Bong. Getting ready for the new year restoration work on big ben will pause for one night only so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. And later this hour, private eyes editor, ian hislopjoins the bbcs media editor amol rajan to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. The governor of new york, andrew cuomo, has called the knife attack at a jewish celebration in new york state domestic terrorism. Five people were injured, two of them critically, during a hanukkah gathering at the home of an orthodox rabbi. A man has been arrested. In recent weeks, police have stepped up patrols in jewish neighbourhoods, following a series of anti semitic hate crimes. Our washington correspondent, Chris Buckler, reports. Members of new yorks largejewish community had gathered to celebrate their religion, only to be attacked because of it. They were at the home of a rabbi in monsey to mark hannukah when a man forced his way into the house and started stabbin
The other mains stories this hour. The former england fast bowler and ashes hero bob willis has died aged 70. The impeachment inquiry into donald trump moves up a gear, as Thejudiciary Committee considers the charges lawmakers will vote on. Extinction rebellion activists dressed as bees target the lib dem battle bus in south london and confronted the party leader, jo swinson. And coming up, the spirit of christmas for the First Lady Melania Trump as she visits a Salvation Army centre in east london. Its 5 oclock our main story is that nato leaders have concluded their seventieth anniversary summit with a plan to defend the baltic states. Turkey had threatened a veto unless nato endorsed its belief that kurdish fighters in syria are terrorists. Leaders also discussed the rise of china and threats from Cyber Attacks and the militarisation of space. However, the two day summit has been overshadowed by President Trumps strained relationship with other world leaders. It included a spat over
Dead in a lorry in essex. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers martin bentham, Home Affairs Editor at the evening standard, and the business commentator, josie cox stay with us for that. Good evening. Donald trump says the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, has died after a military operation, conducted by Us Special Forces. Hed been described as the worlds most wanted man, and mrtrump said capturing or killing him, had been the Top National Security priority of his administation. Al baghdadi had been under surveillance in Northern Syria for two weeks, eventually being cornered, in the village of barisha. Hes said to have detonated an explosive vest, as his compound came under attack. Heres our middle east editorjeremy bowen. The sound and flame of battle lasted around four hours, witnesses in the village told the bbc. In the morning, boys on their way to school checked out the rubble. Theyre from a new generation violentjihadists m
Before, to achieve what . But one of his supposed friends the Prime Minister of luxembourg launches a scathing attack on that Brexit Strategy after Boris Johnson pulls out of a joint News Conference amid noisy protests. Its not under my responsibility if they are not able to find a United Kingdom back in london and the house of commons and a majority. These are home made problems. Also on the Programme Auto workers at General Motors walk off the job for the first strike in 12 years, fuelling turmoil in the us economy. And the bride who swallowed her ring to hide it from the bad guys who wanted to steal it. Trouble is, she was dreaming it. Hello and welcome im Michelle Fleury in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. The wave of drone attacks this weekend on a major oil facility in saudi arabia, took out 5 of Global Supply and has triggered a record surge in oil prices. President trump says the United States is locked and loaded to respond and says he will use the Emergency Oil r
Welcome to the programme. Here in the uk the left wing maverick, George Galloway has won the rochdale by election. Mr galloway who won by almost 6,000 votes made his support for the palestinian cause his dominant Campaign Theme in the constituency, which has a large asian muslim community. 0ur Political Correspondent peter saull reports from rochdale. I do hereby declare that George Galloway is duly elected. George galloway is nothing if not persistent. 37 years after he was first elected as a labour mp, he is on his way back to parliament determined to be a thorn in his former partys side. This is going to spark a movement, a landslide, a shifting of the Tectonic Plates in scores of parliamentary constituencies, beginning here in the north west. In the west midlands, in london, from ilford to Bethnal Green and bow, labour is on notice that they have lost the confidence of millions of their voters. Hes always divided opinion, though. George galloway you want to burn our future that pro