in the indian ocean. you are watching bbc news. next it s time for bend it like beckham: 20 years on. it s not fair, the boys never have to come home and help. i wonder if i had an arranged marriage, would i get someone who d let me play football whenever i wanted? who are you talking to? move on up by curtis mayfield plays. bend it like beckham was a huge success and it made history as the highest grossing film about football. # hush now, child. my mum probably hates the film because we ve watched it that many times. there are so many elements of it that are still true today. - i was like, this is me on screen. she s found her people. maybe i can find my people. the film actually gave me a bit of clarity on where i wanted to go with my life. # though you may find. people from marginalised communities can find themselves in it, even if it s not their own culture. so, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, i m going to take a deeper look at the impacts of the film. commentat
hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targeted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base is host to long range russian strategic bombers, the type of which have launched numerous missiles strikes on ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. caught on cctv. an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down a ukrainian drone but that three russian soldiers were killed. engels airbase is deep inside russian territory, hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long range bombers which are believed to have launched missile attacks against ukraine. state tv reacted to the news with a familiar warning to kyiv. russia, she says, will
our correspondent dominic hughes looks back now on some of the biggest challenges faced this year by the uk s health services. was 2022 of the year we finally learned to live with covid? at the start of the year, driven by the highly infectious omicron variant, the virus still had us in its clutches. even as the new year s eve fireworks faded into the night, an estimated one in every 15 people in the uk would have tested positive for covid. it s because of the threat from omicron that i announced on wednesday that we would move to plan b in england. you must wear a face covering in indoor public spaces, and from tomorrow, work from home if you can. faced with a huge number of infections, in early december of 2021, the government had already been forced to introduce what it called its plan b measures facemasks, compulsory covid passes and working from home. in just a few days in the new year, a grim milestone. the uk reached 150,000 covid related deaths. to picture 150,000 p
if something happened. after the start, they normally say, ok, where is my boss? ok, it s six metres behind me, and they are sometimes really looking for you and trying to connect you with the reins. some horses, they love to do it. they say, wow, there is nobody on it, i go. cries of encouragement. at one point, valeria was in the lead and looking good. come on, come on! go, go! for the riders, the sheer amount of snow and ice kicked up by the horse s hooves mean face protection is pretty important. by the horses hooves mean face protection is pretty important. by the final lap, you could see the horse is beginning to tire and she was desperately trying to hang on. so, our rider came fourth, unfortunately, but it did look like a really tough race. they came round three times and, gosh, these horses were going so fast. it was really thrilling. carmen high up in the alps there in march. 0k, we re off to sri lanka now. and at the start of the year, our adventurer karolis
to mark the 40th day of mourning since a nine year old boy was killed during anti government protests. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello. thanks forjoining us for this boxing day sportsday. i m ben croucher. these are your headlines. welcome back, premier league. well, maybe not the return that spurs wanted, but they salvage a point at brentford. no stopping newcastle powering past leicester and up to second the news from today s seven games on the way. and boxing day horse racing is a brave man s game as the 11 4 shot battles to victory in the king george. it s been 43 days, but the wait is over. the premier league is back. seven games on boxing day, a new team in second, and at the bottom. it all kicked off at lunchtime at the brentford community stadium. a cracking game it was, too. brentford were on course for a fine victory against tottenham, only for the visitors to salvage a point, on a poignant day for english football. patrick gearey re