Receiving treatment for a pre exisiting condition. And chelsea have the upper hand in their london derby against tottenham. That, and the rest of the days sport coming up in sportsday, in half an hour. Good evening. The australian prime minister, scott morrison, has defended his governments record on tackling Climate Change, as bushfires continue to rage across parts of the country. Under pressure for being on holiday when two firefighters died hes now said there is a link between Global Warming and the ferocity and extent of this years fires. More than 100 are still burning in New South Wales, as our correspondent Shaimaa Khalil reports. It feels like a deserted war zone. But this is the aftermath of the catastrophic bushfires that have ravaged New South Wales. In the village of balmoral, the devastation is everywhere. The prime minister, scott morrison, appearing for the first time today after fierce criticism of his holiday in hawaii, conceded that more needed to be done to tackle Global Warming, with scientists saying that drier conditions brought about by Climate Change have worsened the impact of bushfires. We must take action on Climate Change. We are taking action on Climate Change. There is no argument about the links between in my view and the governments view, and any government of this country about the links between broader issues of global Climate Change and weather events around the world. Russell scholes has been a volunteer firefighter for six years. He was out with his team, trying to control the blaze in the village, when his own house was burnt to the ground. So many of the brigade are tired. Thats the mental side of it, when you are continually battling something you cant beat. The only thing that will beat this is mother nature, when she decides to open the heavens up and put it out. So we cant. We are running out of water here. Catastrophic fires have subsided, but the situation is still extremely dangerous here. The roads remain closed off. Balmoral was one of the worst hit areas by saturdays fires, and the community is still very much in shock. Many have not returned to see what happened to their homes and what happened to their village. Just opposite the road from russells shattered house is a very different picture. Craig hurley stayed to defend his home during the fires, using up all the water reserves he had. Flames like a five or six storey building, just roaring all around you. Just scary as hell. You dont know what to do. Trying not to panic, but, yeah, we got the job done, so we saved most of the stuff. Australias bracing itself for a scorching summer and many are wondering where the next big fire is going to hit. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news, balmoral, New South Wales. A six Year Old Girl has opened a pack of Tesco Christmas cards to find a message saying they were packed by prisoners in china being forced to work against their will. Tesco says its stopped production at the factory while it investigates. Jon donnison has more it was six year old schoolgirl Florence Widdicombe who had sat down at home to write out her Christmas Cards to her friends and family when she discovered one of the cards had already been written out. We were writing in them and on about my sixth or eighth card, there was somebody older who had written in it. The message read, we are foreign prisoners in shanghai qingpu prison, china, forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organisation. The first thought was it must be a prank, but on reflection we realised it was actually potentially quite a serious thing, and so i felt very shocked but i also felt a responsibility to pass it on to peter humphrey, as the author asked me to do. The family did just that and got in touch with the human rights journalist peter humphrey, who the message in the card had suggested they contact. He himself had spent time in qingpu prison for his part in an alleged corruption scandal. I spent two years in captivity in shanghai between 2013 and 2015, and my final nine months of captivity was in this very prison, in this very cell block where the message has come from, and these prisoners are living a very bleak daily life. There are 12 prisoners per cell and they sleep in very rusty iron bunk beds with a mattress not more than one centimetre thick. A tesco spokesperson said the company was shocked and it would never allow prison labour in its supply chain. Production at this factory has been suspended and an investigation has been launched. Jon donnison, bbc news, west london. The home secretary has met the father of harry dunn the 19 year old who died in a car crash outside an raf base in northamptonshire in august. Priti patel said she wanted to reassure the family. The goverment is considering whether to ask for the extradition from the United States of the driver charged over the crash Anne Sacoolas. Duncan kennedy reports. The home secretary arrived in harry dunns home village to brief his family in person. Hello, good to meet you. Thank you. Inside, harrys dad, tim, said he welcomed the gesture. This is a Good Opportunity and thank you for coming to listen to what we need to say, and hopefully we can move forward and help other people if they ever get into this situation. Priti has come to try and hearfrom all of you. The fact that priti patel and andrea leadsom, the local mp, came here is a sign of how much impact the case is having. Harry dunn was killed last august when his motorbike collided with a car. Anne sacoolas, here on her wedding day, was charged this week with causing harrys death by dangerous driving, but she left britain, claiming diplomatic immunity. The home secretary said she would do all she could. It was a nice opportunity to hear from them about what they have been experiencing, what they have been going through, and to reassure them. It has been a difficult and traumatic time for them. At the crash scene today, harry dunns best friends arrived to put up a Christmas Tree in his honour, and they say they all miss him terribly at what was his favourite time of year. Lawyers for Anne Sacoolas say she too is devastated by the tragedy but say she wont return to the uk voluntarily. Harry dunns family say that is unacceptable. Theyre concerned that they have one of the finest lawyers in america seeking to undermine ourfair, mature and well developed legal system, which has fairness at its heart. This will be a difficult christmas for everybody involved. Ajudge will now look at the merits of extradition, and then the home secretary will make a final decision. Duncan kennedy, bbc news, northamptonshire. