this is bbc news, i'm carrie gracie. the headlines at 2: 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. the message we sent then, while hosting the london olympics was tolerance, inclusivity and respect and all those values that i think are the best of us. that was eight years ago, we're in a different political context, climate, brexit is part of that. the prince of wales visits fishlake in south yorkshire, where hundreds face chrstimas out of their homes after last month's flooding. five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the former love island presenter caroline flack has pleaded not

guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. i will be looking back on a year when protecting berwick scolded world leaders for inaction on climate change, and we saw the first picture of a black hole. that is the year of science. good afternoon. the professional footballers‘ assocation has called for a government inquiry into racism in the sport — after the chelsea player, antonio rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterday's premier league match at tottenham. our sports correspondentjoe wilson is at tottenham's stadium.

the stadium behind me is a gleaming addition to the british sporting landscape in itself, an advertisement to the power and wealth of the premier league, but far from a futuristic, what happened here yesterday seems to be another worrying indication that things are going backwards. professional footballer telling the referee, telling the world, he has heard monkey chants. not on a distant football pitch in eastern europe, this was chelsea's antonio rudiger at tottenham hotspur, in england's capital city, the famed, theoretically, for its diversity. rudiger himself posted several tweets expressing his dismay at the incident but also stressing the importance of talking publicly about racism. so, it is notjust forgotten about, as he suggests, always happens. rudiger also points out that in a modern ground like tottenham hotspurs with so many cameras in place, it should be possible to both isolate and punish the offender. racist behaviour amongst spectators is interfering with the game.

please remember in football there is no place for racism. a warning was made over the loudspeaker three times at the game but there was no move to take the players off. a somewhat confused application of football's racism protocol. the pfa which represents professional footballers now calls for more. it wants a government enquiry into racism in british football. at the moment, most decent people in this country, i think the majority, are being tarnished by the actions of a minority and all the great thing we stood for in 2012, the olympics and all that inclusivity and tolerance, it's been eroded slowly and we can't allow that to happen. when england's footballers faced racist chants and nazi salutes in bulgaria, england's manager always stressed there were problems at home to address. well, he was right. this month there was racial abuse at manchester city's game with manchester united and now rudiger‘s experience at tottenham. these are just the high profile examples. these are the images the world sees.

now, the police have told us they made six arrests during the match here yesterday. they say none of those were related directly to the incident which they are still investigating, but they say one arrest was for a racially aggravated public order offence, which suggest to us, there was more than one isolated incident. prince charles is visiting people affected by flooding last month in the village of fishlake in south yorkshire. our correspondent dan johnson sent this update. this is one of the villages that was worst hit. there are hundreds of people who will be out of their homes, notjust for christmas but for many months and this morning the prince came to meet some of those residents to see the house is and how badly they have been affected. he also visited the church which acted as a refugee centre for the village of the day of this village was submerged by the overflowing

water from the river. was submerged by the overflowing waterfrom the river. he has met rescue workers who are part of the effort to try and save people. he has heard the frustration of residents about the fact there was not better at flood protection and that some insurance pay—outs have been very slow. we have heard this complaints directly from residents this morning, who have thanked him for making the effortjust before christmas. it will be a long time before people here can be back in their homes because the damage is still severe. it is notjust this village, there were thousands of homes affected across north nottinghamshire, derbyshire and south yorkshire. when i managed to ask the prince about the condition of his father, the duke of edinburgh, hejust of his father, the duke of edinburgh, he just said of his father, the duke of edinburgh, hejust said very of his father, the duke of edinburgh, he just said very briefly he is being observed very well in hospital at the moment and that is all we know for now. there are growing signs that the islamic state group is re—organising in iraq, two years after it lost the last of its territory there. kurdish and western intelligence officials have told the bbc that is in iraq are now more skilled

and more dangerous than al-qaeda. kurdish security forces are warning that history is in danger of repeating itself, as orla guerin reports. from a hilltop in northern iraq, a sweeping view of territory reclaimed from the islamic state group. the kurdish peshmerga, who helped drive them out, tell us now they are making a comeback. the militants are exploiting an area of no man's land, disputed terrain between kurdish and iraqi forces. looking at this territory here now right in front of us, do isis have free rein here now? yes, i can say, yes. especially between, the delta between the great zab and tigris river, they are permanent there. are you worried? of course. of course i'm worried, because they are a really big threat. day by day, we can see the movement of isis, the activities, they reorganise themselves.

