this is bbc news i'm carole walker. the headlines at five: rescue workers continue the search for survivors of the tsunami in indonesia, more than 370 people are now known to have died. there are fears the death toll could rise, with warnings of more deadly waves triggered by volcanic eruptions. thousands of rail passengers face disruption over christmas because of major engineering works. respect and understanding — the queen uses her christmas speech to deliver a message of goodwill to all. chris evans bids a festive farewell to listeners as he hosts his final radio 2 breakfast show. and in half an hour, a festive edition of click brings us the latest from the world of technology and gadgets. indonesia's disaster agency now say

at least 373 people were killed, and a further 128 are still missing, following the volcanic eruption and tsunami that swept through sunda strait on saturday. more than m00 people have been injured. thousands of people who live on the islands of java and sumatra have been forced to evacuate to higher ground as the tsunami hit coastal areas. today there have been more eruptions from the anak krakatau volcano, sparking fears of another tsunami. rebecca henschke reports. rescue workers clear away the rubble in a race to find survivors. but today, in this villa none have been found. villas like this one built right

on the shore didn't stand a chance when the huge waves hit. this, the state of the swimming pool, and the villa now. teams from the military and the search and rescue teams are here, clearing away the rubble to make way for what will be a slow rebuilding process here. the tsunami hit this popular local tourist destination at night, without warning. the national disaster agency admitting their tsunami detection system has been broken since 2012. when presidentjoko widodo visited to inspect the relief here, he faced tough questions and vowed to do better. translation: we don't know yet for sure where the source of the tsunami was, it's still being checked. in the future the relevant agencies

will provide detection equipment. systems that can give a warning to everyone. that comes too late for these families, here to find loved ones among the dead. those identified ta ken away in ambulances. others, like this man, are still searching. translation: we are not at peace. we just want him returned to us in some way. we are preparing ourselves to accept the worst. the vocalist of the band 17 that was performing on stage when the tsunami hit is here to put his wife to rest. posting this video on social media, he says, we are travelling again together, my love. authorities are warning it may not be over yet, telling people to keep away

from the beaches due to fears that ongoing activity from the anak krakatau volcano could trigger a new tsunami. rebecca henschke reporting there. earlier, i spoke to dr. janine krippner — a volcanologist at concord university and began by asking about the causes of the tsunami. satellite imagery and images that have come out of anak krakatau, it looks like a flank collapse or a landsliding of the volcanic edifice caused material to go into the sea which may have triggered the tsunami. so, this is essentially a piece coming off the side of the volcano, going into the water and triggering the tsunami? yes, volcanoes are inherently unstable. they are piles of lava and rock so unfortunately, this is a known hazard of volcanoes. and this is a volcano that has been active on and off for years, decades? yes, it is one of the world's

most active volcanoes. so, are you surprised that there appears to have been no warning of what happened at all? no, i am not surprised. the location of the potential triggering of the tsunami so close to the areas that were affected means that a warning would be extremely difficult in this case. but if it's a volcano that has been active for a long time, surely this is something that the authorities could have forseen? yes, maybe they could have. it is a known hazard at this particular sort of volcano but understanding when this might happen and how big is just extremely difficult so giving people warning at the right time is an enormous task. so, it's unlike the earthquakes but have triggered other tsunamis? this one is not something that you can predict when it's going to happen, even though there is a strong likelihood? exactly.

so, when you have larger tsunamis they often originate further out to sea so there is time for the warning system to pick up the signal and then for people to interpret that to realise that a tsunami is coming, and get the warning out. but this is very different. it originated much closer to shore. so, what about the likelihood of further eruptions and further tsunamis triggered by that? the eruption could continue for quite some time, based on the past activity of krakatau, it is a very active volcano and we just cannot tell the stability of this volcano right now, so there is a chance of more collapse events, we just don't know. so, there is nothing further that the authorities could or should be doing now to try and provide better warnings, better protection for those communities that are at risk? the communities all along the oceanfront in indonesia should be very aware of how to spot a tsunami coming and

what to do immediately, and it is really important that it is deeply ingrained in how people behave, because when people are faced with a crisis, they often freeze. so knowing what to do immediately if you see the sea going out, if you see the water changing, get to higher ground, it is just not worth risking it. the christmas getaway this year is being hampered by widespread disruption to train services, with over 300 sets of planned engineering works taking place around britain. several major towns and cities are affected including liverpool and manchester. and many services out of london to the rest of the country have been affected, as navtej johal reports. struggling to get a waiver the

