nicholas: he will have to do some extent. to put the onus on the prime minister just as jack 1990's.ated back in the with a problem is five-year presidential term and much asive term, and is a micromanager as emmanuel macron is and thinks of himself as the smartest guy in the room, much like obama did, essentially the perception is that it is making-- macron decisions that he's given out mixed messages in terms of what his prime minister has said and the specialist he has appointed to take care of it. and then he jumps in with something that does not make sense. the government is supposed to make its proposals tomorrow and the strikes are happening now. what's wrong with this picture? total disorganization. david: let's see if there's disorganization and britain. there is an election coming up on thursday. nicholas: oh sure, something easy. david: what comes next? subject: we go from one to the next, thanks. essentially there are two options. the tories come out and the conservative party gets the majority, in which case bori

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace.earlier, nicholas gave us more of his thoughts about her majesty's message. i think it again underlines the importance to her of her own christian faith. she generally now refers to the teachings ofjesus christ, and she weaves the message of reconciliation around his teachings. i think it also underlines the importance to her of the wartime generation, of whom, of course, she is a part. the fact that in this 75th anniversary year of d—day, she made reference to that and again, used that also, around the theme of former sworn enemies, as she said, coming together, settling their differences, moving on and coming together now, 75 years after the end of the second world war, in peace and amity. the spanish resort where a british man and his two children were found dead in a swimming pool have released a statement saying there were "no concerns relating to the pool or procedures in place". they also claim the incident was a "tragic accident." it's thought a nine—year—old girl got into diff

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace.yal correspondent, nicholas witchell. hgppy happy christmas to you, and your thoughts first of all about the queen's message. we have listened to afairfew of queen's message. we have listened to a fair few of them over the years will stop your thoughts about where this sits and what her majesty has been wanting to say this year.‘ couple been wanting to say this year.l couple of things. i think it again underlines the importance to her of her own christian faith. she generally now refers to the teachings ofjesus generally now refers to the teachings of jesus christ generally now refers to the teachings ofjesus christ and weaves the message of reconciliation around his teachings. i think it also underlines the importance to her of the wartime generation, of whom she is of course a part. in this 75th anniversary year of d—day, she made reference to that and again used at around the theme of former sworn enemies, as she said, coming together, settling differences and moving on and coming t

nicholas, too.my head and was turning around, down the chimney st. nicholas came with a bound. let's think about that for a second. do you think he asked, hey, make sure the fire's out if you happen to have a chimney. i think he does. i think that he e-mails and says, turn all the chimneys down. take all the -- cool it down so i can come down there. these are the things i think about when i read this. he was dressed all in faux fur from his head to his foot and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. his eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! his cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry. he had a broad face the smoke encircled his head like a wreath. >> santa doesn't smoke. it's all good. he had a broad face and a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly. he was chubby and plump, no. he was plus-sized. a right jolly old elf. and i laughed when i saw him in spite of myself. a wink of his eye and a twist of his head soon gave me to know i had

term games it's a lot of challenges ahead in 2020 but also a few upsides as you mentioned earlier nicholas raised direct aside the threat intelligence and control risk in london thank you so much. as basics a falcon 9 rocket carrying a communications satellite for mobile and broadband service blasted off from cape canaveral in florida just 11 days after another fork and 9 took off from the same pod on a supply run to the international space station the falcon 9 the 1st stage returns to earth off to boosting the vehicle out of the dense low atmosphere dropping to an on target touchdown aboard a space x. drone ship stationed in the atlantic ocean a successful recovery some 8 and a half minutes off the launch of a space x. is 47th overall and its $29.00 aboard a drone ship. on as your business updated this hour here on the w. from me in the team thanks for giving us company. to today's. determined in politics. or on people of the islamic congress. making it soon. flirtation those strengths and states of emergency come it sinks into chaos cuckold pacific interesting split in shands the people

said i know jeremy corbyn in this room this is from a man breaks it has cost him his job in effect nicholas soames he said he said i think it was on al-jazeera over night he said i know jeremy corbyn but his politics have not moved on since his maiden speech in that building in 1983 and you got that feeling that that was combined with quite

