martin bashir, bbc news. that's it.on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel, and i'll be back with the late news, at the later time of 11:30pm. so, have a very merry christmas. bye for now. we and christmas day on a mild cloudy note, but at least the weather was mostly behaving itself no storms and heavy rain or anything like that. as far as boxing day is concerned, little changed it's going to stay mild with some sunshine and the forecast will stop here is a satellite image. lots of clubs across the western british islands with winds coming from the southwest thatis with winds coming from the southwest that is the mild directions out west at the moment, temperatures are into double figures, and looking at europe, the milder air is starting to push in deeperfurther east pushing the colder air towards russia so that's where it's really freezing. so listen to look at the forecast for the rest of christmas day and into the early hours of boxing day. a week weather front is approaching northwestern scotland. you ca

here's our religious affairs editor, martin bashir. message of christmas? common humanity, despite our ethnic and cultural differences. all share in a variety of languages and cultures. but torn apart by conflict. heavenly father. and come to live as such. language of love must replace the language of conflict. people will rejoice and celebrate other things than christmas. things and bad things. they will cause trouble and they will bring joy. at a time of challenge and discord. martin bashir, bbc news. in sandringham in norfolk. but a palace spokesman said he was in perfectly good health. from a heavy cold. as a member of the royal family. to a royal baby in the spring. the morning and queued up to get prime position. prime position. we thought if we came late we would be at the back of the cube. be at the back of the cube. of sussex walking into the church together. together. who has a cold, and the duke of edinburgh. edinburgh. he was well and had chosen to spend the day at home. chosen to spend the day at home. like many parents she had been woken up ve

martin bashir, bbc news.agers have been charged with the murder of a man in north london at the weekend. 25—year—old wilham mendes, a portuguese national, was stabbed to death during an incident in tottenham on saturday night. a pedestrian has died after being hit by a police car in liverpool on christmas night. the man, who has yet to be identified, was knocked down on scotland road in the vauxhall area of the city at around 6.50pm. the victim is understood to have been pronounced dead in hospital and the incident has been reported to the independent office for police conduct. kevin spacey, the american actor, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in 2016. the alleged victim is the son of a tv news presenter. mr spacey, who spent more than a decade as a theatre director in london, has previously said he doesn't remember the incident. andy moore reports. here is an interesting tidbit that none of you may know... kevin spacey has been accused of unwanted sexual advances by more than 30 men, but

martin bashir, bbc news.uthorities on both sides of the channel have picked up a0 migrants who were trying to cross to britain. four boats were intercepted this morning and a number of people were discovered by british officials in folkstone. 0ne inflatable boat laden with six adults and two children was rescued by french authorities after its motor stopped working. let's get more from our reporter emily unia. a series of incidents, all basically involving the same journey, but all different details in terms of the nationalities. yes, it has been a busy night for authorities. it started at about three this morning, lifeboats dispatched from bournemouth and dover in kent. they picked up 13 people. another boat in the channel had eight people. french authorities picked up nine people. there was a boat containing two people found just after half past nine this morning. and then people who had already arrived in folkestone ended up being picked up, so folkestone ended up being picked up, so a0 people in the space

martin bashir, bbc news at lichfield cathedral.ty. alba, the world's only albino orangutan, was rescued in borneo in april last year when she was five years old, suffering from stress, dehydration and a parasite infection. a conservation team will be keeping an eye on her for the next six months to ensure she remains safe and healthy. now it's time for a look at the weather. it was a cold and a frosty start. we are infor it was a cold and a frosty start. we are in for another chilly night tonight. this afternoon and into this evening there are showers in northern england and western scotland, more rain overnight from the south—west, a soggy start to sunday for northern ireland, wales, south—west of england. further east, please skies. during sunday the bulk of this framework sits with eastwood. it should be dry in northern england that will be soggy in england and wales. christmas eve, still some rain across southern parts of the country, most of us looking dry for christmas day. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: two people a

martin bashir, bbc news.he murder of a man in north london at the weekend. 25—year—old wilham mendes, a portuguese national, was stabbed to death during an incident in tottenham on saturday night. kevin spacey, the american actor, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in 2016. the alleged victim is the son of a tv news presenter. mr spacey, who spent more than a decade as a theatre director in london, has previously said he doesn't remember the incident. andy moore reports. here is an interesting titbit that none of you may know... kevin spacey has been accused of unwanted sexual advances by more than 30 men, but these are the first allegations to get as far as court. i don't make this up... injuly 2016... he's accused of groping the teenage son of a television news reader in a bar. allegations that were first made public in a press conference last year. to kevin spacey, i want to say this, shame on you for what you did to my son. shortly after the charge was announced, kevin spacey released a

