but it should brighten up across north—east scotland, north—east england, parts of north—east wales andor north—east england. now, through this evening and overnight, we hang on to a lot of cloud. there will be some clear skies. drizzle in the west, again a lot of murk, especially in the coasts and hills, and a weatherfront will start to bring in some rain across the north and west, but it will still be windy. and it's going to be another mild night. that leads us in through the rest of christmas day. still pulling in this south—westerly, we still have the yellows and ambers across the chart, and a weather front bringing in that rain across the northern and western isles and north—west scotland, where it will still be windy. for the rest of us, though, a largely dry day will see breaks in the cloud, and there will be a lot of cloud. but the breaks will be across north—east scotland, in through north—east england, parts of wales and southern england. and although temperatures won't be quite as high as on christmas eve, christmas day will still feel pleasant for the time of year, with tem

but it should brighten up across north—east scotland, north—east england, parts of north—east wales andewhere in north—east scotland or north—east england. now, through this evening and overnight, we hang on to a lot of cloud. there will be some clear skies. drizzle in the west, again a lot of murk, especially in the coasts and hills, and a weatherfront will start to bring in some rain across the north and west, but it will still be windy. and it's going to be another mild night. that leads us in through the rest of christmas day. still pulling in this south—westerly, we still have the yellows and ambers across the chart, and a weather front bringing in that rain across the northern and western isles and north—west scotland, where it will still be windy. for the rest of us, though, a largely dry day will see breaks in the cloud, and there will be a lot of cloud. but the breaks will be across north—east scotland, in through north—east england, parts of wales and southern england. and although temperatures won't be quite as high as on christmas eve, christmas day will still feel pleasant

so it is clear the north—east so it is clear the regime is bracing itself for a direct threat to itsre saying they are going to push into homs, we should believe it. they did the same in aleppo and they did the same and hama so is likely the regime could seek to evacuate from damascus particularly assad family members potentially assad himself and because of that, there could be a direct challenge to their own political continuity in syria. when i introduce you i mentioned you were researching illicit traits across the middle east and i know you have been looking at the way the assad regime has been leveraging drug trafficking, briefly if you would give us an insight into that. lip briefly if you would give us an insight into that.— insight into that. up to this oint insight into that. up to this point since _ insight into that. up to this point since the _ insight into that. up to this point since the late - insight into that. up to this point since the late 2010s i insight into that. up to this i point since the late 2010s and early 20 20s we saw the regime adopt large—scale indust

but it should brighten up across north—east scotland, north—east england, parts of north—east wales andht, we hang on to a lot of cloud. there will be some clear skies. drizzle in the west, again a lot of murk, especially in the coasts and hills, and a weatherfront will start to bring in some rain across the north and west, but it will still be windy. and it's going to be another mild night. that leads us in through the rest of christmas day. still pulling in this south—westerly, we still have the yellows and ambers across the chart, and a weather front bringing in that rain across the northern and western isles and north—west scotland, where it will still be windy. for the rest of us, though, a largely dry day will see breaks in the cloud, and there will be a lot of cloud. but the breaks will be across north—east scotland, and southern england. and although temperatures won't be quite as high as on christmas eve, christmas day will still feel pleasant for the time of year, with temperatures above average. now, heading on from thursday, boxing day in towards the end of the week, we've g

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could be some icy stretches in the far north east.st across parts of eastern england on monday. the cloud builds from the west, bringing some patchy rain and some hill fog around western coasts and hills. could be a little bit of snow on top of the highest ground for the highlands, scotland, for a time. only about four or five degrees around that east coast, but in the west nine or ten degrees. things are turning a little bit milder as that warmer air moves in from the atlantic. high pressure is going to be building in as we head through to christmas eve on tuesday as well. so that's keeping most places dry. we will see a little bit of patchy rain across the north and northwest of scotland, perhaps around other western areas a little bit of drizzle here and there. a fairly cloudy picture for many of us on christmas eve. best of any sunshine will be to the east of higher ground. so aberdeenshire, perhaps parts of the welsh marches, seeing a little bit of blue sky here and there. temperatures though, 13, 14, possibly 15 degrees for some