term games it's a lot of challenges ahead in 2020 but also a few upsides as you mentioned earlier nicholas race director side effect intelligence and control risk in london thank you so much. this here is is not a match that's just been lit it is a space x. falcon 9 rocket carrying a communications satellite for mobile broadband services which blasted off from cape canaveral in florida just 11 days after another falcon 9 took off from the same pat on a supply run to the international space station the falcon 9 a 1st stage return to earth after boosting the vehicle out of the dense low atmosphere dropping to an on target top style and aboard is space x. drone ship stationed in the atlantic ocean the successful recovery some 8 and a half minutes after launch less space x. is 40 seven's overall and it is the 29th abort drug ship. very impressive as a business update here at the w for me the team thanks for watching. the literature invites us to see people in particular. to see as the kids find strength growing up. on youtube. in the art of climate change. the city. people. want to use today t

well inevitable is a strong word but what i think even while nicholas sturgeon said. that if the westminster government of boris johnson continuously rejects a 2nd independence referendum that this will only increase the support for such a referendum here in scotland as people kind of say well we're not being taken seriously by westminster that made well be the feeling amongst some independents support us and there are some voices even within the conservative party andrew mitchell m.p. tory m.p. and form a government minister said that he thinks there will be a 2nd independence referendum probably not next year and 2020 as this study in would like but possibly after the u.k. finally does leave the european union and tiredly yeah and there is you know it is interesting if you look at these 2 polls you have a majority of scots who say they want to stay in the u.k. and you also have a majority of scots who say they want to stay in the european union those 2 realities have to diverged at some point. are we going to see public opinion tip in favor of scottish independence

we really thank you for your insights independent journalist nicholas davies. of france the scene yet another day of demonstrations they spilled over from a one day national strike on thursday one of the biggest in the country in years protesters have been angered at the government's plans to overhaul the pension system. i. know. a massive demonstrations were white across the country on purpose they must say i'm nonce also clashes between riot police and protesters one of the largest trade union says 1500000 people march in support although the interior ministry claims the figures were off that officers used tear gas to disperse crowds rallies occurring in the french capital charlie to watch them on fold. this strike has been planned for many months now and this is against a proposed changes by the french government to the pension system here in france the idea here is that they want to amalgamate number of different systems around 42 different systems into a universal system but people say that i will have a massive impact on their pensions because it will mea

let's speak to our finance reporter, nicholas comfort from frankfurt. give me some context around us? it is not just an isolated incident, the spying. would one say now this is systemic? i wouldn't say systemic, but you are right. -- they need to address the wider context. ase, the chairman said spying is not part of our toolbox, an analyst spoke about this being an isolated incident but clearly it is not isolated and you could well say maybe it is part of their toolbox. what they might need to do now is address how this works from a perspective if they choose to use surveillance. who needs to know when and how do these processes work? can't come up with an excuse about this being rogue people or individuals going beyond their jobs. and ourt just investors view on tv, but the regulators are looking into this. the swiss regulator is looking closer into this and they have some pretty uncomfortable questions to ask, as well. manus: they do, indeed. in terms of who sanctioned, when it was sanctioned, and let's widen this out and talk about the future of the

nicholas witchell, thank you. nicholas witchell, thank you.ed with causing the death by dangerous driving of the teenage motorcyclist harry dunn who died in a road crash in northamptonshire in august. after the accident, anne sacoolas flew back to the united states under diplomatic immunity. extradition proceedings are now under way. tonight she said she would not return volunarily to the uk. duncan kennedy reports. i'm just hoping it's going to be the right choice today. ha rry‘s pa rents, charlotte and tim, travelled to london not knowing what today would bring. but, at the cps headquarters, they were told the main suspect was being charged with dangerous driving. harry's family have spent four months waiting to see if charges would be brought in his case. we really do feel it is one huge step towards that promise to harry, and that in itself is one hell of an achievement as a family to have, and as parents we can't be any more satisfied with ourselves. harry's dad, tim, was also moved by today's events. bit speechless at the minute. i am st

