the last few minutes, the cambodian authorities have said that the fire is now under control, but did not make further announcements about casualties. this is bbc news. hello there. new year s eve just around the corner. and if your plans involve being outside, please keep watching the forecast. there s a lot of rain in the story over the next few days. the winds will be a feature as well. gale force gusts on exposed coasts not out of the question. the only snow is really to the tops of the mountains in scotland, so we re not too concerned about that for the time being. but as this low pressure moves away, plenty of isobars on the southern flank, the winds very much a feature. so for thursday s weather, that s going to be blowing in plenty of showers from the word go, most frequent across scotland, northern ireland and northwest england. but there will be some across west facing coasts of wales. the only good news is with the strength of the winds, gusts in excess of a0 to maybe 50mph
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this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m ben brown. our top stories: cities across ukraine are targeted by russian missile strikes, in one of the largest bombardments since the war began. belarus says its air defences have brought down a missile on its territory and claims it s from ukraine. israel s new hardline government is sworn in, with benjamin netanyahu becoming prime ministerfor a record sixth time. a huge fire at a casino hotel in cambodia has killed at least 21 people; many others are missing. eu officials discuss imposing covid testing on visitors from china,