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moment we will take you to berlin and milan, where the prime suspect behind the killing of 12 people at a christmas market last week has been shot dead by italian police. we will tell you that story as it happens, but first, an internal flight tell you that story as it happens, but first, an internalflight in libya has been hijacked and diverted to malta where it has now landed. let s ta ke to malta where it has now landed. let s take you know to malta. all flights have been cancelled as the afriqiyah airways plane is on the ru nway afriqiyah airways plane is on the runway with security and medical services surrounding at or close by. this is a tweet from the maltese prime minister in the last few minutes saying there are 111 passengers on board, it is a airbus a320, owned by the state owned afriqiyah airways. earlier the prime minister said security and emergency operations were standing by. earlier we spoke to the deputy mayor who said multiple measures were being tak ....
weekend of travel disruption. and britain braces for storm barbara with scotland expected to bear the brunt of 90 mile an hour winds and difficult travelling conditions. more now on the flight that has been hijacked. malta s prime ministerjoseph muscat said on twitter that security and emergency operations are standing by. reports say the airbus a320 of state owned afriqiyah airways has 118 people aboard. of state owned afriqiyah airways earlier i spoke to magda magri naudi, the deputy mayor for lija in malta. she gave the latest on what authorities there had heard. well, at the minute, oui’ newscasters have just issued an issue and an address from the prime minister. he said it is only a few minutes ago that he officially received a statement that a libyan airliner was landing in malta with hijackers on board. the situation was here all ready, but he is onlyjust receive the official news now. there is a meeting where a special committee are addressing the situation. ....
news oscar becomes the seventh most expensive footballer in history after a £60 million move from chelsea to shanghai sipg is agreed. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. anis amri the suspect in the berlin christmas market lorry attack has been shot dead in milan. italian officials say amri opened fire on police who asked him for id during a routine patrol in the city. one italian police officer was shot and injured. the italian authorities say the fingerprints of the dead man match those found on the steering wheel of a lorry which drove at shoppers at a christmas market, killing twelve people and injuring dozens more. our correspondent angus crawford reports. the body of anis amri lies on a milan street. his last act, to pull a gun from his backpack and shoot out police. his last words, god is great. the question for the authorities is how did he evade one of the biggest manhunts in german history and make it italy? look in the doorway. this is t ....
but a 70 mph in exposed areas right now. as that clears through, don t be lulled into a sense of security across the far north of scotland. here, the wind will strengthen even further. this is not the wildest weather that the north of scotland has ever experienced. let s put it into context. but it is enough to cause significant disruption, possibly some power outages with winds of 80 and possibly 90 mph, hence the amber warning from the met 0ffice. be prepared for storm barbara through this evening. gales blowing as we head into the early hours of christmas eve. it turns colder, sleet and snow down to quite low levels, a lot of snow for highland areas of scotland. quieter further south. but we will start christmas eve on a chilly note, wherever you are. there goes barbara. we are into a run of strong, westerly wind. chilly westerly wind through christmas eve. pledge of sunshine across southern areas. here, a brightand pledge of sunshine across southern areas. here, a b ....
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 ....