and finally, cameras on pro-western tv channels broadcast live the radical attack on belgrade city hallthe initial irony is that the pro-western opposition coalition is now called serbia is against violence, in memory of the mass shootings in may of this year in a belgrade school and suburb, but it is precisely the same people who have been calling for an end to violence all these months who are destroying the belgrade city hall. the opposition's main complaint against the authorities is the incorrect voting, in their opinion, in the belgrade mayoral elections. they do not want to admit defeat and are now mobilizing their supporters, since they were taught according to all the rules of people of color. the students against violence movement uses the symbol of the 2000 anti-milosevic color revolution, a clenched fist, only stylized ones, and quite by accident , long sticks ended up in the hands of the protesters, with which they broke the glass. at this moment , the serbian police and gendarmerie were in full combat readiness inside the city hall, the country's president aleksandar vucic

the assault on belgrade city hall was inspired from outside, said president aleksandar vucic.nd weapon. the head of the serbian state spoke about this at a meeting with our ambassador. realizing that the plans were not feasible in belgrade in a calm, peaceful way, the opposition immediately began protests, which were encouraged and supported from the outside. it's really. vucic said, i won’t and cannot go into details here, because this is a confidential conversation and confidential information, but he has irrefutable data that there is incitement and support from the west. but in serbia all this already took place in 2000, when the country was lost by the so-called bulldozer revolution. then the protests also began after the early elections, only the presidential ones. the opposition was financed by the united states; 41 million dollars were spent to prevent the death of slobodan milosevic and to put him on trial. the entire protest scenario is described in the manual of american political science professor jim sharp. here it is, from democracy to dictatorship, it is called.

about forty people were detained, police were wounded, and the belgrade city hall was destroyed.his is the result of the assault on the authorities that the pro-western position in serbia staged the day before. this serbian version of the maidan took place live. technologically, everything was prepared in advance. the losing opposition did not recognize the election results. western observers, led by the us ambassador , finally confirmed this with cameras. hear and see what is happening, thanks to those foreign services that made it clear that they know what exactly they are preparing and provided information to our special services, who reacted in a timely manner, knew exactly what the attackers were planning, when the initial fuse of the opposition provocateurs practically died down within a week, the police went on the offensive, using tear gas and blocking off almost the entire center of belgrade. opposition leaders say they will continue to fight against the legitimate authorities and will seek to call new elections. none of them cares about the objective data of the electio

be as capital at least $38.00 people were detained on monday after a crowd tried to stall in belgrade city hall on sunday night. the angry of what they say is widespread. electrical fraud in the recent elections president alexander, which has denied the claims and is condemned to protest. thousands of migrants mostly from south and central america, have spent the christmas on the road to the us border around 6000 people set out on sunday from southern mexico. it's the biggest migrant procession in 18 months. there has been a record number of attempts to cross the us border this year. john is capital badging has recorded as low as temperatures and about 70 is a cold wave swept swathes of the country and brought blizzards in its wake schools in some areas before the close chinese media. se badging experience more than 300 hours of below freezing temperatures. in less than 2 weeks. and that's all for me. so now hurry, full set. a reminder, you can keep up to date with all the latest on our website. i'll just 0 comments. i'll be back with one use at the top of the hour, off the witness coming up ne

news around the world of thousands of anti government protesters have gathered again outside belgrade city hall to demand service. recent elections be a known international observers say last weekend's election results were tainted by irregularities. government opponents or ledge voter fraud. service populace authorities have denied regions. devote some 300 indian nationals who have been stranded at a regional airport in france for 4 days. are expected to be allowed to fly home on monday. their charter plane bound for nicaragua was ordered grounded during refueling stop on thursday on suspicion of human trafficking reports the police detained to people, and that several others requested asylum. a caravan of around 6000 migrants from central america, cuba, venezuela, and other regions, has left the southern mexican city of cap, a trula to make his way to the us border. it comes just days before the us secretary of state antony blink and travels to mexico. to discuss efforts to control the surge of migrants trying to enter the us hundreds of thousands of ukrainian soldiers are facing their 2nd ch

trying to enter the us thousands of anti government protesters have gathered again outside belgrade city hall to demand service. reason collections be a known international observers say last weekend's election results were tainted by irregularities. government opponents, electric motor fraud surveys, populist authorities have denied virginia about hundreds of thousands of ukrainian soldiers are facing their 2nd christmas away from home with constriction supply and falling behind. those already fighting off and don't know when they'll see their families again. the w sneak connelly has been to the didn't ask region in eastern ukraine to meet musicians in uniform, trying to keep spirits up on this because concepts can get here in eastern ukraine, within a short to the front lines. and a bigger crowd of soldiers could easily attract a russian strike. the bill tonight and eclectic group of musicians, blanket tall, focused rents, as well as classical violin. all of them in uniform among tonight is the ninety's pump. so they don't underestimate what music can do. have a sing when you're out there.

