Were a tragic accident. England make a positive start in the first test against south africa with James Anderson taking a wicket with the first ball. Doris day, clive james, Toni Morrison and Albert Finney just a few of those whose lives are celebrated in review 2019 we remember. In half an hours time. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. At least 16 people have been killed by a typhoon in the philippines which has left a trail of devastation through the centre of the country. Wind gusts reached 200 kilometres an hour, tearing roofs off houses, and leaving tens of thousands of people stranded at ports. To typhoon haiyan in 2013 the most powerful to hit the area in decades. Catherine karelli reports. A far from peaceful christmas in the central philippines. Typhoon phanfone has brought sustained winds of almost 200 kilometres an hour. Terrifying local people. Screaming. And leaving a trail of destruction. Heavy rain has left many homes flooded. More than 16,000 people had to spend the night in improvised shelters and at least 100 families have been left homeless. In this majority catholic country, the typhoon, which has damaged infrastructure, stopped many people visiting their families for christmas. Filipinos are well used to tropical storms and typhoons, with around 20 hitting the island nation each year. The most deadly in recent times was typhoon haiyan in 2013, where a massive storm surge left more than 7,000 people dead. And many of the areas worst hit back then, have borne the brunt of this latest storm. Catherine karelli, bbc news. The chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, spoke to the bbc, about how the country is coping. First of all, its very difficult because its christmas, people who are stranded, you have to support them and then you have to bring the goods over into several province. These are several, big islands that have been affected. Coastal areas that are hard to come by and a lot of people have lost their homes and they need food. We are serving hot meals but its not enough. Things have been affected like power, there has been a complete blackout in certain areas that will be sorted within the next two or three weeks. Water has been interrupted intermittently in certain areas. So there is an awful lot of things to be done while the rescue phase is over, hopefully. We now have to contend with our support in terms of relief, in terms of food, water. We have a lot of first aid interventions and doctors will be supporting those who have lost their buildings and they will be providing beds, so people out there can be provided with aid from the hospital that collapsed, that lost its roof. We are also fighting the earthquake and also the recent typhoon in the provinces. We are not finished there. Definitely, there is an awful lot to do by the Philippine Red Cross in addition to polio vaccinations and the like. Thousands of people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays, as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. Since september, almost 3,000 firefighters have been out every day in New South Wales tackling fires, some of which are the size of small european countries. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer, is in bilpin, about 60 kilometres north west of sydney. You have described this as being on a wall footing, how bad is it . think a wall footing, how bad is it . |j think that is right, helicopters in the skies supporting thousands of boots on the ground. It is worth pointing out the military has been brought in to help with this enormous firefighting effort. This firefighting effort has increasingly stretched many of the firefighters. In New South Wales, many of those volu nteers in New South Wales, many of those volunteers and some of those have been on the front line for weeks, and weeks and this is a crisis that shows no sign of ending. This is the town of bilpin, north west of sydney, in the blue mountains. The weather at the moment is quite cool, and they are building containment lines, fire trails and they do something called back burning, lighting a fire that eat into the mainfire lighting a fire that eat into the main fire front, depriving the main blaze of fuel when the weather turns and the weather is expected to turn. More hot and windy conditions are expected. We are not sure exactly when the danger will return, but safe to say, there will be more dangerous days ahead. Safe to say, there will be more dangerous days aheadlj safe to say, there will be more dangerous days ahead. I am just looking at the scene behind you, it is devastating. What can you tell us how residents are being supported and where they are going once they have lost their homes . The scene you can see behind me is grotesque and it is repeated time, and time again. We are at a business just a short distance down the road, an orchard, famous area for apples. That particular business and the area has been crushed by the fires. This is to bea been crushed by the fires. This is to be a packing shed for another orchard. 