joining us are their royal highnesses, the crown princess victoria of sweden and prince daniel. your royal highness, you want to say a few words of welcome and to tell us a little bit about where exactly we are in your palace? well, thank you. so nobel laureates, ladies and gentlemen, viewers, i d like to wish you a warm welcome to the royal palace here in stockholm and to the bernadotte library. this library holds over 100,000 books that used to belong to the kings and queens of the house of bernadotte. this is a very special library in that sense. but we re not here to read, we re here to listen, and we re here to listen to the nobel laureates, to their knowledge and wisdom and their contributions to science and economics, so thank you all forjoining today. thank you for hosting us. thank you, your royal highness. thank you. applause welcome to nobel minds and the first of our two programmes. laureates, this is the first time that you ve been brought together in discussion
officials say at least 78 people have been killed and more than 100 other injured in a stampede at a school in the yemeni capital sanaa, during distribution of charity for ramadan. there is some footage emerging allegedly from the incident a warning: some viewers may find it distressing. this is video footage from al masirah, a tv station linked to the houthi rebel group which controls sanaa. the video was picked up by the reuters news agency and it purports to show the incident in the bab al yemen area of the city. as you can see, it s an apparent crush of people, many of whom look to be in distress. we will have more on this story as it updates. now to sudan where the latest ceasefire has failed. these are pictures from the capital, khartoum. witnesses say gunfire was still being heard across the city. both sudan s army and the paramilitary group its fighting, the rsf, had agreed to the ceasefire, and it s not clear which side, or both, has broken it. civilians like these
members of the security forces confronted crowds demanding the resignation of president dina boluarte. the latest reports say a building is on fire in the city centre. now on bbc news, click. let s get 2023 started in style. welcome to las vegas, where there s lights, sounds and a whole lotta shakin going on. uh, not sure this is what they meant, though. did that make you feel better? trust me, it made me feel everything. yes, everyjanuary, the tech world heads to the massive consumer electronics show, spread throughout the las vegas convention center and surrounding hotels. it s great to be here, back in our studio overlooking part of the show. yeah, only part, though, because this place is big. how big? very big. to give you an idea of how huge, i ll tell you what, should we give them a whistle stop tour? i ll go that way, you go that way, i ll meet you halfway around. deal. all of the halls have pretty spectacular stands in and you even get a bit of a theme in each one. t
than half of everyone in the u.s. will face dangerous bitter cold temperatures today. plus, the january 6th committee s final report is out which says that donald trump is to blame for the violence on capitol hill. we ll have more. for the first time, vladimir putin uses the word war to describe his invasion of ukraine. live from london, this is cnn newsroom, with max foster and bianca nobilo. we begin with a huge winter storm bearing down across much of the united states. more than half of the u.s. population, about 117 million people are under windchill and winter weather alerts across the country. dangerous rigid conditions, bitterly cold wind, snow and ice making trip for treacherous travel conditions ahead of the holiday weekend. in south dakota, more than 500 miles of two interstate highways are closed because of high winds and blizzard like conditions. air travel is becoming even more chaotic, as more than 2700 flight scheduled for today have already been cance
as president putin begins drafting new troops in the fight in ukraine. some flights out of russia have sold out. also in the programme. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for m years it warns the uk may already been in recession. and a fracking ban in england is lifted in a bid to increase energy production but critics say the move could harm the environment and trigger earthquakes. the us secretary of state has said russia s president, vladimir putin, can t get away with shredding international order over his invasion of ukraine. he was speaking at a special meeting of the united nations security council. here s what else he had to say. even the number of nations that maintain close ties with moscow have said publicly that they have serious questions and concerns about president putin s ongoing invasion. rather than change course, however, president putin has doubled down, choosing not to end the war but to expand it. that expansion he was