this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at four: rescuers in indonesia say they're worried about disease spreading following the tsunami on saturday which has killed more than 420 people. in her christmas message, the queen spoke of a busy year with weddings and babies and said the christian message of peace on earth is needed as much as ever. a very happy christmas to you all. hundreds turned out to greet the royal family for their traditional church service at sandringham. in his christmas message, pope francis appeals for fraternity between individuals, nations and religions to help solve the conflicts of the world. british and french authorities have rescued a0 migrants trying to cross the english channel in separate incidents in halfan

in half an hour i will be looking back on a momentous year for the royalfamily, including back on a momentous year for the royal family, including a back on a momentous year for the royalfamily, including a memorable royalfamily, including a memorable royal wedding. that is review, 2018, the royal year. good afternoon. indonesia's disaster agency now says at least a29 people were killed and 150 are still missing following the volcanic eruption and tsunami that swept through sunda strait on saturday. more than 11100 people have been injured. thousands of people who live on the islands of java and sumatra were forced to flee their homes for higher ground as the tsunami hit coastal areas. charities in indonesia say they're worried about disease spreading as supplies of clean water and medicine are dwindling. sameer hashmi reports

from the coast of west java. it was supposed to be a busy christmas for tommy manangka but it's turned out to be empty. his beach facing resort, was shattered when a strong wave from the sea powered its way through these doors on the night of the tsunami. in this muslim dominated country, tommy is from the christian minority. and on a day he should be celebrating, he's busy picking up pieces of his retirement plan. translation: i was with my guests when i saw a huge wave that went over the yard. i shouted, "this might be a tsunami". i asked the people to move up to the second floor and then the next wave came in so quickly, the guests who were in the lobby, were dragged all the way to the road. the government has now turned its attention providing relief for thousands of people who have been displaced. several such centres have been set up to collect food and clothing. leading the relief and rescue operations in this region is commander, rico sirait.

he says progress has been difficult. the challenge will be mostly because of the weather right now. it's rainy season, the end of the year. we try hard to still keep searching the shore. the special forces have been jointly conducting rescue operations with the national search agency across all the affected regions. we have been following the rescue team for the last hour and they have been going from one beach to another, trying to sift through the debris to look for more survivors. there are still many people that are missing. the team are still optimistic and hopeful, even though they realise that this has been a year of disasters for indonesia. the president has ordered the installation of a new, advanced tsunami warning system. if 2018 has shown anything, it's that in a country as seismically active as indonesia, all help is needed to quell

mother nature's fury. sameer hashmi, bbc news. 0ur reporter sameer hashmi is in banten, on the island of java and gave us this update. (tx sot) it has been a big challenge for the rescue teams here because every day they have been going out, trying to reach out to those villages and beaches were a lot of people are suspected where a lot of people are suspected to be stuck, or have been missing. despite so many people being rescued, there are still a lot of people missing. that is why the rescue teams have been getting out every morning, going from one beach to another on this strip because this has a lot of resorts, it is a holiday destination and a lot of people work here and come here for holidays, so they have going from one beach to the other, looking for them, going through the debris. but they have not had too much luck because of the bad weather. this has really hampered

the rescue operations. this has been the weather all throughout the three days. now that a lot of people have moved away from the coast and are now staying in these camps that have been set up by the government, there is still a tsunami warning in place until wednesday, and that is why the government has advised all the people on the coast to move to these camps or safer areas. there are concerns with regards to providing them with proper, clean water, to prevent any kind of diseases that could spread in a scenario like this. the good thing is the government has been able to shift these people to the mainland. the queen and members of the royal family have attended church in sandringham in norfolk. prince philip wasn't at the christmas service but a palace spokesman said he was in perfectly good health. also absent was the duchess of cornwall. she's recovering from a heavy cold.

the duchess of sussex is enjoying her first christmas as a member of the royal family. she was the first non—married partner to be invited to sandringham last year, now she is due to give birth to a royal baby in the spring. 0ur correspondent charlotte gallagher sent this report. the royalfamily were met with huge cheers when they arrived for this morning's church service. some of the crowd arrived in the early hours of this morning and queued up to get prime positions. we came up early, so we decided to come because we thought if we came late that we would be at the back of the queue. despite newspaper reports about rifts and rivalry, the royals looked happy and relaxed with the duke and duchess of cambridge and the duke and duchess of sussex walking into the church together. there were two notable absences, though. the duchess of cornwall, who has a cold, and the duke of edinburgh. buckingham palace said he was not unwell, but had chosen to spend the day at home. the royals greeted the crowd after the service, many of whom had waited hours to meet them.

the duchess of cambridge told one woman that, like many parents, she had been woken up very early by her children. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. and we'll bring you the queen's christmas message in full here at quarter past four. the pope has appealed for brotherly love between all races, nations and religions to help to solve the world's conflicts. delivering his christmas message, pope francis said differences were not a danger but a source of richness. here, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, used his sermon to urge peace and unity at a time of challenge and discord. 0ur religious affairs editor, martin bashir, reports. with the basilica bathed in sunshine, pope frances began his address by asking what is the universal message of christmas? "it is", he said, "that god is a good father and we are brothers and sisters, common humanity, despite our ethnic and cultural differences."

