rich preston, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. group in afghanistan is saying 27 of its members have been abducted by the taliban. a group from the people's peace movement began a march from herat province two weeks ago, demanding a ceasefire, but contact was lost after they entered the western province of farah. the japanese prime minister shinzo abe has told the chinese premier li keqiang that, although relations are improving steadily, they will continue to suffer unless tensions reduce in the east china sea. mr li suggested efforts to improve relations were back on track. internet services have been disrupted in parts of iran. bbc persian audiences confirm the outages, and the internet monitoring service netblocks reports a drop in usage. there's speculation access to the internet is being cut ahead of anti—government protests planned for thursday. religious leaders have used their christmas messages to call once more for an end of some of the world's injustices. pope francis drew attention to the suffering of migrants, who he

rich preston, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news.ia's national human rights commission has asked police in the northern state of uttar pradesh to respond to allegations of rights violations during recent protests against the controversial citizenship law. critics say the legislation is anti—muslim. at least 2a people have been killed and hundreds injured in clashes between security forces and demonstrators across the country in the past two weeks. the protests have now spread to several cities. a ministry has denounced what it regards as harassment and intimidation of its staff by bolivian security forces. it accuses bolivian security forces. it accuses bolivia of excessive surveillance and try to impede its ambassador ‘s movements. bolivia denies the accusations, saying it is responding to threats against the mexican mission by housing allies. internet services have been disrupted in parts of iran. bbc persian audiences confirm the outages, and the internet monitoring service netblocks reports a drop in usage. there's speculation ac

rich preston has this report.itants launched their attack on the military outpost first, officials say there were around 200 officials say there were around 200 of them, many of them on motorbikes. after shooting up soldiers they turned their guns on civilians, 35 people almost all of them women were killed. security forces were eventually able to fight back, killing 80 of the attackers. it happened in a bender, close to the country's borders with mali and new chair. burkina faso was once a relatively calm country in the region but has french forces have suppressed militant groups in nearby mali, they have spilt over the border, and attacks by islamist groups have killed hundreds of people in burkina faso and displaced thousands. rich preston, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. a peace group in afghanistan is saying 27 of its members have been abducted by the taliban. a group from the people's peace movement began a march from herat province two weeks ago, demanding a ceasefire, but contact was lost

rich preston, bbc news.red at a vigil in central london. saskia jones, who was 23, and 25—year—old jack merritt were helping run a programme to educate offenders when one of those attending — usman khan — attacked people with a knife. jack merritt‘s father has criticised the response to the attack, especially pledges from politicians to review laws allowing the early release of convicted terrorists. this, from our special correspondent lucy manning. in the city where recently jack merritt and saskia jones had proudly held their degree certificates, hundreds stood silent. his girlfriend, his mum and dad held onto each other as they were surrounded by support. bell tolls this was what cambridge had meant to them. and this is what they meant to their friends and families. jack merritt‘s girlfriend, leanne, leaving flowers. in the city of london, minutes from where they died, the noise of political arguments quietened. silence we come together this morning in condolences, but also in a spirit of defiance, to say

our correspondent rich preston reports.re employees turned out stop hundreds of thousands of workers in a show of force against the government of emmanuel macron. 90% of trains were cancelled, as well as hundreds of domestic and international flights. schools were locked and the country's biggest tourist attraction is empty. people marched across france. they are unhappy with president macron‘s planned overhaul of the pension system, which they say will see them work longer and earn less. translation: i'm a trainee teacher and they have already told us that our retirement will be complicated. translation: i'm very concerned for the future. i'm concerned that the pension system will disappear. translation: at the moment i'm supposed to retire at 67. with the new reform it should be 69, maybe later, maybe at 75, with a walking frame. police had said they were prepared for trouble. and some scenes didn't turn violent. in paris, scuffles continued into the night. these strikes have no fixed end date. translation: we want to be

