this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. russia launches airstrikes against civilian targets across ukraine including what officials describe as a massive attack on the capital, kyiv. eight people taken to hospital with four in a critical condition after a suspected crush during a concert in south london by nigerian afrobeat artist asake. it was many, many more people than i had ever seen, and obviously emergency vehicles. a fire at a residential building on the outskirts of the french city of lyon has killed ten people. five of those who died were children. members of the uk's biggest rail union begin a 48—hour walk—out. just one in five trains are expected to run today

and tomorrow in england, scotland and wales. meanwhile, the nurses�* union is planning a fresh wave of strikes in the new year unless the uk government agrees to re—open pay talks. i know things are difficult right now and that is why the government is providing lots of support for people, particularly with energy bills. twitter has closed the accounts of a number ofjournalists working for high—profile outlets, most of whom had written critically about the takeover by elon musk. lam iamjust i am just going to interrupted you, you continue to call me mr speaker, and i_ you continue to call me mr speaker, and i have _ you continue to call me mr speaker, and i have given it a long rein. australia's leader of the opposition is pulled—up by the deputy speaker for repeatedly called her mr speaker.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. good morning. russia has launched a new wave of airstrikes against civilian targets across ukraine, including what officials describe as a massive attack on the capital, kyiv. a ukrainian air force spokesperson says russia fired about 60 missiles, with at least three people known to have died. electricity and heating supplies have been disrupted across the country. unlike the previous attack at the end of last month, western ukraine appears to have been spared, as today's attack focused on eastern, southern and central parts of the country. our ukraine correspondent hugo bachega is sheltering in a basement in the capital kyiv, hejoins us now. good to know that you are safe, hugo, russia has been accused of weaponising winter?— hugo, russia has been accused of weaponising winter? yes, we have been here for— weaponising winter? yes, we have been here for three _ weaponising winter? yes, we have been here for three hours - weaponising winter? yes, we have been here for three hours now, . been here for three hours now, martine, during this wave of attacks targeting cities across the country,

and again, what we're seeing is that russia has been targeting civilian infrastructure, this has been the strategy for weeks now. so, power cuts now happening in several parts of the country, including here in the k of, the second largest city, kharkiv, is completely without electricity, and we are hearing that parts of the country are without heating and water, we understand that emergency services are now trying to repair the damage and restore services, but as you said, ukraine has been accusing russia of weaponising winter with these attacks, leaving millions of people across the country without electricity and heating, and this is a country where temperatures can dropped to —15, —20 celsius, so there is the fear that this could cause a humanitarian crisis, and what we are seeing today is that multiple cities across the country have been hit, kyiv, kharkiv, also

that are in the south, zaporizhzhia, and we understand two people have been killed in the city of kryvyi rih after a residential building was hit as the city was attacked. officials are saying that more than 60 missiles have been fired by russia in this latest wave of attacks. ~ ., russia in this latest wave of attacks. ~ . , , russia in this latest wave of attacks. . ,, attacks. what help is it possible for the government, _ attacks. what help is it possible for the government, the - attacks. what help is it possible for the government, the local . for the government, the local authorities, to get to people who are affected by these outages? 50. are affected by these outages? so, what the are affected by these outages? srr, what the authorities are affected by these outages? s57, what the authorities are are affected by these outages? s513, what the authorities are saying are affected by these outages? sr3, what the authorities are saying is that they have a plan in place, so, hospitals have generators, and we've been talking to people here in kyiv, and even residents are prepared for these blackouts, they have got generators, but also what the officials are saying is that this is another sign that they need air defence systems to protect not only these essential facilities but also to protect cities across the country from these missiles, also from those drones, iranian made drones that russia has been using in these attacks, and what the authorities

are saying is that this is how russia is reacting to recent military defeats on the battlefield, by attacking civilian sites and civilian infrastructure across the country, in places away from the front lines, and ijust spoke with an advisor to the defence minister, he told me that the authorities here believe that these attacks are unlikely to continue, so i think what the ukrainians are trying to say is that these attacks are going to continue, and that western countries need to provide this country with more air defence capabilities so they can protect those cities and also protect the critical infrastructure of this country, as again, they say, this russian strategy is likely to continue. at least ten people have been killed, including five children, in a fire at an apartment

building near lyon. officials released a statement saying a "sizeable fire" broke out in a seven—storey block of flats in vaulx—en—velin. the fire has been extinguished after it was battled by 170 firefighters. the exact cause is currently unknown. the french interior minister said an investigation would be opened. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in france hugh schofield. this terrible blaze broke out at three o'clock in the morning in this block of flats, seven story block of flats, in the suburb of vaulx—en—velin in lyon and it spread very quickly from the ground floor it seems up to the third floor. the alarm was called very, very quickly, so the fire services were there within minutes, but not quickly enough to stop the deaths of ten people, the youngest of them are three, and there are some harrowing accounts from onlookers of how they saw children being thrown out of windows to save them and then their parentsjumping out as windows to save them and then their parents jumping out as well. and

windows to save them and then their parentsjumping out as well. and now the question, the fire is —— the fire is out now, the question is to work out what happened. find fire is out now, the question is to work out what happened. and how far did it spread. — work out what happened. and how far did it spread, what _ work out what happened. and how far did it spread, what state _ work out what happened. and how far did it spread, what state is _ work out what happened. and how far did it spread, what state is the - did it spread, what state is the rest of the building in?- rest of the building in? well, lookin: rest of the building in? well, looking at — rest of the building in? well, looking at the _ rest of the building in? well, looking at the pictures - rest of the building in? well, looking at the pictures in - rest of the building in? well, looking at the pictures in the j rest of the building in? well, - looking at the pictures in the local press, on their website, looking at the pictures in the local press, on theirwebsite, not looking at the pictures in the local press, on their website, not too bad. as so often is the case, it wasn't flames that killed people, it wasn't flames that killed people, it was a smoke inhalation. it looks like it started on the ground floor and then spread up the stairwell, and then spread up the stairwell, and reached the third floor, but they will have been a lot of families affected on those three floors. what you're hearing and reading on local websites and the local newspaper is that local people are angry because they say buildings like this one you know not particularly reputable neighbourhood had become places for drug dealing and it was well—known that at the bottom of the stairwell in this ill doing, it was a place where drug

dealer is hung out overnight, and so without being able to point the finger of blame, it is clear that local people are saying this down there and saying that they are angry that there wasn't earlier police intervention key places like that safe, but this is local gossip, it is not at all established that that was the cause of the fire. it's another day of disruption as strikes hit transport networks across britain. members of the uk's biggest rail union, the rmt, began their latest walkout at midnight. it's in two ongoing disputes with network rail and the rail delivery group over pay, job security and working conditions. it means just one in five trains are expected to run across england, scotland and wales today and tomorrow. yesterday, members of the tssa union which represents around 2,500 rail workers, voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offerfrom network rail, including a minimum 9% pay rise. meanwhile there could a fresh wave of nhs nursing strikes in the new year. around half of routine operations were cancelled in parts of the uk where nurses took action yesterday. strikes will escalate

unless the government negotiate the royal college of nursing has warned strikes will escalate unless the government negotiate on pay. this calendar gives you an idea of the number of strikes taking place and planned in the two weeks before christmas, with more to come in the following weeks. mick lynch is the general secretary of the rail, maritime and transport workers union. i spoke to him a short time ago and he told me about the progress being made in talks. well, we met last night, talks convened with the rail minister in the house of commons, i was there with my team along with network rail and the rail delivery group for the train operators. we had an exchange of views about what we might do to progress the talks, how we might work up some solutions, and having heard that, the rail minister requested that all the parties get together in talks and try and work up together in talks and try and work up some solutions, and the aim of that will be to get some compromises

and some agreements, and if we can do that, what we would like to do is put some improved proposals to our members and see if they can accept those, and may be resolved the dispute and get this industrial action lifted. but that means that we need to work quickly and we need a bit of goodwill from all parties including the employers and the government and from ourselves, of course. ~ . . , course. what are the sticking oints, course. what are the sticking points. can — course. what are the sticking points. can you _ course. what are the sticking points, can you sum - course. what are the sticking points, can you sum them i course. what are the sticking l points, can you sum them up? course. what are the sticking - points, can you sum them up? well, there are a — points, can you sum them up? well, there are a number _ points, can you sum them up? well, there are a number of _ points, can you sum them up? well, there are a number of sticking - there are a number of sticking points. as i said, they want to change our members' working lives very dramatically, and the train operating companies want to close every booking office in britain, nearly 900 booking offices, they want to bring in driver only operations which we believe affects accessibility and safety on the railway, and of course our members' jobs. they want to change the safety regime in track inspections and all the rest of it, and of course we have got a set of pay proposals that are way below the rate of inflation and don't impact on the cost of living crisis. so what we would like

to do is get improvements on all of those, get some serious dialogue and some revisions to their current positions and then we can put that to our members. h0??? positions and then we can put that to our members.— positions and then we can put that to our members. ., . ., , ., to our members. how much money would be enou~h, to our members. how much money would be enough. what — to our members. how much money would be enough, what sort _ to our members. how much money would be enough, what sort of _ to our members. how much money would be enough, what sort of percentage - be enough, what sort of percentage increase would you settle for? well. increase would you settle for? well, i don't negotiate _ increase would you settle for? well, i don't negotiate with _ increase would you settle for? well, i don't negotiate with the _ increase would you settle for? -ii i don't negotiate with the bbc, no matter how eminent they are, we will discuss that behind closed doors, with the employers. we have asked for a substantial increase in pay, we don't put a figure, either publicly or to the employers, in our claims. but of course it is dependent on what they want us to do, because the government is insisting that all of this money is self generated from our own members' working practices so it depends on what those working practices are, what those working practices are, what can be generated through the savings and efficiencies that they are demanding, where the final pay settlement will settle. so it is not as complex as me saying i would like this amount of money and them saying, we will see what we can do, it doesn't work like that,

unfortunately it is very complex and it's generated through other devices rather than somebody just it's generated through other devices rather than somebodyjust putting a load of money on the table and us dividing it up between our people. joining me now from paddington station is our correspondent, aruna iyengar. normally it would be much busier than that at paddington? that's right. normally thousands, hundreds of people milling around here, it is a real transport hub in the centre of london. but today as you can see behind me it is fairly sparse, a lot of people hanging around trying to find out whether their trains are running. there are services running today but only one in five trains are running. usually services are coming from here, from the middle of london, overto coming from here, from the middle of london, over to the west of england, to bristol, down to devon, over to south wales. but today it is just a 20% service. network rail have put

staff out here to advise people who are coming out of the london underground and from heathrow airport and who may find that their connections aren't working. i have seen a few people disappointed today when they turned up but generally, people are aware of these train strikes and so aren't turning up on spec as they might have done in the previous few weeks. and so there is a managed expectation as it were, people aren't turning up to discover that their trains aren't running. all of this comes as a result of a dispute between the rmt which is the largest rail workers union, and network rail, there is also a dispute with the rail delivery group. network rail is the organisation which maintains and owns the rail tracks and the at every group is an organisation that oversees 14 rail operating companies and there are about 20,000 rmt workers in the rail delivery group

companies. the rmt has rejected a pay offer of 5% for this year and 4% for next year, but that offer has been also accepted by the smaller union, which is the tssa, and the unite union. so we will have to see in the coming days and weeks what happens, but there are more rail strikes expected on christmas eve, going on into the 27th of december and into the new year. the advice really is to check before you turn up really is to check before you turn up at the railway station to make sure that your train is actually going to run, because it is going to be chaos between now and into the new year. �* , ., ., _, be chaos between now and into the new year. �* , _, ., , new year. and it is too cold to be stuck outside _ new year. and it is too cold to be stuck outside with _ new year. and it is too cold to be stuck outside with nowhere - new year. and it is too cold to be stuck outside with nowhere to - stuck outside with nowhere to shelter. aruna iyengar at paddington station, thank you very much. joining me now is dr angela baron who is an industrial relations expert and currently lectures at the university of sussex. good to see you again, dr baron, thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. there are strikes on a number

of fronts, notably, across the transport network but also within the national health service, how have we got to this point where so many unions are deciding to take action? ~ ~ , action? well, i think partly in the ublic action? well, i think partly in the public sector. _ action? well, i think partly in the public sector, and _ action? well, i think partly in the public sector, and also, - action? well, i think partly in the public sector, and also, of- action? well, i think partly in the | public sector, and also, of course, in some of the privatised public sector industries, we've seen ten years of austerity which has encouraged people to take lower pay rises, and now we have got a double whammy of the cost of living and inflation, so, of course, that is fuelling discontent. however, it's notjust fuelling discontent. however, it's not just about pay and to fuelling discontent. however, it's notjust about pay and to call this a pay dispute i think is slightly misleading. this is about working practices as well, and particularly, you heard from mick lynch there, that he said it is notjust about pay, it is about understanding how we can make savings from changing practices, and in the nhs, in the postal workers' strikers wow, a lot

of it is about practices, and in the nhs of course, they are under significant pressure, nurses are concerned about staffing levels, about the impact that that might have on patient safety. so, it's not just a pay issue. the postal workers also are concerned about the loss of jobs, about casualisation, and about other things that are going to impact the service that they are able to give to the public. i wonder whether there _ able to give to the public. i wonder whether there is _ able to give to the public. i wonder whether there is a _ able to give to the public. i wonder whether there is a sort _ able to give to the public. i wonder whether there is a sort of - whether there is a sort of coalescing of this, because if enough unions decide to take action, others will think it is a good time for them to do it too you get a sense of that but that there is a building effect, a galvanising effect? ~ ~ , ., ., effect? well, i think there is a lot of ent effect? well, i think there is a lot of pent uo — effect? well, i think there is a lot of pent up frustration _ effect? well, i think there is a lot of pent up frustration in - effect? well, i think there is a lot of pent up frustration in the - effect? well, i think there is a lot| of pent up frustration in the labour market that workers were expected to shoulder much of the burden of austerity, of the financial crisis,

of course, dating back 15 years almost now. and i sense that they were also going to be required to shoulder the burdens of some of the economic failings, the fallout from some of the policies that we've seen in the past 12 years of a conservative government. so, i think there are a number of things fuelling discontent in the workplace. but i also think that it is very unfortunate that we seem to have gone back to a confrontational style of implement relations, which is really not helpful to anybody, neither employers nor workers nor customers. everybody working in industrial relations, notjust me, will tell you that if you want good relationships, if you want to minimise industrial action, then you have to take a collaborative approach to the workers. and of

course, what we have seen in some industries is the sense that things are being done to them that are completely out of their control, that decisions are being made that they aren't able to influence, and then diktat are coming down, this is how it's going to be. and that's not a great way to manage change in organisations, actually talking to people, involving people, enabling them to understand why changes are necessary is a much better way to go about it, and if that had happened over the last few years, maybe some of these strikes could have been avoided. ,, of these strikes could have been avoided. . , ., ., , ., avoided. one final question for you, from the employer's _ avoided. one final question for you, from the employer's perspective, i from the employer's perspective, maybe that is the government, in some cases, to what extent has the pandemic and the way that society changed during covid—i9 precipitated some of this reform that may have been coming down the track, no pun intended, later, and it has actually arrived faster?—

arrived faster? well, i think the andemic arrived faster? well, i think the pandemic certainly _ arrived faster? well, i think the pandemic certainly focused - arrived faster? well, i think the i pandemic certainly focused public opinion a little more, and we recognised who are important to us and we realised that it was the people that perhaps we hadn't valued as highly before, as a society, nhs staff in particular, but also the people who carried on working in supermarkets, making sure that we could do our shopping. the postal workers who carried on delivering our parcels, the delivery drivers, and the bus drivers, the rail workers. suddenly we realised that these people perform a vital service, and perhaps we ought to value them a little bit more. so i think that public perception might have changed a little bit, and certainly we've seen a lot of public sympathy, a lot of hostility as well, but quite a lot of public sympathy for many of these strikes, particularly, of course, of the

nurses. in terms of whether the pandemic changed very much, well, it certainly accelerated things like remote working and other things. but i think these were trends anyway. i think the most worrying trend that we're seeing at the moment, which is of course also one of the reasons that we're seeing discontent, is a casualisation of the workforce, you know, organisations thinking they can perhaps replace skilled workers with cheaper alternatives, and of course, that is quite a big threat to workers' and security, and that is one of the key things which is going to drive discontent, and may well manifest itself in industrial disputes. idr well manifest itself in industrial dis - utes. , ~ ., well manifest itself in industrial disutes. , ~ ., ., ., disputes. dr angela baron, from the university of — disputes. dr angela baron, from the university of sussex, _ disputes. dr angela baron, from the university of sussex, we _ disputes. dr angela baron, from the university of sussex, we are - disputes. dr angela baron, from the university of sussex, we are hoping | university of sussex, we are hoping that that lovely light shining on you is a log fire. it’s that that lovely light shining on you is a log fire.— you is a log fire. it's not,

