putin s new year speech. he was surrounded by soldiers and indicated that the war would continue. new government figures have been released for the number of people who ve arrived in the uk by crossing the channel on small boats. just over 16,000 migrants made the crossing during the whole of 2022. the last crossings of the year happened on christmas day, when 90 people made the journey from france in two boats. there s still reported to be a backlog of 100,000 applications from people seeking asylum in the uk. at least ten people have been killed in the afghan capital kabul in an explosion at the entrance of the military airport. the taliban government has been battling an insurgency by islamic state militants who have targeted a number of key installations in the city in recent weeks. 0ur south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan has the latest. the taliban authorities are saying there was a loud explosion outside
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