this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines: the home secretary deploys more patrols and says there are no easy answers as another group of migrants are found by border officials on the kent coast. i've made a decision today to redeploy two of the border force's largest vessels, known as cutters, from abroad back to the uk. thirty nine people are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in west london. huge crowds gather around the world to welcome in the new year. here's hong kong with a spectacular display of fireworks. and, just hours away now, the nasa mission to visit the furthest object ever visited by a space craft, over 4 billion miles away. in halfand in half and our, i will be looking back at a turbulent 12 months on our high streets. —— in half an hour.

two border force ships are to be redeployed from overseas to patrol the english channel in response to recent migrant crossings. the home secretary sajid javid's announcement comes after he met with border force and national crime agency officials to discuss an action plan to tackle the growing number of migrants attempting to get to the uk. twelve more migrants, including a 10—year—old child, arrived on the kent coast today bringing the total who've attempted to get here since november, to 239. this report from vicki young contains some flash photography. kent police examining a vessel bringing the latest group of migrants to the english coast.

nine men, two women and a child landed here this morning. saying they were iranian nationals. almost 100 have arrived in small boats over the christmas period. the home secretary has been forced to swap his south african holiday for meetings in whitehall. promising to take personal control of the situation. when it comes to human life, clearly i want to make sure that we are doing all we can to protect people and we must remember this is one of the most treacherous stretches of water there is. 21 miles with people taking great risks, really putting their lives into their own hands by taking this journey. sajid javid announced he is redeploying two of the border force'a largest ships, known as cutters, from abroad, back to the uk to join other patrol vessels. the mp for dover says it is important that illegal

migrants are not allowed to stay in the uk. what we need to see now is dover patrol work hand in glove with the french authorities in a new channel compact so that anyone found in the english channel in one of these unseaworthy craft, can be helped safely back to the french coast so they know there is no chance of getting into britain. thosw helping migrants say they should not be demonised. we have to hold on to the fact that people, however desperate they are, are our brothers and sisters in humanity. and that is what we need to keep reminding people about. and they are refugees unless proved otherwise. sajid javid has said in the past that deploying more patrol vessels in the english channel could encourage more migrants to make the dangerous journey because they think they will be rescued. today he said that those concerns should be put aside but those travelling from third countries such as france could not be expected to be allowed to stay in the uk. the numbers trying to cross

the channel in boats like these are small in comparison to the 26,000 people claiming asylum in the uk in 2017. but political pressure has forced the home secretary to act. vicki young, bbc news. well our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in calais and sent this report. we have been talking to people who have been trying to make the crossing, twice they have tried, paid smugglers, got on small boats, on the first occasion, they ran out of fuel and had to come back, on the second occasion, they say they got very close to uk shores, tried to call 999 seeking assistance from the coast guard, but a french vessel picked them up and brought them back to france, that could represent an illegal push back. the reason the

refugees camped out here outside calais say they are turning to boats is that security at the channel ports here, around the ferry terminal, around the channel tunnel, is so tight that it is difficult to stow away on a train or a lorry instead. 0ne stow away on a train or a lorry instead. one thing worth pointing out, the numbers, still very small, those making the crossing from here to the uk, compared to this other parts of europe. the coast guard cutter is being called back have been operating in greece, and in greece, where 250 or so people have made this crossing from france to the uk in the last month, there have been on recent days sometimes 250 everyday, an average of 80 100 every day, crossing from turkey to greece, far greater pressure of numbers, on that side of europe than on this site here. thirty nine 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 reports. these are all policemen... the police response to a stabbing. dozens of officers arrived at a property where the suspects were believed to be at a party. those at the party refused to cooperate with the police. so were all arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. 0utside they were lined up by the police as each was arrested. in all 39 people were ta ken into custody. earlier, police had been called when a man in his 30s was stabbed following an argument in a shop. he was treated at the scene and taken to hospital, where his injuries are described as life—threatening. the suspects then ran into a flat nearby where there was a large group of people having a party. it was here that the police made the arrest. about 50 police officers marched down the road, went into the house next door, and brought out 30, a0 people. had them all lined up

against the southern belle, were interrogating them, and then they got arrested and taken away about four o'clock. the police admit making so many arrests at this early stage of an investigation is unusual. but they said because of a lack of cooperation, and the necessity to secure essential evidence, it was appropriate to bring so many people into custody at this stage. forensic teams have been at the scene throughout the day. two knives were found close by. those arrested are being questioned at a number of police stations around london. keith doyle, bbc news. rescuers in russia are searching the rubble after an explosion devastated an apartment block killing at least four people. it happened at around 6am local time and is thought to have ripped through the first floor, then collapsing seven storeys above. officials in the city

