:00:00. > :00:00.Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
:00:00. > :00:09.Hundreds of people have attended a vigil outside the home
:00:10. > :00:12.of Christopher Meli, the 20-year-old man
:00:13. > :00:15.from West Belfast who was murdered at the weekend.
:00:16. > :00:18.The young father was attacked by a gang of between 15 and 20
:00:19. > :00:25.youths in Twinbrook as he walked to a shop while visiting friends.
:00:26. > :00:28.Five teenagers were being questioned by the police tonight as people
:00:29. > :00:32.gathered in support of his family in the Springfield Road area.
:00:33. > :00:41.A family's grief laid bare outside their home.
:00:42. > :00:44.At times tonight, Christopher's brothers were overcome with sorrow.
:00:45. > :00:47.His parents struggling to understand their loss.
:00:48. > :00:49.Several hundred people came to the street
:00:50. > :00:53.Prayers and offerings of hope for a family dealing
:00:54. > :00:55.with devastation since the moment they learned
:00:56. > :01:01.They asked if we had a picture of Christopher.
:01:02. > :01:07.She looked at the picture and she hugged me and said
:01:08. > :01:15.And, in the time since that moment, this family has been
:01:16. > :01:22.Was he kicked around the place like a rag doll?
:01:23. > :01:24.I reckon Christopher died a very violent death.
:01:25. > :01:32.he was calling me, I believe he was calling me or both of us.
:01:33. > :01:33.Christopher was training to become and engineer,
:01:34. > :01:37.learning to drive, dreaming of a future.
:01:38. > :01:41.He couldn't wait to get that wee car on the road to go to work.
:01:42. > :01:47.He begged me, mummy, will you get me the insurance
:01:48. > :01:50.for Christmas, that's what he wanted.
:01:51. > :01:59.That's what he wanted, when he passed his test, and now...
:02:00. > :02:02.The police say Christopher died after a vicious
:02:03. > :02:18.They also say he was attacked by a number of people in need big group.
:02:19. > :02:23.-- in a big group. Some of the people in that group may not have
:02:24. > :02:27.been involved in the attack or anticipated the outcome of the
:02:28. > :02:32.attack. We are working to establish what happened and who was involved.
:02:33. > :02:36.It is only a matter of time for we identify everyone who was there and
:02:37. > :02:42.I am appealing for those people to come forward now and tell police
:02:43. > :02:43.what they saw. Come to us before we come to you, is the message for
:02:44. > :02:47.them. And among the hundreds who came
:02:48. > :02:49.to the vigil tonight, Christopher's friends remembering
:02:50. > :02:58.a proud young father. He always brought his child into the
:02:59. > :03:03.conversation, he was the main interest. The day he was born I
:03:04. > :03:04.remember Christopher standing proud as punch.
:03:05. > :03:06.Tonight, the community of West Belfast gave support
:03:07. > :03:09.to the family, and the family of Christopher Meli gave support
:03:10. > :03:13.A man's been in court charged with killing his mother.
:03:14. > :03:18.Lija Aroustamova was found dead in Portavogie at the weekend.
:03:19. > :03:24.The woman's body was found at this semidetached house
:03:25. > :03:27.in the County Down fishing village of Portavogie in the early hours
:03:28. > :03:30.She was 52-year-old Lija Aroustamova, who was originally
:03:31. > :03:34.from Latvia and was understood to have lived and worked in the area
:03:35. > :03:38.Today her 25-year-old son, Viktors Arustamovs, appeared
:03:39. > :03:43.in Downpatrick Magistrates' Court charged with her murder.
:03:44. > :03:46.He too is from Lativa but has no fixed abode.
:03:47. > :03:49.Viktors Arustamovs appeared in court dressed in
:03:50. > :03:54.As he stood in the dock, an interpreter explained
:03:55. > :03:57.the court proceedings and questions in Russian.
:03:58. > :03:59.He replied in English, giving his date of birth and saying
:04:00. > :04:04.A police officer told the court he believed he could connect
:04:05. > :04:09.There was no bail application and Mr Arustamovs was remanded
:04:10. > :04:13.in custody until 8th January, when he will appear in Newtownards
:04:14. > :04:22.The parents of three teenage boys who were attacked by a gang
:04:23. > :04:27.in Londonderry say their sons have been left terrified.
:04:28. > :04:29.The police are treating the assault, which happened at the city side
:04:30. > :04:37.entrance of the Peace Bridge, as a sectarian hate crime.
:04:38. > :04:40.The boys are all Protestants - one is 13, the others
:04:41. > :04:45.We've spoken to the fathers of two of them who did not
:04:46. > :04:48.One said the boys could have been killed.
:04:49. > :04:52.I think it's a disgrace they can't go to the city side and come and go
:04:53. > :04:54.as they please without being attacked because of their religion.
:04:55. > :04:57.When they were booting him in the face
:04:58. > :05:02.He says to me, Dad, I was very lucky not to get thrown into the Foyle.
