this is bbc news. the headlines: a tsunami hits indonesia causing widespread devastation. at least 220 people are dead and more than 700 injured. the death toll is expected to rise. emergency services battle to save the injured. and eyewitnesses have described scenes of chaos after the waves struck at night. the water came in at about five metres high, and many cars were flown and hit our village. tributes are paid to former liberal democrat leader lord ashdown, who's died at the age of 77. flights return to normal at gatwick as police investigating the drone disruption continue to question two people. the us government shut down set to run through christmas as the stand—off over the border wall with mexico continues. and in half an hour, we look at leadership — and the lack of it — that's in dateline‘s review of the year, at 11:30am.

rescue teams in indonesia are searching for survivors of a deadly tsunami that has killed at least 220 people. hundreds more have been injured, and the death toll is expected to rise. walls of water rushed into coastal towns along the sunda strait, which divides the islands of java and sumatra. it's thought the tsunami was triggered by an underwater landslide, following an eruption of the krakatoa volcano. caroline rigby reports. it began as any other evening, then this. the tsunami struck indonesia on saturday night, hitting beaches including popular tourist spots

along the sunda strait, the pop group seventeen were performing when the wave engulfed their stage. their singer confirmed on social media that the band's bass player and tour manager had died, and others, including his wife, were missing. officials say the death toll is likely to continue to rise. we hope that we will find survivors but i do not know, maybe we will find casualties or dead bodies. we are afraid that casualties or dead bodies will be increased. hundreds more were injured in the disaster, which authorities say may have been caused by underwater landslides following an eruption by the nearby krakatoa volcano. earlier in the evening, it was quite heavy eruptive activity.

butjust prior to the wave hitting the beach, there was no activity at all. it was just dark out there. suddenly, i saw this wave coming and i had to run. when the second wave hit, then it was much bigger. streets have now turned to mud and hundreds of buildings are seriously damaged. the water came in about five metres high and many cars were flown and hit our village. the country's disaster management agency says high seas from a full moon could have contributed to the strength of the waves. indonesia is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis because it straddles the so—called pacific ring of fire, where tectonic plates collide. this latest disaster will bring back memories of the boxing day tsunami, 14 years ago, which killed more than 225,000 people. caroline rigby, bbc news. 0ur indonesia editor

is in the coastal town of anyer, where people are gathering what they can from the rubble. we are in anyer and here behind me are some quite substantial houses that were also reduced in part to rubble by the waves. some recovery effort taking place, the clearing away of that rubble so that some of the slow rebuilding process can begin. electricity is down here. this is the electrical wire but there is no power to these communities, no running water, so people have been taking what they can from the rubble to kind of get through the next few days over christmas. that will be very tough. people's clothes, possessions from these holiday villas on the ground. over here gives you a sense of the power of the waves. these houses have been smashed into by cars that the community here says were parked on the other side of the road.

they have now been smashed into what is here, so smashed into what was a holiday villa, full at this time of year. joining us now is carina fearnley, reseacher of volcano early warning systems and associate professor in science communication at university college london. do you think the early warning system worked this time in indonesia? we system worked this time in indonesia 7 we know system worked this time in indonesia? we know there has been some debate about whether it is very efficient. yes. early warning systems a re efficient. yes. early warning systems are incredibly complicated because it depends on, particularly for a soon army, what is generating that. so with an earthquake generated tsunami we can say the

likelihood based on the size of the earthquake that a tsunami is generated. however with landslide generated. however with landslide generated tsunamis it is difficult to know that he landslide has happened. areas like volcanoes that have lots of loose rock that make up the volcano are particularly prone to generating landslides. it looks like this volcano give us a little bit of a warning in the sense that the volcano had death reasonably sized eruption for its size but it was night—time and people might not have seen the arch cloud that seems to have been detected. there's very little way of us being able to monitor everything go coastline across the world to be able to up whether he landslide has been detected. the evidence is this tsunami was caused by an underwater landslide, is that right? at the moment, yes. it is said there was no

earthquake that generated this tsunami, it is believed it was landslide generated. is that less powerful, less devastating, than a tsunami caused by anna blakelaw is it similar? it can be both ways. it depends on the size of the landslide. generally relatively it was a fairly small landslide and it has generated a tsunami, that does not take away the effects of the tsunami. some of the most devastating tsunamis we have seen globally have been generated from landslides. particularly unstable places like rya and the pacific has generated enormous landslides that have generated enormous tsunamis. it is not just have generated enormous tsunamis. it is notjust thinking about have generated enormous tsunamis. it is not just thinking about the have generated enormous tsunamis. it is notjust thinking about the size of it in terms of a big event. it also depends on how near a

