this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00pm: the hunt is on for the main suspect in the berlin christmas market attack. he has been named as anis amri, a rejected asylum seeker from tunisia. he had been under surveillance for several months before the lorry attack, but it was stopped due to a lack of evidence. a royal marine serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter has been refused bail, while awaiting an appeal. a millionaire property developer has been sentenced to life for murdering his escort girlfriend, whom he claimed threatened to blackmail him. 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. also in the next hour: an nhs leader has defended, for the first time, a controversial reform process in england. but critics argue the plan, which includes closure of some a&e units and wards, is a secret cuts agenda. and we will look at

tomorrow's front pages. the express leads with the queen and prince philip putting their christmas holiday on hold, after coming down with heavy colds. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a europe—wide manhunt is underway for a rejected asylum seeker suspected of driving the lorry that ploughed into a christmas market in berlin. he is 24—year—old anis amri, from tunisia. it has emerged he had already been under investigation by counter—terrorism police for planning a possible attack as recently as september, but covert surveillance was stopped for lack of evidence. he was due to be deported from germany back in august, but the documentation needed to send him back to tunisia

only arrived today. our berlin correspondent jenny hill has the latest. you're looking at europe's most wanted man, anis amri, the main, the only, suspect in the investigation into an attack which shattered germany. prosecutors warn he may be armed, dangerous, and they are offering a 100,000 euro reward. translation: there's a new suspect. we are searching for him. we will keep investigating every lead. we issued a issued a warrant for the suspect at midnight. we are learning more about the 24—year—old tunisian. he arrived in germany last year

and was refused asylum, but granted temporary leave to stay. the security services admit he was known to them are considered a threat because of his links to one of germany's most notorious to islamist networks. and he will be hard to find. he used six different names, and three nationalities. translation: this person attracted the attention of several security services in germany, through his contact with a radical islamist. the hijacked lorry is yielding grim evidence, documents leading to the suspect, and dna. it is thought amri fought with the man should have been behind the wheel, before shooting him dead. but it was 2a hours before police identified him as a suspect. first they arrested and released an innocent man, giving anis amri today, flowers for the dead, prayers for the injured. the german foreign minister was joined at the scene of the attack by his italian counterpart. among those missing, and feared dead, fabricio dilorenzo, dalia elyakim

also hasn't been seen since the attack. her husband is seriously ill in hospital. a time perhaps for faith. tonight, a spontaneous gathering at a berlin synagogue. the ceremony was extremely important, because this attack was not an attack on berlin, or on germany. will it was not an attack on jews or on christians. it was an attack on all of us. across the city, a vigil of a different kind. the attack, the arrest warrant, have reignited a national debate. the anti—immigrant party alternative for deutscheland blame angela merkel and her refugee policy for this attack. so does geert wilders, the far—right dutch politician, who posted this picture today,

the german chancellor's hands covered in blood. do you blame angela merkel? angela merkel, she says, is a humanitarian woman. she did the right thing a year ago. no—one could know this would happen. we live in a free world, and if we want to stay free, things like this will happen. this country feels nervous. extra security at christmas markets. after all, anis amri is still at large. but this investigation does now have a face and a focus. that is, for some here, perhaps, a little light in the darkness. in response to the berlin attack, new security measures that were already planned around buckingham palace have been brought forward. from today, surrounding roads are being closed during the changing of the guard. the uk remains on its second—highest

threat level, of severe, meaning an attack is considered highly likely, as our security correspondent frank gardner reports. a normal morning at buckingham palace for the changing of the guard. not quite. extra armed police have been deployed at public events like this since the terrorist attack in berlin. plans to close off the surrounding roads have been broad forward, to prevent a lorry being driven into the crowd. the public seemed reassured. well, we spoke about it, but you can't do anything, can you? everybody is here today supporting what happened out there. the policemen everywhere. there is a limit to what the police alone can stop. mi5, the security service, is currently monitoring around 3,000 security sets. the biggest challenge is that we have in this country a number of violent extremistss. any one of whom could decide

