live from london. this is bbc news. the nine—year child who died in the christmas german market attack has been named as andre gleissner. 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. 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. around a hundred arrivals and departures have been cancelled at heathrow airport. and the winning number is drawn in spain's annual christmas lottery known as el gordo.

hello, i'm luxmy gopal. we start with breaking news from germany where the boy who died in the attack at the magdeburg christmas market has been named. andre gleissner was nine years old. his identity was confirmed by the fire department who said he had been a member of the children's fire brigade in the town of warle, about an hour's drive from magdeburg. this is the scene live at magdeburg market. it appears to have reopened and people are walking amongst the stalls. andre was one of five people who died, the identities of the other four, who were all adult women, have not been made public. more than 200 others were injured when they were struck by a car driven through the crowds.

the man held by police following the incident, taleb al—abdulmohsen, has been charged with five counts of murder, and multiple counts of attempted murder and detained in custody. he is a doctor, from saudi ariabia, and his motive remains unclear. but his social media posts appear to suggest he had been critical of islam. let's speak to bethany bell who's in magdeburg. tells us, what more do we know about the victims?— about the victims? well, we have seen — about the victims? well, we have seen pictures - about the victims? well, we have seen pictures of - about the victims? well, we| have seen pictures of andre, the nine—year—old boy who died here in magdeburg's christmas market which is now open to the public again. his mother in a post on facebook wrote, he was only with this for nine years only with this for nine years on this earth, i will promise to keep you in my heart to remember you. and she said, i

can't understand this. we know that the other victims were all women between the ages of 45 and 75, and what we understand here is that local ngos has launched a fundraiser to give money to the victims and their families. this is a very sombre atmosphere here in the market, it has onlyjust been open to the public again. people are coming here to the site where this horrible attack took place. this horrible attack took lace. �* . , this horrible attack took lace, �* ., , ., ~' this horrible attack took lace. �* . , . place. bethany, thank you, life for us following _ place. bethany, thank you, life for us following the _ place. bethany, thank you, life for us following the breaking i for us following the breaking news that the boy who died in the attack at the magdeburg christmas market has been named as andre gleissner. he was nine years old. our correspondent anna foster, has been in bernberg today, the home town of the suspect. this is 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, very quiet this afternoon, just in the centre of the square. this is a place where he worked as a psychiatrist and the town from which he travelled to magdeburg on friday evening. what we are learning more about all the time is him as an individual, notjust his work and home life in this town here, but also about his views, and often in his own words. back in 2019, taleb al—abdulmohsen was interviewed by the bbc and he talked about what he did here in germany, not specifically about his work, but about 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 lay those fresh flowers again in magdeburg this afternoon, there are lots of questions as i was saying that that 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 simpler 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 a place like this. but the police talked about their investigation, they released more of the details yesterday. they have said they are still looking into potential motives. although 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 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. anna foster, live in bernburg.

let's get more on this from dr hans jakob schindler, who's senior director at the counter extremism project in berlin. thank you forjoining us. the subject seems to hold a unusual mix of ideologies, what you make of his profile? it really doesnt make of his profile? it really doesn't fit — make of his profile? it really doesn't fit any _ make of his profile? it really doesn't fit any particular - doesn't fit any particular mould of the classical extremist ideology that we know islamist driving extremists. it is really an expression of what we have seen since the epidemic when more of the social life really transferred online. that is individuals who take pieces and bits of other extremist ideologies and build their own rather bizarre world view is mostly based on conspiracy theories, and this is really a clear example that even these rather wacky theories can have consequences. d0 rather wacky theories can have consequences-_ rather wacky theories can have consequences. do you think this reflects a wider _ consequences. do you think this reflects a wider trend? - consequences. do you think this reflects a wider trend? do - consequences. do you think this reflects a wider trend? do you l reflects a wider trend? do you think there are more people out there who have this particular

