Boxing Day tsunami

Memorial events have been held across the Indian Ocean to mark 20 years since the tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people. The tsunami caused devastation across the region, killing people as far away as East Africa. We'll hear from our reporter on the story and from survivors.

The Russian government has cautioned against promoting "hypotheses" about the cause of the crash of a Russia bound passenger plane that killed 38 people in Kazakhstan this week.

And we discuss what's happened in Europe in the last year with our Europe editor, Katya Adler. She'll tell us about the rise of right-wing parties on the continent and her interview with the former German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Presenter: Lukwesa Burak

(Photo: a religious memorial service to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Credit: RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA-EFE)