tanya dendrinos, bbc news.shville council member who represents the area affected by the explosion. there's still a lot of confusion, and a lot of unanswered questions, right, i mean. you heard from that report, authorities here, investigators, not even going so far as to officially declare a person of interest. they are obviously following up leads. and plenty of local reports have suggested that they have warrants to search places. meanwhile, the question was quietly a residential corridor as well so authorities have established a hot zone. currently at city hall, just a couple of blocks from the site. if i were to walk a block south, there is a multi—block radius in downtown nashville that federal authorities are not allowing anyone to enter. so residents, property owners, business owners, and employees basically cannot enter this radius around the blast site. it's tough for those folks — waking up christmas morning, displaced from homes and not able to return to check water to check pipes bursting because w

tanya dendrinos has more.nate, the scenes outside were just as divided. pro—choice activists chanting and hopeful. translation: we are going to be on the streets so that today it becomes law and if approved it is implemented in each and eve ryo ne is implemented in each and everyone of the provinces so that no more women die from secret abortions. according to the government, each year close to 40,000 women require hospital treatment as a result ofa hospital treatment as a result of a dangerous abortion procedure carried out in secret. but this remains a deeply religious country and many still adamantly opposed the idea. translation: dissolution is there, the solution is always on the side of life. there are plenty of wonderful institutions that collaborate, but are willing to help. the problem is this bill prohibits help and offers abortion is the only solution. this isn't a new debate in argentina. the last attempt to pass abortion laws was defeated in 2018. this bill proposed by president alberto fernandez

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.nce has confirmed its first case of the variant of coronavirus, which first originated in the uk. the country's health ministry says the patient arrived on french soilfrom london on december 19. last sunday, president macron shut the country's border with britain after the new, more transmissible variant was found to be spreading in large parts of the south east of england. at midnight local time, tougher coronavirus restrictions came into force in many parts of the uk. a further 6 million people in the east and south east of england have now moved into tier a — the highest in england. northern ireland and mainland scotland have entered new lockdowns. and in wales, lockdown restrictions which were eased for christmas day have been reimposed. meanwhile, thousands of lorry drivers spent christmas day stuck in their vehicles in kent, in south east england, waiting to be tested for coronavirus and to be cleared to continue their journey to france. another 800 military personnel have been s

tanya dendrinos reports.vid—19 free consonant, is no longer. translation: the pcr test showed 36 men tested positive for covid—19. 26 army personnel and ten were civilians from a contractor company during scheduled maintenance work at the antarctica base. the cases we re the antarctica base. the cases were recorded at the bernardo o higgins research station, one of chill a's higgins research station, one of chill as or premier bases in the antarctic, and it comes just days after the country because mcneely confirmed three cases on a ship which had taken supplies and personnel to the base. the navy says the entire crew had been tested prior to embarking but the results were negative. the antarctic scenery is spectacular, that the harsh conditions have their own impact on immunity. translation: we know exposure to extreme weather affects a person's physiology. the condition of isolation, the changes in seasonal light with seasonal certificate and also be an immunosuppressant. so we know there are several compon

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.fanta is a spokesperson for the metropolitan government of nashville and davidson county, and joins me now live from nashville. thank you forjoining us on the programme. firstly, can you bring us up—to—date on what you know about the situation? thank you for having me. first and foremost what i want to say is we moved here in nashville from a feeling of relief that more people would not hurt and that no—one was killed to a feeling of resolve. and quite frankly angen of resolve. and quite frankly anger. anger and outrage at this act which we believe was deliberate. a resolve to hold onto one another a little more closely evening. and definitely to work together to rebuild the historic downtown area that was so historic downtown area that was so devastated by today's action. andrea, you talk about emotions, anger and outrage. it must have come as a huge shock to residents who live in the area. just how expensive is the damage? what we have called the affected impact area is quite large a

tanya dendrinos has more.polarised senate, the scenes outside werejust as divided. pro—choice activists chanting and hopeful. translation: we are going to be on the streets so that today it becomes law, and if approved, it is implemented in each and every one of the provinces so that no more women die from secret abortions. according to the government, each year close to 40,000 women require hospital treatment as a result of a dangerous abortion procedure carried out in secret. but this remains a deeply religious country and many still vehemently oppose the idea. translation: the solution is there, the solution is always on the side of life. there are plenty of wonderful institutions that collaborate, that are willing to help. the problem is this bill prohibits help and offers abortion as the only solution. this isn't a new debate in argentina. the last attempt to pass abortion laws was defeated in 2018. this bill, proposed by president alberto fernandez, would permit abortions to be carried out up to the 14th