others requested asylum. thousands of anti government protesters have gathered again and outside belgrade, city hall to demand service. recent elections b. a note. international observers say last weekend's election results were tainted by irregularities. government opponents, elijah voter, fraud, service populous authorities have denied reading the vote. for the 1st time, ukraine is officially celebrating christmas together with western countries. most of its orthodox believers traditionally market in january, according to the julian calendar also used in russia. so in your 1st interval, autumn is a, let's see, has published a video message to the ukranian people since he asked the soldiers fighting russians are on the front lines to remain steadfast in their mission. where we can with conscription plans behind schedule. those soldiers often don't know when they'll see their families next time, or how many more years they'll be at war. dw ne connelly has been to the jeanette screeching in eastern ukraine to meet musicians in uniform, trying to keep spirit stop. was this because concepts can get her

trying to enter the us thousands of anti government protesters have gathered again outside belgrade city hall to demand services. recent elections be an old international observers say last weekend's election results were tainted by irregularities. government opponents, a ledge, voter fraud, service populous authorities have denied reading the vote. for the 1st time, ukraine is officially celebrating christmas together with western countries. most of its orthodox believers traditionally market in january, according to the julian calendar, also used in russia. if the president reload him is a lensky has published a video message to ukrainians for the seed asked. and the soldiers fighting the russians on the front lines to remain steadfast in their mission, but weekend with construction plans behind schedule. both soldiers often don't know when they'll see their families again or how many more years they'll be at war. dw nick connelly has been to the desk region in eastern ukraine to meet musicians in uniform, trying to keep spirits up. most of the biggest concepts can get here in eastern ukrai

the current government will not allow the opposition. broadcast live the radical attack on belgrade city hallern opposition coalition is now called serbia against violence. in memory of the mass shootings in may of this year in a belgrade school and suburb, but it was precisely those people who had been calling for renunciation of violence all these months who smashed the belgrade city hall and threw cobblestones at the police. the main complaint of the opposition to the authorities is that in their opinion it is wrong. some kind of will, from a tactical point of view, the pro-western position in serbia acted according to an already tried-and-tested scheme, quite by accident, in the hands of the protesters were long sticks that did not break glass, posters in english and a stylized symbol of the color revolution of 2000 against milosevic, compressed the fist only confirmed that everything had been calculated in advance. this is a declaration of civil war, it begins with the fact that those who are attacked begin to defend themselves. look at ukraine, maidan 2014 was the beginning of those eve

trying to enter the us housings of anti government for testers have gathered again outside belgrade city hall to demand. so it'd be, as recent elections be and not international observe was the last weekend's election dissolves were modified. is that july the to government to foreigners, electric motor fraud. so be a soberness of policies have denied you're getting the award onto you create and which is celebrating christmas on december 25th for the 1st time the sale. it's a move away from the russian orthodox christmas, which is a vote on january 7th. some. so it's causing the gap to keep the end of the christmas eve, etc, etc. micros monastery. of course on sonya follicle, i spoke with some key residents about the stuff you they're leaving behind. the ukrainian capital key is getting into the christmas spirit. a key strength holding a speech therapist is joe with adult to felina, the christmas mode and her daughters skating skills and joining us still not enough to distract her from the ongoing war veterans back towards like many men, only those husband spiting and on the front side she fee

trying to enter the us. thousands of anti government for testers have gathered again outside belgrade city hall to demonstrably as recent elections. to be a node international. so let's say last weekend's election results were mod, bye is a good attitude. government opponents. so let's go to fraud. so be as popular as the parties have denied you're getting the vote. now ukraine is celebrating christmas on december 21st for the 4th time, the sale. it's a movie from the russian orthodox christmas, which is a bill from january 7th, some to us for us and the cap to key with the end of the christmas eve ridgeville at saint michael's modest for the christmas day. it isn't the only thing that's changed in the life of your experience instructions, water progressions, again, i'll correspondence with folic a spoke with some key residents about the tough fios they're leaving behind the ukrainian capital, keith is getting into the christmas spirit. trying lena, speech therapist is you with the daughter for the know the christmas mode and her daughters skating skills and drawing us still not enough to distr