martin bashir, bbc news, at st paul's cathedral.ns from across the world have attended midnight mass in bethlehem, widely regarded as the birthplace ofjesus christ. crowds gathered for christmas eve activities at the church of the nativity in the west bank town. the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas was among those who attended. the biblical town has seen a boost in visitors this christmas after unrest in recent years linked to the israeli—palestinian conflict. pope francis has urged people in rich countries to seek a simpler, less materialistic life. leading a christmas eve service in saint peter's basilica, the pope said mankind had become greedy and voracious but the birth ofjesus should make everyone reflect on the real meaning of life. he also condemned the huge divide between the world's rich and poor. the pope will deliver his sixth "urbi et 0rbi" address in rome in around two hour's time. the queen and members of the royal family will attend church in sandringham in norfolk later this morning. the queen's christmas message is

martin bashir, bbc news, at lichfield cathedral.one.‘ millions of people in spain take part, hoping to win prizes that will change lives. this year's draw has taken place, and as always, the winnings have been spread far and wide. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. in spain, christmas wouldn't really be christmas without el gordo. it goes back more than 200 years. a real festive tradition. local schoolchildren picking out and then singing the winning numbers. although the pressure was perhaps a little too much for this girl. the beauty of el gordo is that the prize money may be big, more than 2 billion euros, but the number of winners is pretty substantial, too. all across the country, groups of families, friends and co—workers club together to take part. plenty of people were celebrating, as were those who sold the winning tickets. translation: it brings me great happiness, because we know we've givenjoy to someone. we spend all year trying to deliver happiness, and with this prize, we've done it. the winners came from cities including

martin bashir, bbc news at lichfield cathedral. present extra challenges. this autumn an inquest into the death of teenager natasha ednan—laperouse, who suffered a reaction after eating a baguette from pret a manger, thrust the issue into the spotlight. 0ur weather presenter matt taylor, who has two daughters with severe allergies, went to meet natasha's parents. you like this, do you? yeah, ido. like all families, we are looking forward to christmas, the kids especially excited as well. they've got santa coming, there's the presents, also the food, to a certain extent, but with us as a family that comes with huge, huge challenges. i have loads of allergies. i'm allergic to dairy, egg, legumes, lentils, and peas. i also have some allergies, i'm allergic to peanuts. # it's beginning to look a lot like christmas... brilliant. look at all that! daddy, what are those? you are constantly thinking about what you are feeding them, what they are eating and up comes even more of a challenge at christmas time, especially when there's parties

martin bashir, bbc news at lichfield cathedral.h the sole aim of taking the pressure off hospitals and emergency services during the festive season. our correspondent chi chi izundu spent the night with westminster council in london to see what measures they've put in place. a little too much christmas spirit, a hangover for the nhs. on a friday and saturday night, up to 70% of visits to a&e are alcohol—related. we find out that a lot of people will go out drinking and they have have not made arrangements on how to get home. and they are stuck at 4 o'clock in the morning, in temperatures of minus 5, wearing jeans and t—shirts, sobbing down the phone, saying i'm getting hypothermia, i can't get home, please help me. and a solution could be drunk tanks — or alcohol recovery services — on the streets, helping those in need. nhs england has invested £300,000 in drunk tanks in a bid to ease the pressure on hospitals and emergency services over the festive period. this one in central london's soho is bolstered by angels — volunteers who

here's our religious affairs editor, martin bashir. in sunshine, pope francis began his address by asking what is the universal message of christmas? he said that god is a good father and that we are all brothers and sisters, common humanity, despite our ethnic and cultural differences. translation: by his incarnation the son of god tells us that salvation comes through love, acceptance, and respect of this humanity of ours. which we all share in a great variety of languages and cultures. he followed this with a litany of nations at enmity, from syria to the ukraine. the korean peninsula to the middle east. where he pleaded for israelis and palestinians to resume dialogue in a place he said was chosen by the lord but torn apart by conflict. translation: may all those who seek peace and consolation from the birth of the saviour and in the knowledge we are loved by the one heavenly father. realising you that we are brothers and sisters and come to live as such. at canterbury, archbishop justin welby also emphasised that the gospel of chr