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.'s largest iceberg is on a collision course with south georgia island, in the southern atlantic ocean. the giant iceberg, known as a68a, broke away from antarctica in 2017, and as you can see in these satellite images, it's slowly drifting through the south atlantic sea towards south georgia. some breaking news now. this is following up on the rest yesterday of the mayor of liverpool. joe anderson has apparently been given bail. a statement has just been released from merseyside police. merseyside police can confirm five arrests as part of an investigation into building and development contracts in liverpool. they have been released on bailfollowing further enquiries. that is joe anderson and a further four people arrested on friday in a police investigation that was a year—long anti—bribery and witness intimidation regarding building and development contracts in liverpool, those five people have been released on bail. with christmas just three weeks away, it's usually the busiest time

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.u ambassadors have been given a briefing about the post—brexit trade deal reached with the uk by the bloc‘s chief negotiator michel barnier. here, mps will vote on the deal in parliament next week, before the existing trade rules expire on 31st december. here's our political correspondent leila nathoo. glad tidings of greatjoy, because this is a deal. some light reading. the post—brexit deal agreed yesterday between britain and the eu runs to more than 1,200 pages. this morning, the man who negotiated for the eu side, michel barnier, briefed ambassadors of eu member states on its detail. what is the plan for today, then? mission accomplished! what's in that blue folder sets out how the eu and uk will trade and co—operate from the new year. to finally have something on paper is a success for both sides. the deal was done in the nick of time, with the uk already out of the eu and transition arrangements expiring within days. mps and peers will have until wednesday to digest the detail, b

tanya dendrinos reports. it looks like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster.t's a crash landing of the latest prototype of the spacex starship. mission control: two, one, zero. codenamed sn8, it was the craft‘s first attempt at a high altitude flight test early on, it was smooth sailing for the uncrewed mission, it lifted from the facility in texas on a brief flight tojust over 40,000 feet, achieving much of what it set out to do, including horizontal descent. but after a flip back into the vertical position for touchdown, things went a little awry. in might not have looked like it, but according to spacex's owner elon musk, the flight was a success, congratulating his team, saying we got all the data we needed. his sights are firmly set, tweeting: tanya then drew nice, bbc news —— tanya dendrinos. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll bring you the performers taking west end musicals to the uk's doorsteps. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent v

tanya dendrinos reports. blackened smoke and a street ablaze.milies woke on christmas morning, sinister scene unfolded in downtown nashville. officers come first responding to a call shots had been fired. as officers responded, they encountered an rv that had a recording, saying that a potential bomb was detonated within 15 minutes. officers, upon hearing that, decided to evacuate the buildings nearby, so they began knocking on doors, making announcements, having emergency communications to community it would never want to give people safe. the chilling recording ringing true. this aerial footage showing the scale of the destruction, time a saving grace. it is grateful there we re grace. it is grateful there were not more people around. it would be different message if it was 5pm on a friday. police have labelled the disclosure and —— explosion a liberte act, with a plea to public... please tell us what you know. we need your leads, we need your help. officers now coming through the extensive crime scene with fbi experts being brought in from ac

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.have died in mountains to the north of tehran following a blizzard. heavy snow and strong winds in the past few days have forced many roads to close in several parts of iran. the red crescent in the province of tehran has had 20 search and rescue teams out on the mountains looking for other climbers who are still missing. the us president—elect joe biden has warned that there will be devastating consequences if president trump continues to delay signing a covid—i9 economic relief bill into law. if the bill is not signed by the end of saturday, millions of americans will go without unemployment benefits. the bill, which was overwhelmingly passed by congress, was the product of months of difficult negotiations and compromises. one compromise was the payment of $600 to americans earning less than $75,000 a year. mr trump says he wants americans to receive $2,000. but republicans in congress have refused to agree to the change. the uk's new trade deal with the eu marks "a moment of nationa

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.rk that has a powerful, often poignant, message. as 2020 comes to an end, we asked some key workers as well as some famous faces, to choose six words to say something hopeful. we begin with the impressionist alistair mcgowan. # joy to the world # gardening brings great comfort. thanks, monty. the vaccine's coming, and that's great news. midwinter miracle. blackbird song at dawn. hugging friends. sharing chocolate. live performance. music is creativity peace, change. love. renewed appreciation for what's actually important. dearolder me .. don't look back. always remember, this too shall pass. trees, birds, sky, mud, dog, relax. covid vaccine, the best christmas present. thank god it's nearly over. ——thank god it is nearly over. that's it from me. you can get me online at twitter. i'm lewis vaughan jones and this me online at twitter. i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news, goodbye. hello. our spell of unsettled and mild mid—december weather is set to continue for another few days