of magnitogorsk say a gas leak was behind the blast. about a0 people are missing in subzero temperatures. 0ur moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports. all day, rescue teams have been swarming over the ruins, searching for signs of life after a massive explosion. this pile of bricks, metal and concrete is all that is left of almost 50 apartments, the blast ripped through the block in the early hours of the morning, it isa the early hours of the morning, it is a public holiday here and most residents would have been sleeping, it is feared that dozens are now buried. 0fficials it is feared that dozens are now buried. officials say the explosion was caused by a gas leak, slicing a whole section from the ten story tower block, those who made it out alive are still reeling. translation: everything collapsed, i look through the window, smoke was rising, we were told to leave. translation: i woke up with a feeling that i was falling down, i

woke up in the street, my mother screaming, my son crying in the corner. is the scale of the disaster became clear, russia's president flew to the scene, in a freezing tent that is now an emergency headquarters, officials shared the grim details. translation: this is in the character of our people, despite the holidays, today it is not superfluous but necessary to record the date and the injured. school is now a shelter for those evacuated from sections of the tower block still standing. locals have been sending supplies, though this is no way to see in the new year. scenes like this though are all too common here, there were over a0 fatal gas explosions in russian homes last year alone. finding any more survivors from this one is now a race against time and the elements, with temperatures at —18 and falling. a nasa probe is set to make history in the early hours of tomorrow

when it's due to fly past a space rock more than three—and—a—half billion miles from earth. if successful, it will be the furthest object ever visited by a space craft. the probe — called new horizons — will take a series of photos which may holds clues about the formation of the solar ystem. 0ur science editor, david shukman reports. it's taken a long, dark trek through the outer reaches of the solar system but now the nasa spacecraft new horizons is on the brink of making history. about to reach the remotest world that humanity has ever ventured to. it's pure exploration. pure science and pure exploration. we're trying to understand the origin of the planets and the object that we're going to fly by, nicknamed ultima thule, is a frozen time capsule from the era of the birth of our planets. to explain what this mission is all about, let's use our virtual studio

and start with the middle of our solar system. 0rbiting closest to the sun are the four small rocky planets, including earth. then further out, there are four much larger planets. the best known of these is saturn, with its famous rings. and then, right on the margin, there's tiny pluto. 3 billion miles away. but it turns out that pluto is just one part of a massive outer zone we only started discovering in the last 20 years or so. thousands of tiny worlds, lumps of rock and ice, known as the kuiper belt. these are objects left over after the planets were formed. one of these is known as ultima thule. and until now, we've only had this artist's impression of it. but after racing from earth on a 13 yearjourney, nasa's new horizons spacecraft is about to fly past it, the most distant exploration in human history. new horizons is exploring

ultima thule a billion miles further away than pluto, for a total distance of a billion miles. forget 1990s dial—up modem internet speeds, we're going to be downloading data from the spacecraft at one kilobit per second. over the next almost two years. now, the great thing about such a slow data transmission rate is that it's almost the gift that keeps on giving. every week or so we will get new images back from the spacecraft and we're going to learn new things for the next two years. three years ago the same spacecraft flew past pluto and revealed something entirely unexpected. that it's far more active than anyone realised. it may even have an ocean beneath the surface. so now the discoveries about an even more distant world to be made in the coming hours may be just as surprising. david shukman, bbc news. new year celebrations have begun around the world

as we welcome in 2019. australia was among the first countries to celebrate with sydney harbour transformed into a blaze of colour. chi chi izundu has this report. it's already 2019 for some parts of the world. sydney was welcomed in with its biggest ever fireworks display. two hours earlier, in auckland, new zealand, it was the first major city to celebrate the new year. fireworks were launched from the skycity tower. north korea's celebrations included a concert in pyongyang. in scotland, preparations are still under way for the traditional hogmanay celebrations. in london, plans for tonight's fireworks started back injuly, eight tonnes will take off from 3a8 firing locations on barges, pontoons and the london eye. big ben, which has largely been silent for 2018, will kick off the year of 2019.

now, it may be a bit quiet. butjust in a few hours 100,000 people are expected to line the embankment along the river thames, to watch the biggest fireworks display in europe. 12.5 million are expected to tune in and watch it live on their tvs. but a new year signals new change. so let's find out what people would like for 2019. so, number one, i want to lose weight, because this fat really needs to go. for 2019, i want to save more money. to be more happy, healthy and wise. to welcome another new great—grandchild in the spring. what i want for 2019 is for wales to win the rugby world cup, donald trump to be abducted by aliens, brexit to be cancelled. happy new year, everybody! of course, a new year brings new hopes and dreams. but for now, 2019 is going off with a bang.