0n the other side of the track, a business is owned by a man who moved from australia from lebanon, when he was four years old. He has lived in this area for 30 yea rs he has lived in this area for 30 years and 40 of his 0rchard has been destroyed. He was telling me how he and his younger son were fighting the fires with the volu nteers fighting the fires with the volunteers and the water helicopters and he was describing flames a0 metres high. A0 metres high it is extraordinary that he confronted that and he is a farmer who has some firefighting skills and he says he was very lucky to escape. Because what happened, the wind changed direction very quickly and he thought he was safe but these flames we re thought he was safe but these flames were bearing down on him. Clearly, he managed to escape but he says he almost didnt make it. I imagine there are more and more of the stories as people come back to their homes. This road has only recently been reopened and residents are coming back now to find if they still have a house or not. So, a horrible christmas clearly, for many people. Phil mercer, thank you very much. The drowning of a british man and his two children in a Swimming Pool on the Costa Del Sol was a tragic accident according to the resort owners. The three family members were found unresponsive on Christmas Eve at Club La Costa world near fuengirola. Sean dilley reports. This was the scene of a christmas tragedy at one of spains most popular tourist destinations. A nine year old british girl is thought to have found herself in trouble in this pool, before her 16 year old brother and 52 year old father jumped in to help her. Why none of them emerged alive is the subject of a major investigation. A british tourist told the bbc she spoke to the childrens mother. I noticed a woman was walking to where i was. She looked really distraught. When she came closer she was just saying, help me, help me, please help me my children are drowning. It was horrible. I didnt sleep, i cant even begin to tell you how distraught i feel. I dont want to imagine what the mum is going through. Its still not clear how three members of one family came to die here, but the owners of Club La Costa world, which runs the resort, claims Spanish Police found nothing wrong with the hotels facilities. They say. Meanwhile, the Foreign Commonwealth Office says its offering its assistance to a british woman in spain. Sean dilley, bbc news. The israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is a facing a vote today, for his leadership of the likud party from long time rival, gideon saar. Its said to be the biggest challenge mr netanyahu has faced to his 20 year rule of likud. Challenge mr netanyahu has faced a rocket fired from the gaza strip interrupted a party rally in the border town of ashkelon. The israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his wife were escorted from the stage, after sirens went off. Lets speak now to our middle east correspondent, Barbara Plett usher, who joins us from washington. How have we got to this point . It is a good question because the Prime Minister has been in powerfor ten yea rs minister has been in powerfor ten years and has been a very popular Prime Minister. He has been credited with economic success in israel and also security success and he has a right wing government and the majority do self identify as right wing, so why is he being challenged 110w. Wing, so why is he being challenged now. He has been weakened over the past year with corruption charges hanging over him. He was indicted on three counts of corruption just last month and there have been two election so far and he has been unable to form a coalition government. He is clearly weakened and the challenge is coming from a former cabinet minister called gideon saar and he is saying, he is not saying Benjamin Netanyahu should resign because of the indictment, he is saying Benjamin Netanyahu has shown himself of incapable of keeping the right wing in power. There is going to be a third election in march, he will be able to form a government then and runs the risk of being in opposition if it doesnt change its leader. That is the campaign argument of gideon saar. I dont think Benjamin Netanyahu saar. I dont think Benjamin Neta nyahu is saar. I dont think Benjamin Netanyahu is going to lose, most people think he will win but the question will be by how much. If he doesnt get at least two thirds of the vote, it will look as though his grip on the party has been weakened. What can you tell us about this attack last night . That was rockets fired from the gaza strip and that was the second time in the last few months that Benjamin Netanyahu has been taken off stage at a campaign rally, which is close to gaza. The campaign was streamed live, so there was no effort to conceal the fact he was no effort to conceal the fact he was there, which is probably why the rocket was fired. Nobody has claimed responsibility. It is not the kind of images Benjamin Netanyahu would wa nt to of images Benjamin Netanyahu would want to have been shown just before this leadership contest. He did try to make the best of it, he came back and said the islamist movements in gaza dont want me to be Prime Minister. So he tried to make the best of it. But it is the kind of thing that causes his critics to say, he is not the mr security he claims to be, he needs to be tougher with the Islamist Groups in gaza. Quickly, looking ahead to march and this indictment on corruption charges, are they seriously looking as if they are going to damage his chances, where are we on that . As if they are going to damage his chances, where are we on that7m as if they are going to damage his chances, where are we on that . It is difficult actually to say because Coalition Politics mean you dont have a major Party Winning enough seats to form a majority government. It is all about if he gets political allies. Broadly speaking, his main rival, the blue and white party, has an edge on him. He is lagging in the polls, but it is too close to call at the moment. The big question is whether that indictment will mean that he is not legally able to form a government. The question has not been answered yet. Interesting times, Barbara Plett usher, speaking to us from jerusalem, thank you