to the european market. secondly, to access the people, talent and skills they need to succeed for business, and third, to have a set of rules and regulations where there

is stability and certainty. those rules and regulations really matter. our aerospace and defence industry is overseen on an eu basis. that helps with safety and exports. setting up an alternative regulator in the uk for brexit would come at a cost. not being a member of the european aviation safety agency would cost the uk government up to £40 million per annum. it would add unnecessary administrative burden to industry, and potentially minimise or make it more difficult for us to export to key markets around the world. the government says that it will deliver the best possible access for uk businesses trading with europe, and that it wants a smooth, orderly exit that works for all sectors of the economy. john moylan, bbc news. the government's proposing tougher controls over the use of drones following dozens of near misses with aircraft in the uk over the past year.

ministers are beginning a consultation on plans that include no—fly zones around airports, and exams to ensure that owners know how to use drones safely. our technology correspondent, rory cellanjones, reports. ..moments after receiving the order... earlier this month amazon made its first delivery by drone to a customer in cambridgeshire. just one potential use of an exciting new technology which the government says could soon be a big contributor to the economy. but, things can go wrong. this drone careered across an estuary in cumbria and almost clipped a road bridge, landing its owner with an £800 fine. and reports from pilots of near misses with drones have led to mounting concerns about safety. if people don't use drones responsibly and follow the rules and regulations which are in place, obviously that's a safety issue first of all. but it could also affect the long—term future of drones as well.

there are already plenty of regulations. i couldn't for instance fly this here because we're too close to buildings and people. but while professional users of drones have to register with the civil aviation authority, anyone else could just buy one and start flying. the government is consulting on regulations which would mean new drones would have to be registered, users would have to pass a theory test, much like that for drivers. and there would be tougher penalties for using drones in no—fly zones. these pictures were captured by an amateur drone user, peter galbevy, on holiday in australia. he says the rules there are far simpler than in the uk. and warns there is a risk in imposing a clamp—down. leisure users are the future employees and users of drones and other unmanned aircraft, for more commercial reasons. if you put regulations in place that are too complicated and they scare people off, then you're going to deny that future industry this pool

of talent that we need. there'll be thousands of new drone owners this christmas. even before new rules come in, they're being told they will be safer if they follow the existing drone code. rory cellanjones, bbc news. a 102—year—old scientist has won his battle to carry on working at an australian university, despite being described as a health and safety risk. dr david goodall was told he would have to work from home from the new year but the university in perth has now from the new year but the university in perth has now reversed its decision. our correspondent, hywell griffith, sent this report. after seven decades as an ecologist, david goodall says his natural environment is here, on campus, surrounded by academic life. in august the centenarian was told it was no longer safe for him to come into work at the edith cowan university and he was asked to stay at home.

but after his case won international support, the management has now relented and found him this new office. i have only been here one day, so it's a bit difficult for me to express any particular concerns. but i think that they will try to make me at home. the journey from home will be much quicker, reaching his old office involved a 90—minute commute on a train and two buses. the university says they've always had his interests at heart. first of all, it's closer to his residence, so it's easier for him to commute. secondly, there's an office very close to it, manned most of the time, so we will be able to keep an eye on him. that he is ok. having been forced to give up his other love of acting, doctor goodall is determined to keep his mind active. at 102, he is not out yet. hywell griffith, bbc news.

a giant panda has become an online hit after zoo keepers released 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. that's what happens when you believe the weather forecast! time for a look at the weather with darren bett. it's more likely to be a record—breaking mild christmas day across the uk, but before then, we've got a very powerfuljet stream across the atlantic, picking up the

weather there, so rain and showers, perhaps wintry, but a lot of people travelling may be affected. wintry showers and gales. the clouds are thickening in england he give some outbreaks of rain. some patchy fog forming in the south—east of england. clear skies means the countryside would be far away from freezing, and in scotland where there is a lot of snow it could be very icy overnight and into the morning rush—hour. strong to go force winds in scotland in the morning. showers in northern ireland. the brisk winds however will blow the showers over the irish sea. a chilly start. bright, the fog will be around oxford for a few hours in the morning. the eastern

side of england will be mostly dry. showers are towards the west, but much more frequent where there's those gale warnings. some appalling conditions in the mountains of scotland. it will feel cold. not so bad for the south, but the winds are not as strong here. they do strengthen as we head into friday. this is storm barbra. we have been flagging this up, the area of low pressure running to the north west of the uk. it is the winds however which is the big concern, not the rain. the met office at issue and amber, be prepared warning. gusts of wind is up to 90 mph. 70 mph in scotland, northern ireland and the rest of england. still some blustery

showers, plus the wintry weather. increasing amounts of cloud on the way. we got another area of low pressure in time for christmas day. bringing some very strong winds. but in between those weather fronts and very mild air. extreme degrees in some places. —— 16 degrees. manhunt for a suspect in the christmas—market terror attack. this is the man they want, a tunisian—born asylum—seeker who's thought to be armed and dangerous. his papers were found in the truck. the authorities admit he was known to police. translation:

this person attracted the attention of several security services in germany through his contact with a radical islamist. we'll be looking at what's driving this rise in terror attacks in europe. also tonight, life for the property—developer millionaire who murdered his escort girlfriend. he told the police what happened. once i'd attempted to murder her, i'd be in a hell of a lot of trouble for that, and she could have still gone on and blackmailed me. how are you?