. >> this is isle dejean charles, louisiana. people here have lived on the water and off the land for centuries. but now that land is disappearing and the encroaching water is forcing them out making them among what some have called the first climate refugees in america. >> well, this landscape has changed so much because of all the water coming in from the gulf of mexico. >> home to a native american tribal community, isle dejean charles is a thin strip of land about 80 miles south of new orleans. once the size of the island of manhattan, this low-lying ridge has lost 98% of its land over the last 60 years. only one road leads here. it's a narrow two-lane highway surrounded by water connecting the island to the mainland. during storms, it floods, cutting off the community, sometimes for years at a time. chris brunet has weathered storms on this island his entire life. >> i was raised in the water. having to deal with the hurricanes and flooding that would come into the house, it is just something you're used to. and so the best

northern isles to.ot to much in the way of brightness and again temperatures are for—8d perhaps but where the fog leaders it will be cold. as we move on into friday the weather front begins to make progress. squeezing up begins to make progress. squeezing up the ice above. perhaps come friday the fog will be less of an issue. relatively mild air streaming in from the atlantic across scotland and northern ireland. further south—western fringes doing quite nicely but again of the fog lingered ona nicely but again of the fog lingered on a length of time it could be closer to six or seven across parts of east anglia. then we are off and running towards the weekend in the new year in fact. this is where we will see a change. weatherfront comes down across the british isles in the airstreaming comes down across the british isles in the air streaming in from the north behind that sell a significant change and the colder condition if you are near the front it could be wet. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broad

towards the northern isles as we go through friday evening and overnight.rbara slips into a northwards. blustery wintry showers will follow then as we go through friday night with snow returning to the mountains of scotland. things could get quite tricky, even blizzard conditions higher up. further south, the band of rain clears through, and we will be left with dry conditions as we start off christmas eve. so some decent weather for travelling around actually across england and wales but further north, and west, we've got those blistering showers, still some further falls of snow to come across the mountains of scotland. those temperatures will be dropping away a little bit on christmas eve. highs ranging from around 4—1! degrees celsius, from north to south. heading into the big day itself, christmas day, you can see on the charts, still tightly packed isoba rs. but notice they're tilting towards the south—west so southwesterly winds washing over the uk and those southwesterly winds are mild winds so we're going to have quite a mild day. you can see this

towards the northern isles as we go through friday evening and overnight.ps northwards. blustery wintry showers will follow then as we go through friday night with snow returning to the mountains of scotland. things could get quite tricky, even blizzard conditions higher up. further south, the band of rain clears through, and we will be left with dry conditions as we start off christmas eve. so some decent weather for travelling around actually across england and wales, but further north, and west, we've got those blustery showers, still some further falls of snow to come across the mountains of scotland. those temperatures will be dropping away a little bit on christmas eve. highs ranging from around 4—11 degrees celsius, from north to south. heading into the big day itself, christmas day, you can see on the charts, still tightly packed isoba rs. but notice they're tilting towards the south—west so southwesterly winds washing over the uk, and those southwesterly winds are mild winds, so we're going to have quite a mild day. you can see this yellow colour w

the weather front creeping into the northern isles —— first part of thursday.find, 8— 11, but some of that fog could stick, 0— one degree. the only thing that stops the start of friday being different to the start of wednesday and thursday is that we have more breeze around. that will help keep the atmosphere turning over. before performing so readily. relatively mild air close to the weather front, which is ever a greater part of scotland. further south, the last of those chilly conditions still working across parts of east anglia and the south—east. i say that is chill, because it will get cold, and no argument about that. as the weather front sweeps across the british isles, we lose the south—westerly wind and say hello to a northerly winds, and wind out of the north, never in one direction this time of year. a better chance of sunshine, but some of you will bring in the new year with rain from that weather front. once that is true, we will turn much colderfor the start of the new year. —— through. hello and welcome to bbc news. our top stories: shinzo abe b

