a powerful arctic storm sweeps across swathes of the us and canada more than 200 million people are under weather warnings with temperatures dropping to minus 45 degrees celsius in some places. and multiple arrests in afghanistan, after protesters marched in outrage at the taliban s latest prohibition on women attending universities. and ladbaby are top at christmas again! the husband and wife duo have taken the christmas number one spot for a record fifth time a gunman has shot and killed two men and a woman in central paris. all were of turkish kurdish descent. police say the attacker, who was sixty nine, was acting out of hatred of foreigners. he has been arrested. he had just been released from detention for targeting an african migrant camp in paris a yearago. clashes later broke out between police and a large crowd which had gathered at the scene. protesters started a fire in the street and threw chairs and bricks. police clad in riot gear responded with tear gas. h
meanwhile, an attack on ukraine s zaporizhzhia region leaves at least 23 people dead. a mounting death toll in florida after hurricane ian, president biden says it could be deadliest storm ever to hit the state. and saying good bye to sammy the story of a retiring guide dog good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. let us go back to moscow, where we have been listening to president vladimir putin officially, in his view, agreeing to the annexation and signing in the annexation of four regions of ukraine. this follows so called referendums that have been held in those four regions. in the east were talking about dunne esque in law hunts, donetsk and lou hanscombe dott. luhansk, hanscombe dott. lu ha nsk, zaporizhzhia. hanscombe dott. luhansk, zaporizhzhia. these areas supposedly wanting to rejoin russia. i think we might have some pictures of these signing ceremony, which took place in the kremlin in front of members of president putin s government. as you can see there, a
a man suspected of killing ten people in a mass stabbing in canada has died after being arrested. further criticism of how police forces in england and wales are trying to tackle violence against women and girls. and it s back to schools for the young royals as george, charlotte and louis all start at lambrook school in berkshire, after the family s recent move to windsor. good morning. the prime minister, liz truss, will this morning unveil her long awaited plan for tackling the soaring cost of gas and electricity spending billions of pounds to protect households and businesses this winter. under the proposals, typical household energy bills could be capped at around £2,500 pounds a year, with businesses also in line for help. that is in england, wales and scotland. it s expected to be funded by £100 billion of government borrowing as our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. there you go, darling. this lunch club in peterborough provides much needed help for p