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 gleissner. 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. blake lively sues it ends with us co—starjustin baldoni— and his production company for sexual harassment festive cheer sweeps through spain — with more than 2 billion euros handed out as part of the world's biggest lottery.

hello. 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. there's a memorial where people have been laying flowers and lighting candles. andre was one of five people who were killed — the identities of the other four, who were all adult women, have not been made public. 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 remains in custody.

he is a doctor, from saudi arabia, and his motive remains unclear. his social media posts appear to suggest he had been critical of islam. our correspondent anna foster reports. this is andre, nine years old, looking forward to christmas, enjoying a night out at the festive market when he was killed. a fundraising account for his devastated family has raised thousands of euros on social media. his mum said, "let my little teddy bear fly "around the world once again." taleb al abdul—mohsen has been charged with andre's murder and that of four other people at the christmas market. german investigators are building up a picture of the saudi doctor, including in his own words. my name is taleb. i'm from saudi arabia. i'm an activist. in 2019, he was interviewed by the bbc. he talked about how he used his free time to help people. i created a website to help people seeking asylum, especially from saudi arabia and the gulf region. now, he's 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. the attack unfolded in the city's central square at around 7:00 on friday evening. the car turned off a nearby road and onto a pedestrian crossing, entering the market through a gap in the concrete security perimeter that had been left open for emergency vehicles. it drove into the celebrating crowds, injuring more than 200 people, a0 of them seriously. minutes later, the car left the market on the east side and joined the main road. but the suspect couldn't get through the traffic, and this video shows armed officers arresting him, telling him not to move from the ground. taleb al abdul—mohsen lives in this quiet town, bernburg, around 25 miles away from the site of the attack, 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. um, yeah. it's horrified. it's, it's made me sad. it's terrible. it's, it's made me sad. it's made my whole family very sad. and everything i know is sad. from his home on this peaceful street, taliban abdul mohsen 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, 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. anna forster, bbc news. let's speak to bethany bell who's in magdeburg this is been cordoned off ever this is been cordoned off ever since the attack this afternoon and they opened it up again and people have been coming to look at and many are asking how it was that there was such a lapse in security as one man put it. how it was that a car was able to drive at such speed into this area. the authorities said that the car drove through the street that was meant for emergency vehicles and was not cordoned off like the rest of the market. many, many questions are there will be having meetings tomorrow but at

a national and federal level looking at those questions and also, people are asking how it was that there were warnings about this man, apparently saudi arabia tipped off the german government about taleb al—abdulmohsen and possibly extremist views and the authorities say they were not deemed specific enough at the time. the market, have you been speaking to people there and what is the atmosphere there like? it what is the atmosphere there like? , , like? it is sad. it is quiet, it's a little _ like? it is sad. it is quiet, it's a little eerie. - like? it is sad. it is quiet, it's a little eerie. this - like? it is sad. it is quiet, it's a little eerie. this is l like? it is sad. it is quiet, l it's a little eerie. this is an area that on a day like today, sunday just area that on a day like today, sundayjust before christmas sunday just before christmas should sundayjust before christmas should be packed with people in the heart of german christmas celebrations and instead, all of the stalls are dark and they won't be able to open again this year and people are coming to look at the areas where this car raced through and ask themselves how it was possible that in the evening at a

christmas market became such a nightmare. the bbc has found that a church of england priest with a history of child sexual abuse allegations against him 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 the priest, david tudor, has described the renewal of his contract �*an insult to all 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 and the children, but tudor was banned in 2010. and the children... but tudor was banned from being alone with children in the late 80s. he'd 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 tudor 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 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. the bishop of gloucester was asked on radio four if she still supports the archbishop of york. i think there are very important conversations and processes to go on that are not going to take place over public media. i do think there are big questions to be looked at. i heard that news with shock and dismay. 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. translation: 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. 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. 0k, iwant them, i need,

i wish, i pray they will bej 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 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. with me is news correspondent — matt graveling. tell us more about what we know. so that was discussed at the meeting injanuary — but where are we now? these details have come out and paperwork that has been filed to the california civil rights department and part of a complaint by the actress, she is accusing actorjustin and his team of sexual harassment in the campaign to destroy her

reputation but some do understand how we got to this point, we have to rewind a little bit because lively and justin baldoni were a star of the show they came out in the summer and it the show they came out in the summerand it did the show they came out in the summer and it did very well with viewers but in this complaint filed in california, there's a big complaints on the set. 0n the 11th of january a meeting was held to address was been described as a hostile environment and the meeting was attended byjustin baldoni was also the director and co—chairman and co—founder of the production company behind the production company behind the movie. lively attended along with ryan reynolds was not in the movie, but other members of the production. now blake lively�*s lawyers asserted thatjustin baldoni and others engaged in inappropriate and unwelcome behaviour towards her and others on the set. this meeting included a list of 30 demands related to the pairs

alleged misconduct to be met to ensure that production in a movie could continue and among them, there is no mention of their previous pornography addiction and there is no more descriptions of the genitalia and numberadding of descriptions of the genitalia and number adding of sex scenes outside of the script outside of it was approved and signed and initially. just of it was approved and signed and initially.— and initially. just bring us up-to-date. _ and initially. just bring us up-to-date, where - and initially. just bring us up-to-date, where we i and initially. just bring us i up-to-date, where we now? and initially. just bring us - up-to-date, where we now? in up—to—date, where we now? in the summer, the film came out and was well received by fans but now, blake lively have filed that complaint in california againstjustin baldoni and now, the accusation is thatjustin baldoni and the studios let a multi—tier plan to wreck her reputation saying that it was the intended result of a carefully coordinated scheme to silence and others from speaking out about the hostile environment. blake lively said that she hopes her actions help pull back the

