a statue of syria is president a shot all a side as they continue their results in the countries northwest. there are reports that they getting closer to the city of homa plus. what happens next? are the americans are it says of voicing concern over us president elect donald trump, future policy in the middle east and health alarm and daily dw reports on the dangers of toxic a to pregnant women and that unborn children the money making. and welcome to the program. ukraine has once again called for for nathan membership, saying that this is the only security guarantee that masses in the face of russia's invasion for an ministers from the alliance. amazing to discuss continued support for the keys in its defense against most guys. president below them is the landscape suggested that he could agreed. so if he's fi with russia, this nato extends its protection to the parts of the country controlled by ukraine . a so has so far declined to all saying, pray membership as it concerns that the who with russia would escalate into a conflicts involving the let's go straight to brussels and speak to

this says is almost rebels type control of more territory than the northwest. we looked at what the flare up in the simmering conflict means for president bush on a sides regime. meanwhile, israel launch is attacks on southern lebanon despite a ceasefire. says it's retaliating for an attack, claimed by the militant group has pulled on. also, coming up in germany's chancellor sticks to his guns, refusing to supply torres cruise missiles to ukraine. these back from his trip to keep within the election campaign tossing up of how the hello i'm terry morris, and good to have you with us before ministers of the rent and turkey say they will resume diplomatic efforts together with russia to end the syrian conflict. turkey backs the rebel forces who seized the city of a level in a lightning offensive over the weekend. around and russia support the regime of president bush. auto saw the revel advanced marks, the most serious development in the syrian more since 2020 the syrian army is rushing soldiers and weapons to hum my province in north western syria. it's trying to

we've got a front just trying to move in towards the northwest. here, and there'll be some outbreaks of rain across the northwest of scotland i think for christmas day. for most of us it's not going to be a white christmas. more of a grey one, really. mostly dry though, quite a lot of cloud around. again, some breaks in that cloud generally to be found to the east of higher ground. so the likes of yorkshire for instance, around the the east coast of england could see a little bit of brightness developing. top temperatures between 11 to 13 for christmas day, perhaps a degree or so down on christmas eve. but most of us looking dry and settled into boxing day and towards the end of the week too. it's mild, it's cloudy, but it's not going to be a white christmas. bye— bye. live from singapore, this is bbc news. syria's new leader says armed groups will be absorbed into the army as some communities express gear for the future tributes have been paid to one of five victims of the christmas market attack in germany. and in his first rally since winning t

but they are also other vaccines that be participating in this offensive uh, round northwest area. so vaccines and the surgery spiked uh, syria, national army of groups like this army friends of north 11th countryside. and you also have a literacy starting his army party, which is weaker lads, and as an ally, it definitely does sound, but it's independent in grew and then you have other more independent groups, like what are some that syrian bay that this most of the syrian so it's it makes you a vitamins but, and the site has been leading the charge. okay. right. and um, do you think even say, expected the success they've had? do you think they expected to take this much territory? and if that's not the case, then is there a danger here of them over extending themselves to? absolutely, so this, this lightning offensive by design is intended to catch it to talk it off, got to, in this case, the a sat regime, the radians and the, the russians. it's designed to achieve the significance, potentially strategic gains in a very short window. you know, almost similar to like, i say, the 2

a organizational refugee, a newsletter, humanitarian group working in northwest in syria and another bill. iraq, raj, allow the dean is a fellow at the middle east council on global affairs. thank you. um welcome to all of you and thank you for joining us on today's program. let me start with you, i'm and i'm an all your 1st reported from syria more than 30 years ago. and rarely if i've seen events a start cling as these. how surprised have you been? well, i was very surprised by what happened. and i think got to the also him very important be also to be surprised the certain government, both of them, their allies, were very surprised and taken by by the very sides. i think that the insurgents launched a major offensive. i think they've gotten used to the idea that basically the content would it be, would be frozen virtually. and definitely because of the term construction understandings, the word 1000 disease by it, but the northwest region and 2020 as obviously because they didn't have, they might not have received that. so say aging necessary, you receive any um indication of uh,