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a caring profession. i don't think it's caring to go on strike. what do we want? fair pay. when do we want it? now _ the government argues 70,000 appointments and surgeries were lost in england alone due to the strike, that's not including wales and northern ireland. at addenbrooke's in cambridgeshire, 2,000 appointments have been cancelled because of either yesterday's action or the next nurses' strike on tuesday. we tried doing it without striking, we wanted to not strike — that is important to us. the government says they cannot afford to give us the money and we're saying, "you can't afford not to." patients are too important. if we don't have appropriate wages and good remuneration, we will never retain staff in the profession, so then, even more things could get cancelled in the future. we need safe care for our patients. it's not personal, it's not for the nursing, i but it's for our patients.

so, the more nurses we have, the better care we can give. . a former conservative health minister, a doctor by training, is appealing to ministers to offer more than the current 4.75% already on the table. so, in terms of retention and recruitment, itjust makes sense for the government to focus on paying a little bit more in terms of the pay that's available and give a bit of a better pay rise because it's more likely that more nurses will stay working for the nhs. but the department of health remains adamant that the rise nurses want is unaffordable and unfair to others in the public sector. meanwhile, the rcn is warning that a fresh round of strikes will be announced next week if ministers don't give ground, meaning longer industrial action perhaps occurring in mid—january. naomi grimley, bbc news. the prime minister rishi sunak

has been on a visit to northern ireland this morning, he says the government remains open to talks but the demand for a i9% rise is unaffordable. the health secretary has always made clear, repeatedly and consistently, that his door is always open for talks. we want to be reasonable, we want to be constructive. that's the way that the government has gone about this. we've got enormous gratitude for all our public sector workers for the job they do. i know things are difficult right now, that is why the government is providing lots of support for people, particularly with energy bills, and it's why the government accepted in full the recommendations of an independent pay review body about what appropriate and fair pay levels were, but we will always have our door open and always be willing to sit down and be reasonable and constructive. four people are in a critical condition in hospital after a crush at a concert in south london last night. police were called to the o2 academy n brixton during a gig by afropop

singer asake after reports of people trying to force their way into the venue. let's speak to our reporter mark lobel, who's in south london. mark, what don't more do you know about this incident?— about this incident? martine, the olice are about this incident? martine, the police are investigating _ about this incident? martine, the police are investigating as - about this incident? martine, the police are investigating as we - police are investigating as we speak, you can probably see over my folder the police photographers taking pictures of the scene behind me. you can probably notice some broken glass on the doors of the academy, which have been fairly shut. we have been here for about two hours, the cordon has been in place this whole time, and we have been speaking to residents here, two of whom said they had never seen anything like this. this is a major, of course, concert venue in south london, so it is used to thousands of people are not coming in, 5000 standing or about 2300 seated, but these two people said they had never seen anything like the scenes last night in one of them we can hear from now, called ruth. i night in one of them we can hear from now, called ruth.— night in one of them we can hear from now, called ruth. i only looked out the window _ from now, called ruth. i only looked out the window at _ from now, called ruth. i only looked out the window at 10.30 _ from now, called ruth. i only looked out the window at 10.30 at - from now, called ruth. i only looked out the window at 10.30 at night - out the window at 10.30 at night because — out the window at 10.30 at night because i— out the window at 10.30 at night because ijust assumed it was the usual— because ijust assumed it was the usual crowd leaving the academy, and

it wasn't, _ usual crowd leaving the academy, and it wasn't, it _ usual crowd leaving the academy, and it wasn't, it was many, many more people _ it wasn't, it was many, many more pecule than— it wasn't, it was many, many more pecule than i— it wasn't, it was many, many more people than i had ever seen, and obviously— people than i had ever seen, and obviously emergency vehicles. 30, obviously emergency vehicles. so, the olice obviously emergency vehicles. sr3 the police were already on the obviously emergency vehicles. s513, the police were already on the scene at that point? br; the police were already on the scene at that point?— at that point? by 10.30, yes. there were police — at that point? by 10.30, yes. there were police and _ at that point? by 10.30, yes. there were police and i _ at that point? by 10.30, yes. there were police and i could _ at that point? by 10.30, yes. there were police and i could see - at that point? by 10.30, yes. there were police and i could see an - were police and i could see an ambulance as well.— were police and i could see an ambulance as well. how were people feelin: , ambulance as well. how were people feeling. what — ambulance as well. how were people feeling, what did _ ambulance as well. how were people feeling, what did you _ ambulance as well. how were people feeling, what did you see? _ ambulance as well. how were people feeling, what did you see? it - ambulance as well. how were people feeling, what did you see? it was - feeling, what did you see? it was dark, ijust _ feeling, what did you see? it was dark, i just saw _ feeling, what did you see? it was dark, i just saw a _ feeling, what did you see? it was dark, i just saw a lot _ feeling, what did you see? it was dark, i just saw a lot of— feeling, what did you see? it was dark, i just saw a lot of people, | dark, ijust saw a lot of people, more _ dark, ijust saw a lot of people, more people than i have ever seen, filling _ more people than i have ever seen, filling the _ more people than i have ever seen, filling the entire intersection, and there _ filling the entire intersection, and there were just a lot of people milling — there were just a lot of people milling about, not really leaving. one witness told us that when the doors were forced close, the crowd became very agitated inside. i spoke to a partner of somebody who had a ticket and went inside the building and expected to go into the concert butjust and expected to go into the concert but just as she and expected to go into the concert butjust as she was entering the foyer inside she got pushed from behind, fell to the floor and lost all of her belongings and she had to go to hospital, she is out now, but the crush she said came from people coming in behind her, and that was

while the concert was going on, after eight had started. we have just heard from the mayor of london, we can show you a tweeting has sent he says... he said he was heartbroken that this could happen to young londoners enjoying a night out in our city, urging anyone to contact police with information, and he said, iwon't rest until we have the answer their loved ones and the local community need and deserve. mark lobel in brixton, thank you very much. when tesla boss elon musk took control of twitter he vowed the site would champion free speech within the law. but it increasingly appears mr musk believes some speech is more free than others. it comes after the platform suspended the accounts of several journalists working for high—profile outlets, some of whom had written critically about the takeover of twitter by the billionaire.

matt binder is a reporter at digital platform mashable. i asked him why he thought he'd been suspended from twitter. frankly i don't know exactly what it is that, you know, broke twitter�*s policy. elon muskjust recently updated the policy yesterday, because he has long been feuding with this account called elon's jet that basically uses the public airwaves, where planes are going, this is all public information, and shares whenever his private jet takes off and lands. he previously said that in order to respect free speech, he would allow that account to stay, and then all of a sudden yesterday he banned that account, and the 20—year—old college student who made that account and rewrote twitter�*s rules, to say you can no longer link to this sort of information, this public flight record information.

i simply wrote about it for mashable, and i tweeted about it numerous times on twitter, without linking to this account on any other platform, which is now also banned, you cannot link to off—twitter webpages that have this information, either. so, frankly, i don't know exactly what it is that i tweeted that ran foul of twitter�*s policies but that is basically where we are right now. it may be publicly available data, but to endlessly track one man's private jet, you can understand why he might feel uncomfortable with that, can't you? sure, of course i could. but this is also someone who came into twitter with the idea that all sorts of information should be freely available to post on twitter. this is someone who has literally unsuspended people who previously docked other individuals, neo—nazis, white supremacists,

he recentlyjust unsuspended a user who runs the famous white supremacist website the daily stormer. the infamous, i should say, website. numerous people who stormed the capitol building on 6th january. and he said that twitter would be basically a place where as long as it was legal, it would be allowed, and he is going back on that, which is certainly within his right to do, but he needs to make that policy so people know that he has changed his mind. just explained the word docs, what does it mean? it basically means when someone posts private information of an individual, like their address, online. this is information that is posted by, you know, public resources. but i think a lot of people would feel it was a bit of an invasion of privacy and maybe a security risk, but what difference has it made to you as a journalist not being able to access your twitter account? i mean, it certainly affects anyone

who is a journalist, because twitter seems to be, they've created this platform over the years that seems to be the place for news media and political media, and so, yes, not being able to post links and content on the day's events certainly is detrimental to a reporter. i also agree that as someone who owns the platform, elon musk is able to make whatever rules he would like to make and if he wants to ban these users, he can, all i'm saying is that he should live up to his promises to be more transparent and then also let people know exactly what it is they can and cannot do. matt binderfrom matt binder from mashable. politics now and labour have held their seat in stretford and urmston as andrew western becomes the britain's newest mp. mr western, who previously led trafford council, secured nearly 70% of the vote. he succeeds kate green, who resigned last month after being nominated as deputy

mayor of greater manchester. the share of the vote saw a 10.5% swing from the conservatives to labour since the 2019 election. i'm absolutely delighted. this is the constituency that i call home, and where i've been the council leader for the last five years. it is an absolute privilege to be elected as the member of parliament. i know the hard work starts now. i'm incredibly grateful to each and every person who went out to vote for me today, and i know that my focus will be on supporting my constituents in what will be difficult times ahead. andrew western mp. a landslide that engulfed a campsite close to the malaysian capital, kuala lumpur, is now known to have killed at least 16 people. about 20 others are still unaccounted for. mud, rocks and trees swept down a hillside at the site on a farm in selangor state in the early hours of the morning as people slept in their tents. our south asia correspondent jonathan head has been

following developments. the landslide struck at about 2:00 in the morning when people were asleep on the campsite. it appears to have been very fast, and people who survived it described feeling the earth shaking and hearing a huge rumble before this torrent of mud and rocks and trees came down the hill at some speed, it seems, and buried some of the tents. search and rescue teams were able to get there pretty quickly, they were alerted almost immediately so they were there within an hour, but of course it was dark, they were dealing with, you know, thick mud, and it is quite a painstaking business for these teams. they've got about 400 people now looking around the area to try to dig through the mud, a fight to see whether there is anybody still buried there. around 17 people are still unaccounted for and it is not clear whether they think they are actually buried or whether perhaps they moved off elsewhere. it'll take them a while before they know exactly what the full casualty figure is.

southeast asia correspondent jonathan head. the families of the young boys who died after falling into a frozen lake in the west midlands have been paying tribute to them, and thanking the community for their support. eight—year old finlay butler, his six—year old brother samuel, their 11—year old cousin thomas stewart along with 10—year old jackjohnson fell into the lake at babbs mill park near solihull on sunday. phil mackie reports. the mountain of tributes has continued to grow throughout the week. often people describe places where these tragedies happen as close—knit communities. sometimes it's a cliche, but in this case, it's more than a platitude. the effect it's had even on people who were expected to be hardened to dealing with this kind of terrible situation is plain to see. very nasty, yes. i've lived in kingshurst 50 years now, and this is the worst it's ever been. yeah, this is the worst one ever. just hoping everyone pulls together and supports all the families that are involved.

at one of the boys' schools, they held a mass yesterday, attended by parents and the firefighters who tried to save him. we can now put names and faces to the boys. the youngest was samuel butler, who was six, here on the right with his brother, finley. theirfamily said... their elder cousin, thomas stewart, also lost his life. his school said: the other boy was jackjohnson, who reportedly died trying to save the others. jack's school described him as a ray of sunshine, who never failed to make us all smile. on sunday, this was a place of bravery, fear and ultimately despair,

as everyone did their very best to rescue the boys. the lake at babbs mill park will forever be thought of with sadness. phil mackie, bbc news, kingshurst. it's nearly 60 years since presidentjohn f kennedy was shot dead in dallas, texas, and throughout that time, the circumstances surrounding his assassination have been the subject of massive speculation and numerous conspiracy theories. now, though, thousands of documents relating tojfk's death have been released to the public for the first time. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. from dallas, texas, the flash, apparently official. president kennedy died at 1pm, central standard time. 59 years ago, presidentjohn f kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through dallas. his accused killer was lee harvey oswald, a former us marine who never stood trial because he too was shot and killed when in police custody. he's been shot, he's been shot.

an investigation concluded that oswald had acted alone. but the circumstances surrounding this pivotal moment in us history have never been fully explained to the satisfaction of millions of americans. president biden believes all information relating to president kennedy's assassination should be released to the greatest extent possible, consistent with, again, national security. the documents reveal new details about the investigation, including what the authorities knew about the movements of lee harvey oswald in the weeks before the assassination. there are bits and pieces that are fascinating. we've just come across one just a few minutes ago that shows us something we'd never seen before. lee harvey oswald went to mexico cityjust a few weeks before he assassinated president kennedy, and it wasn't a travel visit. he was seeing the cuban embassy

and the russian embassy. he was seeing the cuban embassy and the russian embassy. he was trying to get a visa to cuba and/or russia. historians are poring over the details, but there are no bombshells, no smoking guns to support the many conspiracy theories that, for decades, have swirled around the case. and some of the documents are still being withheld from the public. the cia says it's to protect intelligence sources and methods. the president of the united states is dead. they include records from as late as the 1990s, suggesting the agency was still pursuing the case decades later. polls suggest most americans don't believe official accounts of the president's assassination, and the release of these documents will do nothing to change the public scepticism about how john f kennedy died. peter bowes, bbc news.