rich preston has this report.cjak camp has been home to hundreds of people, mostly men, mostly from asia, the middle east and africa. it's less than ten kilometres from the border with croatia, the gateway to the european union. the red cross says 25,000 people have passed through the camp this year. bosnia has become a key stop on the migrant route to europe, but it's struggled to cope with the sheer number of people passing through, and the camps conditions were widely criticised. aid organisations have warned the camp was unfit for people and that deaths were imminent, especially in winter. now, it's been pulled down. around 800 migrants from the area have been bussed away to new centres near the capital, sarajevo, including these former army barracks. 750 migrants that were living in horrible conditions in vucjak and who are now in the warmth and who have taken the first warm shower, have had the first warm bed for many, many nights. we are happy here. we have electricity and also a clean environment and fresh

rich preston reports.chers, transport workers, hospital staff, even theatre employees turned out. hundreds of thousands of workers in a show of force against the government of emmanuel macron. 90% of trains were cancelled, as well as hundreds of domestic and international flights. schools were locked and the country's biggest tourist attractions, empty. people marched across france. they‘ re unhappy with president macron‘s planned overhaul of the pension system, which they say will see them work longer and earn less. translation: i'm a trainee teacher and they have already told us that our retirement will be complicated. translation: i'm very concerned for the future. i'm afraid that the pension system will disappear. translation: at the moment i'm supposed to retire at 67. with the new reform it should be 69, maybe later, maybe at 75, with a walking frame. police had said they were prepared for trouble. and some scenes did turn violent. in paris, scuffles continued into the night. these strikes have no fi

rich preston, bbc news.erg has called on world leaders at a un summit to stop making excuses to avoid taking action on climate change. her speech coincided wirth her being named time magazine's person of the year. here's our ecience editor, david shukman. to ms greta thunberg. applause a global celebrity at the age of 16, greta thunberg was here to energise the talks, not with emotion, but instead with a calm reminder to world leaders of the latest facts about rising temperatures and melting ice. how do you react to these numbers without feeling at least some level of panic? how do you respond to the fact that basically nothing is being done about this without feeling the slightest bit of anger? she was speaking as the negotiations seemed to be in slow motion, dragging on over technical details, while the gases heating the planet are blasted into the air in ever greater quantities, with many countries accused of using loopholes to wriggle out of plans to cut their emissions. i still believe that the biggest

rich preston, bbc news.es to international development, sir fazle hasan abed, has died. he was 83. he founded the bangladesh rural advancement committee, also known as brac, in 1972. it's now one of the world's largest ngos, operating in 11 asian and african countries. brac is said to have lifted 150 million people out of poverty. nicholas kristof is a columnist with the new york times who knew sir fazle. he told me more about his legacy. so i think it's a few things. one is that when he began in the development space, it was really about westerners sitting around conference rooms in places like london and washington and deciding what was best for people in villages half a world away. and that never really worked terribly well. and abed was a leader in the developing world's own responses to poverty, and the truth is that when there was local ownership, it worked a lot better. you know, the us did a lot of projects in afghanistan. they were not vastly successful. brac did work in afghanistan. when american—b

rich preston reports.ns of a heavy—handed response by police. a journalist for the afp news agency reported seeing two protesters unconscious on the floor before being taken to ambulances. around 2,500 police officers were deployed to do with the crowds. 26 people were arrested. ukraine was once called the breadbasket of the soviet union, home to rich, black fertile soil. after the fall of the soviet union, much of ukraine's farmland was shared out and is illegal to sell. but a bill going to ukraine's parliament could change that from october of next year. critics worry the change won't benefit ukrainians, and the land owned by the people will be snapped up by oligarchs and foreign investors. translation: we are protesting against the sale of land. we don't want our children and grandchildren to be slaves. we want our land to be ukrainian and not be on sale. translation: there will be even fewer working places than now. it will be the impoverishment of our village. but the bill is strongly promoted by pres