very people who have been calling for an end to violence all these months are trashing the belgrade city hallthe opposition's main complaint against the authorities is the incorrect voting, in their opinion, in the belgrade mayoral elections. they don’t want to admit defeat, and now they are mobilizing their supporters, as they were taught in every way rules. color revolution movement students against violence use the symbol of the color revolution against milosevic in 2000, a clenched fist, only stylized and quite by accident, the protesters ended up with long sticks with which they break the glass. at this moment, the serbian police and gendarmerie were in full combat readiness inside the city hall, the country's president aleksandar vucic, in an emergency address, stated that he was at his workplace , his residence. fight against the legitimate authorities, will seek opposition leaders say they will continue calling new elections, objective data. the election commission, the counted ballots and their own loss, none of them cares. sergei kholoshevsky, vlada radojcic and boris filchikov, ntv

it follows violent scenes on sunday night, with opposition activists attempting to storm belgrade's city hall dozens were arrested, president aleksander vucic has blamed foreign powers for inflaming the situation, and russia has now said that the west is trying to destabilise serbia. these are life pictures that we are getting from belgrade, where, as he can see, a large cloud of people have gathered there in the capital. these are students who are protesting those disputed elections in the country. you can see the large crowds there. this follows violent that happened in the on sunday. 0ur correspondent paul moss joined me earlier and told me what he thinks is behind the protests. initially it is about the disputed elections which were held earlier this year and they were general elections and council elections. there were allegations of ballot boxes being stuffed and votes being bought and international observers said the way the media was controlled by the election completely unfair but in fact there are long—running protests that have gone on in serbia all year with people angry about the

it follows violent scenes on sunday night, with opposition activists attempting to storm belgrade's city hallr vucic has blamed foreign powers for inflaming the situation, and russia has now said that the west is trying to destabilise serbia. in the czech republic, authorities say the country's flood warning system is on the highest state of alert in many places. it follows several days of rain and melting snow, which led to significant rises in river levels. in prague, embankments have been closed off and some floodgates have been raised. that is it for this edition of newsday. thank you so much for watching the programme. hello. we had some christmas day weather contrasts. with a high of 13.6 celsius, it was the mildest christmas day since 2016, but at the same time, northern scotland had snow, and so it was a white christmas. this stripe of cloud here brought rain for some of us, but in the north of the uk, colder air was in place, and that colder air is now pushing just a little bit further southward. so a chillier day in prospect for boxing day. cold enough for some icy stretches through

serbian police dispersed hundreds of protesters outside belgrade city hall demonstrating against allegationsesters threw rocks and used flagpoles to break windows. riot police fired tear gas. the country's president dismissed the allegations of vote rigging as lies pushed by political rivals. the uk home secretaryjames cleverly has apologised for making what he called an "ironicjoke" about spiking his wife's drink at a downing street reception. according to the sunday mirror newspaper, he also mentioned rohypnol, a so—called "date rape" drug. on the same day, mr cleverly had promoted a raft of new government measures to tackle drink spiking. you're live with bbc news. manchester united has announced that the british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe is buying a 25% stake in the premier league club, for around $1.6 billion. under the terms of the agreement, he'll take control of football operations, including recruiting players and managing staff. our sports editor dan roan has more. when sirjim ratcliffe toured old trafford earlier this year, the british billionaire was hoping to buy manchester u

it follows violent scenes on sunday night, with opposition activists attempting to storm belgrade's city hallo disperse them. dozens were arrested. president aleksander vucic has blamed foreign powers for inflaming the situation, and russia has now said that the west is trying to destabilise serbia. i m joined by our europe regional editor, paul moss. what exactly is behind these protests? initially it is about the disputed elections which were held earlier this year and they were general elections and council elections. there were allegations of ballot boxes being stuffed and votes being bought and international observers said the way the media was controlled by the election completely unfair but in fact there are long—running protests that have gone on in serbia all year with people angry about the state of the economy, pensions, health service and they've also objected to violence in the country. a lot of gun ownership and there were two mass killings prompting the organisation which is behind a lot of the protest at the moment. find of the protest at the moment. and the president _ of the

