this is bbc news, the headlines at ten. calls for a government inquiry into racism in football after a premier league match is stopped for the first time because of allegations of abuse from the stands. as australia's bushfire crisis continues, the country's prime minister defends the coal industry and defies calls for new carbon targets. we need to take action. you don't run government on sentiment, you run the government on facts. dozens of former thomas cook employees say they're struggling to access benefits and pay bills three months after the travel chain collapsed.

five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. we will bring you some of the highlights of the victoria derbyshire programme over the last year, including election highlights and an interview with the new zealand prime minister lucinda ahern. in the last half hour, five people have been sentenced to death by a court in saudi arabia for the murder of government critic jamal khashoggi in istanbul last year. three more have been givenjail sentences totalling 2a years. the prosecutor said saoud al qahtani, an important aide of crown prince mohammed bin salman, had been investigated but not charged and was released.

the country faced international condemnation for mr khashoggi's murder in the saudi embassy in turkey last year. saudi arabia blamed it on what they called a "rogue operation". we hope to have more on that in the next few minutes. we hope to have more on that in the next few minutes. there are calls for a government inquiry into racism within football after the chelsea player antonio rudiger complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterday's premier league match at tottenham. the professional footballers‘ association said it was "disgusted" by the reports, and insisted urgent action was needed. the referee, anthony taylor, stopped play during the second half after rudiger complained of hearing monkey noises. shortly after a stoppage in play, an announcement was made over the public address system warning that "racist behaviour is interfering with the game". after the match the chelsea captain, cesar azpilicueta explained what happened on the pitch. tony came to me and he told me that

he was listening in the crowd monkey noises and obviously myjob as a captain is to go straight to the referee and to report it. now it is under investigation and we have to work altogether towards the eradication of the problem. work altogether towards the eradication of the problem. antonio rudiger gave his reaction on twitter. "it is really sad to see racism again at a football match, but i think it's very important to talk about it in public. if not, it will be forgotten again in a couple of days as always." the professional footballers‘ association released a statement, again on twitter. it said, "we are disgusted and dismayed that once again, a premier league fixture has been tainted by abuse from the stands towards players. it has become clear that football players are on the receiving end of the blatant racism that is currently rife in the uk, but they are not alone. we will continue to fight on their behalf to combat this issue for good. the pfa calls for a government inquiry into racism within football."

and the sports minister nigel adams also took to twitter last night. he said, "depressing to see today s events at white hart lane. i welcome spurs‘ investigation and will be speaking with the club s directors today. there is no place for racism or any kind of discrimination in football or anywhere else. iffy onuora is from the professional footballers‘ association. hejoins us now. thank you he joins us now. thank you for joining us. is it getting worse in your view? it is depressingly familiar. yesterday was a sense of deja vu. we were talking about something similar two weeks ago with the manchester derby and before that with the england team in bulgaria, albeit abroad. but we are getting to the situation now where we are in danger of this becoming entrenched, rooted into the fabric of football, and everyone with an interest in making sure that is not the case needs to put pressure on the

authorities to take a much tougher line. what is it like for the players when they are facing this sort of abuse? what sort of things are they hearing? it is terrible, we have all been there, we are all ex—players at the pfa, we have been in that space. in my generation it was not as bad as the previous generation and probably not as bad as what is happening at the moment, but it is insidious. i commend the players, they are so professional for getting on with it, but sooner oi’ for getting on with it, but sooner or later the players will vote with their feet and walk off the pitch. this is the premier league and it is being beamed all around the world and this is what we are saying in terms of launching something bigger than what we have done before. is this the message we want to send out? do not forget the guys two weeks ago and yesterday, they are foreign nationals. that is what we are presenting to them and their families. that they come over to

england and we tolerate this. that cannot be the case, we need to show we are better than that. when we see these calls for a government led enquiry what can achieve and what can it do? it cannot be an event where people sit around and say all the right things, headed by the government minister saying the things we have heard before. we have gone past that. we need something bigger and bolder. i gone past that. we need something biggerand bolder. iam gone past that. we need something bigger and bolder. i am old enough to remember the macpherson enquiry 25 years ago and i was following the murder of stephen lawrence. what happened then, there was an enquiry into racism in the police, but it is bigger than that. it spoke about issues in society and it almost lifted the bonnet on what we do as a society and how we treat people and what our values are. for that reason it achieved an awful lot. we are now ata similar it achieved an awful lot. we are now at a similar stage. football is a national game. what is happening in football is not just national game. what is happening in football is notjust happening in

