this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 4: another group of migrants — twelve people including a child — are found by border officials on the kent coast this morning. the home secretary has chaired a meeting with the border force and other agencies, as he attempts to deal with the rising number of migrants trying to cross the channel. 39 people are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in west london. the ‘70s pop starjimmy osmond recovers from a stroke which he had while performing in a pantomime in birmingham last thursday. huge crowds gather around sydney harbour to see in the new year with a spectacular display of fireworks. this is the scene live in hong kong as new year fireworks soar over the harbour. music: auld lang syne (in chinese!) there we have it, hong kong bringing

in 2019. the display is taking place on five barges in victoria harbour. they're floating in the middle of the harbour, in front of the hong kong exhibition centre. we will be watching all the countries around the globe seeing in the new year. so do stay with us. in the past half hour a meeting between the home secretary, sajid javid, and officials from the border force and the national crime agency — to decide how to tackle the growing number of migrants attempting to cross the english channel — has ended. more than 200 people have attempted the crossing since november — many of them iranian citizens. in the latest incident, 12 migrants — including a child —

were found by border officials this morning — near dungeness in kent. our correspondent, simonjones, is in dover with the latest. we understand that 239 migrants in total have managed to reach the kent coast on small boats over the past couple of months. is noing that s. in addition there are people who have been intercepted be i by the french authorities. 12 people were discovered this morning having crossed the channel in a small poet. — boat. these people arriving are often claiming to be from iran and at the moment britain is not forcefully returning people to iran. but another sign for sajid javid of how serious this situation is. back

on the the beach tshs police, the police called after another group of migrants arrives, as the home secretary arrived back in the country amid a barrage of criticism. sajid javid said he is deeply concerned about the number crossing the channel. more than 200 people have arrived in the past two months. he has been meeting officials, but warns there are no easy answers. he pledged to increase joint patrols with the french. he said the reasons we re with the french. he said the reasons were complicated and often outside oui’ were complicated and often outside our control. he said the problem was fuelled by instability in the middle east. conditions remain calm, there is little wind and it is mild, so there will be more attempts to cross there will be more attempts to cross the channel. the mp for dover wants

the channel. the mp for dover wants the home secretary to see for himself what they're facing. the home secretary to see for himself what they're facinglj the home secretary to see for himself what they're facing. i hope sajid javid will visit dover and see how things are at the front line and look to creating a modern dover patrol force to make sure whatever is found is helped back safely and soundly to the french coast. one group which supports migrants said they shouldn't be demonised. people, however desperate they are are our brothers and sisters in humanity. that is what we need to remind people about and they're refugees, unless proved otherwise. while the number arriving continues to grow, so number arriving continues to grow, so does the pressure on the home secretary. the home secretary has had this meeting with border force officials and the national crime agency. i think the message he is trying to get across is this is not going to be something quick and easy

to fix. because the target he says has to be the people smugglers operating in northern france. and the national crime agency has made it clear, although they're trying to infiltrate those gangs, it takes time, because they're sophisticated. we can speak to our political reporterjessica parker who is outside the home office where that meeting took place. as we heard, a number of points on that agenda, both long—term and immediate action that needs to be taken? yes it is not clear yet exactly what has been discussed and what has been decided following this meeting. we know it started around 11am. no word yet on exactly how long it lasted, or the action points that have been decided. we expect to get more of a flavour, more information about what has gone on later this afternoon. but i think certainly sajid javid under some

considerable pressure to show that he is taking action, especially with further news of people arriving on the south coast and it was interesting hearing from the prime minister's spokesman saying that theresa may is behind sajid javid, supports the work he is doing and addressed reports that maybe the prime minister had instructed the home secretary to come home from his holiday in south africa. we were told that was not the case that he had come home of his own volition. keen to take charge of the situation and try and sort it out. thank you. 0f and try and sort it out. thank you. of course more details coming from you as we learn how that meeting took place. thank you very much. 39 people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an argument in a shop in west london led to a man being chased and stabbed. the victim — who's in his 30s — was found with life—threatening injuries in the early hours of this morning. our correspondent keith doyle is in hammersmith. unfortunately stabbings in london are not uncommon.

