live from london, this is bbc news. the man accused of the attack on a christmas market in germany is remanded in custody, charged with five counts of murder and multiple attempted murders. mourners in magdeburg continue to leave floral tributes for the victims, including a nine—year—old boy. israel's military carries out a fresh wave of attacks across the gaza strip, hitting targets in gaza city, rafah and khan younis. syria's new rulers spark concerns for ethnic and religious minorities. we have a special report. the winning number is drawn in spain's annual christmas lottery, known as el gordo. and is this the end for the gypsy king?

tyson fury storms off after losing the title fight against the defending world champion. hello, welcome to the programme, i'm lewis vaughan jones. a man has appeared in court in germany, charged with five counts of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder after friday's attack on a christmas market in the city of magdeburg. these are the live pictures in the square where many people have these are the live pictures in the square where many people have been these are the live pictures in the square where many people have been leaving these are the live pictures in the square where many people have been leaving flowers these are the live pictures in the square where many people have been leaving flowers all morning and gathering for a moment of reflection. in the attack, more than 200 people were injured, struck by a car driven through the crowds. the suspect, a 50—year—old doctor originally from saudi arabia named as attallah palamo slid

in ——named as taleb al—abdulmohsen. he was placed in pre—trial detention when he appeared in court last night. his social media posts appear to suggest he had been critical of islam. our correspondent, anna foster reports from magdeburg. five years ago, he described how he helped people. qg�*s five years ago, he described how he helped people. 9096 of --eole how he helped people. 9096 of peeple who — how he helped people. 9096 of people who approach - how he helped people. 9096 of people who approach me - how he helped people. 9096 of people who approach me are l people who approach me are women between 18 and 30 years old. ., . , , women between 18 and 30 years old. ., ., , , . ., old. now he has been charged with killing — old. now he has been charged with killing five _ old. now he has been charged with killing five people - old. now he has been charged with killing five people at - magdeburg's christmas market, speeding car between the packed alleys of christmas tours, causing terror and panic. he was arrested at the scene, this video showing armed police telling him not to move from the ground. he made thejourney

to magdeburg from this quiet town where he lives. it is around 25 miles away. more details coming to light about his background and his views. he came to germany from saudi arabia nearly 20 years ago and works in this clinic. a's relatively was being treated here. she was shocked at the link. i here. she was shocked at the link. ., , , ., ~ link. i was very shaken. horrified. _ link. i was very shaken. horrified. it _ link. i was very shaken. horrified. it is - link. i was very shaken. horrified. it is terrible, | link. i was very shaken. l horrified. it is terrible, it has made me sad, it's made my whole family very sad. everything i know is sad. from his home _ everything i know is sad. from his home in — everything i know is sad. from his home in this _ everything i know is sad. from his home in this peaceful - his home in this peaceful street, he built an online presence which will be key to the police's investigation. in 2019, he spoke to a german newspaper about what he called his activism. he told them, and history's most aggressive critic of islam, just ask any arab if you don't believe me. attention is now turning to safety and security, whether

this market was protected enough and whether authorities had any warnings that he may have posed a threat. germany is waiting for the answers. 0ur correspondent bethany bell is in magdeburg with the latest. we've had the suspect, the 50—year—old man who was born in saudi arabia, who has been charged with five counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder... multiple counts of attempted murder and multiple counts of dangerous bodily harm. investigators are continuing to try and establish a possible motive in this case. we know so far that this man had lived in germany for almost 20 years. he was granted refugee status in 2016, and he worked as a psychiatrist at a local clinic. the police have also

told us a little bit more about the victims, those who died in the attack on friday. they include a nine—year—old boy and four women, aged between 45 and 75. gaza's civil defence agency says at least 28 people, including children, have been killed in a wave of attacks by the israeli military across the gaza strip. targets were hit in gaza city, rafah and khan younis. a school sheltering displaced families and a hospital in northern gaza were among the sites struck. staff at the kamal adwan hospital say the facility has been repeatedly targeted by the israeli military. israel says it is carrying out precise strikes against hamas militants. meanwhile, hamas and two other palestinian armed groups have said that an agreement to end the fighting is now "closer than ever". the statement says a deal for a truce and the release