rich preston, bbc news.teams in australia are bracing themselves for more heatwave conditions as recent cooler weather gives way to higher temperatures. since september, close to 3000 firefighters have been out nearly every day battling blazes. almost 90% of those on the ground are unpaid volunteers. many families in new south wales are spending the holiday season in shelters — their villages and towns still smouldering from last week's fires. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer, is in bilpin, about 80 kilometres north west of sydney. this is bilpin, very famous in australia for its apple production but all the way up this is the bells line of road, the main road going through the area from sydney. it is only recently been opened. when you drive through this area you see vast areas of bushland that have been left in this terrible scorched way and the air is thick with smoke and ash and for quite a long time, it was deemed to be too dangerous for residents and visitors to use this road. you can understand why beca

rich preston, bbc news.on israeli politics and professor at the american university in washington. he gave us his reaction to the leadership challenge results. it was widely assumed he was going to prevail in today's primary challenge but not by this margin. i mean, he won with nearly 73% of the vote. this was a knockout, and it definitely attests to netanyahu's political prowess. he's a machiavellian politician, he has a strong survival instinct he's a great campaigner. he crisscrossed the country in the last several weeks as if he was running for the very first time despite his frontrunner status, and as always he went for thejugular. he's not afraid to play dirty. what does that tell you about what might be coming next? i think it tells you that he's strong within his own party. he's got a lock on his party, the base is still with him despite being indicted forfraud and breach of trust, bribery in three separate criminal cases, and the bribery charge being especially egregious. netanyahu is by no means as

rich preston reports.ns of a heavy—handed response by police. a journalist for the afp news agency reported seeing two protesters unconscious on the floor before being taken to ambulances. around 2,500 police officers were deployed to do with the crowds. 26 people were arrested. ukraine was once called the breadbasket of the soviet union, home to rich, black fertile soil. after the fall of the soviet union, much of ukraine's farmland was shared out and is illegal to sell. but a bill going to ukraine's parliament could change that from october of next year. critics worry the change won't benefit ukrainians, and the land owned by the people will be snapped up by oligarchs and foreign investors. translation: we are protesting against the sale of land. we don't want our children and grandchildren to be slaves. we want our land to be ukrainian and not be on sale. translation: there will be even fewer working places than now. it will be the impoverishment of our village. but the bill is strongly promoted by pres

rich preston reports.from outside the country's parliament building in reykjavik, and strapping down what they could in preparation for this: a powerful winter storm with strong winds and heavy snow. it's the first time the country has issued a red weather warning since the system was introduced. the west and north of the country has been hardest hit. the colour—coded system is based on the potential impact of bad weather, so a few centimetres of snow might cause chaos in a big city but not, say, in a mountain ski resort. for iceland, a country used to dealing with bad weather, a red alert is a big deal, but it still doesn't faze some icelanders. and the hardy icelandic horses don't need to go indoors, but roads have been closed. avalanche warnings are in place and flights have been cancelled. even the icelandic meteorological office called this really crazy weather. rich preston, bbc news. let's talk you through to day's twitter question for the briefing, which is the idea that is being proposed by expert

rich preston, bbc news.et's bring you some live pictures now from sri lanka, —— let's get some of the day's other news. india's national human rights commission has asked police in the northern state of uttar pradesh to respond to allegations they violated protesters‘ civil rights during recent demonstrations against the controversial citizenship law. the legislation has been criticised as anti—muslim. at least 2a people have been killed, hundreds injured, in clashes across the country, in several cities, in the past two weeks. mexico's foreign ministry has requested an urgent diplomatic meeting to protest against what it calls "harassment and intimidation" by bolivian security forces. it accuses them of "excessive" surveillance and trying to impede the ambassador‘s movements. bolivia says it's only responding to threats made against the mexican mission for hosting allies of the ousted bolivian president evo morales. internet services have been disrupted in parts of iran. bbc persian audiences confirm the ou

