this is bbc news, the headlines: russia has continued to shell various regions in ukraine despite calling for a 36 hour ceasefire for orthodox christmas celebrations. president volodymyr zelensky said vladimir putin s offer of a truce, now ended, was deceitful. he said peace in ukraine would only be restored when russian forces were expelled. kevin mccarthy has been sworn in as speaker of the us house of representatives, after 15 rounds of voting. a small group of republican rebels had derailed each previous attempt. the new speaker says it was the influence of former president trump that helped him secure the position. iran has been widely condemned after executing two more anti government protesters. mohammad mahdi karami and seyed mohammad hosseini had appealed
this is bbc news, the headlines. russia has continued to shell various regions in ukraine despite calling for a 36 hour ceasefire for orthodox christmas celebrations. president volodymyr zelensky said vladimir putin s offer of a truce, now ended, was deceitful. he said peace in ukraine would only be restored when russian forces were expelled. british prime minister rishi sunak has called on health leaders to take bold and radical action to reduce the extreme pressures on the national health service. he called the meetings in downing street highly valuable , but the opposition labour party called it just another talking shop . kevin mccarthy has been sworn in as speaker of the us house of representatives after 15 rounds of voting. a small group of republican
see him really focus on things like the border, like oversight of the biden administration here in the first couple of months of his speakership. this is bbc news our main headlines. russia has continued to shell eastern ukraine despite calling for a 36 hour ceasefire for orthodox christmas celebrations. britain s prime minister rishi sunak has met health experts from across england on saturday to discuss crucial challenges in the national health service. a six year old boy has been detained by police, after shooting a teacher in the us state of virginia. the shooting happened at richneck elementary school in the city of newport news. it is unclear how he obtained the gun, but officers say the incident wasn t an accidental shooting . i ve been speaking to philipjones, the mayor of newport news, where the shooting took place