sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow.cket player ben stokes, who won the bbc sports personality of the year last week, is among those recognised in this year's new year's honours list, which was published tonight. he appears alongside a range of names from the arts, sciences and charity, including the singer and actress, olivia newton—john, as lizo mzimba reports. # you're the one i want! olivia newton—john says she's honoured and grateful to be made a dame for services to charity, cancer research and entertainment. a damehood too for floella benjamin, for her lifelong work with children's charities. absolutely amazing to be recognised this way, for doing charity work. i realised that a childhood lasts a lifetime, and i had to give back to children. because when i did play school, 43 years ago, i realised children didn't have a voice. there are knighthoods for two british film—makers, steve mcqueen, who directed the 0scar—winning 12 years a slave, and sam mendes, who directed bond films skyfall and spectre. in the world o

let's get the latest from our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford. ease update us on what you are hearing? the latest we are getting here are the extraordinary accounts of the people who have survived this crash. a couple of people have been telling their story to local media and describing how they managed to walk away from the wreckage of this plane. 0ne away from the wreckage of this plane. one man, a businessman, flying to the country's capital nur—sultan, for business meetings, he was sitting in the 15th row of the plane just over the wing. if you look at the wreckage, the front part of the plane in front of the wing was the most badly destroyed as the plane ploughed into the building just the young —— beyond the perimeter of the airport. this man says just after take the play began to rock from side to side, he said it was like a boat. there was a bang as well and then the plane began plummeting to the ground. he said it was extremely fast and then it crash landed. he managed to climb out to the window and has described how other passengers were

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow.ho lost her husband and two children, in an accident at a spanish resort, on christmas eve, says she is "utterly heartbroken" but alleges something was wrong with the pool where they died. in a statement, olubunmi diya said that, contrary to some media reports, her husband, gabriel, daughter, comfort, and son, praise—emmanuel, all knew how to swim. the three of them died at club la costa world, in fuengirola, on spain's costa del sol. police believe a man, who was shot dead outside his home in south west london on christmas eve, may have been involved in criminality in sweden. 36 year—old flamur beqiri was attacked in front of his wife and young child in battersea on tuesday evening. ian williams reports. a family home, ready for christmas. now the scene of a potential revenge killing. flamur beqiri moved to the uk from sweden sometime in the last five years. he had been out with his wife and child on christmas eve, as they returned to home to battersea church road around 9pm, a lone s

sarah rainsford there with vlada's story.al place revered as the birthplace ofjesus christ. but tourism has hit it hard for the last 20 years. it's a palestinian city in the israeli—occupied west bank. and because of restricted movement out of the city by the israeli government, its christian community has dwindled — a move palestinians say harms their freedom and economic prospects. barbara plett usher reports. this is bethlehem's time of year. dressed up in christmas finery, inviting the world to celebrate the story of a humble birth that changed history. tourism here is a bright spot, despite dark times for the palestinian economy. for bethlehem's christians, there is a special gift from the vatican, a splinter of wood believed it to be from jesus' manger. it's small, but a big boost for a community devastated by waves of immigration. father m. ed. provides aid to christians. but this year is different... it's different because we remember the manger, we must think more. our hearts must be the real manger to receivejesus.

sarah rainsford, with the latest in moscow. supreme court, lady hale, who retires next month, has warned that the lack of access to legal services for those people who most need them is a serious problem. she expressed particular concern for people going through the early stages of a divorce. lady hale has been talking to our legal correspondent, clive coleman, during which she reflected on the momentous day in september when the court ruled that the prime minister had acted unlawfully when he advised the queen to suspend parliament. it was a case of massive legal, constitutional and political significance. the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful, void and of no effect. the supreme court ruling that the prime minister's advice to the queen to suspend parliament in the weeks leading up to the brexit deadline, was unlawful. now, the president of the court is retiring, a time to look back on that momentous day. there was a gasp in the courtroom, which was packed, when i said that it was the unanimous decision of us

this report from our correspondent sarah rainsford.nces, ukraine's president working his modest "man of the people" image, russia's leader going for full—on power projection. but these talks were the two leaders' chance to seek common ground, to revive a deal on ending ukraine's conflict, that has stalled for three years now. just beyond the palace gates, two women make clear who they blame for the fighting. the striking protests quickly smothered, though not their demand to stop putin's war. in eastern ukraine, troops are still battling russian—backed fighters despite multiple ceasefires. 13,000 people have been killed and huge numbers displaced in the past five years. but volodymyr zelensky was elected promising to end the bloodshed. for that, he said he needed to sit down with vladimir putin. their encounter was chaperoned by france and germany. but ukraine's leader was under pressure not to make major concessions here, russia under no real pressure to make any, though the conflict is a giant splinter in its relations with europe. a