hold on to the cloud, temperatures no lower than around 5—8 degrees, but under clearer spells, say north—easttill high pressure dominates the scene across the south. this weather front loiters across the north and west of scotland, perhaps northern ireland. i think for friday, looks like most of the rain will be across argyll and the highlands. elsewhere mostly dry. a lot of cloud again with limited spells of sunshine. probably the best of the sunshine eastern scotland, north—east england. winds light for most, and temperatures again 8—ii degrees. and then as we move through friday night, we start to see that rain pepping up a bit across scotland and northern ireland. to the north of here, skies turn clearer, but it'll be colder air with some blustery showers running into the northern and western isles. elsewhere, it's business as usual. it's light winds, a lot of cloud around, just the odd clear spell here and there. so, as we head into the weekend, we've got that weather front across the north of the uk pushing into high pressure, so it will begin to fizzle out. to the north of it, we may s

hold on to the cloud, temperatures no lower than around 5—8 degrees, but under clearer spells, say north—eastees. so, for friday, again, still high pressure dominates the scene across the south. this weather front loiters across the north and west of scotland, perhaps northern ireland. i think for friday, looks like most of the rain will be across argyll and the highlands. elsewhere mostly dry. a lot of cloud again with limited spells of sunshine. probably the best of the sunshine eastern scotland, north—east england. winds light for most, and temperatures again 8—ii degrees. and then as we move through friday night, we start to see that rain pepping up a bit across scotland and northern ireland. to the north of here, skies turn clearer, but it'll be colder air with some blustery showers running into the northern and western isles. elsewhere, its business as usual. it's light winds, a lot of cloud around, just the odd clear spell here and there. so, as we head into the weekend, we've got that weather front across the north of the uk pushing into high pressure, so it will begin to fizzle out.

hold on to the cloud, temperatures no lower than around 5—8 degrees, but under clearer spells, say north—east or two spots i—2 degrees. so, for friday, again, still high pressure dominates the scene across the south. this weather front loiters across the north and west of scotland, perhaps northern ireland. i think for friday, looks like most of the rain will be across argyll and the highlands. elsewhere mostly dry. a lot of cloud again with limited spells of sunshine. probably the best of the sunshine eastern scotland, north—east england. winds light for most, and temperatures again 8—11 degrees. and then as we move through friday night, we start to see that rain picking up a bit across scotland and northern ireland. to the north of here, skies turn clearer, but it will be colder air with some blustery showers running into the northern and western isles. now, elsewhere, it's business as usual. it's light winds. a lot of cloud around. just the odd clear spell here and there. so, as we head into the weekend, we've got that weather front across the north of the uk pushing into high pressure, so

hold on to the cloud, temperatures no lower than around 5—8 degrees, but under clearer spells, say north—easttwo spots 1—2 degrees. so, for friday, again, still high pressure dominates the scene across the south. this weather front loiters across the north and west of scotland, perhaps northern ireland. i think for friday, looks like most of the rain will be across argyll and the highlands. elsewhere mostly dry. a lot of cloud again with limited spells of sunshine. probably the best of the sunshine eastern scotland, north—east england. winds light for most, and temperatures again 8—11 degrees. and then as we move through friday night, we start to see that rain pepping up a bit across scotland and northern ireland. to the north of here, skies turn clearer, but it'll be colder air with some blustery showers running into the northern and western isles. elsewhere, its business as usual. it's light winds, a lot of cloud around, just the odd clear spell here and there. so, as we head into the weekend, we've got that weather front across the north of the uk pushing into high pressure, so it will beg

and also of course, there are still lots of islamic state prisoners being held also in the north—eastin wanting to release those and for those who are foreigners in particular, i am sure there are some who are in prison that were run by the regime, it is going to be a question of comedy return of those people to their home country or do you actually put them through a fair trial under a new hts led government? a big question of uncertainty. government? a big question of uncertainty-— uncertainty. really, really interesting _ uncertainty. really, really interesting to _ uncertainty. really, really interesting to talk - uncertainty. really, really interesting to talk to - uncertainty. really, really interesting to talk to you, | interesting to talk to you, thank you for your thoughts. we saw so many people queueing to cross the border yesterday, is that flow continuing today? there is a flow in both directions, there was yesterday and there still is a flow in both directions today but now, the more prominent and striking movement is the movement of syrians who are trying to get into leb

