hello. this is bbc news with reeta chakra barti. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: relief workers are attempting to assist the survivors of a devastating tsunami in indonesia, which has killed at least 200 people. 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. the uk is being inundated with fake designer goods on a scale never seen before, according to the trade body, the anti—counterfeiting group. homelessness in the uk is at a record high, with 170,000 families and individuals experiencing destitution, according to the charity, crisis. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.

with me are the evening standard columnist, tony evans, and the economics advisor, ruth lea. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's take a look, starting with the independent, which has a striking picture of survivors searching through the destruction caused by the tsunami that hit indonesia, killing more than 200 people and leaving hundreds more injured. the telegraph leads with the queen's christmas message, saying she'll be urging britain to overcome, "deeply held differences" and to treat others with respect, in herfinal message before the uk leaves the eu. also calling for unity, the prime minister, theresa may, who writes in the daily express, calling for the country to "come together" and get behind her deal ahead of brexit. the drone disruption at gatwick airport leads the daily mail, with the paper claiming that the police are clueless as to who was behind it. and that story is on the front of the times, who quote the police officer leading the investigation admitting the possibility that there may not

have been any drones at all. while the i reports that ministers will meet tomorrow to discuss how to tighten security at airports following the disruption at gatwick. and the daily mirror describes it as shambolic. and finally, the sun reports that shoppers in norfolk did a double take when the duchess of cambridge was spotted doing some christmas shopping in a chain retail store. so a mix of stories making the front pages of tomorrow's papers, with a lot of them focusing on the disruption at gatwick airport. and let's start with that, and the front of the times, which has a very blunt headline. yes, that is right, the words to describe it, and one of the words to describe it, and one of the most telling things in this is that the police, we have said, that there not have been a drone, though

there not have been a drone, though the remains might have been found near the fence at which pegs the question why they didn't find it earlier, and the times source, the department of transport, they were bemused by the policeman‘s comments since the device was caught on video and police reported that the drone was flashing lights at them. from the department of transport, the device appears to be caught on video. well, were they? they don't seem to know. someone tell us what has happened. the police, the department of transport, say, yes, we have it on video. i don't understand. this has been sparked by comments from the detective chief superintendent who said there was a possibility that there may not have been any genuine drone activity in the first place. it is absolutely extraordinary. as tony said, they seemed to have found a damaged drone, whether it was the drone, who knows? was struck me, gatwick was

closed for two days, whatever it was, this is in my area of expertise, needless to say, but why we re expertise, needless to say, but why were they not trying to jam communications between the drone and the operator to try to disable the drone. it wouldn't necessarily be able to get the operator in those circumstances. at least you can stop it from threatening. this isjust extraordinary. it is like an open goal to anyone who wants to create more mischief or more seriously have a terrorist attack. it just shows that the facilities for dealing with these things are not fit for purpose. it is extraordinary. yesterday we were told that they had arrested a couple. as a result of a crimestoppers tipoff, it appears. excellent police work. they had alibis, after certain areas of the press, the daily mail in particular, went mad and printed pictures of them and call them the morons who spoiled christmas. there is a lot of misinformation. the question is why

people didn't keep quiet, people in the authority, until they realised what was actually going on. this feeds all the conspiracy theorists on social media, on twitter and facebook, and the number of posts i have seen that said something wrong has gone on. no, it is complete incompetence. you have said it. right across the gamut of the authority failing dismally in this respect. and that is echoed, i see the fun of the daily mirror, the headline using the word farce as well. and shambolic. it is right that the police followed this tipoff. he shouldn't have got into the public domain as it did. and one would like to know why. to put it in the public domain? the person who did the tip of? i don't know. the public domain? the person who did the tip of? i don't knowlj suspect there was clamour from the police for some information. sometimes it is more important to be

