victoria gill, bbc news. from all of us here, thanks for watching. hello. a completely different feel to the weather for the start of the new week. after our lengthy cold spell, things have been turning considerably milder. mild and windy through the day on monday with some outbreaks of rain — some of that rain will be on the heavy side at times. but starting temperatures for monday morning — 8 degrees in aberdeen, 14 degrees in plymouth — waking up to a completely different feel, but we will see a lot of cloud through the day and some outbreaks of rain moving sporadically eastwards. it may be that the skies clear in northern ireland just in time to bring some sunshine before the sun goes down. a few brighter spells elsewhere but it's going to be windy, particularly around western coasts — gusts of 40, 50, maybe 60 miles per hour in the most exposed spots — and temperatures in double digits for just about all of us, and it's quite a while since we've been able to say that! now, as we go through monday night,

victoria gill, bbc news.king in a male—dominated world, who is celebrated but flawed. with the film awards season under way, tar has already won some awards, been nominated for golden globes and could be in line for oscar nominations too. our culture editor katie razzall has been to talk to its director, todd field, and to cate blanchett. lydia tar is many things. tar is very much cate blanchett�*s movie. written specifically for her, the actor is tipped for another 0scar in her role as fictional conductor and composer lydia tar. it was such a joy to open the door to music again, i really lapped it up. the film is a portrait of a high achieving creative genius unravelling as she is accused of misconduct. in this #metoo story told from the perspective of the alleged perpetrator, writer and director todd field asked questions about cancel culture and society's rush tojudgement. ajudgement is something that is final and absolute and shut down and there is no discussion possible. is there a way to step in someone

victoria gill, bbc news.gh success, jaws, in 1975. the film has been criticised for misrepresenting great whites, and leading to trophy hunting in the us. spielberg was speaking on the bbc radio programme, desert island discs. that's one of the things i still fear. not to get eaten by a shark, but that sharks are somehow mad at me for the feeding frenzy of crazy sport fishermen that happened after 1975, which i truly and to this day regret. the decimation of the shark population, because of the book and the film. i really truly regret that. well, earlier my colleague 0lly foster, spoke to marcela mora y araujo — who is an argentinian football journalist based in buenos aires — and has followed the career of lionel messi from the very begining. she said for messi this was a superb final act — and for the country — a very special time. absolutely historic moment for a country with and an enormous long and proud tradition of football, as you say messi's long international career that has been so close to this tr

victoria gill, bbc news. good to have you with us. i have got the headlines coming up. goodbye.s the highlands, settling through this afternoon and into this evening. it is also quite a cold day, a noticeable breeze out there. the wind has swung in from the north, north—west, and the colder air has temporarily spread across the country. there is a milder air in the atlantic and it is heading our way. for the rest of today the snow settling across the highlands and in some spots, it could be up as much as ten centimetres, but more typically, a couple of centimetres. further south it is much too mild, but it is not particularly warm, three or four degrees come the early evening. seven degrees on the south coast in plymouth. that is 6pm on boxing day. snow showers continue for some time in the evening but then they will fade. it will be clear across many eastern areas. there is a frost on the way, but the next weather front is approaching. it is pushing in milder air across ireland, wales, the south—west of england. that weather front is going to bump into the cold air that is in p

victoria gill, bbc news. more on that on our website. should step down and promising to abide by the results. this comes after a series of policy changes and account bans that have prompted a severe backlash from twitter�*s users. 0ur news reporter azadeh moshiri joins us now. what turmoil there has been over the last couple of months, azadeh, since elon musk acquired the company. how did we get to this point?— we get to this point? turmoil is the right — we get to this point? turmoil is the right word _ we get to this point? turmoil is the right word because - is the right word because things are changing so quickly over the platform. the last seven weeks, everything has changed one hour to the next even. when i was about to sit down with you i thought we will be talking about a policy change but now whether elon musk will be ceo of twitter in the next eight hours. if we take it from the top, earlier on there was a policy change, a sudden last—minute change, in which elon musk said there would no longer be any free advertising of social

