during his christmas day message. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm continues to barrel its way across north america. the so called bomb cyclone has brought heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 20 people have died because of icy roads, and high winds uprooted trees. howard johnson reports. subzero temperatures. ..whiteouts. .. ..and flooding. from toronto to new orleans, north america is experiencing a winter storm of epic proportions. nearly 250 million americans and canadians are believed to be affected, with more than 1.5 million people without power. thousands of flights have been cancelled and major roads closed, ruining christmas travel plans. a 46 car pile up in ohio left four dead. while in kansas city, one person died when their car plunged into an icy creek. in hard hit new york state, driving has been banned to prevent further casualties. the c
freedom to all ukrainians. - wherever we are, we will be together today, and together we will look into the evening sky. and pope francis has called for an immediate end to the war in ukraine during his christmas day message. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm continues to barrel its way across north america. the so called bomb cyclone has brought heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 20 people have died because of icy roads, and high winds uprooted trees. howard johnson reports. sub zero temperatures. ..whiteouts. .. ..and flooding. from toronto to new orleans, north america is experiencing a winter storm of epic proportions. nearly 250 million americans and canadians are believed to be affected, with more than 1.5 million people without power. thousands of flights have been cancelled and major roads closed, ruining christmas travel plans. a 46 car pile
as he lies in state at the vatican a hearse carrying pele s coffin makes the journey from sao paulo to santos where the brazilian football legend will lie in state ahead of his funeral on tuesday. and a warning from the international monetary fund, it says a third of the world will be in recession this year. for most of the world economy this is going to be a tough year. tougher than hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says russia attacked kyiv with waves of explosive drones overnight, targeting critical infrastructure. the military said air defence forces shot down all 39 iranian made drones. but the mayor of kyiv, vitaly klitschko, said energy facilities were damaged, disrupting power and heating supplies. let s speak to our correspondent, hugo bachega, who s in kyiv. what is the latest on those overnight attacks? the what is the latest on those overnight attacks? what is the latest on those overniaht attacks? . ., ,., overnight attacks? the mayor said one person over
and a warning from the international monetary fund, it says a third of the world will be in recession this year. for most of the world economy this is going to be a tough year. tougher than the year we leave behind. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says russia attacked kyiv with waves of explosive drones overnight, targeting critical infrastructure. the military said air defence forces shot down all 39 iranian made drones. but the mayor of kyiv, vitaly klitschko, said energy facilities were damaged, disrupting power and heating supplies. our correspondent hugo bachega is in the ukrainian capital kyiv and has the latest. so the mayor said one person was wounded when debris fell from a drone intercepted by the country s air defence forces. now, it was the second night in a row when the air raid alert sounded here in care. people were told to go to shelters and obviously, they are angry, they are tired of these attacks. he has been frequently targeted in recent days. the m