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stormy weather in the run up to christmas, storm ba ba stormy weather in the run up to christmas, storm baba is set to hit on friday with scotland getting the worst of the wins. barbara. doctors involved in trials of a new multiple sclerosis drug say it s a landmark development in treatment of the disease. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. that get straight to berlin for the latest on the attack on the market there. the mood is sombre here at there. the mood is sombre here at the christmas market in berlin. normally there would be christmas music playing but that is silent. people have been coming to lay flyover lay flowers and light candles and also buy food and drink ina sign candles and also buy food and drink in a sign that life goes on. in the last hour we have been hearing from chancellor merkel who said she was proud of the way that germans have reacted to this attack and she stressed what she said was the importance of unity and solidarity at this ti ....
of care to the public. matthew gordon had no transport manager and effectively flouted every regulation laid down to ensure safety. peter woods signed off vehicles as safe when clearly they were not. as the evacuation of eastern aleppo continues, we ll be speaking to the head of the international rescue committee and former foreign secretary, david miliband. and, prince charles warns of the growing danger of religious persecution, comparing it to the dark days of the 1930s. it s 5.00pm. our main story is the continuing investigation by german police into the attack on the christmas market in berlin on monday evening, in which 12 people were killed and dozens injured. the chancellor, angela merkel, has said that she is hopeful of an arrest very soon. police raids have been carried out across germany as they search for the main suspect, anis amri, a tunisian, whose identification papers were found in the lorry which was driven into shoppers. a europe wide warrant for th ....
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 ....
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 ....
they smile is neverfar away after cricket has been tough, but they smile is never far away from they smile is never far away from the man who believes that support from social media helped him through his darkest days. lying in bed, being a bit cynical, thinking, if i did die, i wonder who would miss me?. itwas did die, i wonder who would miss me?. it was like i died and it was overwhelming, 26 million tweets. that was in the first two hours. the positivity coming my way, i dread to think where i would be without it, if that support was not there. i have always been fit and strong. i have always been fit and strong. i have always been into sport. good at cricket, one of the best. and then i realised, i m not invincible! that is probably the toughest moment. i realise the important things in life. life is not too bad, that s for sure. james taylor, there. that s all from sportsday. there ll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. goodbye for now. studio: t ....