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this is bbc news i'm shaun ley. the headlines at five. 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. i believe his message of peace on earth and goodwill to all is never out of date. it can be heeded everyone. it's needed as much as ever. hundreds turned out to greet the royal family for their traditional church service at sandringham. british and french authorities have rescued a0 migrants trying to cross the english channel in separate incidents president trump says the partial us government shutdown will go on, until his demand for funds to build a mexican border wall is met. and coming up in half an hour, join us for weather world from the uk's biggest onshore wind farm.
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as we explore how our ever present wind is feeling the ever expanding wind energy industry. 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 m00 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
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christmas for tommy manangka but it's turned out to be empty. his beach facing resort, were 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.
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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.
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sameer hashmi, bbc news. 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. our 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
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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. 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. 0ur reporter emily unia told us what happened. it was quite a busy
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night for authorities. it started about three this morning, lifeboats dispatched from walmer, and dover in kent, also a coast guard helicopter from lid. they were actually dealing with one boat, they picked up 13 people. another boat in the channel had eight people, the french authorities pick up nine people, there was a boat detaining two people found just after half past nine this morning, and then people who already have arrived in folkestone ended up being picked up by border officials, so 40 people in total in a space of less than 12 hours actually. 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 francis
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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 all brothers and sisters, common humanity, despite our ethnic and cultural differences. translation: by his incarnation, the son of god tells us that savaltion comes from 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 conflicts. translation: may all of us receive peace and consollation from the birth of the saviour in the knowledge we are loved by the one, heavenly father.
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realising you, that we are brothers and sisters and come to live as such. at canterbury, arbishopjustin welby also emphasised that 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 that christmas today. 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. james reynolds is in rome, he spoke my colleague simon mccoy
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shortly after the pope's address. this was a message that he began with his address to the christmas eve mass in the same basilica last night. he warned people against excess of materialism, and of course a lot of people remember the pope himself decided several years ago not to live in the rather palatial papel palace, or apartments instead he lives in room 201 of the vatican guesthouse, so his message against materialism is the biggest people have supported and he lives personally and today that message from the balcony was one they were saying he went through a list of the world's conflicts calling for peaceful resolution of conflict. in particular he called
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for solidarity with christian minority communities, and it's worth saying that in order to reinforce that thought the pope has sent his most senior officials, the secretary of state cardinal to iraq for the festive season to hold services there. and on this day from the pope a message about materialism. yes it's something that the pope has talked about again and again. he believes that that is something that people are prone to. he thinks they spend much more time giving arms to the poor, looking after the poor, it's in recent days that the pope a new clinic for homeless people. he is also in recent years opened a laundry service for them, he's also made cardinal of one of the priest was looking after one of the poor people. he really sees that as one of the themes for his papercy. you don'tjust get to pick the themes of your paper seat by yourself if you are the pope, events choose those things for you,
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and it may be the 2018 is not a silver member for the pope's call. materialism as it is more remembered by the scope of the clerical child abuse crisis which is washed in the vatican and calling in question to judgement. kevin spacey, the american actor, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in 2016. the alleged victim is the son of a tv news presenter. mr spacey, who spent more than a decade as a theatre director in london, has previously said he doesn't remember the incident. andy moore reports. here is an interesting tidbit that none of you may know... kevin spacey has been accused of unwanted sexual advances by more than 30 men, but these are the first allegations to get as far as court. i don't make this up... injuly 2016... he's accused of groping the teenage son of a television news reader in a bar. allegations that were first made public in a press conference last year. to kevin spacey, i want to say this, shame on you for what you did to my son. shortly after the charge was announced, kevin spacey released a video in which he adopted the role
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of his character frank underwood from house of cards. he made no direct reference to the accusations, but he said enigmatically, "you wouldn't rush to judgement without the facts, would you?" kevin spacey is the winner of numerous acting awards, but his career has come to a standstill since the first allegation was made. at the time he apologised for inappropriate drunken behaviour. he's since made an absolute denial of all the other allegations. in the uk, police are investigating six accusations of sexual assault dating from spacey‘s time as artistic director at london's old vic. andy moore, bbc news. in a moment clive myrie will be here with the national news but first, president trump has been speaking to the media in the last few hours. he was asked about the on—going government shutdown which began
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at midnight on friday after democrats resisted president donald trump's demand for 5 billion dollars, around 4 billion pounds, for his mexico border wall. he was asked when the government might reopen. i can't 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, but it is all the same thing. it is a barrierfrom people pouring into our country, from drugs, it is a barrierfrom drugs. there is a problem in this world today, it's 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 hard to catch these traffickers. they are bad people. as soon as i said i want to build a wall they were all against it. it is like, take another example, take comey.
