one of them was danielle carr—gomm, from lewes in east sussex.red the daily injections of insulin. thank you all for coming here. so in 2016, she turned to hongchi xiao, who ran slapping therapy workshops. but his only training was in finance. i find that i've been able to reduce my insulin by half... danielle, here at one of his workshops, was convinced he could help. you can see the bruises on her arm from the slapping, and she praises hongchi xiao with an almost religious devotion. you're definitely a messenger sent by god — that i'm sure of. but four days into a slapping workshop at this retreat in wiltshire, danielle died. she had stopped taking the insulin for her diabetes, believing everything that hongchi xiao had claimed. in previous interviews, he'd always maintained his methods worked. it has a healing effect, number one, on diabetic one, diabetic two, and also on all the heart diseases, all kinds of... also high blood pressure. it works. it works so well that people love it. hongchi xiao admitted to the court that he wasn't medically

it was a glimpse into what the sussexes could be doing on behalf of the royal family were they stillrking royal five years ago now, but has continued to appear at family events. this was easter in windsor. however, the latest crisis involving his personal connection to an alleged chinese spy, yang tengbo, led the palace to make it known the family hoped he would honourably withdraw from family events. so unlike previous years — this was christmas in 2023 — he is spending the festive period at home in windsor rather than at sandringham, a further distancing of the king from his younger brother. after that first walkabout for the king on easter sunday here in windsor, the palace were keen to stress this wasn't a return to a full schedule of engagements. but as the months went on, it became clear the king did want to get back out as much as possible, at least as much as the queen and his doctors would allow. it seemed appropriate that the king's first engagement in april was to a leading cancer hospital in central london. staff and patients packed the entrance hall to see him. this was

one of them was danielle carr—gomm, from lewes in east sussex.you all for coming here. so in 2016, she turned to hongchi xiao, who ran slapping therapy workshops. but his only training was in finance. i find that i've been able to reduce my insulin by half. danielle, here at one of his workshops, was convinced he could help. you can see the bruises on her arm from the slapping, and she praises hongchi xiao with an almost religious devotion. you're definitely a messenger sent by god — that i'm sure of. but four days into a slapping workshop at this retreat in wiltshire, danielle died. she had stopped taking the insulin for her diabetes, believing everything that hongchi xiao had claimed. in previous interviews, he'd always maintained his methods worked. it has a healing effect, number one, on diabetic one, diabetic two, and also on all the heart diseases, all kinds of... also high blood pressure. it works. it works so well that people love it. hongchi xiao admitted to the court that he wasn't medically trained and that he wasn't a doctor, but that

there were no royal tell all books, interviews or documentaries by the duke and duchess of sussex this's cases against newspaper groups here do continue, as does his case against the home office over changes to his security arrangements whilst in the uk. he was here briefly when his father's cancer diagnosis was made public, and then he returned in may to attend a thanksgiving service celebrating ten years of the invictus games. cheering cheers for the prince who arrived at st paul's cathedral alone as guest of honour at the service celebrating the sporting event he established to help the military community. no members of the royal family were present, but there was a hug for his aunt and uncle on his mother's side. in the congregation many of those who benefited from the games. what they mean to prince harry was clear. here we go. before leaving the uk he had time to party. harry has kept close contact with a small number of uk charities including scotties little soldiers. three, two, one, go. which helps children who have lost a parent who has served in the military. he briefly stop

i'm joined now by mattew sussex.ational university. how do you excess the current situation including the success of bashar al—assad's regime? it including the success of bashar al-assad's regime?— including the success of bashar al-assad's regime? it has taken us b a al-assad's regime? it has taken us by a significant _ al-assad's regime? it has taken us by a significant amount i al-assad's regime? it has taken us by a significant amount of. us by a significant amount of surprise the conflict had been more or less frozen for three orfour years, more or less frozen for three orfouryears, and more or less frozen for three orfour years, and the or four years, and the swiftness orfour years, and the swiftness with which the rebel alliance has managed to capture aleppo is something that would certainly have bashar al—assad pause as well as his military and given he has had to rely on and given he has had to rely on a rainy and support, and russian airpower, in the past, and both those countries now have their own problem

