the day and sides rule ended, berlin felt like a giant party. syrians in the city celebrated the alastair of their long term ruler from dawn till dusk. i sought his gun. finally, we've been dreaming about this for so long. germany's dantzler welcomed events with caution for the exchange uh doesn't. today we stand with all syrians who are full of hope for a free, just and safe. syria is gonna get start off on what method is now is that syria can quickly live in law and order. and the law and order are established that the members, all religious communities or ethnic groups and minorities, must enjoy protection. all syrians must be given the opportunity to live life and dignity and self determination. we will just the next during government by this mess at the syrian embassy. a woman offers prayers overcome with emotion, like many of her compactor, yet she now wants to go home. now my, now there is freedom in my country, syria, know about shar, thank you god, thank you. germany. thank you. berlin, thank you to all the people here in germany for helping syria comes to mind country . thank yo

alastair campbell, the former communications director at number ten under the last labour governmentscalculation delaying get. do you think these figures back that up? there is a degree to which that is a fair point. it was certainly the case that the damaging uncertainty ahead of the budget, which was to do with the quantity of rumours swirling in the media, had a damaging effect on business confidence. fora damaging effect on business confidence. for a very lengthy period of time, and we saw this in our own data, we saw four months of declining confidence amongst our membership. so this is a reasonable point to make. i do understand why they did want to take their time, they wanted to be seen and indeed do a thoroughjob in addressing the original black hole in the public finances. and to really set themselves up as sort of the competent government that was going to do the right thing. 0n the economy. and then it did not want to be seen to be things, but it doesn't in retrospect feel like that struck quite right for them. if you were looking for evidence that it had unnerved consume

i wish to be left alone. >> i would say that alastair sim is my favorite scrooge. and that version of a christmas carol is the greatest of all time. >> jacob marley in the story, scrooge is late business partner jacob marley appears to him on christmas eve. what do you want with me? he had died seven years ago, the same night. so of course, he's a horrible corpse. >> i wear the chain. i forged in life. >> each of these links represents a bad deed. and he turns to scrooge and he said, you already have chains around you. and then marley says, do you have a second chance? >> i have come for your sake. ebenezer. >> he's visited by three time traveling ghosts. who take him on this journey, where he looks at his life and he starts the process of the reckoning. >> one master passion engulfs you. money. >> when he chooses his career over his true love. that was a fork in the road. >> he recognizes the mistake he made because now he's alone. >> i think it better you see things as they really are. >> during his journey through time with the ghosts, he witnesses other people

good morning alastair. clearly a new reality for people waking up. a new dawn for syria. >> yes dark clouds on the horizon because how the transition of power is managed will be crucial to serious future. there are signs of optimism early. we understand that the leader of hts the rebel group has been in contact the last couple of days with the syrian prime minister who himself has remained in damascus to try to make sure that there has been dialogue so that the power transition can be managed in some way. there are pictures coming out showing the prime minister has been moved from his office to a five-star hotel. the photos i have seen show him being escorted by rebel forces, not under arrest in any way and not manhandled out of the office. those are signs that perhaps this can be done in a bloodless way and that is encouraging. they took damascus as well as hammer, not without a fight but not with the violence that some people might have expected. those are some positives to hope for. i think if we are being pessimistic the euphoria we are seeing to

earlier i spoke to alastair rosenschein, a former british airways pilot, now an aviation consultant basedstbourne well, there are a number of reasons why you can't get the undercarriage to deploy. primarily amongst that would be a loss of hydraulic pressure. so, you know, it is possible to crank the gear down. but, you know, at this stage it's, you know, we're into an area of speculation. what i can say is that the video that i've seen shows the aircraft doing a wheels up, landing on the runway, and then the aircraft skids to the right of the runway and into some structure. it's been said it was a wall. and then, of course, the aircraft disintegrates into a ball of fire. now it's near impossible to control an aircraft on the landing roll as the speed reduces with the gear up. and so that would explain why the aircraft skidded off to one side. the reports of a bird strike could result in a worst case scenario and loss of hydraulics as well. if both engines are severely damaged. so would the birds have had to have hit the engines? is that what you're saying? well, yes. i mean, a bird strike

