this is bbc news the headlines at four. a 33—year—old woman has died after being injured in a crush at a gig at london's brixton 02 academy. two other women remain in a critical condition. train passengers face further delays today as the rmt union continue their 48—hour strike. only one in five services are expected to operate. hospitals are told to free up beds ahead of ambulance staff going on strike in england on wednesday. a vigil is being helf for four young boys who died when they fell into a frozen lake in the west midlands last weekend. the government's sharing energy—saving tips in a new campaign. the advice includes using a draught excluder and unplugging appliances. leo varadkar becomes ireland's new taoiseach, swapping roles with micheal martin as part of an historic coalition agreement.

and it's half time in the third place play—off at the qatar world cup. the score is croatia two, morocco one. good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news channel. a 33—year—old woman has died after being injured in the crush at a concert at london's brixton 02 academy on thursday. two other people remain in critical condition in hospital. the concert, by singer asake, had to be abandoned part—way through. the met police say a large number of people tried to force their way inside. our reporter matt cole gave us this update from outside the venue. the events here on thursday night

led, we understood, at the time to three people being taken critically injured to hospital. just this lunchtime in the last hour or so the police have confirmed that sadly they say one of those women has died, 33—year—old rebecca ikumelo, a woman who lived in newham. the police say they are looking after her family with specialist officers, but the event of that night, you can still see behind me the debris, the detritus, the rubbish thrown from where there were over 1000 people here trying to get in, who apparently did not have tickets. it was the third and final night of a nigerian afro beat�*s artist performance here. he was trying to wait for them to come inside before starting the concert, cancelled in the end, such was the crash of people trying to get inside. the police are now saying they are supporting the family and they are appealing to people to come forward.

there is plenty of social media footage of the terrible crash that happened here. the police have a special website set up, it is part of what they are calling operation wit mark, which is investigating events of that night. 0ne wit mark, which is investigating events of that night. one person was arrested for assaulting allegedly a police officer, but the main thrust of the investigation is simply trying to get to the ins and outs of what happened and how and why. matt cole reporting from brixton. train passengers are enduring further disruption on the last weekend before christmas as rail workers continue their strike action. only 20% of services are thought to be operating, but the leader of the rmt union, mick lynch, says he's optimistic a pay deal can be reached, despite further strikes sheduled for next weekend. our business correspondent ramzan karmali reports from paddington train station in london. another day of empty platforms, a familiar sight as railway workers hit the picket lines once again.

this train may be moving, but only 20% of services are running today and it is a service that commuters are begrudgingly getting used to. i think striking the week before christmas is a little bit harsh, but at the same time, you know, if that is what they feel like they need to do, that is what they need to do. so our train will not be taking us all the way to the south—west, where we live, so we will have to basically get as far as we can and then try and find other ways of getting to where we live. the boss at the rmt union said talks are ongoing, but movement was needed from all sides to resolve this dispute over pay and conditions. obviously the strike action is on now and we are hopeful in the days to come we will have more discussions with both sets of companies and if they are willing to compromise and willing to take a few steps forward, we will see what we can develop with them.

but it does need them to move off their positions that we have already rejected. today is the second day of the latest 48—hour walk—out this week. more industrial action is planned to start at 6pm on christmas eve until 6am on the 27th. two further 48 hour strikes are planned affecting days early next month. this last weekend before christmas is vital for the retail sector and the strikes are hurting many businesses. this is the most important week for me of the whole year. this is when we take our real proper money. yesterday i was in portobello road and we probably had half the footfall that we normally have from the day—trippers that come down from the rest of the country. the rail delivery group, which represents train companies, said it was hopeful a resolution could be found, but whether this can be resolved anytime soon still remains unclear. we now know wales and scotland were able to settle the industrial

dispute over pay with the railway workers so what makes it more here's from ben clatworthy, the time's transport correspondent. wales, scotland, as you say, have managed to come to an agreement. the issue is that the way things are run a slightly different and things have been a little bit difficult in terms of getting to what the rmt call an acceptable agreement. now, what will change things is within the last week the tssa union and unite have both accepted the offer from network rail, which amounts to 9% over two years for most employees, raising to about 11% for some of the workers on smaller salaries. now, that, they say, network rail, is a very good offer and that one that should be accepted. of course, the public will be starting to say, well, if these other unions are accepting it, why not the rmt? there is a knock—on for this because of course domestic services

