monika plaha has this report. to curb the problem. to combat this threat. or diverted, it's too late. and cleared of any involvement. papers along with their photos and details of their private lives. completely exposed. broadcast throughout the world. we are deeply distressed, as are our family and friends. and we are currently receiving medical care. their experience has raised concerns about the coverage. to catch the culprits responsible for the drama. monika plaha, bbc news. their applications are processed. from the caravan that crossed mexico in recent weeks. are getting worse. will grant reports. rather than a tent in mexico by now. but not any more. accommodation as they wait on their asylum applications. a safe third country. how safe though? were killed on tijuana's streets. we saw samuel, his wife and baby madalyn often on theirjourney. and fleeing the threat of violence. if not years waiting in one of mexico's most dangerous cities. from the gangs in honduras. so we had to escape. and conditions unsanitary. the city has opened a second migrant shelter, but it isn't enough

monika plaha, bbc news. bbc news, one of the highlights of 2018 from our documentary series our world. earlier this year, katty kay went to compton in los angeles to investigate whether years of extreme gang violence had taken its toll. a warning — there are flashing images from the beginning of this film. we have a pursuit. sirens wail ..heading eastbound, about 70mph. .. it's a pursuit. they're on the freeway, they're coming east. the crime situation is high. it's very, very busy for law enforcement. but, again, it's a very small percentage of people that are causing the problems. all right, bad guyjust crashed. all right. i'm going to get us a little bit off because we have, like, 17 guns pointed in this direction. radio: they are starting to take the occupants into custody. a night patrol with the la sheriffs in the city of compton. two suspected members of the southside compton cripps gang are under arrest. it would be really unsafe for them to be in their rival‘s area and if they are there they are goi

monika plaha reports.one of the world's largest cruise ships, longer than the eiffel tower, with the ability to carry 8000 passengers. one of them was 20—year—old dancer and musical theatre graduate arron hough, who was working on board the harmony of the seas before he went missing on christmas day. injuly, his talent agency tweeted that he would be joining the cast of grease: the musical. harmony of the seas is currently sailing on a seven night itinerary, which departed from florida last sunday. the ship was 267 miles north—west of aguadilla, puerto rico, at the time arron went overboard and is due to call at haiti before returning back to florida. a spokesperson for the ship's operator, the royal caribbean, said that after a review of the ship's camera footage arron was seen entering an area on deck five at around 4:00am and wasn't seen again. they say their team is providing support for arron‘s family and friends through this difficult time. the harmony of the seas will complete its scheduled itinerar

monika plaha has this report.ost cancelled, with three days of chaos and thousands of flights grounded or diverted, but after the drone disruption at gatwick, ministers now say they have the technology to curb the problem. taking to twitter on christmas eve, security minister ben wallace announced "we are now able to deploy detection systems throughout the uk to0 combat this threat." for the 140,000 passengers whose flights were cancelled or diverted, it's too late. police made two arrests over the incident, but elaine kirk and paul gait were eventually released without charge and cleared of any involvement. but they came home to find their names in some of the sunday papers along with their photos and details of their private lives. as you can probably imagine, we are feeling completely violated, our home has been searched and our privacy and identity completely exposed. 0ur names, photos, and other personal information have been broadcast throughout the world. we are deeply distressed, as are our family and frie

monika plaha, bbc news.ers have become a multi—billion dollar business, and a familiar sight in cities like paris and los angeles. but they're also increasingly visible on streets in the uk, that's despite being banned for use on public roads. now there are calls for the law to be changed, as joe miller reports. they have been taking off across europe and in the us. equipped with an electric motor, these traffic—beating scooters can zip along at 20 mph. commuter lloyd bennett is a convert, despite warnings about their safety. it's not something that concerns me. i'm not going fast, you know. if you're going along somewhere that's really busy, you can turn the power down so you go a lot slower, and just take your time. it's just really easy, really simple. it's no different to a bike. there is one key difference. these scooters are still illegal in the uk, and are only allowed on private land. yet at this dealership in london, business is booming, and customers don't seem to be put off by the prospect of brea