chi chi izundu, bbc news. and chi chi joins us now live from the embankment. it looks beautiful behind you! you are getting the wonderful lights of the london eye behind us but actually, i don't know if you can hear from the actually, i don't know if you can hearfrom the studio, actually, i don't know if you can hear from the studio, some actually, i don't know if you can hearfrom the studio, some music, there are some people here, they have already tried to get their spots to watch the fireworks, eight tonnes of fireworks due to take off from different barges and pontoons and the london eye and joining me, jim donald, who is in charge of the whole operation, scarily, i would say! what does it feel like to be the man overseeing one of the biggest events in the calendar year. real privilege, something i have been blessed with doing for a number of years, i have a number of people

in my team who interact with local authorities, it is an annual gathering of the clan, we all know what we need to do to make this work. this we are responsible for it, we are making sure we have an awesome night, a safe night for the people coming down, and create an amazing show behind us on the london eye. it is a mix between city operations and creative awesome attempt to bring london around the world. london is open is the theme, so world. london is open is the theme, so says sadik khan. it was the moment we got the brief back in july, and the first thing, how do you bring a london is open, and in order to bring together that contemporary global city, with a european flair, to life, and how do you do that in fireworks? we bring

that to life in music. we chose, with the music team, the good mix of great tunes from the year but tunes that have a european flavour, european artists, european voices within there, to bring a mix to show a bit of love. showing love to city around the world. london is a great place to be. notjust a matter of someone place to be. notjust a matter of someone standing with a match and the end of a long piece of rope to set off the fireworks(!), 3000 people working here. massive team, most of those in the city operations, bringing together what a few hours ago was a busy city, busy street behind us. now it is an arena for 100,000 people, that is a massive operation within its own right, this team is busy, we are opening the gates soon. the team behind me at the moment, at four

o'clock, we did not have access, we still had people on there, enjoying their christmas break. we get it at apm, the barge comes into position, the fireworks are off—loaded onto the fireworks are off—loaded onto the pontoon, and still behind us now, rigging the eye. i don't get to know whether we have a show until 10pm. so, it is a bit nerve—racking! we have learned the operation to bring this to life, and the job is to get it bang on time along with big ben. i know that you are a very busy man, good luck, jim donald, you have to make sure everything goes right for tonight. in just under one hour, 100,000 people will start to fill in along the embankment and southbank to watch the firework display, which starts at midnight. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news:

the home secretary deploys more patrols and says there are no easy answers as another group of migrants are found by border officials on the kent coast. thirty nine people are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in west london. huge crowds gather around the world to welcome n the new year. that was hong kong with a spectacular display of fireworks. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. not much going on but a few stories. arsenal manager unai emery has been fined £8000 by the football assocation after admitting to a charge of improper conduct but he has avoided a touchline ban. it relates to the match at brighton on boxing day which the gunners drew.

he kicked a water bottle and it hit a supporter. he apologised straight away and again at full time. the former manchester city and arsenal midfielder samir nasri has been signed by west ham united, on the day his doping ban ends. the 31—year—old frenchman hasjoined in a deal until the end of the season. nasri served an 18 month ban for using an intravenous drip treatment during his time at the spanish side sevilla but is available to play again from tomorrow. floyd mayweather, jr came out of retirement for a very lucrative exhibition fight in tokyo today. the a1—year—old mayweather, who's a former world champion at five different weights, was up against the japanese kickboxer tenshin nasukawa, who's 21 years his junior. the american knocked his opponent down three times in the opening round before nasukawa's corner threw in the towel. mayweather, who retired from boxing last year with a perfect record of 50 wins from 50 fights, earned a cool $9 million

for this latest venture. it is all about entertainment. i we nt it is all about entertainment. i went out there, and i entertained. tenshin is a great champion, a young, hungry lion. i had more experience, at the high level. but, tenshin is still undefended. i am still undefeated. tenshin —— is still undefeated. tenshin —— is still undefeated. tenshin —— is still undefeated. this fight does not go on his record, does not go on my record; it is all about having fun. but, while having fun, iwant to make a couple of dollars, and so, we did that! russia is set to miss the deadline to hand over data from its moscow anti—doping lab. the world anti—doping agency controversially lifted a three—year ban on the country in september on the condition that doping samples were sent by the end of 2018.

the clock is ticking and failure to meet the deadline would be embarassing for wada's leadership and will almost certainly see russia face new sanctions. caroline rigby reports. for years, russian athletes broke records and dominated medal tables, but it was too good to be true. after russia was found guilty of state—sponsored doping on a massive scale, it became a country in sporting exile, clean athletes. —— after russia was found guilty of state—sponsored doping on a massive scale, it became a country in sporting exile, clean athletes forced to compete as neutrals at events like the olympics. in the seychelles, in september, the world anti—doping agency changed all that, it has made the controversial decision to lift the ban on russia,