and i'm nicholas hall pretoria falls despite the rainbow the world's largest waterfall is in some parts a slow trickle to find out next how the worst drought in a century is affecting 45000000 people across 14 nations in southern africa. plus getting a taste for democracy spec's head to the polls for parliamentary elections. thank you for joining us india's prime minister has accused the opposition of stoking protests against the citizenship law some of which have turned violent now and ramadi is currently addressing thousands of his supporters at an election rally in new delhi at least 25 people have died so far in violence fueled by anger against a citizenship law which opponents say discriminates against muslims sabina schratt sari porsche from new delhi. police in the northern state are with that but they are not taking chances. dead vans while firing tear gas at protesters who are defying a government ban to congregate in large crowds. every tactic is being used to quash nationwide protests against a new citizenship law the police are being accused of using excessive force was what

and i'm nicholas hall victoria falls despite the rainbow the world's largest waterfall is in some parts a slow trickle find out next how the worst drought in a century is affecting 45000000 people across 14 nations in southern africa and getting more of a taste of politics banks head to the polls parliamentary elections with a wider choice of candidates. their end ramadi is due to appear this hour at a rally in new delhi as he faces one of his biggest domestic challenges since becoming india's prime minister at least $25.00 people have died so far in violence healed by anger against a citizenship bill which opponents say discriminates against muslims sabina shuster reports some new delhi. police in the northern state are not taking chances. did runs wild firing tear gas not protests. sisters who are defying a government ban to congregate in large crowds. every tactic is being used to quash nationwide protests against a new citizenship law the police are being accused of using excessive force was what started as a student demonstration has grown into one large a movement to denounce what

nicholas hoult al jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the un recognized government in libya says it will accept an offer of military support from turkey the tripoli base of ministration is facing an offensive by warlord who have to his forces are trying to capture the capital. police in india have detained hundreds seem to fight a ban on process against new citizenship while internet and mobile services have been blocked in parts of the capital new delhi a new law offers a path to success from ship for persecuted minorities from neighboring countries that's it excludes muslims. u.s. president or trump has been a peach members of the house formally charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of congress in my face a senate trial next month. in lebanon the party of caretaker prime minister saad hariri is refusing to nominate any other candidates to be his successor the president is holding formal consultations with politicians to decide the next leader harry reid resigns in october after w

nicholas hawk al jazeera bulawayo zimbabwe. still ahead on al-jazeera facing dissolution by the election commission thailand's main opposition party household widespread bing's and in the spirit of christmas volunteers in lebanon feed those struggling in an economic crisis sparked by political chaos. how the weather does look set to remain unsettled across europe more wets and windy but mild weather sweeping through a little quieter across western parts now that storms alpha and fabien have made their way out of the way clear skies coming back into the upper peninsula at least for a time west weather now making its way away from southern italy through greece and heading over towards turkey where it's looking pretty poor across at least the sort of the mediterranean choppy waters some strong winds battering through here very wet weather to snow with the turkish mountains some snow to around the generic outside and across the alps as well wherever you are over the next couple days it does look likely to stay on the mild side so i

absolutely nicholas station said even before the election but before christmas she plans to ask the u.k. government for a guarantee that they would be allowed to hold in direct to the another independence referendum in 2021 she hasn't actually be repeated that promise in the last few hours but it's clear that they've done better than even they expected with $48.00 seats out of scotland's $59.00 seats in westminster they are almost back to the landslide levels that they receive that they achieved in 2015 labor hold on to just one seat they had 7 seats here in scotland they were once of course the dominant party here how the landscape has changed and now this is what nicholas sturgeon is saying she said i don't pretend every single person who voted s.n.p. yesterday will necessarily support independence but there has been a strong endorsement in this election of scotland having a choice over our future of not having to put up with a conservative government we didn't vote for and not having to accept life as a nation outside the e.u. that is the crucial point in the 2016 breaks that referen

or left to suffer alone nicholas hawke al-jazeera zimbabwe. the ecuadorian coast guard says an oil spill from a ship in the galapagos national park has been contained authorities launch an emergency operation on sunday on the island of san cristobal a 1000 kilometers off the mainland coast and. these are the dramatic moments when a crane collapsed while loading a generator on swiss ship the crew diving into the water as it begins to flounder. after taking quick action to save themselves work began to save the delicate marine life around them the moment this is approximately 2000 liters of diesel was in the oil it's being handled in a way to prevent a significant environmental impact ecuador's government declared an emergency after the incident on sunday and by monday it said it was under control we shouldn't be relaxed about this it's not a minor issue if we hadn't reacted as we did it could have been a lot more serious. the galapagos islands are home to dozens of vulnerable species found nowhere else in the world the region's diversity helps