interconnect with eurostar services at st pancras. they do indeed. i mean, the disruption and the knock—on of these days�* strikes is huge. we know that as soon as services get going again after a strike, they take time to ramp back up. trains are out of place where they would normally be on the network, but also, yes, eurostar are affected. they said yesterday that those strikes that your correspondentjust mentioned over christmas mean that there will be no services to the continent at all on boxing day, which is a very busy day for people travelling in both directions, having spent christmas with family and loved ones. you've written about accusations from some conservatives, in particular the conservative mp for west dorset, that the rmt strikes are politically motivated. but the labour party has not come out officially in support of these strikes so where does that idea that it is politically motivated come from? i think the main point

to that is that actually it is the first time since franchising that the rail unions have been able to have a strike against the government. that is because the government now largely control the purse strings of the railway. that happened during the pandemic when passenger numbers collapsed. and the franchise system also collapsed because there was no way of making money. the way the networks are run now is completely changed. the government give money to the rail operating companies and they then return all the money that they make in terms of revenue so there is no risk to them at all. that was to keep services running. that model has now stuck and it is the model that the government intended to follow through with, even as we emerged fully from the pandemic. hospitals in england have been told to free up beds and prepare for "extensive disruption" ahead of planned strikes by ambulance workers next week. nhs leaders have written to managers

to warn that it will be a very challenging period. they said medically fit patients should be moved out where it's safe to do so, and the turnaround of ambulances should be speeded up. members of unison, unite and the gmb will walk out in much of england, wales and northern ireland in a dispute about pay and staffing levels. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake told us more about the preparations for next week's walkouts. this letter going to hospitals across england urges them to get systems in place where they can effectively get patients in from ambulances to a&e and then on from there to the rest of the hospital and discharged as quickly as possible. the reason being is ambulances would then be able to get back on the road as quickly as possible. because there will not be as many, they will be overstretched or not able to respond to as many call—outs as quickly as they normally would do. it all sounds perfectly well and good, but emergency doctors and other voices in the nhs have said, of course we will try and do that, but it is hard enough at the best of times, given how stretched the capacity is,

given how hard it is to discharge people sometimes because the social care situation means there is not the appropriate place for them to go to. that is why we are hearing these warnings, a very challenging period in the nhs from within the health service itself, but also from government. 0liver dowden, the cabinet office minister in charge of contingency planning in government, his response to this has talked about big risks associated with the ambulance worker strikes and a significant period of disruption. what is the latest government line on how to resolve the strikes? well, there is no movement from the government's position. they are saying we are happy to talk to the unions, we want to do that, but only about issues beyond pay itself, so work and conditions, technology, all sorts of other things, which the royal college of nursing and others say they are peripheral to the main issue of pay. the government has said we are sticking to the recommendation of the independent pay review body,

which has put forward this 4.75% offer on average to nhs staff, with a guaranteed minimum of £1,400. the union said it is not enough, it needs to be at inflation or more because they have had successive pay freezes, which means workers have seen a real terms pay cut. both sides not budging from that position and no resolution in sight. and it is set against the backdrop of much wider industrial action, as we have been reporting for a few weeks. that is right and it is a big challenge for the government. the strikes really are only in the early phase of what could be a concerted period of industrial action. we have got the royal college of nursing saying that if the government does not shift, further action will be on the prime minister's shoulders. there is general strain that the economy is coming under. we have heard about rail strikes and in the health service, there will be border staff, the highways agency, baggage handlers and the rest. it is going to get very difficult and the government is saying it is doing all it can to mitigate

the impact, but even they accept they can only do so much. a vigil is under way now for four young boys who died when they fell into a frozen lake in the west midlands last weekend. 8—year—old finlay butler, and his 6 year old brother samuel, their cousin, thomas stewart — who was 11 — and 10—year—old jackjohnson were discovered in icy waters at babbs mill park in solihull. last night, birmingham city football club held a minute's silence ahead of their championship game with reading in memory of the children. turning down your boiler, unplugging appliances and using a draught excluder are all energy savings tips included in a government campaign being launched today to help cut energy bills. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt spent the morning at the home of the energy secretary grant shapps finding out what he's doing to save energy. the government's £18 million effort to get us all to save energy begins today and this is a bit unusual. i've been invited to the secretary of state for business and energy's home to discuss the campaign.

