been found dead at an indian hotel. at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the blizzard of the century , with an extra nine inches of snow expected during the day in new york state , where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. the storm has affected a vast area , from canada in the north , down through the us , and reaching mexico. president biden has approved emergency measures , allowing financial support for new york state. this is the scene live you can see it is very great and cold but from people we have spoken to it through the course of the day the weather added little better today allowing some of those rescue efforts to get under way. it stopped snowing and it is bitterly cold. i can show you some pictures from the other side of the country. it is los angeles airport but thousands of flights cancelled at around 11 in the morning. a lot of people in the wrong place
on christmas eve. a 30 year old man is being held on suspicion of murder and a 19 year old woman is being detained on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. ellie edwards died in hospital after being shot in the head at the lighthouse pub in wallasey village. taiwan s president, tsai ing wen, has announced that all men will be required to serve one year s military service. the announcement came after china carried out one of its biggest incursions to date in the seas and skies around taiwan on sunday with fighterjets and warships deployed around the island. the taiwanese leader said it was needed to counter the growing military pressure beijing is exerting on taiwan, which it regards as an integral part of china. translation: the current four-month military training service system - cannot provide sufficient troops or frequency of training to cope with the rapidly changing combat situation and satisfy the need for combat readiness. after two years of complete assessment and review, conside
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this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world . i m christian fraser. the headlines at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved emergency federal help for new york state, as the arctic freeze continues. serbia has put troops on high alert over rising tensions with kosovo. taiwan says all men will now be required to serve one year s military service after china launches one of its biggest incursions into taiwanese airspace. police name the victim of a stabbing on the dance floor of a nightclub in birmingham as 23 year old cody fisher and another unexplained death involving russian oligarchs: the sausage tycoon pavel antov has
that time. we have gone from very ti . ht that time. we have gone from very tight 0-covid that time. we have gone from very tight 0-covid rules that time. we have gone from very tight 0-covid rules in that time. we have gone from very tight 0-covid rules in october- that time. we have gone from very tight 0-covid rules in october two | tight 0 covid rules in october two practically no coping rules at all do you think that was undermined the view of the leadership in beijing? i think the leadership has a lot of explaining to do. as various chinese on social media have asked if we were simply going to scrap all of these restrictions overnight as we just have than what was the point of all those years of lockdown? would it not have made a lot more sense to do what other countries have done? so have a period of lockdown and then vaccinate everyone and bit by bit ease the lockdown rules. i do think the chinese government has yet to provide a response to that question. to provide a res