tonight at ten. five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia over the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. an arch critic of the saudi government, he was killed last year at their consulate in turkey. but a un investigator says the hitmen have been convicted, but the "masterminds" have walked free. also tonight. after two crashes that left 346 dead, boeing sacks its chief executive to try to restore confidence in the company. the government urges football authorities to do more to stamp out racism, after chelsea's antonio rudiger says he was abused at yesterday's tottenham game. prince charles supports flood—hit communities in yorkshire, as locals show their support for the duke of edinburgh, who remains in hospital.

sir, how is your father? he's... he's all right. once you get to that age, things don't work as well. and the best of boozers — the number of pubs in the uk is going up for the first time in ten years. good evening. it was a murder that shocked many around the world, and now five people have been sentenced to death and three others jailed by a court in saudi arabia, over the death of the journalist jamal khashoggi. he was a prominent critic of the saudi government, and was killed last year when he went to their consulate in istanbul. a united nations investigator who carried out an inquiry into his murder says the hit—men may

have been convicted, but the "masterminds" behind the killing have walked free. our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. the last public sighting of jamal khashoggi, seen here walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul in october last year. he never came out alive. turkish cctv footage shows a hit team of 15 saudi government agents arriving in istanbul to intercept khashoggi. inside the consulate they overpowered him, injected him and suffocated him. his body has never been found. 11 men were eventually put on trial. today, the preliminary sentences were announced. translation: the criminal court in riyadh has delivered the following preliminary sentences for 11 of the accused. sentencing five of them to death in retribution. they are the ones directly implicated in the death of the victim. may god rest his soul.

at the time of the crime, saudi arabia initially denied responsibility but turkey, which had bugged the consulate, leaked details of what really happened. in november 2018, the cia said the killing was probably ordered by the saudi crown prince. and injune this year, a un report said there was credible evidence of saudi state involvement. saudi arabia's powerful crown prince, mohammed bin salman, had become increasingly irritated by khashoggi's public criticism of his policies. he denies any responsibility in the murder. agnes callamard, who's investigated the murder on behalf of the un, believes those who masterminded it have walked free. the only people that have been ultimately sentenced in that trial are those that i call the hitmen. they are at the lowest level of the chain of command. anyone above has not been...

either not been charged at all or they were charged and then let free. jamal khashoggi was described by one royal aide as a threat to national security. critics are now calling the investigation into his murder a whitewash. for saudi arabia, this whole story has cast a dark shadow over its international reputation. in riyadh, the authorities will be hoping this verdict draws a line under it but others will keep on pressing for answers. picking up on that final point, one suspects because of what the un is saying that this isn't the end of the matter. it certainly isn't. i think most human rights organisations are pretty unanimous that this was a flawed trial. it was held in great secrecy, there was no access to journalists. but above all it's the result that is troubling to people. this was a very complex operation involving 15 saudi

government security agents, officials, taking off in two government planes in what the rest of the world considered to be a premeditated operation. they took with them a forensic pathologist. we have all heard about the bone saw. i have all heard about the bone saw. i have spent a few years working in the gulf, and nobody does anything without permission from above. there is no such thing as a rogue operation, people don't disobey orders, they wait for orders from above. so the biggest criticism here is that although it sounds draconian to sentence five people to death, there are almost certainly people above that in the chain of command who would have given those orders, and they appear to have walked three, that is the criticism. frank gardner, thank you. the chief executive of the us aircraft manufacturer boeing, has been sacked, less than a week after the company said it would temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 max airliner. boeing has struggled to recover after 346 people died in two

crashes involving the 737. our business correspondent, theo leggett, has the story. two devastating accidents and 346 people died. the first plane crashed into the sea off indonesia late last year. then, in march, an identical aircraft went down in these fields in ethiopia minutes after take—off. since then, boeing's newest and fastest—selling aircraft, the 737 max, has been grounded worldwide. blame's been placed on a piece of flight control software, known as mcas, that activated at the wrong time and forced both planes into a catastrophic dive. boeing's failures and mr mullenberg's leadership have been angrily condemned in the us congress. those pilots never had a chance. these loved ones never had a chance. they were in flying coffins. senator, if i could try to respond to your question. first of all, the premise... er, that we would lie or conceal