as the world cup comes to a close this weekend with argentina taking on france on sunday afternoon most commentators agree the tournament has been a success so far at least on the pitch. off the pitch qatar has come in for criticism on the country's laws on lgbt rights, alcohol distribution, policing, ticket pricing and management. so how has it been for fans who made the journey to the country? we can speak to somebody from football supporters in europe. we will deal with the specifics in a moment, but overall how has this world cup been as a fan experience? it overall how has this world cup been as a fan experience?— overall how has this world cup been as a fan experience? it depends who ou ask. if as a fan experience? it depends who you ask- if you _ as a fan experience? it depends who you ask. if you are, _ as a fan experience? it depends who you ask. if you are, let's _ as a fan experience? it depends who you ask. if you are, let's say, - as a fan experience? it depends who you ask. if you are, let's say, a - you ask. if you are, let's say, a man that is relatively wealthy, not belonging to any vulnerable group and has been lucky enough not to have any sort of bureaucratic or ticketing issues then yes, i'm sure

it has been a good world cup. if you belong to any other group it hasn't. what was the reality like, as opposed to the expectation and the promises in advance, particularly with regard to civil liberties and how lgbtq with regard to civil liberties and how lg btq fans with regard to civil liberties and how lgbtq fans would be treated? the reali how lgbtq fans would be treated? tue: reality has how lgbtq fans would be treated? tte: reality has been how lgbtq fans would be treated? "tt2 reality has been the how lgbtq fans would be treated? tt2 reality has been the stadiums were ready and enjoyable but it has never really been a question. there were some challenges a few weeks before the beginning of the competition when it came to accommodation and transport, and what we saw in the first week where those challenges were not completely fixed, there has been a lot of learning by doing and things done at the last moment by the organisers. when it comes to rights, we can say that fifa has not delivered, has not managed to respect its own rules and regulations. let's take the example

of lgbt rights and the fact that fans were supposed to be allowed to bring rainbow flags into the stadiums. that was a long—term commitment from fifa, already the case in russia 2018, and what we saw were the qatari authorities were able to decide differently and to stop the flag from entering the stadiums. what we saw as well as fifa being incapable of reversing that decision and continued to brief media and national associations that the rainbow flag was allowed into the rainbow flag was allowed into the stadiums. they have put fans at risk with the decision to continue to at least in theory allow the rainbow flag. they have chosen public relations over fans' safety and security, and this is a massive disappointment, and again they have put fans at risk with this decision. what has policing and security been like? and particularly you hear

reports that some iranian fans were not kept safe and work targeted by plainclothes agents.— plainclothes agents. especially for the name plainclothes agents. especially for the game usa- — plainclothes agents. especially for the game usa- iran, _ plainclothes agents. especially for the game usa- iran, what - plainclothes agents. especially for the game usa- iran, what we - plainclothes agents. especially for the game usa- iran, what we saw the game usa— iran, what we saw especially at the end of the games work iranian fans supporting the demonstrations back home, they were being attacked by allegedly agents of the regime, or at least supporters of the regime. what we saw in that game was absolutely and unprecedented, within the vicinity of the stadium fans were attacked physically and no one intervened. this was happening in plain sight, in front of the local police, no one was arrested. it was at best tolerated by european authorities. what we have seen as fifa pretty much lost control of the decisions made by the local host, and we see this as a consequence of fifa colluding with an authoritarian

regime. from the moment they were allowed to reverse the decision on the sale of alcohol, to reverse the decision on allowing or not allowing the rainbow flags in the stadiums it was an open door for other things and it had direct consequences for match going fans as we saw in the game between iran and usa. can t match going fans as we saw in the game between iran and usa. can i ask one final question, _ game between iran and usa. can i ask one final question, what _ game between iran and usa. can i ask one final question, what do _ game between iran and usa. can i ask one final question, what do you - one final question, what do you believe fifa should do in future in terms of the host nation that they choose,in terms of the host nation that they choose, in light of the issues you have highlighted?— have highlighted? there are two thins, have highlighted? there are two things, establishing _ have highlighted? there are two things, establishing clear- have highlighted? there are two things, establishing clear rules, | things, establishing clear rules, and this was a tournament where the rules were not clear and that's for the first time in modern history of the first time in modern history of the world cup, when rules were changing all the time depending on the game, depending on the people, depending on the type of message that you wanted to bring into the stadium. that's the first thing. and then choosing a country where everyone can feel safe and that wasn't the case in qatar. the format has presented the world cup in qatar

to the current leadership of fifa, to the current leadership of fifa, to such an extent as something inherited from the previous leadership. the big question is who is going to host the 2030 world cup? if fifa decides to go to another country where lgbt people are not safe, where same—sex relations are criminalised, then it isn't going to be an accident any more, it is going to be a problem of the organisation, systematic problem of the organisation that it simply doesn't care about safety and security of fans. thank you very much for talking to us. from football supporters europe. in belgium, customs officials at the port of antwerp say they're on course to seize a record amount of cocaine this year. the city is now where 40% of all cocaine detections in the eu are being made. police in europe claimed earlier this month they'd smashed one of the biggest drug smuggling gangs, but the bbc has been told

corruption amongst officials and violence are on the rise in belgium, with more cocaine being made available for users on the continent and in the uk. from antwerp, our europe correspondent nick beake sent this special report. for europe's cocaine smugglers, nothing beats the port of antwerp — a sprawling, open complex through which massive quantities of the drug are being funnelled. only 10% is thought to be intercepted, the rest reaching all corners of the continent and british streets. paul myers was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2007 for trafficking drugs. oh, it was completely wrong what i did, 100%. antwerp was his number one route into europe. everybody who's doing this kind of business, they know antwerp is easy. today, repentant, he worries the authorities aren't doing enough to secure the port, so takes us on a drive to show us what he's concerned about. the port is open. you go inside and all the information that you need to start something,

you can see yourself. you have the truck drivers, you have the people who are working there, you have the name of the boat. now we stay here, nobody asks something. customs teams at the port are on course to seize 100 tonnes of cocaine this year, a new record. again, cocaine. smugglers are innovating all the time, hiding cocaine in the frames of shipping containers, tree trunks and even bananas. so much cocaine is being discovered in antwerp they can't destroy it fast enough. there aren't enough incinerators. tsunami, avalanche, how you will. it's coming to us and we are trying to stop the most. every year it's growing and growing and we are doing more and more controls. but only 2% of containers are physically checked. much of the imports are perishable food that must be shifted quickly, and there's just not enough time to check everything. cocaine getting through the port

of antwerp is now flooding the rest of europe. we are off to meet one user who says it's easier than ever to get hold of the drug. this man, who we are calling matt, says it's now easier to get cocaine than cannabis. as he sees, as his delivery arrives, the couriers are often young or older women to not attract suspicion. when you are buying cocaine, you are giving your money to gangs involved in other crime, maybe prostitution, luring young women in. do you think about that? they shoot on your door with guns, with kalashnikovs, or they throw grenades. the recent deluge of cocaine

into antwerp has fuelled a big increase in violence. everyone is afraid that one day or another innocent people could get hurt, maybe killed, by a mistake. europe's law enforcement agency recently claimed to have smashed a gang that brought in a third of the continent's cocaine, but here the floodgates have opened and it seems the most lucrative of imports is flowing freely. nick beake, bbc news, antwerp. a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. in peru the supreme court has had former president pedro castillo should be held in detention for 18 months before a standing trial for rebellion and conspiracy. he was thrown out of office when he tried to suspend the congress. the european union has officially made bosnia and herzegovina a candidate for membership. kosovo is

also formally submitted an application for candidacy status but five other eu states still do not recognise kosovo's independence which broke away from serbia in 2008. in south africa, where president cyril ramaphosa is hoping to be re—elected as leader of the ruling anc when the party starts its national conference on friday, he has recently avoided being impeached following a report which found that he may have breached the country's anti—corruption legislation. in the uk there has been outrage at the human sewage contaminating many of the country's rivers but bbc analysis suggests waste from farming is also having a big impact. government figures show that rivers in england were polluted by livestock farms 300 times last year, with the dairy industry appearing to be the biggest culprit, but only six farms were prosecuted. our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports. our rivers — beautiful from a distance, but we're becoming more aware how they're being poisoned by human sewage. what's still murky, though,

is the pollution coming from farms. this is the reality of milk production. with more than 2.5 million dairy cows in the uk, their waste is one big dirty problem. we went to a stretch of the frome in somerset. over the last six years, two big leaks of waste from a dairy farm upstream killed around 2,000 fish here. sue everett, who lives nearby, showed us the evidence she filmed. the first thing was the smell. it was appalling. and, as i approached the river, i could see that it was black. how did you feel when you were filming this? sick. sick because i know it had happened before, not that long ago in the same place from the same farm. the farmer responsible was prosecuted for both leaks and ordered to pay tens of thousands of pounds. do you think people are aware that this is a problem?

no, i think farm pollution has been hidden away for far too long. it's the unseen contamination, though, that really worries conservationists — the creeping decline of life. this is a river that's really suffered, and half of all pollution caused by agriculture is down to the industry that gives us billions of pints of milk a year. while supplying that industry, each dairy cow produces up to 53 litres of manure a day. so all the cows in the uk produce more than 50 billion litres a year. that's enough to fill wembley stadium 12 times over. properly applied, it's a highly valuable fertiliser, called slurry. there are strict laws on how it should be treated, but if too much is spread or it rains hard, it can wash off into the rivers. we kick the riverbed to bring out

all of the invertebrates that live inside the riverbed. the flow of water then catches them into the net. this is the river nadder in wiltshire. there should be some mayfly there. oh, yes. yeah, look at that. david is a volunteer, taking samples of the smallest creatures to monitor the health of the river. how do you feel looking down at this tray and the life in it, as opposed to what you used to sample? a real tragedy. the freshwater shrimp, which even three or four years ago we would have been counting them in the hundreds, here i am, and i'm struggling to find ten. recently they've increased the number of farming inspectors. but until a couple of years ago, the probability of you as a farmer getting an inspection was about one in 200 years. so clearly, that is not a big incentive to clean your act up. we've discovered that last year alone, there were 300 incidents of river contamination linked to livestock farms, including 20 major spills. yet, only six farms were prosecuted.

defra says it has now stepped up farm inspections, carrying out more than 3,000 this year compared to around 700 in the whole of 2021. but many are doing their best to comply and some are innovating. this is kate hall's farm in cornwall. her cows supply major supermarkets with milk and their waste, rather than a problem, it's helping to power the farm. so this is our biomethane slurry lagoon. oh, my god! it's pretty cool, isn't it? it looks completely alien. it does. it looks like a living creature. the first system of its kind in the country, it harvests methane gas emitted by the slurry, so it can be used as tractor fuel. but kate says it's notjust about being high tech. it's a really important product. it's like liquid gold, isn't it? you know, it's what you need to make those fields out there grow and it helps the soil and it helps your grass, and then it helps these guys to produce the milk that we need to sell.

so i think it's on the forefront of every farm — dairy farmer's mind. it's on the government's mind, too. it's just created a £13 million fund to help farmers improve their systems. the question is whether it's enough for the industry to become cleaner. claire marshall, bbc news. in the australian parliament, the leader of the opposition liberal party, peter dutton, repeatedly referred to the deputy speaker sharon claydon "mr speaker". although ms claydon reminded him that she is "not mr speaker", mr dutton continued referring to her in that way throughout the speech. take a listen. the shadow energy minister, he presided overfuel watch, grocery watch, he was the shadow assistant treasurer, and mr speaker, he is taking this government and our country down a dead—end. leader of the opposition, i am just going to interrupt you, you continue to call me mr speaker, and i've given it a long rein, you need to use my correct title, and when you're referring

to other members... that is a very valid point, madam deputy speaker. thank you. and i'm sorry i haven't addressed you with the correct title... but the fact is, mr speaker, that there is a broader issue taking place here. you know that trouble is on the horizon, mr speaker. you know, we're in favour of renewables. i'm not mrspeaker... we want to firm up those renewables and we don't want the lights to go out, we don't want there to be a lack of... mr speaker, we don't want there to be... oh, man! ..a lack of stability... leader of the opposition... madam deputy speaker, we don't want there to be a lack of energy in the system, that drives manufacturers offshore. peter dutton. a large aquarium at a hotel lobby in berlin has burst, injuring two people. glass and debris is scattered across the street in front of the building where police say they're also dealing with a massive amount of water. there's no official explanation but one unconfirmed report suggests "material fatigue" may be to blame.

you're watching bbc news. hello. it's another crisp and very cold day out there for many of you, but we have had some snow so far this morning across parts of central scotland. met office amber warning remains in place until the afternoon. some travel disruption likely, particularly in areas to the north of glasgow and falkirk. some lower level sites in the west will start to turn a bit more to rain and sleet as temperatures rise. a few rain and sleet and snow showers into the north and west of northern ireland, and an isolated shower in western parts of wales. but the vast majority, it's another dry, it's another sunny day. and for a few of you, again, temperatures will not get above freezing. so into this evening and overnight, we start to see a few changes. the winds more southwesterly,

so not as cold tonight. there'll be further wintry flurries around western scotland and there'll be a few more showers developing through parts of northern england, wales and maybe the south west. rain around the coast and snow inland could lead to some icy conditions. coldest with clearer skies down through the east, east anglia, southeast, maybe minus eight tomorrow morning, but a dry and sunny day to come here elsewhere, western areas, a lot more cloud around, certainly more in the northern england where we're going to see a mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow, wintry showers in the west of wales and to the west of scotland. but still some sunny spells around on saturday. and i think we should just about all be above freezing by this stage. temperatures are starting to rise a little bit. the big change, though, will come sunday. these weather fronts wrapped around an area of low pressure coming all the way from the mid atlantic will bring a zone of much, much milder air. but to get from the cold to the mild, it's going to be a tricky process. if you have any cross—country travel planned for sunday, keep an eye on the forecast. we could see a spell of freezing rain leading to some dangerous icy conditions and also some hill snow before things turn

back to rain later. so this is how the day plays out. dry brightish start towards the east and rain across some western areas. but in between that's going to turn to rain, hail, sleet and snow, particularly on its forward edge. and as i said, there could be some freezing rain as well. that's where the rain falls on to very cold surfaces and freezes on impact. so, still pretty chilly to northern and eastern areas on sunday. much milder to the west, but watch through sunday night into monday how that milder air pushes through during the night to all parts. so compared to the sub—zero mornings of late, this is how the monday morning commute will feel, 8 to 13 or 1a degrees. so the run—up to christmas will be a milder one, but it won't be straightforward. there'll be some wet and windy weather at times. your full weather for the week ahead is on the bbc weather website.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: members of the uk's biggest rail union begin a 48—hour walk—out. just one in five trains is expected to run today and tomorrow in england, scotland and wales. we have asked for a substantial increase in pay. we don't put the figure, either publicly or to the employers in our claims. there is a customer, and a colleague benefit, for those reforms to take place. we just need to get to a point where we agree what those reforms are, and how to implement them. meanwhile, the nurses' union is planning a fresh wave of strikes in the new year unless the uk government agrees to re—open pay talks. i know things are difficult right now and that is why the government

is providing lots of support for people, particularly with energy bills. eight people have been taken to hospital after a suspected crush in south london. russia launches airstrikes against civilian targets across ukraine, including what officials describe as a "massive" attack on the capital, kyiv. we'll on the capital, kyiv. be live at a satellite launch. australia's leader of the opposition is pulled—up by the deputy speaker for repeatedly calling her �*mr speaker�*

it's another day of disruption as strikes hit transport networks across the country. members of the uk's biggest rail union, the rmt, began their latest walk—out at midnight. just one in five trains is expected to run across england, scotland and wales today and tomorrow. the rmt is involved in two disputes — representing 20,000 staff at network rail. and another 20,000 across the rail delivery group. it's over pay, job security and working conditions. yesterday though, members of the tssa union which represents around 2500 thousand rail workers, voted �*overwhelmingly�* to accept a pay offer from network rail — including a minimum 9% pay rise. elsewhere, some national highways traffic officers who work on the motorways are on strike. that involves pcs union members across large parts of northern england.

and some bus drivers in south and west london are walking out for 48 hours over pay. meanwhile there could be a fresh wave of nursing strikes in the new year. where nurses took action yesterday, around half of routine operations were cancelled. the royal college of nursing has warned strike action will escalate, unless the government negotiates on pay. this calendar gives you an idea of the number of strikes planned—and—taking place in the fortnight before christmas, with more to come in the following weeks. for more on the rail strikes, our correspondent katy austin, has this report another day, another rail strike. that means more quiet stations, empty platforms and picket lines today and tomorrow. some areas have no trains at all, and where they are running, for this business, which organizes trips to blackpool.

the walk—outs are coming at a really bad time. we've projected our finances for christmas based on sort of everything being fallen and planned on people coming down, which hopefully we can recreate and hopefully we can replenish. but you're never going to get the same level of income that was booked in because then you're into the realm of sort of potentially having to discount rooms and things the closer you get to the period. so it's had a massive impact on it. you're into sort of tens of thousands of pounds impact it's the second 48 hour strike. within a week, the retail data company springboard said footfall on uk high streets this week had been 15% down on the week before, hitting the amount people were spending in shops and hospitality businesses in the run up to christmas and there's more industrial action on the way. an overtime ban at 1a train companies from sunday is expected to cause some cancellations. a strike at network rail will see services finish even earlier than usual on christmas eve and start late on the 27th and more national walk—outs are currently planned injanuary. rail industry says changes to working practices are needed to fund higher pay. the rmt says its dispute is over pay, protectingjobs and working conditions.

