right thing to do, and the right thing for the country to help it beat inflation. arrests continue in afghanistan as protests persist against the new ban by the taliban on women and girls attending universities. police in pakistan say at least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in a suicide blast in the capital, islamabad. china insists it has its current covid outbreak under control reporting fewer than 4,000 new cases and no deaths for the third day running. but forecasters warn the true number could be as much asi million, with 5,000 deaths a day. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across large parts of the united states, and forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades. presidentjoe biden has encouraged everyone to heed warnings and bring forward christmas travel plans where possible. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. this is
i think that is the reasonable thing to do, and the right thing for the country to help it beat inflation. join it beat inflation. us at gatwick airport where the travel join us at gatwick airport where the travel plans of thousands of people are affected. arrests continue in afghanistan as protests persist against the new ban by the taliban on women and girls attending universities. police in pakistan say at least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in a suicide blast in the capital islamabad. china insists it has its current covid outbreak under control reporting fewer than four thousand new cases, and no deaths for the third day running. but forecasters warn the true number could be as much as one million, with five thousand deaths a day. and going green we meet the teenage entrepreneur who rents real christmas trees each year to save them from being thrown out after the festive period. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts acro
forecasters weren t the true number of cases could be in the millions. i m really sad and disappointed about the disruption that has been caused to so many people s lives, and particularly at christmas time. and, in cricket, india have the edge in their second day of tests. hello and welcome. police are looking into the possibility that as shooting in looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris was looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris was a looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris was a racist attack. our correspondent is following it for us. there was a shooting on the street, from equation looking man, it is not clear whether he was overcome by police, and it is seems that he is now in hospital. the victims have three dead, and a couple of hundred. there are a lot of kurds, some indian people living around there, but we re being told that man, whose name has not been given out,
in the suffering of his wife, meghan. there s widespread condemnation of the storming of brazil s congress by supporters of former president, jair bolsonaro. and history is about to be made here in cornwall, when later this evening the uk will be launching a rocket to send satellites up into space. and coming up on the bbc news channel, roberto martinez has been appointed as the new manager of portugal. the former everton boss left his role with belgium after the world cup. good afternoon and welcome to the news at 1:00pm. officials from rail, health and teaching unions, are taking part in separate talks with ministers to try to avert more industrial action. there has been no breakthrough so far. the unite union which represents workers across several sectors of the economy says the government has missed yet another opportunity to put this right, and the meeting was an insult to his members . strikes in the health service next week involving unite are now likely to go ahea
needs to replayed before moving onto the last 16 with the ffth round set to start on the week of wednesday he 1st of march. for the full draw head to the bbc sport website. holders chelsea will host 14 time winners arsenal in the fifth round of the women s fa cup. chelsea beat liverpool 3 2 on sunday with a hat trick from sam kerr. another game sees women s super league leaders manchester united taking on durham of the championship. other ties see last year s beaten finalists manchester city, just like the men s team, having to travel to bristol city. aston villa will take on fellow wsl side west ham and tottenham will host reading, but for the full draw which will see ties played form sunday february the 26th head to the bbc sport website. everton have confirmed sean dyche as their new manager. the former burnley boss replaces frank lampard who was sacked last week with the side joint bottom of the premier league as jane dougall reports. it will be a bit of stability which i