carpet that we are seeing behind us, i want to bring in another guest, a lecture at the university of sussexdo you make of this visit from a country with britain. what do you make of this be it from a country with britain. what do you make of this be toasting country with britain. what do you make of this be toasting cour other. 1 britain. what do you make of this be toasting cour other. it will be toasting each other. it is a great _ will be toasting each other. it is a great moment where there is a great moment where there is a great moment where there is a degree of theatre about it, is a degree of theatre about it. but— is a degree of theatre about it, but there is a hard purpose below — it, but there is a hard purpose below the _ it, but there is a hard purpose below the surface about that influencing and trying to build these — influencing and trying to build these relationships which are now— these relationships which are now very— these relationships which are now very important in a very important _ now very important in a very important part of the world. the — important part of th

one of them was danielle carr—gomm, from lewes in east sussex.n. thank you all for coming here. so in 2016, she turned to hongchi xiao, who ran slapping therapy workshops. but his only training was in finance. i find that i've been able to reduce my insulin by half. danielle, here at one of his workshops, was convinced he could help. you can see the bruises on her arm from the slapping, and she praises hongchi xiao with an almost religious devotion. you're definitely a messenger sent by god — that i'm sure of. but four days into a slapping workshop at this retreat in wiltshire, danielle died. she had stopped taking the insulin for her diabetes, believing everything that hongchi xiao had claimed. in previous interviews, he'd always maintained his methods worked. it has a healing effect, number one, on diabetic one, diabetic two, and also on all the heart diseases, all kinds of... also high blood pressure. it works. it works so well that people love it. hongchi xiao admitted to the court that he wasn't medically trained and that he wasn't a doctor,

before we go, the duke and duchess of sussex shared a rare photo of their two children on their christmasir faces remain out of sight in this photo, but we do see prints archie, age five, and his little sister, princess lilibet, facing away from the camera as they run toward their parents. it is among a series of six photos on the card from prince harry and meghan, which features the message "we wish you a very happy holiday season." that is our program at this hour. you can always get more on the days news on our website, bbc.com/news. plus to see what we are working on at any time, check us out on your favorite social media site. don't forget you can download the bbc news app for all of the latest analysis and news from our correspondents around the world. for all of us here in washington and world news america team, i am sumi somaskanda. thank you for watching and stay with bbc news. ♪ announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum k

children, the future of the monarchy and i'm sure there are people thinking, what a shame that the sussexn't represented. but i think maybe that lies in the future. they are having christmas at home in sunny california. overall it is a good showing. don't forget the princess beatrice, prince andrew's daughter who is at sandringham. so his side of the family is represented if not by him. a glorious occasion with people handing out gifts, flowers, genuinely celebrating the return to health of two senior members. they much loved members of the family. especially good to see the princess of wales who looks absolutely stunning.- absolutely stunning. how important _ absolutely stunning. how important has _ absolutely stunning. how important has it - absolutely stunning. how important has it then, . important has it then, caroline, for them to attend today given the health challenges that very important royals and queen camilla have faced in the last few months? fortitude is the name of the game. they carry on when they are not feeling terribly well. if anything this does underpin the fact that

i've come to sussex and southern england to is a sign on a project that is proving as possible to boost by diversity at the same time as producing food that's healthy for people on the planet. this is the 3 and a half 1000 acres. net with state run by husband and wife team charlie bow and isabella trees together. they taken firm and convention and turned it on its head high. so isabel, the thank you so much for having us. yeah, pleasure. so this is the famous net. ok. it is, it is maybe this tree we recognize about 500 to 550 years old. so it seen the interest of a war it seen. you know, we just can't imagine what it is witnessed. it was concerns for the health of this ancient oak that led isabella and charlie to radically reconsider their intensive farming methods. the other trees and the landscape which were much younger than this one. they were beginning to die box and it was what we were doing to them. that was making them sofa. we were piling pretty much up to the trunks of all these, all the trees and poor and chemicals over. and we saw new salt like old, you know, those trees are