it has rejected offers from the industry so far and disagrees with some of the conditions attached. members of another rail union, the tssa, yesterday accepted an offer from network rail. the government said the rmt should also back the deal after a meeting yesterday afternoon with the rail minister, network rail and the rail delivery group. the union's general secretary, mick lynch, said he would agree to further talks to try and find resolutions. but for now strikes are due to continue into the new year. katy austin, bbc news. mick lynch is the general secretary of the rail, maritime and transport workers union - the rmt. i spoke to him a short time ago and he told me about the progress being made in talks. well, we met last night. talks convened with the rail minister in the house of commons. i was there with my team along with network rail and the rail delivery group for the train operators. we had an exchange of views about what we might do to progress

the talks, how we might work up some solutions. and having heard that, the rail minister requested all the parties get together in talks and try and work up some solutions. and the aim of that, of course, will be to get some compromises and to get some agreements. and if we can do that, what we'd like to do is put some improved proposals to our members and see if they can accept those and maybe we and maybe resolve the dispute and get this industrial action lifted. but that means that we need to work quickly and we need a bit of goodwill from all parties, including the employers and the government and from ourselves, of course. well, there are a number of sticking points that, as i said, they want to change our members working lives very dramatically on the train operating companies. they want to close every booking office in britain, nearly 900 booking offices. they want to bring in driver—only operations, which we believe affects accessibility and safety on the railway and of course, our membersjobs. they want to change the safety regime in track inspections and all the rest of it.

and of course, we've got a set of pay proposals that are way below the rate of inflation and don't affect the impact on the cost of living crisis. so what we'd like to do is get improvements on all of those, get some serious dialogue and some revisions to their current positions, and then we can put that to our members. dan panes, spokesperson for the rail delivery group which represents train companies, explained how they hope to resolve the strikes there are three things, i suppose, that need to come together, to get a deal that is acceptable to everybody. the first is making sure that we have got a fair, sensible pay rise that we can offer to colleagues, and the rnc, and the colleagues, and the rnc, and the colleagues and the unions, have to be happy with that. from a railway perspective, we need to make sure that we have got some reforms that will help pay for those pay increases, while making sure that the industry is adapting to the new ways that people are using the railways. and third, and this is the key point, we need to make sure that

the industry is not taking any more from the taxpayer than we actually need. there is a role for government, and that role is making sure that they are happy with the budgets that we set from a train operator perspective. that comes slightly late in the day. this isn't about profit. the ray the railways operate is very different to how it was two years ago. lots of your viewers will be familiar with the profit share proposals of the old franchise system. that went with the pandemic, and actually, train operators are paid as fixed fee. profit is not part of the equation. what is part of the equation is, through the revenue that the railway gets, through the tax payer of... we need to make sure that the reforms will pay for the pay rise that we give our colleagues. that is the nub of the conversations we are having.

joining me now from paddington station is our correspondent, aruna iyengar. iimagine i imagine strike action is very familiar to rail passengers, so they haven't been taken by surprise by this and are prepared what to expect? this and are prepared what to exect? , ~' , expect? yes, i think passengers arrivin: expect? yes, i think passengers arriving here _ expect? yes, i think passengers arriving here today _ expect? yes, i think passengers arriving here today have - expect? yes, i think passengers arriving here today have been i arriving here today have been expecting rail disruption. there is not so many people turning up crying their eyes out because their train isn't going. there has been an expectation that strikes would be happening. we had them earlier this year, this is the second wave this week. here at paddington, it is a very cold day. there are people around, and there are trains that are going, but only one in five trains is operating at the moment. people are turning up, because they are coming in from heathrow airport, they are coming from the tubes, and some trains are running to the west of the country, but one in five. trains, normally when you come to the station, i travelled to bristol quite often, it is packed, it is a

real centre, it is a great hub of transport in west london. trains go from here to bristol, they go out to devon and exeter, and they go to plymouth and south wales. it is a really busy hub in central london here. passengers that i have spoken to today were saying that they were expecting delays, some of them had gone on the website and had a look, and discovered that some of their trains were running. also network rail have staff here that you may be able to see behind me, who are advising passengers as they turn up as to what trains they can catch. things are generally being managed very well at the moment, obviously passengers are being told, do check in the coming days whether your train is going to be running, because they are going to be more strikes, there will be strikes on christmas eve, going through to the 27th of december. there are strikes planned for the new year, and in between those days, there will be disruption as well because there is a ban on overtime, and trains are going to be in the wrong location, so it is going to be difficult for

trains to be in the right place in orderfor yourjourney to trains to be in the right place in order for yourjourney to take order for your journey to take place. order for yourjourney to take place. take a look at the website, don't travel unless you know your train is going. thank you. joining me now is dr ashok kumar, an associate professor of political economy at birkbeck, university of london, who has a specialism in labour relations. thank you forjoining us. we have heard that the staff on strike have reached a deal with network rail over a pay offer. is this a sign that of things to come, does it bode well, orshould that of things to come, does it bode well, or should we not see this as any indication that there may be a thaw in other industrial relations? it is a good sign. the tssa, the rmt... the other that was given, that was transferred onto the rmt�*s

contract, without these changes to the labour conditions. if that was offered to the rmt, i imagine there would be more progress made. if offered to the rmt, i imagine there would be more progress made. it the would be more progress made. if the -a deals would be more progress made. if the pay deals aren't _ would be more progress made. if the pay deals aren't met _ would be more progress made. if the pay deals aren't met and _ would be more progress made. if the pay deals aren't met and the pay isn't increased, do you see any other way that the strike action can end? it is that stalemate, isn't it, and at what point does that balance get broken?— get broken? strike is very simple. it is get broken? strike is very simple. it is workers _ get broken? strike is very simple. it is workers seeking _ get broken? strike is very simple. it is workers seeking strike - get broken? strike is very simple. it is workers seeking strike action | it is workers seeking strike action and losing wagers, and bosses losing profits. here the problem is that the rail operators are indemnified for any of the profits that they may lose from the strike horrors, whereas workers are losing pay. if you look at the balance, you have 86% turnout, they are overwhelmingly in support, and in the repellent in

support of continuing strike action. the other that has been made now is really not that different to the offer that was made four or five months ago,... three years, when you have inflation at 11 to 1a%, isn't much of an offer. adding these modernisation elements, which makes it easier to sack people and casualised contracts, so i think that there hasn't been much movement from the employer side, and if you see a little bit more movement on that, at least negotiations and talks can continue, and they can come to some kind of agreement. right now it doesn't seem like there is much movement happening. haifa right now it doesn't seem like there is much movement happening. how much do ou think is much movement happening. how much do you think public _ is much movement happening. how much do you think public perception _ is much movement happening. how much do you think public perception and - do you think public perception and level of support for the strikes can play a part? the head of the uk hospitality association, who we are going to be speaking to later, says

that this strike action on the railways is costing the industry billions in lost sales, with people cancelling and not making re—bookings, at what is the busiest time of the year. this re-bookings, at what is the busiest time of the year.— time of the year. this is why it doesnt time of the year. this is why it doesn't make _ time of the year. this is why it doesn't make sense _ time of the year. this is why it doesn't make sense that - time of the year. this is why it doesn't make sense that the l doesn't make sense that the government is making more progress on this. the wage differential is minuscule, fares have increased by 36% over nine years, so you're thinking, where is this money going. disruption is part of the tools in the tool box of workers who are trying to make negotiations with their employer. if you look at what their employer. if you look at what the public perception, if you look at the summer and the autumn, you had the highest support for strikes since records were taken. that might change now, but because there is a generalised sense of the cost of living crisis, and you have a lot of different sectors, everyone has a family member orfriend different sectors, everyone has a family member or friend who different sectors, everyone has a family member orfriend who is on strike. there is a level of sympathy that really is unprecedented in british history. i don't know if it will continue into the new year,

given the level of destruction. i think thejury is given the level of destruction. i think the jury is out on that, but if recent history is any record, it is pretty positive in favour of rail workers. . ~ is pretty positive in favour of rail workers. ., ,, , ., ., is pretty positive in favour of rail workers. . ~' ,, ., ,, workers. thank you for your thoughts- — rishi sunak has been asked to back down that asking to rethink the recommended deal could be a way out. nurses in england, wales and northern ireland are due to walk out onto tuesday. the health secretary has always made clear, repeatedly and consistently, that his door is always

open for talks. we want to be reasonable, we want to be constructive. that's the way that the government has gone about this. we've got enormous gratitude for all our public sector workers for the job they do. i know things are difficult right now, that is why the government is providing lots of support for people, particularly with energy bills, and it's why the government accepted in full the recommendations of an independent pay review body about what appropriate and fair pay levels were, but we will always have our door open and always be willing to sit down and be reasonable and constructive. four people are in a critical condition in hospital after a crush at a concert in london last night. police were called to the o2 academy in brixton during a gig by afro—pop singer asake (pron: asha—kay after reports of people trying police said a number of people were found with injuries, believed to have been caused by crushing. an investigation has begun and cordons remain in place. in south london.

the area behind me is being seen as a crime scene. residents say it is normal to see crowds queueing behind the block. this is a very popular concert venue here in london of 5000 people standing from, what they said they saw last night was something they saw last night was something they had never seen before. fihir; they had never seen before. only looked at the _ they had never seen before. only looked at the window _ they had never seen before. 0�*le looked at the window at 10:30pm, because i assumed it was the usual crowd leaving the academy. it wasn't, it was many more people than i had ever seen, and emergency vehicles. ,,., i had ever seen, and emergency vehicles. . vehicles. said the police were already on — vehicles. said the police were already on the _ vehicles. said the police were already on the scene? - vehicles. said the police were already on the scene? by - vehicles. said the police were - already on the scene? by 10:30pm, es. i already on the scene? by 10:30pm, yes- i could — already on the scene? by 10:30pm, yes. i could see _ already on the scene? by 10:30pm, yes. i could see an _ already on the scene? by 10:30pm, yes. i could see an ambulance - already on the scene? by 10:30pm, yes. i could see an ambulance and i yes. i could see an ambulance and police. yes. i could see an ambulance and olice. ., ., , . ., police. how are people feeling? what did ou police. how are people feeling? what did you see? — police. how are people feeling? what did you see? i — police. how are people feeling? what did you see? ijust _ police. how are people feeling? what did you see? ijust it _ police. how are people feeling? what did you see? i just it was _ police. how are people feeling? what did you see? ijust it was dark, - did you see? i 'ust it was dark, --eole did you see? i 'ust it was dark, people were _ did you see? ijust it was dark, people were filling _ did you see? ijust it was dark, people were filling the - did you see? ijust it was dark, people were filling the entire l people were filling the entire intersection, and there were a lot

of people milling about not really leaving. of people milling about not really leavinu. . , of people milling about not really leavinu. ., , ,. leaving. that is the scene here. there is huge — leaving. that is the scene here. there is huge concern - leaving. that is the scene here. there is huge concern about. leaving. that is the scene here. l there is huge concern about what leaving. that is the scene here. - there is huge concern about what had happened. people assume that people are forcing their way in, hundreds of people without tickets. at one point they tried to close the doors, and there is footage on social media of people passing through the doors as the police were guarding them and causing further chaos inside. there has been reaction from the singer, who has released a statement. yes. who has released a statement. yes, he was performing _ who has released a statement. yes, he was performing here, _ who has released a statement. t2: he was performing here, this was his... his gig had to be stopped midway through one of his sets. he has released a statement saying his heart is with those who were injured last night and because any form of discomfort. he said i hope you get well soonest. i am discomfort. he said i hope you get well soonest. iam in discomfort. he said i hope you get well soonest. i am in the process of

reaching out to individuals. i still don't have the full brief from the venue management themselves as to what led to the disruption at the entrance of the brixton academy, but we are thankful that for all those people at the end. we are expecting to hear from the police with an update in the next few hours. russia has launched a new wave of airstrikes against civilian targets across ukraine, including what officials describe as a "massive" attack on the capital, kyiv. a ukrainian air force spokesperson says russia fired about 60 missiles, with at least three people known to have died. electricity and heating supplies have been disrupted across the country. unlike the previous attack at the end of last month, western ukraine appears to have been spared, as today's attack focused on eastern, southern and central parts of the country. our ukraine correspondent, hugo bachega is in kyiv and has been sheltering in a bunker following the strikes. he gave us this update. again, what we're

seeing is that russia has been targeting civilian infrastructure. this has been the strategy for weeks now. so power cuts now happening in several parts of the country, including here in the capital, kyiv. kharkiv, which is the country's second largest city, is completely without electricity. we're hearing that parts of the country are also without heating, without water. we understand that emergency services are now trying to repair the damage to restore services. but again, as you said, ukraine has been accusing russia of weaponising winter with these attacks, leaving millions of people across the country without electricity, without heating. and this is a country where temperatures can drop to —15, —20 degrees celsius. so obviously, there is the fear that this could cause a humanitarian crisis. and what we're seeing today is that multiple cities across the country have been hit. kyiv, kharkiv, also odesa in the south, zaporizhzhia, and in the city of kryvyi rih,

we understand two people have been killed after a residential building was hit as the city was attacked. and again, officials are saying that more than 60 missiles have been fired by russia in this latest wave of attacks. (tx astons) let's return to our lead story and the impact of strikes throughout the christmas season.

it is vital to go to get cash going through for businesses who have lost business due to covid. in major city centres it cancellation rate has been as high as 50 or 60%. we have seen footfall tail off by a similar amount. you are really seeing very limited trading take place when businesses should be at their fullest. overall we anticipate that the impact of these strikes, the ones forthcoming over christmas, the cost of the industry will be about £1.5 billion in lost revenue. that means there is a reduced tax take that the government gets from our revenue, so tax contribution will be down by about half £1 million, sorry half £1 billion, which will fund vital public services, so devastating for our workers, for our consumers, for businesses, but also for our economy as a home hole. [30

for our economy as a home hole. do think the sector can withstand the effect of these strikes into the new year, or do you fear that some businesses just won't be able to continue? businesses 'ust won't be able to continue? , . ., , ., continue? the sector is facing a erfect continue? the sector is facing a perfect storm — continue? the sector is facing a perfect storm at _ continue? the sector is facing a perfect storm at the _ continue? the sector is facing a perfect storm at the moment. i continue? the sector is facing a i perfect storm at the moment. we continue? the sector is facing a - perfect storm at the moment. we have that fragility because we have had two years where we struggled with covid, one in three has no cash reserves, half not breaking even as a result of the challenge they faced. we have all of rising inflation, soaring energy bills, food and drink price inflation, labour shortages, and a cost of living crisis which means consumers are also not coming out as frugally, not spending as much. it's undoubtedly the case that many of the business is caught in the middle, they are clinging on by theirfingertips, and middle, they are clinging on by their fingertips, and for many middle, they are clinging on by theirfingertips, and for many in theirfingertips, and for many in the city centres, if the rail strikes go on for much longer, they will be the final nail in the coffin for some of those businesses. gigeh for some of those businesses. given that the workers _ for some of those businesses. given that the workers who _ for some of those businesses. given that the workers who are _ for some of those businesses. given that the workers who are going on strike are doing so for fairer pay

and conditions, do you support that, and conditions, do you support that, and would you be happy to see them continue industrial action until they get the pay they are arguing for? ~ , ., , ., ~ , for? we understand why the workers are auoin for? we understand why the workers are going on — for? we understand why the workers are going on strike, _ for? we understand why the workers are going on strike, we _ for? we understand why the workers are going on strike, we understand l are going on strike, we understand the root causes of this dispute. our message is very clear and simple to all three parties that are involved in this, government, the employers and the trade unions. we need them to get back around the table, we need to reach a negotiated settlement. as mick lynch said, we need compromise and goodwill on all sides, because otherwise it's our workers, our businesses that are facing collateral damage. we need a negotiated resolution to this. we have been having the impact of strikes hitting hospitality since may this year. we can't have it dragging on any longer and customers and workers who use the railway to get to work, need to be able to have a reliable, sustainable rail network going forward. we urge all sides to double down, read their efforts to reach a resolution and end the strikes as quickly as possible. if that resolution isn't as forthcoming