mix of conspiracy theories potentially and diffuse? is this being pushed by a wider force? ~ ., , force? well, i mean, this particular— force? well, i mean, this particular view _ force? well, i mean, this particular view of - force? well, i mean, this particular view of the - particular view of the perpetrator is certainly something quite unique, but this type of radicalisation doesn't really fit into a clear ideological mould any more. that is definitely a trend that is far more widespread. it is also far more widespread because of the way that social media works. these algorithms really promote content that is hateful, divisive. if someone goes down the rabbit hole of radicalisation, these algorithms actually support that process by giving him or her more and more of the same material, more extreme material. it is really hard to get out of this by yourself. [30 get out of this by yourself. do ou get out of this by yourself. do you think this is likely to have any consequences on german politics? have any consequences on german olitics? ., , ., politics? for sure. i mean, the discussion _ politics? for sure. i mean, the discussion of _ politics? for sure. i mean, the discussion of course _ politics? for sure. i mean, the discussion of course already i discussion of course already

started. we have these levels of security where at each stage something that was in itself maybe not that significant went wrong, but in combination led to this disaster, or the question of what happened with the warnings of the saudi government? what were they about? what happened with the warnings from the public, from people who knew him? why when they looked at? what happened with the security system that in 2023 prompted by some of the warnings which of course at that time correctly said he is not a present and immediate danger, but why wasn't it repeated in 202a? and finally of course why on earth where there any access to the christmas market for any other car but a police car and ambulance? 0f car but a police car and ambulance? of course you need escape routes but these need to be closed off to other cars, so there is a lot that needs to be discussed. immediately of course the right—wing

extremists in germany and austria started posting the night of the attack. first when everybody including myself this is an islamist attack, really islamophobic things and now it turns out he is actually an islamophobic himself. they immediately switched to the migration debate. while the service was going on last night in magdeburg, right wing extremist staged a demonstration in magdeburg calling for the migration. these extremist currents and some more extremist political parties are trying to take advantage of this.- advantage of this. just briefly. _ advantage of this. just briefly, you _ advantage of this. just| briefly, you mentioned advantage of this. just briefly, you mentioned the concerns around security of christmas markets in germany, because it has happened before. what needs to be done to make them safer? we what needs to be done to make them safer?— them safer? we need to look at them safer? we need to look at the concept _ them safer? we need to look at the concept they _ them safer? we need to look at the concept they had _ them safer? we need to look at the concept they had in - the concept they had in magdeburg and figure out why there was a gap? it was a multilayered concept, policeman on the market in plain clothes and in uniform, cameras around the market. concrete barriers

most sides, but there were escape routes left open. the question really is if you are of course need escape routes, why would they not blocked by for example policeman? why were they left open so they could easily drive onto the christmas market? that needs to be re—evaluated, but it is not the only christmas market in germany where a re—evaluation luckily now happens. you need to learn from these incidents, because clearly when you have an attack no one can claim it went well. an attack no one can claim it went well-— an attack no one can claim it went well. thank you so much for our went well. thank you so much for your time. _ went well. thank you so much for your time. thank - went well. thank you so much for your time. 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 notjoining 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.

israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says israel will continue to act against the houthis in yemen, whom he accused of threatening world shipping and the international order. his statement comes a day after a missile fired from yemen fell in the tel aviv area, causing a number of mild injuries. meanwhile, in gaza, the local civil defence agency says at least 28 people, including children, have been killed in a wave of attacks by the israeli military across the 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.

syria's new leader ahmed al—sharaa has held talks in damascus with turkey's foreign minister as he aims to reset his country's foreign relations. speaking at the meeting, turkey's top diplomat urged the international community to engage with the new syrian leadership, and called for current sanctions on the country to be lifted as soon as possible. that meeting immediately followed talks between ahmed al—sharaa and the leader of lebanon's druze community, in which the new leader of syria vowed to respect lebanon's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity. we are starting a new era with lebanon. we respect its sovereignty and strength, and we are trying to serve it as much as we can. lebanon has always been a strategic depth for syria, and syria is a strategic depth for lebanon. we are seeking, with all regional and international partners for lebanon to become the best it can be.