is has done that an hour's drive away in hawija, which was their last stronghold in iraq. the authorities have planted theirflag, but the militants are hunting local officials. like the father of these children. he was a mukhtar, a village chief, who monitors comings and goings and informs the police. the youngest keep asking when daddy's coming home. his mother is overwhelmed by grief. at the loss of her bright—eyed boy, shot dead in october. she tells me he was their breadwinner, their guide and their shepherd. it is by night that is emerge, spreading their terror as before.

this chilling propaganda video shows a mukhtar being led away to his death. nine have been killed in hawija alone. the area is tense. we have to travel with an armed escort. iraqi forces are facing an enemy that is close but hard to find. well, is can't hold territory here any more, but they can still strike. they've been carrying out deadly attacks here, and they can still create fear among the local population. many in the area are too frightened to speak. militia fighters in hawija are on alert. one of their checkpoints was targeted earlier this month. hussein hamada survived but saw two of his friends killed. translation: it's very difficult.

i still cannot sleep and i go to a psychologist. they were my guys. we would eat and drink and sleep together. they were my brothers. since the caliphate crumbled, is has been driven underground to caves and tunnels beneath these mountains. but iraq has seen terror grow from these beginnings before. and the fear is a new threat is coming, for the region and the west. orla guerin, bbc news, northern iraq. 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 saud 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 consulate in turkey last year; saudi arabia blamed it on what they called a ‘rogue operation‘. our middle east correspondent martin patiencejoins me from beirut. the saudis will be hoping to draw a line under this here, is this possible? i think with time, with these prosecutions, you are right. this has been saudi arabia pass worst diplomatic crisis in many yea rs. worst diplomatic crisis in many years. the central contention, critics accused the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman of being behind this killing or having known something about it. that is an accusation he has always denied but with these prosecutions, i think the saudi authorities will be hoping to draw a line under it. they were saying it was not premeditated but

that has been called into question bya un that has been called into question by a un expert who says two hours before the killing took place, some of the men who were found guilty of murdering jamal khashoggi were discussing his death. that suggests it was premeditated. she came out and said the hit man has been sentenced to death but the masterminds of this killing, they have not been touched by this investigation. i think saudi arabia will continue to face criticism but a year after it jamal will continue to face criticism but a year after itjamal khashoggi‘s death, they will be hoping that the rest of the world will move on. the key voices in the rest of the world are, toa key voices in the rest of the world are, to a certain extent, mr khashoggi‘s family and government of allies, the british government, the american government. tell us about reactions from these important quarters. i think absolutely

critical in all of this will be washington‘s reaction. according to reports in american newspapers, dci concluded that mohammed bin salman, who is in effect at the ruler of saudi arabia, must have at least known about this operation. america does not want to throw saudi arabia under a bus for a couple of reasons. one because it sits on huge oil wealth which is needed for the global economy but secondly, america sees saudi arabia as a critical ally in the fight against iran. what was seen as washington trying to manage this relationship, but i think all eyes will be on watch perhaps president trump or the senior aides, whether they are satisfied. i think many other western countries will ta ke many other western countries will take a cue from washington. i remember speaking to one turkish ambassador, jamal khashoggi died in istanbul, and i said to him, will we

ever know the truth of this case? he said, no, unless the powers that be, turkey, saudi arabia and america, u nless turkey, saudi arabia and america, unless they want the truth to come out, otherwise it will be shrouded in secrecy. i think there will be a lot of unanswered questions and we may never get the answers to those questions. thank you. the presenter of the itv show love island, caroline flack, has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in north london. helena wilkinson is at highbury magistrates in north london. tell us what happened. caroline flack, the television presenter, went into court in front of the magistrate today, she was accompanied by a police officer as she went into the dock, plus a very packed public gallery and in that public gallery, and her boyfriend, the man she is accused of assaulting on december the 12th. she spoke very

briefly, confirmed her name and date of birth and address, that she was asked to enter a plea and she pleaded not guilty to that one charge. the court heard from the prosecution during the hearing. it is alleged caroline flack hit her boyfriend over the head with a lamp while he was asleep. because she feared he was cheating on her and the court also heard from the prosecution who said when police turned up to herflat, the door was opened by caroline flack and her boyfriend, it is alleged they were both covered in blood and one police officer described it as if it was like a horror movie. we also heard from caroline flack‘s defence solicitor is that her boyfriend had given a statement which was read out in court. her boyfriend does not support the prosecution case. he said he has never supported the

prosecution case and he says he is not a victim, but the prosecution say they are going to continue with this case. she has pleaded not guilty so it will go to trial but here in highbury corner magistrates‘ court on march the 4th. there are bail conditions that she has to keep two, one of which is she is not allowed to contact her boyfriend. when she was told that in court, she burst into tears. trial date set for the television presenter caroline flack on march the 4th but here at this court. breaking news, this is a statement from boeing. they have announced their board of directors have named a new chairman as chief executive officer and president, thatis executive officer and president, that is their chairman will act as chief executive effective from