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow.to service the first batch of new strategic missiles that, it claims, can penetrate any existing orfuture missile shields. the ‘avangard' is what's known as a hypersonic glide vehicle which can steer an unpredictable course, making detection much harder. it's the latest move in what appears to be an escalating missile race with the united states. bill hayton reports. somewhere on the southern fringes of russia close to the border with kazakhstan, a new era in missile technology begins. this was a test launch last year of russia's new avangard weapon. it is fired into space atop an intercontinental ballistic missile. it can then glide over the atmosphere dodging defences until it reaches its target. translation: that we have a unique situation in our recent history. 0ther situation in our recent history. other countries are having to catch up other countries are having to catch up with russia. no other country has hypersonic weapons, not to mention, hypersonic weapons, not to mention, h

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. let's get some of the day's other news.ix people from a tour helicopter that went missing on thursday. wreckage was found at a steep—sided valley near a state park on the island of kauai. the aircraft was carrying seven people, including the pilot. the local fire department said fog had caused recovery operations to be suspended for the day. more than 2,000 people have been taking shelter in evacuation centres across fiji as tropical cyclone sarai lashes the pacific island. with winds gusting up to 140 kilometres an hour, sarai has brought down trees and cut power supplies, while thousands of holidaymakers were left stranded with the cancellation of dozens of flights. firefighters in australia are bracing themselves for more extreme heat as they continue to tackle uncontrolled bushfires. temperatures above a0 degrees celsius are expected in the coming days in several states including new south wales, south australia and victoria. deadly bushfires have destroyed more than four million hectares in five australian states since

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow.hemselves for more extreme heat as they continue to tackle uncontrolled bushfires. temperatures above a0 degrees celsius are expected in the coming days in several states including new south wales, south australia and victoria. deadly bushfires have destroyed more than four million hectares in five australian states since september. courtney bembridge reports. almost 3,000 firefighters have been working around the clock since the bushfire crisis started in september. many of them are volunteers who've given up their christmas break to try to contain the fires and to save homes. sporadic rain over parts of eastern australia has done little to help extinguish the flames but firefighters have taken advantage of cooler temperatures in recent days to try and contain fire fronts. but the cool change won't last long. this is the forecast for monday, temperatures building up to 38 celsius or higher across most of the country. so that's going to elevate fire dangers, and we know the winds are g

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow.nations estimates that nearly a quarter of a million people have fled syria's idlib province in the past three weeks. the government and russian forces are intensifying their attacks there as it's the rebels' last stronghold. the un says the maaret al—numan region in southern idlib is now almost empty. the newly—displaced are taking shelter in mosques and other public buildings. david swanson is from the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs. he's been telling me more about the conditions displaced people are facing. sadly, the humanitarian situation in northwest syria, in particular idlib, continues to deteriorate as we speak. what we have, essentially, now is a crisis within a crisis. between the first of this month and christmas day, more than 243,000 people have been displaced. the vast majority, upwards of 80% of them, women and children, fleeing northward to urban areas and to idp camps in the north of the area. what about the kind of conditions that

sarah rainsford, bbc news, paris.mothering australia's biggest city, sydney, triggering a chorus of smoke alarms in offices, shops and homes. schoolchildren are being kept indoors at break time, some ferries have been cancelled, and sports activities curtailed. rising temperatures have again aggravated the wildfires that have been burning for weeks. conditions are expected to worsen, with winds forecast to strengthen and further fan the blazes. the chairman of the housejudiciary committee has said mr trump's conduct is a threat to the united states, and clearly impeachable. concluding his panel's hearing on monday, jerrold nadler said his committee would proceed with impeachment. meanwhile, the watchdog that oversees the united states justice department has concluded political bias played no part in the fbi inquiry into possible collusion between russia and donald trump's 2016 election campaign. laura trevelyan has this story. raise your right hand. the impeachment inquiry is hurtling forward, and today, the judiciary