that will bring storm connor for boxing day into the northern isles.ern scotland, especially in the hills. difficult conditions in the higher areas. northern england as well. hail and thunder are also possible. light show is pushing into wales and western parts of england to begin with. this is 9am this morning. some sunny spells elsewhere in england. the southern half of the uk is having a decent start to the day. showers in northern areas. the strongest winds as well. difficult travelling conditions in northern scotla nd travelling conditions in northern scotland and the northern isles. winds could be in excess of 16 miles per hour at times. the chill in the wind with will bring single figure temperatures. mild air will push into tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning, these are the sort of temperatures we are looking at. widely in double figures. we could see 111—15 somewhere. and exceptionally mild start to christmas day. plenty of cloud around. outbreaks of rain. northern ireland and scotland and northern england and north wales as well later in the d

generally speaking for the rest of the british isles, a little bit breezy in places but a lot of sunshine around and a much fresher feel to the day. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 1.30pm. the queen has missed the christmas day church service at sandringham, as she has a heavy cold. the duke of edinburgh and other royals were at holy communion on the norfolk estate. in berkshire, the duke and duchess of cambridge are spending christmas with kate's family, the middletons. in his christmas mass at the vatican, the pope has called for a peace deal between israel and the palestinians, urging the two sides to "write a new page of history". more than sixty members of a celebrated russian military dance band are among those killed when their plane crashed in the black sea on its way to syria — president putin has declared a day of mourning tomorrow. now on bbc news, film critic mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting the crackers from the turkeys, in review 2016: the year in film. hello and welcome to this review of the year in film. i'm mark kermode, an

sharyl: albert naquin has lived here on isle de jean charles his whole life -- a sliver of an island in the south louisiana bayou. but today, the island is literally shrinking down to nothing before their eyes. whatever is to blame for the sinking of the island the unprecedented project to move the entire town is moving forward. some people might think, $48 million dollars to resettle 60 people is a lot of money. forbes: it is a lot of money. scott: follow jahan mahmood long enough and you are bound to find yourself in what over the years, has been a breeding ground of aspiring terrorists. your whole goal is to stop them from getting to the point that they actually go overseas? jahan: absolutely. lisa: this is the nation's electrical grid. 55,000 substations pushing power to 200,000 miles of high voltage transmission lines. cyber security experts call it a target waiting to be hit. what should be happening now that's not happening? ted koppel: what should be happening is that we should be preparing for the consequences of a devastating cyber attack. [captioning performed by the natio

and the northern isles.mperatures 4—8 degrees perhaps, but where the fog lingers, 0—2 degrees. into friday, the wind makes progress. we are beginning to squeeze the isobars. perhaps come friday, fog less of an issue. relatively mild air streaming in from the atlantic. further south, the western fringes doing nicely. if the fog lingers for any length of time, it could be closer to six or seven for parts of east anglia. then we are off and running towards the weekend and the new year. we will see a change with this weather front coming down and across the british isles. the air streaming in from the north behind that, so a significant change with colder conditions. if you are near the front, it could be pretty wet. this is bbc world news. the headlines: shinzo abe has become the first japanese prime minister in more than half a century to visit pearl harbour. he joined president obama to remember the more than 2,000 us servicemen killed in the japanese attack 75 years ago. the american film star and author car

isles, 70 miles an hour for northern hourfor the western isles, 70 miles an hourfor northern irelandp tuned to the weather forecast. as we head through christmas eve it remains very windy. the best of the weather across the south, fairly mild with some sunshine, but we will still see gales and showers across the north, with a wintry mix over the high ground. christmas day, we are looking at very windy weather across the north, with a spell of rain which will spread right across the uk. another pretty deep low pressure system moving through to bring us those strong winds and also that speu those strong winds and also that spell of rain. it will be exceptionally mild across the south. in fact, we could see record—breaking mild temperatures across the south—east. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story: a manhunt is underway for the prime suspect in the berlin truck attack on a christmas market. he has been named as 24—year—old anis amri, a tunisian who has been in the country since 2015. it appears he had been monitored by the security services, but they couldn't deport hi

