Underwater motorways heavy rain and floods put the brakes on the christmas getaway. Buckingham palace confirms that the duke of edinburch is in hospital. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with connie. Waiting for announcement from arsenal . Were waiting for confirmation that mikel arteta is the new arsenal manager. Up until this week he was assistant coach to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and in the last hour or so hes confirmed that arteta has left the club and hes in london. Chris has all the weather parts of the country flooded . We will be looking at how much rain has fallen over the last couple of days, bringing flooding seems like these, but also crucially as the Christmas Holiday getaway gets under way, we will be looking at what the weather has in store over the next few days. Thanks, chris. Also coming up. Three, two, one and lift off a new era in human space flight. Could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space . Hello, everyone this is afternoon liv
Plus, we take a first look at tomorrows front pages. Hello, good evening. The Prime Minister spoke outside Downing Street tonight in a hastily arranged address, claiming that forces in the uk were trying to tear us apart. It comes after the controversial politician George Galloway won the rochdale by election with a majority of more than 5,000. George galloway said his views have been endorsed by the electorate. Voters turned their backs on the traditional parties, with an independent candidate, david tully, taking second place. Labour had withdrawn support from its candidate, azhar ali, after he was recorded making remarks that the party considered anti semitic. George galloway said his victory in a part of Greater Manchester with a significant Muslim Population was for gaza but one organisation representing britishjews described it as dark day for the uks jewish community. From rochdale, heres our political editor, chris mason. Tonight, from the showroom of a Car Dealership in rochda
Weekend, after rishi sunak called on organisers not to let extremists hijack those protests. In his speech , protests. In his speech, delivered from downing street last night , delivered from downing street last night, he called for the nafion last night, he called for the nation to unite and warned that islamist extremists and far right groups are spreading poison, he said, and trying to tear us apart. If followed. Tear us apart. If followed. George galloways controversial win in the rochdale by election earlier this week , which the earlier this week, which the Prime Minister described as beyond alarming. The rochdale by election returned a candidate who dismisses the horror of what happened on october 7, who glorified hezbollah and is endorsed by nick griffin , the endorsed by nick griffin, the racist former leader of the bnp. I need to speak to you all this evening because this situation has gone on long enough and demands a response, not just from government, but from all of us.
Sarah rainsford reports and a warning some viewers may find some of the images in this distressing. They shouted his name. A Final Act Of Support for Alexei Navalny as his coffin arrived at a moscow church. Its the name Vladimir Putin refused to utter. Navalny, being buried today, was putins greatest political rival. So this funeral was a show of defiance, too. By those who queued to say their last goodbye in their many thousands. For them, navalny was the hope of change. A chance for a different russia. Supporting him is still dangerous, but that didnt stop this crowd. A woman said she was scared at first, even hid herflowers, but she couldnt stay away. This man describes navalny s death as a personal loss. Its very hard, he says. Western ambassadors came, too, to pay their respects. Those who have condemned navalny s treatment, the silencing of a critic. In life, too, Alexei Navalny could bring out the crowds. Charismatic, courageous, he was dangerous to the kremlin. The men he calle
Theres a growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule. And a chap from amnesty rule. And a chap from Amnesty International says hes a wildly exaggerate the issue and risks delegitimizing the right of peaceful protest. Peaceful protest. Is that his official job title . Chap chap at amnesty . Well, i can name him tom southerden, Amnesty International, southerden, Amnesty International , the uks law and international, the uks law and human rights director , says human rights director, says i prefer chap, says the Prime Minister is wildly exaggerating the issue of this mob rule. Do you think he is . I think thats overinterpreted what the Prime Minister to according all minister said, to according all these reports, the Prime Minister was saying some people are as hes are interpreting this as hes not literally saying that mobs are the country. Be are ruling the country. Be concerning. If prime concerning. If the Prime Minister because minister was saying that because nominal