it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in new york city where two men have appeared in court charged with operating a chinese secret police station in manhattan. lujianwang and chenjinping are accused of acting on behalf of china s ministry of public security, to monitor and intimidate dissidents. breon peace is the federal district attorney in brooklyn. unlike typical officers, the mps officers who have been charged today are not focused on preventing crime. rather, the complaints charge these mps officers with engaging in transnational repression schemes, targeting members of the chinese diaspora community in new york city and elsewhere in the united states. and as shown in these complaints, the mps has repeatedly and flagrantly violated our nation s sovereignty, including by opening and operating a police station in the middle of new york city. our new york correspondent nada tawfiq told me more about the reaction from us authorites. what they are alleging here
hello and welcome to the programme. we began in new york city where two men have appeared in court charged with operating a chinese secret police station in manhattan. they are accused of acting on behalf of china s military to monitor and intimidate dissidents. unlike typical officers, they are not focused on preventing crime, ratherthe are not focused on preventing crime, rather the complaints charged these nps offices with engaging in transnational repression schemes, targeting members of the chinese deist for a community in new york city and elsewhere in the united states, and as shown in these complaints, the nps has repeatedly and flagrantly violated our nation s sovereignty including by opening and operating a police station in the middle of new york city. station in the middle of new york city- station in the middle of new york ci . . . , ., york city. that was the federal district attorney york city. that was the federal district attorney in york city. that was
the role children. theyjoin 1800 people at the the role children. theyjoin1800 people at the westminster abbey event hosted by their mother and had prince charles s 110w now it is time for review 2022. one story has been rising prices stop we have been reflecting on the causes and consequences of the squeezed economy and the cost of living. when big ben brought in the new year, few of us would have expected the year that was to follow. remember, in 2022 we started off very much in the grip of a global pandemic. who would have thought that another worldwide story would dominate the news agenda? tonight at ten, we are live in ukraine, a country at war, after a huge russian military offensive by land, sea and air. prices quickly rose to their fastest rate in over a0 years, and inflation touched everything, from our household bills to our wages and our hopes for the future. the global economy was already suffering from a long covid, with hold ups in supply chains causing headache
and king charles is expected to reflect on queen elizabeth s legacy in his first christmas message as monarch. 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 person died when their car plunged into an icy creek. in hard