right thing to do, and the right thing for the country to help it beat inflation. arrests continue in afghanistan as protests persist against the new ban by the taliban on women and girls attending universities. police in pakistan say at least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in a suicide blast in the capital, islamabad. china insists it has its current covid outbreak under control reporting fewer than 4,000 new cases and no deaths for the third day running. but forecasters warn the true number could be as much asi million, with 5,000 deaths a day. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across large parts of the united states, and forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades. presidentjoe biden has encouraged everyone to heed warnings and bring forward christmas travel plans where possible. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. this is
has triggered international outrage. two people have been shot dead in paris and two others seriously injured. police say a 69 year old man has been arrested. you are watching bbc news. now review 2022 the war in ukraine. over the next half an hour, we will chronicle russia s invasion and tell the story of the conflict which has seen many thousands of people killed or wounded and millions of others displaced. the story of the war is told by our correspondent paul adams, and a warning you may find some of his programme distressing. translation: a decision has been taken about a special military operation. singing. translation: we are defending our independence, our country. i glory to ukraine. explosion. in the depths of winter, a growing menace. russia flexing its muscles. preparing for something. moscow said these were simply drills, it had no plans to invade. but for months, it held a gun against ukraine s head. the west was alarmed. satellite images showed russian forces
i think that is the reasonable thing to do, and the right thing for the country to help it beat inflation. join it beat inflation. us at gatwick airport where the travel join us at gatwick airport where the travel plans of thousands of people are affected. arrests continue in afghanistan as protests persist against the new ban by the taliban on women and girls attending universities. police in pakistan say at least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in a suicide blast in the capital islamabad. china insists it has its current covid outbreak under control reporting fewer than four thousand new cases, and no deaths for the third day running. but forecasters warn the true number could be as much as one million, with five thousand deaths a day. and going green we meet the teenage entrepreneur who rents real christmas trees each year to save them from being thrown out after the festive period. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts acro
forecasters weren t the true number of cases could be in the millions. i m really sad and disappointed about the disruption that has been caused to so many people s lives, and particularly at christmas time. and, in cricket, india have the edge in their second day of tests. hello and welcome. police are looking into the possibility that as shooting in looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris was looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris was a looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris was a racist attack. our correspondent is following it for us. there was a shooting on the street, from equation looking man, it is not clear whether he was overcome by police, and it is seems that he is now in hospital. the victims have three dead, and a couple of hundred. there are a lot of kurds, some indian people living around there, but we re being told that man, whose name has not been given out,
those are the headlines on bbc world news. and now on bbc news chaos on capitol hill: the verdict, and a warning that this programme contains flashing images. it s going to happen. something s going to happen. chanting: whose streets? our streets! if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. on january sixth 2020, thousands of donald trump supporters stormed the us capitol building, intent on disrupting the certification of the 2020 election results. hundreds of police officers were injured. one, brian sicknick, would later die. ashli babbitt, a protester, would be fatally shot by law enforcement during the attack. by law enforcement during the attack. another rioter would die in the throng of people pushing into the building. the crowd that gathered at the capitol that day ransacked the offices of congressional leaders, and posed for photographs in the senate chamber itself. a year and a half later, legislators who were trapped in the capitol complex that day