january the 13th, 2020. he will also remaina january the 13th, 2020. he will also remain a member of the board. this is also an announcement that dennis miller barrett has resigned from the position, effective immediately. that is a crucial announcement from boeing, which is heading into its tenth month of the global grounding of the 737 max, amid controversy over a couple of very tragic accidents. the investigations globally that have followed that. we will have more in a moment with our business reporter butjust to repeat that the ceo of boeing has stepped down immediately and been replaced in the role by the chairman. the duke of edinburgh has spent a third night in hospital where he‘s being treated for what officials describe as "a pre—existing condition". he remains at the king edward vii‘s hospital in central london, having travelled there on friday as a "precautionary measure".

buckingham palace say the admission was for "observation and treatment". rich preston is outside the hospital in central london. what news? nothing major to update you with, third night in hospital, prince philip arrived here on friday for treatment for a pre—existing condition. buckingham palace have been pretty relaxed from the offset, they said he came as a precautionary measure on the advice of his daughter. he is here at a very small private hospital that has been treating the royal family for many yea rs, treating the royal family for many years, it only has 56 beds. the duke, famously very stoical, does not make a fuss to be made, so he has had no official visits from other members of the royal family so perhaps a good sign this has nothing to be worried about. prince charles was asked about his father‘s out by concerned members of the public. how is your father? he is all right,

once you get that age, things don't work as well as they should. so as you can see, there is some concern for the duke of‘s health up and vitiate. no official word from the hospital as to when he will be discharged but i am sure his family will be hoping he will be home in time for christmas. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... 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. the former love island presenter caroline flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s olly. good afternoon. the governemnt say that the football

authorities need to do more to tackle racism in football. police are looking to identify any individuals involved after chelsea‘s antonio rudiger claimed that he was targetted with abuse during their win at tottenham yesterday. iffy onoura from the professional footballer‘s association says politicians should take action and be mindful of their role in what is a societal issue. it has been legitimised by some of the language from politicians, again, if you ask people to be part of any enquiry and you are taking the lead, just that one idea tempos and checks your language. you now checkin and checks your language. you now check in and say right, i have to look and talk differently about that. he lost an appeal and we thought that was a similar moment but that has been and gone. we have not used that as a moment to think,

hang on, what are we doing? it has got worse if anything. how can that be? somehow we have to look at this differently, address it differently, people do. —— be bolder. tottenham will appeal against the red card shown to son hyung min during the match. he tangled with rudiger and appeared to kick the chelsea defender‘s midriff. it was after this incident that rudiger was allegedly abused. this was son‘s third red of the year, and he‘s the first player to achieve that in the premier league since lee cattermole was sent off three times in 2010. everton have a new manager for christmas in carlo ancellotti and they have revealed their final design for their new stadium on liverpool‘s waterfront. the club will submit a detailed planning application for the 52,000 capacity venue today, which will cost an estimated £500 million. everton hope to move there by 2023, and plan to re—develop

their current goodison park home for the community. next month‘s international netball tournament in london, nottingham and birmingham has had record ticket sales. the nations cup will see england play the world champions, new zealand, south africa and jamaica. the roses squad was named today and goal attack george fisher is looking forward to their opening game against the best team in the world. really excited, obviously. the last time we played them was at the world cup so really excited to get on the court, really go for it and i am sure the crowd will be there. i don‘t know what else to say other than really excited, so privileged to be given the opportunity. trained super hard and then to be able to go to these sort of things is starting to these sort of things is starting to pay off so really, really good. england bowlersjofra archer, stuart broad and jack leach have all taken part in a net session

today ahead of england‘s four test series against south africa. archer and broad bowled five overs each after missing the warm—ups through illness. leach has also been suffering with flu. captainjoe root says england will trust the players to decide if they‘re fit to feature in the first test that starts at centurion on thursday. there was some huge hitting from the english batsman liam livingstone in australia‘s big bash league overnight. he hit 69 from 26 balls for the perth scorechers as they made an excellent start against the adelaide strikers. but it wasn‘t good enough to secure the win, as adelaide went on to win by 15 runs via the duckworth—lewis method. charles leclerc has extended his contract with ferrari until the end of 202a. the formula one star won back—to—back races in belgium and italy and secured seven pole positions in his first season this year.