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. cathedrals are increasing. researchers are now trying to understand what is attracting a new following to the ancient service. our religion editor martin bashir reports. the buildings are ancient. the service designed more than 600 years ago. but it seems we can't get enough of choral evensong. amazing, really, yeah. what's so special about it? i think the building, i think the music, i think the message behind it all. um, it'sjust something you can't get anywhere else. i think we all lead busy lives and that pause gives you time to think about things beyond that hustle and bustle that can take over all too often in our lives. the service takes place at 5pm on weekdays in all anglican cathedrals and lasts 45 minutes. it includes readings from the bible, hymns and prayers, and there is no sermon. the number attending choral evensong is going up across all age groups, even though sunday church attendance has halved over the last 50 years. it seems that believers and nonbelievers are att

sanctions need to be approved by wada's executive committee on monday. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford are nervous times in russ split, is are nervous times in russian split, professional athletes training hard but not sure of what is ahead. anna has won multiple medals for her country, but russia is now sliding towards a four—year ban from global sport, the latest twist in the doping scandal. i practice hard, and still i am training, and i am just going to focus on this, because that is the area that i can control. the scandal began with the 2014 sochi 0lympics. for russia, for president putin, the games were a display of strength, superiority. but the proud party ended in a huge hangover. yuri ganus was part of the clean—up act. under him, russia's anti—doping agency has been praised for a new zero tolerance approach. but to return fully to the sporting fold, russia had to hand over a database of athletes‘ test results. thousands of athletes‘ test results. thousands of entries were deleted. yes. thousands? thousands, thousands. now, russian athletes face greater sanctions. he has com

sarah rainsford reporting.t of the supreme court, lady hale, has criticised the lack of resources for legal advice. lady hale has been speaking to our correspondent, clive coleman, and also reflecting on the court's historic ruling that the prime minister had unlawfully advised the queen to suspend parliament. it was a case of massive legal, constitutional and political significance. the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful, void and of no effect. the supreme court ruling that the prime minister's advice to the queen to suspend parliament in the weeks leading up to the brexit deadline, was unlawful. now, the president of the court is retiring, a time to look back on that momentous day. there was a gasp in the courtroom, which was packed, when i said that it was the unanimous decision of us all, that's all 11 justices. a time also for lady hale to reflect on the removal of legal aid in 2013 from a raft of areas — including debt, housing and most family cases. most people need legal services at the

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. bbc sport centre. hello. british boxer anthony joshua has said he would welcome all challengers after his win over andy ruiz challengers after his win over andy ruinr. joshua regained three heavyweight belts in his unanimous points victory. he sat down with our sports editor, dan roan, in saudi arabia. back in boxing's big time, this is how much it meant to anthony joshua last night having reclaimed his crown here on the outskirts of riyadh. the british fighter‘s discipline proving decisive as he dominated andy ruiz to restore his reputation. today, back at his hotel, joshua told me he wasn't getting carried away. when i keep on breaking down each barrier and i keep on getting over each hurdle, sooner or keep on getting over each hurdle, sooner or later i will be looking directly at the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world and i will be more than ready. so, looking far out sometimes blurs the vision and you forget the steps in front of you, i'm just focusing on what is ahe

our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford gave us this update. latest that we are getting here are the extraordinary accounts of the people who have survived this crash. a couple of people have been telling their story to local media and even describing how they managed to walk away from the wreckage of this plane. one man, a businessman, who was flying up to the country's capital, nur—sultan, for business meetings today, he was sitting in the 15th row of the plane, just over the wing. if you look at the wreckage, it's the front part of the plane, in front of the wing, that was the most badly destroyed as the plane ploughed into that building, just beyond the perimeter fence of the airport. now, this man says that just after take—off, the plane began to rock from side to side. he said it was like a boat. he said there was a bang as well and then the plane began plummeting to the ground. he said it was all extremely fast, there was hardly time to realise what was happening before the plane smashed into, crash landed just outside the airport. now,

