this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: a tsunami, triggered by an erupting volcano, hits indonesia causing widespread devastation. more than 220 people are dead and more than 800 injured. emergency services are battling to save the injured. eyewitnesses describe scenes of chaos after waves struck at night. over here, an image that gives you a sense of the power of the waves. these cars, i'm told, were parked on the other side of the road and have been pushed into each other, on top of what was a holiday villa. sussex police are examining a damaged drone found near the perimeter fence of gatwick airport, as two people arrested on friday are released without charge. uk homelessness reaches a record high, according to the charity crisis. tributes continue to be paid to former liberal democrat leader lord ashdown,

who's died at the age of 77. birmingham airport temporarily suspends flights due to an air traffic control faults. and tottenham close the gap on the leaders at the top of the premier league, thrashing everton 6—2 at goodison park. that and the rest of the day's sport in sportsday — in half an hour. good evening. a rescue effort is underway in indonesia to try and locate any more survivors from a tsunami that's already known to have killed more than 200 people and injured over 800 others. the islands of java and sumatra were affected by the giant wave, thought to have been triggered by underwater landslides from

an erupting volcano — anak krakatau. 0ur correspondent rebecca henschke reports from the area. a popular local tourist destination, now a disaster zone. the only road in, cleared to allow aid supplies to get through. people here now trying to piece together their lives. a work party to celebrate the end of the year. 0nstage, the stars of the night, a local rock group, in full swing. the next second, a wave engulfed the stage. the lead singer confirmed that four band members had died and that his wife is still missing. this coastline, where the band were playing, is now

littered with rubble. rani says she doesn't know how they will rebuild. translation: we were all set up for christmas and the new year holiday period, but it's been destroyed by the waves and the rest has been stolen. what am i going to do? families here say they had no warning and there was confusing information coming out from the government. translation: what was the government doing? at first, they said they hadn't been a tsunami last night. they took ages to act. these waves were devastating. it was clearly a tsunami. over here, an image that gives you a sense of the power of the waves. these cars, i'm told, were parked on the other side of the road and they have been pushed into each other on top of what was a holiday villa — full at this time of year. here at this local clinic,

desperate families are looking for their relatives. the injured are still arriving, and the death toll is still rising. translation: the victims were local people who own shops and stalls here, but there were many visitors too. we're trying to open the access road. last night, a lot of debris had been dragged in and it clogged the road. officials believe underwater landslides, caused by eruptions at the nearby anak krakatau volcano, may have triggered the huge waves. it's still active. authorities are warning that there could be another tsunami and telling people to stay away from the beaches. well, rebecca henschke is in banten — the western—most province of the indonesia island of java. she spoke to my colleague,

vicki young, a little earlier, explaining how busy with holiday—makers the area was at the time the tsunami struck. well, all along the coast here on this row that goes on the west coast of java, you're getting patches of complete devastation on the side of the road, next to the beach where you would have had stalls, houses set up for this holiday period, places where people would sell to tourists, trinkets and also food. they have all been completely reduced to rubble. the other side of the road, as we have travelled along, more substantial hotels and villas have also been badly damaged. in one place, we saw cars smashed together, there also been a lot of boats that have been damaged and as we head further towards the edge of java to sumatra, the scene gets worse. we are hearing from hotel owners there — most of their hotels

there destroyed, many injured and also the death toll the rising. we visited at a health clinic earlier today that was a chaotic scene. this area really not prepared for a disaster like this. just small health clinics here. they've been having to evacuate the seriously injured out of this area to hospitals closer towards the capital, jakarta. that must be quite a problem, the facilities that are available there, if it's not up to the standard they need, they are having to evacuate people. what other problems are the rescuers facing? yes, the access to this area is certainly much better than what we saw in the earthquake in palu. this is a few hours drive from the capital, jakarta. they have had to clear the roads

today, a lot of debris and fallen trees on this one road which runs along the coast. also, the issue with the rescue work now is the fact that authorities are warning that there may be another tsunami. the weird or strange nature of this tsunami, the fact that it wasn't triggered by an earthquake but appears to have been triggered by underground volcanic activity of the volcano anak krakatau, that sits off the coast where i am, that volcano is still active. so, authorities are saying that they cannot rule out another tsunami happening. so, the situation here is quite tense. rescue workers coming in, but also wanting to be careful themselves. would you say that people there had been prepared for this, given there has been some volcanic activity? were they prepared, did they get any early warning that this was coming? no. people say there was no warning whatsoever.