of hostages would depend on israel not asking for new conditions in negotiations. 0ur correspondent emir nader has this update. there's been a series of israeli air strikes on the gaza strip — across the gaza strip overnight and into the recent hours. and that includes a school that was housing displaced families in gaza city, where we understand that eight people were killed, including children. the civil defence forces there, the first responders who've got there, say they found children amongst the dead and pulled out bodies from the rubble. we reached out to the israeli army, the israeli military, about this particular set of strikes, and they said that that school was... they said it was a command and control centre being used by hamas. now, that isn't the only location that has been struck in the past few hours.

we know about five people being killed in strikes injabalia, including four children, four killed in a vehicle that was hit in gaza city. and amongst those strikes, we understand that there are now 28 people killed overnight and into those recent hours, 28 palestinians killed in the gaza strip. and all of this comes as we've been hearing since yesterday evening, urgent, desperate pleas from the medical staff at the kamal adwan hospital in the north of gaza, which has been operating in very dire circumstances in the past weeks, and the medical staff there are saying that they are being directly targeted by the israeli military in an unprecedented manner. they've said that they've been told to evacuate by the israeli military, but they can't do so because it would put the over 80—90 patients' lives at risk and also the lives of their staff. these events, of course, unfolding — as the

background to all this, we've been covering and reporting these ceasefire talks. what is the latest on those? well, yes. the talks have been continuing in qatar and in egypt. and a senior palestinian source has been speaking to the bbc and we've been getting positive signals, talk of a ceasefire possibly happening in the next days, that we could be 90% of the way there. there are some sticking points around the names of the particular palestinian prisoners who might be released in exchange for the israeli hostages that will be released in the first stage of the ceasefire deal. there's also talk around a buffer zone being established around the gaza strip, inside of it, which the israeli military would continue to have a presence there, and discussions, a bit of contention around whether the israeli military would remain on the border section between gaza and egypt.

thanks to emir for that little update earlier. the us military says it has shot down one of its own aircraft by mistake, during air strikes against houthi forces in yemen. both of the air crew ejected and were rescued. it happened while the us was attacking what it said were missile storage sites and command facilities in sa naa. the houthis, who are allied to iran, have been firing missiles at israel and attacking shipping in the red sea, in what they say is a gesture of support to palestinians in gaza. let's take you live to syria — and this the scene in the capital damascus. people preparing for what comes next after hds have taken over. hts is a sunni muslim group, and its leader ahmad al—sharra

has a jihadist past. minorities say they are worried about islamic rule, and those from bashar al—assad's alawite community are worried there might be retribution against them. the bbc�*s yogita limaye reports from damascus. the dictator has fallen and fled. but what of the community he belonged to? bashar al—assad is from the islamic alawite sect. it's one of syria's biggest minorities, but it's controlled power over a majority sunni muslim country for 50 years. in a working—class alawite neighbourhood of damascus, a few agree to speak to us. dozens of others refused. i asked if they feared revenge. translation: so far, we are ok. hayat tahrir al—sham has been respectful to us, but there are groups pretending to be hts who are making threats. we are scared of them. many from the alawite sect, and indeed this neighbourhood, worked in assad's forces. "where are they?"

i asked. translation: everyone - who worked with the military and did bad things has fled. but people who do not have blood on their hands, they are not scared and have stayed back. the men who've taken control have said those from the deposed regime involved in crimes will be held to account, but that the freedoms of minorities will be protected. hayat tahrir al—sham has a jihadist past and an islamist present. does syria's plural society believe their promises? this country's christian community is one of the oldest in the world. this is the christian quarter of damascus. now, we have seen christmas decorations up in some parts of the city, but people who live here tell us the decorations here are more muted than they have been before.