our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford reports. times in russian sport, professional athletes training hard but not sure of what is ahead. anna's won multiple medals for her country, but russia is now sliding towards a 4—year ban from global sport, the latest twist in the doping scandal. i practice hard and still i am training. and i'm just trying to focus on this, because that is the area that i can control. the problems go back to the 2014 sochi olympics. for russia, for president putin, the games were a display of strength, superiority. singing but the proud party ended in a huge hangover. this scientist turned whistleblower ina this scientist turned whistleblower in a massive scheme he had been the heart of. yury ganus was part of the clean—up act. under him, russia's anti—doping agency has been praised for a new zero—tolerance approach. but to return fully to the sporting fold, russia had to hand over a database of athletes' test results. thousands of entries were deleted. yes. thousands? thousands, thousands. now, russian ath

sanctions need to be approved by wada's executive committee on monday. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsfordsian sport, professional athletes training hard but unsure what lies ahead. anna's won multiple medals for her country, but russia is now sliding towards a 4—year ban from global sport, the latest twist in the doping scandal. i practice hard and istillam training. and i'm just trying to focus on this, because that's the area that i can control. the problems go back to the 2014 sochi 0lympics. for russia, for president putin, the games were a display of strength, superiority. singing but the proud party ended in a huge hangover. this scientist turned whistleblower on a massive doping scheme that he'd been at the heart of. yury ganus was part of the clean—up act. under him, russia's anti—doping agency has been praised for a new zero—tolerance approach. but to return fully to the sporting fold, russia had to hand over a database of athletes‘ test results. thousands of entries were deleted. yeah. thousands? thousands, thousands. now, russian athletes face even greater sanctions. mr ganus t

sanctions need to be approved by wada's executive committee on monday. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsfordnervous times in russian sport. professional athletes training hard but unsure what lies ahead. anna has won multiple medals for her country but russia is now sliding towards a four—year ban from global sport. the latest twist in the doping scandal. i practice hard and i still am training and i'm just trying to focus on this because it is the area i can control. the problems go back to the 201a sochi 0lympics. for russia, for president putin, the games were a display of strength, superiority but the proud party ended in a huge hangover. this scientist, grigory rodchenkov, turned whistle—blower on a massive doping scheme that he had been at the heart of. yuri ganus was part of the clean—up act. under him, russia's anti—doping agency has been praised for its new zero tolerance approach but to return fully to the sporting fold, russia had to hand over a database of athletes test results. thousands of entries were deleted? yes. thousands, thousands. now russian athletes face even greater s

our correspondent sarah rainsford reports. this is all that's left of flight 2100 from almaty.ents after take—off, the plane crash landed, slamming first through a concrete barrier and then into a house. much of the plane disintegrated on impact. but amazingly, there were survivors and some even walked out of this wreckage unharmed. how are you? i am very well, how are you? better. just hours later, aslam managed to tell me what happened. he posted this photo on social media, showing his seat on the flight. he thinks most in front of him were badly hurt or killed. the plane starts swaying like a boat, very intensively. people started screaming and kids were crying and the lights were on in the plane but there was no sound, there was no instructions from the crew. it was only the sound of people panicking. the businessman says it took at least 15 minutes for rescuers to arrive, so he and other survivors began pulling people to safety. it was dark, and at the same time we were lighting cell phone lights, so helping out each other. all the guys trying to take out people, but there

this report from our correspondent sarah rainsford. there are rivals underline their differences.ne's president working his modest man of the people image. russia's leader going for a full on power projection. but these talks with the two leaders chance to seek common ground, to revive a deal ending retrain of the conflict that has stalled for three years now. beyond the palace gates, two women make clear who they blame for the fighting. the striking protests quickly smothered, though not their demand to stop putin's war. in eastern ukraine, troops are still battling russian backed fighters despite multiple ceasefires. 13,000 people have been killed in huge numbers displaced in the past five yea rs. numbers displaced in the past five years. but volodymyr zelensky was elected, promising to end the bloodshed. for the, he elected, promising to end the bloodshed. forthe, he said elected, promising to end the bloodshed. for the, he said he needed to sit down with vladimir putin. their encounter was chaperoned by france and germany. ukraine's leader was on —— under pressure not to make

