Dateline london looks at the effect impeachment could have on Donald Trumps support base. Hello, good morning. The australian Prime Minister, scott morrison, has acknowledged public anger at his decision to go on holiday while his country faces a bushfire crisis. Mr morrison said if he could go back he would have made a different choice. The fires are expected to worsen with more hot dry weather expected. Mr morrison did acknowledge the role of climate change, but said warming temperatures couldnt be connected to any single fire. Gareth barlow reports. This is the remarkable, almost apocalyptic, scene facing firefighters tackling australias deadly and devastating wildfires. Fire chiefs described saturday as an awful day. As thousands of personnel tackle raging infernos, the countrys Prime Minister, scott morrison, has been heavily criticised for being on holiday in hawaii, a trip hes now cut short. I get it that people would have been upset to know that i was holidaying with my family while their families were under great stress. They know that im not going to stand there and hold a hose, im not a trained firefighter. Im comforted by the fact that australians would like me to be here, just simply so i can be here. An area the size of belgium has been torched by the fires. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed with vast swathes of the landscape decimated by fire. Scores of blazes continue to grip the country. The relentless nature of this season is certainly taking a toll and so too is the geographic spread of the activity. You might recall for several months between july and the end of september, most of our effort was really concentrated in north east new south wales. Weve now got fires spreading from north east new south wales, the queensland border, down to the south coast of new south wales. This week has seen record high temperatures repeatedly broken. Scott morrisons government has long defended the use of fossil fuels and the Prime Minister has previously criticised local politicians whove linked the fires to climate change. But with australia hotting up and public pressure rising, the pm said the government would take action on climate change. There is no argument about the links between. In my view and the governments view, and any government in this country, about the links between broader issues of Global Climate change and weather events around the world. But im sure people, equally, would acknowledge that the direct connection to any single fire event is not a credible suggestion to make that link. So, we must take action on climate change, we are taking action on climate change. Arson, lightning strikes, even self combusting piles of manure, have all been blamed for triggering the blazes. First, though, the authorities have to try and take control of the flames before they can try and control the causes to prevent future fires. Gareth barlow, bbc news. Our correspondent shiamaa khalil is in balmoral one of the worst hit areas in new south wales. Im just going to try and make my way to one of the houses over there. You just have to watch every step you take. I mean, theres still smoke coming out of tree trunks, still smouldering. Watch it. And itjust gets you right in the throat, it becomes very hard to breathe. We also have to be very careful about the trees around us. Some of them have been completely burnt out. Theyre still standing, they could fall any time. But just look over there. Look at that. Look at that smoke, and just beyond it, look at that devastation. Nothing has escaped those fires. Nothing escaped the flames. And the destruction is absolute. You can see why firefighters are saying its too dangerous for people to come back to these areas. This house has been completely destroyed. I mean, you can see the remains of what used to be a kitchen, cars completely out, but really, what theyre afraid of now are those trees. The fact that these trees have been completely burned, and some of them have fallen off. Thats the danger now, and thats why people are not allowed back to those areas. Tesco has suspended production at a factory in china following allegations forced prison labour was used to pack Charity Christmas cards. It comes after the sunday times reported a 6 Year Old Girl from south london found a message from shanghai prisoners hidden in a box of cards. Our correspondent greg mckenziejoins me now. What more can you tell us . It was a six year old from south london who was sitting down writing her Christmas Cards to her friends and family and discovered one of the Christmas Cards in this £1. 50 box from tesco had already been written m, m from tesco had already been written in, in block capitals, message reporting to be from a prisoner in shanghai. It simply read, we are foreign prisoners in shanghai qingpu prison in china, forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organisations. The families did that and they contacted the human rights journalist peter humphrey, that was pa rt journalist peter humphrey, that was part of the message. It said to the recipient please contact peter and peter since most of the sanitised for the story. Tesco have issued a statement since went to the sunday times newspaper. Sunday times they statement since went to the sunday times they say they are shocked and would never allow prison labour in their supply chain. They said they were shocked by allegations and