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. 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 fur
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
o u. k prime minister boris johnston is expected to step down in the next few hours amid a flurry of resignation from his government. i m full brennan in downing street where boris johnson will make his resignation statements, but by the time table of his departure is still very much up in the air. ah, oh, i m afraid to put a gun. this is al jazeera, alive from doha, also coming up. hundreds of prisoners on the run in nigeria after i saw attack to jail, and the capital of boucher will be live in indonesia where foreign ministers from the t 20 nations of beating the shadow of a war in ukraine and human rights watch accuses the taliban of committing atrocities in east eastern afghanistan, including summary executions. ah . after 2 days of political high drama, it seems that the u. k is private is devoris. johnson is about to resign. the prime minister s office says that he will make a statement in downing street shortly so far more than 50 members of his government have resigne
since winning a confidence vote, insisting nothing will stop his government from delivering. one person is killed and many are injured as a car careers into a crowd in berlin police say they don t yet know if it was deliberate. the former hollywood producer harvey weinstein is to be charged with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in london in 1996. and plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda as soon as next week face a legal challenge under emergency proceedings launched in the high court. the government has called the rmt union selfish and thoroughly irresponsible after it announced action that will shut down large parts of the rail network later this month. thousands of railway workers are due to walk out onjune 21st, 23rd and 25th in a row aboutjobs and pensions. the rmt says its members have waited patiently for two or three years for a real pay offer. members of the unite union on the london underground will also strike on the 21st. it s all happening during
Be reviewing our support to israel and of course, british nationals in israel as the situation progresses. Well, in situation progresses. Well, in politics today, the shadow chancellor said labour was ready to rebuild britain and restore Economic Security after what she called the chaos of the tory years. Speaking at the Labour Party Conference, Rachel Reeves said labour planned to revamp the uks local Town Planning departments in order to boost the economy. The economy. Me out of the wreckage of tory misrule. Labour will tory misrule. Labour will restore our economic credibility. We will lift our living standards, make work pay, rebuild our public services, invest it in Home Grown Industries in every corner of our country, and together we will get britain its future back i well, also today, the government was defending its plan to send Asylum Seekers to rwanda in the supreme court. Sir james eadie, kc, representing the home office, told the court the home office, told the court the po