as quickly as everyone would like, do you support strikes continuing and industrial action continuing until the rail workers and other workers on strike get to the demands that they want? that workers on strike get to the demands that they want?— that they want? that is a matter for the employers. _ that they want? that is a matter for the employers, the _ that they want? that is a matter for the employers, the unions - that they want? that is a matter for the employers, the unions involved| the employers, the unions involved in that dispute. i can only look at theissues in that dispute. i can only look at the issues that we are dealing with in our sector and our industry, to make that our workers get the pay that they need and a support that they need. at the moment, because they need. at the moment, because they can't get to work, they are not earning their wages, they are not able to work from home, unlike many other people. we need a resolution so the hospitality workers can have the pay that they need and deserve, and our customers can get to work and our customers can get to work and the businesses can survive. that is my top priority. and the businesses can survive. that is my top priority-— is my top priority. thank you for s-ueakin is my top priority. thank you for speaking to _ is my top priority. thank you for speaking to us. _

retail sales fell last month after black friday failed to give its expected boost to online trade, officialfigures indicate. sales volumes dropped 0.4% in november, much weaker than expected, as shoppers remained under pressure from the rising cost of living.however, there were signs people had started buying christmas food early. at least ten people have been killed, including five children, in a fire at an apartment building near lyon. officials released a statement saying a "sizeable fire" broke out in a seven—storey block of flats in vaulx—en—velin. the fire has been extinguished after it was battled by 170 firefighters. the exact cause is currently unknown. the french interior minister said an investigation would be opened. earlier our correspondent in france, hugh schofield, gave us the latest. like this blaze broke out at three o'clock in the morning, in lyon, and it spread very quickly. it seems

that... the alarm was called very quickly and the fire services were there within minutes. but not quickly enough to stop the deaths of ten people, the youngest of them three, and there are some harrowing accounts from onlookers as they how they saw children being thrown out of windows and their parents jumping up of windows and their parents jumping up as well. the fire is out now, the question is now to work out what happened. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. big temperature changes on the way you can check those ith your forecast on the bbc weather app. out there today, still very wintry, and in parts of central scotland the met office amber warning for snow will lapse at lunchtime, but ongoing travel disruption is still possible, and still snowing into the afternoon, particularly around the hills. a mixture of rain and sleet in some lower—level sites.

a few rain and sleet showers to the north and west and northern ireland, one or two to the west of wales. most though, as you were out there, blue skies overhead and for some, temperatures not above freezing. tonight though, the clearest skies, the coldest weather, will be in the east, east anglia, may be as low as —8. in the west, though, not as cold. more cloud, some wintry showers, rain around the coast, sleet and snow in land, and the risk of ice sleet and snow inland, and the risk of ice into the morning. it will be a slightly different day on saturday for some western areas. there will be some more cloud around, some rain and sleet around the coasts, may be a bit of snow inland, particularly over the hills. some sunny spells too, eastern scotland and down through southern and eastern england especially. and whilst it will still be another cold day, not quite as cold as recent days.

hello, this is bbc news. members of the uk's biggest rail union begin a 48—hour walk—out. just one in five trains are expected to run today and tomorrow in england, scotland and wales. meanwhile, the nurses' union

is planning a fresh wave of strikes in the new year unless the uk government agrees to re—open pay talks. eight people taken to hospital, with four in a critical condition, after a suspected crush during a concert in south london by nigerian afrobeat artist, asake. russia launches airstrikes against civilian targets across ukraine, including what officials describe as a "massive" attack on the capital, kyiv. we'll be live at a nasa satellite launch as the agency aims to study earth's water levels for the first time ever. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. fifa president gianni infantino has praised the success of this year's world cup in qatar — and confirmed they'll revisit the format, for the next world cup in the us, canada and mexico.

argentina and france go head to head in the final on sunday. and this year's tournament like so many major sporting events will have it's legacy debated for years to come. qatar 2022 came with big promises, including being the first carbon neutral world cup. but critics say there are major doubts over those claims. nesta mcgregor reports. commentator: messi scores. qatar 2022, has delivered some memorable moments. morocco lead! and as well as the sporting legacy, fifa also set itself some ambitious environmental goals. ourjoint pledge to make this next major tournament fully— carbon neutral. in short, a balance between the greenhouse gases emitted versus those removed from the atmosphere. yet critics say with seven new stadiums constructed and an entire transport system, fifa's target is unrealistic. the carbon neutrality claim

is ludicrous and inflated, and you can't cheat the atmosphere. qatar ended up not having enough accommodation to house all the fans. so many fans are actually staying in neighbouring countries and they're being shuttled in by plane. this really sort of like blows out of the water this hope that building so many stadiums close together would reduce the amount of flying. another pledge from fifa was to ensure 100% of stadium waste didn't go to a landfill, while one of the match venues provided a first. stadium 974 is unique to qatar 2022. made of shipping containers, it can be deconstructed and rebuilt anywhere in the world. the carbon footprint of the tournament won't be known until it's finished. yet environmentalists say even the estimated figure is three times higher than fifa's own projections. we contacted fifa, who responded via a statement saying: "sustainability has defined all our planning and operations," before adding, "a one—city world cup meant internal

flights will not be required." fifa also said their stadiums met sustainability standards and they had planted more than 650,000 shrubs and 16,000 trees in order to offset emissions. during the tournament, with hotel rooms at a premium temporary accommodation, including cruise ships were used. fan parks with thousands of plastic tents were also built to house visiting supporters. if qatar's environmental defence was a one—city world cup, then the next tournament will provide fifa with extra challenges. 2026 will feature more teams and span the usa, canada and mexico. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. harlequins have moved their annual christmas twickenham game to march, due to ongoing strike

action on the railways. the club say the much anticipated sell out event, which was due to take place on december 27th, won't happen due to restrictions on the train and underground network in the local area. crowd safety concerns were also an issue, they said in a statement. the new date set is march 11th — with all tickets still valid. now the eight—time olympic gold medallist usain bolt will be honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the bbc sports personality of the year awards . it's on bbc1 next wednesday evening. he is still the world record holder in the 100 metres with a time of 9.58 seconds, which was set at the world championships, in berlin in 2009. i have accomplished all i wanted to do in my sport. it'sjust a great feeling to know thatjust do in my sport. it'sjust a great feeling to know that just through determination and sacrifice that i put in that i could accomplish what i wanted to do, and i'm trying to motivate people and say, believe in

yourself and just go out and do your best. that's all the sport for now. the families of the young boys who died after falling into a frozen lake in the west midlands have been paying tribute to them, and thanking the community for their support. eight—year old finlay butler, his six—year old brother samuel, their 11—year old cousin thomas stewart along with 10—year old jackjohnson fell into the lake at babbs mill park near solihull on sunday. phil mackie reports. the mountain of tributes has continued to grow throughout the week. often people describe places where these tragedies happen as close—knit communities. sometimes it's a cliche, but in this case, it's more than a platitude. the effect it's had even on people who were expected to be hardened to dealing with this kind of terrible situation is plain to see. very nasty, yes. i've lived in kingshurst 50 years now, and this is the worst it's ever been. yeah, this is the worst one ever.

just hoping everyone pulls together and supports all the families that are involved. at one of the boys' schools, they held a mass yesterday, attended by parents and the firefighters who tried to save him. we can now put names and faces to the boys. the youngest was samuel butler, who was six, here on the right with his brother, finley. theirfamily said... their elder cousin, thomas stewart, also lost his life. his school said: the other boy was jackjohnson, who reportedly died trying to save the others. jack's school described him as a ray of sunshine, who never failed to make us all smile. on sunday, this was

a place of bravery, fear and ultimately despair, as everyone did their very best to rescue the boys. the lake at babbs mill park will forever be thought of with sadness. phil mackie, bbc news, kingshurst. labour have held their seat in stretford and urmston as andrew western becomes the country's newest mp. mr western, who previously led trafford council, secured nearly 70 per cent of the vote. he succeeds kate green, who resigned last month after being nominated as deputy mayor of greater manchester. the share of the vote saw a 10.5% swing from the conservatives to labour since the 2019 election. i'm absolutely delighted. this is the constituency that i call home and where i've been the council leader for the last five years and it's an absolute privilege to be elected as a member of parliament. i know the hard work starts now and

i'm incredibly grateful to each and every person who went out to vote for me today and i know that my focus will be on supporting my constituents in what will be difficult times ahead. let's see if we can bring you the scene at van den berg space for space as we are waiting for mission lift off which is happening in a few moments time. the mission is a joint effort of nasa and the french space agency cnes, with contributions from the canadian and united kingdom space agencies. the mission will study earth's water levels in unprecedented detail, helping scientists get a better handle on climate change and its effects. that's happening in a few minutes' time and we will bring you more when it happens. some people in shetland are waking up from theirfourth night without electricity,

after snow and ice brought down power lines and affected supplies. the power company ssen now says it could be the end of the weekend before all power is restored. our scotland correspondent kevin keane reports. not quite. they've been at it again since first light. just gently. she's almost up. teams of people, many up from aberdeen, inverness and beyond, working long hours to restore power in all weathers. how long do you think you're going to be here for and your team? i think well into next week, maybe wednesday, thursday, next week, hopefully home in time for christmas. while the teams might be here for the long haul, they still hope to have all power restored by sunday. this power line runs from lerwick all the way up to the village of voe, and when these guys get it reconnected in a short while, it'll bring 190 customers back online. customers, like danny and annie, born prematurely, and now just eight weeks old. their power on the island of whalsay has just been restored, but it's been a difficult few days.

my main worry was feeding the twins. they're breastfed twins and, with no electricity, danny couldn't get his express milk because i use a hospital pump that is run by mains power. but we did lots of hand pumping and he's managed to get milk. it's the west mainland of shetland, which has had it the worst. with blocked roads, the local postie has onlyjust been able to leave home for the first time. and there's still no sign of power. we've had no support outwith of the community, really. how do you feel about that? well, i know we choose to live somewhere remote. and, you know, that's obviously the appeal of it when you can drive and move about. but it does feel like we've been hung out to dry a little bit. where the north sea meets the atlantic, shetland is used to rough conditions but, even here, this level of disruption is unprecedented. kevin keane, bbc news, shetland.

a woman and two children have died after they were found with serious injuries at a home in northamptonshire. police were called to flats in kettering on thursday morning morning where a boy and a girl, believed to be aged six and four, were found. a 52—year—old man is in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder. police say they're not looking for anyone else in connection to the incident. when tesla boss elon musk took control of twitter he vowed the site would champion free speech within the law. but it increasingly appears mr musk believes some speech is more free than others. it comes after the platform suspended the accounts of several journalists working for high—profile outlets, some of whom had written critically about the takeover of twitter by the billionaire. matt binder is a reporter at digital platform mashable.

i asked him why he thought he'd been suspended from twitter. i'm racking my brains to find out what broke the twitter policies. i added the jet elon musk twitter account that was tracking his private plane, but that was when i was already suspended and i added it on the platform. i was just basically pointing out that the account was suspended. i've posted on both twitter and in my reporting for mashable about how i think he came in with a big idea and he hasn't delivered anything. in some ways it what he said he was going to do with twitter, he's done the opposite. it's rather hypocritical. there is a twitter poll on his account now and he's done it before where he has polled the twitter users what they want to see and it looks like he will listen to it this time. i'm not sure. the twitter really is the platform for political and news media. you know, it's a major platform for me too. if i am

banned, it's his platform, he can do what he likes and i will go somewhere else and if i'm on suspended and brought back, i will continue to do the reporting that i do on the platform and critiquing well within the policies. to australian parliament where the leader of the opposition liberal party, peter dutton, repeatedly called the deputy speaker sharon claydon as "mr speaker". although ms claydon reminded him that she is "not mr speaker", mr dutton continued referring to her in that way throughout the speech. take a listen. the shadow energy minister, he presided overfuel the shadow energy minister, he presided over fuel watch, the shadow energy minister, he presided overfuel watch, grocery watch and was the shadow assistant treasurer and, watch and was the shadow assistant treasurerand, mr watch and was the shadow assistant treasurer and, mr speaker, watch and was the shadow assistant treasurerand, mr speaker, he has taken this government and the country down a dead end. mr speaker. i have to interrupt you and you continue — i have to interrupt you and you continue to call me mr speaker and i've continue to call me mr speaker and i've given _ continue to call me mr speaker and i've given it— continue to call me mr speaker and i've given it a long reign. you need to use _ i've given it a long reign. you need to use my— i've given it a long reign. you need to use my correct title. that i've given it a long reign. you need to use my correct title.— to use my correct title. that is a very valid _

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of nasa and the french space agency cnes, with contributions from the canadian and united kingdom space agencies. this the mission will study earth's water levels in unprecedented detail, helping scientists get a better handle on climate change and its effects. joining us now is dr hina khan, former nasa research fellow and executive director of space scotland, the body that promotes scotland's space sector. thank you forjoining me. just for thank you for “oining me. just for viewers thank you for “oining me. just for viewefsjust — thank you forjoining me. just for viewersjust joining _ thank you forjoining me. just for viewersjust joining us, _ thank you forjoining me. just for viewersjust joining us, can - thank you forjoining me. just for viewersjust joining us, can you l viewersjustjoining us, can you explain the significance of what the mission is trying to do?— mission is trying to do? thank you very much- _ mission is trying to do? thank you very much. this _ mission is trying to do? thank you very much. this mission, - mission is trying to do? thank you very much. this mission, as - mission is trying to do? thank you very much. this mission, as you i mission is trying to do? thank you l very much. this mission, as you just introduced as a mission that will monitor and look at the oceans and waterways we have on our planet and in a way which has never been done before. as we know, there is a large portion of the planet covered by water and it drives a lot of our weather systems, a lot of our

transport mechanisms across waterways, so it's really important to understand what is happening across our oceans. in this mission will be the first time where we really will be able to provide global images, every 21 days we will have a complete picture of what is happening on our oceans but also in the lakes and coastal areas to understand how that is changing over time and with that data you can think about how it affects climate and weather patterns, and that's a really important part of how we understand what is happening on our planet as a whole. we understand what is happening on our planet as a whole.— planet as a whole. we are seeing imaaes of planet as a whole. we are seeing images of the — planet as a whole. we are seeing images of the base _ planet as a whole. we are seeing images of the base and _ planet as a whole. we are seeing images of the base and we - planet as a whole. we are seeing images of the base and we are i images of the base and we are apparently about 30 seconds away from launch. we don't know if we will be able to hear any live feed from nassau or commentary, but we will listening now forjust from nassau or commentary, but we will listening now for just a from nassau or commentary, but we will listening now forjust a little bit. ——. will listening now for 'ust a little bit. --. ., ,, . .,