hi. how are you? good to see you. thanks for having us round. it's cold out there. right, energy saving tips? the government says draught proofing your doors and windows could save £60 a year, and then, there is your boiler. lots of boilers are just set to max as this one is. they don't need to be. this is just a question of turning it down, they say about 60. that could save £100. the government also recommends turning off appliances at the plug, potentially saving another £70. and maybe also turn off radiators in empty rooms. it is hoped the campaign and website will help us save money and cut our carbon footprint but also cut billions from the cost of the energy support for consumers. although prices are going up, we know, we have actually capped that, so that is worth £900 as well, in addition to the 400 people

are getting direct from their bills. i think this is a common sense additional thing. people can't do it if they don't know about it and we have a role in helping people to know about it. this campaign represents a policy reversal. the former prime minister liz truss blocked plans for a similar effort when she was prime minister. justin rowlatt, bbc news. in ukraine, efforts are continuing to repair critical infrastructure following the latest wave of russian missile strikes. the governor of the north—eastern region of kharkiv says power has been restored there a day after it was cut completely. work on restoring electricity is continuing elsewhere, including the capital kyiv, where a third of residents are still without power. the authorities there say water supplies are running again, as is the city's metro system, and half the population have heating. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from kyiv. we had an update from the mayor

of kyiv who says water has now been restored as parts of the city remain without electricity and heating. and all day this thick fog has covered kyiv and that makes it difficult for residents who remain without electricity and heating. power has also been restored in kharkiv, the country's second largest city. the authorities say russia launched 76 missiles in this ninth wave of air strikes, targeting essential infrastructure. they say 60 of those missiles were intercepted by air defence but more than a dozen hit facilities across the country. they say russia is using winter as a weapon with those attacks and last night president zelensky said russia still had enough missiles to carry out more heavy strikes, but he said this campaign would fail and he said the ukrainians are determined to resist. the kremlin says president

putin spent the whole of friday taking soundings from armed forces commanders on how his visit to operational headquarters came a day after kyiv said russia was planning a broad offensive early in the new year. russia has recently suffered a string of defeats in ukraine, with only minor advances in the east. the headlines on bbc news... a 33—year—old woman has died after being injured in a crush at a gig at london's brixton 02 academy. two other women remain in a critical condition. train passengers face further delays today, as the rmt union continue their 48—hour strike. only one in five services are expected to operate. hospitals are told to free up beds ahead of ambulance staff going on strike in england on wednesday. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's paul. good afternoon.

a proud day for 18—year—old rehan ahmed as england bowled pakistan out for 30h on the first day of the final test in karachi. leg—spinner ahmed took two wickets for 89 as he impressed on his debut to become england's youngest ever men's test player. the tourists lost zak crawley to the fifth ball of their reply and closed on 7—1, trailing by 297. now, the team who've brought so many stories to the tournament, morocco, are involved in the world cup�*s third place play—off against croatia. it's into the second half. croatia took the lead through one of the players of the tournament, josko gvardiol. a well worked free—kick by the croatians, who lost to argentina in the semis. but morocco responded almost immediately, again from a free—kick, the ball found its way to achraf dari who headed

home the equaliser. they had only played ten minutes at this point. they had only played ten minutes at this point. just before half—time, croatia regained the lead through mislav 0rsic with an impressive finish. let's cross over to live pictures. morocco scrapping for a way back into the contest, into the final. 30 minutes. they are taking on croatia who finished as runners up in russia in 2018. the best they can hope for this time around is a third—place finish. if morocco are able to work their way back, they would become their way back, they would become the first african side to finish third at the world cup. there are still 30 minutes to go and the action continues over on bbc one. the france and tottenham goalkeeper hugo lloris says the world cup final between france and argentina tomorrow is not only about lionel messi. the 35—year—old has scored five goals so far. he's in competition with psg

teammate kylian mbappe for the golden boot. lloris says the interest in messi is overshadowing the event. the event is too massive just being focused on one player. it is a final between two big nations of football, between argentina and france. 0bviously when you face that type of player you need a specialfocus on him, but it is not only about him. it is a strong team with a lot of talented players, with a young generation of players, and you can feel that they are all dedicated to lionel messi. but again we will try to find the key to get the success in this game. after more than a month away, celtic have returned to action

