hello and welcome to bbc news — i'm sharanjit leyl. in breaking news, the us house of representatives has adjourned without approving a revised version of a spending bill, which means a partial government shutdown will go ahead in the next few hours. the bill has been opposed because it includes money for president trump's planned mexican border wall. if the legislation isn't passed, several key agencies will lose theirfunding, leaving hundreds of thousands of employees without a christmas pay cheque. let's go live to the bbc‘s david willis, who's been following the developments. david, of course, this is happening, it's going to go ahead in a few hours. what is it all mean, set it in context. it does mean a partial shutdown. well, you are absolutely right, sharanjit, and in the last

few minutes or so, the house of representatives adjourned until noon on saturday. every indication is all the indications are now that there will be this partial shutdown into effect at midnight tonight, when the funding runs out for several key federal departments, the department of state, transport, justice, agriculture, including the department of homeland security which is ironically the department which is ironically the department which is ironically the department which is controlling border and immigration issues and there at the heart of this stalemate, if you like, because president trump is insisting that any continuing funding motion should also contain some $5 billion in funding for a border wall along the border between mexico and the united states, what was his signature policy, if you

like on the campaign trail. about a week ago, it looks as though agreement had been reached from funding these different agencies from tonight, when the funding runs out. there was criticism from right—wing commentators which prompted president trump to change his stance on the sole issue. we now, as they say, have the stalemate which could see another government shutdown. you say stalemate, somebody is going to have to back down. do we even know who will, will the president take a step back from his views? it's interesting, isn't it. you know what, this is president trump's signature campaign issue. he has been doggedly in his devotion to the cause of this wall, straddling the cause of this wall, straddling the border between the united states and mexico. it is something that really resonates with his base. the

majority of his core supporters are still in favour of some sort of wall. is not going to back down on this. it is clear. where do we go from here? it was interesting that today we saw white house representatives, the president's son—in—law,, the incoming chief of staff, mick mulvaney and the vice president, mike pence, coming to capitol hill to negotiate particularly with chuck schumer, the minority leader in the senate to reach some kind of agreement on this impasse but so far, without success. david, thank you for bringing us up—to—date. let's get some of the day's other news: flights have resumed at britain's second—busiest airport, after another drone sighting closed the runway for about 90 minutes. gatwick had reopened earlier on friday, after drones flying over the airfield closed it for 36 hours. police believe more than one unmanned aircraft has been used, and are investigating the possibility of multiple

culprits. the un security council has voted unanimously to send observers to monitor and help implement a ceasefire between the yemeni government and houthi rebels in port city of hodeidah. the truce began on tuesday after being agreed at un—sponsored talks last week. for the latest on all our stories you can stay up to date on our website, bbc.com/news. you can also download the bbc news app. flights have resumed at britain's second—busiest airport, after another drone sighting closed the runway for about 90 minutes. gatwick had reopened earlier on friday, after drones flying over the airfield closed it for 36 hours.

police believe more than one unmanned aircraft has been used and are investigating the possibility of multiple culprits. duncan kennedy has the latest. cheering. this was the reaction when passengers heard that tonight's suspension of flights was over. the airport was closed forjust over an hour this time when reports came through of another drone sighting. they told us that the flight was cancelled and that we had to collect our luggage. but by mid—evening takeoffs and landings began again. after the nervousness of the past three days, flights had resumed this morning, when police gave the airport the all clear. but it was a groggy start to the day for many. flights swapped for floors. virginia goncalves from cornwall is seriously ill and had

to spend her night in an airport chair. it's horrible. it goes against your human rights, isn't it? i have stage 4 cancer, spread to the bones. for god's sake! around 600 planes came in and out today and thousands of people did get away. but this woman won't fly until sunday. how would you summarise this experience? it's horrendous. it's a nightmare. it's just... or how about these men from london whose flight to ghana was cancelled today, meaning they will now miss a family wedding. they've thrown us to the wolves, basically. we are left here. i can't go and see my grandma. i can't go to the wedding. it's just not acceptable. it's deplorable. it's not good enough at all. this bag of chocolates was their airline's gesture of apology.

