three aid organisations have suspended their activities in afghanistan in response to a ban on women working for humanitarian agencies. king charles has used his first christmas message to reflect on the cost of living crisis. he spoke of the great anxiety and hardship for those struggling to pay their bills and keep theirfamilies fed and warm . the king also paid tribute to his mother, queen elizabeth, who is buried in st george s chapel from where the king delivered his speech. our royal correspondent, nick witchell, was listening to the speech and gave us his verdict. there is, i think, a strong sense of social awareness in this christmas broadcast. now, just to put it in context, a long history, of course, of a broadcast at christmas time by the monarch going right back to the 1930s when king george the fifth started on radio. then queen elizabeth took it up on television in the 1950s. and this broadcast, the first by king charles. it was recorded in st george s chap
in afghanistan, in response to a ban on women working for humanitarian agencies. hello and welcome to bbc news. king charles has used his first christmas message as monarch, to reflect on the cost of living crisis. he spoke of the great anxiety and hardship for those struggling to pay their bills and keep their families fed and warm . the king also paid tribute to his mother, queen elizabeth, who is buried in st george s chapel from where the king delivered his speech. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell has more. christmas at sandringham for the first time since the start of the pandemic. familiar routines were resumed though, without that most familiar of figures, queen elizabeth. king charles and the queen consort led the royal family from church. just behind them, the prince and princess of wales, with all three of their children, george, charlotte and four year old louis. also there with the family group, the duke of york. the wales s spent time with spec
on women working for humanitarian agencies. hello and welcome to bbc news. king charles has used his first christmas message as monarch, to reflect on the cost of living crisis. he spoke of the great anxiety and hardship for those struggling to pay their bills and keep their families fed and warm . the king also paid tribute to his mother, queen elizabeth, who is buried in st george s chapel, from where the king delivered his speech. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has more. christmas at sandringham for the first time since the start of the pandemic. familiar routines were resumed though, without that most familiar of figures, queen elizabeth. king charles and the queen consort led the royal family from church. just behind them, the prince and princess of wales, with all three of their children, george, charlotte and four year old louis. also there with the family group, the duke of york. the waleses spent time with spectators receiving their bunches of flowe
hello and welcome to bbc news. king charles has used his first christmas message as monarch, to reflect on the cost of living crisis. he spoke of the great anxiety and hardship for those struggling to pay their bills and keep their families fed and warm . the king also paid tribute to his mother, queen elizabeth, who is buried in st george s chapel from where the king delivered his speech. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell has more. christmas at sandringham for the first time since the start of the pandemic. familiar routines were resumed though, without that most familiar of figures, queen elizabeth. king charles and the queen consort led the royal family from church. just behind them, the prince and princess of wales, with all three of their children, george, charlotte and four year old louis. also there with the family group, the duke of york. the wales s spent time with spectators receiving their bunches of flowers, and then back to the main house for ch
all this us at a level that most of us who work in emergency medicine have never seen before. it is dreadful, and we have chosen our words carefully, it really is a crisis out there at the moment. thousands queue to pay their respects to brazilian all this us at a level that most of us who work in emergency medicine thousands queue to pay their respects to brazilian football legend pele, as his coffin lies in state on the pitch of his former club santos. and those new year resolutions why do we so often fail to keep them? we ll get some tips on how to stick to the good intentions. it s 7am here in singapore and 2am in moscow, where russia has announced that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year s eve attack by ukrainian forces. they were using himars rockets supplied by the us. it s the biggest death toll acknowledged by moscow for a single incident in the war, but ukraine says the strike killed hundreds of russian soldiers. our correspondent hugo bachega reports f