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 who include a nine—year—old boy. a church of england priest with a history of child sexual abuse allegations was twice re—appointed to a senior position, the bbc finds. israel's military carries out a fresh wave of attacks across the gaza strip, hitting targets in gaza city, rafah and khan younis. the winning number is drawn in spain's annual christmas lottery, known as el gordo.

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. the suspect, a 50—year—old doctor originally from saudi arabia was named as taleb al—abdulmohsen. he was placed in pre—trial detention when he appeared in court last night. detention when he appeared his social media posts appear to suggest he had been critical of islam. let's speak to our correspondent anna foster, who is in bernburg, the home town of the suspect. what more do we know? this is where he _ what more do we know? this is where he lived _ what more do we know? this is where he lived for _ what more do we know? this is where he lived for almost - what more do we know? this is where he lived for almost 20 i where he lived for almost 20 years after coming from saudi arabia to germany back in 2006. this is a fairly small, quiet

town. it has its own christmas market of its own, actually, which is very quiet this afternoon in the centre of the square. this is a place where he worked as a psychiatrist and the town for which he travelled to magdeburg on friday evening. now, what we are moaning more about all the time is about him as an individual, notjust about his work and home life in this town here. but also about his views, and often in his own words. back in 29, taleb al—abdulmohsen was interviewed by the bbc and he talked about what he did here in germany. —— backin what he did here in germany. —— back in 2009. not about his work, but what he did in his free time. my name's taleb. i'm from saudi arabia, i'm an activist. i created a website to help people seeking asylum, especially from saudi arabia and the gulf region. five years ago taleb al—abdulmohsen described how he spent his free time helping people. 90% of people who approach

me are women between 18 and 30 years old. now he has been charged with killing five people at magdeburg's christmas market, speeding a powerful car through the packed alleys between the stalls, 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, bernburg, around 25 miles away, and more detail is coming to light about his background and his views. he came to germany from saudi arabia nearly 20 years ago and works at this clinic as a psychiatrist. ulrika's relative is being treated here. she was shocked when she heard the link. yes, i was very shaken. yeah, it's horrifying, it's terrible. it makes me sad and makes my

whole family very sad and everything i know is sad. from his home on this peaceful street, taleb al—abdulmohsen built an online presence which will be key to the police investigation. in 2019 he spoke to a german newspaper about what he called his activism, telling them, "i'm 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 taleb al—abdulmohsen may have posed a threat. germany is waiting for the answers. and as people allay those fresh flowers again in magdeburg this afternoon, there are lots of questions as i was saying that that the people want answers to, no doubt. particularly about how this could have happened, about what was known

about the man's background, what conversations may have happened —— perhaps in the security services in germany. but also some of the questions how these christmas markets are protected. there have been attacks before. people had a certain expectation of safety and security when they went to and security when they went to a place like this. the police talked about their investigation, they released more of the details yesterday. they have said they are still looking into potential motives. all mac this body of evidence and background and taleb al—abdulmohsen speaking in his own words, what they don't know is what drove somebody to go to the christmas market to target german families enjoying a night out injust german families enjoying a night out in just a few days before christmas. and while he has been remanded in pre—trial custody and those charges have been brought, the police say there is still a lot they want to be doing in their investigation to really try and line up what might have been and why. line up what might have been and wh . �* . line up what might have been andwh .�* ., and why. anna foster, live in

bernburg, — and why. anna foster, live in bernburg, thank _ and why. anna foster, live in bernburg, thank you. - the bbc has found that a church of england priest with a history of child sexual abuse allegations was twice re—appointed to a senior position when the current archbishop of york, stephen cottrell, was the bishop of chelmsford. a woman who says she was groomed by david tudor has described the renewals of his contract as "an insult to all of his victims". harry farley reports. david tudor was an area dean in charge of 12 parishes in essex. when stephen cottrell took over as the bishop of chelmsford in 2010. but tudor was banned from being alone with children and in the late 80s had been jailed for the indecent assault of three underage girls. the convictions were quashed on a technicality and after a five year ban, he was allowed back to minister as a priest. stephen cottrell was fully briefed on the concerns about tudor, but he was not suspended until nine years later in 2019, when a fresh police investigation was opened. the now archbishop of york previously said the situation he faced was horrible and intolerable, but there were no legal grounds to act earlier.

