21/12/2016 BBC News at Ten

A Europe-wide manhunt for the suspect in the Berlin lorry attack -

and difficult questions for German police.

Tunisan Anis Amri is a rejected asylum seeker who had

already been investigated by counter terrorism officers.

He had been under surveillance two months before the attack,

but it was stopped for lack of evidence.

This person attracted the attention of several security services

in Germany through his contact with a radical Islamist.

Details of the injured and those killed in the Christmas market

And in a terrible irony, the paperwork needed to deport

the man suspected of murdering them was completed just today.

The NHS in England defends planned hospital closures -

Life for the millionaire who murdered his escort girlfriend -

Once I'd attempted to murder her, I'd be in a hell of a lot

of trouble for that, and she could have still gone

The first black Anglican bishop in 20 years as the Church of England

And the class of 2024 - Team GB looks ahead after its record

Coming in Sportsday, Saints escape any punishment for allowing George

North to carry on playing after appearing to be knocked out in a

match. A Europe-wide man hunt is underway

for a rejected asylum seeker suspected of driving the lorry that

ploughed into a Christmas He is 24-year-old Anis Amri from

Tunisia. It's emerged he had already been

under investigation by counter terrorism police for planning

a possible attack as recently as September, but covert

surveillance was stopped He was due to be deported

from Germany back in August, but the documentation needed

to send him back to Tunisia Our Berlin Correspondent,

Jenny Hill, has the latest. You're looking at Europe's most

wanted man, Anis Amri, the main, the only suspect in the investigation

into an attack which shattered Germany. Prosecutors warn he may be

armed, dangerous and they're offering a 100,000 euros -- reward.

TRANSLATION: There is a new suspect, we are searching for him. We will

keep investigating every lead. We issue a warning -- issued a warning

at midnight for the suspect's arrest.

We are learning more about the 24-year-old Tunisian. He arrived in

Germany last year and was refused asylum but granted temporary leave

to stay. The security services admit he was known to them are considered

a threat because of his links to one of Germany's most notorious to

Islamist networks. He will be hard to find. He used six different names

and three nationalities. TRANSLATION: This person attracted

the attention of several security services in Germany through his

contact with a radical Islamists. The hijacked lorries yielding grim

evidence. Documents leading to the suspect and DNA. It's thought Anis

Amri fought with the man should have been behind the wheel before

shooting him dead. But it was 24 hours before police identified him

as a suspect. First they arrested and released an innocent man, giving

Anis Amri a vital start. Today, flowers for the dead, prayers for

the injured. The German Foreign Minister was joined at the scene of

the attack by his Italian counterpart. Among those missing and

feared dead, Fabricio DiLorenzo, Dalia Elyakim also hasn't been seen

since the attack. Husband is seriously ill in hospital. A time

perhaps for faith. Tonight, a spontaneous gathering at a Berlin

synagogue. The ceremony was extremely important because this

attack was not an attack on Berlin or on Germany. It was not an attack

on dues are Christians. It was an attack on all of us. Across the

city, a vigil of a different kind. The attack, the arrest warrant, have

reignited a national debate. The anti-immigrant party blame Angela

Merkel and her refugee policy for this attack. So does Geert Wilders,

the far right Dutch politician, who posted this picture today, the

German Chancellor's hands covered in blood. Do you blame Angela Merkel?

Angela Merkel, she says, is a humanitarian woman. She did the

right thing a year ago. No one could know this would happen.

We live in a free world and we want to stay free. Things like this will

happen. This country feels nervous. Extra security at Christmas markets.

After all, Anis Amri is still at large. But this investigation does

now have a face and a focus. For some here, a little light perhaps in

the darkness. We can go live to Berlin now,

and talk to Jenny Hill. Jenny, as far as the main suspect is

concerned, they seem to have been a number of missed opportunities?

That's correct. I think we are starting to get more of a picture of

his background. He reportedly spent, for example, some time in prison in

Italy. Yet appears to have had a history of violent offending. He

may, we're told, then -- have been arrested at least once in Germany.

Let me bring you up to speed. We have had some unconfirmed reports

tonight that counterterror officers have stormed two Parchments in

Berlin. Although they have made no arrest and -- arrests. This man is

still at large. He could be anywhere in Germany, anywhere in Europe. This

warrant extends to the whole of the passport free Schengen zone. So

tonight here there is a sense of, of course grief, anger, frustration,

but above all, there is really very much a sense of unease, too. Jenny

Hill, thank you. In response to the Berlin attack,

new security measures that were already planned around

Buckingham Palace have From today, surrounding

roads are being closed The UK remains on its second highest

threat level of "severe", meaning an attack is considered highly

likely, as our Security Correspondent, Frank

Gardner, reports. A normal morning at Buckingham

Palace for the Changing of the Guard. Not quite. Extra armed police

have been deployed at public events like this since the terrorist attack

in Berlin. Plans to close off the surrounding roads have been broad

forward to prevent a lorry being driven into the crowd. The public

seemed reassured. We spoke about it. Everybody is here today supporting

what happened out there. The policemen everywhere. There is a

limit to what the police alone can stop. In my fave, the security

service, is currently monitoring around 3000 security sets --...

