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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 ....
as the christmas getaway combines with the end of the working week. and there are difficult travelling conditions and power cuts across parts of scotland as storm barbara starts to hit. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we begin with the latest on the plane hijacking, the plane which was meant to land in libya but was hijacked and landed in malta. let s get the latest on what is happening. here are the shots we have from valletta airport, the maltese capital. we understand that it has now ended peacefully. our correspondent is with me and has been following developments throughout this afternoon. the most recent news is that the hijackers have surrendered? the prime minister of malta has tweeted that the hijackers have surrendered, have been searched and have been taken into custody. there has been a big question over this what is their motivation, and what requests did they have? was it met? there are different rumours but nothing yet verified. there was a sugg ....
being questioned over certain events. once this interrogation process is completed over the next few hours, arrangements will be made to send the passengers and crew members back to libya with another aircraft. i would like to thank all those involved in the successful resolution of this crisis, namely the commander of the armed forces of malta, who was our chief negotiator. i will take a number of questions. we were clear that we were not willing to negotiate unless there was surrender. until now, they have made no demands. obviously, they are not ina made no demands. obviously, they are not in a position now to make demands, but we were clear that we we re demands, but we were clear that we were not negotiating. so far, no, there have been no requests for political asylum. the commander confirmed to me that during his negotiations, the maltese government s position was crystal clear, so no demands were made. in the last few minutes, noda no demand has been made. th ....
languages. that is reviewed in 2013 with me mark kermode. it s 5 o clock. our main story. italian police have shot dead the man believed to have carried out the attack on a christmas market in berlin. 0fficials officials said there was no doubt that he was dead as fingerprints matched those found. german chancellor angela merkel said she was relieved that he posed no longer any threat. average near the central berlin, anis amri swears a pledge of allegiance, to al baghdadi, the leader of so called islamic state. it has just released the video online. and this is where he died, a backstreet in milan. killed after pulling a gun from his backpack and shooting at police. the question for the authorities is how did he evade one of the biggest manhunts in german history? look in the doorway, this is thought to be him just hours after the attack in berlin, caught on cctv, leaving a mosque in the city. after that, the authorities lost track of him. but we now know that he trave ....
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 ....