add one is also looking for a security benefits in northwest syria. he's pushing ahead with plans to establish what he calls a security course or so he backed rebels and launched and offensive. again, scottish 5 is trying to sell them from the turkish florida. this is send local coder civilians cleans safety. the offensive also allows turkey to push back service fighters and spacing them from strategic positions and weakening the code. you said yes, which you don't. you don't have use as a security threats. jude with things with the p k. k b. a power quiz. don't come without risk to add one in. the longer term concord is not controlled. he is the most high apache i from, which is officially considers a terrorist. and it remains. i'm clear if to, if he wants to expand his insurance in the area now controlled by the extending influence over then you the culture. it's a tutor is watched for the boat, which is a huge city woods demands extension. it couldn't make an appointment to get the best investments from mike and turkey's best experience in managing

. >>> millions under a severe weather threat in the south as the pacific northwest is getting pummel the by rain and snow. our meteorologist is here with the post-christmas forecast. >>> apple is on the cusp of a historic milestone, closing in on a $4 trillion stock valuation, the first for a publicly-traded company. >>> could a.i. be the future of a medical diagnosis? >>> and, from the hippo who became an international sensation to powerhouse pop stars and a wickedly popular film debut, we look back at the year of pop culture. it is thursday, december 26. and "early today" starts right now. ts right now. >>> good morning. i'm jessica layton. we begin this early thursday morning with the devastating christmas day plane crash that killed dozens in kazakhstan. 67 people were on board the flight from azerbaijan to russia. officials revealing that 29 people somehow did survive that fiery crash, including two small children. nbc's kelly cobiella has the latest on that investigation. >> reporter: a terrifying scene in the skies over the caspian sea. an azerbaijan airlines jet precariously

how much of the she had previously given the small rebel controlled area in syria's northwest. you take so either from the previous prime minister, who has been working with the rebels to coordinate the transfer of power since the full of the government. serious political future is only just beginning to unfold. a group called higher katia alshaun or h t. s laid, the syrian opposition forces, the united nations, the united states, turkey and others have designated that group a terrorist organization. about the cycled is let me state was also involved in the fight against the side regime. now, us secretary of state anthony, blinking is warning that the militant group may try to rebuild its capabilities amid the instability in serious history shows how quickly moments of promise and to send and to conflict in violence. isis will try to use this period to re establish as capabilities to create safe havens as our precision strikes or the we can demonstrate. we are determined not to let that happen and will continue to protect our personnel against any threats from any course. theor

pacific northwest, we've had a series of storms moving on.e saw one system early and we'll see one tonight. we could see three feet of snow in the sierra nevada mountains. also coastal rain that will accumulate to over four, five inches in some spots and windy conditions as well. then the south where marissa parra is -- she's in atlanta. in texas specifically, we're looking at some strong storms now in dallas and houston. that's the case as we go throughout all of this thursday. the day time heating time gives it the oomph the storms need. we saw hail earlier. that's still on the table for later this afternoon and the chance for heavy rain because we're seeing heavy downpours leading to flash flooding. the focus is on the pacific northwest, also the south. we're nice and dry for most of the east. a few showers in the carolinas. it's chilly in east, but they're dry. we're seeing delays at the airports in dallas and we're expecting delays also in houston. in seattle, also portland. the rest of the country looks good. you can anticipate problems

notice the pacific northwest, some green, some blue. green is rain. we do have system after system moving onshore. another one tonight into friday that's going to bring a lot of ra and heavy snow. could see three feet in the higher elevations of the mountains. as we go throughout our holiday travel today, severe storms throughout the rest of today in portions of texas, louisiana, arkansas, watching that closely. watching the pacific northwest still. it's weeks of storms moving onshore. we will continue to look at that rain and windy conditions as well. the west, south, those are the most impacted by air delays. in portland, seattle and dallas, as we go throughout this thursday. then on the roadways, in the northwest and the south. otherwise, clear across the country. notice tomorrow the showers expand. it's not just portions of the south. we talk about great lakes into the ohio valley, tennessee valley as well and those travel impacts in the pacific northwest. >> a lot of watch. thank you both. >>> the video you are about to see is disturbing. a fligh

