john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. ng in more or less silent vigil and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. she's facing seven charges of tax evasion, estimated at £120 million. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: as many as 13 people are now believed to have died in new zealand after a volcanic eruption on white island. the presidents of ukraine and russia agree to implement a full ceasefire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year, but fail to produce a political

the centre of the quake was near the nuclear plant east of bushehr, on iran's southern coast.re no immediate reports of damage. rescue workers in austria and switzerland have been searching for possible victims of avalanches that hit two ski resorts in the alps. swiss police say several people were freed from the snow on a piste in andermatt. wikipedia has welcomed a ruling from turkey's constitutional court declaring a ban on the website unconstitutional, a violation of the right to freedom of expression. wikipedia was banned in turkey in 2017. the government claimed it had cooperated with what officials called terrorist organisations in syria. it's two years since the military crackdown in myanmar that sent hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims fleeing across the border to bangladesh. programmes that support refugees and the communities hosting them were a big topic of discussion at the global refugee forum, a high—level meeting in geneva this month. 0ne clinic in south—east bangladesh has been trying to give just that kind of support. so is it working? catherine karelli

in the centre of leipzig at the weekend another dissenting view has been articulated. the new political groups formed a la poland and hungary are calling for democracy and free elections. everybody was in fear of a civil war and nobody could imagine what follows that, with the russian interfering. is this the beginning of a new war between east and west? we thought if they're would be civil war in leipzig, maybe the west had to react. when i went to church that afternoon to do the preparations for the peace prayer, i can see that already thousands and ten thousands of people had filled the whole centre of leipzig. i could see families with little children, with grandmothers, old people and so on. and i really asked myself, what will happen to them if we would really will have a violent conflict that day? but when the church doors were closed for the prayer, we could only hear that something was going on outside. we could hear people shout, we could take the sirens of police cars and so on. and when the doors opened at the end of this peace prayer, we couldn't go out, b

in the centre were overcome by rising water levels. d to leave urgently, i never saw anything like this here. storm elsa flooded areas, brought down power lines and disrupted travel across the region as thousands hope to travel in readiness for christmas. portuguese authorities have no issue to a red weather warning for a new frate, storm fabien. as well as inner cities, they say that coastal areas are bound to be in the path. in spain, authorities are also standing by for fresh spain, authorities are also standing by forfresh turmoil. spain, authorities are also standing by for fresh turmoil. the national weather office has put of the entire cosa glacier and the neighbouring area of mysterious under alert. britain's prime minister boris johnson has defended the decision to approve a £a billion takeover of the british defence company cobham by an american firm. speaking as he visited british troops in estonia, mrjohnson said he was satisfied the deal didn't raise national security issues. lady nadine cobham, part of the family which set

authorities say the storm killed at least 16 people and cut a swath of destruction through the centrems in australia are bracing for renewed activity, with expected return of intense heat in parts of the country. there are currently 72 bushfires just in the state of new south wales. about half of them are burning out of

a recovery operation is beginning in the philippines after typhoon panphone hit islands in the centree country leaving at least 16 people dead. winds of up to 190 kilometres an hour left tens of thousands of people stranded at ports, many unable to join their families for christmas. the pope has prayed for the victims. james waterhouse reports. typhoon phanfone first arrived on tuesday night. with it came winds of almost 120mph, causing devastation and fear. the storm then worked its way over the islands of the central philippines. only today is there a sense of the damage caused. buildings were torn apart, roofs blown off. whole villages were devastated as the typhoon swept through, leaving residents to pick through the debris left behind. it was so powerful, even large boats were overturned. the philippines is no stranger to tropical storms and typhoons, with around 20 arriving each year. the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more than 6,000 people dead. today, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to br

if you look at the map of australia, this area is kind of in the centre, a little bit north from the the centre, very, very far away, very hot, very uninviting. not much around. much the middle of nowhere. it's not just much around. much the middle of nowhere. it's notjust that it's very re m ote nowhere. it's notjust that it's very remote and also uninviting, it is the fact that the terrain itself, the area itself is quite diverse. these were describing it yesterday and saying look, you've got sand dunes, you've got rocky areas, you've got hard clay, you got dense trees, so it wasn't like the police who have been searching for claire are still using helicopters, can look at an open area and find what they are looking for. the other thing that we know is that the travellers didn't stay in the place where they were stuck initially. they moved. they split up to find shelter and also to find help. we also know from tamra, who was speaking to the press after she was rescued, they were seeking shade in the trees. they often hid under trees for shelter. that's why it's been very, very diff

