in ukraine fierce fighting continues as russian forces advance on the eastern city of bakhmut. the deputy mayor says the region is almost destroyed. and the stars behind the irish comedy the banshees 0f inisherin speak to usahead of the oscars on sunday. to feel it as colloquial and then see it go out into the world and be received by people from all sorts of, you know, the corners of the globe that we share is pretty surprising and cool. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. exactly a month after the devastating earthquakes which killed more than 50,000 people across turkey and syria, an unprecedented number of people are living without proper shelter. the united nations development programme the undp estimates that in turkey alone at least one and a half million people still inside the disaster zone are homeless. the true figure could be even higher. let s show you some live pictures from hatay in turkey which was one of the worst affected
like the nhs, they are acutely aware right now the country depends on it. and there it is, that smiling baby. and that means depending on carers like rejoice. she is gorgeous! she is. she s from malawi, but is in peterborough with a family on a work visa. this country needs people like me, someone that can put their heart out there and help someone from the heart. outside of this place, do you feel appreciated? not by the country, no, because they think we are numbers, but we re not numbers, we re human beings. but as migration numbers boosted the population here, research from the institute for fiscal studies shows peterborough receives less funding for policing, local governments and public health than it should do according to need. what impact has immigration had here? i think it s made the city grow very quickly. this is sarah s experience. the increase of population does not measure up to the increase of services for people. where are the pressure points? at the hospita
to crack down on people who enter the uk illegally. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. how important is this for rishi sunak was marked. the last few conservative governments have failed to get a grip on the issue and rishi sunak will bejudged to get a grip on the issue and rishi sunak will be judged by his to get a grip on the issue and rishi sunak will bejudged by his mps to get a grip on the issue and rishi sunak will be judged by his mps and probably voters as well and whether he can deliver something different. the legislation which we will get in the uk parliament tomorrow is going to be the plan by rishi sunak to try to be the plan by rishi sunak to try to deal with those small boats crossing the channel from france to the south coast of england. it is all designed to increase the number of deterrents for people by saying if you take a small boatjourney to the uk you will not get asylum, you will be thrown out the country and not be allowed back i
on our website you can find all the data and evidence the bbc has obtained in this investigation of the boatjourney. that s at bbc.com/news. the headlines on bbc news. the world health organization urges caution over the festive season to save lives as the omicron variant continues to spread globally. certainly not cancel christmas, but have a careful christmas so that you can have notjust a happy new year but many happy new years. omicron now accounts for nearly three quarters of new coronavirus cases in the united states. president biden is to outline plans to try to tackle the variant. as borisjohnson refuses to rule out new covid measures british businesses call for clarity on the rules. the uk government says there ll be news on financial support today in other news: ajury in new york is considering its verdict in the trial of ghislaine maxwell.
four months pregnant lana and her husband, from iraqi kurdistan, nearly died on a previous attempt to cross. she says she is doing this for her baby. translation: we will try again. our life here in this cold isn t far better from being in the sea. if my baby was born, it would have been more difficult, but now i carry him or her with me. if i die, the baby dies with me, too. it s hard to imagine the level of desperation that drives people to deadly sea journeys, but without much hope for a betterfuture, the loss of life isn t going to end. soran qurbani, bbc news, calais. on our website, you can find all the data and evidence the bbc has obtained in this investigation of the boatjourney head to bbc.co.uk/news. ajury in new york is considering its verdict