to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists. the eu is to consider similar control measures, but the uk has so far said it will not introduce new restrictions. roman catholic leaders join pope francis in calling for prayers for his predecessor, benedict the xvi, whose health has taken a sudden turn for the worse. erling haaland became the quickest player to reach 20 premier league goals with two against leeds as manchester city win 3 1 to move to second in the table. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine has been struck by a fresh barrage of russian missiles targeting several major cities. ukrainian authorities say more than 120 missiles had been launched at the population and civilian infrastructure. several cities from kyiv in the north, odesa in the south, kharkiv in the east and lviv in the west have seen explosions hit their cities. the mayor of kyiv says 16 missiles had all been shot down by the capital s air defences but at least three people were taken to
manchester united move to within a point of the champions league places after marcus rashford sent them on their way to a convincing win over nottingham forest. we have heavy rain sweeping in from the south west, pushing north east through the day. behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers but wherever you are, it will be windy. good morning, everybody. it s wednesday the 28th of december. our main story: relatives of a 23 year old man stabbed to death on the dance floor of a birmingham nightclub have described him as their best friend . cody fisher, a non league footballer and school sport coach, was fatally injured on boxing day, as greg mackenzie reports. 23 year old cody fisher was in the prime of his life, but his life was cut short, stabbed to death on a dance floor ofa birmingham nightclub on boxing day. described by his family as a best friend, the semi professional footballer and sports coach was fatally injured at the crane nightclub in digbeth. police beli
hello and welcome. italy has become the first european country to order covid tests for visitors from china, after concern at the rapid rise in chinese infections. earlier, taiwan said it would introduce a similar scheme. japan and india have already ordered travellers from china to be monitored. the us could follow. there s concern travellers could bring new variants of the disease now that beijing is lifting travel restrictions. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes. china s hospitals are overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding terrifying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at the dongjiao funeral home, one of the city s biggest, more evidence
blistering heatwaves. we ll get reaction. hello and welcome. italy has become the first european country to order covid tests for visitors from china, after concern at the rapid rise in chinese infections. earlier, taiwan said it would introduce a similar scheme. japan and india have already ordered travellers from china to be monitored. the us could follow. there s concern travellers could bring new variants of the disease now that beijing is lifting travel restrictions. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes. china s hospitals are overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding terrifying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at the dongjiao funeral hom