there will be people thinking what a shame that the sussex family is not represented but i think thatd showing overall and don't forget that prince andrew is at sandringham and his family as representing him even if he has not here. people are handing out flowers and gifts and genuinely celebrating the return to health of two much loved senior members of the family. especially good to see the princess of wales who looks absolutely stunning.- absolutely stunning. how important _ absolutely stunning. how important has _ absolutely stunning. how important has been - absolutely stunning. how important has been for i absolutely stunning. how important has been for them to attend today given the health challenges that very important royals and queen camilla have faced in the last few months? fortitude is the name of the game. royalty carries on when they are not feeling terribly well. if anything, this under points the fact that king charles ii! is the oldest monarch we've ever crowned and who has waited the longest for the job. who has waited the longest for thejob. 0f who has waited the l

martin speight, the former sussex and durham wicketkeeper, coached brook at sedburgh school for fourge of 18. he told me how he still keeps in touch with him and how proud he is to see his former pupil flourish for his country it's amazing to see him watch and play, having started at 13 or 1a, and he is fulfilling all the talent and he is fulfilling all the talent and hard work he has put in. what do ou see as and hard work he has put in. what do you see as harry _ and hard work he has put in. what do you see as harry brook— and hard work he has put in. what do you see as harry brook a _ and hard work he has put in. what doi you see as harry brook a 25-year-old you see as harry brook a 25—year—old when he first came to you at 13 or 14 euros at school? he when he first came to you at 13 or 14 euros at school?— 14 euros at school? he was an incredibly _ 14 euros at school? he was an incredibly talented _ 14 euros at school? he was an incredibly talented player - 14 euros at school? he was an l incredibly talented player then, good against his pads and the short ball, but he had a work

matthew sussex from the strategic and defence studies centre at the australia national university inent situation. it has taken assad, and us by a significant amount of surprise. this conflict had been more or less frozen for three orfour years, and the swiftness with which the rebel alliance has managed to capture aleppo is something that would certainly give assad pause as well as his military. and given that he has had to rely on iranian support, and russian airpower, in the past, and both those countries now have their own problems they have to deal with. it might be quite difficult for assad to be able to roll back and dislodge this new incursion outside of idlib province. the un agency for palestinian refugees says it's halting aid deliveries through kerem shalom, the main crossing between israel and gaza. the head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, said the decision had been taken because two convoys had recently been held up by armed gangs. he added that obstacles by israeli authorities and israel's ongoing siege are also making humanitarian operations impossible. israel says only

gloria moss from sussex was responsible for emergency management and leading the volunteer effort incean tsunami. she organised a 24—hour meet—and—greet to uk nationals returning to gatwick airport with limited possessions. i'm pleased to say that gloria joins us now. i remember working that day, some of it is still so vivid to me. can you believe it has been 20 years? weili? anyway, yes, and anyway, no. but i tell you, the memory is very clear. no. but i tell you, the memory is very clear-— is very clear. what is that memory. _ is very clear. what is that memory, what _ is very clear. what is that memory, what is - is very clear. what is that memory, what is the - is very clear. what is that memory, what is the first is very clear. what is that - memory, what is the first thing you think of when you think of that day and started to get the news of the enormity of what happened?— happened? the first thing i think of is _ happened? the first thing i think of is the _ happened? the first thing i think of is the expectation l think of is the expectation that we would be called by london

nice thing is a senior research fellow at the institute of development studies at the university of sussex. you joins us from dr. sweetwater data is professor of international affairs o. p gentle global university. she joins us from co kata. and should he unhook his co founder of not a poco, which advocates for women's rights in bangladesh, and she joins us also from taca. won't welcome to you will. throughout it, i want to stop with you. how will india respond to bangladesh as requests for the return of shakes? i see that it puts permit us to load into what, what could bind, doesn't it? absolutely. it's not going to be an easy process. i can certainly see that in any case expedition nice is that all is very, very going to get to in this case even just stuffing in there. this just seemed a little cool. but which is really and protecting model. one of the, you know, proud initial steps to learn 0 more row dancer, i think there might be a good rest of there hasn't been any longer and which has been changed when i saw that one of the basic conditions i p also the, you know, extradition cheati

