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of the nativity in bethlehem where thousands have gathered to celebrate midnight mass. good evening and welcome to bbc news. security forces in tunisia say they ve arrested three members of a terrorist cell linked to anis amri, the tunisian who killed 12 people by driving a lorry into a christmas market in berlin this week. the interior ministry said one of those detained was amri s nephew. 24 year old anis amri was shot dead by police in milan in the early hours of yesterday morning. bethany bell reports. this is anis amri, the man who is suspected of being behind the attack ona suspected of being behind the attack on a burly and christmas market. in the name of so called islamic state. and now authorities across europe and the middle east are trying to piece together his extremist connections. the 24 year old tunisian made this video shortly before driving a lorry along the crowded street, killing 12 people. now, a clearer picture of his network is emerging. officials ....
militants. he had joined the kurdish militia. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we ll have the latest from washington where congress is convening for its first session since donald trump s election victory. republicans ditch plans to reduce the powers of an independent ethics watchdog, after the president elect questioned the move. the government s announcing events to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the battle of passchendaele we take a look back at one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. i ll be reviewing tomorrow s papers with pippa crerar from the evening standard and charlie wells from the wall streetjournal. that s all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m damian johnson. ahead on the programme. mission accepted former derby boss paul clement replaces bob bradley with the aim of preventing swansea from dropp ....
course. it was! it is 2017, so that was last year. the financial times reports china is flexing its muscles over south korea s decision to deploy a us ballistic missile shield. it says a chinese government official has visited seoul, threatening south korean companies by saying their business in china could suffer. the international new york times writes about how china is investing heavily in the beautiful game. it has the world s biggest football boarding school, boasting 48 fields, and the country s offering multi million dollar contracts to top players. sushi anyone, or everyone! 7 the japan times has this enormous fish and its flamboyant owner. the sushi restaurant owner nicknamed tuna king has paid over $600,000 for this 212 kilogram blue fin tuna. joining us is justin urquhart stewart, director of seven investment management. good morning. good morning. we will get onto fishy matters later. let s start with donald trump and his continued scepticism despite the ....
growing leisure boat industry. from small, human powered, two giant super yachts. and it s one of the highlights of the sporting calendar, as the top teams enter the fa cup, and one of the world s most successful managers pep guardiola gets his first taste of its magic tonight. the sounds of stonehenge and why they could reveal some of the secrets of the historic site. and matt has the weather. good morning. will it be the sound of ice scrapers echoing around the south and east today? it is a day of contrast. while some have frosts, temperatures down to 6, for others it is cloudy and wet. the forecast coming up in15 it is cloudy and wet. the forecast coming up in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the us president elect donald trump is due to meet intelligence chiefs today, to discuss claims that russia tried to interfere in the american presidential election. he s faced criticism from both republicans and democrats about his approach to the allegations, ....
the main news from westminster: the brexit bill has been published, but some mps say the government hasn t allowed enough time to debate it. i am astonished at the amount of time that the leader of the house has given to debate it. a new direction for us foreign policy? the foreign secretary chooses his words carefully. i don t think we ve seen any policy changes, official policy changes or policy pronouncements. and gordon brown warns that there s not enough money to educate the world s poorest children. the children of the world will be without the qualifications they need, and that is indeed a crisis that s got to be dealt with. the day kicked off with questions to david davis, the secretary of state for exiting the eu. the prime minister has announced that there will be a white paper, setting out the government s brexit strategy. many mps wanted to know when the document would appear. can i thank the secretary of state very much for the part he played, i know, in se ....