nhs bosses in wales they say health services are experiencing demand like never seen before, and urge people to do what they can to help. celebrations have begun to mark the start of 2023 with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome bells ringing in st peter s square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict s body will lie in state from monday in st peter s basilica and that pope francis will lead the funeral on january 5th. here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character
queen guitarist brian may and members of england s women s football team are among those celebrated in the uk s new year s honours list. over a thousand people have received recognition for their service. i will be back at the top of the error, no it is time for talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to a special edition of talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. this week, we re going to revisit some of our interviews that defined 2022. of course, a momentous year of disruption for the global economy. over the last 12 months, we ve continued to feel the impact of covid, the russian invasion of ukraine, and suffered a cost of living crisis as energy prices have soared. i ve spent the year speaking to some of the most influential chief executives, business leaders and policymakers on the planet. the head of the imf, the international monetary fund, told me herfears for the planet s prosperity, and the
rate by 3/4 of a percentage rate and we expect ongoing increases will be appropriate. hello and welcome. thursday, september 22nd. 9 a.m. in london. 4 a.m. in washington and new york. he faces a new lawsuit and unprecedented number of investigations. it ruled the justice department can resume the criminal investigation and review of classified documents seized from his mar-a-lago home and resort during an fbi search. that coming hours after the new york attorney general announced a sweeping lawsuit against three of trump s children and trump himself. they re accused of staggering amounts and they say the disclaimer was included on loan applications. it basically says to an institution. you are going to loan money, you have to make sure you get your own appraisers, own lawyers, everything. these are banks that have the best lawyers in the world, shawn. by the way, they got paid back. just so you know. everything was paid back? nobody got harmed? i never got a default.
at least one person is killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight, minutes after its self imposed ceasefire ended. tens of thousands of orthodox christians in ethiopia celebrate christmas at churches in the historic town of lalibela for the first time since the conflict in tigray began in 2020. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. he also defended his economic policies as being deeply conservative. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been listening to what the prime minister has been saying. what struck you about what he was saying? the dilemma that the government has, huge pressures on the health service, nurses are deeply unhappy about their levels of pay, they say they have been falling behin