serbian police dispersed hundreds of protesters outside belgrade city hall demonstrating against allegationson. protesters threw rocks and used flagpoles to break windows. riot police fired tear gas. the country's president dismissed the allegations of vote rigging as lies pushed by political rivals. police in slovakia have arrested a 64—year—old man who allegedly threatened to carry out an attack similar to thursday's mass shooting in prague. tributes have been laid at the prague university where 14 people were killed when a student opened fire, before shooting himself dead. czech police have also made a number of arrests since the shooting, including one person on social media who congratulated the killer. you're live with bbc news. voters in chad have approved a new constitution that the country's military rulers say will pave the way towards a return to democratic rule. 86% of voters approved the resolution but a boycott by the opposition led to a turnout of 64%. critics accuse the government of voting irregularities and say the vote could help cement the power of the junta leader, gener

manipulated last week's local and parliamentary elections have tried to force their way into belgrade city halld gathered in front of the national election commission to demand a re—run of the vote. they are accusing the progressive party of serbia's president vucic of bussing in people from outside belgrade, to rig the election. police in sri lanka say they have arrested more than 13,000 suspects during a week—long drive against drug traffickers across the country. they say the operation led to the seizure of almost 440kg of various types of narcotics, including heroin. more than 1,000 addicts have been sent to a military—run rehabilitation centre. ukraine is celebrating christmas on december the 25th for the first time — after the government changed from the orthodox christian date, which is on 7january. president zelensky said it would allow the people of his country to abandon the russian heritage of imposing the date for christmas. ukraine's orthodox church formally severed links with its russian equivalent after moscow annexed crimea in 2014. as christmas day arrives first in asia, we wan

nothing like that will happen, but less, but we see this video, when the protesters stormed the belgrade city hall, the mayor says by the way that irreparable damage was literally done. premises and, of course, that he exaggerates, but i may not need to disperse them somehow, but by the way, here is also this interesting moment, because the ukrainian the maidan or the revolution of dignity are exactly those events that most european countries admire, i believe that this is a very important event of the manifestation of democracy, the protection of democracy, then, as we can see, the serbian government, the current government officials, they are absolutely somehow different negatively , here are such notes , you know, if not the press secretary of yanukovych wrote to them, then at least the press secretary of putin, but looking at this video, well, i remember the revolution of dignity, i remember... the revolution, i don't remember that there our protesters somehow the authorities ransacked the premises , well, that didn’t happen, it was just the authorities that were taking out the eavesdroppers,

the sub in capital, at least 38 people were detained on monday officer a crowd tried to stone belgrade city hall on sunday nights and gravel, what they say was widespread, delightful fraud. and the reason of the elections, as in the dogs on the route you to deny the claims and is condemning the protests. widespread flooding in southern thailand caused by intense rainfall is effected tens of thousands of people. schools, the shots and trains have been devoted to of the provinces of notice, watts and jala. near the malaysian border of the worst hits days of trying to rain is also caused problems that see at least 7 votes of sun, coffee, eastern and western coasts of thailand. since friday, a scrolling kinda valley of migrants mostly from south and central america spend a christmas on the road to the us border. around 7000 people, size house on sunday from southern mexico is the biggest migrant can revive in 18 months. officials and mexico city of declared the unique hub and musical tradition . part of the capital's council heritage know this sunday that all form of out practice mostly in the worki

serbian capital at least $38.00 people, were detained on monday after a crowd trying to stall in belgrade city hall on sunday night. they're angry as to what they say is widespread. electro fraud and the recent elections present. alexander the judge has denied the claims and condemn the protest. you created orthodox christians have celebrated christmas on december the 25th for the 1st time to listen to the name on christmas on january. the 7th says like russia, then july, the government time, ukrainian orthodox church officially change the thing to the parent stuff to russia as a big cause. molson keith, the ukraine has moved to assist you, you recognize and celebrate christmas on the 25th of december. moving away from the russian orthodox just for celebrate on the 7th of january. that those ties between the recurring and russian orthodox churches, dates back to the time of the soviet union when your train was a part of the soviet union. but since the thoughts of the would have been attempts to separate those ties. in fact, ukraine orthodox judge has been accused of supporting russia, something tha