dozens of inmates take control of a part of a jail on the isle of sheppey, in kent.rison authorities say the disturbance is contained to one landing on a wing. also coming up: the syrian government has declared victory in aleppo, after the last rebel fighters and civilians leave the eastern half of the city. and we speak to a seven—year—old girl whose plight has moved people around the world with her descriptions on social media of life under siege in aleppo. and we will look at tomorrow's front pages. the daily express warns that the uk faces christmas storms, with 90 mph gales and torrential rain. good evening and welcome to bbc news. german police say there is clear evidence linking their main suspect a tunisian man, anis amri, to the attack on a christmas market in berlin. his fingerprints have been found in the lorry that was driven into shoppers on monday, killing 12 people. speaking at the family home in tunisia, amri's brother called on him to give himself up. chancellor merkel said today she was proud of the calm way in which germans had responded to the att

the prison service says part of a prison wing on the isle of sheppey that was taken over on the isles, films, they have done concerts and they were formed by brick makers way backin they were formed by brick makers way back in 1895. i don't think those quys back in 1895. i don't think those guys were back in 1895. i don't think those guys were in the band in 1895. it is very festive in covent garden. the weather is not quite so festive. the met office has a amber weather warning out for wind. storm barbara will be crossing the shores today. she is already showing her hand. the strongest wind will be across the north and west. for more than scotland, the mainland and also the northern isles, we are looking at storm force winds later on. as well as the wind, we have a lot of rain moving across, the same band of rain affecting north west england. for north—eastern england, heading down the east coast, past the wash, east anglia, kent, the midlands, towards hampshire and the isle of wight, a dry start. just the odd shower and spot of drizzle. that extends into south—west england, where i

and the northern isles. too much in the way of brightness. temperatures 4—8 degrees perhaps, but where the fog lingers, 0—2 degrees. into friday, the wind makes progress. we are beginning to squeeze the isobars. perhaps come friday, fog less of an issue. relatively warm air streaming in from the atlantic. further south, the western fringes doing nicely. if the fog lingers for any length of time, it could be closer to six or seven for parts of east anglia. then we are off and running towards the weekend and the new year. we will see a change with this weather front coming down and across the british isles. the air streaming in from the north behind that, so a significant change with colder conditions. if you are near the front, it could be pretty wet. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: 75 years on, japan's prime minister shinzo abe makes an historic visit to pearl harbor, offering condolences to victims of

storm force winds are in the forecast for the north and north—east of scotland, the northern isles andstern isles as well, so they're really going to cause some issues. 0bviously dangerous conditions out to sea and we've had reports of dangerously high waves, so those will be affecting some coastal areas. it's not as if it won't be windy through the remainer of the night, severe gales around the coasts, gales inland and some wintry weather. those snow showers have been coming in thick and fast and they will be even falling at lower levels across the north of scotland. so it could be a bit wintry, with as few centimetres of snow building up by morning, by daybreak and, of course, as a consequence, a little icy. coldest for all of us first thing, then the rain clears away and it is a much drier and brighter day in the south. further north it's a stormy day, indeed, even for this part of the world. unusually windy and combined with the snow showers, plenty of them. but very few further south. we've replaced the cloud with the sunshine. a bit of a breeze and temperatures won't be the teens

some sunshine to see out boxing day too across the isle of wight.he weather for everyone as we head through the day on tuesday. the isobars fairly widely spaced for the most part, much less windy than in recent days. frost and fog patches around especially in parts of england and wales, further north, more cloud and breeze around. looking around the country at 9am, across the bulk of england and wales, a fine start to the day. pretty chilly, the coldest night we have seen in a little while, some frost around and a few mist and fog patches. further north across northern england and northern ireland, more cloud and again a chilly start to the day, some isolated showers in the far north—west of scotland, perhaps some rain for a time towards the northern isles but that should clear then looking dry across—the—board on tuesday. a really decent day for heading out into the countryside for a walk, lots of sunshine on offer, some patchy cloud here and there and in a few places the mist and fog will be slow to clear. so colder than we've seen recently, highs

quite a bit of cloud across the british isles at the moment and some pork in patches still lingeringa, the southeast midlands and the south—east. if we don't get rid of it pretty quickly, thenit don't get rid of it pretty quickly, then it will be around for a goodly pa rt then it will be around for a goodly part of the evening, and i'm afraid it will reform with a vengeance. not just word has been in recent nights, across parts of central and southern england and southern parts of wales, with the breeze dropping out further north, there will be a little bit more fog perhaps than of late, getting up to the north of england and maybe into the scottish borders as well. you'll all the —— also because we have this weather front. my because we have this weather front. my real concern first up in the day will be fog. perhaps to the western side of london, berkshire, buckinghamshire way, getting over towards 0xfordshire, could be really quite dense and there could be some problems on the roads and at the airports as well. the awed pocket fog further north and make up to weather front. a litt