and, do you think they will move to the centre? position to be able to tackle the issues. one of the things we were reading before we came in here was the letters being sent to people who lost their seats because the leadership did not give them the support it needed. these are basically in personal letters which somebody has just printed. that is a sometimes a look at the bottom from jeremy corbyn singh, so sorry for the result, thanks for all your work. not even banks, tts. this is what the leadership is good doing to these mps. the infighting is so great, i cannot understand how they can be in any position where they need to tack toward the centre, but though they even need to know how? while the corbyn's, there are allegedly on the ground plus salaries, these litters were titled, dear friend, not even bothering to put their name, how disgrace. if you wa nt put their name, how disgrace. if you want an indication ofjeremy corbyn was like denial, that is it, he cannot even bring himself to use that name is. you are very cross today

authorities say the storm killed at least 16 people and cut a swathe of destruction through the centre how the frontiers of science and space were pushed in 2019,

they filled the centre of valletta this evening. ething is rotten at the heart of this tiny island nation. a woman murdered, a multimillionaire accused of complicity in her assassination. angry that the prime ministerjoseph muscat was still in office. we are meant to be a democracy. enough, enough. 0ut. the prime minister? joseph muscat, out, now. i am fed up of the injustice that has been going on. they murdered daphne, they murdered my friend. we wantjustice. daphne ca ruana galizia, an anti—corruption campaigner, was blown up by a car bomb two years ago. she had discovered in the panama papers leak, secret offshore companies linking senior political figures close to the prime minister to malta's richest man, yorgen fenech. what precipitated this crisis was when, late on saturday, mr fenech was brought to court and charged for being part of the plot to murder thejournalist. this was mr fenech just a day earlier outside court as the net closed on him. among his close associates, the prime minister's chief of staff, who stood down la

authorities say the storm killed at least 16 people and cut a swathe of destruction through the centreest with a new intense heatwave expected in parts of the country. close on 3,000 firefighters have been out nearly every day since september. there are still 72 bushfires in new south wales, about half of them burning out of control.

the centre—right paper le figaro focuses on the prime minister committing himself to implementing the on the unions digging in. the moderate cfdt union has announced that it willjoin the protest action, the first time since 2010 that it's formed a united front with the more radical a couple of takes on environmental questions. the frankfurter allgemeine looks at comments by the new president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, in which she said the eu must become a pioneer in saving the world's climate. time magazine has made the 16—year—old environmental campaigner, greta thunberg, its person of the year. it says, "she has offered a moral clarion call to those who are willing to act, and hurled shame on those who are not." we move on to someone who used to be a global icon but whose image has taken something of a beating recently, aung san suu kyi. one of the most reliable myanmar—based news sites, the irrawaddy, reports her defence of the burmese military‘s actions against the muslim rohingya people at the world court. finally, our own bbc news website reports a develo

the centre also predicts that the rate of shop closures will increase next year.n stories around this morning but let's return to another one making the headlines today. police in sussex are into the tenth day of searching for a father of four who disappeared after a night out with friends. firefighter anthony knott hasn't been seen since the 20th of december. his fiancee says she feels numb, not knowing what's happened to him. jon ironmonger reports. ten days gone and anthony knott‘s disappearance remains a total mystery. a firefighter with the london fire brigade, the 33—year—old went missing during a work night out in the lewes in sussex on the 20th of december and he had been to various pubs in the town and was last seen leaving the lamb just after seven p.m.. he is a family man, he loves hisjob, he loves his friends, he loves his kids, his christmas, this is not something he would intentionally do, he would not wa nt to would intentionally do, he would not want to stay away so that's why we are want to stay away so that's why we a re extra want to stay away s

in the centre of portugal, the worst affected cities in the centre of portugal, the worst affected city be agueda, where shops and restaurants in the centre we re overcome by rising water levels. translation: it was all so quick that we had to leave urgently. i never saw anything like this in agueda. storm else flooded rivers brought down powerlines and disrupted rail and air travel across the region, as thousands hoped to travel in readiness for christmas. portuguese authorities have now issued a red weather warning for a new threat, storm fabien. as well as inland cities, they say coastal areas are likely to get a battering from the incoming weather front. five of the deaths this week have been entered spain where the authorities are also standing by for fresh turmoil. the national weather office has put the the entire coast of galicia and its neighbouring region on alert. and its neighbouring region on red alert. the highest level warning due to strong winds and high waves. let's get some of the day's other news: the cuban president has appointed the country's first prime minister in

