james waterhouse, bbc news. the bbc sport centre. good evening. thanks, huw. we'll start with someone who made history when she became the first woman to win a match at the pdc world championship.

james waterhouse, bbc news.news, it's time for our world and one of their most striking programmes of 2019. was murdered in her bed, the victim of a so—called honour killing. in 2016, pakistani social media sensation qandeel baloch was murdered in her bed, the victim of a so—called honour killing. in november, as the court prepared to deliver its verdict in the case, hani taha returned to qandeel‘s home town to discover how her life and death have changed pakistan. this film contains adult themes right from the start. qandeel baloch was pakistan's first social media superstar. she was both loved and loathed. for conservative pakistan, her videos were provocative. too provocative. injuly 2016, she was murdered for bringing shame on herfamily. six men, one of them are brother, stood trial for the killing. my name is hani taha and for the last three years, i have filming with the parents as they seek justice for their daughter. as the trial concludes, i'm returning to multan for the verdict and to find out how qand

james waterhouse, bbc news. >> let's look at the days other ws.escuers have been looking for possible victims of 4 avalanches that hit ski resorts in atria and itzerland. authorities say there were no casualties in austria but rather -- rescuers don't know how many people are buried in switzerland. turkey's constitutional court ruled the ban on wikipedia in turkey is illegal. the court said it violated rights of freedom of expression and ordered it be lifted. the turkish government barred the online encyclopedia in 2017 because of entries sugrasting turkeyted with what it called terrorist organizations in syria. an eu official returned a love letter to britain says he ferls deep hurt brexit he says the vice president of the european commission said it broke his heart to see britain leave th eu. the dutch national concluded brain will be always welcome to come back. the u.k. is due to leave on fire fighting teams and australia have had some respite over the past few days with lower temperatures, but that is about to and with the intense heat return

james waterhouse, bbc news.et's get some of the day's other news: rescue workers in austria and switzerland have been searching for possible victims of avalanches that hit two ski resorts in the alps. swiss police say several people were freed from the snow on a piste in andermatt. seven people have died and 64 were rescued after a boat, carrying migrants from south asia, sank off the turkish coast. it capsized near bitlis, on the northern shores of lake van. wikipedia has welcomed a ruling from turkey's constitutional court, declaring a ban on the website unconstitutional, a violation of the right to freedom of expression. wikipedia was banned in turkey in 2017. the government claimed it had cooperated with what officials called terrorist organisations in syria. chile's president has visited the port city of valparaiso, where fires have destroyed at least 2115 homes in a low—income area. seven hundred people have been left homeless in what the president called a tragedy and a deliberate act of arson. many local

james waterhouse, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news.e workers in austria and switzerland have been searching for possible victims of avalanches that hit two ski resorts in the alps. swiss police say several people were freed from the snow on a piste in andermatt. seven people died and 64 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants from south asia sank off the turkish coast. it was near bitlis on the northern shores of lake van when it capsized. firefighting teams in australia, have had some respite over the past few days with lower temperatures but that's about to end with the intense heat returning. since september, close to 3000 firefighters have been out nearly every day battling blaze. almost 90% of those on the ground, are unpaid volunteers. many families in new south wales are spending the holiday season in shelters, their villages and towns, still smouldering from last week's fires. our correspondent, phil mercer, is in bilpin, about 80 kilometres north west of sydney. the physicalfinancial, the physical financial, and emotional

james waterhouse, bbc news. philippine red cross richard gordon, spoke to the bbc, about how the country is coping. well, first of all the access is difficult because people are stranded, you have to bring the goods you have to deliver, several islands have been affected. a lot of people have lost their homes, and they need food, they need hot meals. we are serving hot meals, it's not enough, obviously, we are trying our best to do that. lifelines like power has been affected, there is a complete blackout in certain areas which will be solved in two or three weeks. water has been interrupted in certain areas. so, there is an awful lot of things to be done. the rescue phase if over. we are giving support in terms of relief, water, food, a lot of first aid interventions. certainly our doctors will be providing beds for hospitals that have lost their roof. we are also fighting the earthquake and recent typhoon, we are not finished there. definitely there is a lot to do, with polio, measles and the like vaccinations

james waterhouse, bbc news.manitarian response manager for 0xfam in the philippines. she explains that typhoon phanfone could not have come at a worse time for many communities in the country. communities affected by this typhoon are just getting started, getting back on theirfeet, because of the previous typhoon that struck the central philippines this month but now another typhoon has damaged most of the houses, mostly from the coastal communities in central philippines. government figures showed that over 155,000 people are affected by this typhoon, around 114,000 families, and people, based on our assessment, are urgently needing shelter materials because most of them are camping outside the destroyed homes or cramped inside evacuation areas. they also need shelter materials and bedding materials that they can sleep on because most are sleeping on floors. water is urgently needed because most of the water sources are powered by electricity. there is no electricity in most of the communities now and people ar