isn't consistent with our values. zipporah kuria lost herfather in the ethiopian crash. she says mr mullenberg's departure means little to her. i don't think his resignation is going to change anything for me. maybe for other families but it isn't going to bring my dad home for christmas and it's not going to bring lots of loved ones around the table for dinner this year or any other year to come. so, for us, it doesn't make that much of a difference but we hope other families don't have to go through what we are going through. the final humiliation for dennis mullenberg came last week when boeing suspended production of the 737 max because regulators still won't let the plane back in the air. it is unclear when it'll fly again. but, when it does, one of the biggest challenges facing the chief executive will be to persuade passengers it really has been made as safe as it possibly can be. theo leggett, bbc news.

our business correspondent samira hussain is new york for us. boeing is a huge american company, so boeing is a huge american company, so what does it mean for the company and for the economy? there is no doubt that this company has suffered financial and reputational damage. it has lost the confidence of aviation regulators both here in the united states and right around the world. it no longer makes its most profitable plane, and won't do so for the foreseeable future. airlines have no clarity on when these jets will be operational again. it's already lost $9 billion in the wake of this crisis, and that number continues to grow. and us lawmakers have accused boeing of putting

profits over the safety of passengers. boeing remains confident in the future of its 737 max fleet, but there is one question it cannot answer, which is whether or not passengers will ever feel safe in those planes again. clive. thank you for that, samir hussein in new york. the former love island presenter caroline flack has appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend. ms flack appeared at highbury magistrates court after being arrested and charged with assault by battery — following a domestic incident at her home in london — earlier this month. the court was told her boyfriend — tennis player lewis burton — does not support the prosecution. the sports minister nigel adams says the government is committed to working closely with football authorities to stamp out racism. he says he'll be monitoring their plans after the chelsea player antonio rudiger complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterday's premier league match at tottenham.

one chelsea fan has been arrested for allegedly abusing tottenham player son heung—min. here'sjoe wilson. antonio rudiger‘s gestures told us what he'd heard — monkey chants playing for chelsea at tottenham, london, not a distant eastern european stadium. on twitter, rudiger wrote: "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." he also wrote: "i really hope that the offenders will be found and punished soon and in such a modern football ground like the tottenham hotspur stadium, with dozens of tv and security cameras, it must be possible to find and subsequently punish them." well, ultimately, a football stadium is just a place of employment and every employee has a right to work without experiencing discrimination. racist behaviour amongst spectators is interfering with the game. please remember that in football there is no place for racism. there was a warning

on the loudspeaker at the game — football's protocols did in some form unfold, but the players' organisation now wants the government to act. a racism inquiry. at the moment, most decent people in this country, and i think that's the majority, are being tarnished by the actions of a minority. and all the great things we stood for in 2012 with the olympics and all that inclusivity and tolerance, it's been eroded slowly and we can't allow that to happen. at tottenham's media conference today, the manager was asked if football needs help. i think society needs help, and then football is... a micro society, if you can call it. do we need help? yes, but society needs help. when england's footballers faced racist chants and nazi salutes in bulgaria, england's manager always stressed there were problems at home. he was right. players may now have confidence

to report what they hear. it doesn't mean they're confident that things will change. joe wilson, bbc news, tottenham. there are growing indications that the 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 is is running a sophisticated insurgency, with around 10,000 supporters, 4—5,000 of whom, are fighters. senior commanders of the kurdish security force, the peshmerga, warn that the militants are moving freely once again in some areas, raising funds and carrying out attacks. from northern iraq, our international correspondent 0rla guerin has sent us this report. 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 in the delta at the tigris river. you can say they're permanent there. are you worried? of course. of course i'm worried because they are really a big threat. and 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 is coming home. his mother is overwhelmed by grief. at the loss of her bright eyed boy, zakaria taha saleh. shot dead in october. i swear, i cannot help myself, says um zakaria. you are my life, you are my soul. 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 had to travel with an armed escort. is hit the electricity supply a day before our visit. iraqi forces 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 have 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. movement is only possible in daylight hours, not after dark. militia fighters in hawija are on alert. one of their checkpoints was targeted earlier this month. hussain 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. 0rla guerin, bbc news, northern iraq. australia's 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, that's fuelling the country's bushfires. nine people have been killed and hundreds of homes have been destroyed across large parts