religious affairs editor martin bashir has the story. laser light show at lichfield cathedral in the run—up to christmas. £6 for adults, £4 for children, and it's a sell—out. inside this mediaeval cathedral, 22,000 doves float above the need, modern technology telling the ancient story of peace on earth. you can see as you walk in, it draws you in. absolutely brilliant. think it is really good to come and see something like this locally. the spectacular light show is also having an impact here. a recent study found that cathedrals give a £200 million boost to their local high streets. with all the light shows and all their events, basically it's bringing in a lot more people to lichfield, which is great for the bars, the restaurants, the shops. attendance at lichfield is up 25%. and while they are reluctant to attribute this to any single cause, the dean says that cathedrals have worked hard at improving their product — combining the tranquillity of a sacred space with the stimulus of modern media. what has any of this to do with the mes

martin bashir, bbc news at lichfield cathedral.s four miles inland when it was discovered, in terrington st clement. it's believed the three—week—old male seal ended up in the drainage system, looking for food. a rescue centre is feeding and monitoring him, before he's released into the wash estuary. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets.. thank you very much. it is relatively mild run—up to christmas, so not much snow in the forecast. in fa ct, so not much snow in the forecast. in fact, none. hopefully we will see sunshine but really a very different day ahead tomorrow. today has been lovely, many areas with good spell the sunshine, a few showers but looming large in the atlantic this massive cloud. it is a low—pressure system and weather fronts which will gather force quite quickly through this evening, bringing rain into devon and cornwall and closed in northern ireland, brushing eventually into southern scotland and crossing most areas except the east by morning so we will maintain temperatures above freezi

martin bashir, bbc news, at lichfield cathedral.d sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. good evening. considering the days are so short at this time of the air, we did not do too bad with nearly six hours of sunshine in essex. at the other end of the country, lots of showers. we had nearly an inch of rain in the islands. we will turn the tables as we go into sunday, because we have cloudier weather to come. it looks like today has been the brightest half of the weekend for the majority, because these weather fronts are gathering out to the wes thomas, bringing their rhaney to the southwest approaches. they are all tied with this area of high pressure —— bringing their the rain into the southwest approaches. we have sunshine around. the sunshine faded. we have the dark skies, the showers with us across the north and the west. those showers will continue temporarily, i think, west. those showers will continue tem

martin bashir, bbc news at lichfield cathedral.e's lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. that was spectacular and i'm sure the sports team can come up with something equally spectacular! good afternoon. we will do our best! 0le gunnar solksjaer will take charge of his first game for manchester united this evening as their new interim manager. the popular ex united player is the club's fifth man at the helm, temporay or otherwise, since sir alex ferguson left in 2013 and says it's time to move on from past failures. you cannot criticisejose mourinho, david moyes, because they have had many more games than me, more experience than me was how to deal with players and the club. it's not down to me to talk about the last five years, it's down to me to talk about the next five months and work the next five months, tojust about the next five months and work the next five months, to just get us happy, get off smiling, get us winning games because we are too far down the league. we are not used to being six. we are used to challe

martin bashir, bbc news at lichfield cathedral.g in for lord paddy ashdown, this one from the former prime ministerjohn major, he said in government paddy ashdown was my opponent, in life he was a much valued friend, his loss will be not deeply by many not least myself. he was a true patriot whose overriding wish was to serve his country, first in the marines and then in both houses of armament. i can attest to the fact that even when he was gravely ill, his concern for the future of our country continued to dominate his winking. i was not surprised, the paddy his country a lwa ys surprised, the paddy his country always came before and had to call personal advantage. i heart goes out to jane, his children and grandchildren and he can be in august —— they can be enormously proud of everything he achieved. devoted to the country he loved right up to the very end. that warm and heartfelt tribute to paddy ashdown from the former prime ministerjohn major. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. the day has been dry a

martin bashir, bbc news at lichfield cathedral. in terrington st clement. it's believed the three—week—old male seal ed up in the drainage system, looking for food. —— ended up. a rescue centre is feeding and monitoring him, before he's released into the wash estuary. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas hello, today is probably the better day of the weekend for most parts of the country. we have sunshine and a few scattered showers around too. this was a picture taken earlier on in the day but one of our weather watchers, you see blue sky around there. they're the remainder of this weekend there'll still be sunshine on and off, equally a bit of rain at times, particularly on sunday across the southern half of the uk. the best of the weather tomorrow will be found further north. back to the here and now, what we have is a small ridge of high pressure in charge of our weather today, waiting out in the atlantic in the wings, low pressure which will be driving tomorrow's fairly soggy weather for us. to the re