james waterhouse, bbc news., have had some respite over the past few days with lower temperatures but that's about to end with the intense heat returning. since september, close to 3,000 firefighters have been out — nearly every day — battling blazes. almost 90% of those on the ground, are unpaid volunteers. many families in new south wales are spending the holiday season in shelters 7 their villages and towns, still smouldering from last week s fires. i'm joined now from sydney by ben shepherd who works for the new south wales rural fire service. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. you and many, many people have not had much of a christmas at all, how are you all holding up? as you said many of our volunteers have been out there on the fire line trying to get some level of containment on these fires before we see the onset of another heatwave, we are expecting temperatures to climb into the a0 degrees and colour with very strong winds this dry winch and the centre of th

james waterhouse, bbc news.ng you this breaking news straightaway, a plane crash in because extant. reports suggest a back airflight because extant. reports suggest a back air flight disappeared from red shortly after takeoff, 94 passengers onboard, we understand, and five crew. we will bring you more on that as soon as we have more. firefighting teams in australia have had respite over the past few days with lower temperatures, but that is due to end as the heatwave returns. since september, close to 3,000 firefighters have been out nearly every day battling blazes. almost 90% are unpaid volunteers. many families in new south wales are spending the holiday season in shelters, their villages and towns still smouldering from last week's fires. our correspondent, phil mercer, is in bilpin, about 75 kilometres north—west of sydney. the physical, financial and emotional cost of these fires has been immense. communities across australia have been terrorised by giant walls of flames. here in bilpin, we have been talki

james waterhouse, bbc news. the home office says 49 migrants were rescued in the english channel in the early house of this morning, when four small boats were spotted travelling towards the coast of kent. two border force vessels intercepted them. the migrants who said they were iranian, iraqi and afghan, are being interviewed by officials. police say a man shot dead on christmas eve was attacked in front of his family after a night out. 36—year—old flamur beqiri, who was a swedish national, was killed in battersea in south—west london at about 9pm. neighbours described hearing multiple gunshots followed by a woman screaming for help. the seychelles, off the coast of east africa, is setting itself up as a hub for marine preservation. the first ever large scale coral reef restoration project began there and now they are starting to see results. with over half of the world's reefs already lost because of rising sea temperatures, there's hope this tiny chain of islands could hold the key to saving coralfrom extinc

james waterhouse, bbc news. spanish police have named a british holiday—maker and his two children who drowned in a swimming pool on christmas eve. gabriel diya had been staying with his family at a resort on the costa del sol. police say the pool appears to have been working normally at the time. emily unia reports. according to spanish police, gabriel diya, who was 52, died trying to rescue his nine—year—old daughter comfort after she got into difficulties in this hotel swimming pool. his 16—year—old son tried to help and also died. postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. a 14—year—old girl, the children's sister, survived. a british tourist who's staying at the resort told the bbc she spoke to the children's mother. i noticed a woman was walking towards where i was. she looked really distraught. when she came closer, she was just saying, "help me, help me. please help me. my children are drowning." it was horrible. i didn't sleep. i can't even begin to tell you how distraught i feel. i don't

james waterhouse reports.ing to park at hospitals. during the election, the conservatives promised to do something about it in their manifesto for specific groups, so from april, all 206 hospital trusts in england will be expected to give free parking to those described as being "in the greatest need". this includes... blue badge holders. frequent visitors to outpatient clinics. parents of sick children staying overnight. and staff working night shifts. and let's not forget, hospitals make a lot of cash from parking. according to freedom of information requests, trusts in england last year made more than £254 million from charges and a further £1.5 million from fines. this has led to concerns from some nhs bosses about losing out. we'll be looking for assurances that the costs of these measures will be fully covered because, otherwise, there's a risk that funding intended to run front—line services could be diverted into running car parks. the government promised a pot of £78 million to help hospitals make the

james waterhouse, bbc news. now and speak to rhoda avila, she's the humanitarian response manager for 0xfam in the philippines. thank you for giving us your time. what are you facing and how much are you able to do? 0xfam is deeply saddened by the devastation wrought by typhoon phanfone. communities affected by this typhoon are just getting started, getting back on their feet because of the previous typhoon that struck the central philippines this month now and other typhoon has damaged most of the houses, mostly from the coastal communities in central philippines. government figures show over 155,000 people are affected by this typhoon, around 114,000 families and people, based on our assessment, are urgently needing shelter materials because most of them are camping outside the destroyed homes or cramped insight evacuation areas. they need shelter materials and materials they can sleep on because most are sleeping on floors. water is urgently needed because most of the water sources are powered by electricity.

