russia has responded to president zelensky s visit to washington, accusing the us of fighting an indirect war against it. in a speech, president putin said a new patriot missile defence system would simply prolong the war , and that russia would find an antidote. the ukrainian leader is now back in ukraine. well, ten months on since the start of the conflict, ukrainian forces have regained some areas taken by russia. the bbc has been following one soldier, lieutenant eugene gromadskyi, as he fights to defend his country, at great personal cost. our correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera journalist darren conway, joined him near kupyansk, in the country s east, where fighting continues, amid appalling winter conditions. when the enemy is on your doorstep, sacrifices must be made. this is home for a platoon from ukraine s 92nd brigade. they have a few small rooms in an abandoned house. they re crammed in tight. meals are eaten standing up. not that senior lieutenant e
australian scientists launch a campaign to find it. forecasters in the us say a major winter storm sweeping the us this week may bring the coldest christmas in four decades to parts of the country. there has already been major snowfall in many areas. more than 90 million people in 37 states are set to experience sub zero temperatures, including places as far south as texas. tom brada reports. a fierce winter storm is sweeping across the united states. more than 100 million people are under winter weather alerts, with warnings of ice, snow and freezing winds. at a white house briefing, president biden called for caution. this is really a very serious weather alert here, and it goes from oklahoma all the way to wyoming and maine. it s not like a snow day when you re a kid, this is serious stuff. meteorologists say the winter storm could become a bomb cyclone an unofficial term for a certain type of powerful storm, which rapidly builds in strength. heavy snowfall and strong wi
australian scientists launch a campaign to find it. and we take a journey through david hockney s imagination, as he describes his new immersive exhibition. hello and welcome. within the past couple of hours, the us house select committee investigating the january 6 attack on the capitol has released its full report. the report runs to almost 850 pages and is the culmination of the committee s investigation over more than a year and half, including more than 1,000 interviews. it was looking into donald trump s actions on the day the house was stormed. vinoo varghese is a wall street criminal defence attorney, former prosecutor and visiting faculty at harvard law school. he s been giving me his reaction to the full report publication. what you have here is unfortunately a situation where not much is going to come of this. this is sort of the democrats on their way out, there last hurrah. not disputing the validity of the things that they found, unfortunately, there is no real
Sharp decline in recent years. in a bid to track the population and find out why scientists are asking for the public s help. dr tanya latty is a professor of entomology at the university of sydney and is the lead researcher on the project. christmas beetles, as you said, used to be super common throughout australia and just a really unique part of the christmas experience here, where every christmas, millions of these beautiful iridescent beetles would descend upon all of the major cities here kind of like little winged christmas baubles everywhere. but that hasn t happened in quite a long time and unfortunately, although lots of people remember seeing lots of christmas beetles during their childhoods, we don t have the data to back it up and since there are 35 different types of christmas beetle, we can t say whether they re all in decline, whether some have gone into decline and others haven t, or whether there s particular regions they re in decline. and so, that s a huge problem