iran faces international condemnation after executing two more anti government protesters. at least two people have been killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight minutes after its self imposed ceasefire ended. few expected the ceasefire to hold in any way. it was announced by russia in the first place and russia was never going to engage. but there is still heavy shelling coming down from the russian side. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. love until now the government has said it will not speak gill mcknight says that the discussion will happen. it we talk to nurses about discussion will happen. it we talk to nurses about increasing - discussion will happen. it we talk to nurses about increasing pai
more anti government protesters. at least two people have been killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight minutes after its self imposed ceasefire ended. few expected the ceasefire to hold in any way. it was announced by russia in the first place and russia was never going to engage. but there is still heavy shelling coming down from the russian side. tens of thousands of orthodox christians in ethiopia celebrate christmas at churches in the historic town of lalibela for the first time since the conflict in tigray began in 2020. and, the beauty giant l oreal unveils a smart applicator that helps people with limited mobility apply makeup. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. our political correspondent damia
in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands over the leadership of her party and country to chris hipkins. police say ten people have been killed in a mass shooting on the outskirts of los angeles. the attack happened as thousands of people gathered to celebrate the lunar new year in monterey park, which is around 7 miles east of los angeles city centre. the area is home to a large asian community. at least 10 people have been injured and the suspect is still at large. los angeles sheriff s office gave this update just a little earlier. when officers arrived on scene they observed numerous individuals, patrons of the location, pouring out of the location, screaming. the officers made entry to the location and located additional victims. the monterey park fire department responded to the scene and treated the injured, and pronounced ten of the victims deceased at the scene. there were at least ten additional victims who were transported to numerous local hospitals and are listed
i m ari melber. here is how you know we re in new territory in this year s midterm home stretch. look who it is. barack obama will be visiting, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, today adding nevada. the former president is the surrogate most in demand in his party right now, but there are other names who we know can galvanize crowds like this. you re looking at some of the large young and often diverse crowds that we saw gather for bernie sanders on his campaign trail. you see this is him out back on the presidential primary. i want to give you the context of why some democrats are excited about this announcement. when you look at crowds like that in so many parts of the country, bernie announced today he ll hit eight states for 19 events in this last stretch. the 81-year-old showing his stamina. meanwhile republicans siamak crow trends they think can matter far more than any surrogate or any big crowd. massive economic problems continue to top voters minds. forecasts favor repu
come in and supply ukraine with so much money, and so many weapons. but this is a significant escalation from vladimir putin. the fact that he s calling up the reservists shows that he has no intention of backing away from this war. in fact, in his comments, he framed the war not against ukraine, he described this as a war against the west. and that the west, he didn t mention the united states, but clearly, that s the main power he s referring to, has been propping up ukraine and intends to bring down russia and bring down the russian federation the same way that the west primarily the united states, toppled the soviet union. so he is framing this very much as an existential fight for russia. and in order to fight this fight, he s calling up the reservists and making nuclear threats to show that he is serious and that he has no intention of backing down. so, richard, is there a sense this could lead to some sort of nuclear standoff? i think that is where this is heading.