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. there ar
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. anis amr