this # joy to the world! is a majority in the region's newsday jingle bells! silver bells! on have yourself a merry christmas. christmas. parliament. there was a record turn out. the bbc. i am rico hizon in singapore. rico, i'm not going to sing. and a defeat for the spanish state. absolutely wish america's and is, but i'm not going to sing. but i'm not going to sing. what on earth are you wearing? what on earth are you wearing ? celebrate a what on earth are you wearing? earth are you wearing? aid to those who backed victory after it. winning a you for this beautiful gift you sent from london to singapore. from london to singapore. thank you, i love it. majority. i'm wearing it in the new year. i should hope so. can you believe i bought rico socks? believe i bought rico socks? there is a story behind it. is a story behind it. meghan markle have been published. and on those socks is printed the london underground. here in london. absolute it. that is that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. why. rico, thank you to my lovely passport holder. the pulse of this programme, a million cases of cholera in yemen. lovely passport holder. million cases of cholera in i received a present with my name on it. present with my name on it. yemen. it was great presenting with you in 2017. great presenting with you in 2017. and running free, we meet the dog given a new lease on life. thank merry christmas,

kasha. you and me and all of the newsday team, thank you for watching. hi there. forjoining and christmas day. us. much the same. extensive low cloud. and we've got more of the same to come. are on course to maintain a slim majority of northern ireland and much of in catalonia's assembly. scotland too. and have, in fact, won an and a light absolute majority. drizzle. for some of us, it will be a dense start to the day. but look at these temperatures. 10 degrees across wales and southwest england. very mild here. and could be some dense patches of fog around as well. of the morning. going to parties favouring the union with spain.

with spain. the pro—independence leader gave his reaction. the time of year. even 13 degrees. and the freedom of those put in jail. they should not spend another minute in prison. return to the around the west. palace. this is our place. this is the will of the citizens. of the year. now, looking ahead to the weekend's weather prospects. more of the same, really. change that we will see during the weekend. saturday then, looks something like this. which support unity with spain are seeing things a little differently. high ground of eastern scotland. the orange paper. areas of scotland. christmas eve though, another mild one and another breezy one.

and for christmas day if you want a white christmas you can have one. they fill catalan, spanish, you will find some european and we'll keep snow. doing so. and we'll keep doing so. these elections would resolve the crisis in the region. i do not think it is a good result. not at all. degrees with a lot of cloud across the sky. that's your weather. 00:03:23,083 --> 1431655367:46:45,199 our 1431655367:46:45,199 --> 2863310735:30:07,316 top 2863310735:30:07,316 --> 4294966103:13:29,434 story. a separatist course. the former leader. he says these election results cannot be disputed at all. on a turnout of 48%. after that, there was a declaration of independence. madrid imposed direct rule under article 155.

the opportunity to vote. as you say, for the separatist movement. but there is no way they could form a coalition majority. who appear to have that. it is kasia in london. you have been covering this since the very beginning. this is a divided region. not everyone wants independence. no. that is my point. the region is split down the middle. known as the silent majority, who wanted to stay part of spain.

of these elections were opened to all. those who wanted to stay and those who wanted to leave. 82% of the people who could vote in this election is did so. the turnout has been huge. have the majority in terms of the number of seats. there is a lot of analysis on the website. interpreting what is happening in that part of spain. do check it out. as the capital of israel.

announcement while nine voted against the resolution. nations challenging its new policy on israel. they often do to use our influence to their benefit. to their benefit. america will put our embassy in jerusalem. america will put our embassy injerusalem. our embassy injerusalem. what the american people want us to do and it is the right thing to do. do and it is the right thing to do. that was the american ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. the united nations, nikki haley. correspondence has been following events in new

york. —— correspondence. for the us. who abstained far more than anticipated. in the 21 countries that did not even show up. with the us. all the way up from president trump, impacted the have us. look at un funding. the us is certainly not backing down. also making news today. along the country's eastern coast.