rich preston reports. this was the first serious challenge to benjamin netanyahu's leadership in ten years. but he seemed to still have the support of party loyalists, winning more than 70% of the votes. "a huge win!", mr netanyahu tweeted shortly after polls closed. confidence in israel's longest—serving prime minister had been shaken after two failed general elections and an indictment on corruption charges, accused of accepting gifts in exchange for political favours and doing deals to get good press coverage. charges he denies, calling the whole thing a witch—hunt. his challenger and a leadership contest was former cabinet minister gideon sa'ar. translation: i feel a great sense of awakening, people understand that there is a need for change. translation: the likud party needs a change. we had two rounds of elections without clear results, so maybe the change should come from within the party. mr netanyahu may sleep easy tonight after being of his opponent, but it won't be an easy road ahead. after sep

rich preston, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.ollar dad, the man who hopes his new bionic arm will make him a better father. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, a conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: donald trump has become only the third president in the history of the united states to be impeached by the house of representatives. the focus will

rich preston reports.serious challenge to benjamin netanyahu's leadership in ten years but he seemed to still have the support of party loyalists, winning more of 70% of the votes. "a huge win," benjamin netanyahu tweeted, shortly after polls closed. confidence in israel's longest serving prime minister had been shaken after two failed general elections, and an indictment on corruption charges, accused of accepting gifts in exchange for political favours, and doing deals to get good press coverage. charges he denies, calling the whole thing a witch—hunt. his challenger in the leadership contest was former cabinet minister gideon saar. he had wanted to take the party on a different path but now says he will back the prime minister in the general election. rich preston, bbc news. guy ziv is an expert on israeli politics and professor at the american university in washington. he gave us his reaction to the leadership challenge results. it was badly assumed he was going to prevail in today's primary challenge

rich preston reports.ry's parliament building in reykjavik, and strapping down what they could in preparation for this: a powerful winter storm with strong winds and heavy snow. it's the first time the country has issued a red weather warning since the system was introduced. the west and north of the country has been hardest hit. the colour—coded system is based on the potential impact of bad weather, so the potential impact of bad weather, so if you centimetres of snow might cause chaos in a big city but not, say, ina cause chaos in a big city but not, say, in a mountain ski resort. for iceland, a country used to dealing with bad weather, a red alert is a big deal, but it still doesn't phase some icelanders. and the hardy icelandic horses don't need to go indoors, but roads have been closed. avalanche warnings are in place and flights have been cancelled. even the icelandic meteorological office called this really crazy weather. rich preston, bbc news. a related story but at the other end of the temperatu

rich preston, bbc news.olutionary new bionic arm. danny florence lost a hand, most of his remaining fingers and both legs when he got meningitis at the age of five. he hopes his new limb will help him bond with his young son. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. here you go. thank you. danny florence has waited a long time for this, more than 20 years, in fact. the chance to do something as simple as picking up a set of keys. i should be able to make a — bring my fingers down to make a fist, sort of thing. and now when i raise it up, i can then bring this thumb in and do the same to make a little bit between the fingers. it's called the hero arm, made using a 3d printer and responding to different muscle movements it could transform danny's life. most importantly, he wants to be there for his one—year—old son, joshua. his bionic limb helping him become a six million dollar dad. when he gets older and he needs to fasten the zip on his coat, i should be able to do it and he can't do it now. if he needs to step in hi

this report from rich preston.rist usman khan. his attack had begun at fishmongers' hall, where he had just killed two people. it was there darryn frost, a civil servant, took on khan, with others attending a prisoner rehabilitation event. describing for the first time what happened, mr frost told the press association that he took a narwhal task to defend himself after hearing a commotion from the floor below. he described the moment khan ran at him with knives raised above his head. he went on to recall chasing khan onto london bridge, where a group wrestled him to the ground, stopping him attacking anyone else, or set off what they thought was a suicide vest. talking about jack merritt and saskia jones, who were both killed by khan, mr frost said he will always feel the deep hurt of not being able to save them. he said he hoped speaking out would urge people to unite against terrorism and raise money for the victims' families. president trump has signed into a law, the creation of a ‘us space force', the country