northwest of dayton, texas, this reported twister spinning through fields. heavy rain and widespread flooding creating a post christmas travel challenge, snarling ground and air traffic across the dallas-ft. worth area. hundreds of flights delayed and canceled. today, millions are under severe storm risks in the southern plains. in the pacific northwest, communities bracing for wind, rain, and snowy conditions, as another atmospheric river takes aim at the region. some parts of the sierra saw eight inches of snow. crews clearing roads as holiday travelers return home. >> came in hard and fast actually. we had a lot of holiday traffic. >> reporter: and in northern california, where part of the santa cruz wharf plunged into the ocean, the restaurant is now sitting on the beach where onlookers turned it into a christmas day spectacle, taking selfies ahead of another high surf warning as we head into the weekend. dana griffin, nbc news. >> we're learning more about yet another case of an airplane stowaway. delta turning around one of its planes on a seattle runw

still windy across the far northwest.of year. the overnight low in glasgow and also belfast not falling lower than ten degrees. so into boxing day, here's our weather front. and westwards across the northwest of scotland again. another fairly cloudy day with a few brighter breaks. temperatures varying from seven to about 12 degrees. beyond that, the weather turns a little bit more unsettled as we head into the weekend. we've got a weather front coming in from the west, that's crossing south with its rain. you can see it still remains relatively mild, but as we head up towards the new year, the forecast is split. one model has it turning mild, another one has it turning very unsettled and cooler. so it's one to watch. and if you want to find out what the weather is going to be like where you are, don't forget you can always check out the bbc weather app. live from london, this is bbc news. the king is leading members of the royalfamily, including the prince and princess of wales, at a christmas church service in sandringha

heavy rain pushing into northwest scotland, but elsewhere largely dry away from these northern and westernhould see at least some brighter spells. temperatures will be mild, 12 to iii celsius and the best of any brightness. and it's just more of the same as we head through sunday night and into monday, the rain continues across northwest scotland. a few breaks in the cloud, perhaps further south with the strength of the breeze, but temperatures won't drop much below nine or ten celsius as we kick off the new working week. and if we just take a look at the pressure chart, then you can see that this rain is just set to continue across northwest scotland. there is a met office yellow weather warning in place for heavy rain here. there could be some localised flooding because the rainfall totals will really start to rack up, particularly as we head through monday and into tuesday. and because of the snow melt, with that milder air, there could be some localised flooding, the rain gradually pushing across caithness and sutherland later on. a few more breaks in the cloud, i think further south o

the opposition fights as a gaining ground in northwest syria concepts, a major government health cities, and the aiming to take to mascot how big a set back is this for president bush, charlotte sub this is inside story. the hello. welcome to the program. i'm the bulk of the balance of power may be shifting and syria is they'll have to present bush on either side of the gain control of some major cities and just a weak opposition forces. in the northwest of over run a level i'm hama, and they say they have the sites now set on damascus. the assault is led by the group higher, higher alshaun. it says the fights is, are responding to attacks by government troops on the stronghold. it live, the city and ministry is reinforcing his lines of defense on allies that ron has bull and russia, promising to help but kind of push back the opposition advance. is this that's government really on the thread. and what does this flare up after a period of relative calm mean for millions of city and civilians? we will discuss these issues with our ex best. but 1st the support mohammad, how did you this i

he spoke to us about some of the challenges that you are operating in the northwest of syria in the area and outside the government control area. we have been operating there for many years. we had a lot of challenges, but we were able to advance medical treatments and a very big way because we had many of our doctors in the united states were able to volunteer and help in train and educate to and actually create their, you know, teaching programs fellowship programs residency programs to treat them to the doctors up there in the northwest. we also have the software and the problem of lack of very good medical facilities because of the lack of infrastructure for many years. we have suffered from continued the tax on hospitalization, funding, and some continued war it. hospitalization, northwest are probably providing better services from the hospitals under the government controlled area. first of all, the hospitals were free of to everybody. so the cost was not major issue. but we actually converted many hospitals, there from field hospitals from uh, you know, office buildings uh like,