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everybody hated comey, they thought he did a horrible job, the democrats hated him, they were calling for his resignation, they were calling for his firing, including schumer, including nancy pelosi. untilifired him. 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, "why did you fire him?" that was a terrible thing to do. it is a disgrace what is happening in our country. but other than that i wish everybody a very merry christmas. thank you very much. thank you. 2018 marks hundred years as the of the world war i. around the world events of players that made the
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ultimate sacrifice. in a special programme, we meet the families and communities who found poignant ways to commemorate those that were lost. find out what it's looking like looking up. good afternoon. in her christmas broadcast, the queen has called for respect and civility, saying the christian message of "peace on earth and goodwill to all" is "needed as much as ever." she said treating the other person with consideration, even though there may be deeply held differences, was a good step
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towards greater understanding. the royal family gathered for the traditional christmas day service on the sandringham estate, with hundreds of well—wishers there to see them. but prince philip and the duchess of cornwall didn't attend. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. morning service at the church on the sandringham estate, and the queen, without the duke of edinburgh this year. officials say he's in perfectly good health but is taking things quietly. much attention inevitably on the family's newcomer the duchess of sussex. and close attention on the interchanges between her and the duchess of cambridge. newspapers have been suggesting that meghan and kate haven't been getting on. no sign of any tension on this christmas morning. the queen departed by car, the moment for the duchesses to dip. or in the case of meghan, to almost touch the ground. and then equerries and private secretaries became flower—gatherers as the royals made their way to meet some of the people who'd been
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waiting to see them. it's the younger generation to the fore now, harry and meghan, and kate and william. and then, flower duties completed, it was back to sandringham to settle down for lunch and the queen's christmas broadcast. the queen recalled the centenary of the armistice which had ended the first world war, a conflict in which her father had served in the royal navy. and then to more recent family matters. closer to home, it has been a busy year for my family. cheering. with two weddings and two babies, and another child expected soon. it helps to keep a grandmother well occupied. and then a sentence about the unifying power of the commonwealth. these are the words which are being seen as an oblique piece of advice to the opposing sides in the brexit debate. even with the most deeply held differences, treating the other person with respect and as a fellow
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human being is always a good first step towards greater understanding. she finished with a reference to the story of christ. i believe his message of peace on earth and goodwill to all is never out of date. it can be heeded by everyone. it's needed as much as ever. so, nothing explicit, no direct reference to brexit in the broadcast, but the palace is clearly hoping that the queen's carefully chosen words about goodwill and respect will be heeded by everyone caught up in the brexit debate. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. heavy rain in central indonesia is hampering the relief and rescue effort, after saturday's devastating tsunami. more than 420 people are now known to have died, after a section of the anak krakatau volcano crashed into the ocean,
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causing huge tidal waves that hit coastal towns on the islands of sumatra and java. from the scene, sameer hashmi has sent us this report. three days after the tsunami struck indonesia, the country is slowly coming to terms with the scale of the tragedy. the government has now turned its attention to providing relief for thousands of people who've lost their homes. several such centres have been set up to collect food and clothing. leading the relief and rescue operations in banten 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, during the end of the year. we try hard to still search the shore where we are right now. a few kilometres away, tommy manangka was supposed to have a busy christmas, but it's turned out to be empty.