the 22—year—old finished fourth in the overall driver standings ahead of team—mate sebastian vettel. that‘s all the sport for now. the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has restated his support of the coal industry — despite conceding that climate change is a factor in the extreme hot weather fuelling the country‘s bushfires. despite the heat easing today, more than 100 fires continue to burn across the state of new south wales. phil mercer has more. the fires that have incinerated the land and left communities in ruins have been called monsters and beasts. lives have been lost and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. a long drought has made the ground bone dry. hot and windy weather has conspired to raise the threat level in parts of australia in recent days to catastrophic. scott morrison‘s centre right

government is an ardent supporter of the coal industry. it generates much of australia‘s electricity and pumps billions into the economy. to some of his critics, he is a climate criminal. mr morrison concedes there is a link between global warming and the bushfires, but he says there is no need to panic and impose new carbon emissions targets, which he calls reckless and job destroying. you don‘t run government on sentiment. you run government on the facts, and you run government on what you need to do to protect our environment, sustainability for the future, to protect our economy and the jobs and livelihoods that australians depend upon. 100 blazes still burn in new south wales. some are so big they‘ll only be extinguished by heavy rain that might be months away. this is a national crisis. fires are menacing communities in the states of south australia and victoria.

western australia and queensland have had dangerous days, too. bushfires have always been part of the australian story, but this fire season has not only started earlier than usual — it is far more intense and could get worse. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. back to the news that boeing has announced that its chief executive dennis mullenberg has resigned and will be replaced by the current chairman, david calhoun, with immediate effect. mr mullenberg, who has also left the company‘s board, has faced serious criticism in the aftermath of two major accidents involving boeing‘s new 737 max, in which a total of 346 people died. our international business correspodnent theo leggettjoins me now... it has been a hellish year for boeing. one obvious question is why

now? i think dennis mullenberg's departure was inevitable at some point. he presided over an era where boeing came out with its flagship aircraft which we now know contained aircraft which we now know contained a floor, which never should have got past regulators, and it was allowed to continue flying after the first of those two catastrophic accidents. the plane was allowed to keep lying and another one crashed in ethiopia. he has come underfire for presiding over an era where the company put reduction rates over its safety, according to people. it says safety is its number one priority, but there has been a lot of criticism to dennis mullenberg‘s response and his attempt to spread brain and say the accidents were part of a chain of events. i think his departure was inevitable. the fact it is happens

110w inevitable. the fact it is happens now has been triggered by the announcement last week that boeing was going to have to close down it point in washington state where it makes the plane. boeing has been saying all year it wanted this aircraft are flying again by the end of the year, that is not going to happen. he has consistently had a problem with overoptimism but i suppose the underlying structural problem that they need to get it back into service, and yet they need to solve the underlying problem with its automated engineer. that is something his successor will have to deal with. his something his successor will have to dealwith. his successor something his successor will have to deal with. his successor will have a bigger problem which is rebuilding confidence in the company. boeing already has a solution to the problem, the software that is believed to have caused both of these accidents. it is still in negotiations with regulators about when the aircraft will get back in the air because it has to be unquestionably safe when it is allowed to fly and the regulator‘s

own reputations are on the line. but the successor david calhoun has to do is to say not only this aircraft is safe but the culture within boeing is safe, and there are plenty of people that will criticise it. he has to say to passengers, if you get on board this aircraft, you will not be in dangerand on board this aircraft, you will not be in danger and that is the biggest challenge he will have to face. thank you. many parts of the country have had a dry day with some sunshine. north, it is cold after a frosty start but for most of the country pretty mild. we were the rain arriving this evening, putting a ci’oss arriving this evening, putting a cross in into northern ireland up towards the borders. one two heavier bursts especially across northern england, very mild air coming across the south—west by the end of the

night, still cold in the north—east of scotland. the mean light of the rain will push into the north the server comes later and thatcher. to the south we will see some showers arriving which could be heavy and blustery winds across south wales and the south—west of england. very mild, still quite showery. the weather looks a bit different for christmas day. it will started showery, maybe one or two mist and fog patches, plenty of sunshine for many parts of the country and light winds. join the west, it will cloud over a bit. temperatures typically 6-9 over a bit. temperatures typically 6—9 celsus. hello. this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines: 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. the message we went then, hosting the london olympics, was tolerance, inclusivity, respect and all those values that

i think are the best of us. roll on, eight years, completely different political context, climate, brexit is part of that. the prince of wales visits fishlake in south yorkshire, where hundreds face chrstimas out of their homes after last month‘s flooding. five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the former love island presenter caroline flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. boeing‘s chief executive, dennis muilenberg, resigns after serious criticism following two major accidents where 346 people died. now, pallab ghosh looks back on how the frontiers of science and space were pushed in 2019 — a year shaped by the impact of deforestation and climate change — in review 2019 — the year in science.