christians have told us that they do feel reassured by hts's promises, but that there is still uncertainty, and there are still worries about the form of government that this country will have in the future. we met youssef sabbagh, a lawyer from the christian community. i'm so happy because assad fall. this is like a dream come true. but there is concern. i have to be realistic — htc are here now and they are islamic militia. that's what they are. 0k, iwant them, i need, i wish, i pray they will be modern islamic militia. it's a moment of hope in syria, but also one of uncertainty. yogita limaye, bbc news, damascus. now it's time for a look at today's sport with mike. —— with 0llie. hello from the bbc sport centre.

tyson fury said that he should have won last night's rematch against 0leksandr usyk. hello from the bbc sport centre. it went the distance but the judges gave it to the ukrainian by a unanimous decision in riyadh six months after usyk unified the heavyweight division by beating fury, this fight went the same way. the judges gave just four of the 12 rounds to fury, who weighed in at over 20 stones, the heaviest in his career. usyk�*s ringcraft came to the fore in the second half of the fight as fury tired. all three judges scored it 116—112 to the 37—year—old champion, as he retained his wba, wbc and wbo belts, proving his status as a generational great. tyson is a great opponent, he's a tough man, a big boxer. there is a lot of talk, it's just show. i very respect tyson fury. 2a rounds — listen, now it is already history. i'm going on with two losses on my record now,

so there's not much i can do about it. i canjust fight my heart out and do the best i can. but again, i'll always believe until the day i die, i won that fight. when you don't get the knockout, this is what happens — you can't guarantee a win. in that fight there, he never hurt me once. i've got a couple of flesh wounds, they'll be gone in two or three days. but, yeah, not a mark on me. but listen, it is what it is. i've been away 12 weeks, put a lot of work in for this fight, and i'm going to go home now and enjoy it. there are five matches in the premier league today, if they win away at tottenham, that's the last match on sunday. the other four kick off in the next 45 minutes. chelsea are only two points behind liverpool so will go top for a couple of hours at least if they win at everton. enzo maresca's side have won eight in a row in all compettions. everton are three points above the relegation zone.

vitor pereira takes charge of struggling wolves for the first time after gary 0'neil was sacked this time last weekend with the side one place off the bottom of the table. they are at leicester. bottom side southampton also have a new manager. the former roma and torino boss ivanjuric was appointed yesterday. he's expceted to be in the stands at craven cottage for the game against fulham. the cottagers could move up to sixth with a win. marcus rashford has been left out of the manchester united squad for ther third game running. they are at home to bournemouth who they lost to 3—0 at old trafford last season, also in december. united are currently 13th in the table. a win for the cherries would see them move up to fifth in the table. celtic will move 11 points clear at the top of the scotish premiership with a win at dundee united. they are into the second half at tannadice. currently 0—0. the bottom two — hearts and stjohnstone — play each other later. england'sjohn parry has

won the mauritius 0pen, his first win on the dp world tour in 1a years. parry started sunday's final round five shots off the lead but this eagle on the 12th helped him to a closing round of 64 and took him to the top of the leaderboard, two clear of the rest. the 38—year—old almost gave up golf a few years ago and only earned his place back on the tour in september. rickey henderson, the man who scored more runs in major league baseball than anyone else, has died at the age of 65. henderson played for nine teams from 1979 to 2003 but is most associated with the oakland athletics, where he had four spells and won the world series in 1989. he achieved 2,295 runs. that record still stands. he also holds the record for stolen bases, 1,a06.

that earned him the nickname the man of steal. he also won the world series with the toronto bluejays. and that's all the sport for now. the kick—off in the next 45 minutes or so in the premier league. blake lively has filed a legal complaint against her it ends with us co—star justin baldoni alleging sexual harassment and a campaign to "destroy" her reputation. according to the legal filing, she accused mr baldoni and his team of attacking her public image after a meeting to address what she described as"repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behaviour" by mr baldoni and a producer on the movie. mr baldoni's legal team told the bbc the allegations are "categorically false" and said they hired a crisis manager because ms lively had threatened to derail the film unless her demands were met.