seemed to be acting rather than the right thing. that is dreadful. there should be a serious look at the security procedures and the behaviour of the police afterwards. it is that question again, this couple were arrested, stress they have been released without charge, but they were arrested and the press has, for quite sometime now, named people on arrest. yeah, well, there isa people on arrest. yeah, well, there is a way of dealing with this, because they have been arrested and the daily mail was right to name them. but it is the way they put the big headline on the front which points to them being the actual perpetrators of this without seeing any real evidence. and, you know, this misinformation on the front of the papers has a long history. i was a sales rate. even today i saw on my twitter timeline someone accusing people stealing and urinating on the dead despite the fact it was proved to be untrue. the sun front page was

nearly 30 years ago, 29 years ago, it still has an impact. imagine. this will follow this couple ran for the rest of their lives. it is irresponsible. yeah. a great many aspects to that drone story and i am sure it will continue. let's move on to the front of the daily telegraph, which has extracts from the queen's christmas message. ruth, what do you make of this? well, of course, the queen is saying that the uk must ove i’co [ti e queen is saying that the uk must overcome its deeply held differences and there must be more respect paid to other people's opinions, in the season of goodwill et cetera et cetera, and of course tony has been talking about how the press implies things without necessarily stating them, but the implication is always there, isn't it? the implication is of course, she is talking about brexit, these people who are tweeting that they hate brexiters mac or remainers, they should get overtheir mac or remainers, they should get over their deeply held differences, get together and respect each other.

—— brexiteers. the truth is she has to be politically neutral. it may be that she is implying brexit. it may be that she is not. there are lots of other differences as well. i think we ought to be very careful about over interpreting her remarks, ifi about over interpreting her remarks, if i may say so. although the telegraph itself says this is in her christmas address before brexit, the context in which she is putting it, isn't she? yeah. why does she have to be neutral? i don't see the point of the royal family other than the cornerstone of the class system. she is the head of state and yet what she's doing is she is sitting there and getting you to read between the lines while the country sleepwalks into economic disaster great new world! we will talk brexit properly —— economic disaster. world! we will talk brexit properly -- economic disaster. great new world. i don't see the point. she has to stay politically neutral, she

has to stay politically neutral, she has to. so what is the point of the monarch? can anyone point it to me, other than being the cornerstone of the class system? you have a way of expressing things. some of us like the idea of a politically neutral head of state. i will defend the queen. i head of state. i will defend the queen. lam not head of state. i will defend the queen. i am not a head of state. i will defend the queen. lam not a mad head of state. i will defend the queen. i am not a mad sort of royalist in the sense that my bedroom is full of pictures of the royal family, because it is not, it is pictures of cats, actually. joking apart, i think there is a case for a head of state which is politically neutral. you obviously don't. a completely pointless symbol that takes up a huge amount of money and reinforces the notions of class. given that she has the role that she does have, is it really possible, though, to have a political opinion on anything? i would like to hear what she thinks, because then i might have some respect for the institution and position. i would like her to say, no, this is nonsense. think again. what about the message that she has? she could never say that. it is absurd. what

about the message that she has, though, that the country has to ove rco m e though, that the country has to overcome its deeply held differences? isn't that there are enough? it is trite! it means nothing, and it will affect my one, and everyone will sit down and feel better at that watching the queen eating their christmas dinner, even though the streets are filled with the homeless, dining on record numbers, people using food banks, it just makes everyone feel co mforta ble, just makes everyone feel comfortable, and it makes them a vogue this old sense of the nostalgia of england and britain. the same thing that is firing the brexit mythology. i'm delighted to say i disagree with single word he has said. so do i take it that you will be listening to the christmas address, ruth, and you won't, tony? 0h, lady. no possibility! let's move on, then, brexit, the pm's plea for a united front on brexit. ruth. in

the cabinet, the general world at large, i think it is a plea into the ether, if i may say so, a complete waste of time, even the cabinet seems to be incredibly divided. there are some cabinet members now that are talking about a managed no deal. i think andrea leadsom that are talking about a managed no deal. ithink andrea leadsom is that are talking about a managed no deal. i think andrea leadsom is one of those. it is a contradiction in terms. no, it is not. the idea is you have contingency plans to deal with the practicalities of aviation and the visas etc, and that is happening. you should look at the commission website. they have already put into place contingency action plans to deal with the no—deal brexit. so it's happening. so it is a pared down agreement. the thing is there are over 100 papers from the government dealing with no deal preparations. it is happening, tony. i know you want this to be a disaster. i don't! i want tony. i know you want this to be a disaster. i don't! iwant britain tony. i know you want this to be a disaster. i don't! i want britain to be wealthy. i want people not to be starving. i want austerity over with. and once i want the country to