football, it is happening in society. but footballers can be used asa society. but footballers can be used as a vehicle to have the same conversations. social media is a massive part of the solution, but it is part of the problem as well. these are the conversations we need to have and it needs to start at the highest level. we have got a new government now. can they be bold and do that? do you think this sort of pattern of behaviour is at all linked to what we are saying and seeing in terms of the broader debate on immigration and globalisation? or is it to do with the far right? who are the people behind these chance? if you cast your mind back eight years ago, it seems a lifetime ago, but the message we sent then when we hosted the london olympics was tolerance, inclusivity, respect, and all those values that are the best of us. it was ina

values that are the best of us. it was in a completely different political context, climate, brexit, and the language politicians. somehow or another we can keep doing what we are doing and keep wringing oui’ what we are doing and keep wringing our hands every time these incidents happen, or we can be bold and say, this is enough and no more. what can we really start to do to address this issue. we need to and we need something along the lines of macpherson where someone of stature hosts and starts talking about a national debate within the country. igo national debate within the country. i go back to what i said, we are better than that. we spoke a lot in the election and during brexit about people being worried about their community and society and their values. for me growing up the values we had were inclusivity, tolerance, andi we had were inclusivity, tolerance, and i make no bones about being an idealist and people might say, you are an idealist. i have to be for my children and the next generation and

what we are leaving them. let‘s be bold and let‘s start having those conversations and leave no stone unturned. very briefly, the sentiment is very positive, in practical terms what can result from that sort of enquiry? what is happening now because the conversation is different and the context, people are peeling bolder to behave like that in football matches. they would not be like that anywhere else, but they feel emboldened to do it during football matches because the nature of the context matches because the nature of the co ntext a nd matches because the nature of the context and the debate has allowed them to do that. once we change that, once we get back to an environment, of say 2012, i have to think back to how that was, but it was not like that then, people will not stand by and let this happen now. it will not happen overnight. there is no magic wand to this. if we set in motion those events now, then a few years down the line we

might be looking at a far better environment and we owe that to the players. they are on the front line getting abuse every day and they deserve better than that. no one should go into their place of work and suffer abuse, but that is what we are allowing them to do. we have to showcase a better nation than what we are showcasing to the world. thank you very much indeed. australia‘s prime minister, scott morrison, has again defended the coal industry, despite conceding yesterday that climate change has helped fuel the country‘s bushfires. he said there was no need to impose new carbon targets. meanwhile, the leader of new south wales says "catastrophic" fire conditions have almost completely destroyed the community of a small town that‘s home to around 400 people. balmoral, south west of sydney, has been engulfed by flames, as emergency crews struggle to contain the situation. from there shaimaa khalil reports. it feels like a deserted war zone, but this is the aftermath of the catastrophic bushfires that have ravaged new south wales.

and in the village of balmoral, the devastation is everywhere. russell scholes has been a volunteer firefighter for six years. he was out with his team trying to control the blaze in the village when his own house was burned to the ground. so many of the brigade are tired. that‘s the mental side of it — when you‘re continually battling something you can‘t beat. the prime minister, scott morrison, appearing for the first time today after fierce criticism of his holiday in hawaii, conceded that more needed to be done to tackle global warming, with scientists saying that drier conditions brought about by climate change have worsened the impact of bushfires. the catastrophic fires have subsided but the situation is still extremely dangerous here. the roads remain closed off. balmoral was one of the worst hit areas by saturday‘s fires

and the community is still very much in shock. many haven‘t returned to see what happened to their homes and what happened to their village. just opposite the road from russell‘s shattered house is a very different picture. craig hurley stayed to defend his home during the fires, using up all the water reserves he had. flames like a five or six—storey building and just roaring all around you. just scared as hell, you don‘t know what to do. australia‘s bracing itself for a scorching summer, and many are wondering where the next big fire is going to hit. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, balmoral, new south wales. at a news conference the australian prime minister defended his government‘s record on climate change, and said he would not pursue what he called ‘reckless‘ and ‘job destroying‘ targets on industry. what i know is the need to take action on climate change has not changed. you do not run government

