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welcome to bbc news. police in germany and australia have foiled two terrorist plots overnight. the authorities in australia say they ve prevented an attack in the city of melbourne that targeted prominent landmarks, possibly planned for christmas day. five people have been detained after a series of raids in which explosives were discovered. in west germany. two men have been arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping centre in oberhausen, near the dutch border. that s separate to the berlin lorry attack which killed 12 people and germany remains on high alert as a europe wide manhunt continues for anis amri, the tunisian man suspected of driving a lorry into the breitscheidplatz christmas market. we ll bring you the latest from australia injust a moment, but first, let s get an update from our correspondent in berlin. bethany, what s the latest? well, we had the news early this morning that two men who were born in kosovo, two brothers had been arre ....
syria aid convoys to funnel money to extremists in wars is. and delays are expected on the roads and railways as the christmas getaway gets under way. on one of the busiest days of the year for the rail and road network, significant disruption is expected for those travelling over the christmas period. storm barbara has started crossing scotland, causing power cuts, school closures and difficult travelling conditions. and coming up in half an hour, we celebrate the lives of those who left us this year, including muhammad ali, in review in review 2016: we remember, part one. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. german officials have warned that the threat of terrorism in their country is still high despite the death of anis amri, the tunisian suspected of the berlin lorry attack. amri was shot dead in milan after opening fire on a police officer who asked him for id during a routine patrol. one police officer was shot and injured. the other then killed the suspect. th ....
donald trump s talk of a new arms race. and why a third of the homeless say they have been attacked on our streets. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, we ll look ahead to the start of a busy christmas fixture list, with chelsea top of the tree. but can they stay there? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man suspected of the berlin christmas market attack has been shot dead by police in italy. anis amri had been missing since the attack on monday it appears he left germany for france, before crossing into italy, able to move undetected around the continent despite a europe wide manhunt. italian police stopped him in the early hours this morning at a train station in milan, shooting him dead after amri fired on them. the italian authorities say his fingerprints match those found on the steering wheel of the lorry which killed twelve people and injured dozens more. our europe correspondent damian grammaticus has the latest. an ....
Paris in particular in some strategic spots ready to face the demonstrators if it turns violent. but it certainly shows that the measures announced by president macron last monday are paying off, at least to those people who were really out in the streets to ask for specific measures to help them make ends meet. now what remains, again, is sort of anger, which is very difficult to actually express in rational terms but it does exist and, of course, the interesting phenomenon is that you have no political party so far taking advantage of it, except probably in the medium or long run, the far-right. there had been a hope that the protests that we re seeing now, that they protests wouldn t happen given the christmas ....