monika plaha, bbc news.greed to a trump administration plan obliging people seeking asylum in the us to stay in mexico while their applications are processed. that's a big change for thousands of central american migrants from the caravan that crossed mexico in recent weeks. they are now spending christmas stuck in the violent border city of tijuana, and conditions there are getting worse. will grant reports. samuel's family imagined they'd be building their lives in the us rather than a tent in mexico by now. but not any more. under new rules, they must remain in mexico in such flimsy accommodation as they wait on their asylum applications. the change was a temporary measure for humanitarian reasons, the foreign secretary said, as mexico is considered a safe third country. how safe though? in recent days, two honduran teenagers from the caravan were killed on tijuana's streets. we saw samuel, his wife and baby madalyn often on theirjourney. they are typical of the migrant families, poor, exhausted and fleei

monika plaha, bbc news.teen migrants were rescued in the early hours of this morning by lifeboats off the kent coast. the migrants, who did not have life jackets, were found in a small boat about two miles off the town of walmer. lifeboats from walmer and dover, as well as the coastguard helicopter, were involved in the operation. the first female bishop of london has presided at a midnight communion service at st paul's cathedral. bishop sarah mullally has been speaking about poverty and homelessness, as our religion editor martin bashir reports. in a cathedral that has stood in the city for 11100 years, the first female bishop of london led its midnight service of holy communion. the significance of being the first female bishop of london doesn't pass me by, i hope that is encouragement to people. but what has always motivated me is my faith injesus christ and celebrating that at christmas. god coming amongst us in the messiness of this world as a vulnerable baby says something about god's love for us and

monika plaha, bbc news.as ordered north korea to pay almost £400 million over the death of student otto warmbier. the parents of the american 22—year—old sued north korea after he was flown home last year in a coma, days before he died. the court concluded that warmbier had likely suffered torture. earlier this month, mexico agreed to a trump administration plan obliging people seeking asylum in the us to stay in mexico while their applications are processed. that's a big change for thousands of central american migrants from the caravan that crossed mexico in recent weeks. they are now spending christmas stuck in the violent border city of tijuana, and conditions there are getting worse. will grant reports. samuel's family imagined they'd be building their lives in the us rather than a tent in mexico by now. but not any more. under new rules, they must remain in mexico in such flimsy accommodation as they wait on their asylum applications. the change was a temporary measure for humanitarian reasons, the for

monika plaha reports.gers. one of them was 20—year—old dance and musical theatre graduate arron hough, who was working on board the harmony of the seas before he went missing on christmas day. injuly, arron's talent agency tweeted that he would be joining the cast of grease: the musical. harmony of the seas is currently sailing on a seven night itinerary, which departed from florida last sunday. the ship was 267 miles north—west of aguadilla, puerto rico, at the time arron went overboard and is due to call at haiti before returning back to florida. a spokesperson for the ship's operator, the royal caribbean, said that after a review of the ship's camera footage, arron was seen entering an area on deck five at around aam. and wasn't seen again. they say their team is providing support for arron's family and friends through this difficult time. the harmony of the seas will complete its scheduled itinerary as the us coastguard continues to lead the search. the foreign office say they are providing assistance

monika plaha reports.st cruise ships, longer than the eiffel tower, with the ability to carry 8000 passengers. one of them was 20—year—old dancer and musical theatre graduate arron hough, who was working on board the harmony of the seas before he went missing on christmas day. injuly, his talent agency tweeted that he would be joining the cast of grease the musical. harmony of the seas is currently sailing on a seven night itinerary, which departed from florida last sunday. the ship was 267 miles north—west of puerto rico at the time arron went overboard and is due to call at haiti before returning back to florida. a spokesperson for the ship's operator, the royal caribbean, said that after a review of the ship's camera footage arron was seen entering an area on deck by the drug for i was not seen again. they say their team is providing support for arron‘s family and friends through this difficult time. the harmony of the seas will complete its scheduled itinerary as the us coastguard continue to lead the