there has been volcanic activity at that volcano in the middle of the sea, that rises on the place of the historic krakatau volcano, one of the biggest volcanic eruptions ever recorded in the 1800s. it's been erupting for months. it's a relatively small volcano, by indonesian standards. so there was nothing to warn people that something bad was going to happen. the waves also hit late at night, pitch black, as you can see, this area not well lit. people were either sleeping, in some places they were celebrating end of year parties, not looking at the beach and they were caught completely by surprise. i guess that is telling in the death toll that continues to rise today, as well as the huge number of injured, given that this place is a very popular holiday destination. so, all the hotels in this area was full of people.

our correspondent reporting there, from indonesia. in the last hour, we've been hearing that flights are being suspended at birmingham airport. they've sent us a brief statement. joining me now is our news correspondent andy moore. what more can you tell us? some flights have been diverted to other airports. an inbound flight from la nza rote has been airports. an inbound flight from lanzarote has been diverted elsewhere. we might be able to look ina elsewhere. we might be able to look in a moment at the arrival and

departure board. and a flight from edinburgh being diverted but it's having an impact on flights already. i've looked at some of the flight tracking services and aircraft are ina holding tracking services and aircraft are in a holding pattern around birmingham, waiting to find out whether they can get into the airport or if they have to be diverted. so, there is something called a notice to a, which goes out to aircraft operators. that one says all birmingham atc service is suspended until further notice, all birmingham atc service is suspended untilfurther notice, due toa suspended untilfurther notice, due to a system failure. delay not determined. from that information, we don't know how long this problem will last. separately to that, we've seen a will last. separately to that, we've seen a message from will last. separately to that, we've seen a message from eurocontrol, the european safety regulator. again, they send out messages to all the airlines. their message says the airport is due to be closed until ten o'clock tonight, 2200, because of this air traffic control failure. we can see some of the diverted flights here behind us. somebody has

started them up and said their roughly ten of them at the moment. we don't know if that number will go up. people will be thinking back to what happened in gatwick earlier this week are now looking at birmingham, different reasons, but a difficult time to travel. absolutely. birmingham is a busy airport, but it is not as busy as gatwick, which is britain plasma second busiest. at a guess, may be a few d oze n second busiest. at a guess, may be a few dozen flights inbound and outbound birmingham this evening. sometimes, you can see the edinburgh flight sometimes, you can see the edinburgh flight comes up twice, because it is a code share. so how many actual flights are diverted, we are not quite sure. but it won't be on the scale, at least at the moment, of the gatwick disruption, which was caused by drones. this is a com pletely caused by drones. this is a completely separate issue. no indication it is drones, they say is an airtraffic indication it is drones, they say is an air traffic control failure. the gatwick issue affected hundreds of flights, 150,000 people. this, at the moment, looks like a problem

which might endure for this evening thatis which might endure for this evening that is going to affect hundreds, maybe thousands of people, but not at the moment tens of thousands. andy, we will be back with you for an update when we have it. thank you. a man and a woman who were arrested in connection with drone activity, which caused widespread disruption at gatwick airport, have been released without charge. sussex police say a damaged drone has been found and is being forensically examined. flights were grounded for more than 36 hours when drones were first spotted close to the runway on wednesday night. our correspondentjenny kumah is at gatwick and told me more about what the police have been saying. well, police say they have made a significant development. they say they discovered a damaged drone near the north perimeter of the airport and they are forensically examining it. these details emerged after they announced that they had released without charge two people they arrested in connection with illegal drone activity. they say the pair fully co—operated and are no longer suspects. they say that doesn't mean they are back to square one.