find out why patrick read is at the centre of the most recent one. will come along.s a defining night for the defending champions, liverpool defeating salzburg 2—0 to keep their hopes of defending the champions league title alive. defeat would have seen them phase out of the group phase, heading into the final round of matches. flashing red lights meant tangible to liverpool, in salzburg there has been signs everywhere of defeat. their striker should come with sirens. currently one of your a's most ruthless finishers, root liverpool consider that a warning. the first half regressed at a panicky pace, a blur of chances. blink and you miss it, as most alison howe did. and so it continued after the break, mo sala left speechless, all the while just one goal could knock liverpool out. imagine the relief when sadio mane queued up the keeper celebrations we re queued up the keeper celebrations were restrained as he once played for salzburg. no such qualms in the stands. they were still attending themselves when they defied geometry. the chances he missed forgiven and forgo

that the unions will be run by summary from the centre-left? rgin. that organisation is one—way. look at the ways the corbyn knights targeted all mps for reselection and most of the mps got reselected. i don't think any deselection is were successful. the thing about politics is the obsession with party politics is one thatis obsession with party politics is one that is understandable for somebody like me, but there is a battle of ideas out there, so 18 months ago we'd never heard of greta thunberg. now, climate extinction, climate rebellion, climate change is so much on the agenda. corporates are taking a concern about it. that is a political change driven by people outside politics. we will have to respond, and so will the tories. and borisjohnson is respond, and so will the tories. and boris johnson is speaking respond, and so will the tories. and borisjohnson is speaking out in sedgefield, addressing tory supporters. i thank you all for your incredible hard work. nobody wanted this election in the run—up to christmas, but what an incredible

in the centre of leipzig at the weekend another dissenting view has been articulated.rmed a la poland and hungary are calling for democracy and free elections. everybody was in fear of a civil war and nobody could imagine what follows that, with the russian interfering. we thought if they're would be civil war in leipzig, maybe the west had to react. when i went to church that afternoon to do the preparations for the peace prayer, i can see that already thousands and ten thousands of people had filled the whole centre of leipzig. i could see families with little children, with grandmothers, old people and so on. i really asked myself, what will happen to them if we would really have a violent conflict? but when the church doors were closed for the prayer, we could only hear that something was going on outside. we could hear people shout, we could take the sirens of police cars and so on. when the doors opened at the end of this peace prayer, we could not go out, because the city was so crowded, everybody was waiting outside. there was no space for the people to go out.

the announcement to step aside came after thousands protested in the centre of the city. . we are meant to be a democracy! enough stop enough. 0ut. be a democracy! enough stop enough. out. out. joseph muscat, out, now!|j am out. out. joseph muscat, out, now!” am fed up with the injustices that have been going on. they murdered daphne! they murdered my friend! we wa nt daphne! they murdered my friend! we wantjustice! daphne! they murdered my friend! we want justice! daphne daphne! they murdered my friend! we wantjustice! daphne caruana galizia, and anti—corru ption campaigner was blown up by a car bomb two years ago. she discovered in the panama papers league, secret offshore companies linking senior political figures close to the prime minister to malta's richest man. what precipitated this crisis was when, late on saturday, mr fenech was brought to court and charged with being part of the plot to murder the journalist. this was mr fenech just a day earlier, outside court as the net closed on him. among his close associates, the prime minister's chief of staff, who stood d

we have 1.2 million people using the city centre per week. ot of people from out of leeds who are getting used to this new system. one of the biggest problems with this project has been contamination. this is coming up to christmas, it is cava and it is actually full. elaine was in charge of monitoring how much extra rubbish was thrown in recycling bins. there's paper, food waste, a pair of pants, it is horrible. but are these types typical? they were much worse. now i think the contamination is reducing, it is becoming habitual. people are using them regularly. the trial in leeds has now finished but the council will continue running the scheme and it has also been rolled out in swansea and edinburgh. it is hoped that time and awareness will one day make recycling on the go as commonplace as the morning cuppa. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. with high pressure and tending to hold on for at least one more day it seems things will be fine and settled certainly for england and wales. we have a weather front encroaching