what we can now reveal is david tudor was reappointed twice, in 2013 and 2018 into his senior role as area dean at both points. stephen cottrell was the bishop with overall responsibility and knew that david tudor had paid £10,000 to a woman who says she was sexually abused by him from the age of 11. one of david tudor�*s victims, who did not want to be identified, said these were not the actions of a bishop dealing with a situation that was intolerable to him. she reiterated her calls on the archbishop of york to resign. a spokesperson for stephen cottrell said he accepts responsibility for david tudor, remaining as area dean acknowledges this could have been handled differently and said that no one advised him that david tudor should not continue as area dean. this morning, the bishop of newcastle said archbishop cottrell�*s expressions of regret did not square with his actions, but other bishops are not joining her calls for him to stand down. i know that archbishop stephen is a conscientious and honourable and prayerful

man, and he will have been thinking deeply about what is best course of action is, and i really don't think it's for me to second guess in public what he should do. and i also feel, you know, safeguarding is, is much, much too serious a matter for all the attention to be focussed on that kind of question. weeks after the archbishop of canterbury was forced to resign, the church of england heads into christmas with mounting calls for his number two to do the same. harry farley, bbc news. 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. let's take you live to syria and this the scene in the capital damascus over umayyad square, where life is returning to normal after that stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the assad family's 50 years of iron—fist rule. but the takeover by hayat tahrir al—sham or hts has sparked concern for ethnic and religious minorities. 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. let's speak to allison mcmanus, managing director of national security and international policy at the centre for american progress. welcome, thank you forjoining us. welcome, thank you for “oining us. , ., ., us. tell us more about the concerns _ us. tell us more about the concerns that _ us. tell us more about the concerns that have - us. tell us more about the concerns that have been . concerns that have been sparked, particularly about the welfare of religious minority groups. welfare of religious minority urou s. . ~' welfare of religious minority u-rous. . ~ ,, welfare of religious minority u-rous. . ~ ., ., groups. thank you for having me toda . groups. thank you for having me today- many _ groups. thank you for having me today- many of— groups. thank you for having me today. many of the _ groups. thank you for having me today. many of the concerns - today. many of the concerns relate of course to the rise of hts, the rebel group that commandeered the push and fall of assad and that has now taken primary seat in the transitional period in terms of politics and governance. as you mentioned, hts had previously been aligned with al-qaeda and

his leader, ahmad al—sharra, was himself actually affiliated with the islamic state. for minority groups, there was great concern that islamic primacy of sunni groups might impact the transitional governance period that would be in a way that was less than inclusive. i will say that what have seen so far is actually quite moderation of these previous positions. 0ther hts leaders have been at least very rhetorically insistent in their desire to include minorities, and notjust in rhetoric, but have done a lot of outreach to leaders of christians and other communities. when it comes to the alawite, and they tended to

enjoy privileged positions in the government and military and their concerns are really more to retribution. again, what we have seen, although there have been instances where we see reports of alawites that have disappeared, is again at least a commitment to pursuing justice through judicial measures and other nonviolent forms. what will really remain to be seen in this coming period is syrians will need to establish this transitional government, the constitution has been suspended until march, so there will be a process of constitution drafting. this is really where they might meet the road in terms of how syria is being set up for inclusive governance into the future and protection of rights of minorities.— protection of rights of minorities. �* , . minorities. briefly, we have not not minorities. briefly, we have not got much _ minorities. briefly, we have not got much time - minorities. briefly, we have not got much time left, - minorities. briefly, we have| not got much time left, who minorities. briefly, we have . not got much time left, who do you think will participate in

the drafting of the constitution? ~ , constitution? well, it will be really important _ constitution? well, it will be really important to _ constitution? well, it will be really important to see - constitution? well, it will be really important to see all i really important to see all minority groups, women, have a seat at the table in drafting this constitution. it is still too early to tell, but again there are some promising signs. we only have a few moments left, but here is where i think the international community could be very important. we have already seen a great deal of insistence on inclusiveness. the other thing i want to mention is that this process will only be successful if the next governing body, the next leaders of syria are able to deliver for all syrians, minorities included, and that will mean economic relief, not just a focus on a inclusive governance process, but looking at things like the widespread sanctions on certain sectors. really equipping syrians... we will have to — really equipping syrians... we will have to see how that pans out. thank you.— out. thank you. thank you so much.

