our senior royal i correspondent daniela ralph.the royalfamily attended the traditional christmas service at church in sandringham. king charles was accompanied by the prince and princess of wales and their children and other senior royals. prince andrew did not attend, after it was confirmed earlier this week that he would not be joining the family at sandringham. pope francis has delivered his traditional christmas day blessing. speaking from the central balcony of st peter's basilica to thousands of people in the square below, he delivered his traditional christmas day "urbi et orbi", an address to the city and the world. in his speech, the pope called for talks between ukraine and russia to end the war that followed moscow's full—scale invasion two years ago, and he also renewed his call for a ceasefire in the israel—gaza war. translation: in the middle east and contemplating the crib - of bethlehem, i think of the christian communities in israel and palestine and particularly to the dear community of gaza, where the humanitari

daniela ralph, bbc news, fitzrovia chapel. and daniela is here with me now. tradition. i assume that gives an idea of what his christmas broadcast might hold. i think the location gives a clear indication of what the king is going to include in its broadcast. he has chosen to deliver the message from this former hospital chapel, and i think that's obviously a reference to his own health problems this year, so we can expect him to refer to those and i expect also perhaps to those and i expect also perhaps to the medical staff who helped look after him the job the chapel is a community space, so again that points to references about bringing people together and about the power of community. 12 months ago, when the king last delivered his christmas message, it was a very different time, the time before his own cancer diagnosis, and that of the princess of wales. despite the difficulties, oil sources say, as we head to the end of the year, the king is feeling positive. yes, his treatment continues. that song going into 2025 but we are told he's feeling really pos

daniela ralph, bbc news, fitzrovia chapel. he set off from cape town in south africa lastjuly.ugandan runner, who lives in london, has made it back home, after an extraordinary run. deo kato ran across nine countries in africa, excluding war—torn sudan, which he flew over, before continuing through 11 more countries in europe, and finally reaching west london. leigh milner went to find out why. cheering. reunited with his motherjust in time for christmas. this was the moment deo kato finally crossed the finishing line in his home city of london yesterday, after running the equivalent of more than 300 marathons injust under a year and a half. incredibly relieved to actually have finished. it was overwhelming to see my mum there and she wanted to do a kilometre to get to the finish line with me. so doing that with her was beyond my expectations. day 66 — running from cape town to london. deo wanted to raise awareness about racism by highlighting the history of human migration from africa, in his words, to show that we all come from the same place. his journey took him through afr

daniela ralph, bbc news, fitzrovia chapel. to fix the economy is �*huge�* after revised figures showed there was no economic growth between july and september. the office for national statistics originally estimated a small growth of nought—point—one per cent over the three months. but rachel reeves insists the government's economic plans will deliver long term, sustainable growth. the conservatives say the economy has "tanked " under labour. here's theo leggett. a bleak midwinterfor a government that's made the economy its top priority. the latest figures show zero growth between july and september. businesses say they're losing confidence and prices are rising. this is how the economy's been performing over the past three years. as you can see, there was a fairly steady decline throughout 2022 and into 2023 and, at the end of last year, it went into recession, then a rally in the first half of 2024, but no growth, we now know, between july and september. and then there's inflation — a steep rise peaking at more than 11% in l

daniela ralph, bbc news, fitzrovia chapel. the best preserved mammoth carcass.han _ carcass. a female baby mammoth is more than 50,000 _ carcass. a female baby mammoth is more than 50,000 years - carcass. a female baby mammoth is more than 50,000 years old, i is more than 50,000 years old, it was found in the region of russia's southeastern permafrost, which acts like a giant freezer preserving the remains. 0nly giant freezer preserving the remains. only six other mammoth carcasses have been found in the world —5 in russia, one in canada. we end with live pictures in hawaii — where one of the most active volcanoes in the world has erupted again. lava began erupting at around 2am local time on monday, with fountains stretching more than 200 feet. the us geological survey said there were no immediate threats that's located on the big island and has been erupting since 1983. the us geological survey said there were no immediate threats to infrastructure, and eruptions stabilised by around 6.30am. but as you can see, a lot of it is still there on the big island — th

daniela ralph, bbc news, westminster abbey.d for his attempt to declare martial law earlier this week, and for what he called the "distress and disruption" it caused. in a brief televised address, mr yoon did not offer to resign, but said martial law would not be imposed again. the president has been under pressure to stand down, and could face an impeachment vote in a few hours. rebel fighters in syria say they have captured the city of hama, after the syrian army withdrew its troops. it's the second major city the group says it has seized since launching a surprise offensive on aleppo last week. the fighting has displaced more than 280,000 people in the north west of the country. police in the us are continuing their search for a gunman who shot dead the boss of america's biggest health insurance company. brian thompson was killed outside a hotel in new york on wednesday. officers are still trying to identify the suspected killer but believe they have found the gunman�*s backpack in central park — it's been sent for forensic