the former pontiff is 95. in 2013 benedict became the first pope in six centuries to resign. he has been living in the vatican since then. now on bbc news, it s time for review 2022. it s been an especially turbulent 12 months in british politics and a year that s featured three prime ministers and four chancellors. helen catt looks back now at some of the most significant events to happen in westminster during an extraordinary year in politics. 2022 was a year when politics came at you fast. three prime ministers in the space of a few months, a mini budget that had a dramatic impact within hours, all against the backdrop of a war in europe and the cost of living going up at its fastest rate in decades. but it all started with a hangover. tonight at ten, boris johnson faces new questions about apparent breaches of lockdown in downing street. the end of 2021 had been dominated by partygate and just days into the new year, there was more. itv got hold of an e mail sent in may
here in the uk, the family of cody fisher, who was stabbed to death at a club in birmingham on monday, say their hearts are broken. and building model plane kits for a new generation of fans we report on the revival of a classic hobby. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine, from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where on tuesday the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. our correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson, with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk, and they sent this spe
this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i m joanna gosling. our top stories: hundreds flee the ukrainian city of kherson because of intense russian shelling the hospital s maternity ward is among the locations hit. behind me, actually, is where an explosion took place just over an hour ago. five people were killed here, 20 were injured. every single day, there are people being killed in this city. pope francis says his predecessor benedict xvi is very ill and he is praying for him. in 2013, benedict became the first pope in six centuries to resign. the united states is the latest country to consider entry restrictions for travellers from china due to soaring covid infection rates, after beijing relaxed containment measures this month.
country to consider covid entry restrictions for travelers from china because of soaring covid infection rates, after beijing dramatically loosened hardline containment measures this month. china is to scrap quarantine for travellers from the 8th of january, marking the last major shift from the country s zero covid policy. chinese travel websites have been inundated with requests for overseas bookings, leaving governments around the world wary of the potential spread of covid. taiwan has become the latest country to announce restrictions on visitors from china and japan, india and malaysia have already said they ll monitor chinese arrivals. here s an update from our correspondent, martin yip. taiwan has literallyjust announced in the last couple of hours that they will impose a rival pcr test, that s the most sophisticated test for the covid i9 virus, for mainland chinese travelling starting on the 1st of january. but this one is not applicable for people arriving from hong kong or