tolu adeoye, bbc news.ar london bridge, say they are shocked and saddened by what happened, and that they totally condemn his actions. usman khan killed jack merritt and saskia jones, and injured three others, before being shot dead by police. in a short statement, his family expressed condolences to the families of the victims. we have much more on our website. for now it is goodbye from me. now on bbc news sport today. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: gabrieljesus scores a double as champions manchester city beat burnley 4—1 closing the gap on premier league leaders liverpool to eight points. after a seismic shock in heavyweight boxing, can andy ruinunior upset anthonyjoshua again? we'll be in saudi arabia ahead of the weekend's blockbuster. and defending champion ronnie o'sullivan is through to a last 16 clash against china's ding junhui at the uk championship. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that manches

tolu adeoye, bbc news.um, mps finally back a brexit deal, with a majority of 124. the duke of edinburgh is admitted to hospital in london for treatment for what buckingham palace describe as a pre—existing condition. the death of harry dunn, the teenage motorcyclist hit by a car in august. now, extradition proceedings begin, after an american woman is charged with causing his death by dangerous driving. the top democrat in the us congress, nancy pelosi, has written to president trump, inviting him to give his state of the union speech on the 4th of february amid the impeachment battle. the annual speech would come during or soon after his trial in the senate, where he is likely to be acquitted. he was formally impeached by the house of representatives on wednesday. let's get more on this with our correspondent, peter bowes. he has also taken a shot at nancy pelosi on twitter. what is the latest? the white house has said the president is accepting nancy pelosi's invitation, and of course this is all very rou

our correspondent tolu adeoye is at the scene and gave us a few more details on what took place thisbed this as a truly shocking incident. it was just after 3 o'clock, as the students were leaving debden park high school when this hit—and—run occurred. we had it confirmed sadly that a 12—year—old boy was killed in that incident. as you say, five others injured as, for teenagers, —— four teenagers, a woman in her 50s. their injuries are not life—threatening. the bbc has spoken to one of the people injured and told how the car had revved up, turned around and then deliberately driven into him and his friend and in the last 45 minutes, we heard from essex police, they believe this was deliberate and a murder investigation has been launched and they are trying to find a 51—year—old local man man in connection. they say their officers will be working into the night to try and track down this man but certainly tonight, there is a family morning, there is a community shocked as to how this could have happened today. as tolu said, essex police have given an update this evening — chief superi

tolu adeoye, bbc news.ory comes from the royal academy in london, with razia iqbal. as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides season we hear two perspectives on the 1979 iranian hostage crisis. hello and welcome to witness history. coming up, the peaceful demonstrations which started the fall at the berlin wall. the fight online against the islamic state group in mosul and the dancers who broke down barriers to become the first black classical ballet company. but first, as part of the bbc‘s crossing divide season, we bring you two perspectives on a historic moment in the relationship between the us and iran. in 1979, a group of iranian students overran the us embassy in tehran and took the americans inside hostage. we had an opportunity to convey the message of the iranian people to the world. we had to make the best of this opportunity. in iran, hundreds of students have broken into the american embassy in tehran, holding a number of staff hostage. revolutionary guards and police did nothing to stop the studen

tolu adeoye, bbc news.ent. the so—called pisa tests compare how 15 year—olds across the globe perform in science, maths and reading. so there's progress — but the uk still lags behind the top 3 performers — china, singapore and macau. in reading the uk is 14th — up from 22nd three years ago. it's 14th in science too — up one place from 15th last time. and in maths — the uk is 18th — up from 27th. but alongside those improvements — the uk's teenagers were also found to have among the lowest levels of ‘life satisfaction‘. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has been studying the details. every lesson starts with reading in this school. a science class exploring the words for crop circles... phenomenon. make sure you understand what that means... like one big book club, everybody also reads for pleasure. the idea — turning reluctant readers into booklovers. in primary i never thought in my spare time to go and read, but now i do. if you at least get in 20 minutes a day, then it'sjust going to help you with so

our correspondent tolu adeoye reports. rainfall overnight, flooded roads causing disruption for drivers on one of the busiest travel days of the year. in buckstead, in east sussex, one couple told us how they were unable to leave their home because of the water. it was quite forceful, and it got up to the height of the brickwork there. you can see it. it got — it was about 18 inches, two feet deep, and when i was wandering around the garden trying to rescue things, obviously it was up over my knees, and quite strong. we are raised above ground, and we have three steps, but it was actually lapping the top, almost going over the top steps. so it was about three inches from the kitchen door. much of the disruption involved routes heading for gatwick, the country's second—busiest airport. in west sussex, the m23 was partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks. and this is what the rain led to in surrey — a landslip near to guilford, causing major disruption along the main railway line. what i would like to do is to t

