rescue workers are continuing to search for people trapped in the wreckage, amid fears that another big wave could hit. at least 28 people have been killed and 20 more injured, after gunmen stormed a government building in the capital kabul. afghan security forces have reportedly killed three of the attackers. us financial markets have closed on the worst christmas eve trading day ever. donald trump has blamed the falls on america's central bank, the federal reserve. christians and tourists from around the world are gathering in bethlehem to celebrate christmas. more tourists are expected this christmas than have visited in previous years. now on bbc news, one of the highlights of 2018 from our documentary series our world. earlier this year, the programme travelled to china to meet the online chat girls who earn thousands of dollars a day,

and have millions of fans. lele tao is a chinese internet superstar. she sings, chats, flirts, and plays games with her fans online. in china's multibillion—dollar live streaming industry, she is an online goddess for hundreds of thousands of young men, and they shower her with gifts of thousands of dollars every day. but there is always someone younger and prettier waiting to take her place. and the government is tightening the rules on what is allowed on screen. and now, she has fallen out with her manager. it is sunday morning in chengdu,

an ancient city in the south of china, now one of the country's new high—tech hubs. 24—year—old lele tao is here for the weekend. she is visiting herfamily who have recently moved to a new apartment in an upmarket neighbourhood. her dad will spend the whole day cooking her favourite food. she is only home for a few days, but before she can relax, she has work to do. lele is a live streamer who makes her living by entertaining

people on the internet via her webcam. she sings, plays games, and chats with herfans, and they can watch her for as long as they want. lele is one of the most popular streamers in the country. without a script, she entertains her fans until well past midnight. herfans can interact with her, write her messages, and request songs. her family are also now her fans.

lele started live streaming one day at her dad's office using just her laptop. it all seemed like just a bit of fun until she got paid. back then, that was nine times the average monthly salary in china, forjust two weeks' work. some of her income is from playing computer games with her fans.

lele now has over one million followers all over china. the majority of them are men in their early 20s, many with money to spend. one of her most loyal fans is 24—year—old shage. just talking about her makes him nervous. and lele remembers when he started following her.

to get lele to play the song, he kept buying her more and more expensive virtual gifts. this is how streamers like lele make so much money, fans buy them virtual gifts in exchange for entertainment, a conversation, or sometimes simply for their attention. live streamers can then redeem these virtual gifts for cash.

just to be her online friend, shage has spent what the average chinese person living in the city earns in two years. in china, the internet is tightly controlled and live streaming is a much more significant phenomenon here than in the rest of the world. it is an industry worth $3 billion a year. one of the major hubs is shanghai, where lele lives, and where she is managed by one of the country's biggest

live streaming agencies. the pressure to look good on screen is immense. lele rents an apartment five minutes from her management agency, mj entertainment. she is one of more than 3,000 streamers on their books. the ceo max and his wife spotted lele shortly after she began streaming. mj entertainment takes a 20% cut from their live streamers, although most of them don't earn anywhere near as much as lele. and more fans means more money.

looking attractive is crucial for live streamers. but when it first took off, some women took looking sexy so far that it was deemed pornography. the government quickly tightened the rules on what is allowed on screen. and now, lele and other streamers know how far they can go. if they cross the line, they could be sent to prison, and the streaming channels closed down. but this is just a warm—up. after the training, lele will be live streaming for up to ten hours non—stop until midnight.

after hours of live streaming, lele finally gets to eat herfirst meal, at 9pm. she calls her mum to tell her about the highlight of the day so far. it isn'tjust lele who feels good, fans who spend a lot buying her gifts also enjoy the admiration and respect they get from other fans for the amount they are spending.

even for those fans who don't spend much, live streaming can provide a sense of community, friendship, and family. and the industry knows this. shage is an only child, like 200 million other people born when china had a one—child policy. decades of sex—selective abortions have led to a dramatic gender imbalance, a severe shortage of girls. he spent his childhood in a small

village just outside shanghai. the internet filled the gap. that is when shage met the woman that he describes as his online goddess, and started showering her with virtual gifts.

over the years, shage has spent a lot of money on lele. but still, for him, it is a real relationship, and for lele too. it's lele. lele has called shage to tell him about a problem she is having with her manager, max, who wants her to sign a new eight—year contract. to try to get her to sign

the new contract, he promises to make a big investment in her, to help her record albums or get into films. but to get out of the contract early would cost lele over $1 million. but lele isn't happy, and the situation soon escalates. behind closed doors, a huge fight breaks out between lele and max. he storms out and orders her channel to be shut down. a few minutes later, she rushes home in tears. he blames her mood.