so over the last few years, we have seen in kent and indeed east and west sussex.ing because that's where we are. we've seen an explosion of wine production. it's got to be said, many of the engush it's got to be said, many of the english sparkling wines are superb. well, who better to talk to than joe phillips? joe, your father was a kent farmer. >> yes, he was indeed. my dad was a sheep farmer down on the romney marsh. and when he retired, eventually the land was sold and it was bought up by what is now the gusbourne vineyard, which is one of the best award . winning has best award. winning has absolutely changed because there was a time. nigel, i'm sure you're not familiar with wine particularly, but do you remember the days when you'd go and get an english wine, or somebody would give it to you as a christmas present and you'd think, oh, god. and it was up there next to the chutneys and there next to the chutneys and the marmalades, and it was revolting. and you couldn't even cook it. and it's absolutely transformed. and of course, round here is amazing. i can'

military and naval base and monmouth county and arsenal in my neck of the woods on the border of sussexris county and they're confirming these and have the colonel of the new jersey state place flying up his men in a helicopter to do surveillance and noting that these drones are 6 feet in diameter, that they turn off their lights, and then they become undetectable. then you have a spokes model out of the white houssaying these, it's nonsense and does nothing but cause public chaos. it leads to the most important question, why. what are you doing and what we've would we be doing and the intel. kevin: it was three weeks ago and going on for weeks and to me would seem as a matter of course not only want to interject and obvious by be public safetism we can't bring it down, mar that, because of public safety. worry about public safety right now. carley: yeah and martha saying well, the coast guard came out and said there are 12-30 drones following one of their ships. just beyond concerning and if you shoot it down, shoot it down over the ocean. why would a federal agency make something they

danielle carr—gomm from east sussex, had type one diabetes.the camera. you're definitely a messenger sent by god, that i'm sure of. but later, after she stopped taking her insulin, danielle died. she had been persuaded by hongchi xiao that slapping would cure her. he was convicted of her gross negligence manslaughter. during sentencing today, the judge said he'd feared xiao would go back to slapping after his release from prison. there is a significant risk that, yet again, history may repeat itself. this constitutes a significant risk of serious harm to members of the public. hongchi xiao had earlier been convicted in australia of the manslaughter of a six—year—old boy in another slapping workshop. danielle's family say his methods have now been exposed. we hope that the good that will come out of this is that it will warn others to be very careful before venturing down the path of this sort of alternative therapy. hongchi xiao's techniques have many followers, but he failed to care for someone who swapped mainstream medicine for his radical

it comes from 75 different foundations, articles, sussex, the dukes, business and that. who puts that much work into the christmas card have any relationship with the people in the card? to look at megan markle and say she is changing diapers? >> definitely not ended did put my business instagram handle but that's what it's like, a shot of their children in the back of their heads and i got privacy, i get that but there's public photos she's put out of them all year round so it's not that. it's just a bizarre thing like here is our holiday photo. >> one thing you can give them credit for, they put their rescue dog in the card we put our rescue dog in the card as well. don't you dare walk off the set. [laughter] the question is, lincoln taylor, who had the better christmas card? new give her credit for a better christmas card? >> i can say she put in more effort. she gets of participation tr trophy. >> you give her the participation points. >> that's the nicest thing he's ever said. >> the guy who follows his mom through the supermarket screaming she won't feed our d dog,

