Weekend of travel disruption. And britain braces for Storm Barbara with scotland expected to bear the brunt of 90 mile an hour winds and difficult travelling conditions. More now on the flight that has been hijacked. Maltas Prime Ministerjoseph muscat said on twitter that security and Emergency Operations are standing by. Reports say the airbus a320 of state owned Afriqiyah Airways has 118 people aboard. Of state owned Afriqiyah Airways earlier i spoke to magda magri naudi, the deputy mayor for lija in malta. She gave the latest on what authorities there had heard. Well, at the minute, oui newscasters have just issued an issue and an address from the Prime Minister. He said it is only a few minutes ago that he officially received a statement that a libyan airliner was landing in malta with hijackers on board. The situation was here all ready, but he is onlyjust receive the official news now. There is a meeting where a special committee are addressing the situation. The airport is close
News oscar becomes the seventh most expensive footballer in history after a £60 million move from chelsea to Shanghai Sipg is agreed. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Anis amri the suspect in the berlin Christmas Market lorry attack has been shot dead in milan. Italian Officials Say amri opened fire on police who asked him for id during a routine patrol in the city. One Italian Police officer was shot and injured. The italian Authorities Say the fingerprints of the dead man match those found on the Steering Wheel of a lorry which drove at shoppers at a Christmas Market, killing twelve people and injuring dozens more. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. The body of anis amri lies on a milan street. His last act, to pull a gun from his backpack and shoot out police. His last words, god is great. The question for the authorities is how did he evade one of the biggest manhunts in german history and make it italy . Look in the doorway. This is thought to be amri jus