inshallah. around a hundred arrivals and departures have been cancelled at heathrow airport affecting 15,000 people, as strong winds continue to disrupt christmas travel. 0ur correspondent simon jones has the latest. the big christmas getaway is well under way. we've had what travel experts called frantic friday, followed by snarl—up saturday. and i'm afraid for many people wanting to travel today, it has not been a smooth sunday, particularly here at heathrow airport. as you say, around 15,000 passengers hoping tojet off to sunnier climes, many of them, because i have to say it is very cold and windy here this afternoon. well, they will have been disappointed by those flight cancellations. heathrow tell us, because of the strong winds, what they've had to do is effectively reduce the number of flights able to use the airport for safety reasons, and that's why we have seen so many cancellations.

i was down at terminal five earlier. it was busy because the vast majority of flights are still managing to take off and land normally, just that extra space between them. but it's notjust places like heathrow that are being affected. we've had problems on the ferries, notably between dover and calais. dfds, one of the ferry companies, have cancelled seven services today. also problems on the ferries across the irish sea. also, railway passengers are being advised to check before they travel. scotrail, for example, have had to put speed restrictions in place on a number of lines. and of course it's really busy on the roads today too, with people heading off to do christmas shopping or perhaps for their christmas break heading to see family and friends. now the weather warnings are in place for the rest of today until about 9pm. now, those warnings for strong winds affect all of scotland, northern ireland and wales, and large parts of northern england and western england,

and those warnings mean there could be ongoing problems on the transport network. now, transport groups say with the amount of traffic, the amount of people wanting to travel, adding to that, the strong winds, they're describing it as a perfect storm today, which feels quite apt standing here. but the weather is set to improve. from tomorrow things will be much calmer. but if you're hoping for a white christmas, well, i'm afraid, the met office said today it's more likely to be a grey christmas. simonjones there. now a look at today's sport. we've had four results so far in the premier league and bournemouth are up to fifth in the table after winning 3—0 at manchester united for the second season running. their teenage defender

dean huisjen gave them a 1—nil lead at halftime, and the cherries put the game beyond united with two goals in as many minutes midway through the second half, a justin kluivert penalty on the hour mark and antoine semenyo finished off a lovely move moments later. the defeat leaves united in 13th on 22 points, their lowest tally after 17 games since 1989. there was also a 3—0 away win for wolves at leicester. a great start for new maanger vitor pereira who was appointed this week after gary 0'neil�*s sacking last weeknd. all three goals were scored in the first half, guedes, gomez, and cunha. that ends a run of four defeats in a row. that ends a run of four they remain in the relegation zone but are just two points behind leicester it was really good, i was really pleased today. because we work hard as well, we have been working since the arrival of the new coach. it looks like

we are getting compensated because we do really well with the ball. without the ball we had a clean sheet, so we have to be proud of what we have done today. chelsea could have gone top of the table for at least a few hours, but they were were held by everton and stay second. no goals at goodison park. nor at craven cotage bewteen fulham and bottom side southampton. ivan yuritch, the new saints boss was in the stands. 0ne game to go, leaders liverpool are at spurs, kick—off there in the next 10 minutes. just the two games in scotland today. one of them has already finished. leaders celtic were held by dundee united, goaless at tannadice. so celtic stretching their lead over rangers by a single point to 9 points. hearts will move off the bottom of the table with a win, they are beating stjohnstone. 2—1, saintjohnstone will drop to the bottom if it stays like that.

