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. the bbc finds that a church of england priest with a history of child sexual abuse allegations was twice re—appointed to a senior position. they sing. and we're at london's st pancras station, as a ukrainian choir sings carols for hope — with a special guest. happy christmas, keep strong, keep the faith who you are, keep the faith who you are, keep the faith who you are, keep the face in ukraine.

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. 0ur correspondent bethany bell is in magdeburg and she updated me on the investigation.

i'm 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 sundayjust 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. let's speak to tim rohn, head of investigations at welt. tim and his team have been investigation the attack since friday. welcome to you, you have been looking at the suspect and his back ground, tell us what you have discovered.— back ground, tell us what you

have discovered. good evening. well, i have discovered. good evening. well. i mean. — have discovered. good evening. well, i mean, than _ have discovered. good evening. well, i mean, than is _ have discovered. good evening. well, i mean, than is a - have discovered. good evening. well, i mean, than is a big - well, i mean, than is a big question everyone is asking, what do we know about potentials, potential motivations, of the attacker, i mean, i guess it is the most difficult question so far, because as i heard, in bbc right now, and we wrote it as well, he was for a long time portrayed as a critic as a strong critic of islam and an opponent of the regime in saudi arabia, in one interview, i just read again from 2019 he said he is probably the bigge critical voice when it comes to islam. later on he started accusing the federal government of not protecting him, the german federation government of not protecting him and other secular arabs, that is why he announced, on the other hand, he supported afd position, so positions of the right—wing

party in germany, he supported the front woman of the afd, other, so many people call it the right—wing extremistle act. then we have the theory it was a false flag operation, that he is not an, islam critic but in reality, an islamist, so it is so hard, at this moment, to say what was behind it, and i think, we tried to be very careful here, to only state facts, and separate them from speculations.— speculations. there is a lot of work for the _ speculations. there is a lot of work for the investigative - work for the investigative authority there's, isn't there, when journalists are concerned they are looking into reports that the authorities perhaps received warnings about a possible attack, what do you understand about that side of the story?— the story? yes, i mean, the thin , the story? yes, i mean, the thing. the — the story? yes, i mean, the thing, the really _ the story? yes, i mean, the thing, the really special - the story? yes, i mean, the| thing, the really special thick was this, this person, he

underwent this radicalisation in plain sight so to speak, he gained some international recognition as i said, as a critic of islam, he had 115,000 followers on twitter, and, mostly about different topics but then, in between all those statements, there were repeated messages when he was actually announcing, that was going to attack germany, he would take revenge that germany will pay a huge price for betraying him and other arabs, other refugees, so, actually it was visible for everyone that something really, really bad could happen, and then, what we were able to reveal yesterday was, that even the authority, the german authorities they knew about him, they had him on the radar, and a couple of months ago, in the end they decided, orthey months ago, in the end they decided, or they concluded, that he is not a threat, so

they were considering to approach him to talk to him h but in the end they said no, we don't do it, he is probably not a threat. i mean, we have seen what happened on friday, that was a wrong assessment, which maybe has cost lives, because maybe has cost lives, because maybe it was possible to stop him before. if you look at his tweets right now, it is just shocking. tweets right now, it is 'ust shockingi tweets right now, it is 'ust shockina. ., ., _ shocking. yeah, obviously we will find out _ shocking. yeah, obviously we will find out plenty _ shocking. yeah, obviously we will find out plenty more - shocking. yeah, obviously we will find out plenty more in i will find out plenty more in the coming days and week from the coming days and week from the authorities as they conduct their investigation, thank you for telling us about the work you have been doing. thank you. 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. 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. 0ur relgion editor aleem

maqbool told me exactly where the investigation now stands. it was just on monday that we put out this investigation, and at that time, immediately, the archbishop of york said, yes, he acknowledged that he knew about this priest in his charge, david tudor, he knew about the abuse allegations in the past, he knew this was a priest who was banned from being left alone with children. he later learned, two years later, that this man, david tudor, 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 the very brave women who came forward to speak with us, was ok, so what did you do about it? if you were so troubled by this every day, what attempts did you make to remove this man from the church? because that was what was galling to these victims of david tudor, that they had suffered and he was still in the church.

well, the archbishop of york said that the focus was on managing the risk posed by this priest. a lot of people will say, well, why do you need to manage the risk posed by a priest. if you have to do that, why are they a priest at all? but the archbishop of york said there was nothing legally he could do, and now we find this, that on trying to find evidence that would tell the women they were the centre of any decision being made here were found something very different, which is that he had his position renewed in this senior position in the diocese, as area dean. that was renewed on two occasionses after the archbishop of york knew all of these things. like i say, his defence is he was focussed on managing risk. that is really not enough for a lot for the victims in this case. i want to ask more about that.