gusts widely of 50—60mph across northern ireland, north west england and into northwest scotland.breaks of rain further south. but here, it's mild — 12 or 13 degrees. however, this is sunday. notice that the winds are now coming down from the northwest — cold arctic air — and there will be some wintriness in those showers, especially over the higher ground. and this time, it's windy, too, in the south with gusts of wind of 60mph, perhaps across western wales and down through south west england, too. there are met office weather warnings in place. also here, the air is cold. there will be some sunshine, however, butjust 6—8 degrees celsius temperature—wise. and it's still rather chilly on monday but a pretty nice day of weather with lighter winds and some sunshine. and then, it all turns milder again on christmas eve and christmas day. bye— bye. a tight squeeze on the isobars here, especially out towards the northern isles, the western isles, parts of caithness and sutherland. here, we could be looking at gusts of wind of up to 80mph — it's enough to cause some disruption and some

low pressure pushing eastwards towards the north of the uk, so the winds come down from the northwestds the northwest, with some of the strongest of the winds transferring a little further southwards as the as the night wears on, wintry showers watch out for those icy surfaces. it could be very tricky for travelling with those strong gusty winds. and this is how we'll start off the day on sunday, on a much colder—feeling note. now, this is the area of most concern on sunday. this is where we'll see the strongest winds of up to 50—60mph. so, that now includes much of wales and down through southwest england. and there will be some more showers around again, likely to be wintry over the higher ground, particularly across the hills of scotland, although it will turn quite quickly back to rain, i think, as we head through the afternoon with some slightly milder—feeling air. but elsewhere it is set to be really quite chilly through the day. a lot of added wind chill and temperatures won't make it much past 6—7 celsius. there will be some weak winter sunshine, but it won't do much for the t

maybe that rain getting into northwest england, parts of northwest wales as we move through the day onsunny spells, and we'll see some blustery showers pushing into the northwest of scotland, so it's quite a mixed day as we head into saturday. again on the mild side, and you can see the milder air hangs on as we head into the run up to new year, but there's a chance of some colder air spreading southwards. mixed in with areas of low pressure, we could see some disruption in the run—up to new year. so it will turn gradually, more unsettled, turn colder. there's a chance of some heavy rain and strong winds, and even some snow on the hills in the north, so stay tuned. take care. live from london. this is bbc news. israel carries out air strikes on yemen — the international airport in the capital sanaa is among the targets. meantime, the head of the world health organization, tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, says he was at the airport in sanaa when it was hit. russia is accused of shooting down a plane over kazakhstan yesterday — killing 38 people. the kremlin says it's wrong to speculate on wh

here we will see stronger winds across the northern and western isles, and maybe northwest of the greatvertheless, 11 to 13 degrees the overall high. and as we move into wednesday, we've still got that weather front. it's going to gradually drift its way that little bit further south, weaken all the time as it bumps into an area of high pressure. so, again, we keep the cloud with us and it prevents those temperatures from falling too far. overnight lows between 7 and 10 degrees. now, that front is still with us and it will stay so, as you can see, trailing all the way back into the atlantic. that's going to continue to feed in some moisture from time to time, the colder air sitting in place out to the northwest. so it means on thursday we are likely to continue to see some wet weather around scotland and northern ireland on boxing day. elsewhere, the cloud breaking up, brief glimpses of sunshine, the quiet theme continues, lighter winds for most of us, and temperatures generally between 9 and 12 degrees. now, let's move a little bit further ahead. not that much in the way of significant

they control the top northwest or until recently the top northwest of syria.esignated by the united states and critically the united nations as a terrorist group. that means it's sanctioned by every member of the united nations. so, they don't have a lot of friends. they used to be tied to al qaeda. since then they disavowed global terrorism and cut ties with al qaeda. that doesn't mean they're not a conservative, if not extreme islamist militia. they brokered this deal, as you mentioned, with the existing prime minister of syria to work together to allegedly pursue a peaceful transition of power, to hold elections in nine months and so on. but those are extremely aspirational goals. this is not a group that governs -- that is exactly the beacon of democracy. if you look at how they governed the northwest of syria, they extorted the people, crushed minority and dissent. why they say they welcome minorities in syria and welcome refugees back, so on, i don't have a lot of hope. it's very risky. my concern is it can only further the instability in syria, the shak