but again, there's a lot that divides them, especially with the group in the north east. the us back. uh siri, democratic forces and some of the groups in the north, central and northwest, especially those were close to tickets. there's obviously a lot of friction between that. i don't think that's going to be the end of it. i think that there's going to be continued classes because ideologically, these 2 groups are very, very far apart. they're controlling a very out sized geographical plot of syria when you look at their minority make up versus the syrian population. and when we look at their local governance, a lot of the southern era tribes in there as or around broadcast seem to very, very, very unhappy with their governance. so i think this is one of the flash points right now during this period of peace during this period of transition. uh, that could uh, flare up and caused some problems going forward. if history adult a, something that celia before before the l. s o. v had a very intense and very violent civil war that i'm talking about. 70 years ago. there was t

now in the north east had it in the city of chemistry. yes, it is explosions. wherever portez had that they base their on the tucker, steve and border has said it was set to be a target of these or at least twice about this footage that you can see right now capture the part of the attack around the facility report say had munition devil was costing the explosion, then leads to can see in the video a local genres accepting the support from the region. i can help you, but i or i get to 3, or i'll show i'm released a statement after the capture of the city in which they confirmed that they would not attack occurrence. they also offered the sd after the syrian democratic forces, a safe exit from the city, with the preservation of the weapons under the commander of the sds must new model made a statement that a press conference held 2 days ago in the city of hasa con. he stressed that there had been contact with her yet to flush on regarding the chic my school and ask about the districts in the level of city. he explained that these contacts

develop in the west through the day but as i mentioned, the lion's share of the sunshine will be in north—eastg the arrival of the weather front, and these white circles represent the strength of the sustained wind, so really we're looking at light breezes. temperatures today, 1 in glasgow, to 10 in norwich, but not as cold in the north—west because we've got more cloud coming in compared to recent days. now through this evening and overnight, a weatherfront approaches, there will be showers ahead of the rain coming in. a lot of cloud, still thick enough for some patchy light rain or drizzle. and a few brighter breaks. so where we've got the clearer skies, this is where we are looking at temperatures falling away to about —2 in aberdeen, 6 in london, 5 in stornoway. as we go through friday, this weather front does make good inroads to the north—west. the high pressure pushes a bit further away. hardly an isobar on the chart so again we are looking at light breezes. a lot of cloud on friday, still thick enough here and there for the odd spot of drizzle, but there will be some breaks in the clou

a strengthening clip, a storm that's moving its way towards the southeast of canada, affecting north east of the us. it's going to bring some snow we schools as well as business conditions and some heavy snow in place of some of those wintery features, well touched on as far south as the tennessee valley, and also pushed a wait for the east cooling things down across the east coast of the us by friday, but we'll see something of a room up across most central areas and the temperature is picking up slightly here . and temperatures are switching about the average across the west coast of the us, where there's lots of fine and dry weather to be found for the north. however, across the western canada, it remains very wintery wet and windy through to friday. we'll also see the development of some severe storms rocking the deep south of the us and that science to west, whether working its way from the north east of mexico. but the heaviest of the rain across the central america and the caribbean will be pushing in to nicaragua. you can also see the line of showers extending into his span your 1

could be some icy stretches in the far north east.builds from the west, bringing some patchy rain and some hill fog around western coasts and hills. could be a little bit of snow on top of the highest ground for the highlands, scotland, for a time. only about four or five degrees around that east coast, but in the west nine or ten degrees. things are turning a little bit milder as that warmer air moves in from the atlantic. high pressure is going to be building in as we head through to christmas eve on tuesday as well. so that's keeping most places dry. we will see a little bit of patchy rain across the north and northwest of scotland, perhaps around other western areas a little bit of drizzle here and there. a fairly cloudy picture for many of us on christmas eve. best of any sunshine will be to the east of higher ground. so aberdeenshire, perhaps parts of the welsh marches, seeing a little bit of blue sky here and there. temperatures though, 13, i4, possibly 15 degrees for some of us. so one of the warmest christmas eves on record,

i think the lowest temperatures will be across scotland and north—east of england where we could getw pressure that brought the windy weather is going to be weakening, heading its way towards scandinavia. we'll start to draw in some atlantic overnight, and with clear skies it's going to be quite chilly. i think the lowest temperatures will be across scotland and north—east of england where we could get a touch of frost, and given the. cloud will increase from the west gradually through the day and across these western areas we'll see a bit of mostly light rain or drizzle. here the wins will be more south—westerly, that will drag and notjust cloud and damp weather but lift the averages out toward the east where it stays drier and brighterfor where it stays drier and brighter for longer. where it stays drier and brighterfor longer. still going to be quite cold, temperatures of five or 6 degrees will stop that colder air will be pushed out of the way, that weather front taking some dampness across the country. then we will find the south—westerly winds, the air originating all the way f