dozens of inmates take control of a part of a jail on the isle of sheppey, in kent.rison authorities say the disturbance is contained to one landing on a wing. also coming up: the syrian government has declared victory in aleppo, after the last rebel

quite a bit of weather across the british isles right now. had a close encounter with barbara, the scent of the storm near scotland still. lurking in the atlantic we have things brewing. the fact affecting many part is tied in with storeroom connor, the next in the season. this will be an issue for the northern pa rt will be an issue for the northern part of the country, from christmas day into boxing day. a mix of wintry showers across northern parts. that's three forward to three hours. this is the wind, still a feature here. disruptive still. the crowd filling in for northern ireland, the scottish borders, northern england and wales. away from that song, pretty much what you have is what you will keep. temperatures in the south, ten or 11 degrees. it is unseasonably mild today. overnight the cloud will thicken up across the northern half of britain, pushed in by the south—westerly westerly breezes and that is the secret to the field of the desert at the moment. a lot of isobars for christmas day. again, the storm not that close to us, but

an ever present feature throughout the day across the western isles.rain. wind really quite a feature here. we are not without the chance of some sunshine. the borders of scotland, north of england, western side of wales and south—west of england. here, the temperatures having a chance to respond. 7—10 degrees or so. but, and it is a significant but, if that fog lingers with you, and it may well do in some locales, certainly through the midlands, east anglia and parts of the south—east, it will really put a dent in the temperatures as well as your visibility. that is not such an issue for the scottish premiership matches. there are four through the course of wednesday evening. but if you are journeying for this particular feature, southampton taking on spurs, there could well be a fog issue for your travels. if you lose the fog, it may well reform from wednesday night into thursday. we will do it all over again. the weather front still a player over northern and western parts of scotland. further south, leaden skies for the most part. again, if you hap

there will continue to be so for a while yet across the northern parts of the british isles.r part of the evening, and you're stepping out in the next couple of hours, this rain is filling across northern ireland and getting into central and southern parts of scotland and the north—west of england. so you will be swapping your showers for something a little bit more persistent. further south, something a little bit more persistent. furthersouth, it is dry. you might getjust the odd splash, but you see that for the most pa rt splash, but you see that for the most part it stays dry and it is not overly cold thanks a noticeable breeze in the south, but it is coming from the south—west. so that's what what's helping to keep the temperatures up. there comes the rain as we get on through the evening and into the wee small hours of you know what, christmas day, but the thing that you really will notice about christmas day if you have got plans to be off, there are strong winds. the thing that you will notice is you won't need too many layers as you won't need too many layers as you

now, we are looking at gusts up to 90 mph across the north mainland of scotland, to the northern islesd, and 60 mph potentially for northern wales and north—west england. so this is likely to be very disruptive. keep tuned to the weather forecast. as we head through christmas eve, it remains very windy indeed. best of the weather across the south, will be fairly mild, with some sunshine, but we will continue to see gales and showers across the north, with a wintry mix over the high ground. for christmas day, we are also looking at some very windy weather, particularly across the north, with a spell of rain which will spread right across the uk. another pretty deep low moving through to bring us those strong winds, and also that spell of rain. but it will be exceptionally mild across the south. in fact, we could see record—breaking mild temperatures across the south—east. very good morning. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. an international man—hunt for the main suspect in the berlin christmas market attack, as it emerges he was being watched until just market attack

towrds the northern isles as we go through friday evening and overnight.nto a northwards. blustery wintry showers will follow then as we go through friday night with snow returning to the mountains of scotland. things could get quite tricky, even blizzard conditions higher up. further south, the band ofrain clears through, and we will be left with dry conditions as we start off christmas eve. so some decent weather for travelling around actually across england and wales but further north, and west, we've got those blistering showers, still some further falls of snow to come across the mountains of scotland. those temperatures will be dropping away a little bit on christmas eve. highs ranging from around 4—11 degrees celsius, from north to south. heading into the big day itself, christmas day, you can see on the charts, still tightly packed isoba rs. but notice they're tilting towards the south—west winds are mild and we will have a mild day. you can see the yellow colour working its way across the country. very mild but it will also continue to be very win