people at airports and on the roads could face some nasty delays in the south and northwest.isk of severe storms will begin in texas around midday, stretching from dallas to houston, and it all moves east into louisiana and arkansas tonight. these storms could bring isolated tornados, damaging winds and a threat of large hail. just days after pounding surf caused part of the wharf to collapse in central california, another storm with powerful waves is taking aim at the coast. one winter storm pushing inland will dump heavy snow on the northern rockies. another storm, the third one this week, will push on shore later today, bringing more rain and mountain snow. and it will bring dangerously strong winds near the pacific coast with 50 to 70-mile-per-hour gusts expected. >>> well, a christmas eve snow meebl trip for two brothers in utah turned into a desperate rescue mission which one was caught in an a avalanche. braeden hansen said he was snowmobiling tuesday when he says an avalanche buried his brother hunter. he activated a beacon and when he got there he saw only his hand p

the rain continues across northwest scotland.ke a look at the pressure chart, then you can see that this rain is just set to continue across northwest scotland. there is a met office yellow weather warning in place for heavy rain here. there could be some localised flooding because the rainfall totals will really start to rack up, particularly as we head through monday and into tuesday. and because of the snow melt with that milder air, there could be some localised flooding. the rain gradually pushing across caithness and sutherland later on. a few more breaks in the cloud, i think, further south on monday. it does stay breezy but i think we�*ll stand the chance of seeing more sunshine across east anglia and parts of the east midlands in particular. as we head through monday and into tuesday, we look out towards the southwest. it�*s turning really very wet and windy with this deep area of low pressure starting to sweep through. the winds turn more southwesterly and it will be very blustery, unsettled as we head through the middl

>>> states across the south are bracing for a post-christmas storm as the northwest gets walloped by snow, wind and rain. denise isaacs brings us the latest forecast. >>> breaking overnight, a shooting at phoenix's airport leading to temporary shelter in place. there are no threats, but they are investigating what happened >>> we take to you an arizona high school that is preparing the next generation of students for medical careers. >>> the texans take on the ravens at home, but it was beyonce who stole the show in front of her houston hometown crowd. we've got all the highlights from the nfl christmas games and the beyonce bowl. >>> and we have a look back at an eventful year in space with some major advancements. >>> and amazing feats of engineering including a giant leap for one of america's rivals. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm jessica layton, and we begin this morning with the dangerous weather conditions that are affecting millions this week, especially in the northwest. snow, severe rain, dangerous waves and so much more. in utah, a snowmobiler was sav

in the northwest, they launched a surprise lightning campaign last week. aleppo, the second largest city and continued to push south. this is their leader. in this interview to cnn he said the goal was to topple the assad regime and bring syrian refugees back home. >> people will return to their homes. many refugees in turkiye will likely return as well a significant number of refugees in lebanon and jordan. refugees in europe may reap -- may return to rebuild their country. >> they are vowing to reach damascus and assad is struggling to stop them. in the past he relied heavily on russia and iran to fight the opposition but both allies are preoccupied with their own affairs. the rebels have the momentum and the regime is increasingly under threat. >> that was hugo reporting. in the past hour, the white house press secretary karine jean-pierre gave the perspective on the situation in syria. >> we are closely monitoring the situations in syria and have been in contact with the countries in the region. the embassy put out a statement last weekend. the assad r