could be some icy stretches in the far north east.monday. the cloud builds from the west, bringing some patchy rain and some hill fog around western coasts and hills. could be a little bit of snow on top of the highest ground for the highlands, scotland, for a time. only about four or five degrees around that east coast, but in the west nine or ten degrees. things are turning a little bit milder as that warmer air moves in from the atlantic. high pressure is going to be building in as we head through to christmas eve on tuesday as well. so that's keeping most places dry. we will see a little bit of patchy rain across the north and northwest of scotland, perhaps around other western areas a little bit of drizzle here and there. a fairly cloudy picture for many of us on christmas eve. best of any sunshine will be to the east of higher ground. so aberdeenshire, perhaps parts of the welsh marches, seeing a little bit of blue sky here and there. temperatures though, 13, 14, possibly 15 degrees for some of us. so one of the warmest christma

north—east wales.r weather front does continue to sink southwards across scotland and northern ireland. we've got another part of it coming in from the west. a lot of cloud around. but through central parts of england and wales we should see some more in the way of brightness with highs up to about 11. it continues mild as we head towards the new year, but don't forget to keep in touch with the forecast because it's looking unsettled then. live from london. this is bbc news. russia is accused of shooting down a plane over kazakhstan yesterday — killing 38 people. the kremlin says it's wrong to speculate. sirens wail ceremonies are taking place to mark the 20th anniversary of the indian ocean earthquake and tsunami. five journalists have been killed after an israeli strike outside a hospital in central gaza, according to local health authorities. authorities in south—eastern australia tell people in dozens of rural communities to leave their homes "immediately" to escape a bushfire. boxing day sales beg

the kurds have their home and has like a conversely in the very north east of the country. but over the past 2, so they have ruled over the entire area along at about east of you for us. and so there is an error population that it has been partly cooperating with s to esther. they have also joined the range of s to however, i think for many it has been difficult to have this curtis domination far outside, originally curtis territories. and therefore, i think we see also the pictures of people cheering on the streets. i think it is risky moment and of course any change now between kurdish and eric power relations . it's very sensitive. however, i think this is where it comes from. a cease fire was agreed yesterday between the kurdish s d f n b. as in a turkish fact forces, what can you tell us about the conditions as well? this is absolutely important because other than h to s, it's s n a, the c or a national army that is supported by turkey. so i think we were mostly looking at what happens between the 2 of them and i think of the displacement we've seen over the past days.

and, of course, one of the biggest challenges is the situation in the north—east.ed immediate humanitarian assistance, but we also need to make sure that syria can be rebuilt, that we can see economic recovery and that we can hopefully see the beginning, where we start the process to end sanctions. of course, it is the importance of making sure that we have a political transition that will be credible, inclusive and includes the broadest range of the syrian society. and syrian parties. we have expressed to the station that the un is here to help and assist and that we are hoping for a close cooperation where we can move together on all of the critical issues for syria and i am looking very much forward to continuing that dialogue. the head of the international 0rganisation migration is amy pope. 0ur concern is if there is a large—scale movement of people back into the country at a time when basic infrastructure is missing in parts of the country it will put a lot of pressure on a very fragile system. it also risks increasing the regional instability, and risk furth

north—east wales.ekend, our weather front does continue to sink southwards across scotland and northern ireland. we've got another part of it coming in from the west. a lot of cloud around. but through central parts of england and wales we should see some more in the way of brightness with highs up to about 11. it continues mild as we head towards the new year, but don't forget to keep in touch with the forecast because it's looking unsettled then. now on bbc news — i was there: the boxing day tsunami. it was a bright, sunny day and there was no danger music. and i'd never heard the word "tsunami" before. i told them that's the sound of wave. but nobody trust me. man: get in, get in, get in! we knew it was likely to be bad. we just had no idea quite how cataclysmically bad it was going to be. hey, hey, hey, hey! there were bodies and their hands were reaching out. i dream about that sometimes. lou and i had just got engaged. it wa

my husband is from the north—east. he says there are certain words that work.ucepans? no, in welsh — "aluminium saucepans". i don't know if you have a special northern ireland word. i don't have a phrase orword, no. there was one that i did use helped to get into it. but i'm not going to...yes, there's time for that. you've also been filming a western, and tell us about the summer in calgary. tell us about that, and how is your horse riding? that is a netflix western that takes place in the 1800s, the middle of the 1800s, called the abandons, and we're shooting in calgary, canada. my riding is all right. i rode a little bit when i was in my 30s. did you buy a horse? i did, and it was a very inexpensive horse, and ifound out why it was so inexpensive — because i thought it was seven years old and it was 20. and therefore very easy to ride, maybe. or maybe not quite. yes, although he did spook and throw me at one point. but that's another story. but my horseriding is all right. it's a lot of fun, actually. i'm enjoying it. and is this a female empowered — the wom

