period 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 and i'm olga m at london's saint pancras station.

joint is here and we will be singing christmas carols with special guests. ——join singing christmas carols with special guests. —— join us here. 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—abdulmohsen 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—abdulmohsen 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 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, taleb al—abdulmohsen 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. anna foster, bbc news. our correspondent bethany bell is in magdeburg and she updated me on the investigation. in the market now, this has been cordoned off ever since the attack. but this afternoon they opened it up again and people have been coming to look. and many are asking how it was that there was such a lapse in security as the way one man put it, and how it was that a car was able to drive at such speed into this area. the authorities have said that the car drove through a street that was meant for emergency vehicles, and it wasn't cordoned off like the rest of the market. and many, many questions there. and we know that there'll be meetings at tomorrow, both at a national and federal level looking at those questions. and also people are asking,

you know, how it was that there were warnings about this man? apparently saudi arabia tipped off the german government about him and possible extremist views. but germany's authorities say they weren't deemed specific enough at the time. and bethany, as you said, the market reopened a few hours ago. you've been speaking to people there. what is the atmosphere there like this morning? it's sad. it's quiet. it's a little eerie. this is an area that on a day like today, the sunday just before christmas, should be packed with people. the heart of german christmas celebrations. and instead, all of the stalls are dark. they won't be opened again this year. and people are coming to look at the areas where this car raced through and ask themselves how it was possibly that an 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 as 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 of chelmsford 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. with me is our religion editor aleem maqboolcould this have with me is our religion editor aleem maqbool. could this have been handled any better in the last week. it was just it wasjust on it was just on monday that we put out this investigation and at the time, immediately, the archbishop said yes, he acknowledged that he knew about this priest in his charge, david, he knew about the abuse allegations in the past and he knew this was a priest was banned from being left alone

with children. he later learned two years later that this man had paid £10,000 to an alleged victim. but he says that it was a situation that was awful to live with for him as a bishop and to manage. so, the question of course that we had on behalf of course that we had on behalf of the very brave woman who came forward to speak with us was what did you do about it if you are so troubled by this every day, what attempts would you make to remove this man from the church because that was what was galling to these victims of david tutor that they suffered and he was still in the church. the archbishop said that focuses on managing the risk posed by this priest and a lot of people are saying what you need to manage the risk posed by a priest, 50 do that, why are you a priest at all? with the

bishop said, telling the women that they are the centre of any decision being made here were found that it was very different and that he had his position renewed in the senior position renewed in the senior position in this area was renewed on two occasions after the archbishop knew all of these things. like i say, the defence is that he was focused on managing risks but that's really not enough for the victims in this case. what is the reaction _ victims in this case. what is the reaction been _ victims in this case. what is the reaction been to - victims in this case. what is the reaction been to the - the reaction been to the church's response, witnesses go from here?— from here? not only have i soken from here? not only have i spoken quite _ from here? not only have i spoken quite a _ from here? not only have i spoken quite a lot - from here? not only have i spoken quite a lot to - from here? not only have i spoken quite a lot to the i spoken quite a lot to the victims in this case who as i said were brave enough to come forward but other women who came forward since then, since we broadcasted this a week ago and they are waiting for a

sense that they will get a personal apology and presses office to say with the archbishop do and they certainly don't feel that they've got enough yet and there are more details revealed and it strengthens their feeling that yes, he should step down but also much more, they want to get a sense that things are going to change in the sense of urgency and viewers would be forgiven for thinking here by the abuse cases all the time and things don't change and i think some of those victims who take a lot of those victims who take a lot of courage to come forward, want to at least feel that pressure they've done may lead to urgent change. 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. (pres biv)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. 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. 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. 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". earlier, i spoke to news correspondent, matt graveling. he told us what we know about this developing story. details have come out

