eitit“fi:tit e‘iiii‘i‘tli : ‘uflth‘flnfl “flit 5l'll'l ‘5til : ‘uflzll “we: “flit 5 “urf to attract investment and create jobs but there are those within the defence community who are concerned by what they see as the erosion of britain's industrial defence footprint. then there are these assurances the government talks about on national security and jobs. there will be questions as to how strong they really are. the government says it would have to be notified of plans to sell off parts of the business. but how much notice? does the government have any veto if they wanted to sell off defence critical elements of the firm? the defence critical elements of the firm ? the news defence critical elements of the firm? the news has not come as a huge surprise but i think there will be considerable scrutiny of this decision. thank you very much. more than 100 bushfires are raging across australia's most populous state, new south wales. christmas travellers are being urged to delay theirjourneys as record temperatures of more than a0 degrees and strong winds intensify the fires. australia's deputy prime minister, michael mccormack, has said his country must increase its efforts to tackle climate change. with more, here's our sydney

correspondent, shaimaa khalil. this was said to be one of the worst days australia's most populous state has ever seen, and it's lived up to every urgent warning. huge flames spiralling out of control, moved by strong, unpredictable wind. this is a second time in less than two months that new south wales has seen catastrophic fire conditions. firefighters have been patrolling this area throughout the day. they have been keeping an eye out on the smoke just behind that tree line. this is where villagers have fires at an emergency level and they've been told to evacuate and they're concerned that embers will blow this way. elizabeth maclaren evacuated her house a few hours ago. she packed the necessities and a few other things she couldn't afford to lose. her family's ok, but she worries about those she left behind. i hope my house doesn't burn down but, ultimately, all of my friends stayed to fight

the fires at their house. they can't get out now, so i'm just hoping that they're safe. i can replace my house — i can't replace lives, you know? helen has also evacuated her home, taking all her dogs and cats with her. where will you stay? in the caragain. in the car park? yeah. we did it the other night. it's fine. uncomfortable but fine! australia's prime minister, scott morrison, has cut short his holiday to hawaii, as criticism continued to mount of his leadership during the bushfire crisis. it's brought the divisive debate about global warming back to the fore. scientists have long warned that a hotter, drier climate would contribute to australia's fires becoming more frequent and more intense. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, mittagong, new south wales. nearly 100 flood warnings are in place across southern and eastern england,

the midlands and yorkshire. the environment agency says it expects more rain to come over the weekend and the early part of next week. motorists heading out on the roads for christmas are advised to check their routes in advance. the duke of edingburgh is continuing to be treated at a hospital in london after being admitted yesterday. let's talk now to helena wilkinson, who is outside the hospital. well, there has not been any update from buckingham palace, not surprising given that they do not give a running commentary for what they see as essentially a private matter. for now we know that trick remains here at the hospital and he has been observed by doctors for what the palace describes as a pre—existing condition and it has been reported that he travelled from sandringham to london here yesterday by helicopter. although the palace are not denying or confirming that report. there is concern for the duke but there is no cause for alarm

and the royal family continue to go to sandringham, where the queen is for the christmas holidays. the duke is expected to stay here for at least another night but the hopers he is well enough to return back for christmas. thank you very much. everton have announced that their new manager is carlo ancelotti. the italian — pictured in the centre here — has been in charge at chelsea, real madrid and ac milan, and was at goodison park today to watch as his new club drew 0—0 with arsenal. he will lead the team for the first time on boxing day. meanwhile, liverpool are in qatar for the final of the club world cup. the champions of europe will play the champions of south america, flamengo, for the right to be crowned the best team in the world. 0ur reporter, 0lly foster, is in doha for us. manchester united are the only british team to have won this tournament in its various guises, liverpool were runners up three times and jurgen klopp, their

manager, was honest with us on their arrival in the gulf state earlier in the week. he said, what are we doing in december in the middle of the premier league season? a season in which they are doing very well. he does not want them to lose any winning momentum and they had a shaky winning momentum and they had a s ha ky start winning momentum and they had a shaky start on wednesday against the mexicans, monterrey, the champions of central and northern america. they needed an injury time winner to get through that. i thinkjurgen klopp and his players have realised that this tournament means an awful lot to other continents, especially those in south america. and flamengo, the south american champions, who they face in the next couple of hours, will vastly outnumber them in terms of fans. something up to 40,000 will be here, around 2000 have made the trip from england. they will be out a song but we remain to see whether they will be outplayed as well. but liverpool could become world champions for the first time. thank you very much.

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hello. this is bbc news. more now on news that nearly 100 flood warnings are in place across southern and eastern england, the midlands and yorkshire. a severe warning of more heavy rain is in place across southern england until noon on sunday. motorists embarking on the christmas getaway are being advised to check their routes in advance, with warnings of potential travel delays and flooding with up to 30mm of rain forecast. there are currenlty a dozen flood warnings in place across surrey —

from where our correspondent, adrian harms, warns of more rain to come. the river wey itself which is in flood. it's gone across the fields here outside of guildford. as i say, it is still raining and the situation here looks like it will get worse before it gets any better. there is a lot of water making its way down the river. there is more rain forecast for the rest of the day and overnight. the two main rivers where there are flood warnings are the river mole. this morning there were six flood warnings there. some of those have been dropped to the lowest state flood alert but there is still a flood warning in leatherhead. there the environment agency has been working very hard putting out flood defences around the town and currently they say it the same is happening in guildford.