on the spur of the moment to conduct some terrorist act. so the authorities have got to keep track of a lot of people, put the jigsaw puzzle together, and then deploy their resources where they think the risks are greatest. on the continent, germany, long a reluctant user of cctv, is now edging closer to the british model of widespread video surveillance of public places. international intelligence cooperation has stopped some attacks, but the simpler the plot, the harder to detect. getting spies inside terrorist networks overseas is what mi6 does. in britain, it is mis‘sjob. increasingly these days, jihadists looking for a low—tech ways of inflicting maximum casualties, with the minimum chances of their plans leaking out. today, the government's efforts to monitor people's communications were dealt a blow. the european court ofjustice ruled

against the indiscriminate, bulk collection of data, except in the case of serious crime. the ruling, which the government is appealing against, was hailed by labour's tom watson and others, who said it proved the government had overstepped the mark. some disagree. i think it will make it more difficult, not only the fight against terror, but the fight against organised crime, sexual exploitation, even things like looking for missing persons. criminals are often very careful in the days before their crime about who they talk to on the phone. that's why it can be very useful to go back into the records for a few weeks or a few months, and see who they were speaking to then. efforts to keep the public safe from a terrorist attack are starting to look like a war without end. britain may have the tools to fight it, but it is not impregnable. frank gardner, bbc news. the medical director

of the nhs in england, sir bruce keogh, has defended controversial plans to radically change how health services are delivered in england. the proposals would result in the closure of some accident and emergency units and hospital wards, as services are concentrated at fewer sites. critics say it is just cost—cutting. this report from our health editor hugh pym. with threats to local hospitals, cue protestors. and that is what is happening here in banbury. hands off the horton! they fear nhs reform plans will mean the local a&e being downgraded, with longerjourneys to oxford. local managers say nothing is finalised, but with maternity services recently reduced, these demonstrators claim there is more to come. we need a hospital that is going to support the population of banbury. and i feel that reducing the services of banbury, and forcing people to go elsewhere, is going to put lives at risk. i want the horton to stay as it is and to grow, really, not to shrink. to get better and bigger. it is just one example of sustainability and transformation

plans being drawn up in every area of england, with local health and social care leaders urged to do more to look after people away from hospitals. campaigners out trying to protect local hospital services is nothing new in nhs politics. the question is whether protests like this become more widespread. nhs leaders know they have to work hard to convince the public that changes could benefit patients. it's incumbent on those who are putting the proposals forwards to be absolutely clear about what the benefits and risks of each proposed change are, because many communities will have some pretty difficult choices to make. what would you say to those who say this is a smokescreen for cuts, and there is a hidden agenda? well, there'll always be people who think that. but, actually, this is really about a proper conversation about how we improve the services and, in particular, how we link up our social care and the national health service.

some of the plans draw on a pioneering scheme which is being tried out in areas like margate. known as primary care home, it sees gps, the nhs and social care looking after patients together. how are you? i'm a lot better today than i was, darling. yeah? barbara, who has heart, lung and kidney problems, has visits whenever she needs them, so she can live in a own home. the doctors come in, the nurses, and then the carers come in and see to me. the team is absolutely marvellous. i recommend being at home to get better, rather than being in hospital. northern ireland and scotland already have integrated health and social care. the landscape is the same across the uk, with an ageing population and stretched budgets. england's attempts to join up local services offers opportunities, but it won't be plain sailing. hugh pym, bbc news. a former royal marine sergeant, who is serving a life sentence

for murdering a wounded afghan fighter in 2011, has been refused bail while he awaits an appeal hearing. the family of alexander blackman had hoped he would be released from custody in time for christmas. his case is due to be reconsidered next year. a millionaire property developer from south wales has been jailed for life for the murder of his escort girlfriend. peter morgan strangled georgina symonds, who he paid £10,000 a month, at her home in newport. he had admitted killing her, but denied it was murder. sian lloyd reports. georgina symonds, mother to a five—year—old daughter. she was strangled by the man who called himself her ‘sugar daddy'. the 25—year—old had met property millionaire peter morgan while working as an escort. the married 54—year—old had become infatuated with her. but the court heard he killed her in a carefully planned attack, out of cold anger, on finding out that