city and capital at least $58.00 people were detained on monday after the crowd tried to storm belgrade, city hall on sunday night acts of as an angry or what they say is widespread, electrical 4 and the countries reason collections on you in charge has the latest. from belgrade, the several 100 students blocked the traffic in belgrade, demanding that the authorities in serbia allow the public assess to the registry. this location is one of the busiest in the capital of serbia, surrounded by government buildings, by numerous ministries and the headquarters of serbian army. the students see the opening of the registry because of the dom. express, divide, who domestic and european organizations observe the election. so the survey on december 17, the students support the physician boxes with testing since the elections accusing girly serbian progressive party officer being president alexander movies over the corner of the roads, including fictitious educational walters from serbia and abroad. 2 addresses here in belgrade the previous night to deal position protest escalated into a clash with the poli

and on sunday, off the crowd tried to still in belgrade city hall, the angry or village wide spread at lake toford. and last week's national elections, they also calling for the results to be a no well gun that has killed 120 people in the series of attacks in the central region of nigeria, plagues by religious and ethnic attentions. the attacks happened in plateau state between saturday night and monday morning, as people were preparing to celebrate christmas. the attack has also been down houses and destroyed property. a government spokesman says most of the bodies were covered for women and children, and now the 300 people has been injured in volumes between who it is and farm is common in the region of still a hit here on the images here. joining the find young student needs take up arms as violent spreads across the country, the and the sound of some of that are the working costs using the mexico once lived down on the elephants into the status of cultural heritage, the the hello. there was a very mild christmas day for much of europe, particularly across most central and southern

it follows violent scenes on sunday night, with opposition activists attempting to storm belgrade�*s city hallerse them. dozens were arrested. president aleksander vucic has blamed foreign powers for inflaming the situation, and russia has now said that the west is trying to destabilise serbia. in the czech republic, authorities say the country's flood warning system is on the highest state of alert in many places. it follows several days of rain and melting snow, which led to significant rises in river levels. in prague, embankments have been closed off and some floodgates have been raised. elevated river levels were recorded at 170 locations around the country. here in the uk, king charles has emphasised the importance of "universal" values shared between major religions, at a time of "increasingly tragic conflict around the world". it's the king's second christmas broadcast. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. at the church at the sandringham estate, the king and queen were joined by other members of the royalfamily for morning worship. the prince and princess of wales were a

front of the local civic center, but this time the organizers called on them to encircle the belgrade city hallght their political opponents. we warned them that they were preparing for this because they know. that people do not want to vote for them and that they will not be able to gain public trust, we spent several days explaining to our foreign partners what was happening, many pretended to be naive and did not want to hear or see what was happening, oh that pro-western forces are preparing protest actions in serbia, russia warned, serbian prime minister anna brodnabiča spoke about this live, she thanked the russian special services for the information, well, she reproached the west, because there... for a meeting with the president of serbia russian ambassador alexander botsenkharchenko arrived at his belgrade residence. this meeting lasted about an hour. the main topic, as expected , was the night riots. as a result of the meeting , vucic himself wrote on social networks that they also discussed bilateral relations and the situation in the region, our foreign ministry has already assesse

belgrade. oppositionists stormed city hall and parliament. the russian special services warned that this was being prepared. the united states, without discussing with anyone, decided to expand its continental chelles in the bering sea. snow apocalypse in crimea, local residents had to dig out their cars for the first time in their lives, sochi also looks more like a siberian city. that night, military infrastructure became the target of a massive drone strike. in the odessa region, local authorities confirmed hits on port facilities. attempts by ukrainian air defense to repel the attack failed. geraniums were also spotted in dnepropetrovsk, khmelnitsky, nikolaev and kharkov regions. this is footage of the combat work of our aviation in the krasno-limansk direction. a group consisting of an attack helicopter. k-52, transport mi-8 and multi-purpose mi-35 and multi-purpose mi-8 destroyed enemy armored vehicles. in zaporozhye, near verbov, stavropol paratroopers stormed a dugout where ukrainian militants were hiding. four ukrainian armed forces

world and warm their hands between these fires, thousands of divided people surrounded the belgrade city hall the building, supporters of the opposition bloc serbia, which lost in the parliamentary elections, gathered against the population for a protest , they demanded a change of government, this is not the first protest action. this is the second week they have been out on the streets, but yesterday was the hottest stage, the police used tear gas against the protesters the gas blocked the entrance to the building with schita, 35 provocateurs were detained, about thirty police officers were injured, two were seriously injured. destroys our house and breaks windows. don't worry because there is no revolution going on and we are trying not to harm any of the demonstrators. thanks to those foreign services that made it clear that they know what exactly is in store. we immediately stopped this situation, but we need to very precisely pull them out, arrest them and understand that this is not the end of the story, the west has already spent money on this, there are entire headquarters deployed,