:05:03. > :05:04.Hearing that, it could have been a disaster.
:05:05. > :05:07.We could have been looking at a fatality today
:05:08. > :05:13.Victims of the Troubles have met the Secretary of State
:05:14. > :05:16.to push for a resolution of the political disagreement
:05:17. > :05:22.At the recent inter-party talks there was no agreement on issues
:05:23. > :05:25.relating to the legacy of the conflict.
:05:26. > :05:27.After the meeting with Theresa Villiers, the Victims' Forum
:05:28. > :05:33.said they were more optimistic than before.
:05:34. > :05:44.I'm quite confident, more confident that I was a couple of weeks ago,
:05:45. > :05:47.that the Secretary of State will speak to politicians again when they
:05:48. > :05:52.return in the New Year and hopefully with new energy and a will to
:05:53. > :05:58.compromise. There must be compromise in this solution to legacy issues.
:05:59. > :06:03.Politicians are demonstrating willingness to engage. As a
:06:04. > :06:08.government we put some compromises on the table and national security
:06:09. > :06:14.questions, right of appeal to the High Court. We feel we stretched
:06:15. > :06:17.ourselves on that but we are open to consideration of alternatives.
:06:18. > :06:19.The trial has begun of an evangelical preacher accused
:06:20. > :06:21.of making grossly offensive remarks about Islam.
:06:22. > :06:24.Pastor James McConnell denies two charges relating to a sermon he gave
:06:25. > :06:32.More than 100 of his supporters came to the court, including the DUP MP
:06:33. > :06:35.Sammy Wilson and the TUV leader Jim Allister.
:06:36. > :06:41.Football now, and there was a goal fest in tonight's
:06:42. > :06:45.Danske Bank Premiership game between Portadown and Glentoran,
:06:46. > :06:52.The home side opened the scoring with this goal by Gary Twigg,
:06:53. > :06:56.but Glentoran struck back with Marcus Kane scoring
:06:57. > :07:01.Curtis Allen scored his second of the night for Glentoran
:07:02. > :07:07.in the 52nd minute to bring the score to 4-3, but this effort
:07:08. > :07:11.from Twigg sealed the win for the Ports.
:07:12. > :07:15.On BBC Newsline tomorrow we focus on the 51 Syrian refugees
:07:16. > :07:21.who are due to arrive from camps in Lebanon.
:07:22. > :07:24.We talk to others who have already set up home here.
:07:25. > :07:32.They describe the conditions they left behind.
:07:33. > :07:44.It's not a normal life, they kill us, you cannot believe it. Nothing,
:07:45. > :07:50.no electricity, no clean water, that's good food, no milk for them,
:07:51. > :07:54.especially the babies. They are suffering. It is a difficult, hard
:07:55. > :07:55.life for them. You can see more on that on BBC
:07:56. > :07:58.Newsline at 6:30pm tomorrow evening. Tomorrow the Good Morning Ulster
:07:59. > :08:00.programme will be discussing the refugees, and as Britain's Tim
:08:01. > :08:02.Peake prepares for take-off to the International Space Station,
:08:03. > :08:06.an astronaut who has been there is in the studio
:08:07. > :08:09.recalling his experiences. That's on BBC Radio
:08:10. > :08:12.Ulster in the morning. After a cloudy day, let's see
:08:13. > :08:15.if the skies will clear The weather forecast
:08:16. > :08:31.is next with Cecilia Daly. After the cold weather of the
:08:32. > :08:36.weekend it may be pleasant to know this week will be mild, so no frost,
:08:37. > :08:42.temperatures in double figures on most days. Not much sunshine but the
:08:43. > :08:46.breeze will generally be mild but will bring rain at times so we will
:08:47. > :08:52.need to monitor that as the ground is saturated. Nothing too heavy
:08:53. > :08:57.tonight but it will be damp and drizzle later, although by morning
:08:58. > :09:03.some places will have dry up. Some low cloud may linger in the
:09:04. > :09:06.rush-hour, making it foggy on high ground, the main area comes in from
:09:07. > :09:11.the South later in the day. Some drizzle initially but will die out,
:09:12. > :09:15.the breeze will pick up that this is the main wet weather over the
:09:16. > :09:21.southern half of Ireland moving north. Moving into Wales, England,
:09:22. > :09:28.eventually Northern England and there are rain warnings in force for
:09:29. > :09:32.Yorkshire, but much of Scotland will be dry and milder, so there will be
:09:33. > :09:37.a law of the snow covering much of the Scottish Highlands. Wet from
:09:38. > :09:43.late afternoon onwards, heavy bursts of rain accompanied by blustery
:09:44. > :09:49.winds, the rain will die away on Tuesday night, not as a wet on
:09:50. > :09:53.Wednesday with a lot of dry weather and temperatures in low teens. That
:09:54. > :10:01.is the main theme, it will be mild, some rain at times but overall not
:10:02. > :10:03.that heavy. And that's all from me. Good night.