our correspondent tolu adeoye reports. evidence of heavy rainfall overnight. flooded roads causing disruption for drivers on one of the busiest travel days of the year. in buckstead in east sussex, one couple told us how they were unable to leave their home because of the water. it was quite forceful, and it got up to the height of the brickwork there. you can see it, it's about 18 inches — two feet deep, and when i was wandering around the garden trying to rescue things, obviously, it was up over my knees and quite strong. we are raised above ground, and we have three steps, but it was actually lapping the top, almost going over the top steps. so it was about three inches from the kitchen door. much of the disruption has involved routes heading for gatwick, the country's second busiest airport. in west sussex, the m23 was partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks. and this is what the rain lead to in surrey, a landslip near to guilford, causing major disruption along the main railway line. what i would like to

tolu adeoye is in loughton for us.estioned this evening and for the first time we have heard from 12—year—old harley watson's family. they have released a statement in which they say, "we are devastated by what has happened. " they pay tribute to harley, saying he was a good, kind, helpful and lovely boy. harley watson has been described as a boy who wouldn't hurt anyone, a boy who made his mark on his school and was loved by friends and staff. yesterday morning he went to debden park high school as usual, but the 12—year—olds did not make it home. he was one of several students hit bya caron he was one of several students hit by a car on this road in loughton, just metres from his school. this woman's son was just metres from his school. this woman's s011 was one of just metres from his school. this woman's son was one of those hit in the crash. flew down there, just jumped out the car. i went over to what i thought was healthy, but it was harley. i saw him in the corridors, i talked to him sometimes —— i thought it w

tolu adeoye reports.ight has led to in the surrey, a landslip this morning near guildford causing major disruption along the main railway line. flooding is effecting travel across the south—east of england with delays and cancellations for many passengers. we have a number of problems. we have four or five landslips across the whole of the region and in addition we have multiple flooding sites. 0bviously addition we have multiple flooding sites. obviously the worry we have at the moment is the extreme rainfall we have already experienced is going to carry on. problems also on the roads. the m23 has been partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks. highways england says contractors are working ha rd to clear england says contractors are working hard to clear it as soon as possible. much of the disruption on the transport network is for those heading for gatwick. passengers heading for gatwick. passengers heading to gatwick from london victoria are some of the lucky ones as there are still direct

for talk is prime minister ahmed a devotee tolu has no interest in the policies of dr a long time president rich have time to watch any future passage as one of 2 spin. the counties to be founded by former allies major ports of discontent within the ruling a k posse able to present before a terry stop the government. protests against india's new citizenship law have continued for a 3rd day with iran in clashes now spreading to the capital delhi critics say that the no does not extend the same protection rights to muslim migrants as to other religious minorities. it is the you know just in time and as minorities since world war 2 more than 1000000 ethnic week of muslims locked up in a specially set up prisons in china's north western region of jang now the chinese government has consistently claimed that the camps are voluntary re education centers to counter extremism but a slew of recently next documents known as the china cables well they tell a very different story now they reveal that the camps are run like high security prisons and that prison is often shown little mussy now in recent

this now from tolu adeoye on the celebrations so far....the first major city to welcome 2020 with a bang. the sky tower at the centre of celebrations. in sydney, the traditional display went ahead, despite some calls for it to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis. there was singing, dancing and fireworks in pyongyang, as north korea saw in the new decade. whilst a traditional buddhist ceremony was the focus injapan. the fireworks show was scaled back in hong kong because of the recent unrest. protesters formed human chains in the city. so, not the usual big display in the middle of victoria harbour on this occasion. but still, there was quite some show. and this in bangkok... 2020 making quite the entrance. tolu adeoye, bbc news. london's new year fireworks is organised by mayor of london's office. i'm joined now by the mayor, sadiq khan. good evening. the mayor of london, can you hear me? good evening. what can you hear me? good evening. what can people expect in the coming hours? i don't want to ruin the surprise but they will be t

the queen remains at her sandringham estate in norfolk. 0ur correspondent tolu adeoye is at sandringhamof his time since he retired in 2017. this is where he left yesterday morning to go to hospital in london. we know around the same time the queen was arriving for her christmas break here. it really is that business as usual, not a huge sense of alarm around the fact that the prince has been admitted to hospital. and the palace has only said that he's been admitted for observation and treatment in relation to a pre—existing condition. they described it as a precautionary measure. the palace has not confirmed he went to hospital in a helicopter. we know when he got there he did walk into the hospital. the palace have not given us any further details today. of course they would not give running commentary on his condition. one key question that a lot of people want to know is will the prince be ok for christmas day. we know lots of senior royals have already arrived here on christmas day in the queen will host the cambridgeshires and the duke and duchess of cornwall, other senior royals