james waterhouse, bbc news.n the english channel in the early hours of this morning when four small boats were spotted travelling towards the coast of kent. two border force vessels intercepted them. the migrants, who said they were iranian, iraqi and afghan are being interviewed by officials. rescue workers in the alps are searching for people who may have been caught up in avalanches that hit two ski resorts in austria and switzerland. in andermatt, in central switzerland, several people were freed from the snow after this morning's avalanche. two of them suffered minor injuries. but the authorities fear more people may have been buried. police say a man shot dead on christmas eve was attacked in front of his family after a night out. 36—year—old flamur beqiri, who was a swedish national, was killed in battersea in south—west london at about 9pm. neighbours described hearing multiple gunshots followed by a woman screaming for help. the seychelles off the coast of east africa is setting itself up as a hub for m

james waterhouse, bbc news.ms of four avalanches that have hit ski resorts in austria and switzerland. authorities say there were no casualties from the three avalanches in austria but rescuers don't know how many others could still be buried under the snow in switzerland. so far, six people have been pulled from the snow there. the swiss rescue services are still continuing to look through that snowmass because it came down on a marked ski slope. i think they are hopeful because we have not had reports of people missing. they say they want to loop through the entire body of snow that came down, to be absolutely sure. some good news, the people who were pulled from the snow, four of them basically unhurt, two of them taken to hospital but also only lightly injured, nevertheless there is going to be a very detailed enquiry as to what happened here, because that's no, on a day when the avalanche risk was not especially high, three on a scale of five, came down onto a marked ski slope that was open and on which on

james waterhouse, bbc news.ia are bracing themselves for a return to heatwave conditions, replacing recent cooler weather. there are currently 72 bushfires in the state of new south wales, about half of them burning out of control. 0ur correspondent phil mercer has travelled to the town of bilpin to meet one of those people affected. simon tadrosse lost 40% of his orchards when the fires tore through. the emotional and financial toll has been immense. he stayed to defend his property in the blue mountains against flames a0 metres high and he almost died. what was the most frightening bit for you? um, facing it, driving towards it in the tractor and you couldn't sort of really get out of it. that was the frightening thing. but obviously i made it through, but scary, very scary. what was it like looking into that beast of a fire thinking you might not make it? it's worrying, very worrying. yeah, look, you can't bring a life back, you only get one chance, and if you lose a life that's the end of it. your trees, you

james waterhouse, bbc news.th all the sport now, here's katie sha na han at the bbc sport centre. good evening. thanks, huw. we'll start with someone who made history when she became the first woman to win a match at the pdc world championship. but fallon sherrock‘s fairytale run has come to an end, after she was beaten in the third round by the world number 22, chris dobey. natalie pirks was watching at a rather lively alexandra palace. dart in his hand. chris dobey! the saying goes, don't be sad that it's over, smile because it happened. even in defeat, fallon sherrock couldn't stop beaming after a fortnight to remember. i think there are people now that didn't watch darts, that would watch it now. especially with the ladies' game, i've just proved now that we can compete with all of these men and we just need more opportunity. amidst the costumes and the christmas revelry this crowd knew well the significance of her story. it is exceptional for women's sport to see someone come in and do as well as she has. i

james waterhouse reports. typhoon phanfone first arrived on tuesday night.orked its way over the islands of the central philippines. only today is there a sense of the damage caused. buildings were reduced to rubble. villages were devastated as the typhoon swept through, leaving residents to pick through the debris left behind. it was so powerful, even large boats were overturned. the philippines is no stranger to tropical storms and typhoons, with around 20 arriving each year.

james waterhouse reports. typhoon phanfone first arrived on tuesday night.miles per hour, causing devastation and fear. the storm then worked its way over the islands

james waterhouse is in lewes and has been following the story.heer amount of time that anthony knott has been missing, ten days now, it was the 20th of december, that was when his christmas do was taking place and secondly, that it was out of character. you heard there injohn‘s report that his family say he loved both his family and his work, he seemed happy at the time of him being dropped off and you see him carrying about his normal business on the cctv. mind. frankly, they have to because all possibilities are being explored. in the meantime, this distinctive walk he is said to have had, they hope that description might help jog some memories? yes, they are very much putting the focus on that, he apparently walks on the balls of his feet, so he's very light, if you like, so they are urging members of the public to keep an eye out for that or recollect their memories to see whether they saw him at the time of his disappearance. there are posters dotted all around lewes with anthony's image and a message underneath urging him to get in touch an

james waterhouse is in lewes and has been following the story.f the sheer amount of time that anthony knott has been missing — ten days now. it was 20th december, that was when his christmas do was taking place, and secondly, that it was out of character. his family say he loved both his family and his work, he seemed happy at the time of him being dropped out and you see him carrying about his normal business on the cctv, so police are saying they are keeping an open mind because, frankly, they have to, because all possibilities are being explored. apparently he walks on the balls of his feet, so sort of very light, if you like, so they're asking members of the public to keep an eye out for that or to remember if they saw him at the time of his disappearance. there are posters dotted all around lewes with anthony's image and a message underneath urging him to get in touch. what we've got to bear in mind is that around the time of his disappearance, the area around here, the river 0use, an open—air swimming pool as well, were all affected by heav