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this been to develop a satellite with a fairly specialised remit? absolutely. these missions, things of this size, it's a collaboration of this size, it's a collaboration of lots of international organisations and you said in your piece at the start that they go through the uk space agency, the french and the canadian space agency and a number of other industry partners have all contributed to the mission and its been in development for many, many years. maybe 2004 was the initial design and the reason for that is because it's such a complicated satellite. there are lots of different instruments on their that will be making scientific measurements of our oceans and the topography, just to give a bit of detail on that, what it is actually measuring is the elevation of our water and how does the water move, how does it change over time, and

that's really important when we start thinking about getting a handle on our climate and the impact that the oceans have on our weather systems which we know is really significant with the warming of the planet, so to monitor that and look at the long—term changes of this, we can start to model and become really appreciative of how we can put things in place that can support and resolve that, but also understand the weather patterns in a better way. the weather patterns in a better wa . ~ ., , the weather patterns in a better wa , ~ ., , , the weather patterns in a better wa . , ., , , ., , way. we are still seeing live images which is pretty _ way. we are still seeing live images which is pretty remarkable, - way. we are still seeing live images| which is pretty remarkable, watching it on its journey, which is pretty remarkable, watching it on itsjourney, and please explain how long before it starts to collect the data it needs to, and how long before that is in a form thatis how long before that is in a form that is accessible and useful to scientists to start getting a handle on climate change. this scientists to start getting a handle on climate change.— on climate change. this satellite will not be _ on climate change. this satellite will not be going, _ on climate change. this satellite will not be going, we _ on climate change. this satellite will not be going, we just - on climate change. this satellite will not be going, we just had i on climate change. this satellite | will not be going, we just had the orion module comeback last week, so it's not going to be going very far

into deep space and it will stay relatively close to the earth, because we are looking at what is happening on our planet and as you can see, in the pictures, the rocket will get to a stage and it will deploy the satellite in a kind of orbit close enough to the earth, and then what happens is all of the instruments need to be turned on and checked. it is called a commissioning phase where all of the science team start to make sure everything is working as it should be and then they will collect the data, so it will be a number of weeks before they are calibrating the instruments, so a number of weeks and months before we get the real data, but we should start to see things within a few days of the satellite being turned on and instrument starting to work. thank ou for instrument starting to work. thank you for your _ instrument starting to work. thank you for your time _ instrument starting to work. thank you for your time and _ instrument starting to work. thank you for your time and for _ instrument starting to work. thank you for your time and for talking i instrument starting to work. thank| you for your time and for talking us through that incredible launch of spacex's water monitoring satellites. thank you for your time.

it's nearly 60 years since presidentjohn f kennedy was shot dead in dallas, texas, and throughout that time, the circumstances surrounding his assassination have been the subject of massive speculation — and numerous conspiracy theories. now though, thousands of documents relating tojfk's death have been released to the public for the first time. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. from dallas, texas, the flash, apparently official. president kennedy died at 1pm, central standard time. 59 years ago, presidentjohn f kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through dallas. his accused killer was lee harvey oswald, a former us marine who never stood trial because he too was shot and killed when in police custody. he's been shot, he's been shot. an investigation concluded that oswald had acted alone. but the circumstances surrounding this pivotal moment in us history have never been fully explained

to the satisfaction of millions of americans. president biden believes all information relating to president kennedy's assassination should be released to the greatest extent possible, consistent with, again, national security. the documents reveal new details about the investigation, including what the authorities knew about the movements of lee harvey oswald in the weeks before the assassination. there are bits and pieces that are fascinating. we've just come across one just a few minutes ago that shows us something we've never seen before. lee harvey oswald went to mexico cityjust a few weeks before he assassinated president kennedy, and it wasn't a travel visit. he was seeing the cuban embassy and the russian embassy. he was trying to get a visa to cuba and/or russia. historians are poring over the details, but there are no bombshells, no smoking guns

to support the many conspiracy theories that, for decades, have swirled around the case. and some of the documents are still being withheld from the public. the cia says it's to protect intelligence sources and methods. the president of the united states is dead. they include records from as late as the 1990s, suggesting the agency was still pursuing the case decades later. polls suggest most americans don't believe official accounts of the president's assassination, and the release of these documents will do nothing to change the public scepticism about how john f kennedy died. peter bowes, bbc news. time for a look at the weather.

crisp and cold day for many but we have had snow this morning across parts of central scotland, and a met office amber warning is in place until the afternoon and some travel disruption is likely, particularly in areas north of glasgow and falkirk. some lower—level sites will turn a bit more to rain and sleet as temperatures rise. a few rain and sleet and snow showers in the west of northern ireland and an isolated shower in western parts of wales, but the vast majority see another dry and sunny day and for review, temperatures will not get above freezing. into the evening and overnight we see changes and the wind is more south—westerly so not as cold and there will be further wintry flurries around western scotland and a few more showers developing through parts of northern england, wales may be the south—west. sleet and snow in land could lead to icy conditions cold up with the clearest guys in the east and east anglia may be —8 tomorrow but are dry and sunny day to come. elsewhere, western areas with more cloud and more in northern england where we will see a mixture of rain,

hail, sleet and snow and wintry showers in the west of wales west of scotland but sunny spells around on saturday and i think we should just about all the above freezing by the stage with temperatures starting to rise a little bit. the big change will come on sunday. these weather fronts wrapped around an area of low pressure coming from the mid—atlantic will bring a zone of much milder air, mid—atlantic will bring a zone of much milderair, but mid—atlantic will bring a zone of much milder air, but to get from the cold to the mild it's going to be a tricky process. if you have any cross—country travel plan for sunday because we could cease —— freezing rain leading to icy conditions until snow before things turn back to rain later. this is how the day plays out. dry, bright start to the east, cloud and rain across western areas but in between it will turn to rain, hail and sleet and snow on its forward edge and there could be some freezing rain where that rain falls on cold surfaces and freezes on impact, so pretty chili to northern and eastern areas, milder to the west but watch through sunday into

monday how the milder air pushes through during the night to all parts, so compared to the sub zero mornings of late, this is how the monday morning commute will feel, between eight and 13 degrees. the run—up to chris stubbs will be milder but it won't be straightforward as there will be wet and windy at times. —— the run—up to christmas.

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this is bbc news. the headlines: members of the uk's biggest rail union begin a 48—hour walk—out. just one in five trains are expected to run today and tomorrow in england, scotland and wales. we have asked for a substantial increase in pay. we don't put the figure, either publicly or to the employers in our claims. there is a customer, and a colleague benefit, for those reforms to take place. we just need to get to a point where we agree what those reforms are, and how to implement them. meanwhile, the nurses' union is planning a fresh wave of strikes in the new year unless the uk government agrees to re—open pay talks. i know things are difficult right now and that is why the government is providing lots of support for

people, particularly with energy bills. eight people have been taken to hospital, with four in a critical condition, after a suspected crush during a concert in south london by nigerian afrobeat artist, asa ke. russia launches airstrikes against civilian targets across ukraine, including what officials describe as a "massive" attack on the capital, kyiv. nasa has launched a satallite into space as the agency aims to study earth's water levels for the first time ever it's another day of disruption as strikes hit transport networks across the country.

members of the uk's biggest rail union, the rmt, began their latest walk—out at midnight. just one in five trains are expected to run across england, scotland and wales today and tomorrow, in rows over pay, job security and working conditions. yesterday, members of the tssa union, which represents around two and a half thousand rail workers, voted �*overwhelmingly�* to accept an offer of a minimum 9% pay rise from network rail elsewhere today, some national highways traffic officers who work on the motorways are on strike. that involves pcs union members across northern england. and some bus drivers in south and west london are walking out over pay. there could also be more nursing strikes in the new year. where nurses took action yesterday, around half of routine operations were cancelled. the royal college of nursing has warned strike action will escalate, unless the government negotiates on pay. this calendar gives you an idea

of the number of strikes planned—and—taking place in the fortnight before christmas, with more to come in the following weeks. for more on the rail strikes, our correspondent katy austin, has this report another day, another rail strike. that means more quiet stations, empty platforms and picket lines today and tomorrow. some areas have no trains at all, and where they are running, they'll finish much earlier than usual. for this business, which organizes trips to blackpool. the walk—outs are coming at a really bad time. we've projected our finances for christmas based on sort of everything being fallen and planned on people coming down, which hopefully we can recreate and hopefully we can replenish. but you're never going to get the same level of income that was booked in because then you're into the realm of sort of potentially having to discount rooms and things the closer you get to the period. so it's had a massive impact on it. you're into sort of tens of thousands of pounds impact on our business. it's the second 48 hour strike. within a week, the retail data company springboard said footfall

on uk high streets this week had been 15% down on the week before, hitting the amount people were spending in shops and hospitality businesses in the run up to christmas and there's more industrial action on the way. an overtime ban at 14 train companies from sunday is expected to cause some cancellations. a strike at network rail will see services finish even earlier than usual on christmas eve and start late on the 27th and more national walk—outs are currently planned injanuary. rail industry says changes to working practices are needed to fund higher pay. the rmt says its dispute is over pay, protectingjobs and working conditions. it has rejected offers from the industry so far and disagrees with some of the conditions attached. members of another rail union, the tssa, yesterday accepted an offer from network rail. the government said the rmt should also back the deal after a meeting yesterday afternoon with the rail minister, network rail and the rail delivery group,

the union's general secretary, mick lynch, said he would agree to further talks to try and find resolutions. but for now strikes are due to continue into the new year. katy austin, bbc news. mick lynch is the general secretary of the rail, maritime and transport workers union - the rmt. i spoke to him a short time ago and he told me about the progress being made in talks. well, we met last night. talks convened with the rail minister in the house of commons. delivery group for the train operators. we had an exchange of views about what we might do to progress the talks, how we might work up some solutions. and having heard that, the rail minister requested all the parties get together in talks and try and work up some solutions. and the aim of that, of course, will be to get some compromises and to get some agreements. and if we can do that, what we'd like to do is put some improved proposals to our members

and see if they can accept those and maybe resolve the dispute and get this industrial action lifted. but that means that we need to work quickly and we need a bit of goodwill from all parties, including the employers and the government and from ourselves, of course. there are a number of sticking points that, as i said, they want to change our members working lives very dramatically on the train operating companies. they want to close every booking office in britain, nearly 900 booking offices. they want to bring in driver only operations, which we believe affects accessibility and safety on the railway and of course, our members' jobs. they want to change the safety regime in track inspections and all the rest of it. and of course, we've got a pay set of pay proposals that are way below the rate of inflation and don't affect the impact on the cost of living crisis. so what we'd like to do is get improvements on all of those, get some serious dialogue and some revisions to their current positions, and then we can put that to our members. dan panes, spokesperson

for the rail delivery group which represents train companies, explained how they hope to resolve the strikes there are three things, i suppose, that need to come together, to get a deal that is acceptable to everybody. the first is making sure that we have got a fair, sensible pay rise that we can offer to colleagues, and the rmt, and the colleagues and the unions, have to be happy with that. from a railway perspective, we need to make sure that we have got some reforms that will help pay for those pay increases, while making sure that the industry is adapting to the new ways that people are using the railways. and third, and this is the key point, we need to make sure that the industry is not taking any more from the taxpayer than we actually need. there is a role for government, and that role is making sure that they are happy with the budgets that we set from a train operator perspective. that comes slightly later in the day. this isn't about profit. the way the railways operate is very different to how it

was two years ago. lots of your viewers will be familiar with the profit share proposals of the old franchise system. that went with the pandemic, and actually, train operators are paid a small fixed fee. profit is not part of the equation. what is part of the equation is, whether through the revenue that the railway gets, we need to make sure that the reforms will pay for the pay rise that we give our colleagues. that is the nub of the conversations we are having. joining me now from paddington station is our correspondent, aruna iyengar. what has been the response like from passenger's? it is what has been the response like from passenger's?— passenger's? it is a freezing cold da here passenger's? it is a freezing cold day here at _ passenger's? it is a freezing cold day here at paddington, - passenger's? it is a freezing cold day here at paddington, but - passenger's? it is a freezing cold day here at paddington, but as i passenger's? it is a freezing cold i day here at paddington, but as you can see behind me, there are quite a few passengers here travelling today to destinations in the west of england. of course, it is a reduced

rail service, so one in five trains is operating. many people have not been so disappointed because they have anticipate that there will be strikes and they are just turning up for the services that they know are running. many that i spoke to earlier today said they had already checked on the website, to make sure that the service they were turning up that the service they were turning up for, was running. that the service they were turning upfor, was running. in that the service they were turning up for, was running. in a way, they have managed their own expectations. this is normally an extremely busy transport hub for west london, trains from here travel to devon, exeter, plymouth, out to south wales, and bristol. when i have been here before, travelling often to bristol, the whole concourse is packed. definitely a much lower footfall at paddington station today. this rail strike is a dispute between the rmt, which represents about 40,000 rail workers. they have about 40,000 rail workers. they have a dispute with network rail, which owns and operates the railways. the

offer put to the rmt members by network rail is for a 5% pay increase for last... for this year and 4% for next year. that has been rejected by members but has been accepted by smaller unions such as the tssa, and unite union. yesterday mick lynch, the general secretary of the are empty, met with rail transport leaders, and negotiations are ongoing at the moment. at the moment we still have strikes scheduled for christmas eve, going into the 27th of december, and into the new year. massive disruption coming up in the coming weeks ahead, and all that feeds into a very bad situation for travellers. but also for retailers, who rely on christmas visitors to their stores, and as we have seen recently, retail sales are down as well, so not a very good picture. down as well, so not a very good icture. . ., down as well, so not a very good icture. ., ~' ,, meanwhile, the royal college of nursing has warned more strikes

could be announced for the new year if the government does not negotiate on pay. tens of thousands of nurses across england, wales and northern ireland took part in yesterday's industrial action, the largest in nhs history. another strike is planned for next tuesday. our health correspondent naomi grimley reports. the 12—hour strike by the royal college of nursing is over but the dispute concerning pay is still continuing, as experts try to quantify the effect on patients. heather smith knows the impact in very personal terms. her breast cancer surgery in the west midlands was cancelled, then re—fixed, then cancelled again due to the industrial action. itjust seems a bit unfair really. if they're putting people's lives at risk, then it's a no—no. they're meant to be a caring profession. i don't think it's caring to go on strike. what do we want? fair pay. when do we want it? now _ the government argues 70,000 appointments and surgeries were lost

in england alone due to the strike, that's not including wales and northern ireland. at addenbrooke's in cambridgeshire, 2,000 appointments have been cancelled because of either yesterday's action or the next nurses' strike on tuesday. we tried doing it without striking, we wanted to not strike — that is important to us. the government says they cannot afford to give us the money and we're saying, "you can't afford not to." patients are too important. if we don't have appropriate wages and good remuneration, we will never retain staff in the profession, so then, even more things could get cancelled in the future. we need safe care for our patients. it's not personal, it's not for the nursing, i but it's for our patients. so, the more nurses we have, the better care we can give. i a former conservative health minister, a doctor by training, is appealing to ministers to offer more than the current 4.75% already on the table.

