pervez rafiq told the trial he had no idea of these allegations of infiltration by jihadists, and thatwere attempts to take equipment or cash to syria. the jury heard from him that he had spoken to mi5, heard from him that he had spoken to m15, who had asked him for his help in identifying who the bad guys were. he walks out of court to be a free man, as did a fourth defendant. we are waiting to hear about sentencing for hoque. i suspect that will come in the new year. these are today's headlines: germany says its terrorist threat remains high, despite the killing of the main suspect in the berlin murray attack. most of the passengers have been released from a libyan passenger plane that was hijacked and forced to land in malta. and as we have just heard, two uk men have been convicted of using syrian aid convoys to funnel cash to terrorist fighters in war zones. in sport, sam allardyce travels to london to speak to crystal palace about becoming their new manager. palace about becoming their new manager. pa la ce wa nt about becoming their new manager. palace want the deal done in time

2013 because another man on the convoy was alan henning, the eccles taxi driver and a friend of pervez rafiqped and murdered by is fighters after going to syria as part of that convoy. mr rafiq told the trial he had no idea of these allegations of infiltration byjihadists, and that he had no idea there were attempts to take equipment or cash to syria. the jury heard from him that he had spoken to m15, who had asked him for his help in identifying who the bad guys were. he walked out of court todat a free man, as did a fourth defendant. we are waiting to hear about sentencing for hoque. i suspect that will come in the new year. large parts of the country are preparing for storm barbara. the worst effects will be in parts of scotland. many homes have already lost power. let's cross to our correspondent james shaw who is in gourock for us now. it looks windy and rough, but what is your assessment of how bad it is in terms of what we might be expecting? it is definitely true that the wind has picked up where i am quite significantly in the last few minutes. i can see the clouds scudding across t

2013 because another man on the convoy was alan henning, the eccles taxi driver and a friend of pervez rafiqered by is fighters after going to syria as part of that convoy. mr rafiq told the trial he had no idea of these allegations of infiltration byjihadists, and that he had no idea there were attempts to take equipment or cash to syria. the jury heard from him that he had spoken to m15, who had asked him for his help in identifying who the bad guys were. he walked out of court todat a free man, as did a fourth defendant. we are waiting to hear about sentencing for hoque. i suspect that will come in the new year. let's show you the latest images from valletta airport in malta. this is the libyan airliner that was hijacked earlier today. everyone has been let off. we don't believe there are any injuries and the two hijackers have surrendered. in the last few minutes, we have seen troops going on board the aircraft. everybody who was on board is off safely, men, women and one infant and seven crew members. we have not heard reports of anyone being injured. the two hijackers have surrendered

pervez rafiq, cleared today of funding terrorism, was on that same convoy.pealed for mr hanning's life. we beg you to tread the path ofjustice and show him the compassion that allah has placed in the hearts of the believers. under pressure from the government and the police, the aid convoys came to an end after mr henning's kidnap. dominic casciani, bbc news. in an unprecedented move and a strong rebuke tonight, the united states has abstained on a un resolution which criticises israel. traditionally, the us has always used its veto to stop such resolutions against its close ally. it condemns israeli settlement building on occupied palestinian territory and passed with 14 votes in favour. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher is in washington for us tonight. this has caused a diplomatic storm. what more can you tell us? well, i think the resolution shows a strong international consensus that israeli settlement building in occupied palestinian territories is illegal and is a threat to a viable peace deal. the 0bama administration felt there was this threat so