His political opponents of spreading lies about a new citizenship law that has led to widespread protest. More than 20 people have died in the hello, and welcome clashes. Special trains for children travelling alone in france during to world news today. The Christmas Holidays have resumed service. Prolonged nationwide strikes had led to the National Rail indias Prime Minister, narendra modi, has accused his service calling them. Tottenhams political opponents of spreading lies about a new citizenship law premier league win over chelsea which has led to deadly protests. Seems to have been marred by racist speaking behaviour from the crowd. The at a rally of his bjp party referee stopped play in the second in the capital, delhi, half of the game after an object was mr modi said Indian Muslims thrown onto the pitch. The american who are a minority in the country had nothing to fear from the legislation. The law offers fast track Space Agency Nasa says the unmanned citizenship to migrants from neighbouring countries starlight in a space capsule has who claim religious persecution, successfully landed in the desert in but doesnt include muslims. The state of new mexico after its aborted mission to the more than 20 people have died in ten days of clashes sparked by the bill. 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. 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 bands. The Authorities Say they wont accept arson, vandalism and attack someplace. 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 ought 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 ncgivering, bbc news. Special trains for children travelling alone in france during the Christmas Holidays have resumed service. Prolonged nationwide strikes had led to the National Rail service calling them off. It would have affected more than 5,000 child travellers. Heres some of the reaction from relieved passengers and parents. I would have been very disappointed if the train had stayed cancelled because i dont see my father often andi because i dont see my father often and i miss him sometimes. I really wa nt to and i miss him sometimes. I really want to see him. It was unfairfor the children. We should not provide deprive children of christmas and prevent them being with their families, but i dont know who made the decision and it was made in a rush without thinking it through. Lisa louis is a journalist based in paris. She told me how important the childrens Train Service is in france. Its really important. Between five and 6000 children can go home to christmas, children who live with a father or mother and the other pa rent father or mother and the other parent lives elsewhere in the country, so they take the train and there is someone going along with them. So obviously the Train Company said earlier that they would not be able to provide the service this year round, but they have turned around and said they will charter the trains and make sure these kids actually get home at christmas. When it was first announced that that they would not provide the service, they would not provide the service, the unions were up in arms because they were saying that this was an outsourced service, so this should not be happening from people who are not be happening from people who are not with another company. Did the rail authorities underestimate the power of angry parents who just want to see their kids for christmas . Well, the power of angry parents and power of the unions who fought back and said that this was not fair and you are playing the blame game, this is not ourfault you are playing the blame game, this is not our fault and then you could argue that even if you are not a pa rent argue that even if you are not a parent you could be angry about the decision and its really unpopular. In general, how are people in france dealing with these disruptions which have been going on for weeks and weeks, particularly with christmas coming up . Its really difficult. Here in paris we are working every day, taking a bike, taking electric scooters, actually, and people have to factor in a lot more time to get to factor in a lot more time to get to work and other places. At christmas many people had seen their tickets cancelled. My ticket was cancelled and i had to buy another one and pay another 100 euros. So people here understand people are striking, but actually the number of people who sympathise with the strikers or the fact there is a strikers or the fact there is a strike is going down. Does that mean if people are cancelling tickets, they cant afford to buy new ones, they cant afford to buy new ones, they might be stuck in the wrong place for christmas . Absolutely. I know people who have been very concerned that they had to organise other people taking them along with their car, so everyone is really worried to be stuck somewhere, and the children were very worried up till now, that they would not be able to get home. Are there any discussions going on between the unions and president macron or will eve ryo ne unions and president macron or will everyone take christmas off if they can . The next round of discussions planned is the 6th of january in the days after that. Some of the unions have said that they would have a break around christmas, and some of the Railway Unions and others have said they will continue to strike and do demonstrations and gatherings, but apparently this problem, there is no solution before the next year. