closed for the rest of the day and the two flights of been diverted to belfast international airport and coming in to land at belfast cityre are several emergency vehicles at the scene as you can hear no injuries and no passengers on board but there were four members of the crew. as christmas day approaches — we all know santa's traditional mode of transport usually involves a sleigh and reindeer — but in the italian city of venice on sunday — dozens of santa clauses brought a bit of festive cheer to the famous canals of the city — swapping their sleighs for gondolas. it was part of the city's annual christmas regatta. hello there. it's certainly been a windy weekend and today has felt quite a bit colder as well, but there are big changes in the weather pattern as we head towards christmas. at the moment we've still got those cold, strong northwesterly winds, but as the low pressure that brought the windy weather this weekend moves away, the winds will ease a bit overnight and gradually through tomorrow. we'll start to bring in some weather from the atlantic. ahead of that, though, the showers that we've had earlier on a

just checking belfast city airport, it has not seen a plane in or out all day. rport has been heavily diverted, the first plane in this morning, ryanairfrom venice, ended up in stansted, and there are an awful lot of people getting used to some strange surroundings. air canada from calgary, american airlines from dallas, delta air lines from atlanta, all diverted from heathrow because of strong winds there. they have been diverted through to brussels, and they will be getting back to heathrow, but anybody waiting to fly to those locations is going to find that they are having a very difficult and delayed, lots of delays, and british airways, over 70 cancellations to and from london heathrow, and many other airlines, lufthansa, frankfurt, munich, amsterdam klm, and various aer lingus flights from ireland also cancelled i'm afraid. earlier i spoke to nick johnson who was down at one of the biggest transport hubs in the south west of england, to give us a travel update. i am outside bristol temple meads station, one of the major rail hubs for the west and south—west

all flights in and out of belfast city airport were cancelled sunday evening.incident while landing during strong winds. it appears the nose wheel of the plane collapsed as the aircraft landed. the plane had flown from edinburgh to belfast with four crew members but no passengers on board. no one was seriously hurt. a london—based ugandan runner has completed a journey of more than 8,000 miles on foot. he ran and walked from south africa's cape town to london, barring a few sections where he had to cross seas or avoid the war in sudan. along the way, he faced racism in europe, and a spell in a south sudanese jail. deo hoped to use the journey to bring awareness to, and to protest racism. you're live with bbc news. russia's president vladimir putin has vowed to bring more destruction on ukraine, in retaliation for a drone attack on the central russian city of kazan on saturday. mr putin accused ukraine of carrying out a massive assault that struck a luxury apartment block located more than 1,000 km miles from the ukrainian border. earlier i spoke to michael boci

all flights in and out of belfast city airport were cancelled sunday evening. an emergency incident while landing during strong winds. it appears the nose wheel of the plane collapsed as the aircraft landed. you are live with bbc news. the president of panama has rejected threats from us president—elect donald trump about the sovereignty of the panama canal. mr trump says he will demand the return of the waterway to us hands if panama doesn't cut transit fees. you have got to treat us fairly, they haven't treated us fairly, if the principles of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the panama canal be returned to the united states of america in full, quickly and without question. i am not going to stand for it. so to the officials of panama, please be guided accordingly. the president of panama, jose raul mulino, has since responded to president elect trumps comments. take a listen. translation: the canal is not under the direct i or indirect control of china, the european community, the united states, or any other power.

all flights in and out of belfast city airport were cancelled sunday evening.n emergency incident while landing during strong winds. it appears the nose wheel of the plane collapsed as the aircraft landed. the plane had flown from edinburgh to belfast with four crew members but no passengers on board. no one was seriously hurt. a london—based ugandan runner has completed a journey of more than eight thousand miles on foot. deo kato ran and walked from south africa's cape town to london, barring a few sections where he had to cross seas or avoid the war in sudan. along the way, he faced racism in europe, and a spell in a south sudanese jail. deo hoped to use the journey to bring awareness to racism. you're live with bbc news. a new path forward is being sacked after spending deals. the takedown act would require websites to report content including ai generated deepfakes within 48 hours or face federal penalties. the bill was passed unanimously in the senate and was set to pass into law as part of that deal handed out on friday to avoid the government shutdown b