so, in terms of retention and recruitment, itjust makes sense for the government to focus on paying a little bit more in terms of the pay that's available and give a bit of a better pay rise because it's more likely that more nurses will stay working for the nhs. but the department of health remains adamant that the rise nurses want is unaffordable and unfair to others in the public sector. meanwhile, the rcn is warning that a fresh round of strikes will be announced next week if ministers don't give ground, meaning longer industrial action perhaps occurring in mid—january. naomi grimley, bbc news. the prime minister rishi sunak has been on a visit to northern ireland this morning — he says the government remains open to talks — but the demands for a 19 percent pay rise are unaffordable... the health secretary

has always made clear, repeatedly and consistently, that his door is always open for talks. we want to be reasonable, we want to be constructive. that's the way that the government has gone about this. we've got enormous gratitude for all our public sector workers for the job they do. i know things are difficult right now, that is why the government is providing lots of support for people, particularly with energy bills, and it's why the government accepted in full the recommendations of an independent pay review body about what appropriate and fair pay levels were, but we will always have our door open and always be willing to sit down and be reasonable and constructive. with me now is dr ewan mcgaughey, a reader in law at king's college, london, who specialises in labour and enterprise law. thank you forjoining us here in the studio. what do you foresee is happening in the coming weeks and months, when it comes to the broad industrial action taking place, if the pay demands aren't met? how much

longer can they continue? that the pay demands aren't met? how much longer can they continue?— longer can they continue? that is a really good — longer can they continue? that is a really good question, _ longer can they continue? that is a really good question, and - longer can they continue? that is a really good question, and i - longer can they continue? that is a really good question, and i think i really good question, and i think that we have also got to see that energy bills are set to rise next year. the government has said that the that the energy bill cap rose from £1277 to 500... there is another increase next year. people want and inflation protected pay rise. they are likely to take action until there is something that they can make sure they are not freezing at home and don't have to choose between heating and eating. hagar at home and don't have to choose between heating and eating. how much loner can between heating and eating. how much longer can they — between heating and eating. how much longer can they kiss _ between heating and eating. how much longer can they kiss the _ between heating and eating. how much longer can they kiss the stained? - longer can they kiss the stained? went workers on the picket line, they are losing pay themselves, and equally, if the government doesn't agree to negotiate around the table, if the employers don't agree to meet that pay rise, we have a stalemate that pay rise, we have a stalemate that may continue, but only as long as they workers on strike can make

it continue?— it continue? this is true, and what we absolutely _ it continue? this is true, and what we absolutely don't _ it continue? this is true, and what we absolutely don't want - it continue? this is true, and what we absolutely don't want in - it continue? this is true, and what we absolutely don't want in our i we absolutely don't want in our labour relation system is a stalemate. you should have good faith, constructive dialogue, and an industrial relations system that encourages that. we need to, short—term, find the money to give people the pay rise, so they aren't further plunged into poverty. this comes after 12 years of the longest pay cut for british workers since the industrial revolution. its historic levels of pay falling. we have got the inflation this year, caused by the rising energy bills and failure to keep a cap. what you need is a long—term view of collaborative industrial relations. that means more... not cracking down on strike action for fair pay, but a system where everybody has a voice at work. you also need a government thatis at work. you also need a government that is prepared to meet with people and not say, we are going to cut

your pay. qt and not say, we are going to cut our -a . and not say, we are going to cut your pay-— and not say, we are going to cut our -a . ., your pay. of the government has said, repeatedly _ your pay. of the government has said, repeatedly in _ your pay. of the government has said, repeatedly in various - said, repeatedly in various different ways, that this is unaffordable. they say that the demands for the pay increases across the sector wouldn't be fair on other workers. that is what they say. what is your response? or steve barclay was talking about, and rishi sunak, was talking about, and rishi sunak, was talking about a £28 billion figure... which has been disputed. yes which has been disputed. that figure of £28 billion is more like £10 million in reality, because the government gets tax receipts from income tax vat and national insurance, so really the figure is about 10 million. we have got to compare that to the £40 billion that two oil companies, bp and shell made, just this year, plus the billions of energy companies. as

well as raising the energy bill cap, the government could have, or chose to, not tax the excess profits of the big polluters. there is money there to be found, it's actually not taxpayers that are footing the bill, or could be footing the bill, it is really big energy companies that are taking so much money of the british public. taking so much money of the british ublic. . ., taking so much money of the british ublic. ., ~' , ., taking so much money of the british ublic. ., ,, , ., ., taking so much money of the british ublic. ., ,, i. ., .., ., public. thank you for coming in to seak to public. thank you for coming in to speak to us- _ it's the best world cup ever according tojenny infantino. he congratulated the african teams with morocco, the first from the african continent, to make a world cup semifinal, and said fifa will discuss the format for 2026 in the

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to that footage. they have declined to that footage. they have declined to comment. meanwhile the mayor of london, siddique khan, has ordered an investigation. this footage was given to us by someone who went to the concert last night with his daughter, who is 14. we can speak to him now. thank you for speaking to hers. it must�*ve been a terrifying experience for you and your young daughter? experience for you and your young dau:hter? tt 4' experience for you and your young dau:hter? tt ~ , ., experience for you and your young dau:hter? tt ~' ,~2 ., ., daughter? thank you for having me. it was. i daughter? thank you for having me. it was- i was — daughter? thank you for having me. it was. i was just _ daughter? thank you for having me. it was. i wasjust like _ daughter? thank you for having me. it was. i was just like she _ daughter? thank you for having me. it was. i wasjust like she was - it was. i was just like she was terrified because i've never seen that kind of crowd crowd before just that kind of crowd crowd before 'ust exlain that kind of crowd crowd before just explain when you noticed something wasn't as it should be? we explain when you noticed something wasn't as it should be?— explain when you noticed something wasn't as it should be? we got there about 8pm. — wasn't as it should be? we got there about 8pm. we _ wasn't as it should be? we got there about 8pm, we noticed _ wasn't as it should be? we got there about 8pm, we noticed that - wasn't as it should be? we got there about 8pm, we noticed that the - wasn't as it should be? we got there | about 8pm, we noticed that the crowd was already scattered and i were not in single file in the queue, it was

horrible, there were security guards there, there were so many people walking around, they were pushing and shoving. i had to step back with my daughter. try to get a good view what was going on. i asked one of the security guards what was going on. they said that some people turned up without tickets. it was just horrible, it was just horrible yesterday. some people were suffocating, some ladies were carried out from inside the club. we are seeing images now of the crowds there. was it quite immediate, the

sense of panic and fear, or was it quite gradual?— sense of panic and fear, or was it quite gradual? there was panic and fear and desperation, _ quite gradual? there was panic and fear and desperation, some - quite gradual? there was panic and fear and desperation, some were i fear and desperation, some were desperate to go inside, some were desperate to go inside, some were desperate to go inside, some were desperate to listen to the artist. i heard that the artist played on sunday and monday, and there was nothing like this. if it was the first show, you would understand everyone watching to see him, but the third show it should be easier. unfortunately it wasn't the case. it must have been particularly scary for your daughter. as i understand that this was her first experience of a concert? it that this was her first experience of a concert?— of a concert? it was her first experience. _ of a concert? it was her first experience, it _ of a concert? it was her first experience, it was _ of a concert? it was her first experience, it was very - of a concert? it was her first | experience, it was very scary stock thatis experience, it was very scary stock that is part of the reason why she took the video.

that was her first tweet on twitter. i had to take over the handle. from what ou i had to take over the handle. from what you saw _ i had to take over the handle. from what you saw and _ i had to take over the handle. from what you saw and experienced yesterday, at what point was it possible for people to move away, or try to escape what was turning into a crush? brute try to escape what was turning into a crush? ~ ., try to escape what was turning into a crush? ~ t, t, t, t, try to escape what was turning into acrush? t, t, t, t, tn, a crush? we got that at about 8pm. i think it about — a crush? we got that at about 8pm. i think it about 9pm, _ a crush? we got that at about 8pm. i think it about 9pm, i _ a crush? we got that at about 8pm. i think it about 9pm, i was _ a crush? we got that at about 8pm. i think it about 9pm, i was standing i think it about 9pm, i was standing outside, it was between eight and nine there was a lot of pushing and shoving. when the police came, it reduced a little bit, and i don't know the reason why the police had to bring that lady down, because she was already outside. we

to bring that lady down, because she was already outside.— was already outside. we have approached — was already outside. we have approached the _ was already outside. we have approached the met - was already outside. we have approached the met police, i was already outside. we have - approached the met police, asking about that footage and they haven't commented. we will hope to find out more about that. you must be quite shaken still, i imagine? how is your daughter now? she shaken still, i imagine? how is your daughter now?— shaken still, i imagine? how is your daughter now? she is ok now. i told that it sometimes _ daughter now? she is ok now. i told that it sometimes happened - daughter now? she is ok now. i told that it sometimes happened like - that it sometimes happened like this, but it is not always like this. t ,, t, t, t, , , this. looking back on what happened esterda , this. looking back on what happened yesterday. given _ this. looking back on what happened yesterday, given what _ this. looking back on what happened yesterday, given what you _ this. looking back on what happened yesterday, given what you know - this. looking back on what happened yesterday, given what you know now| yesterday, given what you know now about what happened, you must be feeling quite relieved? like yes, unfortunately it happened that way,, that's just life i unfortunately it happened that way,, that'sjust life i hope they unfortunately it happened that way,, that's just life i hope they get well soon. thank you for taking the time to speak to us, and i am glad you and your daughter are ok. thank you and your daughter are ok. thank you for your time.

asa ke was asake was performing here, it was his third, sold out nights. he had tweeted asking people not to come if they didn't have tickets. his gig had to be stopped midway through one of his sets. he has released a statement saying that his heart is with those who were injured last night and cause any form of discomfort. he says i pray you get will soon. he also says, i'm in the process of reaching out to individuals, i still don't have the full brief from the venue management themselves as to what led to the disruption at the entrance of the brixton academy, but we are thankful that all those people, the police are investigating and we are expecting to hear from the police with a big update on this story in the next few hours. mark lobel speaking to us earlier. we have approached the brixton o2 academy for comment and are waiting to hear back. for more on this story we can

cross over to a freelance music and culture journalist, cross over to a freelance music and culturejournalist, who cross over to a freelance music and culture journalist, who attended asake's show on monday. thank you forjoining us. tell me a little about the venue, and what the concert was like on monday? filth concert was like on monday? on monday i got in through concert was like on monday? q�*t monday i got in through security, they checked my ticket, they checked my friend's ticket. they were in a quite calm demeanour, but still checking tickets and procedure and following procedure, and that was in and out of the venue as i went to the bar to get a drink and all of that. from my experience, it was definitely a heavy crowd, he had definitely a heavy crowd, he had definitely sold out all the three nights that he had in london. there was a sense of anticipation and excitement during all of that, but i wouldn't say that i personally, this is just my experience of monday, felt at risk at any point at

monday's show. ijust knew there felt at risk at any point at monday's show. i just knew there was a heavy cried and a lot of excitement. you could feel the room shake at some points on monday, but that wasjust shake at some points on monday, but that was just because of the full capacity. i have been to brixton before for shows and have felt a similar atmosphere. the eyewitness we were speaking — similar atmosphere. the eyewitness we were speaking to _ similar atmosphere. the eyewitness we were speaking to just _ similar atmosphere. the eyewitness we were speaking to just before - similar atmosphere. the eyewitness we were speaking to just before youj we were speaking to just before you mentioned that he thought it was quite surprising, given that last night wasn't the opening night of the gig, and from what you are saying, it was perfectly calm on monday? saying, it was perfectly calm on monda ? t t, , , monday? yes, there was definitely loads of crowd _ monday? yes, there was definitely loads of crowd sweeping _ monday? yes, there was definitely loads of crowd sweeping in - monday? yes, there was definitely loads of crowd sweeping in and - monday? yes, there was definitely j loads of crowd sweeping in and out of the venue, and all across the venue it was packed. there was no seat unfilled or no space in the standing bit. it felt to me quite manageable. my experience of getting in and out of the venue. however i have been two previous shows at brixton where it has felt different, why have had a different experienced.— why have had a different exerienced. ~ t, , t, t, t, experienced. what you mean, more

similar? 0r— experienced. what you mean, more similar? or in _ experienced. what you mean, more similar? or in terms _ experienced. what you mean, more similar? or in terms of _ experienced. what you mean, more similar? or in terms of crowd - similar? or in terms of crowd control. there has been issues with crowd control at the venue before. we have approached the venue but haven't had a response from them yet. we are hopeful of getting a response from them and there is an investigation into what happened. i just want to get your thoughts, given you are familiar with it and you are at the concert on monday. what is your reaction to what happened last night? how do you feel seeing those images? it is happened last night? how do you feel seeing those images?— seeing those images? it is tragic, it is really tragic. _ seeing those images? it is tragic, it is really tragic. i _ seeing those images? it is tragic, it is really tragic. i know - seeing those images? it is tragic, it is really tragic. i know he - seeing those images? it is tragic, it is really tragic. i know he was i it is really tragic. i know he was excited about it and he wanted to put on a good show and end on a high. ithink put on a good show and end on a high. i think he has had shows across the uk over the last few weeks, and definitely upgraded the shows and implemented changes across the show. it was a great show on monday. there was no step wrong in

terms of his staging. poverty i want to reiterate that it is obviously not his fault, and what i am seeing a lot online is that there is a lot of misinformation and disinformation spreading. as you havejust mentioned, there is an investigation taking place, and obviously casualties have happened and my thoughts are first with the with the victims last night. i would say that we have to wait how the details transpire from the different parties, the venue security, police, etc to get picture of this looks. what i will say from what i saw from the clips and the commentary from people who attended last night, was that it was chaotic, obviously, for a multitude of reasons, and to anyone who went, they felt they felt

relieved to get out of that situation and out of those crowds, both in and outside of the venue after that security risk.— both in and outside of the venue after that security risk. thank you, and as the — after that security risk. thank you, and as the investigation _ after that security risk. thank you, and as the investigation unfolds i after that security risk. thank you, | and as the investigation unfolds we will hopefully get a and now a look at the weather forecast with elizabeth. what is going on with the temperatures given what we expect on monday? temperatures given what we expect on monda ? t t , temperatures given what we expect on monda ? t t, temperatures given what we expect on monda ? t t y t, monday? yes, by the time we get to monday? yes, by the time we get to monday will — monday? yes, by the time we get to monday will feel _ monday? yes, by the time we get to monday will feel milder _ monday? yes, by the time we get to monday will feel milder but - monday? yes, by the time we get to monday will feel milder but still- monday will feel milder but still bitterly cold and still showers, especially for western scotland falling as snow but turning increasingly to rein in particular over the lower ground and there is blue sky and sunshine further south and east and a few showers moving in from the west at times as well. as we head for the evening and overnight still some more hill snow for parts of northern scotland. a few centimetres of snow across the pennines. it is driest and clearest

for east anglia in south—east england and temperatures could be as low as —8 but the breeze picks up so not much in the way of freezing fog tomorrow morning. a little milder for most of us until snow across goal and a chance of one or two showers for northern ireland and more showers are streaming in from the west as well. temperatures coming up to mid—single figures and there will be sunny spells for south—east england and north—east scotland as well and milder air filters through on sunday with a mixture of rain, sleet and snow but it will be particularly hazardous if you are travelling with the risk of ice and freezing rain.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. members of the uk's biggest rail union begin a 48—hour walk—out. just one in five trains are expected to run today and tomorrow in england, scotland and wales. meanwhile, the nurses' union is planning a fresh wave of strikes in the new year unless the uk government agrees to re—open pay talks. eight people taken to hospital,

with four in a critical condition, after a suspected crush during a concert in south london by nigerian afrobeat artist, asake. russia launches airstrikes against civilian targets across ukraine, including what officials describe as a "massive" attack on the capital, kyiv. nasa has launched a satellite into space as the agency aims to study earth's water levels for the first time ever the families of the young boys who died after falling into a frozen lake in the west midlands have been paying tribute to them, and thanking the families of the young boys who died after falling into a frozen lake in the west midlands have been paying tribute to them, and thanking the community for their support. eight—year old finlay butler, his six—year old brother samuel, their 11—year old cousin thomas stewart along with 10—year old jackjohnson fell into the lake at babbs mill park near solihull on sunday. phil mackie reports. the mountain of tributes has continued to grow throughout the week.

often people describe places where these tragedies happen as close—knit communities. sometimes it's a cliche, but in this case, it's more than a platitude. the effect it's had even on people who were expected to be hardened to dealing with this kind of terrible situation is plain to see. very nasty, yes. i've lived in kingshurst 50 years now, and this is the worst it's ever been. yeah, this is the worst one ever. just hoping everyone pulls together and supports all the families that are involved. at one of the boy's schools, they held a mass yesterday, attended by parents and the firefighters who tried to save him. we can now put names and faces to the boys. the youngest was samuel butler, who was six, here on the right with his brother, finley. theirfamily said...