towrds the northern isles as we go through friday evening and overnight.ry showers will follow then as we go through friday night with snow returning to the mountains of scotland. things could get quite tricky, even blizzard conditions higher up. further south, the band of rain clears through, and we will be left with dry conditions as we start off christmas eve. so some decent weather for travelling around actually across england and wales, but further north, and west, we've got those blustery showers, still some further falls of snow to come across the mountains of scotland. those temperatures will be dropping away a little bit on christmas eve. highs ranging from around 4—11 degrees celsius, from north to south. heading into the big day itself, christmas day, you can see on the charts, still tightly packed isoba rs. but notice they're tilting towards the south—west so southwesterly winds washing over the uk, and those southwesterly winds are mild winds, so we're going to have quite a mild day. you can see this yellow colour working its way across the co

an ever present feature throughout the day across the western isles.wind really quite a feature here. we are not without the chance of some sunshine. the borders of scotland, north of england, western side of wales and south—west of england. here, the temperatures having a chance to respond. 7—10 degrees or so. but, and it is a significant but, if that fog lingers with you, and it may well do in some locales, certainly through the midlands, east anglia and parts of the south—east, it will really put a dent in the temperatures as well as your visibility. that is not such an issue for the scottish premiership matches. there are four through the course of wednesday evening. but if you are journeying for this particular feature, southampton taking on spurs, there could well be a fog issue for your travels. if you lose the fog, it may well reform from wednesday night into thursday. we will do it all over again. the weather front still a player over northern and western parts of scotland. further south, leaden skies for the most part. again, if you happen to

an ever present feature throughout the day across the western isles.wind really quite a feature here. we are not without the chance of some sunshine. the borders of scotland, north of england, western side of wales and south—west of england. here, the temperatures having a chance to respond. 7—10 degrees or so. but, and it is a significant but, if that fog lingers with you, and it may well do in some locales, certainly through the midlands, east anglia and parts of the south—east, it will really put a dent in the temperatures as well as your visibility. that is not such an issue for the scottish premiership matches. there are four through the course of wednesday evening. but if you are journeying for this particular feature, southampton taking on spurs, there could well be a fog issue for your travels. if you lose the fog, it may well reform from wednesday night into thursday. we will do it all over again. the weather front still a player over northern and western parts of scotland. further south, leaden skies for the most part. again, if you happen to

there is a disturbance in a prison on the isle of sheppey in kent.ng. now let's go to the sports news and olly foster has all the details from the bbc sports centre. evening, ollie. good evening, clive. crystal palace have sacked their manager alan pardew. the chairman steve parish said the club had "got themselves in a rut and needed a change". they are just above the relegation zone and have the worst record of all 92 league clubs in 2016. here's our reporter david ornstein. one win in". one win in 11. there was a run of six straight defeats. they are one point and one place above the relegation zone in 17th. this time last year, relegation zone in 17th. this time last yea r, crystal relegation zone in 17th. this time last year, crystal palace were six in the premier league. it has been a sorry story. you remember how strong their defence was under tony pulis a couple of years ago. it has gone the opposite way. they also feel they have been incredibly unlucky with refereeing decisions and the spirit is still high, so whoever comes in as manager wil

and western isles.to breaks, particularly on high ground, so there will be spells of sunshine. on new year's eve, more of scotland will get wet weather along with parts of northern ireland with england and wales largely dry and turning milder. new year's eve, as we run up turning milder. new year's eve, as we run up to the big celebrations, we run up to the big celebrations, we see rain trickling southwards. mild to the south, but across the north, turning colder. on new year ‘s day, cold enough for snow particularly in the hills of scotland. a ceasefire in syria from midnight tonight, it has been brokered by russia and turkey. president putin says the syrian government and opposition groups have agreed to the basic terms and to the start of peace talks. after nearly six years of conflict those behind the deal say it's a window of opportunity that mustn't be wasted. the third document is about a readiness to start peace talks. warning from gps that patients in innard may wait more than a month foran inn