tanya dendrinos, bbc news. positive for covid—19. the jamaican government says the man is being held in isolation at a hospital in the capital, kingston. the flight has attracted controversy, with critics warning that people might be wrongly removed as in the windrush scandal. after an initial trial in the british city of liverpool, the use of a rapid coronavirus test, which gives a result in under an hour, is now being rolled out in more places across the uk. wolverhampton will begin offering all residents the tests from this week, whether or not they have symptoms. phil mackie has been to see how it will work. these are the lateral flow tests which give people results injust half an hour. they've invited a small number of people to come to help them get ready for the launch next week and have trained up 100 council staff to carry them out. i chose to do it because it's part of our civic duty, so therefore working for the council we work for the citizens and it's ourjob to protect our citizens. by volunteering

tanya dendrinos, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather.rcast for most of us and we are expecting more like rain and drizzle. this is the picture this afternoon, a change on the way, band of rain heading towards northern ireland, should reach belfast early leaving. the rain overnight, the winds will strengthen, most of us getting some rain, notan strengthen, most of us getting some rain, not an awful lot. tomorrow, going to start of milder, these are the starting temperatures, double figures in the south—west, frost free across the board. tomorrow will be changeable. some sunny spells but also a few showers, some could be heavy, particularly in the west, but even the possibility of thunder and feeling a little bit milder. hello this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... downing street says ‘large gaps‘ remain between the uk and the eu — after a face—to—face meeting between borisjohnson and the european commission president failed to achieve a breakthrough. negotiations will continue in brussels — with sunday being set as the dea

tanya dendrinos reports. blackened smoke and a street ablaze.

tanya dendrinos has the details. this is the scene that has left nashville reeling. is who is responsible and why?|j questions. the question is who is responsible and why? i am confident in the team we have that we will get to the bottom of this, that we will find out the story of this individual or individuals, we don't know right now, but this ultimate scrooge who on christmas morning instead of spreading joy and cheer decided to spread devastation and destruction. the multi-agency response is being led by the fbi. investigators working around the clock to piece together exactly what unfolded. we have over 500 investigative leads. we are following up on all of those. we are looking at a number of individuals. we are not prepared to identify one single individual right now. officers wouldn't be drawn on the persons of interest but they did scour this home in their hunt for clues on saturday. there was also a message of reassurance for residents left on edge after the shocking incident. nashville is safe. we feel and know that we have no known threats at this time ag

tanya dendrinos reports. a return from the moon carrying precious lunar cargo.e flag promptly planted as china submitted itself as a key player in the space race. this isa player in the space race. this is a pretty big deal, they have been catching up on space and this is the biggest mission they have done. they run a whole rehearsal so they have been preparing for this moment for a long time and the fact that it went off so successfully is going to give them confidence to do even more ambitious missions in future. the mission was launched at the end of november, a probe sent into orbit around the moon. pa rt into orbit around the moon. part of it landing to drill and dig up samples, with around two kilograms expected to have been collected. you can do a tremendous amount with a very small amount of material, so they don't need tons of material to do a lot of science stopping these samples are also very interesting because they are from a different spot where apollo went and lunar probes from the soviet union went and it is also what we believe is a younger spot

tanya dendrinos reports. it looks like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster.anding of the latest prototype of the spacex starship. two, one, zero. codenamed sm8, it was the craft‘s first attempt at a high altitude flight test early on, it was smooth sailing for the unaccrued mission, lifting from the facility in texas on a brief flight to just over 40,000 feet. achieving much of what it set out to do. including horizontal descent. but after a flip back into the vertical position for touchdown, things went a little awry. in might have looked like it, but according to spacex mask, the flight was a success, congratulating his team, saying we got all the data we needed. his sites are family centre, tweeting. .. the entire weight of plastics, bricks and other man—made things is soon set to overtake that of all living organisms on earth such as animals, plants and fungi, for the very first time. that's the assessment by a group of scientists who published the result of their studies in the magazine nature. earlier i spoke to will steffen, emeritus professor at the a

with me is our news reporter, tanya dendrinos.s of people there? in syd ney‘s lots of people there? in sydney's northern beaches suburbs they have gone back into lockdown for five days and an effort to get this cluster under control. that cluster has now reached 83 cases, so hopes are riding on those numbers coming right back down copy it has also meant broader restrictions across sydney and general and we have just seen these beautiful love actually like scenes of families reuniting at airports and state borders reopen but they are firmly shut as well so families much like elsewhere in the world looking at a christmas without their loved ones copy but it's notjust australians at home missing out? that's right, we are looking at 30,000 australians stuck abroad, they wanted to repatriate but they have been stranded and they haven't been able to get home, repatriating flight able to get home, repatriating flight simply are not enough and they have had their own flights cancelled multiple times, so it is looking like a really dire sit