i think it is hard for someone coming from the centre of the party...g mp ——jess phillips. it is hard to see how she gets elected in a very corbyn centric membership. you could see a good —— good candidates coming through, wowing members at hustings and all ofa through, wowing members at hustings and all of a sudden they may not come through. there will be a big debate about where in the party this leader comes from and who do they represent? the labour party now is very london focused and other big metropolitan areas, the temptation may be to pick somebody represents a sort of new labour comfort zone .it was your tip? if labour had any senseit was your tip? if labour had any sense it would choose a northern woman to be its next leader. there are woman to be its next leader. there a re two woman to be its next leader. there are two to watch in this context. one is rebecca long—bailey, the favourite of john one is rebecca long—bailey, the favourite ofjohn mcdonnell. anyone who has been too critical of the de lima corbyn is going to be in trouble when it

a number of recent reports including by bbc news have highlighted conditions in the centres and sparkedorth is one of the few western journalists to have been given access to the camps. with international outrage still growing over the mass internment of muslims, xinjiang's camps, china says, are no more. translation: all the students who took the classes have graduated. with the help of the government they have achieved a stable employment and live a happy life. china has long insisted that these places are schools for tackling extremism. on our tour we were shown a supposedly grateful muslims being taught to be loyal communist citizens. but away from the show camps the guards, the queueing visitors, the barbed wire, and the watchtowers make clear that enrolment is anything but voluntary. information and access are so limited in xinjiang, beijing's claim that the camps have closed is impossible to verify. but while aspects of the system may well be changing, it is highly unlikely that this massive system of coercion and control has been dismantled. state media has been showing new fact

the sky tower at the centre of celebrations. for it to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis. they were singing, dancing and fireworks in pyongyang, as north korea saw in the new decade. whilst a traditional buddhist ceremony was the focus then japan. the fireworks show was scaled back in hong kong because of the recent unrest. protesters formed human chains in the city. not the usual big display in the middle of victoria harbour on this occasion. but still, there was still quite young show. —— quite some show. that is where celebrations have taken place. more to come, of course. lorna gordon is in edinburgh head of the hogmanay celebrations there. lorna... nowhere quite like scotla nd there. lorna... nowhere quite like scotland when it comes to new year 01’ scotland when it comes to new year or hogmanay, and nowhere quite like edinburgh. let me set the scene... there will be a big party in the centre of the city a little later on. we are expecting 75,000 people. the castle, a fantastic landscaped environment for it. there

they got this in the centre merhi. home boroughs land 20,000 people in accident and emergency. ber of people who end up in a&e over the course of a year. iam sure up in a&e over the course of a year. i am sure many of them over the course of the last week or so, perhaps tired and a little bit boozy... emotional. with a phillips screwdriver... in the kitchen, preparing vegetables. 4000 people falling off furniture. 5000 hurt themselves with power tools. 7000 plunging off ladders. 0h! experts are warning people, men in particular, i am just quoting the article, men in particular, to take extra ca re article, men in particular, to take extra care and they are carrying out work at home. they are legitimate reasons to go to a and eve. but in the sun this morning it has collated some of the ridiculous reasons people have called 999 —— to go to accident and emergency. an irate mantled emergency services "i think has stolen my eggs, chicken usually lays an egg every morning, but there is not one. an quote a woman called his cabal was cold and the takeaway would not replace it. unaccepta

in the centre of east berlin at the weekend, as elsewhere, and dissenting view was being articulated.nd the new political groups formed in the new political groups formed in the manner of poland and hungary are calling for democracy and free elections. everybody was in fear of a civil war, and nobody could imagine what would follow, with the russians interfere? is this the beginning of a new war between east and west? we thought if there was a civil war in leipzig, may be the west had to react. when i went to church on that afternoon to do the preparations for the peace prayer, i could see that already thousands of people filled the whole centre of leipzig. i could see families with little children, grandmothers, old people and so on. then i asked myself, what will happen to them if we really have a violent conflict? when the church door closed for the prayer, we could only hear that something was going on outside, so we could hear people shout, the sirens of police cars and so on. when the doors opened at the end of this peace prayer, we couldn't go out, because the city was so crowd

