former son journalist thank you for joining us. hello this is bbc news with clive myrie. the headlines thousands of nurses in england, wales, and nothern ireland are taking part in their second twelve hour strike in less than a week and call on the prime minister to sit down for talks. (meanwhile train drivers across 15 rail companies who are members of the aslef union have announced fresh strike action on the 5th of january. a 97 year old former secretary at a nazi concentration camp, has been sentenced for complicity, in the killing ofjewish prisoners. jeremy clarkson s controversial newspaper column on meghan markle has prompted the highest number of complaints ever received by the industry s regulator. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s good evening.
this is bbc news. the latest headlines thousands have taken to the streets of chinese cities to protest against the strict covid restrictions with some openly calling for president xi to stand down. at least seven people have been killed in a landslide triggered by torrential rain on the italian island of ischia. buildings and homes have been swept away. snow is falling in kyiv and temperatures are hovering around freezing as ukraine battles to cope with power cuts after a barrage of russian missile strikes targeting ukraine s energy grid. the cold weather is pushing up energy needs even as repair workers fix wrecked power facilities. jessica parker reports from kyiv.
good morning, it s friday, welcome to bbc news. i m victoria derbyshire and here are your headlines thousands of people are still without electricity seven days after storm arwen. about 130 troops have been sent to the grampian region of northern scotland, and around 100 will be on the ground in north east england. scientists say there are promising signs booster vaccines could protect against the 0micron covid variant the dad and stepmum of six year old arthur labinjo hughes will find out today how many years they will spend in jail for killing the little boy the conservative party have won the old bexley and sidcup by election but they ve held on with a reduced majority. almost £5 billion may have been stolen from the government s pandemic loan scheme for small firms, because anti fraud measures weren t good enough according to the public
into western scotland and northern ireland, along with north west england by the end of the afternoon. here, those temperatures, again, into the high teens as a maximum. but further south and east, highs of 24 degrees. hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines thousands of civilians are fleeing major afghan cities as the taliban continue their rapid advance, prompting a humanitarian crisis. our reporter has gained exclusive access to areas under the group s control. a 57 year old british man understood to be working as a security guard at the uk s embassy in berlin has been arrested on suspicion of spying for russia. here, calls for the reform of a levels after a record