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women were killed in a village in west sussex. Police were called after a disturbance outside a house in crawley down this morning. A man was found seriously injured at the same address. Weve been getting the reaction of one local resident. I just know there was a couple of casualties, someone airlifted to hospital, seriously injured, that is as much as we know at the moment. You know, just really quite shocked. Everyone that we have spoken to that we know is equally shocked, so, to see the Police Presence here is something, we have lived here over 20 years and we have seen nothing like it. The queen has attended church at sandringham for a carol concert. She was joined 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 doctors. Our correspondent tolu adeoye is in sandringham and earlier gave us this update. No updates at all from the palace today, 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 all 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 at least be back at sandringham with his family to enjoy Christmas Day in private, but certainly for now it looks as though he will be in hospitalfor looks as though he will be in hospital for at least a third night. Eighty flood warnings remain in place across england with large parts of the south and east, the midlands and yorkshire on alert to expect further flooding. Dozens of homes have already flooded, and villages across the south east have been left underwater following persistent rain this alfriston in east sussex after the nearby Cuckmere River burst its banks. The banks of the medway in kent have also become overwhelmed, this is a caravan park in the village of yalding near maidstone with water as far as the eye can see. Well earlier, we heard from the Environment Agency who were talking about how parts of surrey have also been impacted. Well, there has been a lot of heavy rainfall in surrey. We have had a lot of flood warnings out in the surrey area. In the centre of leatherhead, we have deployed temporary defences. Those will remain until the weather outlook calms. In the coming days, it is very important that people remain vigilant, check flood warnings, but we do expect the outlook to calm as we head towards christmas. Indias prime minister, narendra modi, has accused his political opponents of spreading lies about a new citizenship law which has led to deadly protest. Speaking at a rally of his bjp party in the capital, delhi, mr modi said Indian Muslims had nothing to fear from the legislation. The law offers fast track citizenship to migrants from neighbouring countries who claim religious persecution but doesnt include muslims. More than 20 people have died in ten days of clashes sparked by the bill, which critics see as anti muslim. Heres our south asia editorjill mcgivering. These are the friendly faces, the prime ministers passionate supporters. He is still a popular and inspirational figure for many here, with a natural gift for working a crowd. But security was tight in delhi as he addressed this crowd, a reminder of the strength of public anger with his governments new citizenship bill. Mr modi had a message of reassurance, delivered with his trademark passion. His political opponents were spreading lies about the law, he said, and fears for indias muslims were groundless. Translation the muslims who were born on indian soil, or whose ancestors are children of mother india, brothers and sisters, they have nothing to do with the citizenship law, or the National Register of citizens. Muslims are not being sent to any detention centres, there arent any detention centres. Brothers and sisters, this is a white lie. Mr modi and his party are fighting back, launching what they call an awareness campaign, with hundreds of pro government rallies and press events. They say the law is misunderstood. Opposition in the last ten days has been vocal and sometimes violent. It has also been nationwide. More than 20 people have been killed in clashes with the security forces. Critics say the government is suppressing dissent, with heavy handed tactics, from tear gas to internet bans. The Authorities Say they wont accept arson, vandalism and attacks on police. The protesters have various grievances, from those who dont want migrants from neighbouring countries becoming citizens, as the law allows and those who think the exclusion of muslims from the law is blatant discrimination. They want to kick out people who live here and they want to kick them out to other countries. So this is the reason people are getting gathered around and they are against this bill and this will continue until the government will postpone this or take it back. All weekend the protest went on. Several thousand people have now been detained, some briefly, in the worst crisis this government has faced so far. Jill mcgivering, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news. Australias firefighters in the state of New South Wales are still