The biggest challenge is that we have in this country a number of

violent extremistss. Any one of whom could decide on the spur of the

moment to conduct some terrorist act. So the authorities have got to

keep track of a lot of people, put the jigsaw puzzle together and then

deploy their re-sources where they think the risks are greatest. On the

continent, Germany, long a reluctant user of CCTV, is now edging closer

to the British model of widespread video surveillance of public places.

International intelligence cooperation has stopped some

attacks, but the simpler the plot, the harder to detect. Getting spies

inside terrorist networks overseas is what MI6 does. In Britain it is

MI5's job. Increasingly these days, jihadists looking for a low-tech

ways of inflicting maximum casualties with the minimum chances

of their plans leaking out. Today the government's efforts to monitor

people's communications were dealt a blow. The European Court of Justice

ruled against data. The ruling, which the government is appealing

against, was hailed by Labour's Tom Watson and others, who said it

proved the government had overstepped the mark. Some disagree.

I think it will make it more difficult, not only the fight

against terror, but the fight against organised crime, Sexual

Exploitation Service even things like looking for missing persons.

Criminals are often very careful in the days before their crime about

who they talk to on the phone. That is why it can be very useful to go

back into the records for a few Weeks or months and see who they

were speaking to them. Efforts to keep the public safe from a

terrorist attack are starting to look like a war without end. Britain

may have the tools to fight it. But it is not impregnable. Frank

Gardner, BBC News. The head of the NHS

in England, Sir Bruce Keogh, has defended controversial plans

to radically change how health The proposals would result

in the closure of some accident and emergency units and hospital

wards, as services are This report from our

Health Editor, Hugh Pym. With threats to local

hospitals, cue protestors. And that's what's

happening here in Banbury. They fear NHS reform plans will mean

the local A being downgraded, Local managers say nothing's

finalised, but with maternity services recently reduced,

these demonstrators claim We need a hospital that is going to

support the population of Banbury. And I feel that reducing

the services of Banbury and forcing people to go elsewhere,

is going to put lives at risk. I want the Horton to stay

as it is and to grow, It's just one example

of sustainability and transformation plans being drawn up in every area

of England, with local health and social care leaders urged to do

more to look after people Campaigners out trying to protect

local hospital services is nothing The question is whether

protests like this will NHS leaders know they have to work

hard to convince the public that It's incumbent on those

who are putting the proposals forwards to be absolutely clear

about what the benefits and risks of each proposed change are,

because many communities will have some pretty difficult

choices to make. What would you say to those who say

this is a smoke screen for cuts Well, there'll always be

people who think that. But actually, this is really

about a proper conversation about how we improve the services

and, in particular, how we link up social care

and the National Health Service. Some of the plans draw

on a pioneering scheme which is being tried out

in areas like Margate. Known as Primary Care Home,

it sees GPs, the NHS and social care I'm a lot better today

than I was, darling. Barbara, who has heart,

lung and kidney problems, has visits whenever she needs them,

so she can live in a own home. I recommend being at home

to get better rather Northern Ireland and Scotland

already have integrated The landscape is the same

across the UK, with an ageing England's attempts to join up local

services offers opportunities, A former Royal Marine Sergeant,

who's serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded

Afghan fighter in 2011, has been refused bail

while he awaits an appeal hearing. The family of Alexander Blackman had

hoped he'd be released from custody His case is due to be

reconsidered next year. A millionaire property developer

from South Wales has been jailed for life for the murder

of his escort girlfriend. Peter Morgan strangled

Georgina Symonds, who he paid ?10,000 a month, at her

home in Newport. He had admitted killing her,

but denied it was murder. Georgina Symonds, mother

to a five-year-old daughter. She was strangled by the man who

called himself her "Sugar Daddy." The 25-year-old had met property

millionaire Peter Morgan The married 54-year-old had become

infatuated with her. But the court heard he killed her

in a carefully planned attack out of cold anger,

on finding out that she'd In a statement, read on her behalf,

Georgina Symonds' mother, Deborah, The death of my daughter,

Georgina Symonds, has been a devastating tragedy for the whole

of our family. Her beautiful daughter has

been left without a mum. Georgina has left a hole in our

lives that will never be repaired. During their relationship,

the father of two had paid Georgina Symonds up to ?10,000

a month, taken her on helicopter She moved into a bungalow

in the grounds of a ruined mansion that he owned,

but she didn't know that he'd installed a listening device,

disguised as a plug adapter. The multi-millionaire overheard

a conversation in which she spoke of plans to blackmail him

by threatening to send intimate Police visited her bungalow

when she was reported missing after failing to pick up

he daughter from school. This body cam footage

records Morgan claiming But Georgina Symonds

was already dead. Peter Morgan had concealed her body

in a barn at his family home. This was the moment that

Peter Morgan told police During his trial, the jury had been

told that Peter Morgan had He had denied murder on the grounds

of diminished responsibility. But the judge told him

that the plans that he'd made and the steps he'd taken to cover up

what he'd done, showed he was in Peter Morgan showed no emotion

as he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 25 years

for the murder of Georgina Symonds. Sian Lloyd, BBC News,

Newport Crown Court. A brief look at some of the day's

other other news stories. In Syria, the operation to bring

the remaining residents out of the formerly rebel-held areas

of eastern Aleppo has resumed, There have been reports saying

all rebel fighters are now out, but the US State Department says

that's not yet clear. Syrian army units are

waiting to take full control of the city,

after four years A Labour MP, whose been

an outspoken critic of his leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