but later, max admits lele is upset because of the contract. nothing is resolved, but neither side wants to push things too far for the moment. still, super fan shage is worried about lele. so the next day, shage orders a taxi to take him to shanghai

to meet her in person. but he is adamant his intentions are not romantic. halfway through the journey, he pulls over to a service station and checks in on her. he discovers that, despite the unsigned contract, lele is back on air. as usual, shage requests a song, and then sings along with her. it took shage four hours to get to the bund, a romantic and iconic waterfront area in central shanghai, where they have arranged to meet. but by the time he arrives, it is past midnight and all the lights have been switched off. lele is still at work live streaming and shage doesn't want to wait here.

they head off to a cafe near lele's apartment, but the conversation is really awkward. it is rare for streamers and fans to meet in person, and they are both anxious. they celebrate their one hour together with a selfie. though they had arranged to meet up the next day, they don't.

shage takes a taxi back home, and lele goes back to her on—screen life. we have very quiet weather for the festive period, dominated by high pressure. but we start with some fog on christmas day, mainly for the eastern side of the uk where we are in the cold air. further west is much milder, southerly breezes dragging in cloud. 0vernight, fog will linger through the morning into the midlands, only lifting to look left, it will be a great and murky day for part of the country. sunshine more likely in northeast scotla nd sunshine more likely in northeast scotland after a frost, and perhaps ina scotland after a frost, and perhaps in a northeastern parts of england after frost. 0n the whole and milder start to the day, temperatures the lowest across the eastern side of england. 0vernight, temperatures should not fall as low as the had overnight in the boxing day morning. there will not be any fog, it is

mostly over the hills because there will be lots of clout. towards the northwest, a week weather front arrives with some dry colder air, that mate gave us a chance of sunshine across england. temperatures still io—iid. this is the main feature of the weather, this area high—pressure ascending more towards the near continent where the areas that they colder. a bit more sunshine is beginning to arrive here, there may be a glimpse of sunshine more widely across the uk as the cloud begins to break up as we have trained some drier air from the near continent. especially across more southern from the near continent. especially across more southern and eastern parts of the uk, still some double—figure temperatures for scotla nd double—figure temperatures for scotland and northern ireland. we have more of an atlantic influence, the week weather front coming in

from the atlantic into that blocking area of high pressure. area high—pressure on friday, the cloud brea ks high—pressure on friday, the cloud breaks up overnight, a pension frost, but on the whole it looks quite clear. sunshine coming through now and again come up with week weather fronts coming into the northwest. those temperatures 7—8d, a bit milderfor northwest. those temperatures 7—8d, a bit milder for scotland northwest. those temperatures 7—8d, a bit milderfor scotland and nine —— ireland. rain coming from the atlantic, and around this area here, this is a significant one, arriving on saturday, bringing the rain across scotland and strong northwesterly winds, helping to break up the cloud a bit more with a better chance of seeing sunshine to the east of high ground. still pretty mild there, temperatures across england and wales should be higher on saturday. that weather system higher on saturday. that weather syste m m oves higher on saturday. that weather system moves away, and we have at high pressure building in for sunday. the next weatherfront arrives in the northwest, hence all the cloud with patchy rain. across

england and wales, could start to be frosted, maybe mist and fog patches with sunshine coming through, those temperatures climbing to 9—iid. as we head into new year's, high—pressure is still in charge of the weather across the uk, we are back to square one as these week weather fronts toppling around, the area high—pressure with stronger winds across the northern half of the uk. this is thejet stream here, the uk. this is thejet stream here, the orientation looks like we will be on the milder side of the jet stream. chilly nights filled in more with clout as we head into the new year, still a chance of frost and fog and for most of the country, it will be fine and dry. that's it, goodbye. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 10pm. 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.

the families of those still missing are hoping and praying that perhaps there will be miracles here, as people grieve over what's been lost, and yet another natural disaster to hit indonesia. the couple arrested over the drone chaos at gatwick airport say they feel "completely violated". elaine kirk and paul gait, who were released without charge, say their privacy was exposed. we're feeling completely violated, our home has been searched