immediately halted production at the factory where these cards are produced and have launched an investigation. Tesco say they have contributed £300,000 to charities from the sale of their Christmas Cards and that goes to various charities in the uk. An investigation is ongoing. Greg, thank you very much. 88 flood warnings remain in place across the south, the midlands, and the east of england, and one other in wales following another night of heavy rain. Yesterday, a tornado swept through parts of surrey, damaging cars and houses and ripping up trees. This report from james 0hara. This is what days of relentless rain falling on to already saturated ground looks like. More than 100 mobile homes had to be evacuated at a caravan park in yalding in kent. Residents are unlikely to be able to return home for several days. In pulborough in west sussex, the sand bags are being put to the test. As the river rises, these vehicles didnt stand a chance. Weve got more rain on sunday, and more rain on monday as well, so its not going to get any better. I think the key thing here is its not going to get to the severe situation, where weve got significant number of properties. Its going to remain high until christmas, but after that, weve got a drier period, so hopefully things will calm down then. But this was the sight that greeted motorists on the m25 near chertsey in surrey. A tornado sucking up things from the ground and throwing them around. It left a trail of damage to these houses. Residents say they couldnt believe what they were seeing. With christmas approaching, millions of people will be taking to the roads in the coming days. Theyre set to endure what police are calling miserable driving conditions, hoping theirjourneys dont end like this. James 0hara, bbc news. The parents of harry dunn are to meet with the home secretary, priti patel, as the government considers whether to begin extradition proceedings against an American Woman accused of their sons death. Anne sacoolas is charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a crash in northamptonshire in august. Mrs sacoolas left for the us following the incident, claiming diplomatic immunity. Her lawyers said she would not return to the uk to face a potentialjail sentence for a terrible but unintentional accident. In the last few minutes, the queen has arrived for a Church Service at sandringham for a carol concert. She wasjoined in her car by edward, sophie and their son, but without the duke of edinburgh who has spent a second night in a Central London hospital. Prince philip, whos 98, is being treated for a pre existing condition, on the advice of his personal doctors. Our correspondent, simonjones, sent this update from the king edward vii hospital. Well, theres been no official update overnight from the palace. In fact, we havent heard anything from them formally since friday, when Prince Philip was admitted to hospital. I think its worth reiterating what they said back then. They stressed the decision to bring him here was precautionary on the advice of his doctor. I dont think we can read too much into the fact were not getting regular updates from the palace, because in previous years when Prince Philip has been in hospital, we heard very little from them until the point when he was ready to be released from hospital. Theyre still not saying what hes being treated for. We know that in the past he has had an operation on his hip. He has also had a stent fitted to deal with a blocked artery. The reason there is some concern is he is obviously 98 years old. And weve seen very little of him in public in the last couple of years. He retired from official royal duties. He used to carry out some 300 engagements a year. He was one of the busiest royals. But now he is rarely seen in public. He did, of course, at the start of the year have a nasty car accident, though he emerged from that pretty much unscathed. He was seen at a wedding in windsor back in may but few sightings since then. Overall, i think the palace are optimistic he may be well enough to be released in time for christmas to travel back to sandringham tojoin the queen. Although, of course, he did miss christmas celebrations back in 2011 with the royal family, because he was in hospital then having an operation. Simonjones reporting. Dozens of pesto products are being recalled overfears they may contain traces of peanut without listing it on the label. The products, all made by sauce maker sacla, also include own brand jars of pesto from supermarkets waitrose and aldi. The Food Standards Agency has issued an allergy alert, warning that 25 products may be affected. Mps have called on whirlpool to offer refunds or swift compensation, as it recalls half a million washing machines. The machines, sold under the hotpoint and indesit brands, have been identified as potential fire hazards. Whirlpool is to begin the recall in the second week of january. But mps says the delay means customers have been severely let down. Notre dame will not hold a Christmas Mass for the first time in more than 200 years. Repair work is continuing on the parisian cathedral after a devastating fire in april, which destroyed its spire and roof. Midnight mass will be celebrated at a nearby church instead, according to officials. About 1 of the population has some form of epilepsy, which would suggest more than 60 Million People worldwide. Yet for many drugs