. >>> the winter storm moving into the north east. the rain and snow hitting just as record holiday travel ramps up. >>> the man convicted in the delphi double murder of two teenage girls receiving the maximum 130 years in prison. the judge's scathing words before handing down the sentence. >>> before you head out on your holiday road trip, our inside look at google maps and how a.i. helps find your fastest route. >>> and a man who keeps one american city on time with the help of a more than a century-year-old clock. >> this is "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. we start tonight with the breaking news from germany where a peaceful night out from a traditional christmas market turned to horror and bloodshed. the pictures we're about to show you we warn are shocking and upsetting. in fact, let me pause for a moment for those who may want to look away. all right, now the video. it shows a car being driven at high-speed plowing into crowded rows of shoppers who had no warning time to escape the racing vehicle.

the sunniest skies across the north—east but we also have thicker cloud coming in across the north—westy a lot of cloud around. cloud increasing in the north—west as a weather front approaches. here the wind will strengthen and the cloud will be thick enough for some showers or indeed some splashes of rain. temperatures during the course of friday roughly 3—9. this weather front will be sinking southwards during the course of friday bringing some showery outbreaks of rain. behind that on saturday, high pressure builds on and things will settle down and we will see some sunshine. it will still be cool we head into sunday and into next week, the temperature is actually going to rise. this is bbc news. the headlines... syrian rebel forces say they have taken control of the eastern city of deir ezzor but israel says it has destroyed syria's naval fleet. police in spain have rescued women from humid trafficking as the un says there has been a 25% rise in there has been a 25% rise in the detection of victims. farmers hold protests in london against proposed inheritance tax rises. unions attac

they accept that there is a something going on with drones flying around the north—east, and nobody ist of level of concern around this, alejandro mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, was out on tv this morning saying extra federal resources are being sent to newjersey to help to try and reinforce the effort to work out what's going on here. two russian oil tankers have sunk in bad weather in the kerch strait that separates russia from occupied crimea. footage shows one tanker split in half. an operation is under way to rescue the crews and assess the extent of the oil spill. russia has been using a fleet of so—called �*ghost�* tankers to evade western sanctions. many of these are old and poorly maintained. seven people have been taken to hospital in fiji after suspected alcohol poisoning. it's believed all those affected were guests at a resort where they drank cocktails in the bar on saturday night and fell ill shortly afterwards. it comes just a few weeks after the death the resort said in a statement that they were taking it very seriously and conducting a thorough investigat

now, tonight we'll continue with some wintriness across the north—east of scotland.night lows down to about 2—6 or 7 celsius. on into monday, then, the area of low pressure responsible for the strong winds this weekend is clearing. then we've got high pressure building in from the southwest with this weather front moving its way in during monday. but it will be a bright start to the day. there'll be some sunshine. still a little bit breezy down the north sea coast, but otherwise the winds will be lighter. cloud thickening from the west and with that, some outbreaks of rain moving its way into northern and western areas. quite patchy really on monday afternoon, with maximum temperatures again about 6 or 7 celsius. but then into christmas eve and christmas day we've got the milder air spreading in. look at those oranges across the uk. the south—westerly wind bringing those higher temperatures. so this is christmas eve. quite a bit of cloud around. there'll be some outbreaks of rain towards northern and western areas into the afternoon. maybe a few bright spells. maximu

north—east wales., our weather front does continue to sink southwards across scotland and northern ireland. we've got another part of it coming in from the west. a lot of cloud around. but through central parts of england and wales we should see some more in the way of brightness with highs up to about 11. it continues mild as we head towards the new year, but don't forget to keep in touch with the forecast because it's looking unsettled then. # lights, camera, action that's it. kylie minogue has spent almost 40 years in the spotlight. charlene! from her early days in overalls on the australian soap opera neighbours... # padam, padam i hear itand i know... ..to creating padam padam pandemonium on social media. # i know you wanna take me home. and she shows no signs of slowing down. # i'm two seconds away... ..with her 17th album, tension ii, and her biggest