in paperwork that's been filed to the california civil rights department, and they're part of a complaint by the actress blake lively. and she's accusing actorjustin baldoni and his team of sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation. but, samantha, to understand how we got to this point, we need to rewind a little bit first, because lively and baldoni were stars of the netflix film it ends with us, which came out in the summer. now, the film did very, very well with viewers, but in this complaint filed in california, we've been made aware of some big disagreements on the set. now it states that on the 11th ofjanuary, a meeting was held to address what has been described as a hostile work environment, and the meeting was attended byjustin baldoni, who was also the film's director and the co—chairman and co—founder of wayfarer. this is the production company behind the movie blake lively attended with her husband, the actor ryan reynolds, who wasn't in the movie. it's important to say, and some other members of the film's production. now, blake lively�*s lawyers alleged that mr baldoni and the wayfarer ceo, jamie heath, engaged in inappropriate and unwelcome behaviour

towards her and to others on the set. now this meeting, samantha included a list of 30 demands relating to the pair's alleged misconduct to be met to ensure that production of the movie could continue. now, among them, blake lively requested. there's to be no more mention of mr. baldoni and mr. heath's previous pornography addiction. there's no more description of their own genitalia, and to be no more adding of sex scenes outside of the script that blake lively had approved when signing on to the project initially. okay, so that's what happened back injanuary. sojust bring us back up to date. where are we now then? well, of course, in the summer the film came out. as i say, it was well received by fans. but now blake lively�*s team have filed that legal complaint in california against baldoni, alleging sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation. now, 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 the hostile environment. now, blake lively has said she hopes her actions help pull back the curtain on sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct. but responding to the legal complaint, mr. baldoni's lawyer said the allegations are categorically false. it's shameful that miss lively would make such serious accusations and miss baldoni, mr. baldoni's legal team, also accused miss lively of making numerous demands and threatening to not show up to set, threatening to not promote the film, which would end up ultimately leading to its demise during release if her demands were not met. belfast city airport has declared an emergency incident after a plane experienced a hard landing. pictures show the aircraft sitting on the tarmac, with a collapsed nose landing gear. the airport said there were no passengers on board, just four crew members when the incident happened. the runway will be closed

for the rest of the day and some flights have been diverted to belfast international. carol services are a time to come together and commemorate the year gone by. but for ukrainians, christmas time can be a bitter reminder of what and whom they have lost. tonight, london's st pancras station is hosting a charity service, ukrainian carols of hope. let's join bbc news reporter, olga malchevska, who is at st pancras station watching the carol service. thank you so much. i am here at the station listening to this beautiful music which was performed for refugees and back, we can see the ukrainian choir is replacing musicians and they will sing ukrainian songs for us and will have special guests and supporting us here today these beautiful events and let's speak to

stephen and thank you so much for coming here today and for speaking to us and why do you think it is important for you to come here and support this? i was invited by an the wife, first— i was invited by an the wife, first lady— i was invited by an the wife, first lady of president zielinski who holds the conference in two years ago he wanted — conference in two years ago he wanted to— conference in two years ago he wanted to hold a conference on mental— wanted to hold a conference on mental health which is the subject— mental health which is the subject that i'm very keen on, but their— subject that i'm very keen on, but their health charities i'm so fascinated that a country that — so fascinated that a country that is _ so fascinated that a country that is at _ so fascinated that a country that is at war could have the honesty _ that is at war could have the honesty and openness to talk about— honesty and openness to talk about the mental health of its citizens — about the mental health of its citizens and just as a reminder to me — citizens and just as a reminder to me of— citizens and just as a reminder to me of the difference between ukraine — to me of the difference between ukraine and russia. in russia, they— ukraine and russia. in russia, they never_ ukraine and russia. in russia, they never talk about the mental— they never talk about the mental health, which is in terrible _ mental health, which is in terrible state as you can imagine. drunkenness, drugs and