with me is news correspondent matt graveling. these details have come out in paperwork filed and it is a complaint by blake lively accusing baldoni and his team of a campaign to destroy her reputation and accusing him of sexual harassment. it came on at the netflix film it ends with us. the characters were any relationship in the film and it did very well with the viewers, but in the complaint filed in california, we have been made aware of big disagreements on the site. the paperwork states on fourth january, a meeting was held to address a hostile work environment. the meeting was attended by baldoni, also the film has mike director, also the co—chairman and co—founder of wayfarer, the company who produce the film. blake lively

attended with ryan reynolds, the hollywood actor, who was not in the film, and other members of the film's production. ms blake lively�*s lawyers alleged that he and another cast member... they want to know more mention of their previous geography addiction, no more descriptions of their own genitalia, and no more adding of sixteens other than what blake lively had agreed —— sex seems, and no more baldoni thing he could to blake lively�*s father. he did very

well in the box office, but some criticism of how it depicted domestic violence. fast forward to now and away from the movie, blake lively�*s team have filed a legal complaint against baldoni alleging sexual harassment and alleging sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation. the accusation is that baldoni and wayfarer studio is a leading multitiered plan to wreck her reputation, saying it was the intended result of a carefully coordinated scheme to silence her and others from speaking out about the hostile environment. blake lively says she hopes her action will help pull the curtain back on the sinister retaliatory attack to harm people who speak up about misconduct. responding to the legal complaint, mr baldoni's lawyer says the allegations are categorically false and it is shameful that blake lively would make such serious and categorical accusations. his legal team also accuse her of making numerous demands during the process and threatening to not show up to the set, threatening to not promote the film, which would end up

ultimately leading to its demand during release demands are not met. demand during release demands are not met-— are not met. thank you for that. around 100 arrivals and departures have been cancelled at heathrow airport, affecting 15,000 people, as strong winds continue to disrupt christmas travel. let's speak to simonjones who's there for us. what has been happening? the ureat what has been happening? tie: great getaway for christmas is well under way. we have had about travel experts according frantic friday, followed by snarl ups saturday because of problems on the roads, but i'm afraid for those today wanting to get away, from heathrow, it is not proving to be a smoother sunday. most flights are getting under way, but a hundred flights have been cancelled, affecting 15,000 cancelled, affecting 15, 000 passengers, cancelled, affecting 15,000 passengers, and heathrow tell

as it is because of the strong winds. you can certainly feel them blowing here this afternoon. that means the airport has to allow time between flights —— more time between flights —— more time between flights —— more time between flights and because the schedule is really busy, so many people wanting to fly in the run—up to christmas, does not have much capacity spare. and because it has had to introduce the time between flights, it means it has to take the decision to cancel a number of flights to make sure the majority can actually depart as planned. it is not just here at heathrow there are issues, ferries being affected, notably between dover and calais because of the strong winds and also many cancelled between scotland and northern ireland. 0n the railways, scotrail has said it has had to introduce a number of speed restrictions on lines. 0nce restrictions on lines. once again because of the strength of the winds. you have the danger of objects blowing onto

the tracks. many people taking to the roads again today, either to visit the family and friends or to do a bit of last—minute christmas shopping. all in all, travel groups said it had stopped to a bit of a perfect storm. just hearing a flight taking up behind me, so lucky for some people managing to get away. the weather warnings remain in place for much of the uk and for all of scotland, northern ireland and wales and large parts of northern england and western england until 90 and this evening. we are not out of the woods yet. looking ahead, the weather is due to improved. morrow is due to be much calmer weather wise, morrow is due to be much calmer weatherwise, perhaps morrow is due to be much calmer weather wise, perhaps not on the roads, but for anyone hoping for a white christmas this year, the met office say they are going to be disappointed. simon, thank you for that. let's ta ke let's take you to spain.