there has been a big increase in knife—related crime this year and on this, the last day of the year, this another victim fighting for his life. what is notable in this is case was the police response and the number of arrests. it started off as a minor argument according to the police and ended up with one man seriously and 39 people arrested. the man was stabbed after being chased by a group of men and women following an argument. the suspects then went into a party at a near by flat. these are all policeman... this video shows the police arriving. the police said because those at the party would not co—operate, they decided to arrest them all. each person is lined up and arrested. about 50 police officers marched

down the road and brought into the house and brought 30 or a0 people and they were arrested and were taken away. the police admit making so many arrests at this early stage of an investigation is unusual. but they said because of a lack of co—operation and the necessity to secure essential evidence, it was appropriate to bring so many people into custody at this stage. two knives were recovered close to the scene. those arrested are being questioned at a number of police stations in london. within the last few hours we have seen forensic teams working at the scene of the crime, just behind us here on the top of the road here. the party took place in a flatjust here to the side of me. so the police forensic teams have been scouring the area and taking essential evidence. they have also recovered two knives.

there has been a huge increase in knife crime this year, over 40,000 knife—related crimes in london in the last year that figures have been available and the mayor has promised to crackdown on this and we saw last night a huge police response and as far as we know, still 39 people in custody this afternoon. that is keith doyle reporting from london. the us ambassador to the uk, woodyjohnson, has cast doubt on britain being able to negotiate a wide—ranging free trade deal with america if the brexit agreement put forward by theresa may is approved. president trump has previously said that mrs may's proposals "sounded like a good deal for the eu". mrjohnson told the bbc that america was watching events closely. in bangladesh, prime minister sheikh hasina, has won a landslide victory in the general election — securing her third consecutive term. her ruling party and

its allies won nearly all the seats in parliament. the opposition — who won just seven seats — has rejected the result saying the it was rigged and has demanded a new vote. ‘70s pop starjimmy osmond has had a stroke while performing in pantomime at the birmingham hippodrome. he was taken to hospital after last thursday's performance of peter pan, where he was playing captain hook. now ourarts and entertainment correspondent colin paterson joins us from salford. what's happened 7 what's happened? so jimmy osmond has performed in panto over the years. this year he was captain hook in peter pan at the birmingham hippodrome. it started the week before christmas and two days after christmas he was on stage, he wasn't feeling well, but he finished his performance. after, he went to hospital. he was driven to hospital in birmingham, where he found out

that he had had a stroke. the information that we have been given is that he is going to rest earlier in the new year. we don't have any more update on his condition. of course,jimmy more update on his condition. of course, jimmy osmond, well known, well loved by his fans as well, give us well loved by his fans as well, give us the background. jimmy osmond part of the osmond family. he is the youngest person ever to have a no one single in the uk. christmas no one, 1972 was long haired loverfrom liverpool. he was taking osmond songs to be peter pan friendly. it was the long haired lover from songs to be peter pan friendly. it was the long haired loverfrom never land he was singing about. and also yeah, he was sang osmond songs for the big climax of the show. he is the big climax of the show. he is the main stay of entertainment in the main stay of entertainment in the uk and done seven pantos. he was booked to do more shows next year.

he competed on masterchef and was running up in 2016. so a very familiarface to running up in 2016. so a very familiar face to many. running up in 2016. so a very familiarface to many. this running up in 2016. so a very familiar face to many. this will be shocking news, especially to the families entertained by him over the last week. we are told the pantomime is going ahead with his understudy taking on the role. and darren day has gone to birmingham and he is rehearsing for the role and will ta ke rehearsing for the role and will take it over by the end of the week. but we believe jimmy take it over by the end of the week. but we believejimmy osmond is recovering from this stroke. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: the home secretary chairs a meeting with the border force and other agencies, as he attempts to deal with the rising number of migrants trying to cross the channel. another group of migrants — twelve people including a child — are found by border officials on the kent coast this morning. 39 people are arrested

on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in west london. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. it's quiet on the home front, but there's plenty of sport taking place in australia at the moment. joe root and jos buttler have seen in the new year with defeat in the big bash t20 tournament — their sydney thunder side losing by 20 runs to adelaide strikers. buttler was out for just 23 runs, fellow opener and thunder captain shane watson, was dismissed by this brilliant bit of teamwork. jake weatherald keeping the ball inside the boundary for team—mate jake lehmann to take the catch. root didn't last too long, making 18 runs before

