from loved ones as the war continues in their home country. hello and welcome to bbc news. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across parts of the united states and forced the cancellation of more than 2000 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. this is what it looks like when a bomb cyclone descends on north america. these huge banks of snow in north dakota are the result of an intense blizzard that swept through the state. conditions that are set to engulf almost the entire country, just in time for christmas. but this is no winter wonderland. the storm could prove deadly. great swathes of the us will experience some of the lowest temperatures ever recorded here. there is already chaos at the airports. this is new york. for many, it should have been the first normal christmas after covid. b
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. hello and welcome to bbc news. 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 what it looks like when a bomb cyclone descends on north america. these huge banks of snow in north dakota are the result of an intense blizzard that swept through the state. conditions that are set to engulf almost the entire country, just in time for christmas. but this is no winter wonderland. the storm could prove deadly. great swathes of the us will experience some of the lowest temperature
actor ben stiller in ukraine he told this programme he s worried the world will forget the victims of the war. as you get closer and closer to kyiv, and to the east of the country, you start to see the roadblocks and see the destruction. i m an actor, so the first thing i go is, oh, it looks like a movie. but the scale of it is even bigger, and it s real. ryan giggs resigns as wales manager he steps down ahead of wales appearance at the world cup. he s not been in his post for after being arrested for using controlling behaviour and assaulting his ex girlfriend charges he has denied. new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue to mark his 40th birthday we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. in london the sun is already beating down. for england and wales today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm. northern england are seeing more cloud out of the odd spot of rain. scotland and northern ireland are cloudier than yesterd
on warnings by tory mps to the prime minister of a looming double by election defeat this week, ahead of the elections in constituencies tiverton and honiton, and wakefield. steel yourselves for a long war the sunday times leads on the war in ukraine, with the prime minister urging allies to hold nerve and continue providing ukraine with aid. and the mail on sunday claims sir keir starmer has been accused of hypocrisy after leaked documents allegedly reveal he privately supported strike action by rail workers. welcome by rail workers. to the program. lovely by rail workers. to see you. the front page of the lovely to see you. the front page of the observer. kate, let s start with you on the theme of strikes in the headline from the observer is a new strike chaos and nhs staff warned of action on pay. strike chaos and nhs staff warned of action on pay- action on pay. yes, it looks like the real strikes action on pay. yes, it looks like the real strikes are action on pay
obviously. a day, and the main problem, obviously, this will be enormous for passengers, but it will also have these passengers, but it will also have these massive implications for freight these massive implications for freight rail, and that is at the meal freight rail, and that is at the meal is freight rail, and that is at the meal is looking at here. it s talking meal is looking at here. it s talking about supplies to the power station talking about supplies to the power station in talking about supplies to the power station in north yorkshire, obviously, i think, station in north yorkshire, obviously, ithink, i station in north yorkshire, obviously, i think, i think the government can make contingency plans government can make contingency plans for government can make contingency plans for two to four days, but after plans for two to four days, but after that, plans for two to four days, but afterthat, it plans for two to four days, but after that, it