tanya dendrinos, bbc news. from labour's rachel reeve asking michael gove on the progress of the uk's future relationship with the eu. i beg your pardon, iam relationship with the eu. i beg your pardon, i am understanding penny mordaunt will be responding for the government. that follows those talks between the prime minister, the uk prime minister, boris johnson, between the prime minister, the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, yesterday evening. talks from which the main parties are merged saying the main parties are merged saying the negotiators for both parties will continue to talk, but saying also that sunday, the sunday is being set as the deadline for a firm decision on whether a deal can be reached, a trade deal can be reached in time for the end of the transition period, which is the 31st of december. interesting comments from the irish prime minister he said the issue of the level playing field, to do with fair competition, theissue f

tanya dendrinos reports. it looks like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster.sn't planned. it's the crash landing of the latest prototype of the spacex starship. two, one, zero. codenamed sn8, it was the craft‘s first attempt at a high altitude flight test. early on was smooth sailing for the uncrewed mission. it lifted off from the boca chica facility in texas on a brief flight tojust over 12km, achieving much of what it set out to do. including a horizontal descent. but after a flip back into the vertical position for touchdown, things went a little awry. it might not have looked like it, but according to spacex ceo elon musk, the flight was a success, congratulating his team, saying, "we got all the data we needed". his sights firmly set, tweeting, "mars, here we come". tanya dendrinos, bbc news. carol is at kew gardens this morning to get us into the festive spirit. presumably in the dark, but all lit up presumably in the dark, but all lit up this morning because the lights have just come up this morning because the lights havejust come on. isn't it gloriou

tanya dendrinos reports. a return from the moon carrying precious lunar cargo. promptly planted as china submitted itself as a key player in the space race. this is a pretty big dealfor china, they have been catching up on space and this is the biggest mission they have done. they ran a whole rehearsal for this in 2014 so they have been preparing for this moment for a long time and the fact that it went off so successfully is going to give them confidence to do even more ambitious missions in future. the mission was launched at the end of november, a probe sent into orbit around the moon. part of it landing to drill and dig up samples, with around two kilograms expected to have been collected. you can do a tremendous amount with a very small amount of material, so they don't need tons of material to do a lot of science. these samples are also very interesting because they are from a different spot where apollo went and the lunar probes from the soviet union went and it is also what we believe is a younger spot, maybe about 1 billion years old instead of 3—4 bill

tanya dendrinos, bbc news.ut humans on the surface of mars. the speed of getting this done means that not all the tests are going to be successful and in particular this test was even worse than what you would expect to have in reality because this was such a short flight, just a few minutes long and yet it launched with a a lot of feel on board and that feel was not burned so when it was getting back to earth essentially it was thrown up like a stone and came back down after getting up to 12 miles or so, it had to slow down with all that feel, nearly all that feel still on board which was more than generally you would be asking for a rocket to do effort was going to another planet for example. it worked going up, it was tested beyond its limits on the way down and we saw the results. when you talk about the speed at which the team is trying to do things, is that about pr points? they want to be first or? there is an impatience. part of that, the pr of such an explosion in one sense the immediate pr seems poor

tanya dendrinos has more.y repaired, the thousands of pieces piled into this wristwatch treasure trove live on, as does the craft, passed through generations. translation: i inherited the shop from my father, and my father inherited it from my grandfather. i don't remember much about my grandfather's days, but i do remember my father's. because he was in the shop for 20 years. and i inherited the shop in 1981. yusuf believes he may have even fixed a piece belonging to saddam hussein. he was just 11 when he first picked up the tools, sticking with the trade into the digital age. translation: after mobile phones hit the market, people stopped buying watches, but three or four years later, watches were in high demand, and most of the other watchmen left theirjobs and closed their stores after the market crash. a nod to the timeless nature of the humble timepiece, and a man determined to preserve as many as he can. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. y0u're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ca

tanya dendrinos has the details. a dusting of magic.central park, a winter wonderland. pure joy as families took a snow day, swapping school for sleds and snowflakes. i love it so much, it's just so great to get out and have time to get away from the city and come into this park and have fun. a much—needed distraction from the challenges faced this year in a city and country so hard—hit by covid—19. oh, it's been so necessary after what we've been going through here in the city and around the world. it's a really nice break right before the holidays. it's been terrific. but beautiful as it is, the snow, which was around a metre deep in some areas, also caused havoc on the roads and even on the runway, with flights cancelled and delayed. this spirit airlines plane slid off the taxiway after landing in baltimore. passengers all safe and accounted for, bussed to the terminal. just another reminder that nothing trumps mother nature. this is amazing. smile! laughter. under normal circumstances you might be looking forward to your work's chri