calm and for him to carve out a very distinct domestic agenda should be optics surrounding what nicholas sturgeon wants now a completely different ok i take the point about yes people do want to go to the polling booths again but this is a referendum in scotland it is a different country it is i mean i mean there's a lot of alignment on this and other parties the scottish referendum it was a once in a lifetime once in a generation vote what the british people showed much as i am unhappy about is they don't want reruns of big referenda and yes the s.n.p. it's their one sort of their main their main policy but we are a country as a whole and we took that decision to scotland took it back then it wasn't the 1st out it wasn't the best of 3 jemma coming back to you it looks like for the 1st time in ever we're going to get more nationalists than unionists out of northern ireland . break that down for me how significant is that and why is it happening it's one of the trends of the election really isn't it i think we could see progress that nationalism is a strong trend not only in england in te

or left to suffer alone nicholas hawke al-jazeera zimbabwe. emergency teams in ecuador are fighting to contain more than 2200 liters of oil that spilled in the silence when a congo vessel overturned the islands are a unesco world heritage site and home to some of the most unique ecosystems on earth they famously helped inspire charles darwin syria of evolution after his visit there in 8356 new planets outside earth a solar system have been discovered by a star ms in the u.k. these are an artist's impression of their planetary systems each of the so-called exoplanets orbit stars between 160 and 440 light years from f. the planets are extremely hot making it hard to know what type of rock they made off. headlines on al-jazeera 50 student groups in new delhi are marching against a controversial citizenship law they're also calling for a national protest day across india opponents say the new legislation discriminates against muslims and violates the secular constitution elizabeth ranum is at the protests in new delhi in the center of the people i

nicholas 13 said that she'd be awesome the u.k. government before christmas it's law a guarantee for a commitment to to allow scotland to hold in direct to a 2nd referendum on independence next year she hasn't repeated that in the last 2 hours but she has been very very clear in what she takes from. what she calls a resoundingly endorsement from people here in scotland listen to what she said i don't pretend that every single person who voted s.n.p. yesterday will necessarily support independence but there has been a strong endorsement in this election of scotland having a choice over our future of not having to put up with a conservative government we didn't vote for and not having to accept life as a nation out saw 8 the e.u. scotland voted by 62 percent to remain back in 2016 in the referendum as lawrence was saying earlier grex it is really an english thing right now hearing scotland there is still clearly a strong wish. majority which for remaining in the european union was for independence it's fairly evenly balanced but now

nicholas hoult al jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are current top stories yes president donald trump has been impeached members of the house formally charged him with to be subpar and obstruction of congress will not face a senate trial next month. has called the impeachment proceedings an attempted coup he says it's a desperate effort by the democrats to win the 2020 election sickies of withholding aid to ukraine but pressure it into investigating his political rival. the braveheart the crazy lives she blows she says how stomach. any journal market she read it really is it's a disgrace if philippine court has found top members of a political clan guilty on multiple counts of murder over a mass killing in $2958.00 people 32 of them journalists were killed when a convoy of vehicles was attacked in the southern province of mcginn dinero around a 100 people have been on trial over the massacre many of them linked to a politically powerful family in the province the mass killing was the single biggest attack

as does nicholas cage nicolas cage and tom cruise to. vanish outside work with tom cruise on the action thriller jack reacher but this time had suggested in front of the camera playing an evil gang leader. spent my 1st winter wearing a technics coat holding what it. should. be for the frostbite could turn to gain green. the how was it how did you manage to be that evil. or was it was effortless so totally effortless work. so i didn't have to do a screen test and i knew that i could do it with us i earned good money for being terrifying on screen if you want to see hugh. and he said so and so many other stick not. valid how talk has his own unique perspective on the world and people his documentaries also focus on eccentric obsessive types. like fanatical animal rights activist timothy treadwell. i'm here with one of my favorite pairs expressed the chocolate chocolate he's been with me for the grizzly man spent his summers in alaska and lost all sense of distance between himself and the bears these animals out there die for these animals