the protesters moved out from the commercial city centre. city. we're heading out to a district further east. there's been trouble between the protesters and local residents. north point is home to a large pro—china population. fights have broken out. finally, a man accused of attacking the protesters is badly beaten up. by the time bobby arrives, the protesters are confronting a group of locals they accuse of being members of criminal gangs. blamed in the past for siding with the police. the situation in hong kong is slipping further out of control. over in beijing, the chinese state is celebrating its national day. this year, the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china. a projection of unity and might. in hong kong, there are rumours of a heavy crackdown planned by the security forces. six demonstrations are planned over the day. eson goes to one of the city's hot spots, admiralty. quickly, tensions begin to mount. chanting eson is in a group of around 50 protesters who advance on the police positions. gunfire holly and her team

now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. e start with the news that leicester city scored a late stoppage time winner courtesy of a var decision to beat everton on sunday. brendan rodgers' side went behind at home butjamie vardy got the equaliser, and in the fourth minute of injury time kelechi iheanacho sent the home fans wild — and his teammates — with a great strike for the winner. difficult first half, they were back m, difficult first half, they were back in, 5—4, one, and againstanything thatis in, 5—4, one, and againstanything that is difficult, but we try to stay positive and play an offensive game, to then have to come from behind as well, it really demonstrates the spirit and quality in this team, that they have this mindset to keep going and going, and by the end we thought we deserved it. pablo larraza bal won the alfred dunhill championship and a fifth european tour title, despite playing what he called "the worst golf of his career". the spaniard, with a world ranking of 261, playing with a badly blistered foot,

and we'll get all the news from the bbc sport centre, including a dramatic win for leicester city over. hello and welcome to world news today. the second victim killed in the london bridge attack has been named as 23—year—old saskia jones from stratford—upon—avon. she was a volunteer with the prisoner education charity learning together. her family describe her as a "wonderful and positive influence at the centre of many people's lives". jack merritt, who was 25 and from cambridgeshire, was also murdered, while three other people were injured. the attacker, usman khan who was later shot dead by the police, was a convicted terrorist, who had served half of a 16—yearjail sentence. today the conservatives and labour blamed each other for his early release. more on that in a moment, but first for the latest on the investigation, here's, daniel sandford. saskia jones, 23, a cambridge graduate who wanted tojoin the police. herfamily said her family said she herfamily said she had a passion for helping victims of injustice. she was named today as the second person murdered in friday's attack.

with all the sport now, here's holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre. ague and it's top versus bottom at anfield as liverpool welcome watford for nigel pearson's first game in charge of the hornets. ten minutes left in the first half and liverpool need 1—0. mo salah scoring injust and liverpool need 1—0. mo salah scoring in just the last minute. 1—0 to liverpool at the moment, liverpool are eight points clear at the top of the table, above of leicester, who play later. the reds will be feeling buoyant after managerjurgen klopp signed a new contract extension yesterday which will keep him at the club until 202a. in golf, patrick reed's caddie has been thrown out of the presidents cup in melbourne after he "shoved" a fan who verbally abused his player. the incident happened on saturday when reed suffered his third defeat against the international team. kassler karain, who is also reed's brother—in—law, said in a statement: "i don't think there's one caddie i know who would blame me." michael van gerwen has moved a step closer to defending his world champio

authorities say the storm killed at least 16 people and cut a swathe of destruction through the centre

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: late drama as leicester score a 94th minute winner to close the gap at the top of the english premier league. signing off in style — world champion lewis hamilton wins the season—ending abu dhabi grand prix. and despite playing what he calls the worst golf of his career, pablo larraza bal wins the alfred dunhill championship in south africa. hello, and the welcome to the programme, where we start with football, and the news that leicester city scored a late winner against everton thanks to a var decision — keeping them second, and eight points adrift of liverpool. kelechi iheanacho was the beneficiary as brendan rodgers‘ side went behind in the first half, but jamie vardy got the equaliser and in the fourth minute of injury time iheanacho sent the home fans wild, and his teammates, with a great strike for the winner. listen, var has got a lot of grief since it has come into the league, and the referees as well. but i think today was a real positive for the