this report from rich preston. this is the dramatic moment passers—by attempted to stop usman khan.st killed two people. darren frost, a civil servant, took on usman khan. describing for the first time what happened, mr frost told the press association that he took a task to defend himself after hearing a commotion on the floor below. he went on to recall chasing usman khan onto london bridge where a group wrestled him to the ground, stopping what they thought may have been a suicide vest. talking about the two victims killed, mr frost says he will always feel the deep hurt of not being able to save them. he hoped that by speaking out he could get people talking about terrorism and also raise money for the victim's families. the headlines on bbc news: one of england's world cup winning heroes. martin peters, who scored in the 1966 final, has died at the age of 76 a catastrophic fire warning is issued for parts of eastern australia — including sydney — amid record—breaking temperatures following months of severe drought. the government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospac

it will be a major test for emmanuel macron‘s presidency, as rich preston reports. 90% of high—speedegional trains will be affected, according to the country's rail operator, meaning problems travelling and commuting for thousands of people. translation: i live outside paris, but work in paris. for many people, it will be really complicated. it is annoying. i hope the strike will not continue. i don't support the protests. commuters have been making alternative plans for getting to work, and with air traffic controllers joining the strike, international travel will also be affected. easyjet says it has cancelled more than 200 flights. business owners are worried the strikes will hit their bottom line. translation: i will retire soon, so yes, i think the strike is great, but i don't think it's good to hold it at this time of the year. business is already difficult. we had 19 weeks of yellow vest protests. now, we have strikes. france has seen a series of demonstrations over the last months against president macron‘s planned pension reforms. translation: the government's aim is very cl

rich preston has the story.erate for you to come and take their trees away. so says the sign — christmas market, cut your own free. and they won't charge you a penny. turn up, grab a saw, and start cutting. that's because the scots pine is an invasive species here and is threatening to take over the natural heathland habitat. for example, in this area, we have several lizards, crickets, lichens, and most of them are quite rare, they are on the european red list, so when this area becomes a forest, then all these rare species disappear. the rangers have been struggling to control the spread of the trees. they say transport fumes and over fertilisation of farmland has boosted nitrogen levels. the nitrogen has an effect of the growing of plants, and at the same time, we saw that the total area of the forest becomes bigger, so also the influence from all of the pine trees became much bigger. fortunately, at this time of year, there are plenty of people happy to help themselves to a free christmas tree. and it's made

rich preston has the story.und park dreamland. now in its 35th year, the turner prize is known for its shock value. damien hirst‘s nomination in 1982 of a tiger shark in formaldehyde was one of the decade's most controversial pieces of art. in 1999, tracey emin‘s work my bed caused a storm, though it didn't actually win. but this latest shock wasn't anything to do with the art itself. here's something quite extraordinary. at a time of political division in britain and conflict in much of the world, the artists wanted to use the occasion of the turner prize to make a strong statement of community and solidarity, and have formed themselves into a collective. applause. the four nominees wrote to thejudges explaining that their art is about social and political issues. lawrence abu hamdan‘s work recreates the noises inside a syrian prison. oscar murillo's is a congregation of human effigies. while tai shani's is described as a feminist fantasy beyond patriarchal limits. and helen cammock produced a film commemoratin

rich preston reports. 90% of high speed and regional trains will be affected, according to the country'suting for thousands of people. translation: i live outside of paris but work in paris. for many people, it will be really complicated. it is annoying, i hope the strike will not continue, i don't support the protests. commuters have been making alternative plans for getting to work, and with air traffic controllers joining the strike, international travel will also be affected. easyjet says it's cancelled more than 200 flights. business owners are worried the strikes will hit their bottom line. translation: i will retire soon so i think the strike is great, but i don't think it's good to hold it at this time of the year. business is already difficult. we had 19 weeks of yellow vest protest, now we have strikes. france has seen a series of demonstrations over the last two months against emmanuel macron's planned pension reforms. translation: the government's aim is very clear. to contribute to the impoverishment of the pensioners of tomorrow who are today the employers who drive the eco