very much indeed. The royal navy had to skip yesterdays festive celebrations, in order to monitor a russian ship as it made its way through the english channel. The hms tyne was sent at short notice from portsmouth, to track the vessel over a a8 hour period. The commander thanked his crew and said National Security didnt stop for christmas. A Murder Investigation has begun in south west london after a man was shot dead on Christmas Eve. Police were called to Battersea Church road, at around 9pm on tuesday, where they found the victim, believed to be in his thirties. No arrests have been made. The headlines on bbc news. A powerful typhoon tears through parts of the philippines, killing at least 16 people and leaving thousands homeless. Firefighters continue to tackle out of control bushfires in australia with a warning that more record breaking temperatures could be on the way. And israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces a political fight, as his likud Party Decides who will lead them into the countrys third general election in a year. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres ben croucher. Boxing day has begun with the first test in south africa. What a start it was. Joe root won the toss, elected to field and what a start it was. James anderson, very first ball. Got rid of dean elgar. Andersons earning his 150th cap the most for any fast bowler in test history. Chris woakes, 0llie pope and jack leach are all missing for england through illness. South africa have since moved onto a5 2 sam curran picking up the wicket of aiden markram. Nine games in the premier league today. Saving the best until last with the eight oclock kick off seeing leaders liverpool travel to second placed leicester. Win and liverpool will be 13 points clear at the top a mammoth lead before weve even reached 2020. Its a busy time of year though with most teams playing today and again at the weekend and the festive schedule isnt sitting well with jurgen klopp. None of the managers has a problem with boxing day. None of us. But playing on the 26th and then the 28th is a crime. Thats absolutely not ok, and yet we still have it. This year we have the 26th and the 29th and its like a holiday. I understand all the others who are not moaning, but telling that it just should not happen. It should not happen. Alex 0xlaide chamberlain is out until the new year. Hell miss the leicester match and sundays game against wolves. He picked up ankle ligament damage during liverpools win in the Club World Cup final. No son heung min for spurs either against brighton. Tottenham appealed against the red card he picked up last weekend against chelsea but were unsuccessful. Hell miss their next three games. Two managerial debuts today too. Carlo ancelotti leads everton against burnley and mikel arteta will try to drag arsenal into the top half of the premier league. Theyre away at bournemouth. Arteta officially took charge on sunday and already hes noticed an improvement from his players. I think we are much more committed. I think we are much more committed. I think we are much more committed. I think we have a different kind of aggression every time we lose the ball. I think the body language was much, much better in the past few games. And i think they play with more passion as well, in the game. 0bviously, more passion as well, in the game. Obviously, there were things to improve, but those have to be non negotiable, they have to be on the table for every game and every training session. A full programme in scotland too where celtic boss neil lennon has demanded full focus from his side against st mirren today with the Old Firm Derby just three days away. Celtic are five points ahead of second placed rangers who face kilmarnock. Celtic know a win will assure them top spot ahead of the winter break. You can see all of the days fixtures on the website and app. Another boxing day sporting tradition is the sydney hobart yacht race. That got under way overnight when the skies around Sydney Harbour were relatively clear of smoke from the bushfires, for the start. Race record holders comanchie have led most of the way so far. Seven hours in now. 500 miles still to go to tasmania. Its expected the best crews will take nearly two days to complete the race with calmer winds forecast this year. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including the cricket and build up to the days football. Lots of festive quizzes to try out with the family too. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport. Deborahjames, or bowel babe, as shes known to anyone who has followed the podcast, you, me and the big c, has shared every step of her cancerjourney. This time last year, she didnt think shed be celebrating another christmas but that changed thanks to some new treatment and her medical team at the Royal Marsden hospital. Shes been back to meet them lets take a look. This time last year, i honestly thought i was celebrating my last christmas. My cancer had progressed. The actual words from my oncologist were i cant promise you it wont progress quickly. Im deborah james. I have metastatic bowel cancer and i have been living with cancer for three years. I host the Award Winning podcast you, me and the big c on bbc radio 5 live. Hi hello welcome back thank you its nice to see you. Youre looking well. I was going to say its nice to be here not as a patient. 