a recovery operation is beginning in the philippines after typhoon panphone hit islands in the centre 16 people dead. winds of up to 190 kilometres an hour left tens of thousands of people stranded at ports, many unable to join their families for christmas. the pope has prayed for the victims. james waterhouse reports. typhoon phanfone first arrived on tuesday night. with it came winds of almost 120 mph, causing devastation and fear. the storm then worked its way over the islands of the central philippines. 0nly today is there a sense of the damage caused. buildings were reduced to rubble. villages were devastated as the typhoon swept through, leaving residents to pick through the debris left behind. it was so powerful, even large boats were overturned. the philippines is no stranger to tropical storms and typhoons, with around 20 arriving each year. the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more than 6,000 people dead. today, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. not onl

make a well in the centre of the flour. it shows step—by—step instructions with pictures.pes. it's part of a project called connected living — a partnership between the learning disability charity mencap and telecoms company vodafone. the platform utilises a range of technologies bundled together under one roof — literally. app: i am afraid. from smart home devices and iot—based sensors to more simple reminders, to—do lists and instructions. a lot of it is stuff that quite a lot of people are familiar with. smart lighting is not a particularly new concept, smart locks are not a particularly new concept, but what we have done is we have packaged it altogether and put it into this user interface which has been tailored very specifically so it is user—friendly and it is intuitive to use. we started off with a very, very long list of things — these can be quite small things — but things that people might want to achieve and then we gave the list to vodafone and we said "what are the technological solutions to that?" we whittled it down to the things we felt and we heard were m

this is about 90 minutes‘ drive from the centre of sydney. e bush here has been utterly destroyed. the fires are still smouldering. a short distance away, one home has been left in ruins. america will take another step towards being able to launch its own astronauts into orbit again as boeing prepares to launch its new starliner capsule to the international space station. and coming up in sport, new era at arsenal. the club is set to announce manchester city assistant coach and former gunners captain mikel arteta as their next manager. good morning and welcome to bbc news. mps will vote on the prime minister's brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. it's thought the withdrawal agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80—seat majority at last week's general election. some changes have been made to the previous withdrawal bill which have been criticised by opposition mps. one of the key changes to this bill is that it would lega

we are in the suburb of penrith, about 50 kilometres from the centre of sydney. here today. people are trying to escape the heat as best they can. many children and their parents have come to this waterpark in penrith to try and seek some relief across the road there is a shopping centre and it is standing room only in the air—conditioned spaces people are looking to escape this heat that has affected so much of australia in the past few days. a very hot mass of air has been moving from the west to the east and with it, of course, is the danger of heat—related illnesses. heatwaves in australia are the nation's silent killer, killing more people than bushfires, floods and storms have put together. the advice for people is to stay indoors, if they can. other people doing what they can to keep cool. as far as the bushfire danger is concerned it is very extreme hearing new south wales. the danger extends to the north, to queensland and also to the south in victoria. it promises to be another brutal day here in australia. there have been mass protests outside the stad

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. ootball front. but brace yourself for nine matches in the premier league tomorrow, and of course the januray transfer window opens. the manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer says he has money to spend but won't buy anyone just for the sake of it because he could upset the team dynamic. iam i am optimistic we can keep players fit and if the right ones become available, yeah, we do have the resources in a do have the backing from the board but it is also about getting the right ones. it has to be, there is no point suddenly thinking bringing someone else and 110w thinking bringing someone else and now for the sake of three or four months, if that can disrupt any not any good feeling in the group at the chemistry in the group is really good. the west ham captain mark noble has backed david moyes to turn things around. there has been a mixed response from hammers fans to the scots' return to the club. he helped keep them up 2 years ago but was then replaced by manuel pellegrini wh

the announcement he's to step aside came shorty after thousands protested in the centre of valetta. racy! enough. 0ut. the prime minister? 0ut. joseph muscat, out, now! i am fed up with the injustice that has been going on. they murdered daphne! they murdered my friend! we wantjustice! daphne ca ruana galizia, an anti—corruption campaigner, was blown up by a car bomb two years ago. she discovered in the panama papers leak, secret offshore companies linking senior political figures close to the prime minister to malta's richest man, yorgen fenech. what precipitated this crisis was when, late on saturday, mr fenech was brought to court and charged with being part of the plot to murder the journalist. this was mr fenech just a day earlier outside court as the net closed on him. among his close associates, the prime minister's chief of staff, who stood down last week. that left mr muscat fatally exposed. in a televised address to the nation, joseph muscat said he would resign after a new party leader has been chosen injanuary. shortly before he spoke, this was the scene outside his offic