victoria gill, bbc news.f creations based on gingerbread, the sweet—tasting biscuit, in the swedish capital, stockholm. on display — cottages, robots, and even a gingerbread pac—man, as well as some more traditional efforts. the competition was won by a design based on the pippi longstocking series of books — the house known as villa villekulla. and if anyone wants to find out if it tastes as good as it looks, they'll have to wait until the exhibition comes to an end injanuary. before we go, let's go back to the party in buenos aires. you can see there hundreds of thousands of people have come out to join the celebrations after the amazing victory today. i've got some quotes from some of the fans, one of whom said "i simply cannot believe it, this is happiness for everyone for all these people today. it was our turn and the joy is ours." and of course 2 million people, it is thought, will be converging around that epic obelisk in central buenos aires is the party continues to rage into the night and if you wa

victoria gill, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news.e heavy side at times. starting temperatures for monday morning, 8 degrees in aberdeen, 14 degrees in plymouth. waking up to a completely different feel, but we will see a lot of cloud through the day and some outbreaks of rain moving sporadically eastwards. it may be that the skies clear in northern ireland just in time to bring some sunshine before the sun goes down. a few brighter spells elsewhere, windy around western coasts, gusts of 40—60 miles an hour in the most exposed spots. temperatures in double digits for most of us. a while since we have been able to see that. going through monday night, further outbreaks of rain down towards the south. as rain piles up in southern parts, there is the risk of some flooding. clearer further north and west, some showers pushing into northern ireland and western scotland. still mild for tuesday morning but a lot milder than it has been. for tuesday, the frontal system may linger across the southeast of england for a while. still low pressure

victoria gill, bbc news.e for the first time. stephanie frappart, from france, will lead a team of three women, as germany seeks to avoid early elimination against costa rica. 0ur senior sports news correspondent laura scott has been speaking to her. after years of climbing the refereeing ranks, today, in qatar, comes a significant moment in the sun for female officials, as the trailblazing frenchwoman stephanie frappart becomes the first woman to take charge of a men's world cup match. before the tournament she told me that despite the enormity of the occasion she feels ready for the opportunity. the men's world cup is the most important competition in the world, not only in football, so we know that there is a lot of expectations. there was always pressure, there are always pressure in the matches and also when you are women you have more pressure because they are always new. i was always welcome in the stadiums, so i feel like another referee inside the pitch. the attention on frappart�*s history—making mo

victoria gill, bbc news. we're back with the late news at 10 o'clock.n the uk and around the world. let's return now to the world cup. a short time ago my colleague 0lly foster spoke to marcela mora, who is argentinian football journalist based in buenos aires and has followed the career of lionel messi from the very begining. she said for messi this was a superb final act and for the country it was a very special time. well, i think my emotions are irrelevant. it is an historic moment for a country with an enormous long and proud tradition of football and, as she said, leonel massey�*s very long career which has been so close to this trophy for so long. you have the future generations of football fans, wafting through, jumping in the pool are preparing to go to town. hong sansom fireworks have already gone off here. we'll always thing —— waiting to see the metal and a uplifting. it is amazing. there has been tears and fear throughout, it is a really tense match. it looked settled, then it wasn't. the whole tournament has been like that. messi and this

victoria gill, bbc news. welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are nigel nelson, who's the political editor of the sunday mirror, and sunday people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. pleasure to have you both back. let me just take you through the front pages very quickly, starting with the guardian. the guardian has analysis of train delays on its front page. the paper claims over half of journeys from the uk's busiest stations have experienced delay or disruption. an investigation into energy companies leads the front page of the daily telegraph. the paper says direct debits are going up even when accounts are in credit. the i leads on a survey from the british medical association, which suggests two thirds ofjunior doctors are trying to leave the nhs. meanwhile, the front page of the daily mail claims fees for agency staff are sucking the nhs dry. it says that the health service is being charged half a billion pounds a year in fees. the times is critic