of new south wales. mr morrison has been criticised for his response to crisis, but he reiterated he wouldn't adjust policies, through panic. prince charles says his father, the duke of edinburgh, is being treated very well, on his fourth day in hospital in london. he was speaking to well wishers, as he visited flood hit communities in yorkshire. dan johnson reports now from the village of fishlake, hit hard by torrential rain, last month. set up your picnic seat. clear the streets. this was a first for fishlake, an unprecedented visit after an unparalleled flood. the mints were shared. the shoes were shiny. and the south yorkshire handshakes? well, they're not afraid to get a grip. people here seem genuinely pleased to see the prince. thank you for coming, it means a lot. he took the chance to see some of

the homes wrecked when the river don overflowed last month. it's been a real battle since it happened because the insurance companies have taken so long. justin's suffered more than most. i said, "where were you six weeks ago?" this is six weeks since this happened. only now have you actually picked this up. this is... so, yeah. i think prince charles, you know, he understood exactly what i was saying. you know, it's incredibly frustrating. three feet of water submerged the village for more than a week. thousands were affected across yorkshire and the midlands. this is where all the kitchen units were. people who now face a miserable christmas. we're not in a position that we're anywhere that we feel is home. and, to us, christmas should be at home. we've had to explain to everybody, you know, we appreciate you sending christmas cards, but don't be expecting anything from us this year, i'm really sorry. we just don't feel in the mood or in that position to celebrate. the clear up is still

going on here and there is an awful lot more to do. these fellows have been filling this van twice a day, every day, for the last seven weeks. so this is notjust about people being out of their homes for christmas, it's going to take a lot longer than that, way into next year before things are anything like normal again. the prince met local politicians who've called for a regional version of cobra, the government emergency response committee. climate change is undoubtedly a factor. so, we do need to look very carefully at what's happened here. and we need investment. we need to ensure that our flood defenses are fit for purpose, because i don't want to be here in five years or ten years having this same conversation. when a royal‘s in town, questions of family are never far away. sir, how is your father? he's all right. once you get to that age, things don't work as well. but today's real focus was on people here who are still facing a difficult future. danjohnson, bbc news, in fishlake. a scientist from leeds university is helping to update

british sign language, used by tens of thousands of people in the uk. new signs have now been created, describing the latest discoveries in the world of astronomy. this report, by our science correspondent, victoria gill, will be translated simultaneously, into bsl. so far, we have looked at some simple terms, such as the moon, sun, northern lights and some of the planets like saturn and jupiter, but we definitely need more new signs. explaining the mysteries of our universe is tricky in any language, but in british sign language for many of the latest discoveries in the astrophysical world there simply are no words, so those words, new astronomical signs, are being created. the planets that you will find in protoplanetary discs are not the same as the extra planets that we observe in planetary systems. teaming up with british sign language linguists, one astrophysicist is helping

to develop signs to encourage deaf astronomers, students and enthusiasts, to join the celestial conversation. it is a field of science that is rapidly advancing and it needs new language to be able to communicate these new discoveries. ifind personally it's really so exciting that i could actually design a sign myself together with them, i could input into what the sign would be and it would be there forever in the british sign language, so, wow, i find that amazing. ok, so it is not implying an orbit. it is more than 20 years since the discovery of the first planet outside of our solar system, the first known exoplanet. exoplanet. today in this small workshop that discovery is finally being given a sign. for some of these complicated concepts there are foundations in language that already exist, so there is a sign for planet,

but there is no sign for exoplanet, so that could be a planet that is far away. so it is about building on the foundations that already exist as well as visualising the science. once the new sign has been decided on it is added to a video dictionary. this project has made me realise how useful it is. i've been involved in astronomy for a while but i've realised how valuable these new terms are going to be for members of the deaf community. actually, it's increased my interest as well and given open access for other people. so i think it's very important and i think it's important that this happens across a range of science subjects. so beyond just looking at the stars, the hope is that more people will feel empowered to talk about and really see the latest discoveries about the universe. victoria gill, bbc news. a painting by ls lowry, which had been unknown to the art world, is to be sold at auction next month. ‘the mill at pendlebury,‘ painted in 1943, has never been displayed in public before, and doesn't appear in any

books on the artist. the painting features the uk's first all—electric powered cotton spinning mill, and goes on sale after the death of its owner this year. it could fetch up to £1 million. for many, christmas wouldn't be the same without raising a glass to friends and family in the local pub. but in less than 20 years in the uk, the number of smaller locals has halved. this week the government pledged more than a million pounds to community action groups working to rescue or reopen their local pubs, as our rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall now reports from the west country. there is no cosy christmas cheer at the rising sun, just a ghost of a pub. it closed nine years ago, the last wisp of the community soul of the village of woodcroft, which had already lost its post office and shop. jerry, in his 80s, has lived here for over 40 years.