christmas getaway. thousands have been disrupted. these are amongst the thousands breathing it but it is amongst london where travellers are bearing the brunt of it. there is no trains running from paddington until after oxen day, and none from victoria until the new year. jabber astride get through the capital to east angular, the midlands and the north face disruption. in total there are 300 and 30 engineering works to keep a place across the country. 25,000 works to keep a place across the country. 25, 000 people works to keep a place across the country. 25,000 people will be working on the railway system over the next week as part of a ems million investment across the network during christmas and new year. so why is this happening now‘s network rail says this is the time of year when demand is at its lowest. it is expecting claims to be 50% quieter than normal and it says the work being done now will ensure a more reliable service in the

future, but this does not help these passengers in london euston today who are basing a reduced service. passengers in london euston today who are basing a reduced servicem is put a damper on things but it is life. the disruption is disgrace. mac that advice to passengers is to plan ahead. this is nothing like a normal monday. services will be closing down early evening and no trains running on christmas day. so if you can avoid it, maybe leave the travelling to those with a sleigh. ministers have been discussing security arrangements at airports this morning following last week's drone sightings at gatwick airport. officers say the investigation remains active after the release without charge of a couple from crawley. despite earlier saying sightings may have been mistaken, 67 reports made by the public, passengers, airport officials and police officers are being investigated. a reward of 60 thousand pounds has

been offered for information. that couple questioned by police over the drone disruption which closed the airport for almost 36 hours have said they feel "completely violated" by the experience. paul gait and elaine kirk say the ordeal has left them "deeply distressed" and they are receiving medical care. they were arrested and released without charge after two nights in custody. four men who were arrested on a cargo ship in the thames estuary have appeared in court — charged with affray. the grande tay—ma left nigeria two weeks ago. the group were detained after police boarded the ship on friday following reports that the crew had been threatened. around 3000 people have been evacuated from an apartment building in sydney — after residents heard a ‘loud crack‘. police say, the newly opened 0pal tower had moved "i to 2 millimetres". residents are now preparing

to spend christmas eve, in an evacuation centre, as an emergency operation takes place, to determine the extent of the damage. fire and rescue, specialists, ambulance, paramedics and public works engineers will be making entry to level ten to investigate the cause of the crack and to determine whether the building is safe to inhabit, or if any further remediation works are required. the queen will urge people to treat each other with respect, during her annual christmas message which will be broadcast tomorrow. the comments, which have been released by buckingham palace to newspapers, are likely to be seen as an attempt by the monarch to calm the debate over brexit. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. throughout her reign, the queen has always been notably cautious whenever it's come to making a comment which could be construed as an observation about the political debate. but with the nation divided over brexit, it would be strange

if the head of state, in her one personal message of the year, did not make some attempt to address people's concerns. her christmas message was recorded earlier this month at buckingham palace, when the brexit debate in parliament was at its height. in the broadcast she will say this. the context of those remarks isn't clear from what buckingham palace has released. it may be doubted whether the queen has said anything explicit about brexit, but it's clear that the palace is hoping these few words, and a reference to the need for the christmas spirit of good will to be heeded, will be construed as an attempt by the monarch to soothe the brexit debate. nicholas witchell, bbc news. us financial markets have opened down following the worst week for american stocks in a decade. have a look at the latest figures,

they should be on your screen any moment. showing that the dow is once again down. we will bring you those figures later. yesterday, the us treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, held a series of telephone conversations with the chief executives of america's six largest banks to calm down fears about the economy. that did nothing of the kind and donald trump has tweeted recently: our business reporter samira hussain is in new york, and she sent this update a few moments ago.

mr mnuchin really wanted to calm fears and calm us investors' fears. well, he didn't actually have the desired outcome. if anything, he really has riled up investors. and the reason is that, look, it is not totally uncommon to hear from the treasury secretary speaking to us banks. what is uncommon, however, is to hear about the conversation and to also hear about that conversation in a statement over twitter. and that is how we found out that mr mnuchin spoke to these banks. so, what did he talk to them about? well, one of the issues that he raised was the issue of liquidity. that is, do the banks have enough money on hand, so cold hard cash, to really shore up any sort of big trades or any commercial loans or any business investments? the banks have said, yes, we do have that money. so, that is all very good. the trouble is, is that the investors weren't worried

about that at all. so, what mr mnuchin has really done is cause us investors to worry about something that they weren't worried about at all and they are now questioning, well, what does the treasury secretary know that we might not? and indeed, samaria, lots of concerns, as you say, and, you know, it is looking very frosty behind you. we know we are almost on christmas day. so there is certainly not going to be a santa rally for investors in this holiday—shortened trading day, but do we know how markets are going to do next year? right, that is the big question. you know, as the year comes to a close, you know, it has been a bit of a rough ride. when we first saw mr trump elected, we saw the stock market reach record highs but this year we haven't really seen that. in fact, we have seen pretty big drops on financial markets. so, a lot of people are questioning what are we going to see come 2ois?

