the weapons capable of causing massive damage are banned by more than 120 countries around the world because of their risk to civilians. president biden defending his decision. james longman in ukraine. new images coming in. the massive cargo ship fire now burning for nearly 48 hours at one of america s largest ports. two firefighters killed battling the smoke and flames. the blaze kicking up to more decks. the ship listing, raising concerns it might sink. the urgent manhunt at this hour for a murder suspect who escaped from jail in the northeast. the dangerous fugitive accused of multiple violent attacks last seen in the recreation yard. how he got free. where were the guards at the time? the earth reaching its hottest temperature for the fourth day in a row. temperatures well into triple digits in arizona and california. severe storms moving from colorado all the way east this weekend. rob marciano tracking it all. the walmart shooter getting 90 consecutive life sen
tales of traumatic atrocity. and the most difficult years of his career. the billionaire businessman sir richard branson tells the bbc he thought he was going to lose his entire empire in the pandemic. hello, i m sally bundock. a new wave of russian airstrikes is under way in ukraine, with reports of explosions in kyiv and the southern cities of zaporizhzhia and odesa. the raids come a day after russia accused ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the kremlin it what it claimed was an attempt to assassinate president putin. ukraine has rejected accusations that it was responsible. vincent mcaviney reports. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone, then an explosion over the kremlin. this footage is explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified but the kremlin says early on wednesday morning, two drones targeted the residents of the president. moscow quick to blame ukraine saying that no one was inj
than a year, because the democratic unionist party, the biggest party which wants to keep northern ireland in the uk, is vetoing the formation of the power sharing coalition because of its concerns over brexit trade barriers with the rest of the uk. setting that aside, when you look back at the last 25 years, the change in northern ireland has been remarkable. the level of political balance has dramatically reduced to the extent that it is relatively rare now, so coming after a bitter sectarian conflict that lasted three decades, and cost the lives of three and half thousand people, it has been a very successful, peace process, most would say. the president biden is likely to again reflect on that, the fact that it was a peace process that benefits the whole island of ireland. most of ireland in northern ireland but the republic was touched by the conflict as well. so we can expect him to talk about that. with regard to the major conflict in the world today, ukraine, that has
hgppy message for you this morning. happy new year! in other news, two men have been charged with the murder of cody fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in birmingham on boxing day. it s a very happy new yearfor arsenalfans. their team are seven points clear at the top of the premier league, after beating brighton. a hero s welcome for gary mckee. he s raises £1 million by running 365 marathons one every day in 2022. we start the new year with quite a bit of snowfall sunshine elsewhere, mixed in with some showers. we have your forecast for the start of the new year here on a breakfast. happy new year. it s sunday the 1st of january. our top story: cities around the world have been welcoming in 2023, with large crowds gathering for fireworks and light displays, many for the first time since the start of the pandemic. in london, big ben signaled the start of a spectacular display, which included a tribute to queen elizabeth. louisa pilbeam reports. big ben bongs.
Injured, many in critical condition. Emergency team shall combing there the rubble using picks, shovels and their bear hands to search for life. Those that did not survive the disaster, theyre already laid to rest as it tradition. And to honor them, morocco will observe three days of mourning. The disaster has affected more than 300,000 people in marrakech and surrounding areas. Locals say thetys World Heritage old city of madinah has seen extensive damage. People talk about the buildings that collapsed. Its, it happens just down this route too, and when you go, like, further and further, theres a lot of damage that happened to a lot of buildings, some of them are mosques, some houses. A lot of communities got hurt. One of the poorest areas in the city, and those people need help like food, water, blankets, or whatever, whatever you can help the royal morocco an Armed Service are mobilized to get support from evacuations to supplies. Moroccos king declared three days of National Mourni