injured police officers, dozens of detainees, who is behind the attempt to seize the city hall in belgrade and what president vučička called the incident. belgrade administration. police stood in the way of the protesters. as a result, 35 demonstrators were detained. there are casualties among the law enforcement officers. now the central square of belgrade is cordoned off. president aleksandar vucic convened an urgent meeting of the national security council, where he stated that everything that happened was nothing more than an attempt to overthrow the government in the country. and the head the serbian government, in turn , thanked the russian special services for timely warnings about impending unrest. a clenched fist, only stylized, and quite by chance the protesters ended up with long sticks in their hands, which they use to break the windows. at this moment, the serbian police and gendarmerie were in full combat readiness inside the city hall, the country's president aleksandar vucic, in an emergency address, stated that he was at his workplace, his residence, 100 meters from the de

they stormed the city hall in belgrade, or at least attempted to.used. 35 protesters were arrested. now the police are saying that about eight of their officers were injured in the incident. that is their claim. the protesters don't see it that way. they argue they were being peaceful and were met with a violent crackdown. what is likely to happen now? i think at the moment it's not quite as the protesters had hoped. they said that by early today they were going to have occupied the streets of belgrade, the capital. it does look as if the police have managed to prevent that because so far what i am hearing from belgrade is that we haven't seen the kind of crowds that were predicted. but it is, how can i say, still early days. the protest on sunday didn't happen until night time. they may yet succeed. thank you. some breaking news that has just come thank you. some breaking news that hasjust come in. the kremlin critic alexei navalny is alive and being held in a penal colony in siberia. that comes from his spokeswoman. it is after his team lost conta

probably actively were heard by these youngsters who tried to destroy both the city hall and other institutions in belgradeanced and serious approach of the leadership of serbia and the fact that, in fact, at the right moment the russian federation, our special services lent a shoulder , that is , information was conveyed that provocations were being prepared, i am sure that this is a manifestation of our many years of friendship, when russia and serbia really experience sincere feelings for each other, and not those feelings that are based on... i hope that the serbs will forget about those bombings in 1999, when literally serbia was bombed by these shells with united uranium, but many of the serbs still experience severe health problems, including cancer . if vladimir vladimirovich had not been yelts , then there would not have been a tragedy, there would not have been a tragedy, but why do the serbs treat us this way now, we didn’t save them then, but then it was our diplomats in savben who blocked the attempt to recognize the serbs as a people guilty of genocide , and the serbs remember this well, but

arrested after classes with riot police, and sir b as capital belgrade officers fired tear gas up the crowd as they attempted to storm city hall. and they accused the ruling party of rigging the countries elections earlier this month. raleigh's, like this one have become a daily occurrence in belgrade since the countries parliamentary and local elections. on december, the 17th the demonstrators accused president alexander boutique and his ruling right wing serbian progressive party of rigging the vote i yeah, the not the only thing that the state had to provide you with citizens was do freely elect the ones who will leave the country level or are they stalled the elections warranty warranty but you guys still not one but thousands and thousands of both as a see the glass. so the peaches among a handful of opposition leaders on a hunger strike. who said they won't stop until the results are no. riot police moved in after demonstrators tried to storm downgrade city halls. barricading themselves inside the building, while some continued pelting it with stones and eggs. police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd and arrested doze

injured police officers and dozens of detainees, who is behind the attempt to seize the city hall in belgrade

injured police officers, dozens of detainees, who is behind the attempt to seize the city hall in belgraderam today in the studio dmitry zavoisky, hello. we start with hot news from serbia. the night before supporters of the pro-western opposition, dissatisfied with the results of the recent elections, tried to seize the building.

