and a half year deal replacing alan pardew we ll hear from the stars of the global phenomenon that is sherlock, ahead of it s return to our screens on new years day. and mike s been out on his latest challenge a ratherfestive throwing competition. gulbis bikes go into your hand and you try to haul to the end and the tops you can try to throw it over even more. it is a very odd shape to be throwing. not all will be revealed in half an hour. and nick has the festive forecast for us. good morning. storm barbara may be pulling away from the uk, but it remains windy today, tomorrow, and into boxing day as well. the latest on the blustery christmas forecast coming up. good morning. first, our main story. extensive railway engineering works are starting across britain today, with 200 different projects being carried out over the christmas break. passengers in london, manchester and cardiff are expected to be the hardest hit by the work. one of the biggest stations in the capital,
translation: 14 votes in favour. voting that they had become a serious threat to a viable peace deal with the palestinians. it was that conviction which led the us to withhold its customary protection of israel at the council, although not without much soul searching. because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution, and because the united states does not agree with every word in this text, that the united states did not vote in favour of the resolution. the israelis had managed to delay but not prevent the vote. they felt betrayed by their ally, especially angry about condemnation of their construction in occupied eastjerusalem. who gave you the right to issue such a decree, denying our eternal rights in jerusalem? israel has long pursued a policy of building jewish settlements on arab land captured during the 1967 war. it insists it has the legal right to do this, but most of the world disagrees, and the un resolution will make that
security council resolution demanding a halt to the building of israeli settlements in occupied palestinian territory. the vote passed after the united states israel s traditional ally, abstained rather than using its veto. our state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed judgement on israeli settlements. translation: 14 votes in favour. voting that they had become a serious threat to a viable peace deal with the palestinians. it was that conviction which led the us to withhold its customary protection of israel at the council, although not without much soul searching. because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution, and because the united states does not agree with every word in this text, that the united states did not vote in favour of the resolution. the israelis had managed to delay but not prevent the vote. they felt betrayed by their ally, especially angry
news. israel has condemned a vote by the un security council calling for an end tojewish settlements on occupied palestinian land. the us abstained rather than vetoing the resolution as it usually does. donald trump has tweeted things will be different when he takes over. here s our middle east correspondent yolande knell. these israeli homes are on land that the palestinians want for their promised future state. there are now some 600,000 israelis living in the occupied west bank in eastjerusalem, and numbers are growing. in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed its judgment on thejewish settlements. translation: 14 votes in favour. describing them as a flagrant violation of international law and a threat to any peace deal with the palestinians. crucially, the united states did not use its veto power in israel s favour as it usually does. it is because this resolution reflects the facts on the ground and it is consistent with us policy across administrations
of a terrorist cell linked to anis amri, the tunisian who killed 12 people by driving a lorry into a christmas market in berlin this week. the interior ministry said one of those detained was amri s nephew. 24 year old anis amri was shot dead by police in milan in the early hours of friday morning. bethany bell reports. this is anis amri, the man suspected of being behind the attack on a berlin christmas market. and now, authorities across europe and the middle east are trying to piece together his extremist connections. now a clearer picture of his network is emerging. officials in tunis say he was connected to a militant cell, which included his sister s son. amri is thought to have sent his nephew money to help him come to germany. the nephew s now in custody in tunisia. two others have also been arrested. the spanish authorities are investigating whether amri may have had links to an extremist in spain. in tunis today, hundreds of people took to the streets to demonstrate