strong winds and freezing temperatures. at least 19 people have died. more than one and a half million american households and businesses are without electricity, and thousands of flights have been cancelled. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unless you need to. don t travel under these conditions unless you have to. because anything can happen at any moment, and you ve got to be on your toes. some places like new york have gone further and banned driving due to low visibility. across the region there is a state of emergency. we ve had ice, flooding, snow, freezing temperatures, and everything that mother nature could wallop a
as he holds his christmas eve mass in the vatican. and looking ahead to the inevitably stressful cooking of christmas dinners we ll be getting tips from a chef from inside his restaurant kitchen. hello and welcome to bbc news. an icy blast is affecting nearly 250 million people in the us and canada, as one of the most severe winter storms in living memory takes hold with snow blizzards, strong winds and freezing temperatures. at least 19 people have died. hundreds of thousands of american households and businesses are without electricity and thousands of flights have been cancelled. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unle
expect to accumulate through the weekend. the dark blue and green colours for parts of northern ireland and south west scotland indicate 50 100 millimetres of rain indicate 50 100 millimetres of rain in places, so that could cause some issues. certainly some heavy, thundery rain at times this weekend, always wettest in the west, often quite windy. dare i say, it will feel a little autumnal. for many today brings some sunshine, scattered showers across england and wales, north east scotland mainly dry but increasingly windy, with rain setting in across northern ireland and south west scotland, highs of 18 25 c. through this evening and tonight, northern ireland and south west scotland, the rain really sets in, some really heavy bursts through the night, some getting into parts of wales, the far south west of england. it stays windy to the far north east, and partly because of the strength of wind and where it is coming from, a mild direction, a mild night, 13-16 c. mild direct
has been ordered into how a terror suspect was able to escape from a london prison. daniel khalife is still on the run, after breaking out of wandsworth jail yesterday morning, strapped to the bottom of a delivery van dressed as a chef. the van was later caught on cctv, you can see it here at the top of the screen, moving from left to right. this image of the delivery van has been given out by the metropolitan police. we should stress they are not suggesting any involvement in the escape from the driver or the company concerned. and we ve just received this footage of the moment police searched the vehicle on the upper richmond road, just a few miles away from wandsworth prison. it s understood that it was at this point police found straps underneath the van, alerting them to the way daniel khalife may have escaped. the 21 year old is accused of terrorism and gathering information for iran. tonight, police say he s not been seen. we begin with our home affairs correspondent,
and north korea help each other in the event of aggression against either country. north korea s leader called the agreement a new high level of alliance , sparking concerns in western countries. but the full details of the pact and its consequences remain unclear. our correspondent shaima khalil reports from south korea. vladimir putin s pyongyang trip was choreographed to a t, with some surreal, made for tv moments, like this one of him driving kim jong un on the streets of pyongyang. earlier, kim il sung square, at the heart of the north korean capital, was buzzing with crowds and colour, as the two globally isolated leaders revelled in each other s company and what mr kim described as a new level of alliance. translation: we highlyl appreciate your consistent and unwavering support for russian policy, including the ukrainian direction. i mean, ourfight against the hegemonic imperialist policy imposed for decades by the united states and its satellites. since his war on u