ona changed. you do not run government on a sentiment, you run a government on a sentiment, you run a government o n fa cts on a sentiment, you run a government on facts and you run a government on what you need to do and protect our environment and sustainability for the future and to protect our economy and the jobs and livelihoods that depend on you. what you run government on and the decisions you ta ke government on and the decisions you take are based on those important fa cts . take are based on those important facts. the facts when it comes to addressing climate change and the fa cts o n addressing climate change and the facts on what it comes to on ensuring a strong economy and provides people with the livelihoods they depend on, they remain the same. the death toll from new zealand‘s white island eruption has risen to 19. police have confirmed that another victim died in hospital in auckland. there were 47 people, mainly australian tourists, on the island when it erupted earlier this month. 25 people remain in hospital, many still in a critical condition. the former love island presenter caroline flack has arrived at court this morning. a warning — the following pictures contain flash photography.

the presenter was charged with assault 10 days ago after a fight reportedly involving her boyfriend lewis burton. she has since stood down from the upcoming series of love island in south africa. the duke of edinburgh has spent a third night in hospital receiving treatment for what royal officials have described as a "pre—existing condition". buckingham palace says prince philip, who‘s 98, was admitted on friday as a "precautionary measure" on the advice of his doctor. our correspondent, rich preston is outside the hospital in london. it has been a third night in hospitalfor prince it has been a third night in hospital for prince philip, it has been a third night in hospitalfor prince philip, he arrived at the king edward vii on friday for treatment for what has been described as a pre—existing condition. buckingham palace have been relaxed about this from the outset. they said he came here as a precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. the joke precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. thejoke is precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. the joke is famously stoical and does not like a fast and we have not had any official visits

from other members of the royal family, which is perhaps a sign that there is nothing to be too concerned about. the queen attended a carol concert yesterday with other members of the royal family and we have yet to receive any official word from the hospital as to whether the duke will be released on time to see the rest of the family on christmas day. the headlines on bbc news... five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi calls for a government inquiry into racism in football, after a premier league match is stopped for the first time because of allegations of abuse from the stands. as australia‘s bushfire crisis continues — the country‘s prime minister defends the coal industry and defies calls for new carbon targets. the pfa have called for a government investigation into racism in

football after the chelsea player antonio rudiger was allegedly abused by fa ns antonio rudiger was allegedly abused by fans at tottenham stadium. the first step of fifa‘s protocol was invoked with a stadium announcement asking fans to cease racist behaviour. the sports minister nigel adams says he will speak to tottenham‘s director today. antonio rudiger‘s manager, frank lampard, has said he will support him as much as he needs. all i know is he said he heard some racist chanting or comment. i have not had an individual conversation with him. i only address the group and a couple of the lads are in doping, but of course i will support tony, as we would support any of our players and the opposition players, wherever it happens. this needs to be dealt with. as i don‘t know any more than that, we will wait for the process to happen. there has been a great deal of reaction to the story. danny murphy said he wanted to see stronger action from the footballing bodies in this country. it is

ignorant and disgusting behaviour from a minority. i am saddened that we are sat here talking about it again. the pfa are well and good doing statements, they have had plenty of time to do more with the funds they have available to help this within football as well. some of the organisations are trying to do their best and they are working ona do their best and they are working on a shoestring. it is disgusting and something needs to happen quickly because this is becoming too regular. manchester united's sits unbeaten run game is over after an unforgettable moment for david de gea. a strike slipped through his fingers. he will not want to watch this again. it was a dreadful error from him. then a penalty from a troy deeney secured watford‘s first home win of the season. however, they remain bottom. they deserve it more than us, they took their chances, fair play to them. good luck. we did