has announced he's standing Jamie Reed, who represents Copeland,

in West Cumbria, is taking a job The resulting by-election

is expected to be difficult for Labour, as it only won

the seat narrowly in 2015, and its constituents voted

heavily to leave the EU. The Queen and the Duke

of Edinburgh have delayed plans to go to Sandringham,

where they'll spend Christmas with the rest of the Royal Family,

because they both have heavy colds. They had been due to travel

by train to Norfolk today. They're now expected to go

tomorrow or Friday. The CBI has called for UK firms

to continue to enjoy "tariff-free" access to European markets

post-Brexit, after conducting the largest consultation

of its members since It's published a report urging

the Government to negotiate for the whole economy rather

than individual sectors. Our business editor,

Simon Jack, explains. The very different faces of the UK

economy, each making their own In pure economic terms, there

is a country mile between them. Farming adds ?9 billion

to the value of the economy. Their priorities, when it

comes to Brexit... We're producing some

fantastic products. We could very easily end up

sleepwalking into a situation And if those tariffs are there,

even for short periods of time, And if those tariffs are there,

even for short periods of time, I take you back

to the foot-and-mouth where we lost our exports,

that cost the industry about 25% Meanwhile, in the city,

different worries for an industry The biggest exporting sector

and the biggest attracter of inward It's a really important industry

and an asset for the UK. When there is so much to work

through, so much detail to negotiate and the stakes are so very high,

it is perhaps understandable to prioritise the industries that

deliver the big bucks, but that would be a mistake,

according to the CBI. Across a wide variety of sectors

there are three things The first is tariff-free access

to the European market. The second is access

to people and skills, the vital ingredient

in every business. And third, and really important,

is continuity and stability around That last point is a big one

for industries like aerospace, collective standards are set

in Europe because of the cost and complexity of the products,

duplicating that in the UK Not being a member of

the European Aviation Safety Agency would cost the UK Government up

to ?40 million per annum. It would add unnecessary

administrative burden to industry and, potentially,

minimise or make it more difficult for us to export to key

markets around the world. Business is committed

to making Brexit a success. To achieve that, say the CBI,

we'll need an approach that 2016 has seen a series of tough

challenges for the European Union, with the vote for Brexit,

the rise of nationalist parties and the continuing

migrant crisis. In the third of a series

on how the world has changed over the last year,

our special correspondent, Allan Little, considers what impact

the momentous political changes in the UK and America

might have on Europe. In Prague, the Christmas markets

are glittering symbols of a remarkable transition -

from dictatorship, foreign occupation and poverty to one

of the fastest growing economies The country's wealth has more

than quadrupled in a generation. The anti-communist revolutions

of 1989 changed the shape of Europe. Somewhere in this crowd, of 400,000,

is a much younger me, watching as the dissident

playwright, Vaclav Havel, gave voice to the hopes

of half a continent. It was a really thrilling thing

to stand here beneath that balcony and watch an entire nation rise up

to take back control It wasn't just about democratic

transition, at the heart of that revolution lay the idea

that they were returning their country to where it properly

belonged, to the heart of Europe. Some here now argue that having

taken control of their national destiny from Moscow,

the former communist states then To speak about

independence is a joke. We wanted to be integrated

in the EU, but not unified. I think that the role

of the national government Most of the decisions come

from Brussels, not from Prague here. The former communist bloc

has its own Rust Belt. This steel factory, outside Prague,

collapsed under market forces. Its workforce fell from 20,000

to 300, but openness to Europe has given the Czech economy far more

than it has taken away. It has one of the lowest

unemployment rates in Europe. There is, even in this dereliction,

little appetite to walk away TRANSLATION: I think most

people would vote to stay for the sake of my children,

my grandchildren, for their future, Germany is Europe's

centre of gravity now. Pianos from this factory sell around

the world because they are among the best in the world,

and that is Germany's The pursuit of unity in Europe has

been Germany's way of turning The EU has been Germany's act

of contrition and of redemption. The pianist, Saleem Ashkar,

is a Palestinian, now What I do see is a country here that

has been traumatised by its past and, as a result,

has become extremely In a way, Germany has used

