this morning. i m boris sanchez. merry christmas. i hope it s been a magical christmas morning so far, i m amara walker. just ahead this hour, it started as one family s idea and it grew into a global brand. the inside story behind elf on a shelf and what s next for one of the world s biggest christmas traditions? and the holidays are a big source of joy for so many but they can also bring up sad feels are or painful memories. we have tips to help you deal with the holidays blues coming up. first let s get you caught up on the morning s headlines with whit n whitney wilde. good morning. we begin with the brutal weather storm keeping its grip on most of the country. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm. the weather is causing severe travel headaches. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterday and another 1,200 cancelled so far today. governor hochul says she will declare of the federal government a declaration of emergency. paolo has more. reporter: here a
downing street just down the road. but prime minister boris johnson will make a final speech before lustrous her era. we will bring all to you as it happens. good to have you with us, the u.s. justice department is considering its next move hours after losing a legal battle with former president donald trump. a federal judge appointed by trump granted his request for a so-called special master to review documents seized from mar-a-lago. a cnn s sara murray explains, the throws a wrench into the justice department s investigation into potentially mishandled materials. a judge today granted tom trump s request for a special master to review the materials the fbi seized from the extraordinary search at mar-a-lago. judge writing because of trump s role as a former president, the stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a lead of its own. a future indictment based on any degree of property that we are trying to do assault in a reputation ilham of a decidedly differen
now on bbc news, this week s travel show comes from tarifa, this week on the travel show, i m in tarifa, in spain, where it s definitely the windier the better as i check out the big air kitesurfing competition. oh my god, that was so good! i loved it. we are getting artsy in southern turkey for the mardin biennial. and tick, tick, boom we go behind the scenes at boomtown during the countdown to the opening of this year s festival in the heart of the english countryside. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from beautiful tarifa, in southern spain. perched on the southernmost tip of continental europe, just 1a kilometres from north africa, tarifa is the gateway between these two continents. its position leaves the small spanish town open to a blasting from the winds that shape its rugged coastline. in this part of the world, there are two prevailing winds. one is the mellow, consistent poniente wind and the other one is this bad boy, the levante, w
hello. this is bbc news. i m samantha simmonds and these are the latest headlines. labour opens its annual conference as its leader, sir keir starmer, prepares to set out the dividing lines between his party and the new conservative government. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, defends the tax cuts he announced on friday as being the key to growth, despite his measures having a negative impact on the financial markets. voting is under way in italy s general election, with opinion polls suggesting victory for the far right which would usher in the country s most right wing government since world war ii. hurricane fiona slams into canada s eastern coast with heavy rains and huge waves, washing away homes and cutting power to tens of thousands of people. now on bbc news, this week s travel show comes from tarifa in southern spain, where high winds make it the perfect place to hold the annual world kite surfing championships. we re also in turkey to discover how the city of mardin