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. Australias Prime Minister has defended his governments record on tackling climate change, as the countrys unprecedented bushfires continue to burn. Scott morrison conceded Global Warming had a part to play in changing weather events. But he refused to tone down his support for fossil fuels. More than 100 are still burning in new south wales. The british Supermarket Chain tesco has suspended production at a factory in china following allegations that forced prison labour was used to pack the firms Charity Christmas cards. It comes after the sunday times reported a six Year Old Girl from south london found a message from shanghai prisoners hidden in a box of cards asking for help. Queen elizabeth 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. The American Space agency, nasa, says the unmanned Starliner Space capsule has successfully landed in the desert in new mexico, after its aborted mission to the International Space station. The craft, built by boeing, is the first American Spacecraft, capable of carrying humans, to make its descent onto land. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. Home again after an aborted mission. Star liners successful landing happened after a failed attempt to reach the International Space station but the return journey was flawless a nd station but the return journey was flawless and a major test for the captures parachutes, flawless and a major test for the ca ptures parachutes, opening flawless and a major test for the captures parachutes, opening after enduring the intense heat of the crafts re entry into the earths atmosphere. They successfully slowed the capsule down, ensuring a safe arrival in new mexicos white sands desert. A cushioned landing, much to the relief of ground staff. We did not make it to the international station and we did not dock but the spacecraft flew exceptionally well and then, of course, we brought the spacecraft home for the first time, landing a capsule on land in the us. We have not done that as a nation before and we have now done it. And, lift off the rise of starliner. new error. The mission started on friday on the liftoff went to plan with the capsule propelled into orbit by a rocket on its journey to the space station. But when it came to separating from its engine, 15 minutes into the flight, a Software Problem occurred confusing the crafts internal clock and causing it to burn too much fuel. It meant getting to the space station was impossible. This is both a setback and success for boeing. A Software Problem to solve, but a 48 hour mission that generated valuable data. Nasa says it is too early to say whether the next starliner flight say whether the next starliner flight will have astronauts on the world. On board. The british home secretary has met the father of harry dunn, the 19 year old who died in a car crash outside a uk military base in august. Priti patel said she wanted to reassure the family. The goverment is considering whether or not 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. Stay with us on bbc world news, still to come racist behaviour during chelseas match at tottenham, with the referee stopping play in the second half. The world of music has been paying tribute to George Michael who has died from suspected Heart Failure at the age of 53. He sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. United states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. The pentagon says it has failed in its principal objective, to capture noriega, and take him to the United States to face drug charges. The hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. In its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union but the commonwealth of independent states. Day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan ams maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. You could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. Christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. Thousands went to Midnight Mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti communist riots ten days ago. This is bbc world news today. Im james reynolds. Our top story indias Prime Minister, narendra modi, has accused his political opponents of spreading lies about a new citizenship law thats led to widespread protests. Darts player Fallon Sherrock has received international praise after she became the first female competitor to beat a man in the pdc world championship. The world of professional darts has historically been dominated by men, but the 25 year old has now progressed to the third round of the compeition, having beaten the 11th seed. Her success has been hailed as a turning point for women in the sport, including by female tennis legend billie jean king. King herself was seen as a pioneerfor gender equality in tennis, and she described sherrocks victory as a gamechanger. Earlier sherrock told the bbc of her pride at being considered a trailblazer i never thought i would have these people contacting me through social media, and itjust feels incredible. I mean, i never everthought i would be in this situation, and its incredible. I have definitely, like, helped put womens darts on the map. I have 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, and ifeel so proud of myself because i am encouraging more people to play. I mean, it is a great sport to get into, and i just feel really proud of myself, that im helping everyone else discover it, and enjoy it for themselves. Another groundbreaking sportswoman has gotten behind sherrock. You can see her behind me. Hayley turner was the first british female jockey to ride 100 winners in a