she planned to blackmail him. in a statement read on her behalf, georgina symonds's mother, deborah, said their family was broken. the death of my daughter, georgina symonds, has been a devastating tragedy for the whole of our family. her beautiful daughter has been left without a mum. georgina has left a hole in our lives that will never be repaired. during their relationship, the father—of—two had paid georgina symonds up to £10,000 a month, taken her on helicopter flights, and bought expensive gifts. she moved into a bungalow in the grounds of a ruined mansion that he owned, but she didn't know that he had installed a listening device, disguised as a plug adaptor. the multimillionaire overheard a conversation in which she spoke of plans to blackmail him, by threatening to send intimate pictures to his family. police visited her bungalow when she was reported missing, afterfailing to pick up her daughter from school. this bodycam footage records morgan claiming that he didn't know where she was. but georgina symonds

was already dead. peter morgan had concealed her body in a barn at his family home. this was the moment that peter morgan told police officers what he had done. the trouble was, once i'd sort of 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, couldn't she? during his trial, thejury had been told that peter morgan had asperger‘s syndrome. he had denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. but the judge told him that the plans that he had made and the steps he had taken to cover up what he'd done showed that he was in control and understood his actions. peter morgan showed no emotion as he was sentenced to life

in prison with a minimum of 25 years for the murder of georgina symonds. sian lloyd, bbc news, newport crown court. the headlines on bbc news: german prosecutors have named their prime suspect in the berlin lorry attack. he's a tunisian national, anis amri, and he's 23. a royal marine serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter, has been refused bail, while awaiting an appeal. a multi—millionaire property developer has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years, for murdering his escort girlfriend. at 11:30 we'll have a full look at tomorrow's papers, but first let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. the telegraph leads on events in berlin. the paper says the prime suspect for the massacre was under covert surveillance for months as a possible terrorist, but police let him slip through their grasp earlier this month.

anis amri stares from the front of the metro. he's now said to be the most wanted man in europe. the times says the authorities suspected amri of "preparing a serious crime endangering national safety" but red tape prevented his deportation. the i says the german authorities are under pressure after a series of blunders in their hunt for the killer. the ft pictures some of the suspect‘s different identities. its main story is that the world's oldest bank is to be rescued by the italian state. the guardian says amri was known to multiple german intelligence agencies. and the sun has a pun on the queen's cold. we have the papers coming up in about a0 minutes. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories. in syria, the operation to bring the remaining residents out of the formerly rebel—held areas of eastern aleppo has resumed after a 24—hour pause. there have been reports saying all rebel fighters are now out, but the us state department says

that's not yet clear. syrian army units are waiting to take full control of the city after four years of intense fighting. a labour mp who's been an outspoken critic of his leader, jeremy corbyn, has announced he's standing down from parliament. jamie reed, who represents copeland in west cumbria, is taking a job at the sellafield nuclear plant. the resulting by—election is expected to be difficult for labour, as it only won the seat narrowly in 2015 and its constituents voted heavily for brexit. the queen and the duke of edinburgh have delayed plans to go to sandringham where they'll spend christmas with the rest of the royal family, because they both have heavy colds. they had been due to travel by train to norfolk today. they're now expected to go tomorrow or friday. 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 negotiate for the whole economy rather than individual sectors. our business editor simonjack explains. the very different faces of the uk economy, each making their own different contribution. in pure economic terms, there is a country mile between them. farming adds £9 billion to the value of the economy. finance, a whopping £120 billion. inherently, i'm very optimistic. their priorities, when it comes to brexit... we're producing some fantastic products. ..also, very, very different. we could very easily end up sleepwalking into a situation where we have very high tariffs. and if those tariffs are there, even for short periods of time, i take you back to the foot—and—mouth outbreak in 2007, where we lost our exports, that cost the industry about 25% of the value of the sheep market. is it passporting ?

