unless pay talks are opened, with even more hospital trusts expected to walk out than the december strikes. meanwhile, union chiefs say borderforce strikes could go on for six months unless the government joins pay talks. china continues to grapple with a major covid outbreak following a lifting of restrictions with growing questions about the government s official death tally. and the british husband and wife duo who ve had more uk christmas number one singles than the beatles meet ladbaby who ve bagged the spot for a record fifth time. for you watching in the uk, on pbs in the us and around the globe, welcome to bbc news. the french president, emmanuel macron, has condemned a shooting at a cultural centre in paris as an odious attack on the country s kurdish population. three people were killed and three injured by the gunman, who had just been released from detention for targeting a migrant camp a year ago. clashes later broke out between police and a large crowd which h
a powerful arctic storm sweeps across swathes of the us and canada more than 200 million people are under weather warnings with temperatures dropping to minus 45 degrees celsius in some places. and the british husband and wife duo who ve had more uk christmas number 1 singles than the beatles meet ladbaby who ve bagged the spot for a record fifth time. a gunman has shot and killed two men and a woman in central paris. all were of turkish kurdish descent. police say the attacker, who was 69, was acting out of hatred of foreigners. he has been arrested. he had just been released from detention for targeting an african migrant camp in paris a yearago. clashes later broke out between police and a large crowd which had gathered at the scene. protesters started a fire in the street and threw chairs and bricks. police clad in riot gear responded with tear gas. hugh schofield reports. shouting not long after the attack, rioting in central paris. these are people from the city s
and lad baby bag the christmas numberi spot for a fifth time giving them more number one singles than the beatles. more than two hundred million people in america, are under extreme weather alerts, and more than one and a half million people have no power, as temperatures in some areas are predicted to drop, to as low as minus 45 celsius. an arctic storm is approaching, predicted to hit canada. and extend down to the deep south and the border with mexico, including texas. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, has more. it couldn t have come at a worse time. america s peak travel season hit by a once in a generation storm. two days before christmas, two thirds of the country are now under extreme winter weather alerts stretching from here on the canadian border all the way to florida. on airport runways planes have been replaced by de icing trucks. we re out here, period. i mean, we ll be out him until it stops snowing, really. ..leading to thousands of cancelled f
four years ago in which one hundred and fifty seven people were killed. they say a software failure was to blame. now, let s turn to the wave of industrial action affecting different sectors of the uk economy. a second day of ambulance strikes planned in england and wales for next week has been called off. up to 10,000 workers had been due to walk out on 28th of december, but the gmb union says the strike has now been suspended so the public can enjoy christmas without additional anxiety . however, other walk outs will continue. starting with disruption today among postal workers, who ve begun another 2 day strike. a further day of industrial action by ambulance workers is planned for the 11th of january. meanwhile thousands of nurses will go on