don t work very well. Now, a team of Cambridge University scientists has built a tiny Electronic Device that could eventually sit on the brain to work out when the patient is about to have a seizure and deliver a drug to stop it. 0ur science correspondent, richard westcott, reports. In a very, very clean room at Cambridge University, theyre building a device that could one day transform treatment for epilepsy. So, chris, i take it youre not dressing like this forfun, fun as it is . Yeah, yeah, no, actually, for the electronics were making, its really important to be in an ultra clean environment. No dust, nothing in here . No, no dust, nothing in here. Itll sit on the brain and deliver a drug when it senses a seizure is coming. So, it feels a bit counterintuitive to have a device in your brain. How do you stop it kind of being rejected 7 so, actually, the device works very similarly to the cells in the brain. It that it can sense what other nearby cells are doing, and then know exactly when to release chemicals to tell the other cells what to do. Its exactly how the neurones in the brain work. One of the biggest obstacles to treating epilepsy and other Brain Disorders is getting the drug to where it is needed. A thing called the blood brain barrier stops many drugs getting through. This device could bypass that problem. So, the benefit of having a small device directly in the brain is we only deliver drugs where theyre needed, so you mitigate side effects. And because theyre going exactly where theyre needed, theyre highly effective. So we have found a very small amount of a drug can go a very long way, if it is delivered in the right location. The only part of the device that actually goes into the brain is this tiny needle here thats the width of two human hairs. And if you look at it under the microscope, this red patch here is the drug that is delivered when you need it. And how does it know when you need it . When someones about to have an epileptic seizure, the electrical activity in the brain changes, and sensors on the device pick that up. So, there are many potential applications of this technology, where we combine the ability to sense with the ability to locally deliver the drug. Other applications we have been looking into, for instance, treating various cancers, parkinsons disease, chronic pain. Basically, any application where you want to couple the ability to know when to deliver the drugs and then very locally and precisely deliver it where its needed. Its early days, but they hope to be testing in humans within five years. Richard wescott, bbc news, cambridge. The headlines on bbc news. Australias Prime Minister returns to the country after facing criticism for holidaying in hawaii while bushfires engulf three australian states. Tesco suspends Christmas Card production at a chinese factory after a six Year Old Girl in london finds a message claiming that prisoners are being forced to pack them. The parents of harry dunn the teenager killed in a Road Accident in northamptonshire in the summer are to meet the home secretary for talks. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres holly hamilton. Good morning. Liverpool bossjurgen klopp has praised his players for passing test after test after they won the Club World Cup for the first time. They beat flamengo of brazil in extra time in the final in doha Roberto Firmino scoring the winning goal, just as he had in the semifinal. Its liverpools second trophy of the season so far, after they beat chelsea to win the uefa super cup in august. Game after game after game, they are really showing their desire to make the next step, their desire to win the next game, their desire to win the next challenge. I said before the game i didnt know exactly how it would feel. Now i can say, its outstanding. Absolutely sensational. Im so proud of the boys and yeah, couldnt be better. Liverpool now turn their attentions back to winning the premier league. Theyre ten points clear at the top while fifa have ambitious plans of their own, for the Club World Cup. 0lly foster has been following the tournament in doha for us. Itll be back in qatar in 12 months was of european domination continues. Liverpool were the winners, upgrading their European Champions League title to a world title now. Juergen klopp speaking about how he didnt really know how to feel about this tournament but he 110w to feel about this tournament but he now knows that its sensational, he said. Absolutely outstanding. They head back to the premier League Winter now to see if they could stay in front of the chasing pack. Ten points clear at the moment ahead of Leicester City and wouldnt they just love to add a premier league title . Their first in the top division in england for almost three decades. To all those other titles they won this year. As for this tournament, well, it will stay with the six continents, the best from them next year, before it expands hugely in china in 2021. 