meanwhile, in the city, different worries for an industry that packs a big economic punch. 2.2 million jobs across the uk. two—thirds outside of london. the biggest taxpayer. the biggest exporting sector and the biggest attracter of inward investment into the uk. it's a really important industry and an asset for the uk. when there is so much to work through, so much detail to negotiate and the stakes are so very high, it is perhaps understandable to prioritise the industries that deliver the big bucks, but that would be a mistake, according to the cbi. across a wide variety of sectors there are three things that are common to all. the first is tariff—free access to the european market. the second is access to people and skills, the vital ingredient in every business. and third, and really important, is continuity and stability around rules and regulations. that last point is a big one for industries like aerospace, collective standards are set

in europe because of the cost and complexity of the products, duplicating that in the uk would be expensive. 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. business is committed to making brexit a success. to achieve that, say the cbi, we'll need an approach that works for all industries. simon jack, bbc news. 2016 has seen a series of tough challenges for the european union, with brexit, the rise of nationalist parties and the continuing migrant crisis. in the third of a series on how the world has changed over the last year, our special correspondent allan little considers what impact the momentous political changes in the uk and america might

have on europe. in prague, the christmas markets are glittering symbols of a remarkable transition — from dictatorship, foreign occupation and poverty to one of the fastest growing economies in the eu. the country's wealth has more than quadrupled in a generation. the anti—communist revolutions of 1989 changed the shape of europe. somewhere in this crowd, of a00,000, is a much younger me, watching as the dissident playwright, vaclav havel, gave voice to the hopes of half a continent. it was a really thrilling thing to stand here beneath that balcony and watch an entire nation rise up to take back control of its own destiny. it wasn't just about democratic transition, at the heart of that revolution lay the idea that they were returning their country to where it properly belonged, to the heart of europe. is it still so?

some here now argue that having taken control of their national destiny from moscow, the former communist states then gave it away again to brussels. to speak about independence is a joke. we wanted to be integrated in the eu, but not unified. i think that the role of the national government is now rather limited. most of the decisions come from brussels, not from prague, here. so this is not independence. the former communist bloc has its own rust belt. this steel factory, outside prague, collapsed under market forces. its workforce fell from 20,000 to 300, but openness to europe has given the czech economy far more than it has taken away. it has one of the lowest unemployment rates in europe. there is, even in this dereliction, little appetite to walk away from that success story.

translation: i think most people would vote to stay in the eu, at least i would. i look at my family and i think for the sake of my children, my grandchildren, for their future, it's better to be in the eu. germany is europe's centre of gravity now. pianos from this factory sell around the world because they are among the best in the world, and that is germany's economic strength. the pursuit of unity in europe has been germany's way of turning the page on its own dark past. the eu has been germany's act of contrition and of redemption. the pianist, saleem ashkar, is a palestinian, now settled in berlin. what i do see is a country here that has been traumatised by its past and, as a result, has become extremely thoughtful about politics. in a way, germany has

used its traumatic past for the good. it is now a very, what do we say in german, very awaken. it's not sleepwalking anywhere or careful, very careful of sleepwalking. 2016 has given germany a new responsibility, one it did not seek — how to lead in europe without rousing the ghosts of german domination in europe. germans are incredibly neurotic about world leadership or even about european leadership. they don't like to think of themselves really having a foreign policy. so, you know, the idea that germany would somehow lead is very disturbing for many germans. so, no, i don't think they're prepared for this moment well at all. although things in germany are changing and there's beginning to be slowly a sense of — if we don't do it, nobody will. for 70 years, leadership of the west has been english speaking. 2016 has upended that assumption.

now germany, as it grapples with a security crisis of its own, finds the burden of leadership thrust upon it. allan little, bbc news, berlin. and you can see a longer version of allan little's reports this week on our world this weekend on the bbc news channel. it's on friday and sunday evening at 9:30 and saturday at10:30. we have the papers coming up. our guests are standing by in the wings. now it's time for a look at .fl.:=;xéi'=.!!é5 .re'z 3.112: .=’s=.f§'.:..;’é 545.9. .:..:..fif 5.5 —— — — the night 3.55559; 553-55: 555525? 55.5. 5.5.5! 5.5 —— — — the night some places could sit on pitches close to freezing, and we could see miss ted falk developing as well. i will start the tour in the north. it will be pretty wild. there will be asked to watch out

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