and britain s andy murray is out of the australian open. he lost to spain s roberto bautista agut in four sets in what could be his last time at the tournament. the uk conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi, has responded to reports that he had to pay a penalty as part of a multi million pound tax settlement. in a statement, the former chancellor said the tax office had disagreed about the exact allocation of shares his father had in the polling company yougov which mr zahawi founded. he said the uk s tax authority, hmrc, had concluded it was a careless and not deliberate error, and that he had paid what was due. labour had earlier called for mr zahawi to resign over the matter. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more on today s statement. for almost a week, nadhim zahawi has been under pressure to give more detail about his tax affairs. there is one central question at the heart of this scrutiny and that is whether he used an offshore entity to hold shares
the weather front sweeps through. quite a broad area of rain, all of us eventually get rain, but come the afternoon in places like belfast the weather will improve. a wet and windy night out towards the south east, places like certainly london in for soaking through friday night. this is a broad area of low pressure stretching almost from greenland to scandinavia, so through this area of low pressure we will see a rush of wind pushing in showers, some of them quite heavy out towards the north west of the uk. despite that, temperatures reaching 19 degrees. some uncertaintyjust how reaching 19 degrees. some uncertainty just how wet reaching 19 degrees. some uncertaintyjust how wet it reaching 19 degrees. some uncertainty just how wet it will reaching 19 degrees. some uncertaintyjust how wet it will be in the morning across the south and south east on sunday, the thinking is rain should clear away and then we are in for a decent day with sunny spells and a few showers. all in al
once again. [ sound [ sound of gunfire ] explosions heard across kyiv amid reports of kamikaze drone strikes throughout the city. three people were killed including a six-month pregnant woman. involving drones and cruise missiles that were once again targeting critical infrastructure. as russia s escalation continues, both russia and nato are set to hold separate long planned exercises of nuclear forces. we re covering all of the angle this is morning. let s begin with clarissa ward live in kyiv. i know you spoke with the mayor this morning. what is the latest on the ground there and what did he tell you? reporter: so, bianna, the death toll here in the capital has now risen to at least four people dead. 19 were successfully rescued from a residential building that was hit. we visited the scene of that building earlier. we spoke to the mayor. he said it is quite clear that russia is targeting civilians and also crucially civilian infrastructure. heating, electricity, power,
hello and welcome to bbc news. millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. it s brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christmas has turned more into a deep freeze. the city of buffalo in new york state is used to tough weather conditions, but this storm has left it paralysed. many don t even have any power to cook their christmas lunch. i m really glad that i have a fireplace because otherwise i d be freezing right now. 43 inches of snow fell here as of christmas morning. driving is banned as the blizzard conditions leave roads impassable, power substations frozen and at least seven people dead. we are in a war. this is a war with mother nature and she has been hitting us with everything she has since the late hours of thursday and into fr