population is to it. one of the problems of landslides is that when they are generated by a volcano began put a lot of material into quite a shallow amount of water and that can cause a huge wave that really devastates the local area, not so much the regional area but the local area. that area around indonesia has suffered from tsunamis before, especially the boxing day tsunami that killed so many people, tell us about the geology of that region and why it is so vulnerable. indonesia sits on a big subduction zone that does not move fairly often geologically but when it does it gets activated. a thrust zone as earthquake scientists would call it. we have this subduction going on and in 2004 it was the awakening of the fault line. it had been building up pressure for many years and now that has been released we have seen the

earthquakes and tsunamis generated all long that trends. as to this event, whether there is a connection between the earthquakes and volcanic activity, at the moment there does not seem to be any scientific evidence for it, but we have seen events in other places recently. it is certainly very active since 2004. thank you. friends and colleagues have been remembering the former leader of the liberal democrats, lord ashdown, who's died at the age of 77, just months after revealing he was being treated for bladder cancer. he led the lib dems for more than a decade, from 1988 until 1999, and is credited with making the party a significant third force in british politics. vicky young has taken a look back at his life. this is how most people will remember paddy ashdown —

the action man, the party leader with the least affection for westminster. long before he fired his first political salvos, he was a military man. a marine, he saw active service in borneo and malaya. after a period as a diplomat, and some time on the dole, paddy ashdown got involved with the liberals, elected mp for yeovil in 1983. later, in 1988, after the painful merger with the sdp that formed the liberal democrats, he became leader. i say to the millions out there who are concerned about poverty and about unemployment, come and join us. the party was at rock bottom in the polls, and financially crippled. paddy ashdown built it up again, but at some cost to his home life. he admitted an affair with his former secretary, tricia howard. what paddy said stands. he's made a statement already, and i was perfectly well aware of what he was going to say.

fears that his party's poll rating would suffer were unfounded, and in 1997 he guided it to its greatest election achievement since the ‘20s, doubling the number of lib dem mps. charles kennedy is duly elected the leader... paddy ashdown resigned the leadership in 1999, handing the baton onto charles kennedy, and retiring from the house of commons two years later. he spent time in bosnia, at some personal risk, at the height of the war there. and in 2002, he became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina. but he wasn't done with westminster politics. in 2015, after the lib dems had spent five years in coalition with the conservatives, lord ashdown returned to chair the party's general election campaign... and we are saying the conservatives are the largest party. ..famously disputing the exit poll's prediction of a dire result.

if this exit poll is right, andrew, i will publicly eat my hat on your programme. this is a hat. andrew, you are so predictable, aren't you ? ijust knew you'd... i wanted to get a bigger one. he inspired respect for his constant ideas and enthusiasm, and his efforts to build the liberal democrats into a force in national politics. someone who worked with paddy ashdown for many years was fellow liberal democrat baroness shiley williams. she has been speaking to the bbc about the man she knew. i knew him quite well as a fellow campaignerand ina i knew him quite well as a fellow campaigner and in a small party like the liberal democrats you are battling all the time. he was brilliant at that. he and i met quite often on the campaign trail in britain and outside it, in

particular the occupation of kosovo. that was rather unusual. we spent a lot of time together at that time in a fairly risky situation. i got to like him tremendously partly because first of all he never exaggerated. secondly he had a very strong sense of his responsibility not only to oui’ of his responsibility not only to our people but to people in other countries as well, a commitment to bringing democracy through trying as fun as possible to make people behave well, and also because he never had the slightest sign. he faced each situation calmly and in light of the fact that with a determination to have the best possible outcome. there was almost an unbroken legacy between his military background, because he had

a distinguished military career, people often forget that but he worked not only in the diplomatic service but perhaps most significantly within the forces themselves, and people do not remember now that he was for example with a small boat squadron, a risk—taking squadron, torpedoes under large ships in wartime. he also worked very hard on things to do with discovering for example whether other bigger countries should intervene. a typical example was tony blair asked him to tell him, then the prime minister, whether we should intervene in kosovo to try to prevent what was becoming an increasingly awful situation. not so much terrorism but a lot of sniping, poor behaviour. there was a sense that he was part

of the same man. he could live his way through very tough situations and treated all this with seriousness. 0n the other hand he was somebody who would enjoy himself in private, talking to friends, going out for dinner together and so forth. a very wonderful combination of people. a man and woman are still being held in connection with multiple drone sightings that brought gatwick airport to a standstill. police searched a house in the nearby town of crawley yesterday. the disruption lasted for three days, as tens of thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled or delayed. 0ur correspondentjenny kumah is at crawley police station for us this morning. what is the latest? those are arrests were made at 10pm on friday.