victoria gill reporting. now it's time for a look at the weather. temperature falling rapidly.and temperatures could be down to minus seven celsius, widespread frost, icy conditions and to some day. middle and stays quite cloudy again possibly a bit of snow, at the back of sunshine for wales, shell is becoming fewer and the south—west of england and some train from northern ireland and scotland away from the final. maybe some snow towards the borders, the fun the final thief of england. some try but other parts of northern england, still miss the sunshine, far south east of england. list in the cold weather for the next two days will find some more when she has been a viscous icy conditions and publish more freezing fog ran from the week. —— bringing a risk of some icy conditions and probably some more freezing fog around. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... less than half an hour to go until kick—off, as england face france for a place in the world cup semi—finals. the fans and the players are at the stadium in qatar — it's the first time the two sides have played at a w

here's our science correspondent victoria gill. detail. but you can really see that we capture the full 3d structure of these trees. each laser—scanned point is a dot on a three—dimensional map of a tree, and that's converted into a solid model. this is the measure of each tree's volume, which scientists can use to calculate the amount of carbon that's locked into every inch of trunk and branch. this one was about 25 tonnes, of which about half of that will be carbon. we have more than almost 1,000 trees that will be weighed here with laser and we found significantly more carbon storage in those trees, almost a factor two. wytham is a very typical uk deciduous woodland in terms of the mix of tree species and age. of course, trees do much more thanjust store carbon, but what this study has done is put a whole new measure on the value that's locked into woodland like this. and the researchers say that big, old trees are particularly important. protecting that value that you have in those large, old, mature trees is almost incalculabl

victoria gill reporting. now on bbc news the weather with darren bett. over the next few days we stay in cold air, will find some more wintry showers leading to some icy stretches. by the beginning of next week, perhaps a bit more freezing fog around. grow some part of the country, here in norfolk, we have seen great, foggy skies keeping it cold, that is tending to move away. temperatures dropping overnight. rain moving down across scotland, fewer wintry showers for northern ireland, wales, western parts of england, some icy conditions here. so too potentially in the midlands with some wintry flurries. widespread frost, lowest averages with clear skies in south—eastern part of england and in northern england. some sunshine for these areas. we will stay quite lightly through the midlands, if you wintry flurries in there, more morse and in wales, shara is becoming fewer in south—west england and was sunshine on sunday in scotland, way from northern england. sunshine or cloud, will be cold for all of us, temperatures may be one, two, three degrees. the pote

victoria gill, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme.f misconduct. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael who died of suspected heart failure at the age of 53, he sailed over 100 million albums in a career spanning over decades. million albums in a career spanning over decades-— over decades. united states troops have been trying — over decades. united states troops have been trying to _ over decades. united states troops have been trying to over— over decades. united states troops have been trying to over i'll - over decades. united states troops have been trying to over i'll throw. have been trying to over i'll throw and they failed in the principal objective and taken to the united states to face drug charges. aha, states to face drug charges. a hammer and sickle hastily taken away in its place _ hammer and sickle hastily taken away in its place the russian flag was hoisted — in its place the russian flag was hoisted up or what is now no longer the soviet— hoisted up or what is now no longer the soviet union but

victoria gill reporting.rown from humble beginnings and now offers regular counselling sessions and the chance for those in need to feel a sense of purpose and belonging. simon spark has been speaking to its founders. what we see in his desperation. things are going well. suddenly they're not. it's that could they're not. it's a damn that could be that everything is just on the part. it could be relationship break—up, work on a simple daily stresses, financial. it's really difficult to pinpoint. find stresses, financial. it's really difficult to pinpoint. and obviously our title, don't _ difficult to pinpoint. and obviously our title, don't lose, _ difficult to pinpoint. and obviously our title, don't lose, hope, - difficult to pinpoint. and obviously our title, don't lose, hope, i- difficult to pinpoint. and obviously| our title, don't lose, hope, ithink ourtitle, don't lose, hope, ithink thatis ourtitle, don't lose, hope, ithink that is exactly what people do lose and if they haven't got hoping or they've go