it happens when the moon covers the sun centre, but leaves the outer edges visible.hemisphere right now, we are getting closer to the sun. that means the sun is actually larger in the sky than average so the moon is not able to cover it completely leaving an annulus of light, hence an annular solar collapse. millions of people were able to see this. from astronomers in the uae, to schoolchildren and their teachers in mumbai. to these crowds in singapore, where people will not get another chance to see the ring of fire until 2063. it's an annular eclipse and the next one will be when i am in my 60s and so i might as well take my youth and look at this lovely ring of fire. it took around five hours for the path of the eclipse to move across the indian and pacific oceans. for those watching on the ground, the celestial show was even shorter. it's only two minutes but it's so intense that you talk about it with your friends and family for the next... month. whilst some places will have to wait decades for their next annular solar eclipse, others will not have to wait any

chanting they filled the centre of valletta this evening. isterjoseph muscat was still in office. we are going to be a democracy! enough, enough! out, out! the prime minister? joseph muscat, out, now! i am fed up of the injustice that has been going on. they murdered daphne. they murdered my friend. we wantjustice. daphne ca ruana galizia, and anticorruption campaigner, was blown up by a car bomb two years ago. she discovered in the panama papers leak secret offshore companies linking senior political figures close to the prime minister and malta‘s richest man, yorgen fenech. what precipitated this crisis was when, late on saturday, mr fenech was brought to court and charged with being part of the plot to murder the journalist. malta‘s prime minister was fatally compromised. he left his country residence this morning. pressure has finally told, and tonight he addressed the nation. speaks maltese joseph muscat said the businessman‘s arrest showed justice was being done, and he will now quit his post after a new party leader is chosen injanuary

sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. pening day against south africa, taking four wickets as england made a promising start to the first test at centurion. james anderson struck with the first ball of the day to remove dean elgar, and there were also three wickets for stuart broad as south africa slumped to 111—5 at one stage after some indifferent batting. quinton de kock mounted a recovery before curran stopped him just five runs short of a century. he finished the day with 4—57. the hosts were 277—9 at stumps. it was a hot and gruelling day with ben stokes out of action for much of it, due to dehydration. chelsea have lost consecutive home games for the first time in the premier league since 2011 as southampton moved three points clear of the relegation zone with a 2—0 win at stamford bridge. the home side never got going, and it was southamton who took the lead with this brilliant strike from michael 0bafemi just after the half—hour mark. and then, with 20 minutes remaining, a superb team move saw the ball break for n

the thrust of the day centred around cultural awareness and self-esteem. t home with toys, thanks to the s.f. f.d. and the toy drive. if you're looking for the perfect holiday gift, an annual membership to the zoo is the gift that keeps on giving, offering unlimited year-round programs, and there will be an additional bonus month added to the memberships. in honor of ugly holiday sweater thing, we invite you to show off your ugly holiday sweaters at the zoo all weekend long. on the 20th, the first 20 guests in their ugly holiday sweaters will receive a free zoo key. and make sure to tag us, and we'll share our favorite photos. there is still time to meet santa and his elves at tinse tinseltown, joy at the zoo will continue daily until january 1st with santa and other cooking activities. and we're open on christmas day. and we'll be -- santa will be busy that day, but some of his reindeer will be on-site, and we want to thank all of our staff for working the holidays. thank you. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: is there any complic comment on this item. now hear

the stadium that will be the centre for the games and the paralympics has officially been opened.cky enough to get tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies will see more of this nextjuly closing ceremonies will see more of this next july but closing ceremonies will see more of this nextjuly but on a far bigger scale. if you are celebrating the opening of your 0lympic scale. if you are celebrating the opening of your olympic stadium, you need a highly decorated 0lympian. they don‘t come much bigger and better than this man, usain bolt certainly knows a lot about winning 0lympic titles. the crowd delighted to welcome the gold medallist and he was persuaded to take in a relay race which used 0lympic rings instead of buttons. even though the jamaican has been out of the spotlight since his retirement he was impressed with the atmosphere. it was a great experience actually being here in front of so many people. i was happy and excited because i want to be getting to compete in the olympics or the fact i get to run on the track was an experience in itself. the drums, dancing and s