2a teams will be involved. Many clubs and associations from around the world have their reservations about that, as fifa tried to expand their own interests into the club game around the world. That will become a tournament every four years. We will see exactly how that beds down. As for liverpool, they are world champions and very, very worthy winners. Fallon sherrock has told us she sees no reason why she cant win the pdc world darts championship, after making it through to the third round. On tuesday, she became the first woman to win a match in the competition, and last night she beat the 11th seed Mensur Soljovic by three sets to one. And although she knows shes doing something very special, she says shes managing to stay relatively calm going into each match. When i went up there last night, i just forgot all about what id done on tuesday and focused on the game. I totally forgot about everything else, i didnt put pressure on myself. And, again, it is alljust trying to sink in at the moment. Its still not sunk in. Im still in disbelief about whats going on. I have definitely, like, helped put womens darts on the map. Ive definitely heard a lot of stories about how i have inspired more younger people to play, younger girls, more women to take up the sport. Ifeel so proud of myself because im encouraging more people to play. Its a great sport to get into and i feel really proud of myself that im helping everyone else discover it and enjoy it for themselves. The fighter being talked about as britains next heavyweight star, daniel dubois, is still unbeaten after knocking out japans Kyotaro Fujimoto in london. Dubois caught him with a powerful right hook in the second round that extends his winning streak to 1a, as the hype continues to build, for a shot at one of the main heavyweight belts next year. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more in the next hour. For now, back to you. Many thanks. The 12 days of christmas is being brought into the digitial age. For 12 days, the center for countering digital hate, an organisation combating hate online, will attempt to drown out the negativity on social media by flooding it with hopeful, positive stories. Imran ahmed is the ceo of center for countering digital hate the organisation behind the campaign. Hejoins me now. Thank you very much for being with us. Thank you very much for being with us. Tell us what youre trying to do with this campaign. Good morning. Social media can often feel like a very negative space to be in and pa rt very negative space to be in and part of that is because there are people on there that are negative but part of it is also that weve abandoned that space to those voices, we pay disproportionate attention to the most contentious, the most angry voices. And we often describe social media as toxic, as a cesspit of hate and anger. Well, actually, social media reflects the rest of society had most of us are good and decent people, who saw in social media, originally, the potential to bring people together, to give us a chance to form new relationships, to extend our existing relationships and talk about the things that we care about. We would like to come over this 12 day period, not just we would like to come over this 12 day period, notjust christmas but hanukkah as well, and for people like me, itsjust a holiday, its a chance to focus on those positive things that talk about what makes us a better society. Just give us an example. You are trying to flood social media with positive stories and messages foster each day, we pick a different theme and we are partnering with a different organisation, or a public figure. We are looking at issues as diverse as, today, its migration. We will look at the free press and power of the free press in a liberal democracy. It is free press in a liberal democracy. It is migration. It often finds itself under assault. We havejust had a general election and its no secret there has been a huge amount of contention over the reporting of that election. But, actually, a free press is crucial to a liberal democracy and weve seen that in the front pages today, for example, the use of prison labour in china being exposed. But we see that every day and we want to talk about science, which is so often on the internet on social media what we focus on as the misinformation. But we miss stories every day that, actually, are signs of progress in our society. And thats what we are seeking to do, with our partners and with the rest of society. You talk about social media being sort of contaminated with hate. Is that getting worse . Do you think things like brexit, for example, with the whole political divide in this country over brexit, has that made that kind of thing worse . Well, i think politics in britain, rightly, is contentious and robust. And we have debates around it. The question for us is, do we focus purely on the negative voices . Quite often, the discourse around social media, not on social media necessarily, but around it is that its toxic. We focus on the victimhood of those who are abused and we should, of course, help those who are abused by trolls, because its not a nice thing to happen. We are saying lets focus on the positive uses of social media. Part of that is about pushing out messages, giving information to each other, about how good our society can be at its best. Very good to talk to you and good luck that campaign, from the centerfor countering digital hate. Actor tony britton has died aged 95. He starred in many british films including the day of the jackal and appeared in the bbc sitcom don t wait up alongside nigel havers. His daughter, presenter fern britton, announced the news on twitter. A nativity scene by banksy has appeared at a hotel in bethlehem in the west bank. Dubbed the scar of bethlehem, the work shows jesuss manger by israels separation barrier, which