victoria gill, bbc news.re's our political correspondent iain watson. with more strikes just days away the government is focused on how to lessen the impact.— government is focused on how to lessen the impact. nurses will say their members _ lessen the impact. nurses will say their members will— lessen the impact. nurses will say their members will abandon - lessen the impact. nurses will say their members will abandon the l their members will abandon the picket line and returned to the wart on tuesday but only if government ministers are willing to talk about pay, so are they? i ministers are willing to talk about pay. so are they?— ministers are willing to talk about pay, so are they? i have to say we will beat resolute _ pay, so are they? i have to say we will beat resolute in _ pay, so are they? i have to say we will beat resolute in response - pay, so are they? i have to say we will beat resolute in response to i will beat resolute in response to this because it will be irresponsible to allow public sect

victoria gill reporting.cup quarter final victory over portugal earlier.. we feel amazing. we're super happy and we just we feel amazing. we're super happy and wejust think we feel amazing. we're super happy and we just think that we are going to win the world cup this point. give a kiss for africa and all the arabs! — give a kiss for africa and all the arabs! ~ ., ., _, , give a kiss for africa and all the arabs! ~ ., ., , . arabs! we love our country so much. we also think— arabs! we love our country so much. we also think my _ arabs! we love our country so much. we also think my clay. _ arabs! we love our country so much. we also think my clay. greatest - we also think my clay. greatest moment to _ we also think my clay. greatest moment to be _ we also think my clay. greatest moment to be moroccan! - we also think my clay. greatest moment to be moroccan! we i we also think my clay. greatest i moment to be moroccan! we love! we also think my clay. greatest - moment to be moroccan! we love! -- we also moment

our science correspondent victoria gill sent this report from the un biodiversity conference in montreal threatened with extinction. and the international union for the conservation of nature revealed the latest update to this list here at the biodiversity talks in montreal. it laid out what conservationists have called a barrage of threats to the marine world. marine species are facing unsustainable fishing and by—catch, poaching, criminal networks, pollution, climate change, disease. the pillar coral that's found throughout the caribbean is now deemed critically endangered, threatened by pollution and warming seas. many other species feed and live on these corals. the dugong, a large grazing marine mammal is now on the brink of extinction, with trawling and pollution wrecking its habitat. what is happening here in montreal aims to turn this around by agreeing a global deal to protect nature. indigenous people, many of whom live in some of the most biodiverse places on earth, are here to remind all of those countries that their rights are a fundamental part of that. where we are able to

victoria gill, bbc news.ive young people a sense of identity. andy howard has been to meet them. this living room is a football fan's dream. hundreds of football shirts from across the world, the two big glasgow clubs, liverpool, everton, shirts from portugal, spain and even burnley where they are at the moment. they are ready to be sent around the country. why do you do it? growing up i always loved football shirts, that was my favourite present, so we wanted to bring that to some children around the country who otherwise might struggle at christmas. how do you get them? there are shirts from all corners of the globe here. we order in from the donations we receive and people also send is there a very good condition second hand shirts. it must be quite an operation, it must take up a fair bit of your time. it feels like a full—time job! this idea started with ten football shirts and trying to find someone to give them too and now we are looking at this quantity and we cannot really move for football shirts! a

