the boundary with israel. hello and welcome to bbc news. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states. president biden has approved an emergency declaration allowing federal support for new york state, where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. 27 bodies have been recovered there; and more are expected to be found in cars buried in the snow. blizzards have blocked roads and brought down power lines making it hard to get food and medicine. sean dilley reports. forfive days, blizzard conditions have disrupted life and travel across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been hit by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border. montana has experienced the coldest weather, w
where the city of buffalo has seen the worst of the arctic conditions. meteorologists warn up to nine more inches of snow could fall in parts of the state today. let s get more on this now with jarred hill a correspondent with the us network cbs. some extraordinary images coming from the us and canada. tell us more about the challenges of getting help to people in those conditions. if you look at the pictures in the video, it doesn t look real how much snow and ice are in these communities. just for context, this is not even the entirety of new york state, we are in new york city which is a different situation. 0ne state, we are in new york city which is a different situation. one of the difficulties is how much snow fail in a short amount of time but also with the really strong winds blew all the snow in one direction. 0ne some parts of the city where there are snow drifts covering cars and parts of buildings and that is
decree is a way out for the time being. 0ne state news agency this morning was making the point that no one s going to get cut off today, this was a deadline of sorts, because these payments aren t really due to fall for another few weeks at the least. so we will have to see whether the capitals are willing to accept the terms but it may be for the time being some compromise has been achieved which allows both sides to save a bit of face. thank ou sides to save a bit of face. thank you jenny- russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has arrived in india, where he is due to meet indian foreign minister sjaishankar. indian and russian officials are expected to discuss the sale of russian crude oil to india. the indian government is under pressure from other members of the quad grouping, which includes the united states, australia and japan, to take a stronger stand against russia and its invasion of ukraine. 0ur correspondent in delhi, rajini vaidyanathan, gave me this update. india h