this is bbc world news, the headlines russia has launched another barrage of missiles at cities across ukraine. the mayor of kyiv has said that one person has been killed and 11 people have been taken to hospital in the capital kyiv. the former pope, benedict the sixteenth, has died at the age of 95. he led the catholic church for nearly eight years until he resigned in 2013. his body will lie in state in st peter s basilica from monday. the world health organisation has said that chinese officials must share more real time information on covid in the country, as infections surge. england has become the latest country to control arrivals from china. celebrations have begun to mark the start of twenty twenty three with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour. large public fireworks events have returned in many major cities across the world for first time after the covid pandemic. you are watching bbc news. it s time for review 2022 , in a year domin
tonight with the context, brian taylor, political commentatorfor the herald, and leigh ann caldwell, political reporter for the washington post. welcome to the programme. there s been an evolution in the way the west views this war in ukraine, an evolution in the arms which nato countries are supplying first it was shoulder held stingers, then the hymars, next came the patriot missile systems, now it s a conversation over tanks. the red lines have shifted with the evolving nature of the war. in recent months, the allies have come to the opinion that a year long stalemate in ukraine is in no one s favour except russia s. so what would it take to allow ukraine to win rather than just avoid losing? what would ukraine require in order to punch through the russian defences in towns like bakhmut and soledar, from where the bbc s andrew harding reports. we are in an area where russian and ukrainian infantry now appear to be fighting at close quarters. clambering through the remain
clean up the aviation industry? we get airborne to find out. we start in the us where the central bank has raised the cost of borrowing to its highest level in m years as it tries to rein in soaring prices. the federal reserve hiked its benchmark rate by three quarters of a percentage point to a range of between 3% and 3.75%. the feds chair, jerome powell, warned there were more rises to come, but said there is no painless way to get inflation under control. households and businesses here in the uk are also braced for more expensive borrowing with the bank of england widely expected to announce a hefty rate rise in the next few hours. more on that in a moment. first, let s hearfrom our us business correspondent michelle fleury in new york. the message from the federal reserve unmistakable, we are here to fight inflation, this is the first time us central bank has raised interest rates and smudged in response to prices rising at the fastest pace for four decades, prices r
starting with. just a quick look through some of the front pages with our viewers. the scottish mail on sunday reports the kremlin hacked liz truss s mobile phone. the same story is on the front of the daily star sunday which reads lettuce liz hacked by mad vlad . the observer leads on number ten alarm at borisjohnson s plans to attend cop27 after rishi sunak was criticsed for not going to to the climate conference next month. the sunday mirror reads fossil fuels aid rise of rishi reporting that quarter of the prime minister s donations this year came from supporters with interests in oil, gas and aviation. politics on the front of the sunday telegraph as well its headline reads sunak to stamp out woke policing . a picture ofjair bolsonaro leads the independent as brazil chooses between a current and former president in its election tomorrow. the sunday times shows a picture of rescue operations in seoul, south korea, where at least 146 have been killed in a st