in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. them winning a majority in the regional assembly. in the catalonia regional election. minister, mariano rajoy. from the war in yemen. carles puigdemont, will be renamed regional president. donald trump's recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital. cholera cases in yemen has reached he was trying to one million. arrest. supplies of clean water, food, and basic health care.

as israel's capital. an absolute majority in regional elections in catalonia. a decision. now on bbc news, the travel show. from exile or behind bars. who called this election in response to october's disputed referendum. he'd stripped the previous regional government of its authority. 57 going to parties favouring the union with spain. for democracy.

and the freedom of those put in jail. they should not spend another minute in prison. return to the palace of the generalitad. this is our place. this is the will of our citizens. that's the view from the pro—independence side. parties supporting unity with spain see things rather differently. here's ines arrimadas from the citizens‘ party. party has won the elections in catalonia. the orange paper. the result sends a message.

5% of the vote in catalonia to 4%. they are down to three members of parliament. your police to beat up our voters again. with a heavy hand up to now. why did he get will be different? people, will make them listen. result has to be listened to, the will of the people. the people have spoken so now it's time to listen to them. it was spain who decided they wanted to have these elections. these were illegal elections. or dissolve the parliament. it clearly overstepped its boundaries. to be temporary

measures. and it clearly backfired. so what you think the choice is that the government? negotiating cancelling democracy. and listen to the people. refuses to listen. spanish government everjust said what is the matter? what is the problem? they simply say no, no, no, we don't care and shut up. we are going to beat you up with baton is. that is not the way at 21st century european democracy should act.

and only problems. not for the rest of spain to decide. to his ideas about democracy. very interesting to talk to you, thank you very much. australia after a car ran into a crowd of people. crowd of people.

driver was an australian citizen of afghan origin. and accused of being a russian spy. months and was present at numerous high level meetings. mike pence has made a trip to afghanistan. on its commitments to the country. group have continued. to withdraw its recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. 128 countries voted to reject donald trump's recent announcement. 9 voted against, and 35 abstained. the resolution is non—binding, but a strong expression of opinion.

for nations challenging the new us policy. again make the world's largest contribution to the un. for their benefit. america will put our embassy in jerusalem. thing to do. the republican and a democrat administrations. there were a record number of abstentions.

picture. i've worked for republicans and democrats and voted for both. this was a significant blow to american credibility. little faith in diplomacy. much more difficult. nothing is going to fundamentally and positively affect the situation. of its own role has been made more difficult. diplomatically, little

affect? i do. of what motivates the trump administration. in particular shows a preternatural tendency to choose politics.

pacify and expand the political base. the administration rebels in the conflict at the un. it is popular among his constituency. multilateral diplomacy. in the united states. cholera outbreaks the world has seen in a decade. of the population with little access to food or clean water. from the capital sa naa. you may find it 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. they cry, but i can't give them 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. translation: this milk used to cost $15. now it is $25. they can no longer eat it. has had on the city. burnt buildings, homes in ruins. the war in yemen has had an impact on all aspects of life. has left people here living in fear. to speak their minds. the most lives. it's the catastrophic humanitarian crisis. much of the problem lies here. yemen's main ports.

which has driven up prices. yesterday, the blockade was lifted for the next 30 days. but the houthi rebels are impeding what little aid is being delivered. everyone here is now struggling. without any income. mohammed has been teaching for over a year without pay. if he didn't turn up to lessons. for the people. already, the middle—class has completely disappeared. community isn't doing enough to stop the war. there is a glaring lack of pressure beyond the words.

and the only solution is political. full—hearted approach at fixing this. those at the brunt of the suffering are the vulnerable. nawalal—maghafi, bbc news, sana'a. three months since hurricane ian maria here to puerto rico. 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 bbc news. elections in catalonia. epidemic in yemen has now reached a million

suspected cases. humanitarian aid from reaching those who need life—saving work. who need life—saving work. unable to reach any civilians in the besieged area. besieged area. people who need help from the rebel held area into damascus. held area into damascus. december, we have not reached a single soul. single soul. all our attempts have gone in vain. gone in vain. a single besieged area so far in december. december. so we are rending with the

worst month. —— we are ending. priority list, for medical evacuations. evacuations. down not because we are evacuating people but because they are dying. people but because they are dying. repatriations since the news of a sale of migrants in libya. sale of migrants in libya. countries and hopes to increase that number to 15,000 next year. number to 15,000 next year. the migrants have recounted terrible experiences in libya. experiences in libya. bbc that one returnee, 30 years old, who had been sold as a slave. who had been sold as a slave. many months of detention in libya, he is home again.

he is home again. he set out in 2016 in search of greener pastures. in search of greener pastures. he found the opposite. found the opposite. captured, tortured, and sold as a slave. they sold me to one ghana man. he told me i had to pay money. we had over 100 people inside one small room. small room. they were beating us, every day. every day. i spent almost three months in that room. so it is not easy. we are facing problems. some people are dying. people are dying. if you didn't pay money, what they would do to... money, what they would do to... was mac number in ghana, you would call yourfamily. was mac number in ghana, you would call your family. call your family. the mother would send money to his wife. send money to his wife. he told me that i should pay the money. that i should pay the money. i called my mother.

called my mother. at that time she was sick. was sick. the taxi and some of her property, she sold it, and sent the money. she sold it, and sent the money. migration, has helped over 300 ghanaian migrants. ghanaian migrants. the organisation's representative in ghana. ghana. training is important, livelihood options. options. migrate in search of

to economic opportunities. opportunities. for young people travelling to libya, it is not new. travelling to libya, it is not new. horrific treatment of the others does not deter them from travelling. will undertake this dangerous journey. into the island of puerto rico. part of a century. to cope with their first christmas since the hurricane hit. jenny and jose are celebrating the best way they can. without electricity this christmas will be hard. after the hurricane we have no light.

decorations. and we like to celebrate everything. in the south—western city of yauco. they are staging a massive christmas occasion to lift spirits. the motto is, as bad as things are, you must still have hope. of people who think it's over and don't have a vision. we want to let them know we are blessed. this was the immediate aftermath of hurricane maria. a trail of devastation, dozens of lives lost. and hundreds are living in shelters.

with theirfamilies and with hope for the future. 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. inside. and needles, and is about to search the vehicle. but the driver has other ideas. it's going to be in front of cambridge... whoa, whoa!

he is hurtled along at high speed. down. one way. is still recording. you're a hero! awesome. footage on facebook. the officer somehow unharmed. when i got there i saw heroin and syringes... these dangerous drivers... we got the camera. good job. all captured on camera.

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there. and christmas day. much the same. and much of scotland too. of light rain and drizzle. for some of us, it will be a damp start to the day. but look at these temperatures. 10 degrees across wales and southwest england. very mild here. and there could be some dense patches of fog around as well.

of the morning. away from england and wales. left with extensive cloud. temperatures mild for the time of year. 12, even 13 degrees. through friday night we do it all over again. hills around the west. during the daytime at this time of the year. we've got more of the same, really.

change that we will see during the weekend. saturday, then, looks something like this. to the eastern high ground of eastern scotland. western areas of scotland. christmas eve, though, another mild one and another breezy one. you can have one. you will find some snow. across the sky. that's your weather.