the queen remains at her sandringham estate in norfolk. 0ur correspondent tolu adeoye is at sandringhame the duke has spent much of his time since he retired in 2017 and where he left yesterday morning to go to hospital in london. around the same time, the queen was arriving for her christmas break here and it is business as usual. not a huge sense of alarm around the fact that the prince has been admitted to hospital and they say it is a pre—existing condition and they have described it as a precautionary measure. we know that when he got to hospital, he walked into hospital and buckingham palace have not given us any further details today stop of course, that would not give a running commentary on the prince's condition. 0ne would not give a running commentary on the prince's condition. one key question lots of people want to know is will he be ok for christmas day. lots of senior royals have arrived here. the cambridge is, the duke of duchess of cambridge and other senior royals will be here. they all hope the print is able to join them. the man who fought off the attacker at fishmon

with that kind of unprecedented , it's hard tolus have anything other than a constructive view on thekets in thed the economy intermediate term. so that's what i have. go, janet isyou our guest. the worldo you that of central banking is changing. the bank of england unsure in the fed on pause. is it qe thatmic, sustains me into 2020 rather than a developed central-bank policy mix? janet: were actually not expecting further rate cuts from major central banks. we think they are pretty done, especially the fed. week, wesustained q. don't expect more. qe should be able to support markets. investors want to see a material nation of that, and that will probably lead to a sustainable market. we actually don't see the central banks cutting further this year. nejra: bloomberg economics thinks we will see nothing through 2020. they also think the ecb will not cut further. exit negative rates for the first time in five years. saying inflation has managed to pick up in sweden. we might talk about the negative impact of negative interest rates, but is there any prospect where inflection -- inflati

tolu aday—yohyay reports. overnight, flooded roads causing disruption for drivers on one of the busiest travel days of the year. in buck's stud in east sussex, one couple told us how they were unable to leave their home because of the water. it was quite forceful, and it got up to the height of the brickwork there, you can see it got, it's about 18 inches, two feet deep, and when i was wandering around the garden trying to rescue things, obviously, it was all up over my knees and quite strong. we are raised above ground, and we have three steps, but it was actually laughing the top, almost going over the top steps, so it was about three inches from the kitchen door. much of the disruption has involved those heading for gatwick, the country's second busiest airport. in west sussex, the 23 was partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks. this is what the rain lead to in surrey, a land and slipped near to guilford, causing major disruption along the male railway line. what i would like to do is ta ke li

our correspondent, tolu adeoye, is in sandringham and gave us this update earlier., we have not heard from them since friday when the duke left sandringham to go to the hospital in london for what was described as observation and treatment for a pre—existing condition. we do know that he has been laughing and joking with staff in the hospital, but no updates at all as to his condition. as the duke was living here which was where he spent much of his time since he retired, the queen was arriving for her christmas break and this morning we got our first glimpse of the queen. she attended a carol service on the estate with prince edward and his family. a small crowd gathered to see them, but nothing compared to the crowds that we would expect here on christmas day when the senior royals will attend church and we are expecting the duke and duchess of cambridge, the duke and duchess of cornwall and many senior royals to attend then. prince philip did not actually go to that traditional christmas day service last year, but many people will be hoping he is well enough to a

for the latest let's join our correspondent tolu adeoye. what is the latest?ck as students were leaving debden park high school when this hit and debden park high school when this hitand run debden park high school when this hit and run happened and we had it confirmed sadly that a 12—year—old boy was killed in the incident. five others also injured, four teenagers and a woman in her 50s, the bbc has spoken to one of the teenagers who was injured and he talked about how a car had revved up and turned round and then deliberately driven into him and his friend. in the last 45 minutes we have heard from essex police and they have confirmed they believe this was deliberate and they say a mode investigation has been launched and they revealed they are trying to find a 51—year—old local man who they believe was responsible —— they say a murder investigation has been launched. they say their officers will be working into the night to track down this man. but here there is a family morning and a community shock as to how this could have happened today. thanks very muc