storms predominantly in the northern half of the british isles. are lots going on.on the bbc weather website. andre hello everyone. the headlines in singapore. police in berlin released that only suspect from monday's attack on a christmas market. they admit the driver of the truck may still be at large. german chancellor angela merkel attends a memorial service for the 12 people that died and nearly 50 injured. i'm at babita sharma in london. explosions tear through fireworks market at mexico city with at least nine people killed and dozens more injured. living under a cloud. the millions in north—east china stranded by pollution. the world health organization has a recommended annual target of ten and here,

an ever present feature throughout the day across the western isles.ot of rain. wind really quite a feature here. we are not without the chance of some sunshine. the borders of scotland, north of england, western side of wales and south—west of england. here, the temperatures having a chance to respond. 7—10 degrees or so. but, and it is a significant but, if that fog lingers with you, and it may well do in some locales, certainly through the midlands, east anglia and parts of the south—east, it will really put a dent in the temperatures as well as your visibility. that is not such an issue for the scottish premiership matches. there are four through the course of wednesday evening. but if you are journeying for this particular feature, southampton taking on spurs, there could well be a fog issue for your travels. if you lose the fog, it may well reform from wednesday night into thursday. we will do it all over again. the weather front still a player over northern and western parts of scotland. further south, leaden skies for the most part. again, if y

peak gusts across the far north, the western and northern isles, disruption to transport networks, ands is bbc news. the headlines: two men are found guilty of manslaughter over the tipper truck crash in bath that killed four people, including a 4—year—old girl. reports in germany say the fingerprints of anis amri, the tunisian suspected of carrying out the deadly attack in berlin, were found on the lorry used to hit the christmas market. the prince of wales warns about the growing danger of religious persecution in a bbc radio 4 thought for the day broadcast. tributes are being paid at the funeral of the russian ambassador to turkey, which is being held in moscow three days after he was assassinated in ankara. a pledge to improve fast broadband services in rural areas with a £400—million investment from the government. more now on the latest from germany where police raids have been taking place across the country in the search for the suspect of the berlin christmas lorry attack. the operations have been carried out in dortmund and emmerich in the west of germany, where anis amri is

some sunshine to see out boxing day too across the isle of wight.e as we head through the day on tuesday. the isobars fairly widely spaced for the most part, much less windy than in recent days. frost and fog patches around especially in parts of england and wales, further north, more cloud and breeze around. looking around the country at 9am, across the bulk of england and wales, a fine start to the day. a bit chilly, the coldest night we have seen in a little while, some frost around and a few mist and fog patches. further north across northern england and northern ireland, more cloud and again a chilly start to the day, some isolated showers in the far north—west of scotland, perhaps some rain for a time towards the northern isles but that should clear then looking dry across—the—board on tuesday. a really decent day for heading out into the countryside for a walk, lots of sunshine on offer, some patchy cloud here and there and in a few places the mist and fog will be slow to clear. so colder than we've seen recently, highs between 6—8. tuesday e

sea isle city you have flipped over to rain, as well. you're picking up an icy mix in vineland, millville and mays landing and hammonton. use caution out there this morning, even though a lot of main roads have been treated, we're still seeing accumulations on those roads. you've got the ice pellets from the sleet. now we have temperatures below freezing that's not melting anytime soon. a lot of roads are covered, back roads especially are a mess. anything untreated will be a mess over the next couple of hours. temperatures holding steady in the 20s north and west. pilots, 22. warrington, 22. center city, 27 degrees. glassboro, 28. vineland 28. gandys beach, 29. you're saying all of them are below freezing why is it raining or sleeting in my neighborhood down here? the reason for that, this is what it is at the surface, temperature-wise, you get aloft a couple of thousand feet we're above freezing. eventually that warmer air will work its way down to the surface. it will go over to rain. here's the wider view there's the mixing line that