in the scottish premiership and restored their nine—point lead at the top of the table, thanks to a late win over aberdeen at lunchtime — a 1—0 win thanks to a goal from captain callum mcgregor. jo currie was watching. as the fees affected fixtures across scotland, celtic�*s match away to aberdeen survived the conditions to give the leaders a chance to restore their nine—point gap at the top. the first half came and went in a flurry of celtic chances. aberdeen had the goalkeeper to thank for keeping them in the game, while they themselves offered little in the way of attack. after the break the one—way action continue. celtic had no problem creating chances, the issue was finishing them. as aberdeen stubbornly dug in and around their own box, the visitors kept up the intensity, but time and time again they failed to find the target. with they failed to find the target. with the clock ticking down, celtic were running out of time until this moment of magic. captain callum

mcgregor marking his return from a two—month long injury with a most special of goals, finally rewarding his team's dominance. with festive songs ringing out around pittodrie from the travelling fans at full—time, they headed home with all three points. joe currie, bbc news. 33 shots and one at the end. elsewhere, matches at livingstone and motherwell have both been postponed because of the weather but two other matches have survived the low temperatures. hearts restart their campaign at home to kilmarnock, where a win could take them fourth. it's currently 2—0 to hearts. and ross county can pull away from the drop—zone with a win at home to stjohnstone. that's1—0 to ross county. jockey frankie dettori has announced that 2023 will be his final season. the 52—year—old is one of the sport's best—known figures and has ridden more than 3,300 british winners since his first back in 1987. his wins also include 21

british classic successes and three champion jockey titles. exeter chiefs have made it two wins from two matches in pool a of the european champions cup. they ran out 411—14 winners over the bulls. they came racing out of the blocks, luke cowan—dickie scoring two tries in the first half. then some quick thinking saw him complete his hat—trick in the second period. the chiefs moved second in the table behind leinster on points difference. that is it from the world of sport now, we will be back shortly. paul, thank you very much. in the irish republic, leo varadkar has been voted in as the new prime minister. mr varadkar, who has been the deputy prime minister, swaps roles with the taoiseach micheal martin as part

of an historic coalition agreement, made injune 2020. earlier, our ireland correspondent chris page gave us his analysis. it's a swap at the top that has never been done before. the two parties that dominated irish politics through most of the last century, fianna fail led by micheal martin, fine gael now led by leo varadkar went into government together for the first time. and when you consider that those parties grew out of different factions in the irish civil war 100 years ago, well, it does make it all the more remarkable. so, voluntarily today, micheal martin has handed over the most importantjob in ireland to leo varadkar. the proceedings took about two and a half hours in the irish parliament here in dublin. mr martin formally resigned. he, as you would expect, went through what he saw as his list of achievements, not least leading ireland through the covid pandemic. and then members of the parliament voted in mr varadkar to take over as taoiseach for the second half of this coalition government's term. mr varadkar has now left here, gone to see the irish president

michael d higgins in his official residence in phoenix park in the north of the city. but he will be coming back here later on this afternoon where there will be some sort of cabinet reshuffle. and it is thought that micheal martin will retain a very prominent role in the government as deputy prime minister. he will be given charge of the department of foreign affairs. basically, he will become ireland's chief diplomat. that of course will be particularly important in the context of negotiations between the uk and the eu, still ongoing, over the brexit arrangements for northern ireland. mr varadkar was taoiseach previously, from 2017 until the last general election in 2020. and i think it is fair to say that some unionists in northern ireland thought he was a bit too aggressive when it came to brexit matters. in their view, he would have been pretty nationalistic, so he may have a bit of a job there in rebuilding trust. mr varadkar in his speech

to the irish parliament, the dail, said one of his priorities would be trying to restore the power—sharing devolved governments in northern ireland which collapsed in effect coming up to a year ago when the biggest unionist party, the democratic unionists, walked out of the stormont executive in protest against those brexit trading arrangements, in particular the border in the irish sea known as the northern ireland protocol, which unionists see as an unacceptable economic frontier within their own country. you can expect, i think, mr varadkar and rishi sunak to be speaking on the phone pretty soon. relations between the prime ministers in london and dublin have always been of course vital to both countries. and another interesting footnote in history, if you like, martine, taking place today — for the first time, britain and ireland are both led by men of indian heritage.