they are pursuing a number of lines of inquiry. menwhile, gatwick airport say they are offering a reward of some £50,000 for any information that leads to an arrest or a conviction. the situation here, in terms of flights, is things are pretty much back to normal, with some 760 flights going in and out, but there continues to be a military and police presence here. our correspondent there. mps are warning that the way childcare is paid under the government's flagship benefits policy — universal credit — is preventing people accepting jobs. a report by the work and pensions committee says making parents pay for childcare costs up front then claiming the money back from the government, can leave households waiting weeks to be repaid. detectives investigating a murder of a man in tottenham have arrested two teenagers on suspicion of murder. police were called in the early hours of saturday morning to reports of a stabbing in north london.

a 25—year—old was found with stab injuries and taken to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. the two teenage boys — aged 15 and 16 — were arrested today. figures from the charity, crisis, suggest that more than 170,000 households in britain are experiencing extreme forms of homelessness, including rough sleeping and living in hostels. it blames the problem on a shortage of social housing, benefit payments failing to cover private rents, and a lack of homelessness prevention schemes for people leaving care. the government says it's spending more than £1 billion addressing the problem. angus crawford reports. tea, biscuits, a listening ear and a chance to be with others at christmas. roland knows just how bleak it can be. i was on the street and i slept on benches. i remember one occasion

when ijust woke up and had like a layer of snow on my coat. so, it was quite shocking. amongst the volunteers, a famous face, coming here for years to offer her help and her voice. it'sjust becoming easier to become vulnerable and in trouble. it can be anything from a few missed mortgage payments, to a broken down marriage, to your partner dying, to just having an argument with your family. over the next week, they will serve more than 7500 meals here. people will come to eat, sleep and get access to advice and there are 1a more centres just like this across the uk. today's figures show 170,800 households and lone individuals were homeless last year. 38,000 of them were under 25. in total 12,300 people were sleeping rough.

it's something that we think is totally u na cce pta ble. we are notjust talking about people on the streets, although the numbers of people rough sleeping are higher than have ever been recorded. we are talking about people in hostels and night shelters, bed & breakfasts, even sleeping in cars and tents and public transport. this is a situation that can't continue. the government says it is spending £1.2 billion to tackle the problem and is committed to ending rough sleeping by 2027. sausage and mash on the menu, experts at hand and, for tonight at least, somewhere to sleep that's safe and warm. angus crawford, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: a tsunami strikes indonesia. at least 220 people are dead and more than 800 injured. the death toll is expected to rise. birmingham airport has

temporarily suspended all flights, following an air traffic control fault. sussex police are examining a damaged drone found near the perimeter fence of gatwick airport, as two people arrested on friday are released without charge. tributes have been paid to the former liberal democrat leader, lord ashdown, who died yesterday at the age of 77. paddy ashdown led the party for more than a decade until 1999 and is credited with making the lib dems a significant third force in politics. theresa may said the former royal marine had dedicated his life to public service. our political correspondent jessica parker has more. the military man turned diplomat and politician. paddy ashdown cut an impressive figure, and a popular one. his success in building up the liberal democrats after its painful merger in the late ‘80s, means he leaves

an undoubted legacy. the action man, unafraid to push political boundaries. come and join us. he never had the slightest sign of cowardice. he faced each situation calmly and in the light of the facts and so on, and with a determination to have the best possible outcome. that courage, and a passion forforeign affairs, could cause some concern amongst colleagues. he took a great interest in the balkans, even when he was leader, and i used to try quite a lot of the time to persuade him not to go, because he exposed himself to risks, for example, going into sarajevo, running the gauntlet of snipers and shelling and things of that kind. but that's the kind of person he was. what you saw, you got, and a great deal more as well. although he never held high office himself, lord ashdown helped set the foundations for what the liberal democrats would eventually become — a party of coalition government, and he was never afraid to offer

