this is bbc news. the headlines: at least 62 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. in china, people will be able to travel abroad from the 8th of january, ending one of china s last covid restrictions. serbia has put troops on high alert over rising tensions with kosovo. president vuchich said he would take all measures to protect his nation. in taiwan, all men will be required to serve one year s military service, in response to the threat from china.
joe lynskey, bbc news. good morning, welcome to breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben boulos. our headlines today. two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of elle edwards who was shot dead on christmas eve in a pub in merseyside. the deadly arctic freeze continues across the usa and canada, as president biden pledges more support for those affected. the premier league is back and arsenal pick up where they left off. the gunners came from a goal down to beat west ham to go seven points clear at the top. and keep an eye on newcastle too, who look like they mean business. these are still families in need, these are still kids in need, these are still vulnerable children.
america. reports say severe arctic freeze. people say many people could be trapped in their homes without power. you are watching bbc news, thank you forjoining me. hello again. i thought i d start off with confirmation of what you already know, and that is that the vast majority of the uk didn t have a white christmas not with temperatures like these through christmas afternoon 13 in chertsey, 12 for london. most parts of the uk had double figure temperatures. and even the far north of scotland, lerwick and shetland had temperatures around seven degrees. it was pretty mild, then, for most, but over recent hours and heading into boxing day, we do have a shot of colder air starting to see some of these showers in highland start to turn wintry. and over the next few hours, yes, you probably will see some snow working into scotland with the risk of some icy roads as temperatures dip below freezing here. some pockets of frost as well for northern ireland and northern england.
this is bbc world news. i m lukwesa burak. the headlines. king charles pays tribute to his late mother, queen elizabeth and reflects on the cost of living crisis in his first christmas message. at least 2a people have died in the united states as a severe arctic freeze continues to grip much of north america. the scope of the storm has been unprecendented, stretching from canada as far south as the rio grande. police in liverpool, in the north of england, are hunting a gunman after a 26 year old woman died and 4 were injured in a pub shooting on christmas eve. three aid organisations have suspended their activities in afghanistan, in response to a ban on women working for humanitarian agencies. in a joint statement, care, the norwegian refugee council