translation: by his incarnation, the son of god tells us that salvation comes through love, acceptance and respect of this poor humanity of ours, which we all share in a variety of languages and cultures. he followed this with a litany of nations at enmity, from syria to the ukraine, the korean peninsula to the middle east, where he pleaded for israelis and palestinians to resume dialogue in a place, he said was chosen by the lord, but torn apart by conflict. translation: may all of us receive peace and consolation from the birth of the saviour and in the knowledge we are loved by the one, heavenly father. realising you, that we are brothers and sisters and come to live as such. at canterbury, archbishop justin welby also emphasised the gospel of christ

is not divisive but unifying and said that god's language of love must replace the language of conflict. people will rejoice and celebrate other things than christmas. they will carry on with their lives, they will do good things and bad things. they will cause trouble and they will bring joy. although he did not mention the political challenges that lie ahead for the nation, justin welby, like other religious leaders, had used his christmas sermon to speak of peace and unity at a time of challenge and discord. martin bashir, bbc news. authorities on both sides of the channel have picked up a0

migrants who were trying to cross to britain. four boats were intercepted this morning and a number of people were discovered by british officials in folkstone. 0ne inflatable boat laden with six adults and two children was rescued by french authorities after its motor stopped working. let's get more from our reporter emily unia. a series of incidents, all basically involving the same journey, but all different details in terms of the nationalities. yes, it has been a busy night for authorities. it started at about three this morning, lifeboats dispatched from bournemouth and dover in kent. they picked up 13 people. another boat in the channel had eight people. french authorities picked up nine people. there was a boat containing two people found just after half past nine this morning. and then people who had already arrived in folkestone ended up being picked up, so folkestone ended up being picked up, so a0 people in the space of less than 12 hours. the authorities are convinced it is not incidental. no,

the home office said it was evidence of organised criminal gang activity and they are working with the french authorities to try and put a stop to it. but on the other side of the channel people are desperate to get into the uk and they are risking their lives to make this journey. a lot of people did not have life jackets and there were a couple of children as well. they will receive medical assessments before they are taken into medical assessments before they are ta ken into custody, medical assessments before they are taken into custody, but in terms of the risk, the numbers have been significant and it is getting on for 115. we are creeping above 118 and thatis 115. we are creeping above 118 and that is since the start of november, those who have arrived in the uk and have ended up staying here. that is a significant number of people. a lot of the people are iranian. what we understand is that last year serbia lifted visa requirements for people from iran. they were trying

to boost their tourism industry and a lot of people from iran turned up in serbia and 10,000 did not go home again. the serbians have cancelled that scheme, but the huge number of iranian visitors and they have been trying to leave serbia and go to the eu and come across to the uk. that is one of the reasons why they are coming across in these numbers. president trump has said the partial shutdown of the federal president trump has been speaking to the media about the market turmoil of recent days. japan's main stock market index has plunged, reflecting traders' worries following a slide on wall street. the president was asked about whether the chairman of the federal reserve — who he has widely criticised — still had a future. they are raising interest rates too fast, that is my opinion. but i think he will stay. they are raising inflation too fast because they think the economy is at risk. but i

think the economy is at risk. but i think they will get it sorted. the fa ct think they will get it sorted. the fact is the economy is doing so well that they raise interest rates and that they raise interest rates and thatis that they raise interest rates and that is a form of safety in a way. president barack 0bama did not do that. he had a low interest rate. we have a normalised interest rate. it is good for a lot of people, they have money in the bank and they get interest on their money. for many yea rs interest on their money. for many years people did not get interest on their money. i have great confidence in ourcompanies, their money. i have great confidence in our companies, they are doing really well. i think it is a tremendous opportunity. the president was also asked about the on—going government shutdown which began at midnight on friday after democrats resisted president donald trump's demand for £abn for his mexico border wall. he was asked when the government might reopen. i cannot tell you when the

government is going to be open. i can tell you it is not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they would like to call it, i will call it whatever they want. it is all the same thing, it is a barrierfrom it is all the same thing, it is a barrier from people it is all the same thing, it is a barrierfrom people coming into our country, it is a barrier from barrierfrom people coming into our country, it is a barrierfrom drugs, it isa country, it is a barrierfrom drugs, it is a barrier against a problem in this world today, that is called human trafficking. human trafficking is one of the hard to believe problems and we are not going to let that take place. we are working so ha rd to that take place. we are working so hard to catch these traffickers. they are bad people. as soon as i saidi they are bad people. as soon as i said i wanted to build a wall, they we re said i wanted to build a wall, they were all against it. take another example. everybody hated comey, the democrats were calling for his resignation. including nancy pelosi. until i fired resignation. including nancy pelosi. untilifired him. resignation. including nancy pelosi. until i fired him. and once i fired

him, everybody said, why did you fire him? take a look at some of these people. this is what we are doing now. take a look at some of these people. literally the day before i fired him they were saying he should be fired. as soon as i fired him they said, what did you fired him they said, what did you fire him for? that was a terrible thing to do. it is a disgrace what is happening in our country. 0ther than that i wish everybody a very good christmas. thank you very much. president donald trump and he was referring to the democrat leaders in the senate and the house of representatives. the senate and the house of representatives. two 15—year—old teenagers have been charged with the murder of a man in north london at the weekend. 25—year—old wilham mendes, a portuguese national, was stabbed to death during an incident in tottenham on saturday night. kevin spacey, the american actor, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in 2016.