rich preston is outside the hospital in central london. what news?hird night in hospital, prince philip arrived here on friday for treatment for a pre—existing condition. buckingham palace have been pretty relaxed from the offset, they said he came as a precautionary measure on the advice of his daughter. he is here at a very small private hospital that has been treating the royal family for many yea rs, treating the royal family for many years, it only has 56 beds. the duke, famously very stoical, does not make a fuss to be made, so he has had no official visits from other members of the royal family so perhaps a good sign this has nothing to be worried about. prince charles was asked about his father‘s out by concerned members of the public. how is your father? he is all right, once you get that age, things don't work as well as they should. so as you can see, there is some concern for the duke of‘s health up and vitiate. no official word from the hospital as to when he will be discharged but i am sure his family will be hoping he will be home in t

rich preston, bbc news.ose eye on how that vote goes today in poland later this morning. that had now to new south wales. —— let's had now to new south wales. authorities in new south wales have declared a 7—day state of emergency as firefighters battle around 100 bushfires. tuesday was australia's hottest day on record, average temperatures nationwide reached 40.9 celsius. temperatures have soared into the 40s again on thursday and strong winds have made it difficult for emergency services. joining me now from penrith in western sydney is our correspondent phil mercer. tell us what is going on where you are. these are the three sisters at echo point near katoomba in the blue mountains of new south wales and the smoke you can see behind me is from two major fires. we smoke you can see behind me is from two majorfires. we understand smoke you can see behind me is from two major fires. we understand from the authorities that three firefighters were injured bubbling one of those places. there are dozens one of

rich preston reports. two attacks from two opposing forces.aarrat al—nu‘man. in the other, 11 reported killed in a turkish strike on the kurdish—held city of tal rifaat. the syrian government is supported in its fight by russia. the rebels are supported by, amongst others, turkey. but turkey doesn‘t support the kurds, who have been instrumental in the fight against is, but who turkey views as terrorists. idlib has seen the most serious escalation in fighting in recent days since a ceasefire which came into effect in august. the town of maarrat al—nu‘man was hit in this strike by government forces. activists say eight children were among those killed in the turkish attack on tal rifaat. in october, turkey launched an operation against the kurds in an attempt to push them away from the turkish border, after president trump‘s controversial decision to withdraw us troops from the region. while world leaders discuss trade, climate and elections, the conflict in syria hasn‘t gone away. caught in the middle, the ordinary people. since the start of th

rich preston has the story. traditional fairground park dreamland. now in its 35th year, the turner prize is known for its shock value. damien hirst‘s nomination in 1982 of a tiger shark in formaldehyde was one of the decade's most controversial pieces of art. in 1999, tracey emin's work my bed caused a storm, though it didn't actually win. but this latest shock wasn't anything to do with the art itself. here's something quite extraordinary. at a time of political division in britain and conflict in much of the world, the artists wanted to use the occasion of the turner prize to make a strong statement of community and solidarity, and have formed themselves into a collective. applause. the four nominees wrote to thejudges explaining that their art is about social and political issues. lawrence abu hamdan's work recreates the noises inside a syrian prison. 0scar murillo's is a congregation of human effigies. while tai shani's is described as a feminist fantasy beyond patriarchal limits. and helen cammock produced

rich preston reports. two attacks from two opposing forces. when government forces hit this market town. in the other, 11 reported killed in a turkish strike on this kurdish held city. the syrian government is supported in its fight by russia. the rebels are supported by, amongst others, turkey. but turkey doesn't support the kurds, who have been instrumental in the fight against is, but who turkey views as terrorists. ad lib. has seen the most serious escalation in fighting in recent days, since a ceasefire which came into effect in august. the town of maarrat al—nu'man was hit in this strike by government forces. activists say eight children we re forces. activists say eight children were among those killed in the turkish attack. in october, turkey launched an operation against the kurds in an attempt to push them away from the turkish border after president trump's controversial decision to withdraw us troops from the region. while world leaders discuss trade, climate and elections, the climate, conflict in syria hasn't gone away. caught in