but what about compensation? the insurance industry says people should first contact their airline. they say airlines are not obliged to pay compensation but say any costs incurred and general disruption will be covered by most people's travel insurance. the vast majority of people should be able to make a claim where they have not been able to get any refunds or compensation out of the airlines or travel companies. it is only the cheapest insurance policies that are available on the market that are unlikely to include travel disruption cover. the squeeze at gatwick again fed the crush at st pancras. these were the queues for eurostar trains today. but others did head to gatwick, hoping that their flight would emerge from the chaos. so they said thatjust go there and see what happens. and then...i wish. but i don't know.

flights from foreign airports into gatwick have also been trying to catch up. this family were caught in rome. the fact is with two children, wanting to get back to see my family, that is obviously be sad part about it. but we'll get there. a voice of optimism after days of uncertainty after an airport stopped not by snow, fog, or strikes, but by a drone. duncan kennedy, bbc news, at gatwick airport. the police search for those responsible for closing down the uk's second largest airport has taken on a fresh urgency after the latest drone sighting this evening. police believe more than one unmanned aircraft is responsible and are investigating the possibility of multiple culprits. tom symonds has more. the latest glimpse of what might be the rogue drone. police haven't seen it up close. the last time it was spotted over gatwick was 10pm last night.

the vulnerability of this major international airport is now stark. result — the government is under pressure. this is an entirely new kind of threat and we are going to have to move very quickly. one of the things i intend to do very quickly indeed is convene discussions across all of our airports. there are some systems now beginning to be introduced in some airports around the world that can have an impact on this, but there is no single, simple solution, off the shelf, deliverable very quickly. we have had to assemble a variety of different measures around that airport to make sure it's safe. the police won't say what systems they are using to protect gatwick airport, which is just over there. some are high—tech. others, well, less so. this officer has been placed here as a spotter, looking for incoming drones. he's one of a number dotted all around the airport. police elsewhere have shotguns. we've been told systems capable of bringing down drones with nets have been offered to gatwick airport. and tonight, this van could be

seen stationed there. it's thought additional radar detectors are being used, along with equipment to jam drone radio frequencies. but the police admit it took some time to bring in the specialist technology. there are always some measures in place. the additions to those took some time to request and to arrive here at gatwick airport. what sort of time? you know, we're talking hours, rather than days, but co—ordinating that, deploying that, getting it set up at gatwick has taken some time and we have learnt from that. the pilots' union also has concerns about the current rules, which ban drones within a kilometre of an airport. the pilots say that is not enough. well, a kilometre out, you'd be at 200 feet so that is only half the height you are allowed to fly a drone at, officially, under the current government numbers and regulations. so, if you are a drone flyer you actually think you're allowed to fly your drone very near an aeroplane and you are not. police say they've got

a lot of information and what they describe as persons of interest. they want to hear from people who might have seen drones taking off and landing, and they are continuing to watch the skies for incoming threats. tom symons, bbc news, gatwick airport. it's 20 years since pan—am flight 103 was blown up in midair over the market town of lockerbie. wreaths have been laid and a silence held at a memorial service in honour of the 270 people who lost their lives. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. bagpipes play. on the shortest day, lockerbie remembered its longest night, remembered the 270 people who lost their lives in the deadliest terror attack the uk has ever suffered. this, a day of dignified remembrance of those who died. among the passengers on the pan am flight, helga mosey.

she was 19. every year since the bombing, her parents have travelled to lockerbie to remember a life cut short. we miss our daughter, and we wonder how she would have done, what her musical career would have been like. would we have been grandparents to her children? we don't know. we still remember her as she was, lively. and be thankful we had her for so long. 19 years isn't long, but they were happy years. the transatlantic plane had been en route from london to new york when it exploded in the skies above the scottish town, killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground. the only person to be convicted of the bombing, the libyan man, abdelbaset al—megrahi, died after being released from a scottish prison on compassionate grounds. his family's lodged a new attempt to appeal against his conviction. and there's a separate ongoing criminal investigation, with two other libyans are identified a suspect.