on the condition that by the end of the year, it hands over data from this moscow laboratory at the centre of one of the biggest ever scandals in sport. with the deadline almost up, the chief of russia's anti—doping agency has called on president vladimir putin to intervene. translation: we are on the brink of the abyss, i ask you to protect the present and future of clean sport, forfuture generations of athletes. the kremlin says it is in contact with wada and it spokesman suggests the anti—doping boss simply is not fully in the loop. translation: the director unfortunately is not completely aware of the work that is in progress between the russian side and wada in moscow, he does not know the details, in the meantime, this cooperation is ongoing in a standard working regime. yet, senior wada officials now privately admit monday's deadline is unlikely to be met and that could see further sanctions against russia and its athletes once again banned from international competition. and that is all of the sport for

now. more than 20 firefighters have attended an incident at gleneagles hotel in perthshire after a fire on the second floor of the five—storey luxury hotel. the scottish fire and rescue service said they received the first call at around a o clock this afternoon and that the hotel had been evacuated. they said there were no reports of any casualties. four fire crews remain at the scene. ‘70s pop starjimmy 0smond 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. earlier, our arts and entertainment correspondent colin paterson explained jimmy 0smond has performed in a panto a number of times over the years. this year he was hook in peter pan at the birmingham hippodrome, started the week before christmas,

two days after christmas, he was onstage, he was not feeling well, but he finished his performance. afterwards, he went to hospital, driven to hospital in birmingham where he found out he had had a stroke. the information we have been given at this time is that he will rest earlier in the new year, we don't have any more updates on his condition. jimmy 0smond, well known, well loved by his fans as well, give us a background. jimmy 0smond, part of the 0smond family, he was the youngest person ever to have a number one single in the uk — christmas no 1, 1972, long—haired lover from liverpool, in fact, in this production of peter pan, he was taking the songs of the 0smonds and adapting them to be peter pan—friendly, so it was the long—haired lover from neverland that he was singing in this production, you get the idea. and also, he was singing songs for the big climax of the show. he is a mainstay of entertainment in the uk, he has done seven different pantomimes here, already booked to do many shows next summer, playing butlins in bognor in february. competed on masterchef in 2016,

he came runner—up in masterchef. so, a very familiarface to many in britain and this will be quite shocking news, especially to the families entertained by him over the last week in birmingham. what we have been told about the pantomime, it's going ahead at the moment, with his understudy taking on the role, darren day had finished playing hook in northampton, so he has hotfooted it across the country to birmingham, rehearsing for the role, and will take it over from jimmy 0smond by the end of the week. the important thing is that we believe that he is recovering from this stroke. now, concerns have been raised about new eu fishing laws that come into effect tomorrow.

crews will have to take fish back to port that would normally have been discarded to prevent them going over quotas. a house of lords committee says it's concerned about how the scheme will work. catriona renton has more. new rules mean from tomorrow any fish caught by british trawlers must be landed. in the past, fish that took boats over their quota would be thrown overboard or discarded. the aim is to avoid wasting fish and to encourage crews to be more selective. the scottish fishing federation says the laws are well intended, but it's the fallout that could cause problems. everyone, most especially including the scots fishing industry, is instinctively against discarding. so, the problem is agreed. the solution is not agreed. peterhead is the biggest white fish port in europe. here, a variety of fish, including haddock, cod, whiting and plaice are caught at the same time. different types of fish have different quotas. but according to the new rules, when a boat catches its quota of any species, it will now have to stop fishing.

fresh fish is of course important to fish and chip shops, and one of the concerns that the committee has raised is that if boats can't discard and have to stop fishing earlier in the year, then millions of pounds worth of fish might not get caught, and some industry experts are concerned for the knock—on effects onto places like this. ultimately, many in the fishing industry argue that brexit will bring an end to brussels—imposed quotas. the department for environment, food and rural affairs said workable solutions to alleviate the risk to mix fisheries have been ensured. they say they are aware of the challenges posed by the new laws and will continue to work with the industry to address this. catriona renton, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. looking windy across the northern

pa rt of looking windy across the northern part of scotland, up towards shetland, quite a few showers, clearer skies arriving in the central belt, cloud for southern scotland, northern ireland, far north of england, a few spots of rain and drizzle. weak weather front, cold air coming in behind, to the south, a fair bit of cloud, fairly quite whether, mild as well. clearer skies, cold air pushing to the far north by the end of the night. by morning, won't be as windy in the north west of scotland, cold wind blowing, very few showers because pressure is so high. more sunshine arriving, for most of the day, south wales, southern england could still hang on to a good deal of power. temperatures may get into double figures, elsewhere, feeling much colder. hello. this is bbc news.

the headlines: the home secretary deploys more patrols and says there are no easy answers, as another group of migrants are found by border officials on the kent coast. we must redeploy cutters from abroad back to the uk. 39 people are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, following a stabbing in west london. huge crowds gather around the world to welcome in the new year. here's hong kong with a spectacular display of fireworks.