rich preston reports.ugely controversial, as it was being debated, people took to the streets outside parliament in support of the judges, and judicial independence. the changes give the government the power to discipline judges for what it calls political activity. including questioning the newjudges that the government appoints. in a marathon debate, the ruling party argued the changes are necessary to prevent chaos in the judicial system. translation: what we can see is the rule of more most is the mutation that is the date of ignores the principle of national sovereignty that ignores the authority of the nation. the state of thejudges is authority of the nation. the state of the judges is the state in which thejudges decide what of the judges is the state in which the judges decide what is law and what is not. opposition lawmakers say an attempt to gag judges. translation: the bill bill subject polish court and the polish judges to political control by the legislative and exacting bodies and reduce the

this report from rich preston.cted terrorist usman khan. his attack had begun at fishmongers' hall, where he had just killed two people. it was there darryn frost, a civil servant, took on khan with others attending a prisoner rehabilitation event. describing for the first time what happened, mr frost told the press association that he took a narwhal tusk to defend himself after hearing a commotion from the floor below. he described the moment khan ran at him with knives raised above his head. he went on to recall chasing khan onto london bridge, where a group wrestled him to the ground, stopping him attacking anyone else, or set off what they thought was a suicide vest. talking about jack merritt and saskia jones, who were both killed by khan, mr frost said he will always feel the deep hurt of not being able to save them. he said he hoped speaking out would urge people to unite against terrorism and raise money for the victims' families. just before we go, a group of intrepid russian swimmers has planted something

rich preston has this report.inefield, the camp has been home to hundreds of people. mostly men, mostly from asia, middle east and africa. it is less than ten kilometres from the border croatia. the gateway to the european union. the gateway to the european union. the red cross says 25,000 people have passed through the camp this year. bosnia has become a key stop on the migrant route to europe, but it has struggled to cope with the sheer number of people passing through, and the camp's conditions we re through, and the camp's conditions were widely criticised. aid organisations have warned the camp was unfit people and that deaths we re was unfit people and that deaths were imminent, especially in winter. now, it has been pulled down. around 800 migrants from the area have been bussed away to new centres near the capital, sarajevo, including these former army barracks. 750 migrants that were living in horrible conditions in vucjak and who have now taken the first warm shower, the first warm bed for many, many nig

with more, here's rich preston. wednesday that the gavel fell, making donald trump only the third ever president of the united states to be impeached. article one is adopted. but now, the process has stalled, because political leaders can't agree a way forward. it has become a battle between two key senators, chuck schumer and the republican majority leader mitch mcconnell. after a vote in the house of representatives, articles of impeachment are supposed to be sent to the senate, prompting the start ofa to the senate, prompting the start of a trail. but the speaker of the house of representatives nancy policy has said she won't send the papers until republicans in the senate tell her how the trail will be run. nancy pelosi and her democrat colleagues want a trail to ta ke democrat colleagues want a trail to take place slowly with witnesses. never has there been a presidential impeachment trail in which the majority prevented the health managers from fairly presenting their case, to have witnesses explain their know

our correspondent, rich preston is outside the hospital in london. third night in hospital for prince philip, it has been a third night in hospitalfor prince philip, he arrived at the king edward vii on friday for treatment for what has been described as a pre—existing condition. buckingham palace have been relaxed about this from the outset. they said he came here as a precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. the joke precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. thejoke is precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. the joke is famously stoical and does not like a fast and we have not had any official visits from other members of the royal family, which is perhaps a sign that there is nothing to be too concerned about. the queen attended a carol concert yesterday with other members of the royal family and we have yet to receive any official word from the hospital as to whether the duke will be released on time to see the rest of the family on christmas day. the headlines on bbc news... five people are sentenced to death in sau