james waterhouse reports. for specific groups. parking to those described as being in the greatest need. this includes blue badge holders, frequent visitors to outpatient clinics, patients of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts. let‘s not forget, hospitals make a lot of cash from parking. according to freedom of information request, trusts in england last year made £254 million from charges and a further £1.5 million from clients. this has led to concerns from some nhs blushes about losing out. —— nhs bosses. to concerns from some nhs blushes about losing out. -- nhs bosses. we will be looking french assurances that the cost of these measures will be fully covered because otherwise there is the risk that funding intended to run a front could be diverted to rank our parks. the government promised a part of a £78 million to help hospitals make the changes. a number of hospitals, some of the best already do give this a free parking to these groups, some not. what we're doing is being clarity and consistency

for more on this, we can go live now to james waterhouse in lewes.his case is unusual firstly because of the sheer amount of time that anthony knott has been missing, ten days now. it was the 20th of december when his christmas do with taking place. secondly, it was out of character. you had in that report that his family say he loved both his family and his work. he seemed happy at the time of him being dropped off and you see him carrying about his normal business on the cctv. so police say they are keeping an open mind because they have to, because all possibilities are being explored. in the meantime, this distinctive walk he is said to have had, they are hoping that description mightjog had, they are hoping that description might jog the had, they are hoping that description mightjog the memories? yeah, they are putting the focus on that. he apparently walks on the balls of his feet, so they are urging members of the public to recollect their memories to see if they saw him at the time of his disappearance. there are posters dotted all around le

his fiancee says she feels numb, not knowing what's happened to him. 0ur correspondent james waterhouseide lewes police station for us. what do we know about this case? the search continues, doesn't it? good morning, yes, there are posters across the area of anthony knott, urging him to get in touch, he was last seen ten days ago at a work christmas do at the laam pub close to here i'm aware the police as you can see. he left at around quarter past seven at night without any reason and the police search has seen them go and open air pool, the river, because at this time the area was affected by floodwater but it is less —— left his fiancee lucy 0tto desperately searching for answers. he isa desperately searching for answers. he is a family man, he loves his job, he loves his friends and kids. it is christmas. this is not something that he would intentionally do, he would not want to stay away, so that is why we are extra worried because it is... it is notjust like him. and we are thinking... just thinking the worst. so in an attempt to drop ——john people's memory police have released cc

james waterhouse reports. this time on why the world is... climate change really hit the headlines.penhagen. anyone with a camera phone will be able to stream video direct from the scene to call handlers without installing an app. there's been a year—long trial, which the authorities say was successful. karl riley reports. denmark's main emergency call centre where dispatchers give critical advice to callers as ambulances make their way to the scene. from the start of 2020, callers here may be asked to share live video as a trial of the technology becomes permanent. translation: it makes a big difference. we find we use the video calls a lot where there is a lot of panic or when people are having difficulty understanding the instructions that we're giving over the phone. this in the year—long trial of 700 video calls, more than 40% of the emergencies were re—categorised once dispatchers could see the scene live. so, how does it work? operators can send an sms to mobile callers with a link that opens up their camera and shares video from their device, but only if there's another pers

our correspondent, james waterhouse, is outside lewes police station for us. about this case? the police are still looking for information from the public, aren't they? they are. in their words, this is an unusual case because of the length of time that anthony knott has been missing. he was last seen ten days ago at a christmas do at the lamb pub close to him. he left at 7.15 for no reason. 0fficers the lamb pub close to him. he left at 7.15 for no reason. officers say they don't suspect any criminal activity and they have no evidence to suggest that he left the town of lewes, which has posters of anthony dotted all over the place. the search has focused on an open—air pool as well as the river 0use because at the time, the area was affected by flood water. he was dropped off at the christmas do by his fiancee, lucy, who says she is desperately looking for answers. he isafamily desperately looking for answers. he is a family man. he loves hisjob, his friends, his kids. it is christmas. this isn't something that he would intentionally do. he wouldn't want to s

james waterhouse, bbc news. prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has led his likud party with an iron grip but now faces a challenge to his leadership. benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu has benjamin netanyahu has declared victory. more than 100,000 members of israel's governing party, are eligible to vote on whether the veteran prime minister should lead them into the next election. barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. the man who would be king. gideon saar has issued the most serious challenge to the party in a decade. translation: i feel a great awakening on the ground. people understand that a change has to come today. with the help of god, together we will make that change today. he wants party members to vote for change because he says the prime minister failed to form a government after two general elections and has no chance of doing so in a third.