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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 the day he should be celebrating, he is busy picking up the 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 that the guests who were in the lobby were dragged all the way to the road. the special forces are stilljointly conducting rescue operations with the national search agency across affected regions. we have been following the rescue team for the past 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 is still optimistic and hopeful, even though
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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. in a country that has been prone to natural disasters in recent years, this could help avoid a future large—scale loss of life. sameer hashmi, bbc news, banten, indonesia. two 15—year—old boys have been charged with murder, after the death of a man in tottenham in north london last saturday. wilham mendes, who was 25 and a portuguese national, was stabbed to death. the two accused will appear in court tomorrow. the home office says organised criminal gangs, are behind the recent spate of attempts by migrants, to illegally cross the channel to the uk. 0vernight, there were a number of interceptions by border force officials, including of two vessels off the kent coast. two people in a rowing boat were found about eight miles off dover, and another boat
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was stopped early this morning with 13 people on board. japan's main stockmarket index has closed down 5%, after yesterday's slide on wall street. there were falls too in shanghai, bangkok and taiwan. investors are concerned about america's trade war with china, and the us government shutdown. the pope has appealed for brotherly love between people of all races, nations and religions, to help solve the conflicts of the world. in his traditional christmas message, he said differences were not a danger, but a source of richness. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, used his christmas sermon to speak of peace and unity at a time of challenge and discord. here's our religious affairs editor, martin bashir. with the basilica bathed in sunshine, pope francis began his address by asking, what is the universal message of christmas. it is, he said, that god is a good father
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and that we are all 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 great 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 that 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 that we are loved by the one heavenly father. realising new that we are brothers and sisters and come to live as such.
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at canterbury, archbishop justin welby also emphasised that the gospel of christ is not divisive but unifying, and said we must replace the language of conflict. god's language of love is exclusive. it requires us to forget other languages — of hatred, of tribalism, of rivalry, of political advantage, of materialism, of pride, of greed, and so many more. 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. that's it.
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you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel, and i'll be back with the late news, at the later time of 11:30pm. so, have a very merry christmas. bye for now. we and christmas day on a mild cloudy note, but at least the weather was mostly behaving itself no storms and heavy rain or anything like that. as far as boxing day is concerned, little changed it's going to stay mild with some sunshine and the forecast will stop here is a satellite image. lots of clubs across the western british islands with winds coming from the southwest thatis with winds coming from the southwest that is the mild directions out west at the moment, temperatures are into
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double figures, and looking at europe, the milder air is starting to push in deeperfurther east pushing the colder air towards russia so that's where it's really freezing. so listen to look at the forecast for the rest of christmas day and into the early hours of boxing day. a week weather front is approaching northwestern scotland. you can see south—westerly winds, and you can see rain on the way but for the vast majority of the country it's a dry night with mild temperatures. temperatures in the six to 8 degrees range. maybe a touch of frost and the very far northeastern area of scotland, but that's it. then boxing day itself, sunshine and the south. to the east of the pennines, near parts of wales and northern ireland, look at these temperatures. double figures pretty much right across the country. 11 degrees for belfast, glasgow and edinburgh. to the end of the week,
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he's driving whether through the rest of parts of europe. always a bit more clouds towards the northwest where we are closer to the atla ntic northwest where we are closer to the atlantic weather fronts, so for example scotland and the northwest there always a bit more clout as we head into the first —— head into thursday. but the south, it should be bright. to the east of the pennines and some fine weather around the hall and newcastle. temperatures a little bit colder in east anglia because the morning may bring a touch of frost, so temperatures much of a little but the course of the day. and then friday and into the weekend, again more or less the same. some sunny spells, and temperatures around the 10 degrees mark. that's it for me. 2018 mark the end of world war i, around the world those who made the special sacrifices and a special programme would meet the families and communities to come or merit ——
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commemorate the lost. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... 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. i believe his message of peace on earth and goodwill to all is never out of date. it can be heeded by everyone.
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