alastair, syria clearly at a crossroads now. could this go either way? >> yes.nk what we are seeing right now is an understandable outpour of emotion and euphoria . it is hard to overstate just how brutal and murderous the assad dynasty has been over many decades of rule in syria. they have locked away thousands of people as political prisoners and they have killed tens of thousands of opponents to the regime. that is all over. president assad has left the country. the assad role has come to an end. what happens next is entirely unclear . who governs syria, who takes over security for syria is an unknown. there are some positives and signs for optimism, but only early signs. the leader of the main rebel group has told syrians not to approach government buildings, for example, attack nor deface them. they have been told not to attack soldiers of the syrian regime if they lay down their arms. they want this to be a syria for all people. syria is a very divided country geographically, and socially. when this euphoria does diane, and it will do over coming days, wha

you know, if somebody is going to give keir starmer a christmas present, it ought to be alastair campbellmean, maybe not him, but i but but i was on question time the other week. well he thinks we are the, the but no, i mean you're right, blair had brilliant press operations. but there's one other point, joe, on this. you worked for paddy ashdown. paddy, you know, had distinguished himself in the royal marines in the sbs. he was a real personality, absolutely. very charming. yeah. the women certainly thought that, you know, i'm not going to comment on that one. but he was very charming. he was a big personality. take the politics out of it. does starmer have leadership qualities? >> i think, well, you and i were talking in the green room earlier about clement attlee, who had absolutely no charisma, you know, was as dull as ditchwater. and you can tell your quote to the audience if they don't know it. but i just think, no. keir starmer is not a natural communicator. no. there doesn't feel any empathy. and there also doesn't seem to be amongst quite a lot of his cabinet, what i would call a

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earlier i spoke to alastair rosenschein, a former british airways pilot, now an aviation consultant basedbourne — i asked him what could have prevented the landing gear from functioning properly... well, there are a number of reasons why you can't get the undercarriage to deploy. primarily amongst that would be a loss of hydraulic pressure. so, you know, it is possible to crank the gear down. but, you know, at this stage it's, you know, we're into an area of speculation. what i can say is that the video that i've seen shows the aircraft doing a wheels up, landing on the runway, and then the aircraft skids to the right of the runway and into some structure. it's been said it was a wall. and then, of course, the aircraft disintegrates into a ball of fire. now it's near impossible to control an aircraft on the landing roll as the speed reduces with the gear up. and so that would explain why the aircraft skidded off to one side. the aircraft skidded the reports of a bird strike could result in a worst case scenario and loss of hydraulics as well. if both engines are severely damaged. so would

but i wonder if signore volta could ever have imagined his invention powering what alastair keene hash actually they look more like sci fi spacecraft than boats. this is the race bird. it's been created for the all new e1 racing series that aims to prove the potential of electric power in the marine industry. we can use our sport platform in order to test and validate the solution, and then possibly change the way we will navigate in the future for billions of people. hey, how are you doing? good. nice to meet you. you've just come off the boat. yeah. how was it out there on lake como? it was. amazing. you know, our teams are working hard. we've been looking at data, and we've been trying to do everything we can to be the fastest boat. we are the pioneers of a brand new series. so this is electric hydrofoil power boat. there's nothing like it. this is the first invention of its type here that we're racing in e1 series. will smith is here. he is who owns our team and we're looking to throw down hopefully some good times to get our first win. all right. have fun. all right. yeah. you di

spencer: now, can | anyone spot alastair? there he is.it's race day. and who better to explain to us how this competition works than some of the drivers themselves? iwan is a brand—new racing concept. it's foiling boats with an electric motor in a format that's never been done before. the course here is basically a big figure of eight, but it's a little bit more complicated with the long lap and the stars and things like that. so, you'll see a series - of single—point turns and then turns that have larger apexes. we're racing in some really spectacular locations on the sea and lakes, and we're really trying to push the foiling technology to the max. so, every team has a male and a female pilot, and it's up to the team to decide which pilot will go first. after the first race, they'll alternate from there. qualifying start in. a single boat format. so we're all about _ maximising our one lap time, and then we go into _ the semi—finals and the finals, which is head—to—head racing. this stage has been set. five teams are in the final, but wh

joining us now on the line is alastair rosenschein, a former british airways pilot, now an aviation consultantat is your first impression of hearing about how they couldn't seem to get the landing gear down? what do you think is cause this?— think is cause this? good morning- _ think is cause this? good morning. well, - think is cause this? good morning. well, there's . think is cause this? good morning. well, there's a| think is cause this? good - morning. well, there's a number of reasons why you can't get the undercarriage to deploy. primarily it would be a loss of hydraulic pressure. it is possible to crank the gear down, but at this stage we are into an area of speculation. what i can say is that the video i have seen shows the aircraft doing wheels up landing on the runway and then the aircraft skids to the right of the runway and into some structure, a wall, and then of course the aircraft disintegrates into a ball of fire. it's near impossible to control an aircraft on the landing run as the speed reduces, with the gear up so that would explain why the aircraft skidded off to one side.