red list, the dugong is almost wiped out in some parts of the world. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill. the red list is something no creature wants to be on the question of nature revealed the latest update to this list here at the biodiversity talks in montreal. it laid out what conservationists have called a barrage of threat to marine species are facing unsustainable fishing and by catch, poaching, criminal networks, pollution, climate change, disease. the networks, pollution, climate change, disease.— change, disease. the pillow coral found _ change, disease. the pillow coral found throughout - change, disease. the pillow coral found throughout the l coral found throughout the caribbean is now deemed critically endangered, threatened by pollution and warming seas. many species live and feed on these corals. dugong, a large grazing marine mammal is now on the brink of extinction, with drawling, and pollution wrecking of habitat. what is happening here in montreal aims to turn this around by agreeing a global deal to protect nature. indigenous people, many of whom live in some of the

victoria gill, bbc news.h project, to see if the movement created by dancing, can help manage the symptoms of the disease. here's edward sault. spread those fingers as far and as wide as you can. boom. this dance class in bournemouth is a class with a difference. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. it is for people with parkinson's and their carers or loved ones such as robin and meg. it is therapeutic because there's not much available for parkinson's. and it is unique, this one. so, when you are with groups i of people that really have either the same or even may be more complicated problems, - it is comfortable, _ you don't feel embarrassed. give me a nice big boom on this one, boom. so what are the benefits for those who come here? quite a common thing that people face when they have parkinson's is freezing or festination of their feet where their feet feel glued to the floor. by doing the weight transfers we do during class, and the rhythms of the marching and all those exercises, they are to

victoria gill, bbc news.ce reports. the torrent of mud came rushing down a steep hillside after days of heavy rain in the brazilian state of parana. it swept across a large section of this highway, washing away everything in its path, including sections of road, as well as around 20 cars and trucks. emergency responders say dozens of people are missing. they�*re using drones with heat—detecting cameras to try to find survivors. but bad weather and the remote location are hampering the search. closure of the highway is causing serious issues for brazilian industry, cutting off access to paranagua port, the country�*s second—biggest port for grain and sugars shipments. about 80% of goods to paranagua arrive by trucks, but the port authority say it is too early to estimate the potential losses from the disruption. the national weather service is now issuing further heavy rain warnings for multiple state. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. the governments in peru and ecuador have declared three—month—long health eme

victoria gill, bbc news. mark cahill immeasurably. a decade on, he's still doing well and has been back to the hospital to meet the surgeon who carried out the pioneering procedure. good to see you again. good to see you. a handshake that tells an incredible story. the patient and the surgeon who changed his life. even more amazingly, mark cahill�*s hand used to be someone else's. he received it in the uk's first hand transplant operation, ten years ago today. the hand arrived by ambulance here at leeds general infirmary. we'll prep, thanks. i got the call. it was a strange one, you know. sort of all sorts go through your mind, you see. will it be successful, will it not be successful? will i like it, will i not like it? because you don't know these things until actually after the operation. mark had lost all use of his right hand because of gout and felt the new procedure was a risk worth taking. the operation went smoothly, but no—one knew how well mark would recover. we'd never done this, it was an emergin

victoria gill, bbc news. makes ou report ijust didn't know. it makes ou think. report ijust didn't know. it makes you think. yeah. _ report ijust didn't know. it makes you think. yeah. it _ report ijust didn't know. it makes you think. yeah. it is _ report ijust didn't know. it makes you think. yeah. it is coming i report ijust didn't know. it makes you think. yeah. it is coming up i report ijust didn't know. it makes| you think. yeah. it is coming up to ten minutes _ you think. yeah. it is coming up to ten minutes to _ you think. yeah. it is coming up to ten minutes to seven. _ you think. yeah. it is coming up to ten minutes to seven. i _ you think. yeah. it is coming up to ten minutes to seven. i bet - you think. yeah. it is coming up to ten minutes to seven. i bet matt i ten minutes to seven. i bet matt knew all about that, did you come about lithium batteries? i knew all about that, did you come about lithium batteries?— about lithium batteries? i know never to stick _ about lithium batteries? i know neve