tolu adeoye, bbc news.a quarter past seven, the headlines on bbc news. three and a half yea rs the headlines on bbc news. three and a half years after that you referendum, mps finally back at brexit —— back—up rex to deal with the majority of 124. the duke of edinburgh hasn't been admitted to hospital in london for treatment for what buckingham palace described as a pre—existing condition. the death of harry dunn. the teenage motorcyclist hit by a car in august, 110w motorcyclist hit by a car in august, now extradition proceedings begin after an american woman is charged with causing his death by dangerous driving. well, five days before christmas, and there are already big discounts in the shops as retailers try to make the most of the last—minute rush. after a tough year for the high streets, stories are doing everything they can to attract customers. including a record number of pre—christmas discounts. emma simpson reports now from nottingham. # dashing through the snow in a one—horse open sleigh... a b

let's get more on this from our reporter tolu adeoye. tell us more about dany cotton's decisions.was in charge of the time. we found out earlier this year that she was planning to retire, but not until the spring and today at news that she has brought this forward. she has come in for a lot of criticism over the response to the grenfell tower fire. some commented that she was insensitive, she made comments about how she wouldn't change how the fire brigade responded to the fire. 0ne wouldn't change how the fire brigade responded to the fire. one of those who support survivors in the bereaved, she said dany cotton stood up bereaved, she said dany cotton stood up in bereaved, she said dany cotton stood upina bereaved, she said dany cotton stood up in a room of bereaved and survivors and said there was nothing she would do to change that night. many thought that was completely unacceptable. do we know what her reason for resigning early actually is? the statement from the london fire brigade says that they want to get another commissioner in so they can get another commissioner in so

our correspondent, tolu adeoye, is at victoria station gave us the latest.ip near to guildford, that‘s affecting trains between guildford and redhill. and it‘s notjust the trains, there are issues on the roads. as you mention, the m23 is partly closed, leading to delays as well towards the gatwick area. there are 56 flood warnings in place, 193 flood alerts. kent affected, sussex affected, surrey affected, norfolk affected — lots of disruption for people as they‘re trying to make their way for christmas or to and from work. the united states hasjust launched its new space shuttle in an unmanned test flight to the international space station. five, four, three, two, one, lift off. the new starliner capsule will be used to send astronauts into orbit next year if the test goes without a hitch. it will be the first time the us sends its own shuttle into space since 2011. good luck to that mission. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. white might we have been talking about the flooding — a completely miserable start to the day. we have been talking about that

the 12 year—old pupil from the school was not the only casualty, as our correspondent tolu adeoye explainsjured. their injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. i spoke to someone who was here who lives in the local area who was down here on the scene quite quickly who talks about people helping those who we re talks about people helping those who were injured, they were taken to hospital. we are not sure of their conditions at this stage. the police has been appealing to witnesses, they say the driver... they are asking for information on a silver ford ka with the damage likely to be on the front. they are asking for anyone with a dash cam footage or information to get in touch as soon as possible. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is? experts warn that climate change is at ‘the point of no return'. an american woman who says she was brought to britain aged 17 to have sex with prince andrew is urging the public to stand beside her. i implore the people in the uk to stand up beside me, to help me fight this fight, to not accept this as being 0k. this

our reporter tolu adeoye is at london's victoria station. for this to be happening but what is the latest? the main cancellation here is to brighten and there have been issues on that behind whistling —— to. that isa on that behind whistling —— to. that is a nightmare for anybody trying to get away for the christmas break. there are also issues on the thames link, southern and south—eastern services and the dreaded replacement buses have been mentioned to help people try to make their way on some of those services. we know this issue between gatwick and brighton issue between gatwick and brighton is because of flooding in west sussex. there has also been a landslip which was taken by a passenger travelling near guildford and we passenger travelling near guildford and we have passenger travelling near guildford and we have some passenger travelling near guildford and we have some pictures passenger travelling near guildford and we have some pictures of passenger travelling near guildford and we have some pictures of that. passenger travelling

tolu adeoye reports.moment is the extreme rainfall we have already experienced is going to carry on. problems, too, on the roads. the m23 has been partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks. highways england says contractors are working hard to clear it as soon as possible. much of the disruption on the transport network is for those heading for gatwick. passengers heading to gatwick from london victoria are some of the lucky ones as there are still direct trains running but anyone coming from brighton is being asked to find alternative means of transport and to allow extra time. normally, on the busiest friday before christmas, we expect there to be problems at the airport and there are, but this time it is on the trains because of the severe flooding. it‘s very difficult to get to or from britain‘s second busiest airport this morning. the met office has issued severe weather warnings for heavy rain, saying water on roads will cause delays in some areas into saturday and sunday. the big christ