As he holds his Christmas Eve mass in the vatican. And looking ahead to the inevitably stressful cooking of christmas dinners well 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, dont travel unless you need to. Do
Last week the Hard Line Rulers announced women were banned from attending university. Now on bbc news our world harvesting turkeys tea. Hello there. For most of us, Christmas Day is going to turn out to be quite a mild day with temperatures pushing into double figures. On saturday, we did manage a bit of sunshine across the midlands and North East England but otherwise it was a lot of clout around it we will continue to feed in rather cloudy skies for Christmas Day as well with the South Westerly Winds dragging in mild air around this area of low pressure to the north. Its really late in the day that well start to see some colder air returning, particularly to parts of scotland and in the northwest of scotland late on you could see a few snow showers. So one or two of you could see a white christmas. But for most, its going to be a mild day for christmas. South westerly winds then will continue to push bursts of rain across the country. The wettest weather will be across western areas,
Roads were expected to be disrupted but the aa said it was not as bad as expected the taliban have now banned Women In Afghanistan from working for non Governmental Organisations saying they are breaking strict dress codes. Just days ago the taliban barred women from studying at university. French police and protesters have clashed for the second day running in central paris. The unrest was caused by a deadly shooting on friday at a kurdish cultural centre. The suspect has been taken to a police psychiatric unit for health reasons. Now on bbc news its time for review 2022. It has been a year where weve lost some of the worlds biggest names. Stars like meatloaf, Sporting Icons such as shane warne and actors including Robbie Coltraine and angela la nsbury. And of course her majesty the queen, who died in september. For the next half an hour on bbc news, we remember. Like a Bat Out Of Hell ill be gone when the morning comes oh, when the night is over like a Bat Out Of Hell ill be gone, go
Clashed for the second day running in central paris. The unrest was caused by a deadly shooting on friday at a kurdish cultural centre. The suspect has been taken to a police psychiatric unit for health reasons. Now on bbc news, ending the falklands. This programme contains details some viewers may find upsetting. Recording now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right, im ready to go. Are you keen to answer it as well . Oh, yes, yes. You can stop to think about an answer, you dont have to do it all in one go itsjust a conversation with me and ill take you ill take you through the experiences. Absolutely, yeah. Um, yeah, 0k. Clapper bangs youre literally lying face down, pressed your face into this frozen earth, thinking, i dont want to die here. I dont want to die here. Why . Sniffs yeah. You know, that, i think well, it was, for all of us, it was hugely traumatic. Theres corpses of your enemy, corpses of your friends, you know, just lying there. It had a massive effect on me and i know it had a massi
message to the nation as monarch. i let sanding and waking chart is hosting his first royal christmas where crowds are here to see him and the rest of the royal family. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm continues to barrel its way across north america. the so called bomb cyclone has brought heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 20 people have died because of icy roads and high winds uprooting trees. howard johnson reports. subzero temperatures. ..whiteouts. .. ..and flooding. from toronto to new orleans, north america is experiencing a winter storm of epic proportions. nearly 250 million americans and canadians are believed to be affected, with more than 1.5 million people without power. thousands of flights have been cancelled and major roads closed, ruining christmas travel plans. a 46 car pile up in ohio left four dead. while in kansas city, one perso