martin bashir, bbc news.ear—old teenagers have been charged with the murder of a man in north london at the weekend. 25—year—old wilham mendes, a portuguese national, was stabbed to death during an incident in tottenham on saturday night. the headlines on bbc news... indonesia says it will build a new warning system, following the tsunami on saturday, which has killed nearly 430 people in her christmas message, the queen spoke of a busy year with weddings and babies, and highlighted the importance of people with opposing views treating each other with respect. hundreds turned out to greet the royal family, for their traditional church service at sandringham. kevin spacey, the american actor, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in 2016. the alleged victim is the son of a tv news presenter. mr spacey, who spent more than a decade as a theatre director in london, has previously said he doesn't remember the incident. andy moore reports. here is an interesting titbit that none of you may know... k

martin bashir, bbc news, at st paul's cathedral.ht mass at the vatican, pope francis urged people in rich countries to seek a simpler, less materialistic life. speaking at saint peter's basilica, he said people should consider whether they could manage without so many material objects. in the little town of bethlehem, hundreds of worshippers attended midnight mass close to the grotto wherejesus is believed to have been born. mass took place in saint catherine's, next to the church of the nativity. the catholic archbishop for the holy land told the congregation that he hoped people could live in peace. members of the royal family will attend church in sandringham this morning. let's talk to our reporter charlotte gallagher who's there. it's early. i don't imagine they are out yet. morning. morning and merry christmas from sandringham. despite the temperature and busily before, you will be so cannot see much at the moment, there are people here already waiting to meet the royal family. many people do this as a christmas tradition ever

here's our religious affairs editor, martin bashir.ess by asking what is the universal message of christmas. he said, but god is a good father and we are brothers and sisters, common humanity, despite our ethnic and cultural differences. translation: by cultural differences. translation: by his incarnation, the son of god tells us we come from love and a cce pta nce tells us we come from love and acceptance of this humanity of ours, which we all share in a variety of languages and cultures. he followed this with a litany of nations from syria to the ukraine. the korean peninsula to the middle east, where he pleaded for israelis and palestinians to resume dialogue in a place, he said was chosen by the lord, but torn apart by conflicts. translation: may all others receive peace and constellation in the birth of the saviour in the knowledge we are of the saviour in the knowledge we a re loved by of the saviour in the knowledge we are loved by the one, heavenly father. realising you, we are brothers and sisters and come to live as such. at

the center of the city after a soccer match they chanted freedom songs calling on president all martin bashir to step down several cities are under emergency rule as protesters demand a change of government or the protests are now into their fifth day forcing schools and universities to shut down across the country doctors have gone on indefinite strike a strike keeping more pressure on the government's head but morgan reports from hard to. drive in his minivan is the only way out of the living he says taking passengers around used to bring in enough money but with a fuel crisis in sudan that's no longer the case. we can stay from the day before till the next day waiting for fuel with the fuel shortage sometimes you have to look for fuel in the black market for a higher price and even then you can't find fuel easily unless you know someone who can direct you to find around two gallons just so you can drop people off. fuel isn't the only thing scars in sudan there's a shortage of money too over the past few months the sudanese have been forced to line up in front of a.t.m. machines for what li

hello welcome to our jazeera live from doha i'm martine that is also coming out. to dance president bashir becomes the first arab leader to go to syria since the conflict began in twenty in the. thousands of on hunger ariens protests against prime minister all bans labor reforms the slave class. and were in the air refugee camp by the million border find out next time this temporary shelter has become the fourth largest town in mauritania. saudi arabia has denounced a u.s. senate resolution which blames the crown prince for ordering the murder of john this jamal khashoggi in a statement released by the state news agency the kingdom's foreign ministry calls a resolution a blatant interference in its internal affairs and it warns that the senate's move could affect its relationship with. on thursday the republican controlled senate voted to hold mohammed bin sound man personally responsible for the saudi journalists murder and another a resolution also calls for an end to washington's military support for the riyadh led war in yemen. and canada's prime minister says his country is looking fo

hello welcome to our jazeera live from doha i'm martine that is also coming up. so dan's president bashirecomes the first arab leader to go to syria since the conflict began in twenty in the.