year. She was at the game at Alexandra Palace cheering sherrock on. What was it like to watch that victory . It was amazing. It was definitely the highlight of the evening, and the atmosphere was ridiculous. Everyonejust suddenly stopped what they were doing, they we re stopped what they were doing, they were concentrating purely on her. I felt a little bit sorry for the opposition because he was getting 1805 opposition because he was getting 180s and he was being booed. Sorry, you felt sorry for the man who lost . He was getting booed because eve ryo ne he was getting booed because everyone was on her side. Everyone wa nted everyone was on her side. Everyone wanted her to win. She won pretty convincingly. We said an introduction, you would a pioneer in the sport of horse racing, competing against men. How easy was it to be a pioneer in your sport . It was never easy, obviously being one of the first ones. I think it is the image, people do not expect it, so it takes a lot of time for them to realise you can do it as well as the men. Everyone is on your side and they wa nt everyone is on your side and they want you to do well, as they did with fallon last night. I could feel the enthusiasm behind everybody, and it is such a massive thing for the sport, it has opened the door for many other women and young women. They will go on and do it. That i can think of, apart from horse racing, it must be one of the only sportswear racing, it must be one of the only sportswear women racing, it must be one of the only sportswear women and men are playing fields. There are very few i think. Are there any other bits of progress you would like to see . Do you want to see women open the doors and other sports and be able to compete against men . Certainly on sports that have a level playing field. Snooker, perhaps that would be one where women could compete on level terms. Obviously you have the athletes. Sure. Just briefly, before we go, the next match for Fallon Sherrock is on friday against another man, chris dobey. Briefly, what is your prediction . another man, chris dobey. Briefly, what is your prediction . I am sure she will go in as the outsider. She is 2501 she will go in as the outsider. She is 250 1 to win the whole thing. The quy is 250 1 to win the whole thing. The guy she was playing against was 112. She did it with guy she was playing against was 1 12. She did it with so much confidence. She did not seem to get under pressure at any point. As long as you can keep a tight, that attitude, as long as the pressure does not get to her head. Lets see if she can do it again. Hayley turner, thank you so much for speaking to us. Gavin has all the sport. Thank you. Yes, seeing fallon doing so well. Lets start with red bull. Football. We should be starting tonight by talking about a brilliant 2 0 away win for chelsea over tottenham in the premier league, but instead, all the headlines will be about racism after an allegation of abuse by some spurs fans. 0ur Sports Correspondent is andy swiss. This all happened around an hour into the match after tottenham had a player sent off for a challenge on chelseas antonio rudiger. Rudiger then said he had been the victim of racist abuse from the crowd. He told his captain, who told the referee, anthony taylor. An object was also thrown onto the pitch. The referee spoke to both of the managers after that and there was then an announcement over the public address system saying that racist behaviour from spectators was interfering with the game. That announcement over the public address system was repeated with about five minutes left of the match, and then again during injury time. Under uefa protocol, games can be abandoned if fans have already been warned twice before. What has emerged is that although there were three warnings, there were not three separate incidents, there was one incident and there were three warnings for that incident. Clearly, this is another very worrying piece of news for english football. We have seen a string of incidents in recent months in the english game, allegations of racist abuse from fans. We saw that at the Manchester Derby earlier this month. We also saw it in an fa cup match between haringey and yeovil which had to be abandoned. And clearly this will be a huge worry to everyone involved in the english game, the authorities, the players and indeed the fans. Well, spurs have released a statement. They say they are now carrying out an investigation and will be liaising with the chelsea players. They say that racism in any form wont be tolerated in the stadium and they will take the strongest possible action against anyone whos found to have carried out any abuse, including stadium bans. Lets hear from the chelsea captain, cesar azpilicueta. We are told to report if anything happens. So in the game, after the red card, it happened, and tony came to me and he told me that he was listening to the crowd, monkey noises, and obviously myjob as a captain is to go straight to the referee and to report it. Now there is an investigation, and we have to work all together towards the eradication of the problem. Elsewhere in the premier league today, there was a big win for watford, but a big defeat for manchester united. A howler from david de gea gifted watford their opening goal, scored by ismaila sarr. Things went from bad to worse for united when aaron wan bissaka fouled sarr to give watford a penalty. Troy deeney made no mistake from the spot. It finished 2 0, watfords first home win of the season, but theyre still bottom. United remain eighth in the