battling to bring more than a hundred blazes under control. Tesco has suspended 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 home secretary has met the family of harry dunn the teenager killed in a Road Accident in northamptonshire in august. Hundreds of people have been protesting in hong kong, to show support for Chinas Muslim uighurs. Beijing is thought to have sent hundreds of thousands of uighurs in the xinjiang province to re education camps. Hong kong itself has been rocked by pro democracy protests for more than six months. Michael bristow has the latest. It is interesting, because the protesters in hong kong initially began their protest movement for a very narrow reasons, to stop an extradition law, stop people from being extradited from hong kong to china and that widened to include more calls for democracy and what we are seeing now is like an alliance or support for other people across different parts of china and they are saying, we in hong kong one more freedom but other people across china deserve freedom as well as us. Also i think another aspect of this which is interesting is that some people in hong kong see the province as perhaps a foretaste of what might come to hong kong when this current 50 year status ends in 2047. It might revert to an ordinary chinese place orface similar might revert to an ordinary chinese place or face similar problems to the what the province is facing today. Many of those attending were flying the flag of east germiston. All of this is anger in china, as you say, they have that one country, two systems bring in place, sojust how sensitive are they to these allegations of abuse towards the uighurs . Very sensitive and over the last few weeks, they have launched quite a big campaign to push back at some of the allegations, ambassadors, chinese ambassadors across the world have been fanning out and putting their point, putting the chinese point of view forward, Chinese State media have been producing documentaries and news reports suggesting that this is solely a campaign against terrorism. What the chinese authorities will be particularly worried about in hong kong, they dont like any connection between different protest movements. They like. They dont like protest movements anyway and they dont want them joining together. The linking up them joining together. The linking up of hong kong protesters and identify with what is happening elsewhere is not that they want, they dont want people to think in china that this is something they should be worried about as well. Michael bristow on the latest protest in hong kong. Lets take a look at some more of todays top stories a 26 year old woman has died 7 following a crash involving a car and a National Express coachj in south west london. Both vehicles caught fire after colliding in battersea in the early hours of this morning. The driver of the car remains in a critical condition. The coach had been travelling from Gatwick Airport to victoria station. Theres been dramatic scenes off the coast of sardinia, where a merchant ship became stranded on a rocky stretch of coast. The ship had unloaded a cargo of coffee and was heading for spain when bad weather forced the captain to try to return to port. Rescue crews manage to reach all 12 crew members, but not before theyd endured some very large waves crashing onto the deck. Nobody was injured. Dozens of pesto products are being recalled overfears they may contain traces of peanut without it being listed 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. About one per cent 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, 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 being rejected . Actually the device works very similarly to the cells in the brain in 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 that 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 its 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. 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. There are many potential applications for this technology, where we combine the ability to sense with the ability to locally deliver the drug. Other applications we have been looking into, such as 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. Buckingham palace has released new photos of four generations of the royalfamily mixing up christmas pudding. The queen, the prince of wales, duke of cambridge and Prince George are seen preparing the festive treat. Its part of the Royal British legions initiative to help tackle loneliness among veterans at christmas. 0ur correspondent Helena Wilkinson has more. Prince george is prepping a special christmas pudding, much to the delight of his father, grandfather and great grandmother. These photographs of the four generations of the royal family were taken in the music room at Buckingham Palace earlier this month to mark the royal legions together at christmas initiative. Its designed to support the armed forces community, including veterans, through get togethers at centres across the country. The queen has supported other royal legion events, she attended this concert on the evening before remembrance sunday this year. And other royals have been highlighting their Charity Projects this christmas. Do you do a bit of cooking with your children . Yes, i really enjoy it. Again, for them to be. The cambridges recently took part in a programme with mary berry. Prince william took her to the passage Homeless Charity which he visited with his mother, princess diana, around 30 years ago. The christmas puddings made by Prince George and his family will become the centrepiece of next years royal legion get togethers, and form part of 99 puddings that will be sent across the charitys network in the uk and commonwealth. In the majority of christian countries, a real Christmas