here in the uk, 2022 saw the highest number of excess deaths outside the covid pandemic in half a century. and france tries again to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. it s an unpopular reform that didn t go well last time it tried. we ll be live in paris. we start in ukraine. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine s army is facing an extremely difficult situation as fighting continues in the eastern donbas region. the focus is the salt mining town of soledar. the uk defence ministry says it s likely that russian forces including wagner group mercenaries now control most of the town. we ll be taking a look at why it s become central to this conflict. but first, here s president zelensky. translation: and what did russia want to win there? i everything is completely destroyed. there was almost no life left. thousands of their people are gone, the whole land in soledar is covered with the corpses of the invaders and scarred from the strikes. this is what madness loo
concerns about safety. paramedics and support staff are taking further action in their dispute over pay and conditions. they say the current situation is not sustainable. we don t meet minimum levels now on a day to day basis. i cannot stress enough how difficult it is for us to be able to deliver that care to patients. here at westminster, the government not was planning ahead. it wants to change the law to force unions to offer emergency cover during strikes. labour say that is insulting to workers. we ll have the latest on the series of disputes in different public sectors and the likelihood of resolution any time soon. also tonight. 2022 was a year of climate extremes, weather experts say. europe and the polar regions were hardest hit by global warming. the latest on the fighting in eastern ukraine, where the mining town of soledar is reported to be under russian control. and the popularity of gaming helps boost the uk s home entertainment industry to record levels. and s
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in china where authorities have stopped issuing short term visas to individuals from south korea and japan, in retaliation for covid restrictions imposed on chinese travellers. inside the country, state media are downplaying risks from the virus. officials from several major cities and provinces have said the infection rates are past their peak and officials in beijing say it s discriminatory to single out chinese travellers. translation: regrettably, some countries disregard science and their own covid situation, they are bent on imposing restrictions on china. china firmly reject this and will take reciprocal measures, we called the relevant countries to base their measures on facts and science and take proportionate measures and not use this to engage in political manipulations. we can now speak to the travel writer and blogger, steve rohan, who worked in china for six years. he joins
tonight the interview and we ll discuss the potential fallout from it and what harry reveals in the new book which comes out on tuesday. prince harry may have stepped back from his royal duties in 2020, but he and his wife certainly haven t stepped away from the spotlight. just last month they appeared in a six part netflix documentary about their relationship and their decision to leave the royal lives behind. but now the 38-year-old prince harry is telling his own story in spare, a nod to the backup role in the line of succession. it is a stunning break to royal protocol. it is deeply personal and account of prince harry s decade struggle of grief after the dench his mother and revealing look at his fractured relationships with his father, king charles, stepmother, the queen consort camilla and his brother prince william. the heir to his spare. you write about a contentious meeting you had with him in 2021. you said i looked willie, looked at him for the first time since
edition of ac360. they harry interview, my conversation with prince harry that i did for cbs s 60 minutes. tonight, the interview. and we ll discuss with our correspondents and guests the potential fallout from it. and what harry revealed in his new book, which comes out on tuesday. prince harry may have stepped back from his royal duties in 2020, but he and his wife meghan, the duchess of sussex, certainly haven t stepped away from the spotlight. just last month, they appeared in a six part netflix documentary about their relationship, and their decision to leave the royal life behind. but now, the 30-year-old prince harry is telling his own story in his new memoir, spare, a nod to his backup role in the line of succession. the book is a stunning break with royal protocol. it s deeply personal, and it s an account of prince harry s long struggle with grief after the death of his mother, princess diana, and a revealing look at his fractured relationships with his father, king