not take our chances, we were too slow. you have got to earn every little inch and a point in this league, no matter who you play. images of everton‘s final design for the new stadium on liverpool‘s waterfront have been made available to theirfans. waterfront have been made available to their fans. the club will submit a detailed planning application for the 52,000 capacity venue today. it is estimated to cost around £500 million. everton hope to move to the new stadium by 2023 and plan to redevelop their current goodison park home for the community. their big rivals liverpool have arrived backin big rivals liverpool have arrived back in england with another trophy to add to the cabinet. the copper is my captain jordan henderson to add to the cabinet. the copper is my captainjordan henderson are proudly held the club world cup, a trophy they won after beating brazilian side flamenco in the final on saturday. they will now turn their focus back to the premier league when they travel to second placed leicester on boxing day. michael van gerwen is a step closer

to successfully defending his title at the world darts championship. he beat ricky evans 4—0 and will now face another englishman in the last 16. the statue of zlatan ibrahimovic has been vandalised yet again. this time the nose has been sawn off. this is the third time the statue has been attacked. the nose has gone with a gaping hole and it has been covered in silver paint. vandals previously tried to sort through one of its legs and put a toilet seat around its neck. the statue was unveiled in october, but when zlatan ibrahimovic announced he was investing in a rival team it angered many of his fans. it does not look like it will last long. we will have more for you later. there are growing indications that the so called islamic state

group is re—organising in iraq, two years after losing the last of its territory in the country. kurdish and western intelligence officials have told the bbc that the is presence in iraq is a sophisticated insurgency, and is attacks are increasing. lahur talibany is a kurdish counter terrorism official and director of one of the two intelligence agencies in iraq. he told orla guerin that a different kind of is has emerged. the dispute between krg and the central government has left a lot of land unmanned and isis is taking advantage of the situation. this stretches from the iranian border going all the way up to mosul and the syrian border. they have easy access of travel through these areas. we see now the activity increasing and we think that the reorganisation stage is over now. there is a major security vacuum in these no—go areas

between the iraqi forces and the peshmerga forces? nobody is dealing with the security threat in these areas? isis is patrolling it, unfortunately. do you think this is the same phase as 2012 when they were starting to rebuild and starting to become a serious threat? i think it is more stronger than 2012 to be honest. my main concern is the political instability in baghdad. this will feed into the future of isis. if we have political unrest this is heaven for them, this is christmas come early for isis. do you think it is a new beginning for them? i would say it would be a different type of isis. no longer will they want to control land or cities, i think they will go back to the asymetric warfare of al-qaeda with more experience and techniques and tactics that al-qaeda did not have. i think it is an issue for us to be worried about. not only us, i think the international community should be worried about the re—emergence

of isis, because in the past a problem in iraq became a global problem. the kind of rebuilding they have managed to do in the last 12 months, has that been a surprise to you that they have been able to do this so quickly? they have better techniques and tactics and they have a lot more finances at their disposal. i don‘t know if this money was money that they saved in the past from the oil trade, but they seem to have a lot more money than al-qaeda had in the old days. they are able to buy vehicles, weaponry, food supplies and equipment. like i said, they are like al-qaeda on steroids. they have picked up a lot of experience in the past three orfour years. technologically they are more savvy, it is more difficult to flush them out or to find them. they are like al-qaeda

on steroids, these guys. lahur talabany, the head of the kurdish zanyari intelligence agency speaking to our international correspondent, orla guerin. five people have been sentenced to death by a court in saudi arabia for the murder of government critic jamal khashoggi in istanbul last year. with me is alanjohnson, the bbc‘s middle east analyst. what has come out of this? this goes back to october the 2nd last year when jamal khashoggi, a journalist with the washington post, entered the saudi consulate in istanbul never to re—emerge. the premises were being bugged by the turks and the whole world learnt the full horror of the murder that took place. he was injected with some sort of knock out poison, his body dismembered and never recovered. there was international outrage, it stunned

the world. back injanuary of this year the trial began in saudi arabia with 11 people in the dock. the prosecutor said they were asking for the death sentences of five people and in the last hour or so a verdict has been handed down, death sentences on five people. three others were sentenced to jail terms lasting some 2a years. a statement from the saudi prosecution says, our investigation shows there was no premeditation to kill at the beginning of the mission. killing was on the spur of the moment. this is in keeping with the saudi line all along, that lower—level intelligence officers went to turkey to try to persuade jamal intelligence officers went to turkey to try to persuadejamal khashoggi to try to persuadejamal khashoggi to return to the kingdom and it all went wrong, the saudi version being that it all got out of hand and the most appalling way. whether that

