more than 200 million people in america are under extreme weather alerts, and more than 1.5 million people have no power, as temperatures in some areas are predicted to drop to as low as minus 45 celsius. the huge arctic storm is affecting canada and extends down to the deep south and the border with mexico. this thermal satellite imagery shows the huge spread of the coldest areas with the midwest enduring the lowest temperatures. and this satellite image from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration gives an idea of the spread of the cold weather system with the lowest temperatures underneath the clouds at the top of the picture, across the northern us states and canada. we begin our coverage with this report from our north america correspondent, john sudworth. it couldn t have come at a worse time. america s peak travel season hit by a once in a generation storm. two days before christmas, two thirds of the country are now under extreme winter weather alerts
as the cost of living crisis deepens, we look at different approaches adopted in some european countries to ease the pain for consumers. we start in ukraine. a team of united nations inspectors has visited the zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which has been under russian control for six months. this is the moment they arrived. it wasn t an easy journey. this area is close to the front line and the inspectors were forced to stop a checkpoint for over three hours. the inspectors are from the un s international atomic energy agency, the iaea. some have already left, including the director general. here s what he said. we are not going anywhere. the iaea is now there, it s at the plant and it s not moving. it s going to stay there. we are going to have a continued presence there at the plant with some of my experts and of course now we have with my team a lot of work in terms of a detailed analysis of some of the more technical aspects of what we saw. this map shows you just how c
the right to abortion. the two candidates to be uk prime minister are going head to head in cardiff at the latest hustings for party members. the former health secretary sajid javid is the latest to come out saying he s backing liz truss to win. hello, and a warm welcome to the programme. we start in taiwan a historic visit from us house speaker nancy pelosi has come to a close. but the fallout from it is just beginning. in the last few hours, taiwan s defence ministry says it scrambled jets to warn off 27 chinese warplanes in its defence zone. remember, nancy pelosi is the most senior us politician in 25 years to go to taiwan. and the visit has sparked fury in beijing, which views taiwan as its own. we ll be going into why, as well as all of the reaction. first, here s a little of what ms pelosi had to say. our solidarity with you is more important than ever, as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are supporters of the status quo, and we don t want anything to happen to