1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:01,160 Speaker 1: Ryan Bridge. 2 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 2: Get to Gavin Gray in the UK, Gavin, good evening, 3 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 2: good morning to you. 4 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 3: Good evening there An how's the UK. 5 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 2: Reacting to the sterera tech in Sydney? 6 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: Yep, lots of different celebrations of Hannekah, but of course 7 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: remembering their lost ones in their community. In Australia, a 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: crowd of around one hundred gathered outside the Australian High 9 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: Commission in central London for a vigil, people waving British 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: Israeli flag, some just the sign stop the hate, and 11 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: the rabbi one of the rabbis attending the vigil said 12 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:40,319 Speaker 1: don't be afraid, we should celebrate Hannekah and then at 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: Trafalgar Square a large manara was lit up to mark 14 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: the first day of the festival. With hundreds of others 15 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: also attending Hannock events in Northwest London. So there is 16 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: a definite sign that there's an increased police presence in 17 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: and around these events taking place, but obviously huge sadness 18 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: with one of the dead victims named as a British 19 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: born rabbi here with family still in London, and some 20 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: tense times as well after Benjaminette and Yah who Israeli 21 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: leader comments, you know, effectively saying, well, there's countries where 22 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: these attacks have allowed it to happen, have allowed the 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: cancer to fester. And of course we remember back in 24 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: Manchester where two people were killed in an attack on 25 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: a synagogue on Yom Kippur. So a great deal of 26 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: concern for the safety of Jews gathering for various celebrations. 27 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: Absolutely, and for people gathering generally in Germany. 28 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 3: What's going on in Germany? 29 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think this story's kind of gone under the radar. 30 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: This is because they just haven't really advertised or put 31 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: out and publicized what's been going on. But five people 32 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of being involved 33 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: in a plot to drive a vehicle into people at 34 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: a Christmas market. They are three Moroccans, an Egyptian, and 35 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: Assyrian and they've all been detained in the south of 36 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: Bavaria and authorities say they do suspect an Islamist motive. 37 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: According to the prosecutors, the Egyptian, who's a fifty six 38 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: year old, is alleged called for a vehicle attack with 39 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: the aim of killing or injuring as many as possible, 40 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: and the Moroccans are allegedly agreed to carry out the event. 41 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: Now the authorities don't say which market when it was planned, 42 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 1: but the German newspaper Built is reporting the Egyptian man 43 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: was an imam at a mosque in the area, and 44 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: there are there have been a number of attacks on 45 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: Christmas markets in Germany, perhaps the most significant in twenty 46 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 1: sixteen in Berlin, when a man drove a lorry into 47 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: a crowd, killing twelve people but injuring hundreds of others. 48 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 3: And finally, the winner of last year's Eurovision Song contests 49 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 3: said that they're going to give their trophy back. 50 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: What for? Yes, Nemo says they're going to give their 51 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: trophy back, and that is because and they don't agree 52 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 1: with Israel's continued participation in the event. The twenty six 53 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: year old Swiss singer says there's a clear conflict between 54 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: Israel's involvement in the competition and what's going on in 55 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: Gaza and the ideals of unity, inclusion and dignity that 56 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: the contest says that it stands for now. They of 57 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: course have four countries, indeed five now because another one's 58 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: joined them Iceland, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands have 59 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: announced they were boycott next year's event because Israel has 60 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: been allowed to compete. Very controversial last year in Israel 61 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: nearly one with a huge public vote, but that was 62 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: with each person allowed to vote twenty times, and of 63 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: course the public vote was massive for Israel. And really 64 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: the Eurovision bosses have got a court between a rock 65 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: and a hard place here because they've decided not to 66 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: ban Israel, and Germany, for instance, was saying that it 67 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: would boycott if they did ban Israel, so they are 68 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: stuck in this. You know, this should all be beyond politics, 69 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: but quite frankly, I don't think it can be. 70 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: No, it doesn't sound like it either, Gevin. Thank you 71 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 3: for that. Kevin Gray, our UK correspondent with US tonight 72 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 1: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive listen live to 73 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 74 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,119 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.