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 la liga, real madrid can close the gap on city rivals atleti to a single point with a win over sevilla. they're 3—1 up, while valencia are off the bottom on goal difference after an injury time equaliser at home to alaves. 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 0leksander 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 4 of the 12 rounds to fury, who tired in the second half

of the fight. all three judges scored it 116—112 to the champion, as he retained the wba, wbc and wbo belts. tyson is a great opponent, he's a tough man, a big boxer. a good man. there is a lot of talk, it's just show. i very respect tyson fury. 2a rounds — listen, now it is already history. 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 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. and that's all

the sport for now. viewers in the uk, i will be back at half past six and half past seven. hope to see you then. now, lets take you to spain, where people have been watching the big, festive lottery draw known as el gordo, or the fat one in english. 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 corrrespondent in madrid guy hedgecoe said there are a lot of happy winners. that winning number was 72480. but it wasn'tjust one person who had the ticket with that number on it. there were hundreds of people holding that winning ticket, so nearly 800 million euros in jackpot money was handed out to people who had that ticket. a lot of them were up in the northern town of logrono. so there were celebrations up there on the streets

of logrono. other people who had that winning ticket were here in madrid. there was a basketball club here in madrid, many of whose members had bought that ticket as well. so there were dozens of people in that basketball club who were celebrating. but the way that this lottery works is that there are lots of other second, third, fourth, fifth prizes as well. so there were smaller prizes handed out to people across the rest of the country, for example, in the eastern region of valencia, which was so hard hit by those awful flash floods back in october. there were some places in valencia which had been affected by those floods where there were winners of smaller prizes as well. so a lot of winners today overall. just to remind you of the breaking news this hour. the boy that died in the attack at the magdeburg christmas market has been named as a nine—year—old andre gleissner. more on this story on the bbc news website and plenty more

coming up. stay with us here on bbc news. it's certainly been a windy weekend and today has felt quite a bit colder as well, but there are big changes in the weather pattern as we head towards christmas. at the moment we've still got those cold, strong northwesterly winds, but as the low pressure that brought the windy weather this weekend moves away, the winds will ease a bit overnight and gradually through tomorrow. we'll start to bring in some weather from the atlantic. ahead of that, though, the showers that we've had earlier on are becoming fewer. they'll even die away from northern parts of scotland. many places will become dry, the winds continuing to drop, and where we have the clear skies, it's going to be cold. lowest temperatures are going to be in scotland and the north east of england. a slight frost here and some icy patches following those earlier showers. eastern parts of the uk are going to start to dry and sunny already. cloud coming into these western areas. this weather front will bring with it some pockets of rain and drizzle, and the

cloud will gradually push its way eastwards through the day. gradually, though, we're pushing into milder air for the western side of the uk, temperatures getting close to double figures later in the day, but it's going to be quite cold for eastern areas, perhaps no better than four or five degrees in some places. that cold air, though, isn't going to last. it gets pushed away and instead things turn milder as we head towards christmas. the air coming all the way from the tropics. this is tropical maritime air. because of the long sea track, its going to bring with it a lot of cloud. and there may well be a little light rain or drizzle, mainly for the west of scotland, where the winds are a bit stronger. otherwise the winds will be quite light. cloudy skies and what a difference to those temperatures after all this cold and windy weather over the weekend. temperatures could be up to 13 or 1a degrees, so very mild and temperatures aren't going to drop too much. as santa arrives, we stay in the mild airfor christmas day. there is colder air to the northwest of the uk. the boundary between the two is that weather front there,

and that's producing this rain, which just could clip the northwest of scotland. otherwise it's going to be dry. again, sunshine i think, will be a bonus. expect cloudy skies for many. the winds will be light and it's still going to be mild on christmas day. perhaps not quite as mild as the day before, but still. we've got temperatures of 11 or 12 degrees. now, it's not going to be a white christmas. it's more likely to be a grey christmas because of the milder air and all the cloud. the winds will be lighter than over the weekend and it will be mostly 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 winner number has been drawn in spain's annual christmas lottery. the first prize — known as "el gordo" — is won by any individual or consortium that has it.