table. To serie a, where milan had their biggest defeat in more than 20 years. They were thrashed 5 0 by atalanta. Papu gomez put them on their way inside ten minutes, cutting in from the left and smashing the ball into the top corner. In the second half, they added four more, including two from josip ilicic. Atalanta are fifth, milan are down in tenth. Elsewhere in serie a, on sunday, bologna beat parma 3 2 whilst parma were held by brescia, as were napoli at sassuolo. Lecce lost to bologna, i should say. In germany, bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have confirmed that caretaker boss hansi flick will remain in charge until the end of the season. He replaced niko kovac last month after the german champions lost heavily to eintracht frankfurt. Bayern are currently four points off bundesliga leaders leipzig. There were wins elsewhere today for paderborn and fortuna dusseldorf. Plenty going on today as well in la liga. Real madrid in action right now against athletic bilbao. Its goalless at the bernabeu. Elsewhere, there were wins for atletico madrid, leganes, real sociadad, and levante. Thats all the sport for now. Thanks very much. Tourists flocking to bethlehem in the lead up to christmas have been surprised to see an alternative nativity scene created by the elusive artist banksy in his walled 0ff hotel. Courtney bembridge reports. Dubbed the scar of bethlehem, the work depicts israels concrete west bank barrier with a star shaped hole in the centre and jesuss manger in front. The anonymous british artist says the work is a modified nativity. Christmas known, with the star of bethlehem, that led people to the birthplace ofjesus. Banksy called this nativity the scar of bethlehem, and as you see, there is a scar, there is a hole on the wall that marks the wall and the life in bethlehem, how it is today. Banksy is known for making political statements with his graffiti and has created a number of works in bethlehem, and on the barrier itself. Israel says the barrier is needed to prevent terror attacks. Palestinians say it is a device to grab land. The International Court ofjustice says it is illegal. Banksy first visited the occupied west bank ten years ago, and in 2017, he was part of opening the walled 0ff hotel, which is where this latest work is on display. This hotel is advertised as having the worst view of any hotel in the world with rooms overlooking a concrete section of the Controversial West Bank barrier. The artist designed the hotel and the rooms are filled with his work, much of which is about the conflict. Nearby, hundreds of tourists gathered at the manger square to take selfies with a traditional display outside the church of the nativity, revered as the birthplace ofjesus, but for others, the alternate version was more interesting. Banksy found exactly how to tell without words the reality. It is really, really incredible. We are really lucky to be here today. The message is very interesting because the message of peace is done for palestinians and i think it is a very nice piece of art. As with many of banksys pieces, this is a political comment, work of art and tourist attraction all in one. More on our website. 0r more on our website. Or you can download our mobile apps. You can reach me on twitter. Im jamesbbcnews. Please, do stay with us. Well, heres the good news from tomorrow, the days will start getting longer. In fact, a whole second longer on monday. How about the weather . Well, we have a mixture of sunshine and showers in the forecast but most of the time the weather will be dry and bright. And that is because we will be in between weather systems on monday. 0ne low pressure and its weather front clearing away to the east and then we get into this big gap before the next low arrives afterwards. But lets concentrate on the early hours of monday first. We have some clear spells. In the south, it will not be particularly cold, showers affecting Northern Ireland and western scotland, and the only real frost will probably be in northern and North Eastern scotland, around minus 2 in aberdeen and a lot milder in the south. Heres mondays weather forecast. There is a low pressure approaching us, that will not reach us until late monday night, so the bulk of monday itself is actually looking fine across most of the uk. Not absolutely everywhere because we are expecting showers. You can see here, in the north west of the country. To the south, across wales and england, it will be a mostly dry day, and also in the north and east of scotland, some sunshine. Here the weather will be coldest, around 4 degrees in aberdeen. In the south, double figures. 11 in cardiff, plymouth and london. And then monday night, that rain spills into the southwest and western parts of the country, and with that also comes a lot of mild air, so that means that Christmas Eve will be a mild day, particularly across the south of the uk. It will be an often cloudy one with rain at times, too. We are not expecting an awful lot of rain but certainly if youre in the southern half of the uk it may not be particularly pleasant but the good news is that later on tuesday evening, the weather will start to dry out and we will start to see clearer spells developing, and that is a hint of things to come for christmas itself. The good news is that on Christmas Day itself, we could be waking up to a lot of sunshine, slightly colder weather, maybe even a touch of frost across the north east of the country. Really quite a Beautiful Day for many of us, and still mild. 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