what has the reaction been to the church's response, where does this go from here? yes, i mean, so, not only have 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 have come forward, since then, since we broadcast this a week ago, and they are waiting for a sense that they will get a personal apology perhaps, it is not for us to say what the archbishop of york should do. they certainly don't feel that they have got enough as yet, and every time there are more details revealed it strengthens their feeling, yes, he should step down, but also much more. they want to get a sense that things are going to change, that there is a sense of urgency, because a lot of viewers will be forgiven for thinking they hear about abuse cases all the time and things don't change, and i think some of those victims who took a lot

of courage to come forward want to feel perhaps what is they have done might lead to some major urgent change. 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. now time for today's sport with lizzie greenwood hughes. thanks, it's been an extraordinary day in the premier league and a day of extremes. liverpool are still flying high at the top of the table, but theirs is now a four point lead after they inflicted a 6—3 defeat of tottenham in london. luis diaz and mo salah both got two goals against a spurs side who looked tired, having played with the same team in the league cup three days beforehand. but it's a welcome return to league form for liverpool who are firmly back

to winning ways. i know liverpool is a club that's always playing for every trophy. you also look back at the last two season, two seasons ago they ended up six. last season were third. they could compete to the end but for a long time, not again. if you start you always wonder what's gonna happen. but the players brought into the playing style immediately because no matter what we've always done before. the results. till now it's the way we wanted it. well, meanwhile at old trafford, fans left early as manchester united were beaten 3—0 by bournemouth for the second successive season. it's three league defeats in four games for united who are 13th in the table. in contrast, bournemouth are fifth, which could be enough for a champions league place next season. sorry we are seeing the wrong pictures there actually. 0k, it is three league defeats

for manchester united, bournemouth are fifth which could be enough for a champions league place next season. it was a good and past season. i think this was solid, more mature. i think the game has been more level for the there have been moments especially at the end of the first half where they were pushing and i think that will show the good defending. especially plays, corners with the wins. after the second half i think we came back stronger and we could finish the job. there was a dream start for wolves�* new manager, vitor pereira, when his side beat fellow relegation strugglers leicester 3—0 away. two of pereira's changes were on the scoresheet as well matheus cunha who's now got nine goals this season. in contrast the other games were both goalless. chelsea were held at everton, a blow for chelsea's title hopes, but a good result for everton�*s new owners. in europe, real madrid kept up

the pressure on la liga leaders atletico with a 4—2 home win over sevilla. borussia dortmund won at wolfsberg and atalanta are still top of serie a after beating empoli. england'sjohn parry has won the mauritus 0pen, his first win on the dp world tour in 1a years. parry started sunday's final round five shots off the lead but this eagle on the twelfth helped him to a closing round of 64 and took him to the top of the leaderboard, two clear of the rest. the 38—year—old almost gave up golf a few years ago and only earned his place back on the tour in september. britain's ben maherjust missed—out on successfully defending his title in the world cup qualifier at the london international horse show. ireland's darragh kenny took the prestigious win. in a big class, just five riders made it through to the jump off, and then only kenny and maher were clear. kenny set a blisteringly quick time on his partner eddy blue and the olympic gold medallist maher couldn't quite beat it. and that's the sport.

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. 0ur reporter 0lga malchevska has been at the carol service and sent this report. soiam so i am here at st pancras station and we can hear this beautiful music performed by ukrainian refugees. now, we can see, now the beautiful ukrainian choir is replacing the musicians, and they will sing some ukrainian songs for us and we will have a special guest, stephen fry who came kindly to support here today, these beautiful singers and let

