at least 50 people across north america are now known to have died in the severe arctic freeze that continues to affect the us and canada. one of the worst hit areas is the city of buffalo, in new york state, where the governor called the storm an epic, once in a lifetime event . in the past few minutes, president biden has authorised emergency federal support for new york state. emily unia reports. the arctic storm pummelling the us and canada caused christmas chaos for millions. thousands of flights were cancelled, and roads and railways were closed or impassible, preventing people from reaching friends and family. emergency services battled treacherous conditions to carry out rescues. fatalities have been confirmed across the us. one of the worst hit areas was new york state, especially in buffalo and hamburg in erie county. snow blanketed streets, and driving was banned. more than two dozen people are now known to have died in the greater buffalo region. anyone who decla
on universal credit. more than 50 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states. president biden has approved an emergency declaration allowing federal support for new york state, where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. 27 bodies have been recovered there and more are expected to be found in cars buried in the snow. blizzards have blocked roads and power lines making it hard to get food and medicine. sean dilley reports. for five days blizzard conditions have just dropped life and travel across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been it by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border. montana has experienced the coldest weather with temperatures dropping to -45. the with tempe
the 73 year old lived in a building adacent to the flats. you are watching bbc news. next it s time for talking movies the review of 2022. hello from new york. i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies review of 2022, special edition. in today s programme we look back at highlights of the year in cinema. we review many of the major movie events of 2022. we look at the films that nobody thought would become big global hits as well as the breakout arthouse offerings. plus my top ten films of the year. without doubt, one of the biggest movie events of 2022 was the arrival ofjames cameron s sci fi epic avatar: the way of water. it is of course the sequel to his 2009 avatar movie which became the biggest grossing film of all time. i went with some trepidation to see the new picture the other day here in manhattan. i say trepidation because it s more than three hours long. well, i did survive and i was very impressed by the cinema technology. it really is beautiful to watch
of living crisis bites? the most successful female golfer of all time, kathy whitworth, has died at the age of 83. she won a record 88 ladies professional golf association titles. hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targeted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base is host to long range russian strategic bombers, the type of which have launched numerous missiles strikes on ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. caught on cctv. an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down at ukrainian drone and three russian soldiers were killed. engels is deep inside russian territory. hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long