will wash around the world as an explanation is quite another matter. and yet, despite that international condemnation, has there been any real pushing back of links with saudi arabia from all those countries, including the uk, who are its allies? on a human level all around the world there has been appalling reputational damage to saudi arabia and in the immediate aftermath i remember a very senior senator in the us describing the crown prince mohamed bin salman as toxic, linking him to this murder. the saudis have denied he had nothing to do with this, that this was an action carried out by, they say, rogue elements. but you could see powerful business elements around the world trying to distance themselves from saudi arabia at least initially in those first

months, but over time saudi arabia is an extremely important economic power and influential in many other ways in the middle east and around the world and we have seen the business community begin to get a little closer again and quite serious ways. huge reputational damage which will be sustained, but over time the saudis will simply hope to ride it out i am sure. therefore, this enquiry, this court judgment, if it is seen as nonsensical and people criticise it, it will have no effect? i don't think anybody really held out a great deal of hope that the saudi judicial process would be transparent. amnesty and international and others like them would say that saudi justice is by no means something along the lines of international standards. there has been no great transparency, no press in court today. i don‘t think this will convince too many people

that we are getting the whole story here. the saudis will hope this is pa rt here. the saudis will hope this is part of the process of putting this behind them. thank you very much indeed. the former labour leader, ed miliband, is to take part in a review examining the party‘s heavy defeat in the general election. the activist group, labour together, is setting up a commission tasked with mapping out a route back to power. the review will be led by the former shadow education secretary, lucy powell. a woman has died nearly two weeks after a bus crashed in swansea. 36—year—old jessica jing ren was travelling on the double decker when it crashed in to a bridge on the 12th of december. her family said she was a devoted wife and mother and that she would be deeply missed. seven other people were injured in the accident, a 63—year—old man who was arrested in connection with the incident has been released under investigation. heavy fog and icy roads led to a 69—car pile—up in virginia

in the east of the united states. the crash, about 50 miles east of richmond, closed both sides of the motorway. 51 people were taken to hospital for treatment but no one has been killed. in some spots, vehicles were so squeezed together that firefighters and emergency responders had to step from car to car to pull people out. dozens of former thomas cook employees say they‘re struggling to access benefits and pay their bills, three months after the travel chain collapsed. some of those affected say they‘ve received just £50 in 12 weeks. the government has apologised, saying its dedicated staff have helped thousands of people. now, it‘s time for a look at the weather. we have got dry weather today across many parts of the uk. as we go through the christmas week there is no widespread snow in the forecast. there will be rain at times and some areas will be flooded. sunshine today in many parts of england and

wales. a few showers are moving their way eastwards into the afternoon. still some showers in scotland. maximum temperature is generally between 7—10, maybe even 11 in southern areas. this evening and overnight we will continue with and overnight we will continue with a few showers in the north and then the cloud starts increasing in the south—west. the rain spreads its way northwards as we head into christmas eve. frost in the far north of scotland, but temperatures will rise as the night goes on. as we go through the day there will be rain in northern areas, heavy and thundery showers in south wales and the west country. by christmas day it is looking largely dry and there will be some sunshine. hello, this is bbc news — the headlines. five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. calls for a government inquiry into racism in football,

after a premier league match is stopped for the first time because of allegations of abuse from the stands. as australia‘s bushfire crisis continues — the country‘s prime minister defends the coal industry and defies calls for new carbon targets. the need to take action on climate change hasn‘t changed and you don‘t run government on sentiment, you run government on facts. a comeback for islamic state in iraq. a kurdish intelligence chief tells the bbc the jihadist group‘s reorganising and getting stronger. victoria derbyshire now takes a look back at the exclusive interviews and films which have featured on her programme in 2019. hello. welcome. over the next half an hour we‘ll bring you some highlights from our programme over the last year. we start with a group of men who appeared on our show in february. they‘re part of a collective known as 56 black men and they are trying