for some, like jim swire who lost his daughter flora in the attack, there are still unanswered questions. overwhelmingly, the awful thing about lockerbie was the death, needless deaths, i may say, of 270 innocent people, who could have been protected had the government of the day taken appropriate steps. having said that, the refusal of our government, and the american government, of course, to come out with what they know about the truth, has been a terrible added burden to many. 30 years ago, lockerbie became tied to tragedy. in the decades since with humanity, kindness and compassion. the people here have offered comfort to the victims' families, remembrance and respect. lorna gordon, bbc news, lockerbie. this is bbc news. our main headline this hour: a partial shutdown of us government will start in just a few hours' time after lawmakers failed to agree funding for president trump's border wall with mexico. let us stay with the story now.

earlier, i spoke to edward isaac—dovere, a staff writer on the atlantic magazine and asked him what a partial shutdown would mean. we don't know how long it would last. it could be that a comeback in the morning and make a deal. and it isa the morning and make a deal. and it is a very temporary, momentary shutdown, as happened twice already in the last two years under president trump. one shutdown lasted a and one that lasted six hours in the middle of the night. we could be looking at that. we could be looking at something much longer. but the core issue here that is holding things up is that president trump had said that he wanted to have a border wall and he had said he wa nted border wall and he had said he wanted mexico to pay for it. now he is saying that he does not want a wall, he wants a fence and he was

the american taxpayers to pay for it. there is not a loss of appetite for that, certainly among democrats and in the congress overall, in the senate, and a number of republicans, there is not a lot of appetite for putting about $5 billion toward funding a border wall —— lot. putting about $5 billion toward funding a border wall -- lot. we know that polls actually show that american voters don't like us government shutdowns, but as you say, this is the third such closure of federal agencies at this year and they keep happening, obviously, and they keep happening, obviously, and the political rhetoric as well has been very divided. '5 true. there was a shutdown in 1995 with bill clinton and newt gingrich when they came to loggerheads. there was not a shutdown again antil 2013 when the republicans, who were in control of the house, shut down the government to try to shut down obama —— stop obamacare from coming into place.

the healthcare obamacare from coming into place. the healthca re plan obamacare from coming into place. the healthcare plan that president obama had and they could not strike a deal with obama. in the end, that shutdown was about two weeks worth of noise that did not amount to anything because everything was essentially reset at the end of it and it did not stop obamacare, it did not stop any of the things from happening that the people who were behind the shutdown had hoped it would. and so what has happened since then is that it seems that for president trump and for a number of republicans in congress, the idea of a shutdown has becomejust republicans in congress, the idea of a shutdown has become just a republicans in congress, the idea of a shutdown has becomejust a normal tool in the toolbox for governing. this is, of course, kind of ridiculous, given that finding the governor, making sure the garbage is paying his bills and staying open would not seem to be the base late that it would seem to be the base laid responsibility and duty and job of the government —— the government. it isa

of the government —— the government. it is a way to increase the drama, which is something that president trump likes to do. it is a try to force some magical deal to happen. it doesn't seem like that will work in terms of leading to the democrats supporting funding for this wall, which, again, it is something that violates a court thing that president trump he would do, which was to get mexico to pay for it. edward isaac—dovere there. this year many train passengers have had to endure delays, cancellations and changing timetables. but spare a thought for the inhabitants of ormskirk and preston. figures obtained by bbc news show that northern rail has cancelled more than 2,000 services since may on the one line between the two towns. the boss of northern has told us the situation for all its passengers will improve in the new year. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. is this the worst rail line in britain? it's been for a year now,