st nicholas church is the symbol of the $989.00 peaceful revolution. a church best always been closer to the people than to those who were in power it dates back to the 12th century and was donated by like the citizens. in the 1980 s. this church was the only place where the people of life could speak openly about the conditions in east germany. open for everybody and that's the motto of st nicholas church starting in 1902 people were invited to peace prayers and in fall of 1909 thousands gathered here 1st they took part in discussions and then everybody went out into the streets to demonstrate against the east german regime. an exhibition in the church tells the story of the peace prayers east german citizens called for dialogue but the regime refused to listen anger and frustration grew the peace prayers played a major role. in keeping the people calm. the demonstrators carried their peaceful protest out of the church and into the city. this pillar reminds us that. before the fall of communism used to be great rundown and many houses were derelict it

nicholas?e another thousand years, we will never forget the p.i.s who gave their blood so that we may live in freedom. >> martha: tim gray joins me once again, founder of the world war ii foundation, founder and filmmaker behind the american documentary and so many other great films about world war ii. tim, great to have you here. this is such a heartbreaking story because -- tell us about it and what help eventually after that. >> it was destroyed shortly after this. this was a town that had been under pressure for it at five years and when these guys came in, the 28th infantry, they were coming in with force and they were devastated. they came into this town for rest but being the great americans that they were, they recognize this town needed to be uplifted and harry stuck to his roots and said why don't you dress up as saint nick? and he was like i don't want to dress up because i don't want to destroy the myth of the real saint nick and they did and the town was so appreciated that in 1947

the internet and recreate her favorite subjects images by well known for talking friends such as nicholas murray cindy sherman and diane arbus. i've experienced some people charging as just throw away a. year and i think the reason is that we're very quick to charge us and say if it's good or it's bad and say i think i'm playing around with that little pat asking the question that can it because it upsets me from a so in this line to rio and because it's popular on the internet does it mean it's necessarily bad it's popular in a lot form as well a london gallery commissioned her to make models for an exhibition they became surrealist rent. it in plato. gallery manager gareth meredith says their real attention gets us what's so special about this exhibition i guess it's elena's concept of taking surveillance artists recapturing them in 3 places sculptures and blowing them up into large scale here. in the 1920 s. surrealist like french although andre breton experimented with the 1st automated photo booths in paris. and then mcnab turns the black and white post book photos into colorful clos

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. let's get some of the day's other news.of its members have been abducted by the taliban as they were travelling in the west of the country. a spokesman for the people's peace movement said the group began their march from herat province two weeks ago demanding a ceasefire but lost contact after entering farah province. the japanese prime minister shinzo abe has told his chinese counterpart li keqiang that, although bilateral relations are improving steadily, they will continue to suffer unless tensions reduce in the east china sea. but mr li said their efforts to improve relations were back on track. internet services have been disrupted in parts of iran. bbc persian audiences confirmed the outages, while internet monitoring service netblocks said there was a drop in usage. some reports suggest that access to the internet is being cut off ahead of planned anti—government protests on thursday. there have been more clashes in hong kong between police and pro—democracy demonstrators. 0fficers fired teargas and used pepper spra

nicholas: isaiah depends on the bank. if you look at -- i say it depends on the bank.as we are cutting back on, the analyst saying we do not know if you will not have revenue attrition and businesses because of that. in the case of unicredit, attrition today -- the case today positive. investors are saying is something we find credible. the analyst saying they believe what the ceo has been putting out today. , but it is a question of people rather than assets in this sense. this is something which to many analysts looks credible. vonnie: are there areas where the job cuts have been greater than others? obviously there would have been overlap in things like wealth divisions, but it also happened with bank office staff? where else? nicholas: in the case of unicredit, we do not have a lot of granularity, certainly not as much granularity as the staff would like. they are starting to negotiate with labor representatives who are not a fan of this plan, as you can imagine. they will fight it tooth and nail. the fact that the branches are closing, i think that does give us a

does nicholas sturgeon does she really have a mandate to push for another independence referendum in scotland. well brant it has been pointed out that the s.n.p. only got 45 percent of the vote share in scotland in this general election and not all of the voters that would fit for the s.n.p. may support independence they may have wanted for their local m.p. because they like that a little m.p. but on the other hand the s.n.p. government of scotland and 1st minister nicolas sturgeon pointed out that they had they previously had 35 m.p.'s they now have $48.00 out of $59.00 and he's here in scotland and at the same time the tories the conservatives lost 7 of their 13 and he is so they think that that indicates that there is a change and voters opinion polls suggest that there still is a very small majority of people in scotland who oppose independence that are pro unionists however as we heard earlier she the 1st minister has now sent a request to london for to transfer powers to scotland for a 2nd independence referendum yes he's made that request british prime minister boris johnson i