while ukraine's ministry has an alastair southern withdrawal from positions around the strong, the whole city of colorado, that isn't that on bass, reportedly, as we understand, they been trying to avoid being and circled by russian forces, though it may already be too late for that over now to onto the shop jupiter, she was giving me details just a bit on in the area we're talking about now, whether it's through treat specifically is this expense? no. okay, and this is just sort of crock about which is a tea towel for russia to take in that. and that's people's for public. that's because it's where the logistics view queen goes through and it's seen as being a key security hold for the next in general. so the possibility the rush is getting so close to taking this really gives you a sense of what's happening on the front lines. why now, but the last week of seem, shoot games for russia? apparently some 10000 ukrainian soldiers have either lost their lives or been sent home from the front injured and all not. we've also just had an exchange of forty's and some over 500 ukranian. so just

tonight we have the leader of reform uk, nigel farage, along with tony blair�*s former spin doctor, alastairnt audience here in lincoln in the east midlands. we are on iplayerfrom 9pm and bbc one after the ten 0�*clock news. fiona, thank you. a medicine known as the "king kong" of weight loss jabs is to be prescribed on the nhs in england. but it could take 12 years for everyone to receive it. the healthcare watchdog, nice, says that length of time is necessary so health services aren�*t overwhelmed by demand for the drug. our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson reports. maya winter was turned down for nhs weight loss treatment, despite having severe obesity with a bmi ofjust over 53. she bought the weight loss drug mounjaro privately from an online pharmacy and has since lost five stone. it feels amazing. ifeel so, so, so much better, and my body, just had my six—monthly bloods done, and my body is coping a lot better, and all my bloods are looking very good. around 60% of adults are either overweight or obese in england, risking their health and putting pressure on the nhs. but only 40

i'm alastair cook. >> we're at the ninth episode of i claudius. >> we ought to put up a sign discretioni was not allowed to watch it because it had nudity in it. i very much wanted to rather than try to come up with a show that will run for years and years. >> it was this idea that here is a limited story. we're going to tell it in x number of episodes, and let's just do this one self-contained thing. >> we all did things during the reign of my mad brother that we might not otherwise have done. >> it looks cheap. it was the script and the performances that mattered. in other words, it could be good for you. but it was fun at the same time the mini series is such a huge success for public television. abc was the network that hit gold with rich man, poor man. >> are you going to tell a story that isn't controlled by the clock? >> characters can grow and change and differ and listen, i want to talk to you about what? >> about making an honest man out of me. >> it's a subject i rarely discuss in the nude. >> what we saw in the 70s was that the big event television, if it was done right and

. >> of course, the alastair sim a christmas carol, charlie brown christmas elf, the family stone, love actually, the apartment, it's probably home alone, miracle on 34th street, and i still like to >> it's wednesday, december 25th, christmas day. merry christmas to those who celebrate right now on a special edition of cnn this morning. i'm hoping for a secure borders. i'm hoping for economic change. >> donald trump meant what he said. he's going to do what he said. >> getting the message. the voters have spoken and will soon find out if donald trump and his team were listening. plus, making history the president elect's second inauguration will be unprecedented in more ways than one. and. >> santa's coming to town. santa. oh my god. >> i know him, i know him. >> holiday blockbusters, from traditional favorites to modern classics. which christmas movie are most americans turning on today? good morning everyone. merry christmas to you and yours. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us. we're going to have all of that and more that we just ran through ahead with our panel. but

please don't sue me alastair. it's christmas love the podcast. yeah, i just wanted to say about mandelson, i knew a few. i'm not a genius, but i worked out a few weeks ago that mandelson was going to get this when he did this interview where he said, hey guys, we need to calm down about all this trump stuff. let's get more mature and let's stop. and i was like, oh, he's getting the ambassador job. because with labour it's just a choice of who's insulted trump the least egregiously. right. because it's like david lammy, all right. can't be him. but it's like there's a meeting anyone that hasn't called trump hitler, you know, keep your hands raised sort of thing. and then you have to get rid of everyone that's called him hitler. so mandelson is probably the least ridiculous choice, right.7 obviously be better if it was someone from reform or something. but that was never going to happen. >> somebody who could actually get something good to happen. and some people have criticised the choice of peter mandelson. novara media, i think, came out and cri