most evenings he used to be found in the sun, but now... most of my evenings are spent alone, up here. people call in, which is very nice, but they are not here in the evenings late, so you spend quite a lot of time on your own, where you could be spending it down the pub having a game of crib, or darts or something. he joined the community group trying to save it. remember coming up over the hill and people sitting there? you couldn't wait to park yourcarup, andjust walk in and have a chat. a decade on, and they are still battling the property developer who owns it. they say they won't give up. we managed to have the pub made an asset of community value. in fact, we have had that done twice. we've fought off a few planning applications successfully, and, whenever we've had a big battle, we have won it.

so we're going to drive across the border now to see a pub that has been saved by the locals. they had to raise £1 million to do it. this is southstoke in somerset and the packhorse inn. trading for more than 150 years, then sold by a big pub company to a property developer. where festive drinks are being brewed, there were nearly office desks, but more than 500 locals chipped in to save it. across the countryside, six pubs a week are closing. the team here says the powerful pub companies, hungry for profit, are partly to blame and planning rules must be changed. this as a house would be worth a lot more money than as a pub, so while pubs can be closed and turned into offices or houses, people will be tempted to cash in and get the money. but community pubs are helping to fill the void, and so far not a single one has gone bust.

that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, but now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. welcome to the programme. persistent rain starting southwest wells and then moving northwards and eastwards. skies will clear with a few showers following across the northern half of the countries, staying quite chilly with frost and places, wanted to showers a bit of

the great start towards the northeast, and we'll see those heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing in to south wales into southwest england and strong and gusty winds, some sunshine for the north, whether to showers of variable cloud with damages in the single digits around 11 or 12 damages in the single digits around 11 or12 in damages in the single digits around 11 or 12 in the south. as we headed to the latter part of christmas eve, stay fairly showering of the coast of the country below showers will continue to ease down as we had to christmas eve at night and into christmas eve at night and into christmas day and that is because this ridge of high pressure will be in and settle things down the big day itself, we'll start off quite chilly with temperatures across as a have a bit of mist and fog dig or make you feel very festive and on map, barely cloud in the sky. hazy out west and the system arrives and we'll see in the single figures and

as we had through christmas day into boxing day, wetter and windy across the west, for the easter season fog patches it'll quite a chilly night and milderair patches it'll quite a chilly night and milder air mass starts to did she think she'd been forced out unfairly? squeezing the isa bias. some of that rain will be heavy —— squeeze in the eyes of ours. accumulating snow over the scottish mountains. milder in the scottish mountains. milder in the south. —— squeeze in the isobars. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak. tottenham say their initial findings into the alleged racist abuse of antonio rudiger are "inconclusive," following

yesterday's match with chelsea. they've got a new manager and this could be everton's new home... as they submit a planning application for a brand new stadium and record ticket sales for netballs nations cup next month, we'll be speaking to the roses coach about the challenge ahead hello and welcome to sportsday. the uk government says it won't rule out taking "further steps" if football authorities in england fail to deal with racism. it follows yesterday's match between tottenham and chelsea in the premier league. a chelsea fan has been arrested for allegedly abusing

son heung—min during that game, whilst spurs have put out a statement saying their initial findings into the alleged racist abuse of chelsea's antonio rudiger are "inconclusive" but a "thorough" investigation is continuing. rudiger said he was targetted with racist abuse during chelsea's win and announcements were then made to the crowd stating racist behaviour was interfering with the game. police are also investigating. facing the media today ahead of the boxing day fixtures, premier league managers were asked for their thoughts about what should be done to tackle the issue. society needs help. we need to eradicate this, we have to eradicate any form of discrimination in this case, we are speaking about racism. and yes, football needs help but society needs help. it is not