Correspondent James Waterhouse has the latest. Shouting. These communities are used to russia being close, but not this close. Forfour days, bombs have rained down here, and the window to leave is shrinking. Thousands have been forced to escape, and counting. Keep talking to us, says this Police Officer to 71 year old 0lga. She was injured in an explosion and their car is now an ambulance. They meet paramedics. Were told shes in a serious condition. Translation vovchansk is being mercilessly destroyed, blown up by rocket propelled grenades, artillery, mortars, and small arms battles are going on on the northern outskirts of the city. The newly homeless end up here in ukraines second city, kharkiv. People are terrified. They are stressed. They take. They keep their animals with them. So everyone is in a huge stress because of the constant shelling and of the shock of the russian offensive. Volodymyr said he went to feed his animals when he encountered Machine Gunfire in all directions.
Donald trump had threatened to bring all american troops home by christmas. Hes not going quite that far, but he will reduce the us military presence in iraq and afghanistan before he leaves office. So, lets look at that plan in a bit more detail. At the moment, there are 3000 soldiers stationed in iraq. 500 of them will be pulled out. The drawdown looks much more meaningful in afghanistan, where 2000 of the a500 us troops will be withdrawn. They are part of the nato force in place to support what is a fragile government. The acting defense secretary, christopher miller, made the announcement at his first news conference. Together we have mourned the loss of more than 6900 american troops who gave their lives in afghanistan and iraq. And we will never forget the more than 52,000 who bear the wounds of war and all those who still carry its scars, visible and invisible. In light of these tremendous sacrifices and with great humility and gratitude to those who came before us, i am formall
Donald trump had threatened to bring all american troops home by christmas. Hes not going quite that far, but he will reduce the us military presence in iraq and afghanistan before he leaves office. So, lets look at that plan in a bit more detail. At the moment, there are 3000 soldiers stationed in iraq. 500 of them will be pulled out. The drawdown looks much more meaningful in afghanistan, where 2000 of the a500 us troops will be withdrawn. They are part of the nato force in place to support what is a fragile government. The acting defense secretary, Christopher Miller, made the announcement at his first news conference. Together we have mourned the loss of more than 6900 american troops who gave their lives in afghanistan and iraq. And we will never forget the more than 52,000 who bear the wounds of war and all those who still carry its scars, visible and invisible. In light of these tremendous sacrifices and with great humility and gratitude to those who came before us, i am formall
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The new variant of coronavirus is spreading rapidly, and across the United Kingdom theres compelling evidence of the pressure its putting on hospitals and health staff. A Record Number of more than 40,000 new covid infections have been reported in the past 2a hours. Nhs england have said there are now more Covid Patients in hospitals in england that at previous peak in april. The Royal College of emergency medicine has warned its now difficult to find beds for patients in some parts of the uk. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has this report. There was a stark message today from this east london hospital. Nurses and doctors are incredibly stretched caring for very sick patients. No one should underestimate the impact the infection can have. At other hospitals in the capital too, covid patient numbers continue to rise, with the variant of the v
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The post brexit trade deal, between britain and the European Union, has taken another big step to being implemented. All 27 eu ambassadors have approved the agreement that was announced last week. On wednesday the president of the eu council, charles michel, and president of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen, are expected to sign off on the deal. But it will also have to be ratified by the european parliament, next year. Also on 30th december, uk mps will vote on the deal in a special sitting of parliament. It all means that tariff free trade will provisionally be allowed, after britain leaves the eu Single Market in the new year. The uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has described the trade deal as a new starting point for our relationship with the eu. Our europe correspondent, kevin connolly, says theres a lot of detail which still needs to be fleshed out. Well, it is a 1200 page agreement, so an enormous number