belgrade. police arrested dozens of people after some of the crowd smashed windows at city hall.cally—motivated persecution. renowned australian chef bill granger, known as the "godfather" of avocado toast, has died. a self—taught cook from melbourne, granger became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer. he passed away in a london hospital on christmas day, aged 54, with his wife and three daughters by his side. britain's transport secretary has told the bbc that by 2026 there could be driverless cars on both the uk motorways and other roads. mark harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without having to watch where they re going by the end of that year. you're live with bbc news. the national trust has warned that shifting seasons and increasingly unpredictable weather are causing chaos for nature. it warns climate change is making plants and wildlife more susceptible to disease. it comes as forecasters predicted next year could be the hottest on record. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has the latest. the seasons are chan

belgrade. police arrested dozens of people after some of the crowd smashed windows at city hall. britain's transport secretary has told the bbc that by 2026 there could be driverless cars on both the uk motorways and other roads. mark harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without having to watch where they're going by the end of that year. renowned australian chef bill granger, known as the godfather of avocado toast, has died. a self—taught cook from melbourne, granger became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer. he passed away in a london hospital on christmas day aged 5a, with his wife and three daughters by his side. you're live with bbc news. south korea has imposed sanctions on eight north korean nationals whom it accuses of links with illegal nuclear and missile development, arms sales and cyber—activities. the foreign ministry in seoul said the move was a response to pyongyang's latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, which was in contravention of un security council resolutions. those affected include

police in serbia's capital belgrade have used tear gas to disperse protesters after some attempted to force their way into the city halling last week's local and parliamentary elections. serbia's president, aleksander vucic has dismissed the criticism as "rubbish and lies". police in sri lanka say they have arrested more than 13,000 suspects during a week—long drive against drug traffickers across the country. they say the operation led to the seizure of almost 4a0kg of various types of narcotics, including heroin. more than a thousand addicts have been sent to a military—run rehabilitation centre. the manchester united supporters trust says it hopes sirjim ratcliffe's involvement at old trafford can be a "step forward" for the club. the billionaire has bought a 25% stake in united and his ineos business will take over football operations. the glazerfamily remain united's majority shareholders. several thousand migrants from central america, venezuela, cuba, and elsewhere have gathered in southern mexico, intending to walk to the united states. the group is estimated to have between 6,000 and 8,000 people in it, many o

police in serbia's capital belgrade have used tear gas to disperse protesters after some attempted to force their way into the city hallating last week's local and parliamentary elections. serbia's president, aleksander vucic has dismissed the criticism as "rubbish and lies". police in sri lanka say they have arrested more than 13,000 suspects during a week—long drive against drug traffickers across the country. they say the operation led to the seizure of almost aaokg of various types of narcotics, including heroin. more than a thousand addicts have been sent to a military—run rehabilitation centre. police in indian—administered kashmir have launched an investigation into the deaths of three civilians who were found dead a day after they were reportedly taken into questioning by security forces. there's been widespread anger in parts of the poonch district, near the line of control that divides the kashmir region held by india and pakistan. the chinese capital, beijing, has experienced its coldest december since records began in 1951. the city endured nine consecutive days with temperatures lower than minus ten degree

vowed to block streets in the capital belgrade on monday unless the government agrees to re—run disputed elections. sunday night saw crowds attempt to storm the city hallsperse them. it follows widespread claims of ballot rigging in the recent general and local elections, with international observers saying there were "serious irregularities". the serbian president, aleksander vucic has dismissed the complaints. he says nobody has a right to injure police officers or destroy property. the chinese capital, beijing, has experienced its coldest december since records began in 1951. the city endured nine consecutive days with temperatures lower than minus ten degrees celsius. six months ago beijing recorded its hottest everjune day when the temperature crossed forty degrees celsius. king charles is spending his second christmas as monarch with other members of the royal family at sandringham. he will attend morning service at the church on the estate before his christmas message is broadcast this afternoon. let's go to sandringham and talk to our royal correspondent daniela relph. what's the programme for this morning at sandringham? goad morning at sandri

to block streets in the capital, belgrade, on monday, unless the government agrees to re—run disputed elections. sunday night saw crowds attempt to storm the city hallollows widespread claims of ballot rigging in the recent general and local elections, with international observers saying there were "serious irregularities." the serbian president, aleksander vucic has dismissed the complaints. police in sri lanka say they have arrested more than 13,000 suspects during a week—long drive against drug traffickers across the country. they say the operation led to the seizure of almost aaokg of various types of narcotics, including heroin. more than a thousand addicts have been sent to a military—run rehabilitation centre. millions of people of people around the world are celebrating — or will soon be celebrating — christmas. for some it is an important religious festival — for others it's simply an excuse to eat, drink and be merry. but for one man in particular its a lot of hard work — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. it has become as much a festive tradition as roast turkey, sleigh bells and crackers. for nearly 70 years, real, actual taxpayers money