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace.and pro—democracy demonstrators. officers have used teargas and pepper spray on crowds, who gathered again in major shopping districts. the protests began back injune, against a proposal to allow suspects to be extradited to mainland china. that bill was later withdrawn, but the demonstrations have evolved into a broader movement demanding democratic reforms, and more. jon donnison reports. not much christmas cheer in hong kong as security forces once again clashed with pro—democracy demonstrators. plain—clothed undercover officers using pepper spray on protesters who'd occupied a shopping mall, and all this on christmas day. we are trying to let everyone to know that we won't celebrate christmas because we want to protest, even on this joyful day. 0utside, police used tear gas as they fought running battles with demonstrators — a far cry from the winter wonderland presented on tv by hong kong's beijing—backed leader carrie lam. in her festive message, she wished everyone a safe, happy

nicholas is with me now.he queen talking about a bumpy year, tell us more about what those elements might be. a bumpy year, tell us more about what those elements might hem would be so much simpler if she would be so much simpler if she would be so much simpler if she would be a bit more explicit, wouldn't it? we can only look at the context wouldn't it? we can only look at the co ntext a nd wouldn't it? we can only look at the context and we know from the extracts which buckingham palace has released that one of the themes of the broadcast tomorrow is reconciliation. we know that she will talk about the 75th anniversary of d—day, a former sworn enemies coming together and in the context of reconciliation she says the path can be quite bumpy, as we have found this year. she talks about small steps overcome deep—seated divisions and long—held differences. surely that can only be a reference to the political divisions that we have seen political divisions that we have seen over political divisions that we have

here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell.s in the king edward vii hospital, the duke emerged this morning and walked slowly but without assistance to the waiting vehicle. there has been no information about the reason for his stay at the hospital. in the past he has been treated there for bladder and chest infections. whatever the nature of this latest episode, the duke has satisfied his doctors that he is well enough to return home. the helicopter from buckingham palace to the sandringham estate where the royal family are gathering for christmas. in her christmas broadcast, the queen will talk about a past year which has felt quite bumpy. she hasn't clarified what has felt quite bumpy which will invite speculation. she has talked about reconciliation. the obvious conclusion is that this is a coded message from britain part the obvious conclusion is that this is a coded message from britain's head of state, urging the country to move on. she also says in the broadcast that small steps can overcome long—held differences. but r

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace.oined me a little earlier and gave me more of his thoughts about her majesty's message. i think it again underlines the importance to her of her own christian faith. she generally now refers to the teachings ofjesus christ and she weaves the message of reconciliation around his teachings. i think it also underlines the importance to her of the wartime generation of whom, of course, she is a part. the fact that in this 75th anniversary year of d—day, she made reference to that, and again used that also around the theme of former sworn enemies, as she said, coming together, settling their differences, moving on and coming together 75 years after the end of the second world war in peace and amity. i think that was the main message. the need for reconciliation and although she never mentions current political divisions, i think it is reasonable to suppose, as i was saying at the end of that piece, that that is the principal thought in her mind as she emphasises the need for the country to

nicholas lindenhurst new jersey . nicholas, you're on the air. >> i have a question as doctor wilkes, thanks for taking my call. i'm wondering you see a correlation between the united states coming officially the most overworked society as compared to let's say japan and also what's referred to as the blue zones, you see a difference in access to health care or infectious disease care and how that affects our longevity? >> explain what a blue zone ho is if you know. >> i think the caller is referring to areas that have a disproportionately high life expectancy, am i right? >> host: i let him go there. >> i'm sure that's what he was referring to his earlier question to the extent we have an overworked society, i don't know that we can say for sure whether the trends that we are seeing are specifically due to that area it's true in other countries, there is a less intense work culture. more vacation time, more time for family. but it's hard to tease out how much of what we're seeing is due to that and how much has a lot