he was caught by weatherald. both teams have won two and lost two . hobart hurricanes top the table with 4 out of 4. the former england captain alastair cook will be joining the bbc‘s test match special team to cover england's tour of the west indies in the next couple of weeks. he'll contribute to the tms podcast and bbc sport's online magazine show, the cricket social. he'll also join jonathan agnew in the caribbean for the second and third tests. most of the world's top tennis players are in australia with the first grand slam of the 2019 two weeks away. some important touranments are underway. serena williams made a winning return — playing for the usa in the hopman cup mixed team event in perth. it's her first tournament since losing to naomi osaka in the final of the us open in september. williams beat maria sakkari in straight sets — but greece actually won the tie 2—1, with victories in the men's singles

and mixed doubles. the usa next play switzerland tomorrow. williams will face roger federer in the mixed doubles. great britain's harriet dart is through to the second round at the brisbane international. she came through three rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw. the british number 4, ranked just inside the top 150, beat the australian priscilla hon in three sets. andy murray's also playing in brisbane and faces qualifier james duckworth in the first round in the early hours of tomorrow morning. the surgeon who operated on his hip earlier this year says murray may never be free of pain. drjim o'donnell says it's murray's "intense desire to do really well" that's kept his tennis career going. murray who has slipped to 240 in the world used his protected ranking to make the main draw. some newjust in, the arsenal manager unai emery has been fined £8,000 by

the football assocation after admitting to a charge of improper conduct. it relates to the match at brighton on boxing day which the gunners drew. he kicked a water bottle and it hit a member of the crowd. he apologised starigth away and at full time. now is pep guardiola being brutally honest orjust playing mindgames ahead of their match against leaders liverpool later this week? he says the title race ‘is finished' for manchester city if they drop points and he has described jurgen klopp's side as "best team in europe, or the world right now". after back to back defeats around christmas, city are back up to second in the table following their 3—1 win at southampton yesterday. they're seven points behind leaders though who they welcome to the etihad on thursday night if one team achieve 100 points and

the year after make 44 points in the first round, that is great. if we do the same results. so we did well. the problem is the other team is the fantastic issue, perhaps the best tea m fantastic issue, perhaps the best team in europe or if world now and you have to accept it. but all we can do is do ourjob, play our games, like today we did and after that we will see. tributes have been paid to the former liverpool and england winger peter thompson who's died at the age of 76. thomspon — who also played for preston and bolton — spent 10 years at liverpool, playing more than 400 games for the club. he won two league titles during his time at anfield — and helped the club to win the fa cup for the first time in 1965. bill shankly said of thompson that he, "could run forever, but more importantly in football he could run with the ball — probably the hardest thing to do".

and finally, floyd mayweather came out of retirement for a very lucrative exhibition fight in tokyo today. the former world champion, who is 41 knocked down the 20 year old japanese kick boxer tenshin nasukawa three times in the first round before his corner threw in the towel. mayweather making a cool $9 million just for turning up. all the details of that on the bbc sport website. we are back in the next hour. have a very happy new year. when ever you celebrate it. thank you so much. nhs emergency services across cities and towns in england are preparing themselves for what's expected to be their busiest night of the year.

many ambulance services come under extra pressure dealing with new year revellers who need urgent medical care. last year for example north west ambulance service saw a 50% increase in emergency calls on the night of new year's eve. and a dramatic 170% increase in calls to assaults — that was compared to an average saturday evening last year. to tackle the extra work load, they say they'll have 30% more staff working tonight. and an extra 79 ambulances on the road. nhs england announced before christmas it was pledging up to three hundred thousand pounds to fund so—called "drunk tanks" over the festive period. the supervised units are places where party—goers who have overindulged can be checked and allowed to sleep it off. the chair of the alcohol health alliance, sir ian gilmore, said that anything which helps to relieve the pressure on the nhs was welcome, but it was merely a sticking plaster. the government does need to tackle

the underlying cause, which is alcohol. and it is not people getting drunk out in the streets on a new year's eve, it is getting drunk at home on cheap supermarket drink and then going out and causing trouble. until the government falls into line with scotland, ireland, etc with plans for a minimum unit price, this will continue. you think thatis price, this will continue. you think that is the main answer, minimum alcohol pricing to get that message across to people, because we hear a lot about health advise about drinking too much. do you think that message isn't getting through? well i think we know the key drivers of how much people drink and how much harm we see are the price, the availability and the marketing. and westminster government has failed to tackle any of those in any meaningful way. we need to treat those who get into trouble and these