appears to have been pierced by a blast. The work is a collaboration between the Hotels Owners and the artist, whose described it as a modified nativity. Now, millions of brussels sprouts will be eaten across britain over the next few days, with supermarkets expecting a 500 increase in sales. The bitter tasting vegetable often divides opinion, but new varieties are being grown to try to win skeptics round. Sam fenwick reports. As you tuck into your christmas dinner, its likely that the sprouts on your plate will have been grown in the scottish borders. Theyre planted in rows, and the cool north sea winds make for ideal growing conditions. Its been a very good harvest, weve had a very good growing season, the sprouts are looking very healthy, theyre standing up, theyre looking really good. Sprouts are really good for you they have four times more vitamin c than an orange, but theyre not always everyones favourite vegetable. I dont like sprouts because theyjust make me go eugh the sprouts are tasty. Ive never tried sprouts. Nope, not my thing. Nope. But theres Something Special going on in these scottish fields that might change your opinion of the humble sprout. This variety of sprouts has the compound glucosinolate, been altered in it. Its more of a sweeter tasting sprout, these wont have the bitterness that people associate with sprouts. Sales of sprouts increase by 500 at christmas, tesco alone will sell 90 million of them. And how many sprouts that you peel a day . 40 baskets, which is about half a tonne a day. Thats a lot yeah, its a lot. Now, im one of those people that doesnt really like sprouts, ill maybe have three on my plate on my christmas dinner ill move them around, maybe try and hide them under a piece of turkey. But im told its because im not cooking them correctly. Ians here, hes our expert in growing sprouts and cooking them. Ian, what am i doing wrong . I think youre cooking them too long. You mean putting them on the boil in october is too soon . It is. Its the last thing you should cook before you put your plate together for your christmas dinner. Really . Yes. They only take a few minutes and they stay lovely and green, and they taste really, really nice. These have been boiling for three minutes, and thats them ready now. Here we go, can i take a little one out . You can have any sprout you like. Its hot, mind. Its very hot they taste very green. Correct. So, this christmas, maybe its time we gave sprouts a second chance. Mm sam fenwick, bbc news. That is very good. I love them thousands of people have gathered at stonehenge to mark the winter solstice. The solstice has been celebrated by pagans for thousands of years to mark the start of winter, and the shortest, darkest day of the year. It occurs when one of the earths poles has its maximum tilt away from the sun. Reporter Michele Cross went to stonehenge to talk to those who are celebrating. My husband made our headdresses, and we come like this every year, just to mark the solstices, get with the people. The atmosphere is amazing and we love to bring the kids. Its a really family atmosphere, theres never any trouble. Its beautiful. And you bought your daughter, chloe. I hope youve been beating that drum, this morning. Michael, just talk me through the outfits that youve put together. I like to get some, like, bits and pieces and tie them on, like and stick them on our heads. Happy days youre a pagan. What does the winter solstice mean to you . Its like celebrating ancestors and things like that, having a little drink of mead. That sort of thing, you know now its time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. For pagans and everybody else. It has been very wet over recent days. Another 20 to 25 millimetres, almost an inch across us in southern and south eastern counties of thing that in the last 2a hours whilst the flood warnings have diminished since this time yesterday, they are still in excess of 80 across england and the details are on our website. 0vernight rain clearing away from eastern coasts and behind that, sunshine and showers in Western Areas and heavy infantry where you catch them. 7 11 the top temperature, cold in the north of scotla nd temperature, cold in the north of scotland where we had the sharp overnight frost. This evening and overnight, variable cloud and clear spells and showers pushing across more frequently in southern scotland, Northern Ireland and north west england later, giving a longer spell of rain. Most will stay above freezing but we could see frosty conditions across the north and east of scotland. Showers tomorrow mostly concentrated through Northern Ireland, Northern England and parts of southern scotland. Heavy and persistent at first and gradually easing and elsewhere there will be good spells of sunshine. Temperatures on a par today, 7 to 11 celsius. Australias Prime Minister apologises for holidaying in hawaii as wildfires continue to sweep across three states. Tesco suspends Christmas Card production at a chinese factory after a six Year Old Girl in london finds a message claiming that prisoners are being forced to pack them. The parents of harry dunn the teenager killed in a Road Accident in northamptonshire in august are meeting the home secretary for talks. Nearly 90 flood warnings are in place across the midlands and south of england after another day of heavy rain. Now on bbc news, its time for dateline london