great green wall and ambitious project to restore land from east to west africa by planting trees nicholas and barr to bob in senegal to see whether or not it's been successful. the fight against climate change starts here on the edges of the sahara desert villages from planting trees they want to save their homes and farmland from the expanding desert. for this forest ranger there's a sense of looming catastrophe. so we are in a situation of grave danger if we don't plant trees we won't get the range they need to cultivate it will reduce rains have we need water to feed animals and grow food otherwise people will move. and they have already started across the cattle herders are on the move there mainly from the ethnic group and are looking for a more temperate climate to feed their animals. that's like the conflict that's fueled by armed groups such as. in the stomach my grub thousands of people have been killed in the sahara in the fighting in the past year alone but not in senegal such a good job he believes that's because of this tree planting project in 2007 senegal was among 11 afric

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. stay with us on bbc news.art yacht race is set to make history. the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of sh

what has been happening today and what have they been up to nicholas sturgeon has been at some labouren with the message that it is only the snp that can prevent borisjohnson from getting into number ten it feels a bit like in the past couple of days that she is downplaying independence the snp are never going to say that they are not in favour of independence, they make no secret that that is their main goal. but it is about emphasis and the people that are really emphasising independence are the tories because what happens when you talk about the constitution and by whether there should be another scottish referendum is that you galvanise all of those snp supporters are in favour and those who want to stay in the uk and it would be possible to restrict all of them to make a union is vote and that is with the tories are appealing too. they're the ones that go about independence all the time, hoping that will galvanise the voters to lend them their votes. even tremendous labour photos of labour tories will vote for the tories. they are in the business of expectation management behind

nicholas, it is good to have you on the programme. thank you for your time. my pleasure. spending the night in a london hospital. royal officials say the duke, who is 98, has been taken there as a precautionary measure for a pre—existing condition. the queen is at her sandringham estate in the east of england, where she arrived on friday morning. nasa hopes the boeing starliner craft could be used to ferry passengers to and from the international space station, but a test flight in florida failed to go as planned. jonathan amos reports. ground control: and lift-off for the starliner, a new era in human space flight. a new era perhaps, but notjust yet. boeing launched its starliner capsule on time from cape canaveral in florida, but the automated ship then failed to carry out its commands properly. when it came off the top of the rocket, it was supposed to fire its engines to increase its height. it did, but at the wrong time, and for too long. the starliner put itself in the wrong part of the sky. it can no longer reach the space station and will have to come home. the am

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace.yphoon phanfone has caused major floods and destruction. more than 25,000 people have been stranded at ports, many of them unable to join their families for christmas. the typhoon, known as ursula in the philippines, has been following a similar track to typhoon haiyyan in 2013, the most powerful to hit the archipelago in a long time. jon donnison reports. a far from peaceful christmas in the central philippines. typhoon pha nfone has brought sustained winds of almost 200 kph. terrifying local people... screaming. ..and leaving a trail of destruction. heavy rain has left many homes flooded. more than 16,000 people had to spend the night in improvised shelters and at least 100 families have been left homeless. in this majority catholic country, the typhoon, which has damaged infrastructure, has stopped many people from visiting their families for christmas. filipinos are well used to tropical storms and typhoons, with around 20 hitting the island nation each year. the most deadly in rec

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace.the swimming pools has declared there are no concerns relating to the pool or the procedures the club carried out. a father and his two children reportedly drowned at club la costa world, near fuengirola. police in spain have launched an investigation. in australia, the annual sydney—hoba rt yacht race is getting started. more than a hundred—and—sixty—five teams are taking part in what is the seventy—fifth running of the competition. but this year sees something new — the first indigenous crew is taking part. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. some final checks for the crew of the tribal warrior. in a race steeped in history and tradition, this is a genuine first. this crew represents the indigenous people of australia, who are, in a way, travelling with them. very, very exciting. and it's brought people from broome, at lightning ridge, at bourke, at coonabarabran, they're all — all the communities are talking and they're all saying that's our boat — and that's very proud. eight of the 11