tonight will continue with some wintriness across the north—east of scotland.2—6 celsius. monday, the area of low pressure is clearing and we have got high pressure building in from the south—west. with this weather front moving its way during monday, it will be a brighter start of the day. some sunshine, a bit breezy than the north sea coast, but otherwise, the wind will be lighter. clouds thickening from the west and some outbreaks of rain moving its way into northern and western areas. quite patchy on monday afternoon with maximum temperature is around 6-7. maximum temperature is around 6—7. into christmas eve and christmas day, we have got the mild air spreading christmas day, we have got the mild airspreading in. look christmas day, we have got the mild air spreading in. look at those oranges across the uk. this south—westerly wind bringing about higher temperatures, so this is christmas eve, quite a bit of cloud around. there will be some outbreaks of rain towards northern and western areas into the afternoon. maybe a few bright spells. maximum temperatur

north—east wales.t does continue to sink southwards across scotland and northern ireland. we've got another part of it coming in from the west. a lot of cloud around. but through central parts of england and wales we should see some more in the way of brightness with highs up to about 11. it continues mild as we head towards the new year, but don't forget to keep in touch with the forecast because it's looking unsettled then. now on bbc news — a look back at some of the biggest stories of the year. so this is it, - a general election. thank you to everybody and goodnight. we did it! cheering. will it ever get better than this again? - iranian missiles were fired in the last 20 minutes or so. this is just unprecedented, i mean, people are picking up mud, throwing it at the king. look what happened! is this crazy? cheering. 2024, a year where around the world an often fragile peace was shaken — regimes were overthrown,

it will be a colder night and we could see a touch of frost in scotland and north—east england and northernlder than today. it will feel like a blustery day when you add on the wind chill. but a lot of dry weather, blue skies. showers in the north and west and some of those will be wintry on the hills. temperature wise, temperatures much lower than today. it is five to 9 degrees, but add on the wind—chill and it will feel colder than that. 0vernight thursday this ridge of high pressure built in so some of us �*away of high pressure built in so some of us �* away to the continues to clear away to the north sea. behind that, clearer skies and showers coming into the north and west and on the hills in the north and west some of those will be wintry. it will be a colder night and we could see a touch of frost in scotland and north—east england and northern ireland. tomorrow it will all be bathed in this north—westerly flow and it will feel colder than today. it will feel like a blustery day when you add on the wind chill. but a lot of dry weather, blue skies. showers in the north and west and s

and, mystery grows after unknown drones were spotted in several states in the north east of america. let's begin in the middle east. leaders from the arab world, along with the us secretary of state antony blinken, have been meeting injordan to discuss the future of syria. more on that in a moment. first — nearly a week after the overthrow of the syrian president bashar al assad, more details are emerging about the extent of human rights abuses committed under his rule. the bbc has visited a military base, bombed earlier this week by israel, which revealed evidence of torture being carried out there. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, went to the base in damascus, and just to warn you her report contains details you may find distressing. the men who protected president assad have gone, the control room at mezzeh military air base scarred by the moment control slipped away, its abandoned assets now targets for israeli air strikes. israel has been systematically destroying the military equipment left by the assad regime, worried about who might end up using it. russian—mad

but it's moving around. >> it's mainly north and east. . and where there's fog and clear. palo alto 38. boy i'll tell you though, it's really thick for some, especially out towards east bay, eastern contra costa county north as well. yet there's too much of a breeze. and that breeze is really rather robust for some out of the east. tomorrow will start some changes today though. if you get the sun, it won't be bad if you're stuck in that fog. man, it's cold, but rain begins saturday, then really starts to pick up in intensity and coverage, especially north as we head into next week. so just a heads up, low clouds, cold. can't get out of it. if you get the sun, not bad. maybe some mid 60s on the temps here, but it's a tough call. i think if you're in that fog it's 50s by far. temperatures san jose might get to 6465, but it's just they already are clear. so i think they'll be warmer today. all right. sal's here. 631 bay bridge. >> no. you know what? foster city. what? you tell me. i will tell you. we have a problem, steve. foster city, eastbo