people have been watching the big, festive lottery draw known as el gordo — or "the fat one" in english. this is a big tradition in spain. the top winning number has now been drawn. apart from that, there are hundreds of other prizes, making el gordo one of the most exciting and widely anticipated lotteries in spain. 0ur reporter yazmina garcia has been following the story from barcelona. this spanish lottery is one of the oldest draws in the world, with a history that goes back over two centuries. and as you said, el gordo, the fat 0ne, refers to the biggest prize of the draw, which is 400,000. and the interesting thing about this draw is that there's not just one jackpot, there are multiple winners, some of them from as little as 100 euros up to el gordo, which is 400,000 a ticket. as you know, one of these could be worth that. it kicks off the christmas festivities here in spain,

and today, everywhere you go here in barcelona, you will be able to hear the draw somewhere in the background — you know, in cafes, restaurants, shops is the sound of those children, the children of san ildefonso, singing the winning numbers. yeah, it's been going on quite a while, hasn't it? not only in the history, but even just today, we've been keeping across these pictures, it has been been going on for hours already. yes, yes, it's quite long because as i said, there are multiple winners and the way it works is that there are two rotating drums — the big one holds all the numbers, the smaller one holds the prizes. and, you know, the children have to draw each one of the prizes and match it with each one of the numbers, so that is why it takes that long. but it is very exciting. thanks for that. good luck to everyone involved. plenty more

to come, stay with us. i'm loose onjones, this is bbc news. —— lewis vaughanjones. hello there. earlier on today we had some snow falling over some of the hills. the snow now more confined to the mountains of scotland. but we've still got cold air, originating all the way from greenland and iceland. this is polar maritime air, it usually comes with a lot of showers and that's certainly what we are seeing today. certainly feels colder as well, temperatures 6 or 7 degrees but feeling colder than that given these really strong winds that we have. the winds are picking up in eastern england but the strongest winds are further west and north, where around coastal areas the winds could be gusting 60 or 70 mph. those stronger gusts come where we see the showers, but those showers this evening are going to start to fade away. they'll last for a bit longer in northern scotland but even these should move away, the winds becoming lighter overnight, and with clear skies it's going to be quite chilly. i think the lowest temperatures will be across scotland

and the north—east of england where we could get a touch of frost, and given the earlier showers, some icy patches as well. the area of low pressure that's brought the windy weather is going to be weakening, heading its way towards scandinavia. we'll start to draw in some atlantic air eventually from the west but ahead of that we start with some sunshine after that chilly start. the winds continuing to ease. the cloud will increase from the west gradually through the day and across these western areas we'll see a bit of mostly light rain or drizzle. here the winds will be more south—westerly, that's going to drag in not just cloud and damp weather but lift the averages. 0ut toward the east where it stays drier and brighter for longer, still going to be quite cold, temperatures of 5 or 6 degrees. but that colder air will be pushed out of the way, that weather front taking some dampness across the country. then we will find the south—westerly winds, the air originating all the way from the azores, that will bring milder air for christmas eve. but that mild air comes with a lot of cloud, a bit of dampness and drizzle here and there, mainly towards western scotland where the winds will be

a little bit stronger but certainly lighter winds further south. south—westerly winds, then, lifting the temperatures, bringing the cloud and we could see highs of 13, possibly even 14 degrees on tuesday. so quite a sudden change to the weather if you like. we'll stay in that mild air for christmas day as well. the cold airjust to the north—west of the uk. and along that boundary there may be a bit of rain but it's more likely to be a grey christmas than a white christmas because of the milder conditions. the winds will be lighter and for many places it will be dry.

this is bbc news, the headlines... a saudi man suspected of carrying out a deadly attack on a christmas market in the german city of magdeburg has been remanded in custody. he is facing multiple charges of murder and attempted murder. gaza's civil defence agency says at least 28 people have been killed in a wave of attacks by the israeli military across the gaza strip. targets were hit in gaza city, rafah and khan younis. the ukrainian boxer 0leksandr usyk has won the biggest bout in boxing — the men's world heavyweight title, beating tyson fury. he won on points after a thrilling 12—round contest in riyadh. the winning number has been drawn in spain's annual christmas lottery.

the first prize — known as "el gordo" —