monika plaha, bbc news.as been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in the united states. he's addressed the allegations by posting an unusual video online, in which he assumed his old character from the drama house of cards. here's andy moore. 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 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 ina 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 video in which he adopted the role of his character frank underwood from house of cards. he made no direct reference to the accusations, but he said enigmatically, "you wouldn't rush tojudgement without the facts, would you?" kevin spacey is

monika plaha, bbc news.lady melania trump have been getting into the christmas spirit by taking calls from children anxious to find out whereabouts father christmas was on his journey delivering their gifts. in one conversation, mr trump asked a 7—year—old boy whether he believed in santa, before saying it was ‘marginal‘ to do so at that age. you just have a good time. are you still believe in santa? at that age sa nta still believe in santa? at that age santa is marginal, right? you just enjoy yourself. where are you from? all the children who called in had done so in the hope of getting through to norad, the government agency that tracks santa's movements around the world at christmas. imagine how they felt when they got through to president trump! before that former strictly contestants will be back on the dancefloor later today, for the show‘s christmas special. tim muffett went along to rehearsals, to see if they could still tell their samba from their american smooth. what's it like to be back? frighte

monika plaha, thank you very much, in walsall at the rac‘s headquarters. industry of failing the public, by not doing enough to cut salt and sugar in their products. professor dame sally davies said companies should face taxes on unhealthy food if they fail to improve. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns reports. the warning is clear — at the moment, society is balanced in a way so it is easier to make unhealthy choices and we need to tip the scales the other way. half of all deaths in england are due to four reasons — bad diet, smoking, drinking too much, and a lack of exercise. the chief medical officer says we can turn this around, but only if food companies take action. we know industry are not doing enough to make our food healthy. there‘s too much sugar, too much salt, so far they are failing on this. so if they don‘t get to it and deliver, we will need government to put in place taxes. and then i have a dream that we could use the taxes raised to subsidise fresh fruit and vegetables for all of us. the government has already introduced a tax on

will do, monika plaha, thank you.ver. there are not people inside those costu mes. 0h, costu mes. oh, no! there's nothing like live television, is there? is it still moving? let me assure you, it wasn't a real walla by, let me assure you, it wasn't a real wallaby, 0k, kids? goodness me! gosh! that is not the wallaby making the noise! still flickering. it has a camera inside it so hopefully the camera is all right. while that is being resuscitated, time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. it is this cloud bringing that rain. through the later stages of this morning the rain will gradually peter out. southern scotland also seeing a few showers and there will be across wales. to the south of that, where you have brighter skies developing later on, temperatures up to 12-14. developing later on, temperatures up to 12—14. meanwhile, further north 8 degrees. 0vernight night, we continue with some showers across these northern areas. there will be some clear spells into saturday morning. temperatures getting do

so let's find outjust how bad things might get on the roads today. 0ur reporter monika plaha is in walsall happening across the uk. today is frantic friday. it's the busiest day of travel for christmas itself. that is expected to be around 2.8 million extra journeys on the roads today. the worst congested areas will be the 40 southbound were road users could be delayed for up to two hours or more. the rac have issued guidelines telling us where the worst times are to travel. today the worst times to travel is between 11:30am and 6pm. and specifically that on bm 40 southbound between warwickshire and 0xford. 0n southbound between warwickshire and 0xford. on saturday the worst time to travellers between 10:30am to 4pm. 0n to travellers between 10:30am to 4pm. on sunday between 4pm and 6pm for christmas eve and for christmas eve between 11pm and for christmas eve between 11pm and 1pm.joining me and for christmas eve between 11pm and 1pm. joining me now is matt dalloway from the rac. it's a busy few days on the roads to say the least. what advice do you have? it's going to be very busy. we hav