more than 24 hours have passed which means the police will have to ask for more time to question the arrested people or they can release 01’ arrested people or they can release or charge them. it is a 47—year—old man and a 54—year—old woman. reports that the man is a drawn enthusiast. the police say the two people who have been arrested are from crawley which is near gatwick. yesterday evening they searched the property. i saw officers going in and searching the house and searching vehicles that were parked on the driveway. all of this activity has beenin driveway. all of this activity has been in relation to the drone sightings near the runway at gatwick which meant that flights were grounded as a safety precaution. every time they wanted to reopen the ru nway every time they wanted to reopen the runway there was another sighting. it took around three days, 1000

flights affected, 140,000 passengers delayed or cancelled. i popped into gatwick this morning and it was very busy, things are getting back to normal. they reports say a number of military measures are in place and they are monitoring the situation and they are hoping to run a full schedule. i have just and they are hoping to run a full schedule. i havejust been and they are hoping to run a full schedule. i have just been told that the two people who were arrested have been released without charge. the message from the airport for passengers who are travelling today is check the status of your flight before travelling as there could still be a knock—on effect from that disruption that happened midweek. the headlines: a tsunami hits indonesia causing widespread disruption —

at least 220 people are dead and more than 700 injured — the death toll is expected to rise. tributes are paid to former liberal democrat leader lord ashdown, who's died at the age of 77. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. an exciting day in premier league football making it a more interesting race at the top. good morning. anthonyjoshua says dillan whyte deserves a shot at his world titles but he may have to wait his turn. whyte knocked out dereck chisora in the 11th round at london's o2 arena last night. after the fight whyte called for a rematch with world champion anthonyjoshua — who he hopes to face at wembley next year. butjoshua, who was watching at ringside, says he would prefer to take on either deontay wilder or tyson fury. joshua's talking rubbish, man.

talking rubbish. i am not going to sit around and wait for him. i'm not going to waste four months of my career waiting for him, seeing what he is doing. i haven't got time to do that. my career needs to progress. there's fighters that wait two years, wait to hear, wait for the call. i can't do that. time is ticking. josh warrington retained his ibf featherweight world title belt with a thrilling points win over carl frampton at the manchester arena. warrington got the better of the former champion frampton from the very first round but somehow the northern irishman managed to stay on his feet right up to the final bell. and as he told the bbc‘s boxing correspondent mike costello it's all still sinking in. i don't know what words to say right now. my hands are a bit sore. i've got bruises on my forehead. but... i've done it! i've been doubted from the start of the year. if you'd said to the boxing public that josh

warrington would go on to beat lee selby and carl frampton back to back, they would have laughed in your face. nobody would have believed that. but i've done it. i've shown what i'm about. thejourney continues, mike! liverpool will go into the festive season with a four point lead at the top of the premier league after manchester city lost to crystal palace. palace won 3—2 against the champions at the etihad stadium. that wasn't the only shock of the day. leicester city beat chelsea 1—0 thanks to a goal from jamie vardy. 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s reign as manchester united's interim manager got off to the perfect start with a 5—1victory against cardiff. and match of the day pundit alan shearer says after the departure ofjose mourino united looked like a completely different side. for the first time in a premier league game this season united out ran their opponent. you are talking about manchester united. the filing

ofjose mourinho was right?m about manchester united. the filing of jose mourinho was right? it was. something had to change. players we re something had to change. players were not giving as much as they should have and they cannot get rid of all the players. it was the right decision. and this afternoon spurs have chance to cement 3rd place in the table at everton. marco silva's men are unbeaten in their last six matches at goodison park. celtic have will be top of the scottish premiership at christmas, after they beat dundee 3—0 at home. aberdeen are second after a 2—0 win at hearts, while hibernian and livingston played out an entertaining 1—1 draw at easter road. ryan hardie opened the scoring for the away side, before ryan porteous nodded in the equaliser. rangers can regain second place when they play stjohnstone later. and finally, fans of spanish club real betis gave hundreds of local children an extra special christmas gift during their game yesterday. responding to a pre—match appeal, they threw thousands of teddy bears and other soft toys from the stands. the toys were gathered up before the second half and will be distributed to disadvantaged families in the region.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. they have an article with manchester united great peter schmeichel who says the club should appoint a director of football and believes he would make a good candidate. that's on bbc. co. uk/sport more on the arrests in the wake of the drone sightings at gatwick airport. arrests made at this house. we are hearing from sussex police that two people arrested in conjunction with the widespread disruption of flights at gatwick through the illegal use of drones have been released without charge. the chief superintendent saying that

