and save the children came as the un and other agencies, held a meeting in the capital, kabul. you are watching bbc news now the travel show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of the show, coming to you from the spectacular valley of the kings here in luxor in egypt. if you were watching last week, you would have seen me unearthing the story of how tutankhamen s tomb was discovered here 100 years ago this year. well, it is such a breathtaking location that we thought we would stick around for a while and bring you this our best bits of 2022. from the baking sun of here in egypt, let s switch to the snow of switzerland where, back in march, carmen got to experience a horse race like no other. where the jockeys don t need saddles, they use skis. this is st moritz, in the swiss alps. it s the place, so they say, where the concept of the winter holiday was born. it also occupies a unique place in sporting history it s where the bobsleigh was created. but skij
irc, has become the latest agency to halt its activity in the country. now on bbc news our world: eurovision: ukraine s victory. music plays this is kalush orchestra, winners of this year s eurovision song contest. but they are no ordinary band. they are from ukraine, a country in the midst of a bloody war. in the lead up to the contest, all the band members faced a difficult decision. now, their winning song has become a powerful statement of defiance. and they hope their global stardom will help ukraine s plight. i am viktoriia zhuhan. i work as a journalist for bbc in ukraine. i don t normally cover eurovision, especially when there is a war raging in my country, but kalush orchestra isn t an ordinary, typical eurovision contestant. but after following the kalush orchestra for ten days, i ve learned that for them this is much more than a singing competition. it s a way to tell the world about the war that s destroying ukraine. we are on our way to a rehearsal in the nort
at least 2a people have died in the united states as north america faces severe winter conditions. police in liverpool, in the north of england, are hunting a gunman after a 26 year old woman died and four were injured in a pub shooting on christmas eve. four aid organisations have suspended their activities in afghanistan, in response to a ban on women working for humanitarian agencies. you re watching bbc news. it s time for click. well, ho, ho, ho, ho! and merry clickmas! it s the first one from our new glasgow base. so we are here in the middle of pacific quay, in the studio. yeah. yoo hoo. good, innit? and we ve got all the latest tech decks. ..low carbon log fire. ..cgi baubles. ..and sustainable signage. now, this is our last show of 2022, and i think we can all agree it s been a year, hasn t it? it s been a year. here we go. so he s doing the launch sequence now. seven, six. ..four, three, two, one. i started it with the maddest idea i ve heard of in ages launching
airports. why it could be days before they get to fly, and look at this white-knuckle landing in dangerous winds, so when will the cold snap break? rob marciano times it out. also tonight, a deadly shooting in the country s largest shopping mall. frightened customers running for cover, the police chief getting emotional as he described the scene, and what we re learning tonight about the search for suspects. a new attack in southern ukraine. deadly shelling in a key city on christmas eve. we re in kyiv tonight where ukrainians are marking the holiday with empty chairs to remember the soldiers missing or held captive by russia. safe and sound. the 5-month-old twins who were kidnapped now back with their family in ohio right in time for christmas. a suspect now under arrest. a community thankful. the jackpot is growing. mega millions topping half a billion dollars ahead of and tracking santa. the u.s. military says not even a bomb cyclone can keep him away on christma
let s go outfront. good evening. ou a cruel political stunt, those are the words from the white house after the florida governor ron desantis sent two planes full of migrants to the wealthy enclave of martha s vineyard. what they are doing is a political stunt, and it s it s really just disrespectful to humanity. it doesn t afford them dignity. it is just cruel. so here s what happened. 50 migrants, including children, arrived at the vacation destination with no warning, according to local officials. planes just and landed that s who got off. local leaders say they re now trying to move heaven and earth to provide the families with food, clothing, and shelter. they have nothing. it s a challenge for an island that has only one homeless shelter with room for only ten people. as for governor ron desantis, he is proudly taking credit for this. we are not a sanctuary state, and it s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. and yes, we will help facilitate