our correspondent sarah rainsford reports.eckage, a baby boy is rushed to safety. he was discovered in the arms of his injured mother after their flight crash landed. moments after take—off, the plane had rammed intoa building. it broke into pieces on impact. but there were survivors. and some even walked away from this unharmed. i was sitting next to an emergency exit. just hours later, aslan nazaraliyev managed to tell me what happened. he'd posted this photo on social media, showing his seat on the flight from almaty. he thinks most in front of him were badly hurt or killed. the plane starts swaying, like a boat. very intensively. everybody starts screaming, kids are crying. and the lights were on in the plane. but there was no sound, there was no instructions from the crew. there was only the sound of people panicking in the plane. the businessman says it took at least 15 minutes for rescuers to arrive. so he and other survivors began pulling people to safety. it was dark, at the same time. we were lighting with cellphone

earlier we spoke to our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford. the recent news is that so many people have survived this devastating plane crash. some 60 passenger list was published by almaty airport, they say they are 60 that have so far been identified as surviving the crash. many are in hospital. some are in a serious condition but many appear to have made it out alive from the devastated wreck of this plane which we understand crashed soon after takeoff. 0ne eyewitness has described the plane just getting off the ground before getting into trouble. it then crashed through the perimeter fence of almaty airport and ploughed into a two story brick building nearby. rescuers were quick to the scene and began pulling people out of the rubble. there was no fire which made that are somewhat easier but the plane wreckage is a terrible, of course, and it is quite extraordinary that so many people appear, at this point, to have come out of this crash alive. the airline, bek air, a low—cost airline has started an investigation. the plaintiff was a fokke

of those, at least 60 people are being treated in hospital, as our correspondent sarah rainsford reportsrescued from the wreckage, a baby boy is rushed to safety. he was discovered in the arms of his injured mother after their flight crash landed. moments after take—off, the plane had rammed into a building. it broke into pieces on impact. but there were survivors. and some even walked away from this unharmed. i was sitting next to an emergency exit. just hours later, aslan nazaraliyev managed to tell me what happened. he had posted this photo on social media, showing his seat on the flight from almaty. he thinks most in front of him were badly hurt or killed. the plane starts swaying, like a boat. very intensively. everybody starts screaming, kids are crying. and the lights were on in the plane. but there was no sound, there was no instructions from the crew. there was only the sound of people panicking in the plane. the businessman says it took at least 15 minutes for rescuers to arrive. so he and other survivors began pulling people to safety. it was dark, at the same time. we were li

earlier we spoke to our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford.n a list of 60 passengers that has been published by the airport. they say these are the 60 that have, so far, been identified as surviving the crash. many of them are now in hospital. we understand some are in serious but many appear to have made it out alive from the devastated wreck of this plane, which we understand crashed soon after take—off. 0ne eyewitness has described the plane isjust getting off the ground before getting into trouble. rescuers getting into trouble. were quick to the scene and began rescuers were quick to the scene and began pulling people out of the rubble. there was no fire which made their task easier but the plane wreckage is terrible, of course. it is extraordinary that so many people appear to have come out of this crash alive. plans to offer free hospital parking to some nhs staff and patients in england will be rolled out in april, the government has announced. most visitors to hospitals in scotland, wales and northern ireland are already exempt from c

our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford gave us this update.f you see those pictures and you see the wreckage of the plane that not only crash landed but also slammed into a building, a two story brick building, and also through a concrete perimeter fence, from the airport at almaty, you would think there were no survivors. but in actual fact 60 people there were no survivors. but in actualfact 60 people have been treated for injuries and some others also seem to have walked away from this accident without basically a scratch on them. and i havejust been speaking to a businessman, kaza khsta n been speaking to a businessman, kazakhstan is man, who was on the flight kazakhstan is man, who was on the flight to nur—sultan today, he was sitting in his office telling a story quite extraordinary. he got on the flight this morning, said there was no problem with the plane as it taxied down the runway and as it took off indeed it was just after take—off he said that the plane began shaking from side—to—side. we spoke to him just a few moments ago andi s