belgrade, where protesters gathered earlier today vowing to block streets unless the government promises to rerun disputed elections. violence on sunday night shows activiststtempting to storm dahlgren city hallice using teargas. dozens were arrested. russia has now said the west is trying to stabilize soviet. -- serbia. in the czech republic, authorities say the country's cluttered warning system is on the highest state of alert invoices and follow several days of rain and melting snow, which led to significant rises in river levels. in prague, and big men seven close off and in some cases raise. elevated river levels were reported at 170 places around the country. here in the u.k., king charles has emphasized the importance of universal values shared between major religions at a time of "increasingly tragic conflict around the world." thus began the second christmas broadcast. here is our royal correspondent. >> at the church on the sandringham estate, the king and queen were joined by other members of the moral family for morning worship -- royal family for morning worship. the prince and princess of wales were accompaed by their three children. the duke of york was with the family and chu

seize power in belgrade, according to a generally very standard scenario of a color revolution, well, i must say, it was all without much fire, and they tried to break into the city hall dispersed the protesters and began to make... arrests and today the protest continues there, well, the truth is, again, without a spark, without such a maidan scale, which was at one time in kiev, but the same the same scenarios, the same faces, the same slogans, in general the same technologies, well , how do you think this can all end? no, well, it’s clear that there was such a not very, not very strong attempt at a... test of strength , let’s say, of course, that over time this could develop into a much more serious action, remember how it happened with milosevic for more than 20 years ago, still the same, then it was not obvious to everyone that something like this could happen, and yet he was removed from power, in general, something like this happened, well, like this something like a maidan, although of course not with such bloody consequences. here now, unfortunately, we understand perfectly well that being in a ring, actually enemy, nato, the country is riddled with agents, a

city hall is here, aleksandar vucic, is it yours and your thieves? this building will be vacated tonight, that's our plan. fueled by such statements, the crowd stormed the belgrades. for several days we were warned that they were preparing for this because... they know that citizens do not want to vote for them because they know that they will never be able to gain public trust. those who swore to fight using violence have once again confirmed that they are real bandits and that they want first of all to destroy our cities, villages, houses, our country, we will not let them destroy our country. the head of state called the opposition's statement about election violations an outright lie, stressed that the special services are doing everything possible to ... change violence towards the demonstrators, but the situation forced the police officers in the building to use tear gas to call for reinforcements. law enforcement officers began to clear the square of protesters; in the clashes , 30 police officers were injured, two were seriously injured, several dozen of the most active riot participants detained. now the situation is completely controlled by the securit

belgrade. in the serbian capital , protests that are fueled by the pro-western opposition do not subside. following the attempt to storm the serbian capital's city hallwestern movement serbia against violence took to the streets again on tuesday night. the demands there are still the same: to achieve the cancellation of the elections, which were won by president vucic’s party. and now, more than one and a half thousand picketers blocked traffic in the center of belgrade, some of the demonstrators, among whom children were seen, headed to the building of the capital’s police department because of the call to find out the fate of over thirty people detained during the storming of the city hall. later, according to journalists present at the scene, the protesters handed over to the police department issued a petition demanding the immediate release of the detainees. everything, regardless of people or the law. the event in belgrade has already been commented on in the kremlin: the press secretary of the russian president, dmitry peskov, says that the protests in the serbian capital are attempts by third forces from abroad to provoke unrest. peskov also

police dispersed the protesters towards belgrade; a crowd of people dissatisfied with the results of the parliamentary elections tried to take it. stormed the city hallrrived at the firing position and hit the enemy with the very first salvo; from the footage filmed using a drone, it is clearly visible how the missiles hit the nationalists in their shelters. about the work of our soldiers in the zone, military correspondents news, andrey grigoriev and eduard punikov. this is footage of russian snipers in combat. under carbon, the crew went on duty at night, but even in complete darkness the fighters clearly see the enemy, the ukrainian saboteurs have a thermal imager in their rifle, and they immediately open fire on them. a group of heavy snipers of the 155th marine brigade of the pacific fleet is on duty in the most intense dangerous areas of the south donetsk direction, these fighters have dozens of hit targets, there are no random people in the unit, only the elite. me since 2015 of the year. under enemy fire, together with the infantry he stormed the ridge areas near ugledar, the ardent received three wounds and a shell shock, but still returned