some sage advice to his successors. he came to see me in my office when i was deputy prime minister, and he said "i have to talk to you about something which is highly important, and would have a big effect on my political fortunes and that of the coalition." and i thought, "what have i done wrong now?" he said, "you've got too fat. you must lose weight." and so anyway i received those instructions from him, and did try to act on them as well, as i always did. outspoken, dynamic, paddy ashdown was a man of irrepressible energy. it could sometimes exhaust his colleagues, but more often it would inspire them. jessica parker, bbc 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. there was further bad news

for mr trump as his top official in the fight against so—called islamic state quit over the decision to pull us troops from syria. chris buckler reports. in the us, some government buildings have been closed and many federal employees have been told not to go to work, not because of christmas — but because of a government shutdown. senators, however, were working. they were called to a special session of congress, to try to find a funding deal acceptable to all. but without any sign of compromise, democrats and republicans were left simply blaming each other. they brought this about because they are under a lot of pressure, we all know this. from theirfar left, and feel compelled to disagree with the president on almost anything and certainly this. the row‘s about donald trump's long promise for a physical barrier along the border between mexico and america. he's been unable to get mexico to pay for the

controversial border wall. in the us, democrats have refused to give the president the $5 billion he says he needs to build it. so, mr president, president trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall, plain and simple. relationships between the white house and even some republicans in congress, were damaged during the last week, after president trump made a surprise and sudden decision to pull us troops out of syria. it led to the resignation of his defence secretary, jim mattis, and now another member of his administration is leaving as a result of the president's plans. brett mcgurk is the us special envoy to the global coalition fighting the so—called islamic state group. in his resignation letter, he made clear his concerns that the president's claims that is had been defeated were premature. only a week ago, mr mcgurk raised fears of an early end to the campaign in a bbc interview.

the point is, the military commitment does not end with the end of the caliphate. that is absolutely right. there is no timeline on it? no timelines. washington is preparing for a short christmas break but goodwill is in short supply, and with a government shutdown and questions about presidential policy, this seems like a less than happy holiday for donald trump. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. president trump has announced that the deputy secretary of defence, patrick shanahan, will replace his former boss, jim mattis on an acting basis from january 1st. general mattis resigned last week over mr trump's plans to withdraw us troops from syria, but had said he would stay in office until february. mr trump did not explain why his departure had been brought forward, but he has reacted angrily to the criticism provoked by his change of policy in the war against the islamic state group.

when donald trump announced that he was withdrawing us troops from syria and afghanistan, it caused grave concern amongst some allies. there are fears the president's decision may have a negative impact in the fight against the so—called islamic state, and militants in afghanistan. the bbc‘s martha kearney has been to kabul, where she spent time with british forces who may now have to work without us help. british helicopters over a military base in kabul, but how much longer can they rely on us allies, after reports that 7000 american soldiers are to be sent home in the coming weeks? especially since it seems that security is worsening. the soldiers joke that this is a kabul taxi. helicopters like this and black hawks are in constant use over kabul. it is a sign of how the increased security problems mean that road travel is more dangerous than it was in the past. the recent spike in violence makes

the idea of speedy us withdrawal all the more surprising. 30 countries support the coalition, but the us provides most of the infrastructure, and it seems that america's closest allies may not have known about the trump plans. before the news broke, i spoke in kabul to the head of the uk armed forces. everything i've seen during my visit here over the last 2a hours or so would suggest they are wholeheartedly committed to this particular mission, as is nato and the international community more broadly. at the recent geneva conference, the international community enhanced that commitment. i think these are different missions with different requirements. we are in the back of a british army vehicle, known as a foxhound, a heavily armoured vehicle. we're travelling from the green zone, where the government departments, nato headquarters, a lot of embassies are. until last night, the city was on black, which meant there was a risk of threat