their elder cousin, thomas stewart, also lost his life. the other boy was jackjohnson, who reportedly died trying to save the others. jack's school described him as a ray of sunshine, who never failed to make us all smile. on sunday, this was a place of bravery, fear and ultimately despair, as everyone did their very best to rescue the boys. the lake at babbs mill park will forever be thought of with sadness. phil mackie, bbc news, kingshurst. a woman and two children have died after they were found with serious injuries at a home in northamptonshire. police were called to flats

in kettering on thursday morning morning where a boy and a girl, believed to be aged six and four, were found. a 52—year—old man is in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder. police say they're not looking for anyone else in connection to the incident. labour have held their seat in stretford and urmston as andrew western becomes the country's newest mp. mr western, who previously led trafford council, secured nearly 70 per cent of the vote. he succeeds kate green, who resigned last month after being nominated as deputy mayor of greater manchester. the share of the vote saw a 10—and—a—half percent swing from the conservatives to labour since the 2019 election. there was a surprise fall in retail sales last month as shoppers remained cautious given the squeeze on budgets the office for national statistics reported a fall in sales volumes of 0.3 per cent compared to october when the effects of fuel sales were excluded. economists had expected to see growth of 0.3 per cent, given reports of healthy interest, and spending, on goods during the key bargain—hunting period of black friday. joining me now is the retail expert

and lecturer in marketing at the university of birmingham's business school, dr sarah montano. this is perhaps not surprising given how everyone is feeling about their budgets and pockets. yes, i think it's really disappointing for retailers after 2021 when they were hoping that this would be a really good 2022, so whilst it's not surprising, i think it is really disappointing. d0 surprising, i think it is really disappointing.— surprising, i think it is really disauointina. ~ t disappointing. do you think perhaps the forecast of _ disappointing. do you think perhaps the forecast of 0.396 _ disappointing. do you think perhaps the forecast of 0.3% growth - disappointing. do you think perhaps the forecast of 0.396 growth was i the forecast of 0.3% growth was perhaps a little ambitious? or optimistic, shall we say? ithink potentially _ optimistic, shall we say? ithink potentially because _ optimistic, shall we say? ithink potentially because of— optimistic, shall we say? ithink potentially because of the i optimistic, shall we say? ithink potentially because of the cost. optimistic, shall we say? i think. potentially because of the cost of living increasing fuel costs, and what we are seeing is consumers are being really cautious because of course they are still in them main

winter period to get through so people are concerned about where they and what they might have to pay for. it's always difficult to forecast. unfortunately we do not have a crystal ball and, as i say, retailers will hope that this would be a much better year.— be a much better year. there are some potential _ be a much better year. there are some potential cause _ be a much better year. there are some potential cause for- be a much better year. there are some potential cause for hope i be a much better year. there are some potential cause for hope in| be a much better year. there are i some potential cause for hope in how people are buying and preparing for christmas dinner?— people are buying and preparing for christmas dinner? absolutely. food sales have done _ christmas dinner? absolutely. food sales have done reasonably - christmas dinner? absolutely. food sales have done reasonably well i christmas dinner? absolutely. food| sales have done reasonably well and there are two things there and people like to get prepared, so we want to get everything ready for christmas. there might be a bit of an impact on hospitality, so one of the reasons why food might be up his people have not gone out to celebrate and things like that and they have had meals at home and things like that, so food sales looking quite good. [30 things like that, so food sales looking quite good.— things like that, so food sales looking quite good. do you expect thins looking quite good. do you expect thin . s to looking quite good. do you expect things to improve _ looking quite good. do you expect things to improve at _ looking quite good. do you expect

things to improve at all? - looking quite good. do you expect things to improve at all? not i looking quite good. do you expect things to improve at all? not to i things to improve at all? not to cast a gloomy outlook. will we have more spending power and can we spend more spending power and can we spend more in the shops? do you expect there to be any change in the coming weeks and months and are you confident about how consumers feel about cash. the, confident about how consumers feel about cash. �* t _ , t, confident about how consumers feel aboutcash. �* t _ , t, t, about cash. a bumpy period at the moment and _ about cash. a bumpy period at the moment and it's _ about cash. a bumpy period at the moment and it's difficult _ about cash. a bumpy period at the moment and it's difficult to - about cash. a bumpy period at the moment and it's difficult to say i moment and it's difficult to say things will be much better. as we have seen, we can think consumer spending is going one way, and we can see what has happened today. we have seen an increase in online sales against october. and there might have been an impact in the rail strikes so people have not gone out for in—person shopping and have gone back online. in out for in-person shopping and have gone back online.— gone back online. in terms of how retailers are _ gone back online. in terms of how retailers are adapting _ gone back online. in terms of how retailers are adapting and - gone back online. in terms of how. retailers are adapting and changing, is there much they can do, or is

this purely in the hands of how confident consumers feel in terms of how much they can spend? consumer confidence is — how much they can spend? consumer confidence is really _ how much they can spend? consumer confidence is really important. i how much they can spend? consumer confidence is really important. but i confidence is really important. but one of the things we have seen and where we've seen diversification is retailers have offered more experiences, so there was a report out a couple of weeks ago looking at the changing face of the high street and what customers are looking for for those sorts of things that you cannot get online because, online is convenient, lots of retailers make it easy, so we have seen a bit of a change in high streets with quite an increase in for example food and beverage outlets, so if you are a retailer and can offer something different and distinctive, that's really the way to try and be successful at the moment. trlice really the way to try and be successful at the moment. nice to end on a positive _ successful at the moment. nice to end on a positive note. _ successful at the moment. nice to end on a positive note. thank i successful at the moment. nice to| end on a positive note. thank you.

a landslide that engulfed a campsite close to the malaysian capital, kuala lumpur, is now known to have killed at least sixteen people. about twenty others are still unaccounted for. mud, rocks and trees swept down a hillside at the site on a farm in selangor state in the early hours of the morning as people slept in their tents. the landslide struck at about two in the morning when people were asleep on the campsite and it appears to have been very fast and people who survived it described feeling the earth and hearing a huge rumble before this torrent of mud and rocks and trees came down the hill at some speed, it seems, and buried some of the tents. search and rescue teams could get there quickly and were alerted almost immediately, so they were there in an hour but it was dark and they were dealing with

thick mud, and it's quite a painstaking business for these teams. they have about 400 people looking around the area to try and dig through the mud and it is a fight to see if anyone is still buried there. around 17 people are unaccounted for and it's not clear if they think they are buried or whether they moved elsewhere. and it will take them a while before they know what the full casualty figure is. the headlines. members of the uk's biggest rail union begin a 48—hour walk—out. just one in five trains are expected to run today and tomorrow in england, scotland and wales. meanwhile, the nurses' union is planning a fresh wave of strikes in the new year unless the uk government agrees to re—open pay talks. eight people taken to hospital, with four in a critical condition, after a suspected crush during a concert in south london by nigerian afrobeat artist, asake.

the mission will study the earths water levels in unprecedented detail is helping scientist get a better handle on climate change and its effects. during liftoff i spoke to the former nasa research fellow and research fellow and director of space scotland about the significance of the launch. things of this size _ significance of the launch. things of this size is _ significance of the launch. things of this size is a _ significance of the launch. things of this size is a collaboration i significance of the launch. things of this size is a collaboration of i of this size is a collaboration of lots of international organisations as you said in your piece at the start, that there is the uk, the french space agency, the canadian space agency, and a number of other

industry partners as well have all contributed to the mission and its beenin contributed to the mission and its been in development for many years, and in 2004 was the initial design of this and the reason for that is because it's such a complicated satellite. there's lots of different instruments on there that will be making scientific measurements of our oceans and the topography, just to give a bit of detail or not, what it is actually measuring is the elevation of our water, so how does the water move, how does it change over time, and that's really important when we think about getting a handle on climate and the impact our oceans have on the weather systems, which we know, is really significant with the warming of the planet. so being able to monitor that and look at the long—term changes, we can start to be appreciative of how we can put things in place that can resolve

that, but also produce an understanding of weather patterns and an easier and better way. we are still seeinr and an easier and better way. we are still seeing live _ and an easier and better way. we are still seeing live images _ and an easier and better way. we are still seeing live images which - and an easier and better way. we are still seeing live images which are i still seeing live images which are pretty remarkable, watching it on its journey, pretty remarkable, watching it on itsjourney, and explain how long it will be before it collects the data it needs to, and how long until it is in a form that is accessible and useful to scientist you start getting a handle on climate change. this satellite, we just have the orion module comeback last week and it's not going to be going very far into deep space and will stay relatively close to the earth because we are looking at what is happening on our planet and as you can see, in the picture, the rocket will get to a stage then deploy the satellite in a kind of orbit close to the earth and then what happens is all of the instruments need to be turned on and checked, and it is

called a commissioning phase where all of the science teams start to make sure everything is working as it should and then they start to collect the data so it will be a number of weeks before we calibrate the instruments. a number of weeks and months before we get the real data, but we should start to see things in a few days of the satellite being turned on and instruments starting to work. some sad news from kettering, where a triple murder inquiry is ongoing but northamptonshire police have in the past hour given us an update and said the victims were thought to be nhs staff nurse and her two young children in the statement reads formal identification has yet to take place but the woman is believed to have been a 35—year—old woman and

the two children aged six, and one aged four. the statement from the police goes on to say a man arresting on suspicion of murder in connection with the incident remains in police custody being questioned by detectives. some people in shetland are waking up from theirfourth night without electricity, after snow and ice brought down power lines and affected supplies. the power company ssen now says it could be the end of the weekend before all power is restored. our scotland correspondent kevin keane reports. not quite. they've been at it again since first light. just gently. she's almost up. teams of people, many up from aberdeen, inverness and beyond, working long hours to restore power in all weathers. how long do you think you're going to be here for and your team? i think well into next week, maybe wednesday, thursday, next week, hopefully home in time for christmas. while the teams might be here for the long haul, they still hope to have all power

restored by sunday. this power line runs from lerwick all the way up to the village of voe, and when these guys get it reconnected in a short while, it'll bring 190 customers back online. customers, like danny and annie, born prematurely, and now just eight weeks old. their power on the island of whalsay has just been restored, but it's been a difficult few days. my main worry was feeding the twins. they're breastfed twins and, with no electricity, danny couldn't get his express milk because i use a hospital pump that is run by mains power. but we did lots of hand pumping and he's managed to get milk. it's the west mainland of shetland, which has had it the worst. with blocked roads, the local postie has onlyjust been able to leave home for the first time. and there's still no sign of power. we've had no support outwith of the community, really. how do you feel about that?

well, i know we choose to live somewhere remote. and, you know, that's obviously the appeal of it when you can drive and move about. but it does feel like we've been hung out to dry a little bit. where the north sea meets the atlantic, shetland is used to rough conditions but, even here, this level of disruption is unprecedented. kevin keane, bbc news, shetland. a large aquarium at a hotel lobby in berlin has shattered — injuring two people. police say they're also dealing with a �*massive' amount of water. the �*aquadom' — which contained 1,500 tropicalfish — was described as the largest free standing cylindrical aquarium in the world. standing here, it's clear how powerfully the water blasted through the reception of the hotel. the doors of the hotel were completely blown out by the impact and you can properly see them over my shoulder. there is still some debris in front

of the doors, among the bits of metal and pot plants and so on, you can still make out the kind of trolleys that hotels use to transport luggage. one man we met said he'd come back to try and retrieve his carfrom said he'd come back to try and retrieve his car from the hotel garage. he had been asleep, he told us, on the fourth floor of the hotel when he was suddenly awoken by a loud bang and what he described as shaking. when he looked over the balcony into the internal atrium into the reception area, he saw water coursing through it. he and his girlfriend were later escorted from the hotel along with many other shocked guests by police, who he noted had machine guns with them. the authorities say they don't know what caused the tank to burst but they are now telling us that they don't believe it had been the result of a targeted attack. the mayor of berlin has turned up to survey the damage for herself and said it was like a tsunami. she, like many others have expressed relief that

this happened when it did, an hour orso this happened when it did, an hour or so later, had the tank exploded, the lobby on the street outside would have been full of visitors, many of them children. it's nearly 60 years since presidentjohn f kennedy was shot dead in dallas, texas, and throughout that time, the circumstances surrounding his assassination have been the subject of massive speculation and numerous conspiracy theories. now though, thousands of documents relating tojfk's death have been released to the public for the first time. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports: from dallas, texas, the flash, apparently official. president kennedy died at 1pm, central standard time. 59 years ago, presidentjohn f kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through dallas. his accused killer was lee harvey oswald, a former us marine who never stood trial because he too was shot and killed when in police custody.

he's been shot, he's been shot. an investigation concluded that oswald had acted alone. but the circumstances surrounding this pivotal moment in us history have never been fully explained to the satisfaction of millions of americans. president biden believes all information relating to president kennedy's assassination should be released to the greatest extent possible, consistent with, again, national security. the documents reveal new details about the investigation, including what the authorities knew about the movements of lee harvey oswald in the weeks before the assassination. there are bits and pieces that are fascinating. we've just come across one just a few minutes ago that shows us something we've never seen before. lee harvey oswald went to mexico cityjust a few weeks before he assassinated president kennedy, and it wasn't a travel visit. he was seeing the cuban embassy and the russian embassy.

he was trying to get a visa to cuba and/or russia. historians are poring over the details, but there are no bombshells, no smoking guns to support the many conspiracy theories that, for decades, have swirled around the case. and some of the documents are still being withheld from the public. the cia says it's to protect intelligence sources and methods. the president of the united states is dead. they include records from as late as the 1990s, suggesting the agency was still pursuing the case decades later. polls suggest most americans don't believe official accounts of the president's assassination, and the release of these documents will do nothing to change the public scepticism about how john f kennedy died. peter bowes, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with matt hello. it's another crisp and very cold day out there for many of you, but we have had some snow so far this morning across parts of central scotland. met office amber warning remains in place until the afternoon. some travel disruption likely, particularly in areas to the north of glasgow and falkirk. some lower level sites in the west will start to turn a bit more to rain and sleet as temperatures rise. a few rain and sleet and snow showers into the north and west of northern ireland, and an isolated shower in western parts of wales. but the vast majority, it's another dry, it's another sunny day. and for a few of you, again, temperatures will not get above freezing. so into this evening and overnight, we start to see a few changes. the winds more southwesterly, so not as cold tonight. there'll be further wintry flurries around western scotland and there'll be a few more showers developing through parts of northern england, wales and maybe the south west. rain around the coast and sleet and snow inland could lead to some icy conditions.

coldest with clearer skies down through the east, east anglia, southeast, maybe —8 tomorrow morning, but a dry and sunny day to come here. elsewhere, western areas, a lot more cloud around, certainly more in northern england where we're going to see a mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow, wintry showers in the west of wales and to the west of scotland. but still some sunny spells around on saturday. and i think we should just about all be above freezing by this stage. temperatures are starting to rise a little bit. the big change, though, will come sunday. these weather fronts wrapped around an area of low pressure coming all the way from the mid—atlantic will bring a zone of much, much milder air. but to get from the cold to the mild, it's going to be a tricky process. if you have any cross—country travel planned for sunday, keep an eye on the forecast. we could see a spell of freezing rain leading to some dangerous icy conditions and also some hill snow before things turn back to rain later. so this is how the day plays out. dry, brightish start towards the east, cloud and rain across some western areas. but in between that's going to turn to rain, hail, sleet and snow, particularly on its forward edge.

and as i said, there could be some freezing rain as well. that's where the rain falls on to very cold surfaces and freezes on impact. so, still pretty chilly to northern and eastern areas on sunday. much milder to the west, but watch through sunday night into monday how that milder air pushes through during the night to all parts. so compared to the sub—zero mornings of late, this is how the monday morning commute will feel, 8 to 13 or 14 degrees. so the run—up to christmas will be a milder one, but it won't be straightforward. there'll be some wet and windy weather at times. your full weather for the week ahead is on the bbc weather website.

rail workers stage their second 48 hour strike in a week. empty tracks and empty stations with four out of five trains cancelled, leaving passengers frustrated. they need to sit down and talk to each other and stop being a pain to everyone else, basically. the leader of the rmt union says he does believe a solution may be achievable. also this lunchtime... four people are critically ill in hospital after a crush last night outside a concert in south london. a fresh wave of air strikes across ukraine — with energy infrastructure targeted again.

the charities facing closure because of the cost of living crisis.