some homes on the isle of lewis and south uist left without power.head. extra generators have been shipped out and others, including farmers here, have taken precautions. i slept quite well until5am, when the winds started to hit. i spent all day yesterday preparing for it, moving livestock to sheltered areas and making sure everything was tied down so i don't lose anything. this christmas tree in dunoon is holding tight, for now! while festive rides in edinburgh are off—limits because of high winds. storm barbara is an unwanted early gift. travelling may get more difficult as the gales increase, and those hoping to get away will be hoping the weather eases for long enough to get home for christmas, when more stormy weather is expected to sweep in once again. lorna gordon, bbc news. let's cross to our correspondent, who can bring us the latest. it doesn't look too terrible where you are, but is it going to get worse? my are, but is it going to get worse? my sense is that the worst of storm barbara may have passed where we are now. we are on the banks

some sunshine to see out boxing day too across the isle of wight.ad through the day on tuesday. the isobars fairly widely spaced for the most part, much less windy than in recent days. frost and fog patches around especially in england and wales, further north, more cloud and breeze around. looking around the country at 9am, across the bulk of england and wales, a fine start to the day. a bit chilly, the coldest night we have seen in a little while, some frost around and a few mist and fog patches. further north across northern england and northern ireland, more cloud and again a chilly start to the day, some isolated showers in the far north—west of scotland, perhaps some rain for a time towards the northern isles but that should clear then looking dry across—the—board on tuesday. a really decent day for heading out into the countryside for a walk, lots of sunshine on offer, some patchy cloud here and there and in a few places the mist and fog will be slow to clear. so colder than we've seen recently, highs between 6—8. tuesday evening looks a bit

some sunshine to see out boxing day too across the isle of wight.ther for everyone as we head through the day on tuesday. the isobars fairly widely spaced for the most part, much less windy than in recent days. frost and fog patches around especially in parts of england and wales, further north, more cloud and breeze around. looking around the country at 9am, across the bulk of england and wales, a fine start to the day. pretty chilly, the coldest night we have seen in a little while, some frost around and a few mist and fog patches. further north across northern england and northern ireland, more cloud and again a chilly start to the day, some isolated showers in the far north—west of scotland, perhaps some rain for a time towards the northern isles but that should clear then looking dry across—the—board on tuesday. a really decent day for heading out into the countryside for a walk, lots of sunshine on offer, some patchy cloud here and there and in a few places the mist and fog will be slow to clear. so colder than we've seen recently, highs betwe

in the far north—east of scotla nd more in the far north—east of scotland up towards the northern isles is bbc world news today broadcasting in the uk and around the world. the headlines: the un security council demands an end to a legal settlement building by israel. the motion passed after the us refused to exercise its veto. israel is describing it as shameful. the settlements must stop and we've been sending that message for five decades. the main suspect in a billion market tack tack is shot dead butjimmy and still in a state of high alert. relief after the men who hijacked a plane to malta surrendered to police. and in sport, this athlete's coaches given a ten year ban for the fences.

you can see across the atla ntic isles.owerfuljet strea m active, very turbulent. powerfuljet stream pushing the front is now into oui’ stream pushing the front is now into our direction. the first crossing the north—west of the uk through the evening and overnight. the winds are strengthening as well. i think eventually by the end of the night all of us will have seen at least a few bits and pieces of rain. behind the weather front, cooler air parking in, but because the winds are strong we parking in, but because the winds are strong we are parking in, but because the winds are strong we are not expecting much frost but it will not be much of that, three degrees in newcastle. then deal across north—western areas, frequent showers around. a bit of sunshine in between as well but i would not be surprised if we get hail and thunder. perhaps some sleep as well. different story in the south. the wind is not quite as strong, at least not yet —— probably some sleet as well. the colder air is here in the north but it will feel co

some sunshine to see out boxing day too across the isle of wight.one as we head through the day on tuesday. the isobars fairly widely spaced for the most part, much less windy than in recent days. frost and fog patches around especially in parts of england and wales, further north, more cloud and breeze around. looking around the country at 9am, across the bulk of england and wales, a fine start to the day. pretty chilly, the coldest night we have seen in a little while, some frost around and a few mist and fog patches. further north across northern england and northern ireland, more cloud and again a chilly start to the day, some isolated showers in the far north—west of scotland, perhaps some rain for a time towards the northern isles but that should clear then looking dry across—the—board on tuesday. a really decent day for heading out into the countryside for a walk, lots of sunshine on offer, some patchy cloud here and there and in a few places the mist and fog will be slow to clear. so colder than we've seen recently, highs between 6—8. tuesda