curtain on sinister tactics to harm those who speak up about misconduct by responding to the legal complaint, justin baldoni's lawyers said that these accusations are false and it is shameful that lively would make such accusations and justin baldoni also accused her of making numerous demands and threatening to not show up the set, threatening to not promote the film which will ultimately end up leading to its demise. 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 simon jones sent this update from heathrow. we've had what travel experts called frantic friday, well after 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. fairies have been delayed and also varies between northern ireland and scotland have been cancelled, they have reduced speed restrictions on the railway line and millions of people are taking to the roads today to visit family and friends and to do a bit of last minute christmas shopping. weather warnings for strong winds remain in place for much of the uk until nine o'clock this evening and tomorrow, the weather is expected to improve but for those hoping for a white christmas, the met office says it is absolutely not going to happen. now for some festive cheer — and some christmas carols with a ukrainian twist. st pancras international station in london is

hosting a charity service, ukrainian carols of hope. 0ur reporter 0lga malchevska is there (applause) we are here at the international station and the clouds fall and musicians just playing in raising ukrainian song and we have here, musicians who have a full—scale invasion with russia and made invasion with russia and made in ukraine and many have become refugees but here today, they are to show ukrainian music and you can hear them playing in with me, there is also the organisation showing the campaign for organisation showing the campaignfor ukraine organisation showing the campaign for ukraine and thank you for making time for us and why is it important for you and

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ukrainian traditional shirts and the composer, yes, we have also reddish actress, thank you so much for coming here to support us and why is it important for you to show for the british audience? for many reasons, the british audience? for many reasons. i _ the british audience? for many reasons. i am _ the british audience? for many reasons, i am only _ the british audience? for many reasons, i am only half - reasons, i am only half english. _ reasons, i am only half english, i'm— reasons, i am only half english, i'm half- reasons, i am only half| english, i'm half british reasons, i am only half- english, i'm half british but also — english, i'm half british but also have _ english, i'm half british but also have norwegian. - english, i'm half british but also have norwegian. and i english, i'm half british but . also have norwegian. and my mother— also have norwegian. and my mother fought _ also have norwegian. and my mother fought in _ also have norwegian. and my mother fought in the - also have norwegian. and my. mother fought in the resistance and so, — mother fought in the resistance and so, i— mother fought in the resistance and so, igrew— mother fought in the resistance and so, i grew up— mother fought in the resistance and so, i grew up with - mother fought in the resistance and so, i grew up with a - mother fought in the resistance and so, i grew up with a hatred| and so, i grew up with a hatred of tyranny— and so, i grew up with a hatred of tyranny and _ and so, i grew up with a hatred of tyranny and this _ and so, i grew up with a hatred of tyranny and this is _ and so, i grew up with a hatred of tyranny and this is exactly. of tyranny and this is exactly what — of tyranny and this is exactly what is — of tyranny and this is exactly what is going _ of tyranny and this is exactly what is going on— of tyranny and this is exactly what is going on in- of tyranny and this is exactly what is going on in ukraine. | of tyranny and this is exactly. what is going on in ukraine. it is fighting _ what is going on in ukraine. it is fighting against _ what is going on in ukraine. it is fighting against the - is fighting against the monstrous _ is fighting against the monstrous tyranny. is fighting against the. monstrous tyranny and is fighting against the i monstrous tyranny and it is fighting against the - monstrous tyranny and it is important _ monstrous tyranny and it is important that— monstrous tyranny and it is important that everyone i important that everyone realises _ important that everyone realises that _ important that everyone realises that in - important that everyone realises that in that - important that everyone | realises that in that they sopport_ realises that in that they support ukraine - realises that in that they support ukraine vocally. realises that in that they i support ukraine vocally and realises that in that they - support ukraine vocally and in every— support ukraine vocally and in every possible _ support ukraine vocally and in every possible way— support ukraine vocally and in every possible way and - every possible way and nrilitarily _ every possible way and militarily as _ every possible way and militarily as well. - every possible way and militarily as well.- every possible way and militarily as well. let's get back to our _ militarily as well. let's get back to our wonderful - militarily as well. let's get - back to our wonderful musicians who are playing this amazing song despite all of the challenges they face and their families as well have stayed in ukraine and stay with us

because we will have another surprise guest and i'm sure you will enjoy being with us and now let's listen to this amazing music. thank you very much. dozens of people gathered here at the station. thank you so much. 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 twelve round contest in saudi arabia, with all three judges giving him victory. usyk set the pace for most of the fight, landing more punches than his british opponent. it's the second time he's beaten tyson fury. now — let's 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 breaking news coming from northern ireland we just heard that there's been an emergency incident during a plane landing at belfast city airport this afternoon. these are the pictures from the scene which are to show and tell you flight where they collapse with nose wheels and it's pretty dark and

we understand there were no passengers put four crewmembers on board when this happened and we heard the run we will be closed for the rest of the day and the two flights of been diverted to belfast international airport and coming in to land at belfast city airport and experiencing a hard landing upon arrival and we are told to adverse weather conditions and there was a flight operated by emerald airlines and there are several emergency vehicles at the scene as you can hear no injuries and no passengers on board but there were four members of the crew. 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. 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 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.

that our this is bbc news, the headlines. a nine—year—old child who was killed in the german christmas market attack has been named as andre gleisner. four women, aged between 45 and 75 also died in the attack. a saudi man suspected of driving the car that ploughed through the crowd 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.