now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. five matches in the premier league today, four kicked off 15 minutes ago. chelsea could move to the top of the table for a few hours at least, they are at everton. goaless there. those sides are struggling at the bottom. the late game is at tottenham, leaders liverpool have drawn their last two in the league but a win will guarantee them top spot at christmas. just the two games in scotland today. one of them has already finished. held goalless, stretching their lead over rangers by a single point in nine points.

dundee united in the remaining fixture, hearts host stjohnstone in a clash of the bottom two. across europe, there was a fourth win for claudio ranieri since his return to roma as they beat his former club parma 5—0 in serie a. later, atalanta can reclaim top spot from napoli if they avoid defeat at home to empoli. in spain's la liga, real madrid can close the gap on city rivals atleti to a single point with a win over sevilla, while valencia can move off the bottom should they beat alaves but they are trailing 1—0. meanwhile, in germany dortmund face the prospect of dropping into the bottom half of the bundesliga, at the midway point of the season if they fail to beat wolfsburg. tyson fury said that he should have won last night's rematch against 0leksandr usyk. 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 stone, 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 the 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. england'sjohn parry has won the mauritus 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 twelfth 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 passed away aged 65. henderson played for nine teams from 1979 to 2003 but is most associated with the oakland athletics, where he had four spells. nicknamed the man of steal, henderson achieved 2,295 runs. he also holds the record

for stolen bases, 1,a06. twice a world series winner with 0akland in 1989 and the toronto bluejays in 1993. w011 won still no goals in those four premier league matches, we will have an update and hopefully some goals in the next hour. as we heard, the ukrainian boxer 0leksandr usyk has won the biggest bout in boxing — the men's world heavyweight title, beating britain's tyson fury. the ukrainian won on points after a thrilling 12 let's speak to sports journalist iryna kozyupa who joins us live from ternopil in ukraine. thank you forjoining us. what has the reaction been to usyk�*s victory in ukraine? has the reaction been to usyk's victory in ukraine?— victory in ukraine? hello and greetings— victory in ukraine? hello and greetings to _ victory in ukraine? hello and greetings to everybody - victory in ukraine? hello and greetings to everybody from | greetings to everybody from ukraine. thank you for the congratulations and invitation to the programme. i would say

that yesterday night was unbelievable and absolutely fantastic football ukrainians, not only fans of boxing or sport or supporters of usyk. like so many people, we are so happy with this victory and i saw absolutely fantastic video and pictures from the soldiers on the front line and they were so happy to see the victory of usykin so happy to see the victory of usyk in yesterday's fight. it means it is much more than sport for ukrainians. in our situation of the full—scale war with the russians. first of all, of course, everybody was happy with usyk to once again show that he is champion and in the top list of the best boxes in the world. but second,

anybody his messages to the world about ukraine and the situation in the country. it's victory was really unbelievable and made people in ukraine like usyk always said, very few and gorgeous to be ukrainian. figs gorgeous to be ukrainian. as ou gorgeous to be ukrainian. as you say. _ gorgeous to be ukrainian. as you say, a symbolic victory, notjust you say, a symbolic victory, not just a sporting you say, a symbolic victory, notjust a sporting one. thank you so much for speaking to us. thank you for your time. 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. she says she wants to pull back the curtain about harmful conduct. justin baldoni told the bbc that the allegations are categorically false. 0ur correspondencejoins us are categorically false. 0ur correspondence joins us now, what more can you tell us? came

out of the — what more can you tell us? came out of the paperwork _ what more can you tell us? came out of the paperwork of _ what more can you tell us? came out of the paperwork of the - out of the paperwork of the california rights department by the actor blake lively which accuses justin l the actor blake lively which accusesjustin l dhoni and his team of sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation. to understand how we got to this point we first have to rewind a little bit. they starred in the next flicks from it ends with us which came out in the summer. the film did very well with viewers but this paperwork filed in california has made us aware of some very big disagreements on the set. it states that on the 11th of january, a meeting was held to address a hostile work environment. the meeting was attended byjustin baldoni who was also the film's director and co—chairman and co—founder of the production company for the film. blake lively also attending with her husband the hollywood actor ryan reynolds who was not in the film, alongside other member of the from's production service. blake lively�*s lawyers allege

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