and vehicles like this couldn't go out. but that has been lifted, so we can travel through the streets now. the british forces here in afghanistan were increased this year by 440. but it is afghan forces who actually fight the taliban. nearly 30,000 have been killed since 2015. those are big numbers and the question of whether that is sustainable is a question we ask ourselves regularly. on the other hand, that is why peace is important. i think afghans are much more committed to this idea than once before. it gives everybody hope. there may be some optimism about the current peace talks but this is certainly a volatile time in afghanistan with presidential elections next april. and now the prospect of us troop withdrawals, which could ultimately lead to the end of the international coalition here. the uk is being inundated with fake designer goods on a scale never seen before, according to the trade body, the anti—counterfeiting group.

an undercover investigation by the bbc has discovered vast quantities of fake replica clothing, trainers, perfumes and electrical goods being sold from living rooms, car parks and even high street shops across the uk. trading standards says there's a link to serious organised crime and the treasury is losing millions in unpaid taxes every year. our special correspondent colin campbell has the story. it's christmas and black market britain is booming. they're a fake, are they? i'm in manchester, where replica designer goods are being sold from shops on an industrial scale. they're not real? through this doorway, an aladdin's cave of fakes, spread out over three levels. belts, bags, coats, jumpers. all forms of fake counterfeit goods in there. brazenly breaking the law, the area is known as britain's counterfeit capital.

it's estimated that between 50 and 100 shops are involved. yves saint laurent... michael kors. chanel. it's just endless. outside, amongst the hoards of christmas shoppers, an army of lookouts to respond police. there are regular raids, but it's not enough. we showed our footage to the anti—counterfeiting group, which represents over 3000 brands. 4% of all imports into the uk now are fake. they're destroying jobs, they're destroying the high street. they're crippling our industries and we seem to be allowing it to happen. from the north of england to the south, we found scores of dealers knowingly selling fake goods, many openly advertising on social media. can you get into trouble for it, then? in a bradford car park,

replica nike trainers. from a living room in hull, a catalogue of fake, phony designer gear. yeah, please. how much are they again? in stoke, imitation beats headphones. in bristol, fake north face hoodies and jackets. they're replica once but they all right, are they? in northampton, another digital del boy selling replica perfumes and cosmetics. the sale of counterfeit products is linked to serious and organised crime, terrorism, people trafficking, arms sales. this is a significant problem that people perhaps don't realise they are funding that level of criminal activity. britain is awash with counterfeit designer goods. everywhere we went, we were able to source fake or replica products.

this stuff is being peddled from towns and cities across the uk. manchester city council says it's doing more work than ever to tackle the problem, but with cuts to funding across the uk, enforcement authorities are, it seems, struggling to cope with the flourishing counterfeit industry. the actor michael sheen, is helping to pay for security to protect the latest artwork by banksy, which has appeared on a garage wall in port talbot. the image — which is entitled ‘season's greetings‘ — has now been covered in a protective screen. last night, a man tried to damage the mural, but was chased away by a security guard. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. thankfully, christmas week won't be anywhere near as damp as some of you experienced through the day. most will be dry through this week. they will be dry through this week. they will be dry through this week. they will be some frost and particularly fog, which could cause an issue for some on the move. dense fog tonight

in northern ireland, parts of central scotland and later across parts of eastern wales at, the midlands and north—west england. most cloudy in the south—west, where rain will continue in towards the channel islands. elsewhere, quite a frosty start to the festive week. lots of sunshine around, but some lingering fog in northern ireland, east wales and the west midlands but for most, sunny spells. the rain in the south—west will fizzle out. mildest year at 11—12, but for most of cooler day with temperatures in single figures. the big day itself, fog could be an issue in eastern parts of england, where winds are lightest. some patchy drizzle possible in the west. for the vast majority, christmas day will be dry. some festive dry in the east where it stays cool, mildest in the west. goodbye for now.