isles, so they will cause some issues. 0bviously gained as conditions out to sea and we‘ve had reportses of snow building up as few centimetres of snow building up by as few centimetres of snow building up by daybreak and a little icy. a cold est for up by daybreak and a little icy. a coldest for all of us first thing, then the rain clears away and it is dry and bright in the south. further north it‘s a stormy day, even for this part of the world. very windy and combined with the snow showers, plenty of them. but very few further south. with cloud with the sunshine. a bit ofa south. with cloud with the sunshine. a bit of a breeze. not the teams we had on christmas day, 6—8 is the average. given the sunshine, pleasa nt average. given the sunshine, pleasant enough. further north, there could be if you winter showers on the heels of scotland. gale force winds here. then escalating further in the northern half of scotland. it will be a stormy day, even for this pa rt will be a stormy day, even for this part of the world. then it goes on to batter scandinavia and the baltic sea. further sou

perhaps 90 mph for kissing on the western isles through friday afternoon and then heading the northernop windy weather continuing as barbara continues northwards. plus we showers following on friday night with snow returning to the mountains of scotland. things could get tricky with blizzard conditions higher up. further south, drier conditions as we start christmas eve. decent weather for travelling around across england and wales but further north, blistering showers and further falls of snow in the mountains of scotland. temperatures dropping a little bit. 0n scotland. temperatures dropping a little bit. on christmas eve. heading into the big day itself, christmas day, you can see on the charts, tiny pack icy isobars. south—westerly winds are mild and we will have a mild day. you can see the yellow colour working its way across the country. very mild but it will also continue to be very windy pet peculiarly across the north—west and quite stormy across the north—west. late on christmas day, we could have some snow showers returning to scotland. i'm kasia madera with bbc world news.

the weather front will work its way right across the british isles. to make that means. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3:00pm. israel condemns as "shameful" a un security council vote calling for an end to settlements on occupied palestinian land. a "terrorist cell" linked to anis amri, who carried out the deadly attack on a christmas market in berlin, is uncovered, according to the tunisian authorities. a spokeswoman for the queen's granddaughter, zara tindall, and her husband mike, say the couple have lost their baby. rail passengers face delays, diversions and cancellations as work starts on a record number of engineering upgrades of the network. theresa may calls for britain to come together as it prepares to leave the eu, in her christmas message. also, big sam is back in a job, this time at crystal palace. the former england manager, sam allardyce, signs a two and a half year deal at selhurst park following the sacking of alan pardew.

in the north, raging gales, especially for the northern isles, and ample warning from the met officethousands of miles away from conor, much lighter winds and a bit ofa conor, much lighter winds and a bit of a breeze, yes but some sunshine. for many of us, boxing day, out for a walk, a big day of sport and all sorts of events, it will be a stunning day. northern parts of the british isles windy and then you get the northern scotland and this is where we will have that screaming, howling gale. a lovely day overall on boxing day across england and wales but not necessarily their in scotland. we will keep a lot of blue skies over the next few days. the weather is certainly settling down but one problem with this lovely high pressure that will be building from tuesday is the fact that the mornings will be frosty, which is not a bad thing, wish we had some of that during the course of christmas but a bit too late now, but the fog could be the issue. you see this high pressure will linger for a few days, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, and the longer it lingers, the more the atmosphere ge

an amber alert has also been issued for the northern isles on boxing day.t office has named it storm conor. we'll bring you a full forecast and look ahead to this in a few moments time. the actor carrie fisher who is best known from the star wars films is in intensive care in a los angeles hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack. the 60—year—old was taken in on a flight from london. earlier on we spoke to our reporter. she was heading back from london to los angeles for christmas. she lives here in beverly hills, and the flight was about 15 minutes out from landing when she had what the emergency services are describing as a cardiac episode. that's been interpreted as having a heart attack. apparently there were a number of medical personnel on the flight, there were some nurses, people tried to help her. but she was reportedly unresponsive at that stage. the plane was met on the tarmac by paramedics, who also tried to work on her. she was then taken to hospital. and we know from carrie fisher's brother, todd, that she is in intensive care. he had