after the ship sank near the island of poleelo. against the rohingya muslims. act. system. centre in south korea has risen to 29. floors of the building injecheon. more victims could be discovered. but how about this

dog! when he was attacked by a human. before. crowd in melbourne does not have terrorist links. some are in a critical condition. issues, was arrested. deliberately ploughed into the

crowd. alert and installed concrete blocks on the roads. links. number of attacks have decreased in 2017. —— angela. we are seeing these things more and more. it is a challenge. and can you prevent it? globally in 2017 against 2016. but you are seeing the diversification of tactics. we have gone to low—tech attacks like vehicle rammings. high—profile attacks took place in 2016. you had one in london, manchester, new york. you would not compare this to those attacks? interestingly, asia has had less of those attacks. you have

seen them in europe. it is vehicle rammings and things like that. on embassies in hotels. these are low—tech. they are hard to predict and prevent. why have there been fewer incidents in the asia—pacific region? lost its territory in syria and iraq. so, what are they going to do? is the loss of that territory going to inspire more attacks? is it not? will the loss the control centre wane? there are many different extremist groups. lone wolf attacks. mentally ill,

like in australia. for wired ranging regions. —— wide—ranging. a grim statistic from the conflict in yemen. cholera cases in yemen has reached one million. supplies of clean water, food, and basic healthca re. distressing. and beyond despair. he's just one of

yemen's starving children. other infants suffering just like him. reached the capital. abdillahi's motherjamilla sits helpless at his side. she's already lost two other children to hunger. she tells me he's all she has to live for. translation: my husband's salary used to provide for us. it would run out at the end of the month, but he would get paid. everything was ok. now, all we eat is bread and tea. now in its third year. from birth, it's a struggle to survive. given his first proper meal in days.

anyone working for the state hasn't received a salary. so the family quickly fell into poverty. too ashamed to ask their own family for help, they struggled in silence. and another is shared out between the rest. that's all we have. at night they ask for dinner. anything, so they sleep hungry. it's really heartbreaking. before she asked her sister for money to bring him here. it makes me wonder how many more people are starving in their homes. afford to shop here.

a once busy store, now empty. from, and they're totally dependent on aid to survive. diplomacy, those suffering are the most vulnerable. mile by a suspect he was trying to arrest. arrest. programme, just another young couple in love. in love.

meghan markle which have been sent out to celebrate their engagement. starting to run, and suddenly it was complete chaos. of general manuel noriega. and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. states. of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. than 20 years. where there were anti—communist riots ten

days ago. this is newsday on the bbc. i am rico hizon in singapore. and i am kasha madeira in london. am kasha madeira in london. absolute majority in regional elections. elections. decision to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the philippine inquirer has more information on the ferry crash. the ferry was allowed to sail during tropical storm vinta. the strong winds and huge waves cause the ferry to tip over. korea.

of the missing soldier. by taking dangerous routes to 15 so far this year. every single order. she's vowed to 00:18:38,1000 --> 00:18:41,175 reflect opposition from hongkongers. the territory operates under "one country, two systems" policy. up the internet.

and his fiancee meghan markle. like you and your wife, rico, this couple met on a blind date. couple met on a blind date. have seen this official portrait of prince harry and meghan markle. prince harry and meghan markle. —— as many people have seen. here in london. so pleased with the response they then added this bonus one. week at frogmore house in windsor. ralph and russo, which is apparently valued at $75,000. very much to the fore. com/news.

lovely photos. of taking drugs. and the whole incident was filmed on his body camera. andrew plant has the story. a police officer in florida putting on protective gloves. on protective gloves. pulled over with two suspects inside. inside. needles, and is about to search the vehicle.

but the driver has other ideas. it is going to be in front of cambridge... whoa, whoa! the car he is hurtled along at high speed. speed. driver shows no sign of slowing down. down. unexpected ride is only ending 1—way. —— one way. suspects now long gone, but the video camera is still recording. video camera is still recording. you area hero! awesome. pines police force later posted this footage on facebook. footage on facebook. the officer somehow unharmed. somehow unharmed. when i got there i saw heroin and syringes... saw heroin and syringes... the evidence they need to pursue these dangerous drivers... these dangerous drivers... we got the camera. good job.

all captured on camera. my goodness, he was very lucky. yes, dangerous. absolutely. up for her country's year—ending tradition. ninth symphony, the ode tojoy. and one conductor is gathering 10,000 singers together. just take a look at this.