we�*ve got one weather front moving its way into the far northwest, and that�*s going to introduce somevery gradually moving its way south and eastward. there could be some showery outbreaks of rain around the irish sea coasts. otherwise, though still fairly cloudy, but that cloud will break up. there will be a few brighter spells developing, perhaps more so than the last few days. temperatures are about four to eight celsius, and then as we go into the weekend, changes even more because high pressure, yes, is towards the southwest, but we�*ve got a rather brisk westerly wind, and that�*s going to bring a few weather fronts in across northern areas. and with the wind coming in from the west and southwest, it�*s going to bring in milder conditions as well, especially for sunday. so over the weekend, we will see more in the way of sunshine. on saturday, a bit of rain moving its way south and eastward, but it won�*t last all that long. not very high rainfall totals, so some sunshine at last for many parts of england and wales. more cloud towards northern and western areas. temperatures aga

we've got a front just trying to move in towards the northwest.k, for christmas day. for most of us, it's not going to be a white christmas. more of a grey one, really. mostly dry, though, quite a lot of cloud around. again, some breaks in that cloud generally to be found to the east of higher ground. so the likes of yorkshire, for instance, around the east coast of england could see a little bit of brightness developing. top temperatures between 11 to 13 for christmas day, perhaps a degree or so down on christmas eve. but most of us looking dry and settled into boxing day and towards the end of the week too. it's mild, it's cloudy, but it's not going to be a white christmas. bye— bye. live from singapore, this is bbc news. syria's new leader says armed groups will be absorbed into the army as some communities express fear for their future. tributes are being paid to nine —year—old andre gleissner, one of five victims of the christmas market attack in germany. and in his first rally since winning the presidential election, donald trump says he may

brother of syria's president, the charlotte side as they continue their advance in the countries northwest syrian army forces are expected to launch a counter attack the many groups. and i'm going to have you with us, nato secretary general maxwell to has a just a member states to step out the support for you, pride his cool comes off to you pray and once again asked for the full nation membership for our ministers from the alliance a holding a 2 day meeting to discuss continued support for keys and it's defense against moscow. president fleming manager lensky suggested he could agree to a ceasefire with russia if ne, so extends its protection to the products of the country controlled by ukraine. nato a sofa declined to offer you create a membership of a consensus, who with russian, with russia would escalate into a conflict involving the alliance hotels. the one that the next few months of war will be decisive. stupid aim is entering a nother cookchildrens and specialist regression shows no sign of a bathing. just the opposite. booting is ramping up his rhetoric and reckless actions. he i

most of us dry, perhaps a little rain in the far northwest. into boxing day, too, and then perhaps just a little cooler towards the new year. live from washington, this is bbc news. a memorial service is held at magdeburg cathedral attended by german leaders for victims of a christmas attack. a nine—year—old is among five people killed in the attack. 200 others have been injured. a senior palestinian official tells the bbc that a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas in gaza is 90% complete. and after days of negotiations, joe biden signs the us government spending bill into law, officially averting shutdown. hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to the programme. police and magdeburg have confirmed the 50—year—old

now, through the day, we get this weather front move into the northwest of scotland.e between six and eight celsius but there will be some colder spots in scotland. heading into the weekend, we'll get this cold front move southwards. it's going to be very weak, bringing some patches of rain, some colder air following that through during saturday. but as the front pushes southwards, taking the patchy rain with it, actually, behind that feature, it'll be a much brighter kind of day with a slice of sunshine for a time before we see the next system start to move into western scotland and northern ireland with cloudier weather returning back into the afternoon, so grab the sunshine when it does appear in the sky. now, heading into sunday, we see a big change in the weather patterns as these milder southwesterly winds start to move in off the atlantic — and these are here to stay for quite some time. now, sunday itself will probably have quite a lot of cloud, still with some bits and pieces of rain left over across western areas of the country. there'll be a few breaks here

i think the pacific northwest, they could be ringing in the new year on the wet side. but dry weather expected across the bay area that should hold true in our area tomorrow. temperatures look at the last day of 2024. mainly in the 50's some low 60's in san jose. >> thanks, lawrence. president-elect trump is siding with elon musk on this issue. musk is in favor of h one b temporary worker visas. but some say those these is they're taking jobs away from americans. tom dempsey has the latest. today marks 3 weeks to go until the presidential inauguration. but we are seeing this fight grow between some of the hardline anti-immigration republicans versus some of the president elect donald trump supporters in the and business fields. this all revolves around what's known as the h one b visa program which provides a temporary work visa and not immigration status to highly skilled workers from other countries. we see this used by companies and tech financing and supporters of the program say it helps united states keep an edge in those fields. but >> opponents believe it can a