drunk tanks are one way. this is perhaps unproven, if you take some strain off the emergency departments in hospitals as well, that is all for the good. but it is not tackling the underlying problem. the russian president, vladimir putin, has visited the site of a devastating gas explosion — in the central russian city of magnitugorsk. rescuers are searching for survivors after the blast in a block of flats — which has killed at least 4 people — with a further 70 unaccounted for. national television said some 50 people could be trapped under the rubble — including 7 children. more than 100 people live in the building and two more sections of the soviet—era high—rise are in danger of collapsing. a young american woman has been been killed by a lion at a wildlife conservation park in north carolina. 22—year—old, alexandra black, had only been working at the centre in burlington for 10 days when she was attacked. tom hanson from the bbc‘s us partner network, cbs news has the details. an intern helping clean the section

was killed ed when the animal escaped. we are devastated that we had an incident that included the loss of life of one of the people who was working with our trained staff keepers. the incident occurred during a routine enclosure cleaning. the sheriff's office said the lion quickly killed black, deputies tried several times to sedate the lion. they eventually shot and killed him. black's family said she died following her passion. i can't said she died following her passion. ican‘t imagine said she died following her passion. i can't imagine the loss they're enduring, what it must feel like to be them. for now the park which

houses more than 80 animal is closed while an investigation is carried out. the equalities watchdog is suing nhs england for failing to offer fertility treatment to all transgender patients. when a person changes their gender they are often left infertile, but the freezing of eggs or sperm before treatment gives them the chance to start a family later in life. a bbc investigation found that around a quarter of local nhs areas in england freely offer fertility treatment to transgender patients. ashley john—ba ptiste reports. cruella's 22 years old and a transgender woman living in bournemouth. she transitioned from a male at the age of 16. back then, she couldn't get her sperm frozen for free. i essentially can't be a biological parent. and i do believe it's unfair that transgender women and men aren't given the opportunity,

like anybody else would, to be a parent. because i feel like everybody deserves that opportunity to have a child and to have a family, no matter what their situation is. according to this fertility specialist, nhs cutbacks mean that other patient groups may also miss out on treatment. you have things like cancer patients, young people with other fertility—threatening therapies, who may also not get fertility treatment. we asked nhs england for an interview. they declined, but gave us this reply. i've only been on hormones for about six months... max is 22 and works at this indoor skydiving centre in manchester. max was born a boy, but identifies as neither male norfemale, but what's known as non—binary. two years ago, when max began transitioning,

they weren't offered the option to freeze their sperm and so did it privately. max prefers the pronouns ‘they‘ and ‘their‘. i want kids someday, so, erm... i was asking if i would be able to get that covered on the nhs and my gp told me that i wouldn't be able to. the choice between a family and going on hormones is not something that people should have to make. i've been on testosterone gel now forfour months... jackson is a transgender man from leeds. he was offered fertility treatment, but rejected it. i feel that we get enough to start with through the nhs. and we get a lot, you know, of surgeries. we get the medication that we need. we then also have, like, aftercare. we have a gender clinic to go to. and there's that many now, transgenders out there, male and female, who are going through the process. during a time of cutbacks, many might question whether the nhs can afford this treatment but, for many tra nsgender activists,

this is about equality. ashleyjohn—baptiste, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. for many of us it is a cloudy end to 2018. but we have a weather front in the north—west bringing rain southwards across scotland and reaching northern ireland in time for the midnight celebrations. then it gets windy. it could get up to 75mph winds in the northern isles for hogmanay. we have clearer conditions following to much of scotland. some rain threatening northern ireland and southern scotla nd northern ireland and southern scotland and northern england. but otherwise try for the midnight celebrations. through the rest of the night, our front pushes south. celebrations. through the rest of the night, ourfront pushes south. a bit of rain on that. not amounting to too much. we get some clearer skies behind across scotland and northern england with a brisk

north—westerly wind. that is the shape of things for new year's day. clearer weather spreading across scotla nd clearer weather spreading across scotland into much of england, but staying cloudy in wales and south—west england and northern ireland and turning cooler. this is bbc world news. the headlines: a spokesman for the bangladeshi prime minister has denied opposition the home secretary has chaired a meeting with the border force and other agencies as he attempts to deal with the rising number of migrant attempting to cross the channel. in the latest incident, 12 people, including a child, were found by