And we celebrate a0 years of christmas classic, the snowman, and its iconic soundtrack, Walking In The Air. Good morning. Its Christmas Eve. Our top story. Around 250 Million People in the us and canada are under Severe Weather warnings, as an unprecedented winter storm sweeps across North America. From alaska to texas, bone chilling temperatures, blizzards and icy winds have caused widespread disruption and left more than a million homes and businesses without power. At least 12 deaths have been linked to the conditions. Tom brada reports. Once ina once in a generation whether out of the worst possible time. Ice, wind, rain and extreme cold are Wreaking Havocin Rain and extreme cold are wreaking havoc in the build up to christmas. Trees have been ripped from the ground and power lines have been knocked out across the country. From maine to texas, more than i Million People are without electricity. People are very frustrated because we pay our bills. All day it has been going in and ou
the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan, with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile, moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was massive russian military support that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. details on that later in the programme but first, to the g7. the bbc s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us and we can bring him in now. nick, a lot of news coming out of the g7 so far. much of the initial talks have been members recommitting to the defence of ukraine and some big news involving fighterjets ukraine and some big news involving fighter jets and sanctions as well today. involving fighterjets and sanctions as well today. yeah that s righ
and we celebrate a0 years of christmas classic, the snowman, and its iconic soundtrack, walking in the air. good morning. it s christmas eve. our top story. around 250 million people in the us and canada are under severe weather warnings, as an unprecedented winter storm sweeps across north america. from alaska to texas, bone chilling temperatures, blizzards and icy winds have caused widespread disruption and left more than a million homes and businesses without power. at least 12 deaths have been linked to the conditions. tom brada reports. once ina once in a generation whether out of the worst possible time. ice, wind, rain and extreme cold are wreaking havocin rain and extreme cold are wreaking havoc in the build up to christmas. trees have been ripped from the ground and power lines have been knocked out across the country. from maine to texas, more than i million people are without electricity. people are very frustrated because we pay our bills. all day it has been goin
tomorrow but we still have the stubborn heat in the south east of england. moving into thursday, more of a north westerly breeze that will bring more showers perhaps do northern ireland, scotland and one or two for northern england but further south still dry and still more sunshine but it is continuing to cool down a little bit. even in the south east, temperatures are more comfortable, 27 degrees. so it is cooling down for a while and then it heats up. not so much for scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. sunday or monday, nearerthe far north of england. sunday or monday, nearer the mid 20s but it s across this area of england and wales where we have this extreme heat warning from the met office that temperatures will soar, not just on sunday but into monday as well and you can see in the strong sunshine how the temperatures rise significantly. it will be hotter than it s been in the last couple of days and we have 36 in london and the temperatures could
For a new nominee. Afterjim jordans defeat, back to square one with nine potential nominees. Tonight on the panel. , We Havejournalist and broadcaster Jenny Kleeman and ron christie, whos the former Special Assistant to george w bush. We will say hello to both in a moment. Welcome to the programme. A day of big developments in gaza. According to hamas, two more hostages have been released due to poor health. Its believed they are two elderly israeli women. Also, israels intense air strikes on gaza have been continued. Take a look at these pictures. Most of the strikes have been in the north gas and, whats on in the south as well. Some gazans are reported to be moving back to the north because the dire conditions in the south. Part of that is due to aid. These are the pictures of some aid getting across, 20 trucks across the border, hundreds a day are needed, though, according to the un, and in amongst the aid, food and water, still no fuel, and fuel is needed for hospitals and other vi