gusts widely of 50—60mph across northern ireland, northwest england, and into northwest scotland.sunshine across northern england, but staying cloudy with outbreaks of rain further south. with outbreaks of but here, it's mild — 12—13 celsius. however, this is sunday — notice that the winds are now coming down from the northwest, cold arctic air, and there will be some wintriness in those showers, especially over the higher ground. and this time, it's windy, too, in the south, with gusts of wind of 60mph, perhaps across western wales and down through southwest england, too. there are met office weather warnings in place. also here, the air is cold — there will be some sunshine, however, butjust 6—8 celsius temperature—wise. and it's still rather chilly on monday, but a pretty nice day of weather, with lighter winds and some sunshine. and then, it all turns milder again on christmas eve and christmas day. bye— bye. live from washington, this is bbc news. us lawmakers reject a trump—backed plan to fund the government and ward off a looming shutdown. —— voting against a bill that woul

the un says fighting has displaced more than 280,000 people in the northwest of the country.ted nations secretary general antonio guterres called the reignited war "a collective failure of the international "community". speaking in new york, mr guterres called on all sides to end the bloodshed. now, this latest offensive was launched into government—controlled areas by tahrir al—sham, a group sanctioned by the security council, along with a broad range of other armed opposition groups. it has led to significant shifts in the frontlines and tens of thousands of civilians are at risk in a region already on fire. for more on the situation, our correspondent, hugo bachega is at the turkey—syria border. this is a major victory for these rebels in this astonishing offensive. gurrutu is home to1 million people and the second biggest city that has been captured by the rebels in this offensive against president asaad after aleppo. —— assad. with this capture it as be much more difficult for the regime to launch a counteroffensive to reclaim aleppo and for the rebels, it puts them clos

most of us dry, perhaps a little rain in the far northwest.eve. looks dry into boxing day, too, and then perhaps just a little cooler towards the new year. live from london, this is bbc news. a man accused of murdering four women and a nine—year—old boy by driving a car into them at a german christmas market is remanded in custody. a memorial service is held at magdeburg cathedral — attended by germany's leaders for the victims. a senior palestinian official tells the bbc a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas in gaza is 90% complete. and is this the end for the gipsy king? tyson fury storms off after a catastrophic unanimous—decision defeat against the defending world champion. hello, i'm lauren taylor. a man has appeared in court in germany, charged with five murders and multiple counts of attempted murder

still windy across the far northwest.tively mild night for the time of year. the overnight low in glasgow and also belfast not falling lower than ten degrees. so into boxing day, here's our weather front. it sinks a bit further south, but it is then going to start to retreat northwards. so the rain on it moves across scotland, potentially into northern england in through northern ireland, and starts to move north. to the south of that, we'll see the cloud build and there will be one or two brighter breaks, but essentially it's a mild day, not quite as mild as today but nonetheless mild for the time of year as we head on into friday. 0ur weather front continues to migrate northwards and westwards across the northwest of scotland again. another fairly cloudy day with a few brighter breaks. temperatures varying from seven to about 12 degrees. beyond that, the weather turns a little bit more unsettled as we head into the weekend. we've got a weather front coming in from the west, that's crossing south with its rain. you can s

we've got a front just trying to move in towards the northwest.thwest of scotland, i think, for christmas day. for most of us, it's not going to be a white christmas. more of a grey one, really. mostly dry, though, quite a lot of cloud around. again, some breaks in that cloud generally to be found to the east of higher ground. so the likes of yorkshire, for instance, around the east coast of england could see a little bit of brightness developing. top temperatures between 11 to 13 for christmas day, perhaps a degree or so down on christmas eve. but most of us looking dry and settled into boxing day and towards the end of the week too. it's mild, it's cloudy, but it's not going to be a white christmas. bye— bye. voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme.

