live from london. this is bbc news a nine—year—old child who died in the christmas german market attack has been named as andre gleisner. the man accused of the attack 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. syria's new rulers spark concern for ethnic and religious minorities — we have a special report. festive cheer sweeps through spain — with more than 2 billion euros handed out as part of the world's biggest lottery.

the nine—year—old boy who died in an 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 were killed — the identities of the other four, who were all women, haven't been made public. more than 200 other people 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. bethany bell has the latest from mandeburg. we have seen pictures of the nine—year—old boy who died here and magdeburg's christmas market that is now open to the public again. his mother, and a post on facebook, road. he was only with us for nine years on this earth. i will promise to keep you in my heart to remember you. and said i cannot 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 have raised a fundraiser to give money to the victims and their

families. this is a very sombre atmosphere here and it's only just been opened again to the public and people are coming to the site where this horrible attack took place. 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 about 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. for more on the profile of the suspect, i've been speaking with dr hans jakob schindler, who's a senior director at the counter extremism project, in berlin. it really doesn't fit any particular mort of the classic extremist ideology, islamist, low right wing extremist, it is an expression of what we have seen since the corona epidemic one more life in the social life really transferred online and that individuals who take

pieces and bits of other extremist ideologies and build their own rather bizarre worldviews, mostly based on conspiracy theories and this is really a clear example that even these rather rocky theories can have dire consequences. d0 theories can have dire consequences. theories can have dire conseuuences. y ., ~ , 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? that - reflects a wider trend? that there are more people here who have this particular mix of conspiracy theories particularly, is this being pushed by a wider force? this particular _ pushed by a wider force? this particular view _ pushed by a wider force? this particular view of _ pushed by a wider force? this particular view of the - particular view of the perpetrator is certainly something quite unique but this type of idea that it doesn't fit into an ideological more than any more, that it's definitely a trend that is far more widespread and also far more widespread and also far more widespread and also far more widespread because the way that social media works. these algorithms really promote content that is hateful, divisive and of someone goes down the rabbit hole, these

algorithms actually support that process by giving him or her more and more of the same material and it's really hard to 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. the discussion _ politics? for sure. the discussion of - politics? for sure. the discussion of where i politics? for sure. the | discussion of where this started in this kind of levels of security where at each stage, something that was in itself may be not that significant went wrong but in combination led to this disaster or warnings of the saudi government and question with the warnings from the public in people who knew him and why weren't they looked at and why weren't they looked at and why were they not looking with security like in 2023 prompted by some of the warnings which at that time greatly is not in immediate danger but why wasn't it

repeated in 2024 and finally, of course, why weren't there any access to the christmas market for any other car but a police car and ambulance of course, you need escape routes but these need to be closed off to other cars and there is a lot that needs to be discussed and immediately, the right wing extremists of germany and austria started posting the night of the address of the attack and everyone, including myself still thought this was an islamist attack and is lumberfor an islamist attack and is lumber for the things an islamist attack and is lumberfor the things and an islamist attack and is lumber for the things and it turns out he is actually an islamophobia himself in the immediately switched to the migration debate and while the memory service was going on last night and magdeburg, some right wing extremists posted a demonstration calling for the stopping of migration and so these extreme political parties are trying to take advantage of this.

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 twenty—eight 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. turning to syria now — where the country's de facto leader ahmed al—sharaa, has said that all weapons in the country will come under state control, including those held by kurdish—led forces. speaking during a meeting with the turkish foreign minister, mr al—sharaa said that armed factions will soon be absorbed into the syrian army. in a separate meeting, mr al—sharaa told lebanon's druze leader, that he hoped to build a close strategic relationship with lebanon.

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. as life slowly returns to normal in syria — the takeover by hayat tahrir al—sham, or hts, is causing concern for some religious groups. hts is a sunni muslim group, and its leader ahmad al—sharra has a jihadist past. minorities including christians say they are worried. from the syrian capital, damascus, here's yogita limaye.