its traumatic past for the good. It is now a very, what do we say

in German, very awaken. It's not sleepwalking

anywhere or careful, 2016 has given Germany

a new responsibility, one it did not seek -

how to lead in Europe without rousing the ghosts of German

domination in Europe. German's are incredibly neurotic

about world leadership or even They don't like to think

of themselves really So, you know, the idea that Germany

would somehow lead is very So, no, I don't think

they're prepared for this Although things in Germany

are changing and there's beginning to be slowly a sense of -

if we don't do it, nobody will. For 70 years, leadership of the West

has been English speaking. Now Germany, as it grapples

with a security crisis of its own, finds the burden of leadership

thrust upon it. You can see a longer version

of Allan Little's reports this week on Our World this weekend on the BBC

News Channel. It's on Friday and Sunday evening

at 9.30pm and Saturday at 10.30pm. A senior black clergywoman has

accused the Church of England of institutional racism because it

has so few ethnic minorities There are only six black,

Asian and minority ethnic clergy at the highest levels of the church

despite black evangelical churches The Church has acknowledged there's

a problem, as our religious affairs correspondent,

Martin Bashir, reports. The Reverend Tunde Roberts has been

leading a growing and diverse congregation for the last 17 years

and cannot understand why ethnic minorities can fill the pews

and pulpits of the Church of England, but not senior

leadership positions. What is it about being

a Bishop that we cannot do? The appointment of Karowei Dorgu

yesterday, as Bishop of Woolwich, has been welcomed, but does little

to improve statistics. Of 41 diocese, there

is only one black, Asian or minority ethnic Bishop,

John Sentamu, He's one of just five minority

ethnic clergy to hold senior positions in the entire

Church of England. Rose Hudson-Wilkin serves

at the centre of the nation's democracy, as Chaplin to the Speaker

of the House of Commons. She's also one of the most prominent

black members of the clergy. I do not believe that the Church

respects and embraces When you describe the Church as not

respecting people of colour, of being visible and invisible,

are you not describing the essential It is really a heavy burden to say

that because that is Clearly, there have been

issues about development, about people being given

the opportunities to take on those posts, which are stepping stone

posts to senior appointments and, I'm almost certain - though one

can't prove these things - that there must have been bias

of some kind within the appointments The growth of ethnically diverse

churches means they're unlikely to be so patient if forced to wait

20 more years for It was one of the

highlights of the year. Team GB's record-breaking

performance in Rio delivered gold medal after gold medal and will live

long in the memory of sports fans. Now, Team GB's bosses are looking

ahead, not just to 2020, they're already working

with the athletes of 2024. Our sports correspondent,

Natalie Pirks, has been It was a summer of unprecedented

sporting success. Golds were boldly won,

where golds haven't been won before. Never before had a nation

exceeded their medal tally at a summer Olympics immediately

after a home Games. COMMENTATOR: Adam Peaty takes

Olympic gold for Great Britain. But future stars are already

on the springboard, UK Sport was unique when it launched

its eight-year pathway programme. Not only does it invest in athletes

with what it calls 'podium potential' for the next Olympics,

but also for the athletes coming up behind them,

like diver Kat Torrance. With two golds at the recent

World Junior Championships, she's an Olympic hopeful,

learning her trade alongside An Olympic medal, a gold one,

from Team GB, had never happened, so it did almost seem impossible,

but now that they've done it, it's like, "OK, maybe

it's not impossible, maybe it could be repeated

in the next Olympics." So, you know, they're

a big inspiration to us. It's kind of weird to think

that we are role models for them, but I think that they were hugely

inspired by, you know, watching the Olympics and seeing

the success that we got. We've got such talent just here,

and it's young talent as well, So, you know, looking forward

to 2020 and onwards. Another sport to exceed

expectations in Rio, Everybody's looked at gymnastics

in Britain and thought - well, no, London was going to be

a fluke and then it We set out to make sure that

that was sustainable going through to Rio and,

in the same way now, we expect that to be

sustainable going on to Tokyo One of the gymnasts

on the eight-year pathway He's part of Great Britain's

Juniors, who this year won their fifth European team gold

in a row. The ultimate dream,

to win an all-around medal at least 2024 or a medal

at Tokyo in 2020. 2020 is a dream,

and 2024 is reality? With confidence like that,

it seems Britain's future medal There will be more on all of those

stories and of course any updates on the manhunt for the suspect

in the Berlin attack