Tree is one of the most important items to have at this time of year but while they may look great for the big day, come Twelfth Night they tend to look a bit sorry for themselves. For the eco conscious, having to throw them away seems rather wasteful. Now a business in the United Kingdom has come up with an environmentally friendly way to have a real tree. Joe campbell has more. For those who love a real Christmas Tree, it is the burning question what to do with it once the Festive Season is over . Remember to give your tree a mug of water. Well as long as customers take care of the trees from here, they can send them back in the new year. Have a fabulous christmas and we will see you. And if you want, you can have it to stay again for christmas 2020. And 21, 22, 23. For me, the fact that you own a tree that goes back into the ground is amazing. They look after it for you for the entire year so, the fact that there is zero from an eco point of view it seems like the best decision to make, really. The trees are contained in pots to protect their roots. There will come a time when they are going to get pot bound, and need to be repotted but we will do that as part of the maintenance throughout the year. So the window that we want it to go into is like a bay window. For mum claire ramage, the idea of sharing christmas with the same tree year after year has a particular appeal. She picks one out to take home and decorate with her daughter. Its one of those things that every year when we get the tree were going to see that growth and its almost like the tree is growing with her. So thats quite a magical thing, that we can see that happening. And if you want a Christmas Tree you can use again and again, well its pretty much the only option unless of course you opt for one like this which goes back in the box, and back in the loft pretty much as soon as the last mince pie has been eaten. Joe campbell with that report. Tom hanks next film a Beautiful Day in the neighbourhood sees him play the legendary american childrens tv presenter mr rogers as a reporter ties to uncover the man behind the on screen persona. Tom hanks himself is known for his wholesome image hes been talking to our arts editor Will Gompertz about being the nice guy of film and what hes really like. Its a Beautiful Day in this neighbourhood. A Beautiful Day for a neighbour. Tom hanks is the legendary american Childrens Television personality, the kindly mr rogers, who finds himself the subject of a magazine profile by a hard boiled journalist, played by matthew rhys. The films director, marielle heller, told them the movie was really about men and their feelings. Very nice. Cut. Any time a woman says to a guy, id like to make a movie about men and their feelings, strikes terror in the hearts of any man. You mean you want me. You want me to probe my inner f f feelings and try to bring them out . Its a Beautiful Day in the neighbourhood. A Beautiful Day for a neighbour. Please wont you be my neighbour. That was wonderful. Do you identify with him you, tom hanks . Ithink. I have a reputation, and the word they always say is a nice guy, because i guess i am a nice guy. I dont instilfear. I am not in this necessarily for power or influence, but at the same time dont piss me off, because ill crush you. And. Action. Do you know what this is . Did you learn anything about yourself, doing this role . Oh, yeah, i learned an awful lot of my individual failings. Iam kind of loud, iam needy in some ways, i probably have attention deficit disorder. Yeah, can we have some of you sit over there on that bench, especially you two, who i am going to have there first to start it off . Here we are again with a list of golden globe nominees, and no female directors. Yeah. Er. Sooner or later, it comes down to, well, is it a meritocracy or what . I think you could look at any group of nominees and say, just these white guys, really . I wasnt surprised. I hate to say that but, you know. Its an old industry. There is a version of a director that people have in their head. Its a white, older man in a baseball cap, sitting in a chair with headphones on. You know, i have it happen to me on every movie set, someone asks me if i am a pa or if i work in the art department. You know, i dont look like what somebody thinks a director looks like. You know, we have an unconscious bias. Its just there and, until more of us are around and people are seeing us and we are visible, that cant change. The awards season has barely begun. A bafta or an oscar directing nomination is certainly possible and, if neither happens. There are many things you can do. You can play all the lowest keys on a piano at the same time. Will gompertz, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with Tomasz Schafernaker hello. We have just had the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, the 22nd of december this year and from tomorrow, the days are going to start getting just that little bit longer. Heres the hmmfi little bit longer. Heres the forecast as we head into the early hours of monday. Showers across some western parts of the uk, not particularly cold, six in london, a touch of frost in north and east scotland early on monday morning. Tomorrow in the north west of the uk, it is a mixture of sunshine and showers and in the south there will be mostly right and sunny day, but later in the evening we are expecting another weather front to swing in off the atlantic for plymouth, cardiff and eventually areas further east as well. Lets summarise christmas itself, because it will be a little changeable, on Christmas Eve itself we are expecting sunshine and showers, quite a changeable day and even last minute shoppers may need their brollies, but Christmas Day itself is looking dry and bright. Hello this is bbc news