to the war in ukraine during his christmas day message. now on bbc news, it s time for review 2022. it s been an especially turbulent 12 months in british politics and a year that s featured three prime ministers and four chancellors. helen catt looks back now at some of the most significant events to happen in westminster during an extraordinary year in politics. 2022 was a year when politics came at you fast. three prime ministers in the space of a few months, a mini budget that had a dramatic impact within hours, all against the backdrop of a war in europe and the cost of living going up at its fastest rate in decades. but it all started with a hangover. tonight at ten, boris johnson faces new questions about apparent breaches of lockdown in downing street. the end of 2021 had been dominated by partygate and just days into the new year, there was more. itv got hold of an e mail sent in may 2020 inviting more than 100 staff to bring their own booze to the downing street g
tens of millions of americans are hunkered down in one of the bleakest christmas days in living memory. the arctic storm that s swept through most of the country has so far claimed 20 lives. family travel plans for much of the us have been thrown into chaos or abandoned. a million people are already without power. emily unia reports. strong winds and sub zero temperatures. america may have been dreaming of a white christmas but not like this. countless roads are closed or impassable, even the gritter got stuck. around 250 million people across the united states and canada are facing festive weather chaos. anything can happen in any moment and you ve got to be on your toes. thousands of flights have been cancelled, delayed trains have left passengers stranded for hours, conditions are so bad new york state has banned driving. it is life threatening what is going on as we speak in buffalo. getting calls through the night from frightened neighbours where the temperature has been
city of kherson, president zelensky says air strikes will not diminish the spirit of ukrainians. hello and welcome to bbc news. 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 where the king delivered his speech. our royal correspondent nick witchell was listening to the speech and earlier he gave us his verdict. there is, i think, a strong sense of social awareness in this christmas broadcast. to put it in context, a long history of a broadcast at christmas time by the monarch, going right back to the 1930s when king george v started on radio, and queen elizabeth took it up on television in the 1950s. this broadcast, the first by king charles, was recorded in st george s chapel at windsor, close to the spot where queen
ukrainians spirits. pope francis has called for an immediate end to the war in ukraine during his christmas day message. he was speaking in front of thousands of worshippers gathered in saint peter s square in the vatican. you are watching bbc news.now it s time for click. rock version of we wish you a merry christmas plays. well, ho. ho! ..hoand. both: merry clickmas! it s the first one from our new glasgow base, so we are here in the middle of pacific quay in the studio. yoo hoo! good, innit? and we ve got all of the latest tech decks. low carbon log fire. ..cgi baubles. ..and sustainable signage. now, this is our last show of 2022 and i think we can all agree it s been a year, hasn t it? it s been a year. here we go. so he s doing the launch sequence now. ten. nine. seven. six. five, four, three, two, one. launching. whoa! i started it with the maddest idea i ve heard of in ages launching satellites into space by throwing them into orbit. right. eating on camera is alwa
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