message to the nation as monarch. i let sanding and waking chart is hosting his first royal christmas where crowds are here to see him and the rest of the royal family. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm continues to barrel its way across north america. the so called bomb cyclone has brought heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 20 people have died because of icy roads and high winds uprooting trees. howard johnson reports. subzero temperatures. ..whiteouts. .. ..and flooding. from toronto to new orleans, north america is experiencing a winter storm of epic proportions. nearly 250 million americans and canadians are believed to be affected, with more than 1.5 million people without power. thousands of flights have been cancelled and major roads closed, ruining christmas travel plans. a 46 car pile up in ohio left four dead. while in kansas city, one perso
Good morning, it is friday, december 30th, im chris jansing. Theres new reaction this morning to the Obama Administrations decision to punish russia in retaliation for hacking attacks, that according to u. S. Officials, sought to interfere with the president ial election. The government has leveled sanctions against the fsb. Thats the spy agency that succeeded the kgb. They declare 35 diplomats who the u. S. Accuses of being Intelligence Officers to have 72 hours to get out of the country. Sanctions are also hitting the Russia Intelligence Services and three companies suspected of supporting it. Also targeted, two suspected russianbased hackers wanted by the fbi in earlier cyber crimes, including alleged attacks on banks and ecommerce sites, with one who has a 300 million bounty on his head. Its been there since february 2015. Two huge compounds shut down, one in maryland, one in new york, used by russian personnel for intelligencerelated purposes. To help other networks identify, dete
crowd i think that went quite well. we had jaja gabor singing and well. we had jaja gabor singing and we have a lot of people injumpers. i think you need to appear now in your christmas jumper. maybe you could borrowjaja sjumper. we will see you a little later. no telling of the nativity story is complete without a donkey, and in the holy land, the animals are still used daily by palestinian farmers. however, there s an ongoing problem with donkeys being ill treated, and in the west bank, a british charity runs the only shelter dedicated to the animals. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, spent the day there. a bray in a manger. the donkey is always a favourite feature of the christmas nativity story, and today some in the holy land need extra help. this isjoe. he loves to be brushed and cuddled. this is selma. look at her. lovely smile. she s sometimes a little bit
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morning, lots of people have made a lot of effort. there are santa hats, christmas jumpers, lot of effort. there are santa hats, christmasjumpers, people have christmas jumpers, people have brought christmasjumpers, people have brought presents, bunches of flowers for the royalfamily, but there brought presents, bunches of flowers for the royal family, but there are two girls here who have outshone everyone else so far. this is ziggy bear and jaja gabor. they are christmas, aren t they? they have tinsel, christmasjumper, hats, tinsel, christmas jumper, hats, haven t tinsel, christmasjumper, hats, haven t you, darling? this is dave, one of their owners. haven t you, darling? this is dave, one of their owners. good morning. you have made one of their owners. good morning. you have made a one of their owners. good morning. you have made a lot one of their owners. good morning. you have made a lot of one of their owners. good morning. you have made a lot of effort - one of their o