work together coherently. at the moment the contingency plan is getting troops ready, stockpiling thatis getting troops ready, stockpiling that is in. that is not contingency. that is madness! that is the scaremongering. look at the government, over 100 papers, scaremongering. look at the government, over100 papers, no deal prepare is, look at the commission website for what they are doing. they are getting them selves in a position where they can deal with no deal trading under wto rules. position where they can deal with no dealtrading under wto rules. why is it scaremongering? that is what is going on. that does get people. 3500 troops, this is absurd scaremongering. why are they exaggerating the difficulties of trading across customs borders? 55% of trade is across customs borders, it is blown out of proportion. we had project fear before the referendum. what a load ofjunk. now we have project fear mach ii. this is from the department's whitehall... this is not project fear. it is project reality. they

are scaremongering because theresa may wants a deal to be accepted. it is time the government stopped scaremongering and just got on with it. let's all get on with it, everything will be all right. let's get the spin going. you have to work for these things. the government should work for it. if there are problems, i would lay it at the door of the government. what do you make of the government. what do you make of the government. what do you make of the fears of business, who are very worried about what would happen in the case of a no—deal brexit? grossly exaggerating the problems of trading across customs borders. why would they? if you talk to them and you say, all right, do you trade with the states? yes. how can you trade across the customs border? what is the big deal? the agreement is in place! can i finished? you should have seen the letter in the daily telegraph, jcb, it trades across the globe, across customs borders, he said what's the problem, he isa borders, he said what's the problem, he is a realist, don't tell me jcb

is not a big company because it is. these agreements are already in place. that is why you can trade across the! date are the biggest trading in the world. they are trading in the world. they are trading under wto rules, which if we leave with no deal, trading under wto rules, that is the default, they are there and we will be trading 100% with wto rules as opposed to 55% . 100% with wto rules as opposed to 55%. so why are we stockpiling medicine? it is scaremongering! and the government will stop it. sorry, this is getting a bit heated. it always was going to, you are never going to agree, under prime minister's plea for a united front shows how difficult it is. tony, last word. another slogan, strong and stable, brexit means brexit, come together, it is like she has put together an album of theresa may's worst hits. she is saying,

deeply held differences. but i do respect your opinion, tony. let's move on to the front page of the financial times and look at the problems across the pond. president trump's a new chief of staff warning of the shut dragging on the next year. give us the context of this, what is going on? every year, three quarters of the us budget is put in place with a quarter to be renewed. and if it doesn't get renewed, parts of the government shut down. and donald trump said as part of the package going through congress that he wants funding for the wall. and the democrats are reluctant, to say the democrats are reluctant, to say the least, to give it to him. he said asa the least, to give it to him. he said as a result some areas of government will shut down. donald trump said last week he would be proud for that to happen, and it has happened. we will see border control agents working without pay over

christmas. it is part of donald trump's doctrinaire madness. it will need to go through very quickly because the power balance in washington changes after the midterms and the democrats will have the ability in the house to stymie any of his plans. i was going to say i almost agree! surely not! this is terribly boring, darling. absolutely, there is this 25% of the budget that has actually expired, or they don't have the money to fund they don't have the money to fund the programme is, so that has to be a situation where congress, if this is to be funded, congress has to agree to the extra funding package, the problem being, of course, that donald trump is insisting that part of that funding package is $5.7 billion to build his wall between the us and mexico and there are so many people within the house of representatives and senate who say they do not agree with that, so there could be a real stand—off