could be some icy stretches in the far north east.e west, bringing some patchy rain and some hill fog around western coasts and hills. could be a little bit of snow on top of the highest ground for the highlands, scotland, for a time. only about four or five degrees around that east coast, but in the west nine or ten degrees. things are turning a little bit milder as that warmer air moves in from the atlantic. high pressure is going to be building in as we head through to christmas eve on tuesday as well. so that's keeping most places dry. we will see a little bit of patchy rain across the north and northwest of scotland, perhaps around other a fairly cloudy picture for many of us on christmas eve. best of any sunshine will be to the east of higher ground. so aberdeenshire, perhaps parts of the welsh marches, seeing a little bit of blue sky here and there. temperatures though, 13, 14, possibly 15 degrees for some of us. so one of the warmest christmas eves on record, i think. and then that mild air stays with us through into christmas

so whether working it's way of from the north east of mexico. but the heavy as of right. the rain across the central america and the caribbean will be pushing into nicaragua. you can also see the line of showers extending into his span your 1st day to friday. the african countries has struggle to reclaim many of the artifacts taken by you repeat the colonized. this is our experience, our identity. in the final part of the series, museums and collectors, still hold precious assets selected few have been returned, but the still a long way to go to progress is painfully slow. restitution advocacy with punctuation on orders here. the . the do without just a reminder of the headlines now. francis parliament has passed in their confidence motion against prime minister michelle bonnie and the move to asked him became of the bypass the parliamentary approval to force through their t budget as well as carried out to es trucks targeting a so called safe. so southern guns are causing launch fires and an area with people with sheltering tends at least 20 palestinians killed in the st

it's still very west across the north, east of a stray as the flood risk continues for queens. and we'll get that in a moment for us to southeast asia. and you can see from the dense shower clouds on the satellite, where the heaviest of the rain is set to fold and the days ahead. it's not as well across indo china, which is good news for southern parts of time. and it's so flooding. there is a heavy rain busting in to borneo by the time we get into sunday. we'll see that start to work its way towards indo china. that mass of wet weather is starting to pull into vietnam by the start of the week makes very wet. his lot across much of indonesia and as we head down and that's where we're finding the west coast of the west of the north, east coast of australia. so queens and seeing a chance of flooding continue. thanks to that very heavy rain. so tropical low would start to move out to sea on sunday. we so the seasonal range and storms across the north of australia, it is very hot and dry. picture for the south of this was very hot winds blowing out of the interior towards w a. and

so that was a message to israel and the yes, back to or this minute she has in the notes in the north east or the country. so know that now is there is, as i've made a tally team to the syrian territory, particularly at home site. the gwinnett region and the kurdish fighters back by do i say also still claiming to some of the economists status the back by the us the over there. now the charges for the minister say minister saying that there's no place for the code is part of this over there as well. also must be stopped and other, the important issue for the churches for the minister was to assure that the transition becomes very much similar with them. he has how or for the house to help the student, the legislation to preserve this the, the app. but at this, as i said, it's a social during this transitional period to make sure that the state and the public institutions are functioning properly. and i'll leave it in properly. i took is ready to share its experience and also to help the new administration to achieve that goal of the shot after the fact the leader or syria on the other hand

north—east wales.into the weekend, our weather front does continue to sink southwards across scotland and northern ireland. we've got another part of it coming in from the west. a lot of cloud around. but through central parts of england and wales we should see some more in the way of brightness with highs up to about 11. it continues mild as we head towards the new year, but don't forget to keep in touch with the forecast because it's looking unsettled then. live from london. this is bbc news. russia is accused of shooting down a plane over kazakhstan yesterday — killing 38 people. the kremlin says it's wrong to speculate on what happened. ceremonies are taking place to mark the 20th anniversary of the indian ocean earthquake and tsunami. this the scene live in sri lanka. we'll have the latest from damascus as the new syrian authorities launch an offensive against fighters loyal to ousted leader, bashar al—assad, following clashes on wednesday. and, what's occurin�*? gavin and stacey win the christmas

so whether working its way from the north east of mexico. but the heavy as of right. the rain across the central america and the caribbean will be pushing in to nicaragua. you can also see the line of showers extending into his span jala thursday to friday. the limits to have a dream container. stuff in your own adventure now. a counter and the sports, you know, just need a reminder of our top stories. this is, are those covered up to air strikes, targeting a so called safe zone in southern gaza, causing large fires in an area for people with sheltering intense, at least 20 palestinians have been killed in the strikes and all my wasi and your report quite honestly, international besides, israel is intentionally convincing genocide in gaza. is that israel is treating palestinians as subsuming with restrictions, humanitarian supplies, kennings, and detentions that of fort font. those actions are aimed at causing physical destruction. upon a sims, government forces and city i have conducted another round of air strikes on a blip problems that's in the north western part