belfast city airport has declared an emergency incident after a plane experienced a hard landing. with a collapsed nose landing gear. the airport said there were no passengers on board — just four crew members when the incident happened. the runway will be closed for the rest of the day and some flights have been diverted to belfast international. the hollywood actress blake lively has filed a legal complaint against her �*it ends with us' co—star justin baldoni alleging sexual harassment and a campaign to "destroy" her reputation. lively says she wants to "pull back the curtain on sinister tactics used to harm people who speak up about misconduct." mr baldoni's legal team told the bbc the allegations are "categorically false". our correspondent matt graveling is following the story, and told us what more we know. details have come out in paperwork that has been filed to the california civil rights department, and they are part of a complaint by the actress blake lively, and she is accusing actor justin baldoni and his team, of sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reput

belfast city airport has declared an emergency incident after a plane experienced a hard landing.port said there were no passengers on board, just four crew members when the incident happened. the runway will be closed for the rest of the day and some flights have been diverted to belfast international. carol services are a time to come together and commemorate the year gone by. but for ukrainians, christmas time can be a bitter reminder of what and whom they have lost. tonight, london's st pancras station is hosting a charity service, ukrainian carols of hope. let's join bbc news reporter, olga malchevska, who is at st pancras station watching the carol service. thank you so much. i am here at the station listening to this beautiful music which was performed for refugees and back, we can see the ukrainian choir is replacing musicians and they will sing ukrainian songs for us and will have special guests and supporting us here today these beautiful events and let's speak to stephen and thank you so much for coming here today and for speaking to us and why do you think it is import

belfast city airport has declared an emergency incident after a plane experienced a hard landing.mac, with a collapsed nose landing gear. the airport said there were no passengers on board, just four crew members when the incident happened. the runway will be closed for the rest of the day. now time for today's sport with lizzie greenwood hughes. thanks, it's been an extraordinary day in the premier league and a day of extremes. liverpool are still flying high at the top of the table, but theirs is now a four point lead after they inflicted a 6—3 defeat of tottenham in london. luis diaz and mo salah both got two goals against a spurs side who looked tired, having played with the same team in the league cup three days beforehand. but it's a welcome return to league form for liverpool who are firmly back to winning ways. i know liverpool is a club that's always playing for every trophy. you also look back at the last two season, two seasons ago they ended up six. last season were third. they could compete to the end but for a long time, not again. if you start you always wonder what

meanwhile, emergency services have rushed to belfast city airport this evening after a plane crash landed the runway. it says britain continues to be battered by 82 mile per hour winds. the airport's runway was closed this afternoon after the aer lingus plane suffered an emergency incident while performing a hard landing during the stormy weather. no one was believed to have been seriously hurt. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to ben for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> good evening. hope you're well. thanks for your company tonight. i wanted to share with you the picture of the nine year old boy brutally killed at the german christmas market on friday by, quite frankly, a nutter from the middle east who shouldn't have even been in germany. this is andre gleisner. he was one of at least five people who died, while more than 200 others were injured when the man's car ploughed into crowds in magdeburg on friday evening. his mother, desiree gleisner, said in a post on faceboo

meanwhile, emergency services have rushed to belfast city airport this evening after a plane crash landedto the runway. as britain continues to be battered by 82 mile an hour winds, the airport's runway was closed this afternoon after an aer lingus plane suffered an emergency incident while performing a hard landing during the stormy weather. no one is believed to have been seriously hurt. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's time for headliners for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you, sophia and hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at tomorrow's top stories with three comedians. before we dive in, let's take a look at what ben and nick will have to work with on monday's front pages. the express has labour set to drive uk headlong into recession. oh goody. the independent has uk businesses brace for economic gloom. merry christmas everybody. the daily mail has economy is heading for worst of all worlds. bah humbug. the sun has. tyson fury says it's not over. the g

belfast city airport was forced to close for the day after a plane belfast city airport has reopened ay after an emergency incident forced it to close yesterday. no passengers were on board the plane that was forced to land and no one was hurt. passengers are urged to check with their airlines. the liberal democrats say shops are facing a "christmas crime wave" after figures showed almost a quarter of a million shoplifting offences were unsolved in the year to last march. the government said the conservatives left a disastrous legacy on law and order and it has committed to creating new police powers. leading doctors have warned that water beads, which are sometimes marketed as toys, could pose a threat to children this christmas. the products have been linked to child deaths overseas and serious harm to others in the uk. our reporter greg mckenzie has the latest. these are water beads, also known as jelly balls, sensory beads, or water crystals, and they're marketed as toys and home decor items. but a growing safety concern has emerged, particularly for young children. as seen here i