. >> if you think of northern new jersey, west milford, sussex county and whatnot, this is the water that feeds all of northern new jersey. if you are on a well you get your water from here. got her been something happens. i hope nothing happens but this is one of our precious resources, clean, clear water keeps us healthy and safe. that should be top priority and i'm not seeing anything, not getting any answers or any actions. time to fix this problem. neil: you are concerned and you want answers. when they tell me what to worry, >> when they say they are here to help you, that is when you should worry. neil: i am getting. in honor to see you. in the meantime you might have heard that elon musk, don't know if he is worried about drones what is total wealth has well has eclipsed $400 billion, has double the wealth of jeff basu's who was the richest man on the planet. he leads him by $200 million. his mom is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ something has changed within me ♪ ♪ it's time to try defying gravity ♪ ♪ ♪ neil: is one thing to say elon musk is the richest human being on the planet, that ever got

but 1st sussex tele mountain has invited us to his home. he's live 10 to 10 years and is originated from a small town near austin. his 1st idea and the biggest city was to import jim and be it but it flopped because the difference between jim and cost bed chinese b a was not grace enough to his customers and it was too expensive. then he thought about sending sausages. and that's what, that's how i move forward. and that was before we opened the restaurant, it will have to be we're just trying as i v, then i won't be able to react to our sausages until you craigslist etc. using mac, we still do it markets and music festival. so what's on that was on what's traumatic for me most 1st boost to every day for 12 hours straight to vista and i was waiting short site then i said, you might not be able to see that here. the risk of, i've tried so many substances as too much oil spots, right. and because i had big blisters on my legs, they opened up a fast food place. been eating gym and food standing up did not go down well with the chinese either.

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it was the sussex irport. nearly 6 million passengers from the uk and 54 million from the u.s.lying out for the holidays. i might fly out. don't tell the family. monica petrelli has more. >> reporter: most will head home for the holidays, but others on the move as well as places that are seeing an uptick in year end visitors. in asia, the story is dominated by japan. among expedia destinations among travelers from hong kong, seven from japan among hiroshima. then the island of phu quoc, vietnam. it is a different story in europe. paris and london the top spots this winter, but interest increased in vienna where bookings are up 147% year on year and followed by budapest and zurich. warsaw saw a move from across the atlantic. in the middle east, the uae will see the most visitors this winter, but georgia and tunisia are experiencing the biggest upswings with twice the bookings from 2023. hotel occupancy rates and data showing it is set to be the highest in lihue, hawaii and followed by montego bay, jamaica. hotel occupancy rates are up 4% this holiday season compared to 2023. tha

if i can make it from east sussex, so can you. i could have picked you up.a slight delay. you didn't laugh at first. bruce, in terms of how things are going here, just give us the broad brush. >> we saw the momentum building from black friday at the start of december which we saw plus 10 similar numbers you just quoted. with all of the last-minute shoppers on the run to christmas, you saw great foot fall and sales again coming through. it has been a positive start to the key golden quarter for the retailers out there. >> that is interesting. bruce, i read data that says foot fall was down. i look at a lot of retailers and blue ribbon retailers and they've been under a bit of pressure. the nerves around this reporting season very interesting. you are not here to talk about whether retailers are going to be with expectations or not as well. the foot fall, given the barometer with the expert on in the states talking about technology and online shopping. is foot fall a really good barometer? >> obviously, it is all about spend and coming out of the pandemic, tha

spokespeople from the military, from naval base earl, from pick tinny arsenal up on the board of sussexirming these, when you have the colonel of the new jersey state the police, patrick callahan, flying up his men in a helicopter to do surveillance and noting that these drones are 6 feet in diameter, that they turn off their lights and then they become undetectable, and then you have a spokesmodel out of the white house saying these things, it's nonsense. it does nothing but cause public chaos with. will: so what are you hearing in your official capacity as an aa assemblywoman in new jersey? i'm curious what you're hearing from your constituents if then what -- and then what you're getting back when you're asking questions of various authorities. >> well, we're not getting much when we're asking questions of authorities. we're getting the ridiculous stock response that really is in conflict where they say we don't know where these drones come from, we don't know who is the other than, we don't know the intent nor the mission nor where they land, but they're not a threat. so we've all a