us speak to stephen if we can. thank you for coming here, today and for waiting to speak today and for waiting to speak to us, why do you think it is important for you to come here and support them? i important for you to come here and support them?— and support them? i had the extraordinary _ and support them? i had the extraordinary experience - and support them? i had the| extraordinary experience two years — extraordinary experience two years ago i was invited by madame zelensky, the wife, the first lady— madame zelensky, the wife, the first lady of ukraine, the wife of the — first lady of ukraine, the wife of the president who holds every— of the president who holds every year a conference and two years _ every year a conference and two years ago — every year a conference and two years ago she wanted to hold a conference on mental health. which — conference on mental health. which is _ conference on mental health. which is something i am very involved _ which is something i am very involved in, over here, i which is something i am very involved in, over here, lam president _ involved in, over here, lam president of mind, the largest of our— president of mind, the largest of our mental health charity, and — of our mental health charity, and i— of our mental health charity, and i am _ of our mental health charity, and i am so fascinated that a country— and i am so fascinated that a country that is at war could have — country that is at war could have the _ country that is at war could have the honesty and the openness to talk about the mentai— openness to talk about the mental health of its citizen, and — mental health of its citizen, and it— mental health of its citizen, and itjust was mental health of its citizen, and it just was a mental health of its citizen, and itjust was a reminder to me of— and itjust was a reminder to me of the _ and itjust was a reminder to me of the differences december between — me of the differences december between ukraine, and russia, in russia _ between ukraine, and russia, in russia they never talk about mental _ russia they never talk about mental health, which is in a terrible _ mental health, which is in a terrible state as you can imagine, it is drunkenness and

drugs — imagine, it is drunkenness and drugs and _ imagine, it is drunkenness and drugs and criminality, it is the — drugs and criminality, it is the only— drugs and criminality, it is the only out let for the russian citizen, the ex—soldier, but in ukraine they care _ ex—soldier, but in ukraine they care about _ ex—soldier, but in ukraine they care about their people, and they— care about their people, and they care _ care about their people, and they care about the mental health— they care about the mental health of their soldiers, the soldiers _ health of their soldiers, the soldiers coming back and of the families, — soldiers coming back and of the families, and of the children, and _ families, and of the children, and the — families, and of the children, and the citizens of ukraine, and — and the citizens of ukraine, and they— and the citizens of ukraine, and they were very anxious to discover— and they were very anxious to discover more about what could be discover more about what could he done, — discover more about what could be done, to help, to be honest and open — be done, to help, to be honest and open and to encourage ukrainian people, who are not used — ukrainian people, who are not used to— ukrainian people, who are not used to it. _ ukrainian people, who are not used to it, just as we weren't in britain, _ used to it, just as we weren't in britain, we never talked ahout— in britain, we never talked about it _ in britain, we never talked about it 20 years ago, it is new— about it 20 years ago, it is new to _ about it 20 years ago, it is new to talk about mental health. _ new to talk about mental health, with openness and without— health, with openness and without shame or stigma, and the ukrainian people are start doing — the ukrainian people are start doing this, and it is very healthy— doing this, and it is very healthy to do it. that the paradox, it is healthy to talk illness— paradox, it is healthy to talk illness health, if you don't talk— illness health, if you don't talk about it it gets worse. i talk about it it gets worse. know you talk about it it gets worse. i know you went to ukraine, what impressed you the most or surprised. impressed you the most or surprised-— surprised. the people, the humour. — surprised. the people, the humour, the _ surprised. the people, the

humour, the laughter, - surprised. the people, the - humour, the laughter, although there _ humour, the laughter, although there is— humour, the laughter, although there is a — humour, the laughter, although there is a terrible situation of course, they are you know, people — of course, they are you know, peddle of— of course, they are you know, people of great strength, and again. — people of great strength, and again. a — people of great strength, and again, a sign of health is to laugh. _ again, a sign of health is to laugh, and they laughed. i mean it is black— laugh, and they laughed. i mean it is black humour, dark muir sometimes but it is also humour that connects themselves to each — that connects themselves to each other and reminds them who they are, — each other and reminds them who they are, they are ukrainians fighting — they are, they are ukrainians fighting to be ukrainians, to stay— fighting to be ukrainians, to stay ukrainians, not to be invaded _ stay ukrainians, not to be invaded. i mean most british people — invaded. i mean most british people are not aware of the history— people are not aware of the history of your country, things like the — history of your country, things like the unbelievable suffering that has been undergone by the ukrainian — that has been undergone by the ukrainian people over the past 150 years— ukrainian people over the past 150 years in their fight to be an independent people, and... and yet— an independent people, and... and yet as _ an independent people, and... and yet as you were saying hue more sop important for ukrainians, they want even elected a president who used to be an actor working as comedian, the most popular comedian, the most popular comedian none the country, right, and ijust wanted to jump right, and ijust wanted to jump on that as well, and just

to ask you, well, you have here in britain all generations who are united in the love to you and your art, you have people who remember you about, a bit of laurie and fry and you have people who are wishing you a younger generation on tiktok. what is your message to all the ukrainian, a very short one then we willjump to the choir. hgppy then we willjump to the choir. happy christmas, keep strong, keep— happy christmas, keep strong, keep the — happy christmas, keep strong, keep the faith who you are, co-i

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 this year was just over $2.8 billion. 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.

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