After cristiano ronaldo removes coca cola bottles from a euros news conference. Hello and welcome to the programme. The first summit between president biden and president putin has ended in switzerland. The two leaders held about four hours of talks. Topics included, nuclear arms control, opposition figure alexei navalny and alleged cyberattacks by moscow. Our north america editor, jon sopel, has more. Best wishes and goodbye. He says best wishes and goodbye in russian. And with those words, the swiss president left them to it. There was little in the way of theatrics or fanfare, and the body language suggested a good deal of wariness on both sides as the us and russian presidents shook hands on the portico of this handsome 18th century villa overlooking lake geneva. I m not sure how this is working. In the library, they sat somewhat awkwardly. A reporter asked the russian president whether he feared the opposition leader, alexei navalny. No comment. The american president was asked wh
abuse the government says social media companies face massive fines if they don t act. # better than i ever did. # betterthan i ever did. # brexit ended visa free travel to the eu for musicians now eltonjohn tells us why it will hit so many young performers. at the beginning of a career, when you have written your first record, and you want to go out and play live more than anything else, because it helps you grow as an artist. and a clap for the captain it s happening now at sir tom s home and joined by the hospital staff who took care of him in his final hours. and coming up on bbc news, more trouble down under, as up to 600 players and coaching staff go into quarantine, and all tennis is cancelled tomorrow at the australian open. good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. in the last hour, the prime minister has been thanking all those who have helped the uk to reach a milestone in its vaccination programme ten million people have now received a first dos
and tributes for the hollywood film starand model, raquel welch, who s died at the age of 82. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the search has begun for the next leader of the scottish national party and first minister of scotland following nicola sturgeon s surprise decision to stand down on wednesday afterjust over eight years in power. the snp s national executive committee will meet on thursday to draw up a timetable for a leadership race. nominations have already opened. the party s constitution says a candidate for leader needs to have the backing of 100 members from at least 20 different snp branches. if there s more than one candidate a vote of party members will choose the new leader. ms sturgeon plans to remain in office until her successor is elected and continue on as an msp until at least the next holyrood election. with more on wednesday s events, here s alexandra mackenzie. scotland s first female and longest serving f
cup, the premier league returns. on a busy boxing day with the leaders arsenal looking to go eight points clear of manchester city if they beat west ham. it s going to turn much colder for many as this boxing day, showers around as well, which could turn wintry towards north western areas. all of the details throughout the programme. it s monday the 26th december. our main story. police are appealing for information after a gunman shot dead a 26 year old woman in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the shooting in the lighthouse pub in wallasey. merseyside police said it did not believe the victim was targeted. judith moritz reports. late on christmas eve, the lighthouse pub was full of people counting down the minutes towards midnight. it was a lively scene, butjust before 12:00am the pub s neighbours heard a particularly loud noise. i was in bed and i was on phone and i heard a bang, bang, bang, bang fourtimes. i waited, because i thought it was