during his christmas day message. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm continues to barrel its way across north america. the so called bomb cyclone has brought heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 20 people have died because of icy roads, and high winds uprooted trees. howard johnson reports. subzero temperatures. ..whiteouts. .. ..and flooding. from toronto to new orleans, north america is experiencing a winter storm of epic proportions. nearly 250 million americans and canadians are believed to be affected, with more than 1.5 million people without power. thousands of flights have been cancelled and major roads closed, ruining christmas travel plans. a 46 car pile up in ohio left four dead. while in kansas city, one person died when their car plunged into an icy creek. in hard hit new york state, driving has been banned to prevent further casualties. the c
freedom to all ukrainians. - wherever we are, we will be together today, and together we will look into the evening sky. and pope francis has called for an immediate end to the war in ukraine during his christmas day message. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm continues to barrel its way across north america. the so called bomb cyclone has brought heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 20 people have died because of icy roads, and high winds uprooted trees. howard johnson reports. sub zero temperatures. ..whiteouts. .. ..and flooding. from toronto to new orleans, north america is experiencing a winter storm of epic proportions. nearly 250 million americans and canadians are believed to be affected, with more than 1.5 million people without power. thousands of flights have been cancelled and major roads closed, ruining christmas travel plans. a 46 car pile
tens of millions of americans are hunkered down in one of the bleakest christmas days in living memory. the arctic storm that s swept through most of the country has so far claimed 20 lives. family travel plans for much of the us have been thrown into chaos or abandoned. a million people are already without power. emily unia reports. strong winds and sub zero temperatures. america may have been dreaming of a white christmas but not like this. countless roads are closed or impassable, even the gritter got stuck. around 250 million people across the united states and canada are facing festive weather chaos. anything can happen in any moment and you ve got to be on your toes. thousands of flights have been cancelled, delayed trains have left passengers stranded for hours, conditions are so bad new york state has banned driving. it is life threatening what is going on as we speak in buffalo. getting calls through the night from frightened neighbours where the temperature has been
three aid organisations have suspended their activities in afghanistan in response to a ban on women working for humanitarian agencies. king charles has used his first christmas message to reflect on the cost of living crisis. he spoke of the great anxiety and hardship for those struggling to pay their bills and keep theirfamilies fed and warm . the king also paid tribute to his mother, queen elizabeth, who is buried in st george s chapel from where the king delivered his speech. our royal correspondent, nick witchell, was listening to the speech and gave us his verdict. there is, i think, a strong sense of social awareness in this christmas broadcast. now, just to put it in context, a long history, of course, of a broadcast at christmas time by the monarch going right back to the 1930s when king george the fifth started on radio. then queen elizabeth took it up on television in the 1950s. and this broadcast, the first by king charles. it was recorded in st george s chap