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 okay. 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 his 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. that's the way. we met yusuf sabag, a lawyer from the christian community. i'm so happy because the assad fall. -

this is like the a i dream come true. but there is concern. i have to be realistic. htc will are here now- and they are islamic militia. that's what they are. ok, i want them, . i need, iwish, 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. the hollywood actress 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. lively says she wants to pull back the curtain to pull back the curtain on sinister tactics used to harm people who speak up about misconduct." mr baldoni's legal team told the bbc the allegations are "categorically false". 0ur reporter matt graveling gave me more details on what we know. it's a complaint by the actress

blake lively, and it accuses the actorjustin baldoni and his team of sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation. now, to understand how we got to this point, luxmy, we do need to first rewind a little bit. lively and baldoni were stars of the netflix film it ends with us, which came out in the summer. now, the film did very well with viewers, but this paperwork filed in california has made us aware of some big disagreements on the set. now it states that on the 4th ofjanuary, a meeting was held to address a hostile work environment. now, the meeting was attended by baldoni, who was also the film's director and the co—chairman and co—founder of wayfarer, who the production company for the film. blake lively, also attended with her husband and the hollywood actor ryan reynolds, who wasn't in the film alongside other members of the film's production service. now, blake lively�*s lawyers allege that both mr baldoni and the wayfarer ceo, jamey heath, engaged in inappropriate and unwelcome behaviour towards her and towards others on the set.

now the meeting included a list, luxmy, of 30 demands relating to the pair's alleged misconduct to be met to ensure the production of the film could continue. now, among them, blake lively requested. there's to be no more mention of mr baldoni or mr heath's previous pornography addiction. there's to be no more descriptions of their own genitalia, and no more adding of sex scenes outside of the script that blake lively had already approved when signing onto the project. now, just very briefly, matt, we know what was discussed at the meeting injanuary, but where are we now? well, this came out in august, this film, luxmy. but fast forward to now and blake lively team have filed that complaint against baldoni, alleging the sexual harassment and the campaign to destroy her reputation. and the accusation is that baldoni and wayfarer studios led a multi—tiered plan to wreck her reputation, saying this was the intended result of a carefully coordinated scheme to silence her and others from speaking out about that environment. blake lively says she hopes her actions will help pull the curtain back on the sinister, retaliatory

tactics to help people who speak up against misconduct. now, responding to the legal complaint, baldoni's lawyer said the allegations are categorically false, luxmy. it's a shame that miss lively would make such serious accusations. and finally, luxmy, mr baldoni's legal team also accused miss lively of making numerous demands, threatening to not show up to set, threatening to not promote the film which would end up ultimately leading to its demise during its release if her demands were not met. around a hundred arrivals and departures have been cancelled at london's heathrow airport — affecting fifteen thousand people, as strong winds continue to disrupt christmas travel in the uk. 0ur correspondent simonjones sent this update from heathrow.

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.

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 prize was won by ticket holders in the northern city of logronyo — where people were seen celebrating in the streets. apart from that, there are hundreds of other prizes, making el gordo one of the most exciting and widely anticipated lotteries in spain. the total prize pot this year was just over 2.8 billion dollars. 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. and what is it that makes this so special for people there and something that garners some global attention as well? well, it's been going for over 200 years, and it's become a really important part of christmas for people. the whole process, whether it's from buying your ticket

and going to a particular kiosk to buy your ticket to following the draw process, you heard the children singing the winning numbers there in madrid's opera house. all of that process has become part of christmas for spaniards. it's very important for them. as christmas day approaches — we all know santa's traditional mode of transport usually involves a sleigh and reindeer, but in the italian city of venice on sunday — dozens of santa clauses brought a bit of festive cheer to the famous canals of the city — swapping their sleighs for gondolas. it was part of the city's annual christmas regatta. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. 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, it's 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 14 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 nine—year—old child who died in the german christmas market attack has been named as andre gleisner. a saudi man suspected of carrying out the attack in magdeburg has been remanded in custody. he is facing multiple charges of murder and attempted murder. gaza's civil defence agency says at least twenty—eight 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 twelve round contest in riyadh.