here's our science correspondent, victoria gill.g technique that measures each tree in fine detail. you can see it'sjust a bunch of points, but you can see how we capture the full 3d structure. each laser—scanned point is a dot on a three—dimensional map of a tree, and that's converted into a solid model. this is the measure of each tree's volume, which scientists can use to calculate the amount of carbon that's locked into every inch of trunk and branch. this one was about 25 tonnes overall, of which about half of that will be carbon. we have more than almost 1,000 trees that will be nondestructively weighed here with laser and we found significantly more carbon storage in those trees, almost a factor two. wytham is a typical uk deciduous woodland in terms of the mix of tree species and age. of course, trees do much more thanjust store carbon, but what this study has done is put a whole new measure on the value that's locked into woodland like this. the researchers say, reveals just how vital our existing so protecting that value t

victoria gill, bbc news, wytham wood.ich trees are being found to even more useful? l trees are being found to even more useful? . , . , , trees are being found to even more useful? . _ , , , useful? i was incredibly surprised. i read a useful? i was incredibly surprised. i read a lot — useful? i was incredibly surprised. i read a lot of— useful? i was incredibly surprised. i read a lot of scientific _ useful? i was incredibly surprised. i read a lot of scientific papers i i read a lot of scientific papers and they are probably one of the dryer things you can read. when i was reading that paper this morning i said while several times. it was just mind blowing how much additional carbon they found in given that you and many others are already into his yes of trees and what they can do.— already into his yes of trees and what they can do. does it change the conclusion of— what they can do. does it change the conclusion of how _ what they can do. does it change the conclusion of how we _ what they can do. does it change the

found significantly more carbon stored in their trunks and branches. 0ur science correspondent victoria gillof a tree, and that's converted into a solid model. this is the measure of each tree's volume, which scientists can use to calculate the amount of carbon that's locked into every inch of trunk and branch. how much does that tree weigh? this one was about 25 tonnes overall, of which about half of that will be carbon. we have more than almost 1,000 trees that will be nondestructively weighed here with laser and we found significantly more carbon storage in those trees, almost a factor two. so that's very significant. we are not talking about 5% or 10%, it's almost doubling. wytham is a typical uk deciduous woodland in terms of the mix of tree species and age. of course, trees do much more thanjust store carbon, but what this study has done is put a whole new measure on the value that's locked into woodland like this. across the uk, according to the study, woodlands store almost double the amount of planet—warming carbon compared to what was previously estimated. big trees, mature woodlan

our science correspondent victoria gill reports.you should avoid losing it at almost any cost, regardless of how many trees you might think about planting. those large trees are incredibly important. capturing detailed pictures of what's locked inside each tree, the researchers say, reveals just how vital our existing forests are in the fight against climate change. the american space agency's mars rover perseverance is set to begin dropping samples of rock onto the surface of the red planet later today. the materials have been packaged in small titanium tubes, with the expectation they can be picked up by a future mission and brought home. it's a major milestone in the quest to find out whether there is life on mars. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. at the moment, it looks like as we head towards christmas weekend, it is going to turn milder. the highest chance of snow is going to be on higher ground across the far north of scotland. today, we have sunshine and showers. there is some snow around but

victoria gill, bbc news, wytham wood.ndent ione wells. this is often quite an interesting day and a big day at westminster but of course a significant day because rishi sunak�*s first appearance against the backdrop of strikes which is all we feel like we are talking about at the moment? this is ve likel talking about at the moment? this is very likely to — talking about at the moment? this is very likely to be _ talking about at the moment? this is very likely to be one _ talking about at the moment? this is very likely to be one of _ talking about at the moment? this is very likely to be one of the _ talking about at the moment? this is very likely to be one of the topics - very likely to be one of the topics that some of the senior cross—party backbench mps will be grilling him about today. strikes alongside other issues at the moment that rishi sunak is grappling with, whether it is in small boats crossing the english channel, and the uk�*s response to the war in ukraine, these will be topics on the agenda but a big m