a tenth person has been killed by an explosion at a block of flats injersey earlier this month kathleen mcginess was injured by the blast and died in hospital yesterday. boxing day sales begin in the uk but will the high streets be busy or will shoppers be cutting back as the cost of living crisis bites? 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 airfield is believed to house russian long range strategic bombers. there has been no comment from ukraine. the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg says the last attack on the airbase, three weeks ago, led to calls for tighter security. this is deep inside russian territory. when the firs
cup, the premier league returns. on a busy boxing day with the leaders arsenal looking to go eight points clear of manchester city if they beat west ham. it s going to turn much colder for many as this boxing day, showers around as well, which could turn wintry towards north western areas. all of the details throughout the programme. it s monday the 26th december. our main story. police are appealing for information after a gunman shot dead a 26 year old woman in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the shooting in the lighthouse pub in wallasey. merseyside police said it did not believe the victim was targeted. judith moritz reports. late on christmas eve, the lighthouse pub was full of people counting down the minutes towards midnight. it was a lively scene, butjust before 12:00am the pub s neighbours heard a particularly loud noise. i was in bed and i was on phone and i heard a bang, bang, bang, bang fourtimes. i waited, because i thought it was
during anti government protests. 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
boxing day sales begin in the uk but will shoppers be cutting back as the cost of living crisis bites? 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 attac
the un tells the taliban to reverse its decision on banning afghan women working for humanitarian agencies after five major organisations suspend their work in afghanistan. demonstrations in south western iran to mark the 40th day of mourning since a nine year old boy was killed during anti government protests. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. if you are watching in america at the moment, he will know all about the moment, he will know all about the severe weather. at least 50 people are now known to have died due to the severe arctic freeze that continues to affect the us and canada. one of the worst hit areas is the city of buffalo in new york state, where the governor called the storm an epic, once in a lifetime event . emily unia has the latest. the arctic storm pummelling the us and canada caused christmas chaos for millions. thousands of flights were cancelled, and roads and railways were close to impassible, preven