and, really, a lot of that has to do with politics as well as perhaps what is happening in the economy in the short term. we cannot show you those latest figures. dow is down over 435 points and the other markets also down as a knock on effect of that. therefore, underlining the difficulties on the us markets following that meeting by the us treasury secretary which was supposed to be calming anyjitters, clearly having the reverse effect. the former prime minister of pakistan, nawaz sharif, has been sent back to jail after a new corruption conviction. he was found guilty of having overseas property investments beyond his declared sources of income, and sentenced to seven years in prison. nawaz sharif was released on bail earlier this year,

after a different corruption sentence was suspended. the headlines on bbc news... rescue workers continue the search for survivors of the tsunami in indonesia, more than 370 people are now known to have died. thousands of rail passengers face disruption over christmas because of major engineering works. respect and understanding — the queen uses her christmas speech to deliver a message of goodwill to all. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's adam wild. hello. hello, good afternoon. the arsenal midfielder has been ruled out after six weeks with a broken foot. armenian international has fractured something in his right fit. he was subbed during half—time

and misses the premier league over burnley the weekend. arsenal away with brighton over boxing day. liverpool manager, has said that totte n ha m liverpool manager, has said that tottenham is very much in the title race after spurs 6—2 thrashing of spurs yesterday. liverpool is four points clear of manchester city and six points clear of third place spurs but he reckons the title race is still wide open. tottenham had the most difficult summer period and i'm not talking about signing players because of you have the right you should sign players. it is just because we do not have players playing for the full world cup, their playing so far in such a season, it is more than impressive and that is the situation so yeah, a lot of teams are in the title race. a group of young footballers from

grimsby went out a christmas holiday to remember when they represent england at international tournament in spain, starting on boxing day. the under 15th play a variation of five aside football. reporter simon clark has been to them. football played to eight samba beat, this is footsa, a either side from brazil and this is the team chosen to represent england. it is a lot more intense than football, the pitches moll and the ball is heavier so you have two rely on your technical ability such as fast but work. have two rely on your technical ability such as fast but worklj have two rely on your technical ability such as fast but work. i am james andl ability such as fast but work. i am james and i am the captain. i like it because it is more than this speed of a football pitch. if you are not on game, you will lose the game, you cannot win at. this team will meet washington dc and

barcelona. i am the head coach, there are over 300 european teams who applied for that right and we are representing great britain as we we re are representing great britain as we were chosen and barcelona who are representing spain who is in our group as well. it isjust a good time in general i reckon. i play with all my mates and do something i enjoy. one of footsall's biggest proponent of this player. he knocked out england from the 2002 world cup. you're still doing it at 38. the people of grimsby should be very proud that this team is presenting them and england in this tournament and one thing that is absolutely for certain is that when they get to spain, it will be far warmer than it is today. that of luck to them. finally, one of the highlights of this boarding year was undoubtedly

your‘s budge ——. .. this boarding year was undoubtedly your‘s budge ——... he has been true to his word. there is going to be a visit to attack to parliament very soon. “— visit to attack to parliament very soon. “ a visit to attack to parliament very soon. —— a visit to a tad too pilot —— visit to a tattooed parlour very soon. good to see a man of his word, that is all yours for burn—out. —— that is all yours for burn—out. —— that is your sport for now. chris evans has bid an emotional farewell to listeners to his final radio 2 breakfast show this morning.

he said it was a "sad day" as he left after nine years at the helm. chris evans is off to virgin radio but will be back on the bbc in the next series of strictly come dancing. 0ur arts editor will gompertz listened in to his last show. there's flash photography in his report. ta—ra! and with that, chris evans signed off for the last time as host of britain's most popular radio show. he took it over in 2010 from a broadcaster who was inspiration to him — the late sir terry wogan. he said, because he was such a wise guy, he said there may not ever be right time to go, but there could be wrong time to stay, so i'm taking the great man's advice. the kind of show we wanted to do today, was we really wanted to leave them laughing, not crying, because there's been a lot of tears throughout the show. hopefully always for the right reasons, but enough now. happy christmas, everyone. and there was plenty of laughter, but also, at times, a very emotional presenter. most of all, most of all,

of course i would like to thank my wife natasha... my gravity, my compass, my guiding light. he then put his wife on air, who also choked up. today's gobsmackers are chosen by noah and eli evans for their mum tash. oh, for goodness' sake! now do you get it? do you get it now? thanks for that! so, this is the radio 2 breakfast show studio that chris evans made his own for nearly nine years. he might have gone, but there's still a hint of him here, in the shape of this cart deck, which played all his well known jingles — wonderful day, wonderful week, this is london, tarzan yell, and all the rest of it. and in a way, that gives a hint of his talent as a broadcaster, that he was able to transform this quite dull, soundproof space into a vivid wonderful world, which interviewees responded to and listeners loved. and there's no cheaty