still windy across the far northwest.going to be a relatively mild night for the time of year. the overnight low in glasgow and also belfast not falling lower than ten degrees. so into boxing day, here's our weather front. it sinks a bit further south, but it is then going to start to retreat northwards. so the rain on it moves across scotland, potentially into northern england in through northern ireland, and starts to move north. to the south of that, we'll see the cloud build and there will be one or two brighter breaks, but essentially it's a mild day, not quite as mild as today but nonetheless mild for the time of year as we head on into friday. our weather front continues to migrate northwards and westwards across the northwest of scotland again. another fairly cloudy day with a few brighter breaks. temperatures varying from seven to about 12 degrees. beyond that, the weather turns a little bit more unsettled as we head into the weekend. we've got a weather front coming in from the west that's crossing south with it

we've got a front just trying to move in towards the northwest.of rain across the northwest of scotland i think for christmas day. for most of us it's not going to be a white christmas. more of a grey one, really. mostly dry though, quite a lot of cloud around. again, some breaks in that cloud generally to be found to the east of higher ground. so the likes of yorkshire for instance, around the the east coast of england could see a little bit of brightness developing. top temperatures between 11 to 13 for christmas day, perhaps a degree or so down on christmas eve. but most of us looking dry and settled into boxing day and towards the end of the week too. it's mild, it's cloudy, but it's not going to be a white christmas. bye— bye. live from washington, this is bbc news. syria's new leader pledges armed groups will be absorbed into the army as some communities express fear for their future. tributes are being paid to nine—year—old andre gleissner, who german police identified as one of the five victims in a christmas market attack. and in his firs

we'll start to see some of those showers move from the northwest to the southeast. going through the evening into the overnight. i think that's when we could see some of the heavier showing about 11:00pm right now. and then taking into the overnight. you see it starts to lighten up, leaving us tomorrow morning with a little bit of drizzle out there. and certainly some of that wind still left over another hit coming our way as we get into friday evening. this one does not look as potent as the one we're going to see tonight. but you can see it just really stays unsettled right through the weekend. that's your saturday. you're taking a look at their so rain totals between now and tomorrow. we're talking about an inch in the north bay between about half an inch and 3 quarters of an inch elsewhere. the exception to that santa cruz mountains, which will likely get a little bit more as well. but then we're going to add to those totals as we have the success of systems rolling into the woods all said and done. we're looking between, you know, an inch and 2 inches of rain t

heavy rain pushing into northwest scotland, but elsewhere largely dry away from these northern and westernstern scotland, northeast england, eastern wales should see at least some brighter spells. temperatures will be mild, 12 to 1a celsius in the best of any brightness. and it's just more of the same as we head through sunday night and into monday, the rain continues across northwest scotland. a few breaks in the cloud, perhaps further south with the strength of the breeze, but temperatures won't drop much below nine or ten celsius as we kick off the new working week. and if we just take a look at the pressure chart, then you can see that this rain is just set to continue across northwest scotland. there is a met office yellow weather warning in place for heavy rain here. there could be some localised flooding because the rainfall totals will really start to rack up, particularly as we head through monday and into tuesday. and because of the snow melt, with that milder air, there could be some localised flooding, the rain gradually pushing across caithness and sutherland later on. a few m

heavy rain pushing into northwest scotland, but elsewhere largely dry away from these northern and westerngland, eastern wales should see at least some brighter spells. temperatures will be mild, 12 to 1a celsius and the best of any brightness. and it's just more of the same as we head through sunday night and into monday, the rain continues across northwest scotland. a few breaks in the cloud, perhaps further south with the strength of the breeze, but temperatures won't drop much below nine or ten celsius as we kick off the new working week. and if we just take a look at the pressure chart, then you can see that this rain is just set to continue across northwest scotland. there is a met office yellow weather warning in place for heavy rain here. there could be some localised flooding because the rainfall totals will really start to rack up, particularly as we head through monday and into tuesday. and because of the snow melt, with that milder air, there could be some localised flooding, the rain gradually pushing across caithness and sutherland later on. a few more breaks in the cloud, i