here, so for mulvaney to say this could drag on and drag on, it looks as if he could be right. it is perfectly extraordinary that you can have this sort of paralysis which results in public servants not being paid. there is precedent for this, there have been two shutdowns this year, so this is the third one, and 0bama had won in 2013 which lasted a considerable period of time. the president reposes, congress disposes, and congress has to agree to the funding package. he thinks he will wait until someone blinks, put the pressure on the democrats and say the public servants not getting paid is your fault. the reality is it is his fault. it is going to have to bea it is his fault. it is going to have to be a compromise, ifeel. it is his fault. it is going to have to be a compromise, i feel. and you say it has not been a good week for the president because of a string of resignations. well, he has lost another of his big man, the three

adults, mcmaster has gone, jim mattis resigned this week and he is losing kelly, the chief of staff at the white house. they used to call these the three adults who would keep control over trump, and they are all gone. added to which, he has his ongoing situation with the federal reserve, which keeps putting up federal reserve, which keeps putting up interest rates and pushing down the dowjones, and he is now threatening to sackjerome powell, and he threatens to sack anyone who says just calm down. and he threatens to sack anyone who saysjust calm down. and he has made a mess of the withdrawal from syria, beginning to back away from his initial stance of bullying troops out. and america's reputation with allies across the world is really in the gutter. 24 us to talk about into the gutter. 24 us to talk about into the new year. can i get you both to wish each other a happy christmas, after your strong words?” wish each other a happy christmas, after your strong words? i hope britain has a very happy and prosperous new year, ifear we

britain has a very happy and prosperous new year, i fear we will not. thank you very much indeed for a very lively paper review. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, tony and ruth. goodbye. inafew in a few minutes it will be the weather. but first, let's return now to the rescue effort in indonesia where relief workers are attempting to assist the survivors of a devastating tsunami, which has killed at least 222 people.

more than 800 people have been injured in parts ofjava and sumatra, with many more still unaccounted for. earlier my colleague vicki young spoke to the steve mcandrew, head of operations for the international federation of the british red cross. he told her it's a race against time to find survivors. we're working through the night, so it isa we're working through the night, so it is a lot more difficult. people can't there is debris everywhere. it is dangerous to work in these areas where we are still looking, the search and rescue teams are still out but they are having to use flashlights, headlamps, so the challenges are ongoing, but the local red cross teams we have here are local red cross teams we have here a re really local red cross teams we have here are really up to the job. we are working hand in hand with the government, and we are just not living up here. now, we know that hundreds are dead and injured —— giving up here. do you have any idea how widespread the area is which has been affected, or is there just no way of knowing completely what has gone on there? so we are still doing

assessments this evening, and by tomorrow we will have more of an idea atjust how widespread it is. 0ur feeling is it idea atjust how widespread it is. 0urfeeling is it will idea atjust how widespread it is. 0ur feeling is it will not expand idea atjust how widespread it is. 0urfeeling is it will not expand or get much bigger in terms of the scope of the damage, but we are still out there looking as far as we can on both sides of the strait there, to see if we can find where there, to see if we can find where the needs and help the people who need it. andjust the needs and help the people who need it. and just talk us through the facilities that are there, if any, as faras the facilities that are there, if any, as far as medical supplies, as far as hospitals are concerned. is it possible to treat people there on the ground, orare it possible to treat people there on the ground, or are you having to evacuate people? well, we are doing both. so at the moment we have five mobile medical teams, and they have orthopaedic specialists on the teams, and that is the red cross teams, and that is the red cross teams, and that is the red cross teams, and at the same time the government has multiple teams out treating people on the site and also

doing triage. so as far as we know, there are no damaged hospitals, but there are no damaged hospitals, but the hospitals' capacities are being... they are under heavy pressure at the moment to treat all the wounded people coming in. so it isa the wounded people coming in. so it is a big challenge, and it is a race against time. we have a lot of different assets going into the region. we distribute in water. we have search and rescue teams still going on, we have first aid teams, but we are also starting to distribute relief supplies like bla nkets distribute relief supplies like blankets and helping people out in the different shelters where they are. there's people in makeshift shelters, there's people in mosques, people in just municipal shelters, there's people in mosques, people injust municipal buildings. so with our partners throughout the international red cross, red crescent movement, we are able to channel the support through the national society which is the indonesian red cross here. so so far we have a lot of support from a lot of our partners, including the british red cross, and we are still

