dozens of people have received hospital treatment for suspected toxic poisoning in serbia after a train carrying ammonia derailed near the southeastern city of pirot. people have been warned not to leave their homes. a state of emergency has been declared after 20 carriages came off the tracks. police investigating the shooting of a 26 year old woman at a pub near liverpool last night have appealed for the public to come forward with any information relating to the incident. merseyside police said it did not believe the victim who was out with her sister and friends at the lighthouse inn in wallasee was targeted by the gunmun. four other people were also injured in the attack one is in a critical condition. 0ur north of england correspondent 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
for humanitarian agencies, after five major non governmental organisations suspend their work in afghanistan. now on bbc news, ourworld: svalbard s climate change fight. deep in the arctic circle, there s a place under threat like no other. this is svalbard, the fastest warming spot on earth. it s out of control. it s. it s really impacting our lives and the wildlife around us. it s scary. it s climate change on fast forward. we know that the clock is ticking, but i choose to stay hopeful, actually. yeah. i can t do anything else. we want to know what s being done to save svalbard as we know it. we are testing new technology, new systems. but even here, are they really ready to give up fossil fuels in the middle of an energy crisis in europe? they haven t found the perfect substitute yet, so coal - are still here to stay. and now the war in ukraine is undermining the international fight against climate change. one of the consequences is that the official exchange with russian
the remarkable victory he got when he called that general election having ousted theresa may. i gather she voted in a ball gown this evening, i think the irony won t be lost on her. i think since we thought we d be marched up the hill, and borisjohnson seems to be accusing the media, he says it s media lead, my feeling across the country speaking to everyday people, and i had one woman approached me next to the thames and say to me she doesn t like liars. i m reporting right next to that covid wall where you see all kinds of hearts and names and people who died who had respected lockdown. i think it s a countrywide thing. also worth saying, borisjohnson denies lying about the parties in downing street. he said some things that were wrong, but he thought they were true at the time. you must have had a few days this week talking to france about the uk, with this happening now and thejubilee before it. it is quite remarkable going from covering the head of state, which is the 96
our army and passers by that we were tv. there was the first shot. returned and found her on the ground. borisjohnson signed a new host security deal with amanda swindon. both countries are considering joining the nato military alliance. ukrainian forces are advancing against russian troops just north of the country s second largest city, kharkiv. kharkiv is just 30 miles from the border and the operation may pose a wider threat to russia s war in the east. you can see in purple in this map the ukrainian counter attacks, which have taken a number of towns and pushed russian artillery back towards the border. the ukrainian military says it has recaptured four villages near kharkiv in recent days. he air raid sirens. the spectre of russian victory once haunted this city. but no more. for months, the invaders were at the city gates, but kharkiv has cast doubt vladimir putin s foot but kharkiv has cast out vladimir putin s foot soldiers, forcing them back towards the border. this