a year ofjust not knowing when it's going to turn up. people are worried about theirjobs. when you're always late and it's not yourfault. and there are people who've had written warnings. in one week last month, not a single train ran. for us passengers, we feel kind of abandoned, forgotten, and generally treated as second—class passengers by this rail company. the fact that i've got to tell work that i'm going to be late for work, or i'm not going to be able to make it that day, and because i get paid hourly, i lose those hours. the line, run by northern, links ormskirk to preston, two large towns in the north west of england, with places in between. this is the main way out of the village, the lifeline of the village. our figures show that a third of all services on this line simply didn't run in the last six months. it's symptomatic of how rail passengers in the north of england

have been badly let down. i know that the service we offered in parts of 2018 has just not been acceptable. myself and the team are fully committed to getting that right, and we are seeing that incremental improvement. the improvement hasn't come in the last few months, has it? it's coming now, and we're starting to see a stabilisation of the timetable. are you fit to run this franchise? northern are absolutely fit, and i'm absolutely committed to delivering the franchise and the commitments we've got. next year, we're starting to see more capacity, new trains being introduced on the system. the mayor of greater manchester isn't so sure. i think they should be given a clear notice. things have to improve, certainly by the very latest at the may timetable change next year. and if they don't, they should be stripped of the franchise. back in ormskirk, a familiar story. it's gotten even better — 15 minutes late. for some, this isn't just about trains. if you haven't got a good public transport system and a good rail system in the area, people will not bring money in to invest in the area, to expand.

they'll move somewhere else. northern rail says trains were damaged by autumn leaves and so services were moved off this line elsewhere. the government says it's reviewing the performance of rail companies in the north of england. if there has been a breach of any franchise agreement, measures will be taken. tom burridge, bbc news, in west lancashire. thousands of protestors across hungary have joined in fresh demonstrations against a controversial labour law which allows businesses to impose overtime on workers. hungary's president, janos ader, signed the so—called "slave law" on thursday, saying he was satisfied that the new law did not violate workers' rights. in budapest, while many of the protestors have been marching to the presidential palace to appeal against the signing, there are also some pro—government supporters. the bbc‘s nick thorpe is at the protest. this was supposed to be, this was

initially billed as a protest to appeal to the president not to sign this controversial law. but as he went ahead and signed it before the deadline was up, it is now way protest pretty much against the president himself. it has been titled "you should be ashamed of yourself, janos ader." that is the name of the president, janos ader. there is almost a festive mood among these protesters. they know they will not be able to bring down the government, but they are hoping that by staying out on the streets, especially in our trade unions are getting involved and it has spread to 12 or 15 provincial cities across hungary, they feel that they had the wind in their sales now. for many in the uk the christmas holidays aren't complete without going to a pantomime. but now this peculiarly british tradition with its raucous sing—along, audience banter, and often risque jokes is being exported to america. jack and the beanstalk is currently playing in new york and it turns out, the crowds — young and old — can't get enough. america has never seen

anything like it. new yorkers have taken to it like, gosh, like a fish to water. amazing. i love it. the show was really funny. oh, no, you can't. audience: oh, yes, i can. a pantomime is a family form of entertainment that's around the holidays, is interactive with the audience, that has a lot of slapstick and humour and brings community together, laughing and singing. i knew nothing about pantomime, nothing. when she sent me tapes of what the pantomime actually i was oohhh. every time we get to five we want

you to help us count... 1, 2, 3, 4... it was funny for me that we got a new york times glowing review, thinking to myself, the guardian would never reverentially view a panto, so—called low art. the hardest point for me it is the vocal aspect of it all. (high pitched voice) as the pantomine we are talking like this. and then i go very low and sing. the interactive tradition of panto, all these things that in britain you think of as hackneys and cliched and old fashioned, they are thrilling to this audience. they love interacting. these american guys and women are coming out of the show with their minds blown, and i'm thinking but it's just panto. i like that some boys play girls,