alastair is up to his eyeballs in it. what's going on?es anyone else think that shoplifting is totally out of control? on my panel tonight it's political consultant suzanne evans, journalist benjamin butterworth and the founder of global britain, ammon bogle. oh, and can you guess what's so controversial about this? >> let's get a touch on that, jack. try a little foot. >> get ready. britain, here we go. labour has sold your children's education to race baiting lunatics. next. >> thank you and good evening. the top stories this hour. three afghan nationals who were convicted in belgium over their involvement in a major people smuggling ring, have been arrested whilst on the run in the uk. prosecutors in belgium say they were part of a gang involved in organising the transport of migrants from afghanistan through iran and the balkans into western europe. authorities say they were also part of a group who committed serious sexual offences, including rape, against male migrant minors. the gang members now face being returned to belgium to se

. >> meanwhile, farage clashed with labour minister jacqui smith, the presenter fiona bruce and alastairampbell on bbc last night. take a listen to him clashing with tory mp kevin hollinrake on immigration too. >> you haven't got a cat's chance in hell of winning the next general election. shame on you for what you've done. it was wilful , it was deceptive, it was wilful, it was deceptive, it was deliberate and it was wrong . deliberate and it was wrong. >> elsewhere, france in chaos. president emmanuel macron rejects calls to step down as president. as we say au revoir to prime minister michel barnier will have all the latest . will have all the latest. and i was just i was just asking , was just i was just asking, emma, how do you say a 50. >> so. >> meanwhile, farage clashed with labour minister jacqui smith, the presenter fiona bruce and alastair campbell on bbc last night. take a listen to him clashing with tory mp kevin hollinrake on immigration too. >> you haven't got a cat's chance in hell of winning the next general election. shame on you for what you've done. it was wilful , it

. >> i listened, i listened to rory stewart and alastair campbell on this because this is the stuff roryrt actually knows about, unlike america, which he gets horrifically wrong, and britain, but actually the middle east and the factions in islam and so on, it is an extraordinary country. i hadn't really quite grasped just 1526

i also didn't hear from the likes of tony blair sidekick alastair campbell complaining either.eted funny how the people who used to scream and bawl about george soros don't mind oligarchy when it helps them. yeah, it is funny isn't it, alasdair? it's funny how in that tweet alone you finally admit the hungarian billionaire george soros used his wealth to interfere in british politics because that idea used to be called a conspiracy theory by lazy commentators. but now elon musk is thinking about doing the same thing as soros. suddenly, now it's a problem to the likes of campbell and the electoral commission. oh, how the tables have turned. soros, of course, is the man who broke the bank of england, netting $1 billion by shorting the pound on black wednesday in 1992. this is a man who made his wealth off the back of britain's misery. i actually have no problem with that. i'm a capitalist, but i do have an issue with what soros went on to do with his fortune. in the uk, he funded anti—brexit campaigns, including calls for a second referendum. he explained in 2019. my contribution

. >> i listened, i listened to rory stewart and alastair campbell on this because this is the stuff roryrt actually knows about, unlike america, which he gets horrifically wrong, and britain, but actually the middle east and the factions in islam and so on, it is an extraordinary country. i hadn't really quite grasped just how divided , how tribal it is, how divided, how tribal it is, how many divisions there are. and as you say, this particular sect of islam, which the assad family represented, as he put it, they're like the mormons are to christianity, like really quite cuckoo even by islamic season, by islamic standards. but, you know, they believe in i think it's that one. they believe in reincarnation, including possibly as a plant. yeah. >> and well, i mean, that probably that maybe the people of this country would like probably that maybe the people of this

. >> remember sir keir starmer needs a peter mandelson, a john prescott and alastair campbell, peoplethat. >> yeah, i mean he's got 1 or 2 of them. he's got jonathan powell, he's the national security adviser . he's got security adviser. he's got morgan mcsweeney. morgan mcsweeney, i think is more of an election campaigner than a somebody who knows the workings of government. starmer is going to i mean , his ministerial team to i mean, his ministerial team is very weak. that's partly because the parliamentary labour party was very weak, because nobody wanted to be a labour mp in in the corbyn years, some very talented people came in at the election and starmer is clearly fast tracking them into high ministerial office. you saw that with heidi , heidi alexander that with heidi, heidi alexander this week. but it is, i think labouris this week. but it is, i think labour is going to find it really difficult to win a second term. >> fascinating. well, listen, earlier , gb news spoke to the earlier, gb news spoke to the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, pat mcfadden, about how labour ar