criminality — imagine. drunkenness, drugs and criminality. it's the only outlet _ criminality. it's the only outlet for the russian citizens and and — outlet for the russian citizens and and ex soldier. in ukraine, the care— and and ex soldier. in ukraine, the care of— and and ex soldier. in ukraine, the care of other people in the cab of— the care of other people in the cab of the _ the care of other people in the cab of the mental health of their— cab of the mental health of their soldiers and the soldiers coming — their soldiers and the soldiers coming back end of the families and of— coming back end of the families and of the children and the citizens— and of the children and the citizens of ukraine. they were very— citizens of ukraine. they were very anxious to discover more about— very anxious to discover more about what could be done to help — about what could be done to help and _ about what could be done to help and to be honest and open and to— help and to be honest and open and to encourage ukrainian people _ and to encourage ukrainian people were not used to it, just— people were not used to it, just as _ people were not used to it, just as we weren't in britain, we never_ just as we weren't in britain, we never talked about it 20 years — we never talked about it 20 years ago, it is quite new to talk— years ago, it is quite new to talk about mental health with openness and without shame or stigma — openness and without shame or stigma. and ukrainian people are starting to do this and it is very— are starting to do this and it is very healthy to do it. that is very healthy to do it. that is the — is very healthy to do it. that is the paradox and it's healthy to talk— is the paradox and it's healthy to talk about ill health if you do not — to talk about ill health if you do not talk about ill health, it gets _ do not talk about ill health, it gets worse. i do not talk about ill health, it gets worse.— do not talk about ill health, it gets worse. i know you went to ukraine _ it gets worse. i know you went to ukraine and _ it gets worse. i know you went to ukraine and what _ it gets worse. i know you went to ukraine and what was - it gets worse. i know you went to ukraine and what was one l to ukraine and what was one thing that impressed you the most? , ., , ., most? the people. the humour, the laughter. — most? the people. the humour, the laughter, although _ most? the people. the humour, the laughter, although there - most? the people. the humour, the laughter, although there is l the laughter, although there is a terrible —

the laughter, although there is a terrible situation, they are, people — a terrible situation, they are, peorrie of— a terrible situation, they are, people of great strength and again. — people of great strength and again. a _ people of great strength and again, a sign of health us to laugh — again, a sign of health us to laugh. and they laughed, it is dark— laugh. and they laughed, it is dark humour sometimes but it is also humour that connects them to each— also humour that connects them to each other and reminds them who they— to each other and reminds them who they are. ukrainians fighting _ who they are. ukrainians fighting to be ukrainians in the state ukrainians and not to be invaded. most british people are hot— be invaded. most british people are not aware of their history of the — are not aware of their history of the country. the unbelievable suffering that has been _ unbelievable suffering that has been undergone by ukrainian people — been undergone by ukrainian people over the past on 50 years— people over the past on 50 years in— people over the past on 50 years in the fights to be an independent people. and years in the fights to be an independent people. and yet, as ou are independent people. and yet, as you are saying. _ independent people. and yet, as you are saying, so _ independent people. and yet, as you are saying, so important - you are saying, so important for ukrainians that he ones even elected a president who used to be an actor, comedian before the most popular comedian in the country. and i just wanted tojump comedian in the country. and i just wanted to jump on that as well, just to ask you, you have

here in britain, all generations united in the love to you and your art. you have people who saw this and people in the younger generation, where it would be your message to all ukrainians?— to all ukrainians? happy christmas, _ to all ukrainians? happy christmas, keep - to all ukrainians? happy christmas, keep strong l to all ukrainians? happy - christmas, keep strong keep faith— christmas, keep strong keep faith in— christmas, keep strong keep faith in who you are and keep faith— faith in who you are and keep faith in— faith in who you are and keep faith in ukraine!— faith in ukraine! let's listen to the beautiful— faith in ukraine! let's listen to the beautiful ukrainian . to the beautiful ukrainian choir that will sing silent night for us which is the silent night in ukrainian and it is, let's listen to it. silent night is sung

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.

usyk 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. and festive cheer sweeps through spain — with more than 2 billion euros handed out as part of the world's biggest lottery. lots of people win the amount of over four—million dollars each.