responding to two tsunamis and earthquakes that occurred earlier this year in lombok and central sulawesi. so the operations are going full speed and we are keeping added. i was going to ask you about that, about whether the teams have experience. presumably it is an area we know which has suffered this kind of thing before. presumably lots of people out there working know the area well and have sadly been in this situation before. yes, i think indonesia probably has some of the best teams in the world, especially when it comes to the red cross teams that we have here doing first aid, search and rescue and responds to tsunamis. there is nowhere else in the world where we have good people like this, and ourjob isjust to get on the supplies, the fuel, and the materials they need to keep doing the work. but, as far as experienced teams, we have the best in the world here. and is it possible to assess how long you will be there on the ground, trying to

deal with the aftermath of this? we know we are going to be here for at least months, and we are already looking at a 2.5 year response to the sulawesi and lombok earthquakes and tsunamis that occurred earlier this year. so we will be here as long as it takes. and it is... you know, these people, they are counting on us. so they put their hopes into the emergency teams in the red cross teams, and they don't want... there is no deadline on hope, so we're just going to keep at it. we keep going forward, and as long as it takes. hello there. very good evening to you. let's take a look at what to expect this christmas week. i'm afraid to say the only snow you are going to see is that on my tie at the moment, because it will be a christmas week devoid of something cold enough for snow. but at least if you are on the move, nothing

overly severe as far as the weather is concerned. a lot of dry weather to come, there will be some light winds. a bitter frost to come, there will be some light winds. a bitterfrost by night, the big problem if you are travelling, every now and again some of you will experience some lingering fog. and fog is on the cards tonight for some of you after what has been a wet day, especially across parts of england, wales and northern ireland. let's just take a look at where the rain is falling at the moment, the southern counties of england and wales. a few heavy burst as well. it is becoming more and more confined to the far south, clearer skies elsewhere, and if you look at the forecast overnight, that is going to continue, that north haven south split. parts of southern england and the channel islands using a little bit -- the channel islands using a little bit —— north — south split. around the glasgow area, it remains and in the glasgow area, it remains and in the north—west england, north—east wales and the north midlands. the blue colours on the chart indicate it could be freezing fog some of you experience into the morning. widespread frost away from the far south tonight, temperatures well

below freezing, 10 degrees in plymouth. as we go into christmas eve, we will have patchy rain and drizzle towards the south—west and the channel islands. that turns light and the channel islands. that turns lightand a the channel islands. that turns light and a bit dry through the day. a bit more cloud across the south. where you start the day with fog, it could linger throughout, a fair bit of sunshine per christmas eve. it will be a day, after a chilly start, where it stays in the cold side across scotland and northern england especially, mild to the south—west. in england, the threat of fog forming, so if you are driving through christmas, this could be a problem. blue colours on the charts, frost forming quickly after sunset. in the west we have milder air pushing up from the south. it is here where for christmas day there could be some drizzle around at times. the vast majority, though, will be drier, but a bit of festive fog to greet the day. some fog throughout the day in the middle and eastern england, we think at this stage. most places will be drier. variable amounts of cloud, sunshine

breaking through. even in the west, where we are most prone to some thick cloud and patchy drizzle, ten to 12 degrees and single figure temperatures further east. some of that milder air temperatures further east. some of that milderair in temperatures further east. some of that milder air in the west will topple around a high—pressure system in the west of the country in the boxing day as a drift southwards. 0utbreaks boxing day as a drift southwards. outbreaks of rain in northern scotland, some of which will be in the heavy side, but the drier theme continues for most of you into boxing day. dense fog through central areas, increasing amounts of sunshine across the south. i will keep you updated through the night. this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. our top stories: urgently searching for survivors of the indonesians in army. dashmac indonesian tsunami. at least 220 people are now known to have died. these cars were parked on the other side of the road and have been pushed on top of each other, on top of what was a holiday villa.

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