turbo charging here. it wasn't all plain sailing for him at the bbc. his then e2.2 million plus salary proved controversial when made public, and then there was a short lived and much criticised stint as a presenter on top gear. delivers all that power right to the back of your head. but his high energy, good humoured breakfast show was a success. zoe ball will take it over in the new year as he moves over to virgin radio, before returning to the bbc to strut his stuff on strictly come dancing 2019. will gompertz, bbc news. the decline in the value of the pound has provided an unexpected christmas boost to retailers in northern ireland with shoppers from the republic — which uses the euro — crossing the border in droves to grab a bargain. colletta smith has beenjoining them for a bit of last minute shopping and finding out what all the fuss is about. it's the last—minute christmas dash.

there's a lot of stuff actually that they've sold out already. this week, stores in northern ireland have seen the biggest increase in shoppers of anywhere in the uk. and there's one big reason for that. much better value with the sterling conversion, yes, and the booze is quite cheap. what's in the bags? wow, you've got kids' stuff. yeah, lots of presents, yep. christmas present shopping. any grocery shopping today? no. a bit of shopping, that's the height of it. where do you come from today? i'm from monaghan, county monaghan. and have you done a big shop today? yes, a big christmas shop, yes. groceries. exactly, yes. irish government statistics show that one in five shoppers from the republic have travelled north this year to get more for their money. border towns like newry have felt the boost. it's been a tough year for retailers, as broadly broadcast but as i say, we benefit greatly from the southern trade, shoppers coming from as far off as dublin. it's something we've always benefited from.

66.28, please. down the road, the tills are ringing, in two currencies. a euro, 33.67, please. the fall in the value of the pound has been a huge boost to seamus' business. 75% of his customers cross the border. northern ireland's retail sales are driven by southern irish people, there's no doubt about it. we're one of the people that is quite happy there's been a vote to leave the european union. so much fluctuation with the currency, it's been very advantageous for us. each of these would have cost you 1 euro, 23, a couple of christmases ago. now that'sjust1 euro, ten. if you multiply that across a big family shop, spending hundreds of pounds, the savings add up. the washing powder, for me, is cheaper, right, you know. there's great bargains in that shop. and in the off—licence as well. while retailers across the uk have had a tough year,

a steady stream of shoppers travelling across the border have given northern ireland shops a christmas bonus. colletta smith, bbc news, in newry. the christmas carol silent night is celebrating its two hundredth birthday. the carol was first performed in austria, in the village of 0berndorf near salzburg on christmas eve 1818, after a priestjoseph mohr, asked a school teacher and organist, franz gruber to set his words to music. bethany bell reports from salzburg. # singing. it is one of the world's favourite christmas carols, silent night. adding it is the best christmas song ever. it is the

movie, we learnt as a child and every one thing that. b carroll is 200 years old this christmas and it comes from austria. this is where silent night was first song on the village of christmas eve. the original church does not exist any more, it was badly damaged by floods at the end of the 19th century and had to be demolished. there's little chapel was built in its place. a priest wrote the words, he asked a schoolteacher and a organist to compose the melody. according to legend, the church organ had broken down, damaged by the mice chewing at the bellows so they had to sing it with this guitarist mac historians believe the mice and the broken organ or probably just believe the mice and the broken organ or probablyjust a myth. with the guitar it was more people friendly and with an instrument that

was known outside of the church. you can take the guitar whatever you go and therefore, so the song itself was known very quickly all around the world. silent night quickly spread across europe and on to the united states, it was on —— it was on across the trenches on the first world war and for many people, it is the carol that means christmas. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. well, it's starting to feel christmassy now. no snow, mind, but we could have some frost first thing in the morning, a bit of fog too. i guess that's the next best thing to make it feel a little bit festive but take it steady if you are travelling on christmas day because it will be very foggy in some parts of the country, particularly england, central, eastern and southern areas. a lot of cloud out there at the moment,

across the south west of the country but in the north, the lake district, scotland, some sunshine here and very, very cold. big temperature contrast between the north and the south of the country. now, by the end of the night temperatures will be as low as “11 degrees in aberdeen but in balmy plymouth we'll be waking up to 9 degrees on christmas day. and the forecast for christmas day itself, there will be patchy frost and fog around, it will be a dry day for most of us at least, maybe a little bit of drizzle here and there. and then the daytime, here is the weather map, you can see actually quite a lot of cloud across the uk but it is looking fine. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... rescue workers continue the search for survivors