0h, absolutely, absolutely cyberknife is amazing. It has stopped the growth of two of my tumours that were in inoperable places one was wrapped around an artery and i couldnt be more grateful to have this treatment. We know that weve constantly got you in the right place, so we can give a higher dose more safely. Its a team effort. But ultimately, a team effort that is saving my life and prolonging my life and i couldnt be more grateful for that, so thank you for that. Oh, youre very welcome. Youre very welcome. When did you start feeling like youve got a temperature . Yesterday. Over the last year, i have been taking some new, targeted drugs. Im one of the first people actually in the uk to be on that combination. It has actually stabilised my cancer. Ive had hundreds and hundreds of tests. You never get used to them. And you never get used to them. People like beth that help administer those drugs are very much part of my family. I trust you guys. Good . And i know you are what you are doing. Good. And its a friendly face all of the time. Yeah. So, like, never underestimate what you do, its amazing, so thank you. Oh, thank you, deborah. Thank you very much. Let me give you a hug. Come here. Im probably going to cry dont cry. Its all right. The more we move on with cancer, the more we find out about it, there are more examples of people like me living, and that is because of new treatments, because of new ways that we are being treated. Hello and actually, thats something we should be celebrating. Nice to see you. As part of your treatment, we tried to zap all your tumours. I love that splat the tumours splat the tumours, exactly. This is the tiny probe, which is very thin. Ive never seen this. I cannot believe this actually goes inside of me yeah, its thin and sharp. Thank you for literally destroying, zapping, burning, ablating. You have used every tool in the box to help keep me alive and just thank you. You are very welcome. Very welcome. So im now in a very weird place where i am living with cancer. But we all know that at some point, my luck might run out and the drugs might run out and actually, the cancer may be on the move again, and none of us know when that might be. And living with that dark dog of fear is really, really challenging and i dont have a solution for it. But i know that having an army of people who have your back helps. Every Single Person plays a massive part in keeping me alive. My new years resolution is to stay alive. And maybe run a marathon and maybe do strictly. Giggles. And you can listen to you, me and the big c on the bbc sounds app. People across the world have been looking to the skies this morning hoping to spot a rare solar eclipse. Sadly, it wasnt visible here in the uk but much of the middle east and south asia witnessed the annular solar eclipse, which is also known as a ring of fire where the moon doesnt completely cover the sun. Now, to an unusual bakery, inside a Psychiatric Hospital in china. Patients can volunteer to make bread, and then sell it as a way of connecting with wider society. Take a look. So, did you tune in to find out what was occurrin last night . Millions sat down for the return of gavin and stacey after ten years and it ended on a huge cliff hanger. The Christmas Special has been a hit with the critics and fans, who are hoping for another series. But the shows writers, james corden and ruthjones, said there are currently n0 plans to bring it back as its difficult to find time to write more. But the pair did get together to watch the programme go out last night. Christmas wouldnt be christmas, without abit of glitz and sparkle so strictly come dancing returned to our screens for the annual festive special. Former contestants dusted off their dancing shoes and took to the floor once more. But it was debbie mcgee, that lifted the trophy with her professional partner, kevin clifton. You might be one of those gearing up for a boxing day walk this morning. And new Research Shows just how popular a stroll by the sea has become. Nearly 30 Million People ambled along englands coastal paths over the past six months, boosting the economy and helping to create local jobs. The data has been collected by natural england, which is currently establishing a 2,700 mile path around the entire english coastline. Now its time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. Merry christmas. Merry christmas to you. No such thing as bad weather, just about choice of clothing. But if you are going out for a walk, you will need the waterproofs. After Christmas Day sunshine, boxing day brings plenty of cloud and it will be wet and windy too but it will be turning wild over southern and western areas. You can see where the rain has been heaviest across the west, spreading through the midlands through anglia and the south east and that will continue to edge slowly northwards. A good part of scotla nd slowly northwards. A good part of scotland stays dry and north east england as well, until later in the day. Shetland, 0rkney and caithness, great day for a walk here, if you can. The rain will ease off at times to allow a little bit of brightness. Temperatures up to around 12 or 13 in the south west but windy so far. Winds remain strong and gusty throughout. Easing off a little bit this afternoon relative to what we have seen today. More rain to come across southern and western areas. A little bit of patchy rain towards east as well. Cool across eastern areas but ill start to friday morning across the west. A mild start. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. A powerful typhoon tears through parts of the philippines, killing at least 16 people and leaving thousands homeless. Firefighters continue to tackle out of control bushfires in australia, with a warning that more record breaking temperatures could be on the way. Israels Prime Minister, netanyahu, faces a political fight, as his likud Party Decides who will lead them