some girls play boys, and there are people of all sizes, big and small, small and tall. you need to have that kind of perspective and make fun of things happening in the real world. i am english and i would love to see this become a tradition over here every year. we always love a good pantomime. it is now time for the weather. hello there. the weekend is upon us now it's looking like being a tale of two halves. saturday is expected to be the drier day of the two, with many places staying dry, with sunshine. a few showers in the north. for sunday, another weather system moving in. it will bring rain and more of a breeze for many areas. early on saturday, lots of showers around. these tending to become more confined to western scotland, northern ireland and north—west

england by around dawn, with some clear skies for the south and east. now, it will be a mild start to the day across the south. one or two chilly spots for the north—east of scotland — subzero values and one or two spots of frost. for saturday, this is the ridge of high pressure which should bring most of us some fine weather. this is the area of low pressure i was talking about which will bring sunday the wetter and breezier weather. so this morning starts up dry for many. lots of sunshine across the south and the east. after that chilly start, temperatures will rise. there will be though a few showers pushing through western scotland, northern ireland and north—west england and that light to moderate west or north—west breeze. it'll be fairly cool here. temperatures pretty typical for the time of year. further south it's going to be fairly mild again for the time of year, with 11—12 degrees. this next weather system moves in for sunday, brings outbreaks of rain initially to northern ireland, then in towards parts of england and wales. some of the rain is going to be heavy, quite slow moving as well, through the northern ireland, into parts of wales, the midlands and northern england. it will eventually become confined to the eastern side of england, into the afternoon.

meanwhile, much of scotland will have a dry but quite a chilly day. temperatures in mid—single digits. further south, though, it's going to be mild again — 12—13 celsius across southern england and south wales. this weather front lingers on across southern parts of the country as we head into monday, of course, that's christmas eve, but with a big area of high pressure expected to establish itself over the country, it will tend to squeeze that weather front out so conditions will become dry here later on christmas eve. so we could see some cloud and rain across the far south of england, eventually becoming confined to the far south—west. devon and cornwall will hold on to the milder air — 12 or 13 celsius. further north, drier, brighter, with some sunny spells but cooler and certainly much cooler across scotland. for christmas day, or for the christmas period, that's into boxing day as well, with high pressure nearby, it looks like it will be dry for most. the morning starts off quite chilly, particularly across northern areas. and we should see a little bit of sunshine, but there will be quite a bit of cloud too. so this is christmas day's weather. quite a chilly start, north—east scotland, maybe north—east england, a touch of frost. otherwise most places will be dry through the day, with quite a bit of cloud around.

and those temperatures close to the seasonal normal, even fairly mild in the far south. this is bbc news, the headlines: a partial shutdown of us government will start in just a few hours time after lawmakers failed to agree funding for president trump's border wall with mexico. democrats are opposed to the plan — which could cost more than $5 billion. fears about the shutdown led to sharp falls on the stockmarket with the benchmark dowjones index finishing its worst week since the 2008 financial crisis. facebook and twitter were hardest hit — their value tumbled more than 6%. flights at gatwick airport near london have resumed again after being suspended for a second time over a drone sighting. the airport reopened on friday following a 36—hour closure which stranded 100,000 passengers.

but the drone — and its operator — are still at large. manchester united's new caretaker manager has promised to get his players to enjoy their football. ole gunnar solshire, the club's former striker, is back at old trafford afterjose mourinho was sacked earlier this week. tomorrow the team face cardiff city, as our sports editor dan roan reports. as a manchester united player, ole gunnar solskjaer won everything there was to win, but having returned as caretaker manager, the former striker knows he only has a few months to stake his claim for the job on a permanent basis. morning. myjob is now isjust for the next six months to do as well as i can, and move the club forward as well as i can. and then i understand that there's so many managers that would love to be the manager of man united, so of course, i'm one of them,

but it's not something that we've talked about. they are going to do a process now for it, for the next six months. jose mourinho was sacked this week with united 19 points behind the league leaders and having fallen out with some of his star players. solskjaer has been managing molde in his native norway for the last three years, and while his appointment may have surprised some, he's received backing from the man in the opposing dugout tomorrow.