both people have fully cooperated with inquiries and also saying i am satisfied that they are no longer suspects in the drone incidents at gatwick. it is important to remember when people are arrested to make further inquiries it does not mean they are guilty of an offence and sussex police would not seek to make their identity public although there was widespread coverage in today's newspapers about those two people who were arrested including pictures of them. they have fully cooperated, say the police, and they are no longer suspects in the drone incidents. police asking for the public‘s continued support into their inquiries by reporting anything suspicious or if they have anything suspicious or if they have any information about those drone incidents that grew in the travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers at gatwick airport in the

past few days. let's return now to the indonesian tsunami that has killed at least 220 people, and injured hundreds more. earlier i spoke to aulia arriani from the indonesian red cross in the capital, jakarta. she told me that many people in the affected area are too afraid to return to what is left of their homes. it was a powerful wave with heights of 30—90 metres, which caused injuries and extensive damage on both sides of the street. right now, lots of people are still in shelter and others are going to families up on the hill. they are still frightened and afraid to come back to their homes because they are afraid that there will be big waves and tsunami coming back again. what are your teams on the ground able to do to help those people? 0ur volunteers are already on the ground, they have been in the field since last night.

they are helping to do the evacuation, trying to find some survivors or maybe some casualties or dead bodies. they are still working with the search and rescue teams. also, we have volunteers working to give health assistance in shelters. for example, they are working together with the health team, giving first aid to the community that is staying in the governor's office. we also dispatched some relief like blankets and drinking water and also tarpaulins. was the area prepared for this? indonesia has had tsunamis before so do people almost expect this kind of thing to happen? i don't think people last night knew that this would happen. as you know, the tsunami strike

is very sudden and a lot of people were there in the tourist areas because it is christmas time, you know, and also new year. a lot of people are already on holiday. they are probably staying up there for a few days and they did not know anything about it. we know that indonesia is very, you know, a lot of disasters happen in indonesia but i don't think people knew that last night knew the tsunami would hit them. do you think the death toll, are you worried that the death toll, which is about 168 at the moment, that it will rise? previous experience of these kind of disasters suggest that is often the case. yes, so our challenge with the tsunami disaster is we have reports on 30 people, probably more, still missing and we hope that there will be more survivors or we will find survivors.

but i don't know, maybe we will have, you know, find casualties or dead bodies. yes, we are afraid that the casualty or dead bodies will be, you know, increased. thank you forjoining us. another of president trump's top officials is set to depart from the white house, with the us envoy leading the global coalition fighting islamic state calling it quits. brett mcgurk submitted his resignation over the president's decision to pull us troops from syria. it comes amid news the us government will remain partially shut down over christmas after politicians in the senate failed to resolve their differences over the budget, during a special session. democrats oppose donald trump's plans to use federal funds to build a wall along the us—mexico border. now it's time for a look

at the weather with susan powell. 0ur forecast for christmas is pretty quiet, settling down thanks to high pressure which will trap quite a lot of cloud, so bleak prospects in the coming days. for the remainder of today's slightly brighter fortunes through the afternoon for northern england and northern ireland. still cloudy to the south. further rain across southern england. scotland getting the best of the sunshine but temperatures struggling after a frosty start. clearer skies sinking down from the north will set of that for quite a widespread frost for christmas eve morning. mild to the south with a covering of cloud and rain. that cloud will continue to

push your way through monday morning and for many areas we are looking at and for many areas we are looking at a dry day for christmas eve with brightness. it will feel cooler than it has through the weekend especially in the south. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a tsunami hits indonesia causing widespread disruption — at least 220 people are dead and more than 700 injured — the death toll is expected to rise. emergency services fight to save the injured. eyewitnesses have described scenes of chaos after the waves struck at night. the water came in at about 5 metres high,

and many cars were flown and hit our village. tributes are paid to former liberal democrat leader lord ashdown who's died at the age of 77. flights return to normal at gatwick as police investigating the drone disruption release two people without charge. now on bbc news — it's time for dateline london — where our panel take a look back at the big global stories of the past twelve months.