not dismissing this issue, they accept there is something going on with drones flying around the north—eastoncern about this, the homeland security secretary was out on tv this morning saying extra federal resources are being sent to newjersey to try to reinforce the effort to make out what is going on.— out what is going on. rowan bride out what is going on. rowan bridge in — out what is going on. rowan bridge in washington, - out what is going on. rowan bridge in washington, thank you. now it's time for a look at today's sport with karthi. a busy weekend of sport and a fascintating manchester derby in the premier league with a dramatic final few minutes giving machester united victory. gvadiol had given manchester city a first half lead but united hit back with two goals in two mintues right at the end of the game at the etihad stadim — the first, a penalty scored by bruno fernandes, the second from amad diallo to complete the turnaround and give the new united manager ruben amorim an important derby win. we were in the game for 90 minutes, and that is very good. we talk about the arsenal

sunny spells in short supply, but you might just about see a few breaks in the clouds to the north eastd drab day. cloudy, drab and exceptionally mild. temperatures could reach 1a or 15 degrees, making it one of the mildest christmas eves we've ever seen heading into the big day, christmas day itself. well, we still have this very mild flow of southwesterly winds with us. and so again, expect a lot of cloud around some mist and fog patches, hill fog patches across western areas, bit of drizzle too. some rain getting into the far northwest of scotland, but temperatures staying well up into double figures. no chance of a white christmas anywhere. we're looking at temperatures of around 11, 1213c, something like that. and this milder weather is going to stay with us for about a week. there are signs that it could turn colder in the run up to new year's day, perhaps for some of us a bit more wintry as well. live from london, this is bbc news. a breakfrom tradition — the king's christmas message will be delivered at a former hospital chapel rather than buckingham palace. a woman dies after b

people is probably the best, but people are within that north, east and possible ukraine. however, they managed to consult with some of the sucks pop or something going where they are not able to. that is to say, i don't able to resist the god wrong going, says i'm in possession of russia. however, the question is, can you agree even stabilize the simple which would be in these? so there are some modes which we do know when and i'll talk more in depth and then you find some molds when you need to understand and appreciate the ministry spot. the degree dates are all what we call the management company and stop the g back to your opponent, to your enemy and my views. and that corrupt we get paid back some of the cash and simple both bodies and both sides. but we need to understand how rochelle private, in blood know, putting would react to this particular incident to be, have so many instances that puts in what we have. and i can assure you that definitely your response to the dollar box. yeah, that's so many objectives available. to him you could bowl that way where he woul

orla guerin, bbc news, north—east syria.ine after a family house was destroyed at the weekend when an e—bike battery exploded. the blaze in catford in south—east london spread quickly. one person escaped but two others were trapped in the loft — one man fell and a woman was rescued by firefighters. an inquest into the death of broadcaster dr michael mosley has not been able to determine a cause. the 67—year—old science journalist went missing injune on the greek island of symi after going for a walk. the coroner said the cause of death, while unknown, was most likely heatstroke or an undiagnosed health condition. to boxing now, and britain's tyson fury and urkaine's oleksandr usyk have been weighing in ahead of tomorrow night's world heavyweight title in the saudia arabian capital, riyadh. here's our sports reporter ade adedoyin. the last time these two faced each other, it was a fight for the ages — a brilliant and brutal contest under a heavy barrage of punches, fury wilted, his unbeaten record and air of invincibility gon

was defeated in 2019. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has travelled to the north—eastst is jail in the city of al hasakah, where 5,000 is suspects are held. the fall of assad has not freed all of syria's prisoners — with good reason, we were told. this is al—sinaa, a maximum securityjail. around 5,000 men are detained here, including some britons. cut off from the outside world and a changing syria. but local authorities warn is is planning its next moves and could use the current chaos to try a jailbreak. it's very rare to get access inside these walls. this is the biggest prison for is detainees. the men being held here — most of them were with is until its last stand. kurdish security sources tell us that they were deeply committed to the ideology of is. we were taken to meet a detainee. hello. who didn't want to be identified. he's 28, from australia, and said he was speaking freely. do you have blood on your hands? were you involved in killing anybody with is? no, i wasn't. no, i wasn't, he said, barely audibly. 0n the key questions, he had little to say. this was