the murder of an african american boy, emmett till, in mississippi in 1955 and his mother's subsequent fight forjustice has been made into a movie. �*till�*, is the story of mamie till mobley, who insisted on having an open casket for her son's funeral, to show how badly his face had been disfigured when he was beaten by two white men. the film is produced by barbara broccoli, who's behind the bond films and stars danielle dead—wyler, as mamie. they've been speaking to our culture editor, katie razzall. be small down there, you have to be extra careful with white people you can't risk looking at them the wrong way. i can't risk looking at them the wrong wa . ~ ., ., ., . i. way. i know. i wonder how much you felt the weight _ way. i know. i wonder how much you felt the weight of _ way. i know. i wonder how much you felt the weight of responsibility, - felt the weight of responsibility, the weight of the civil rights movement in this movie. film i

the weight of the civil rights movement in this movie. oh i felt it and i knew— movement in this movie. oh i felt it and i knew i — movement in this movie. oh i felt it and i knew i had _ movement in this movie. oh i felt it and i knew i had to _ movement in this movie. oh i felt it and i knew i had to honour- movement in this movie. oh i felt it and i knew i had to honour it - movement in this movie. oh i felt it and i knew i had to honour it and i and i knew i had to honour it and give it that kind of reference. we have to tell those stories. if we don't _ have to tell those stories. if we don't recognise our history, we are doomed _ don't recognise our history, we are doomed to — don't recognise our history, we are doomed to repeat it. you don't recognise our history, we are doomed to repeat it.— don't recognise our history, we are doomed to repeat it. you look like a movie star- — doomed to repeat it. you look like a movie star. emmett _ doomed to repeat it. you look like a movie star. emmett was _ doomed to repeat it. you look like a movie star. emmett was lynched - doomed to repeat it. you look like a movie star. emmett was lynched for whistlin: at movie star. emmett was lynched for whistling at a _ movie star. emmett was lynched for whistling at a white, _ movie star. emmett was lynched for whistling at a white, female - whistling at a white, female shopkeeper in the segregated part of america, but the film deliberately doesn't show the violence he suffered at the hands of the woman because my husband and another relative. i think we're over just the grotesque nature of witnessing violence on black bodies. it shouldn't take that kind of visual to ignite folks to resist the kind of atrocities that are happening, that had happened in 1955, that continue to happen to black people or any oppressed group of people. back in 1955, mamie till—mobley had her son's violated body photographed and insisted on an open casket at his funeral. many thousands filed past it. that smell is my son's body reeking of racial hatred. come with me, please.

she was one of the first people to recognise how vitally important the image would be to the world. and i think when you see what happened with george floyd, that young woman who kept filming that horrendous murder, we all saw it, we wouldn't have believed it if we hadn't seen it. the two men accused of killing emmett till were put on trial. and i do think that the trial will be carried on fairly, - and that we're alljust praying for the best to happen. - a white male jury found the men not guilty. they later admitted the murder but couldn't be tried a second time. though they're dead, emmett�*s female accuser isn't. do you think thatjustice will ever be served? good question. we hope. i think that films have the opportunity to reawaken people's understanding of critical moments in history.

that troubled history now being told on screen nearly 70 years on. katie razzall, bbc news. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a 33—year—old woman has died after being injured in a crush at a gig at london's brixton 02 academy. two other women remain in a critical condition. train passengers face further delays today, as the rmt union continue their 48—hour strike. only one in five services are expected to operate. hospitals are told to free up beds ahead of ambulance staff going on strike in england on wednesday. a vigil is under way for four young boys who died when they fell into a frozen lake in the west midlands. the government's sharing energy—saving tips in a new campaign. the advice includes using a draught excluder and unplugging appliances.

leo varadkar becomes ireland's new taoiseach, swapping roles with micheal martin, as part of a historic coalition agreement. croatia is still in the lead in the third place play—off at the qatar world cup. hussey now on bbc news, the media show. hello. a transatlantic programme today. we've got the us company that's big in britain. the boss of google this side of the pond is with us, and we've also got the british newspapers who are trying to make it big in the us. we'll be finding out why the publisher of the mirror and the express think that the americans are ready for some british style tabloid journalism in a bit. but first, let's start with matt brittin. he's the president of google for europe, the middle east matt, welcome

to the media show. hi, katie. thanks for having me. you're very welcome.