we begin with some breaking news: reports are coming in that at least 45 people were killed after a bus with north macedonian licence plates caught fire on a highway in western bulgaria. at least 45 people have been killed wthe head of the fire safety department at the interior ministry said there were children among the victims, and seven people with burns were transferred to hospital in the capital sofia. it thought the accident happened around five hours ago but the sight of the accident is currently cut off. we will update you as soon as more details come in. a senior red cross official says policies designed to withhold international funds from the taliban are depriving ordinary afghan people of the means of survival. speaking one hundred days after the taliban swept to power across the country, dominik stillhart urged international donors to find creative ways to send funds to the country to stave off severe malnutrition. as the taliban transitions from insurgency to go
tonight at ten, austria becomes the first country in europe to make covid vaccinations compulsory as infection rates on the continent continue to rise sharply. austria will return to a national lockdown next week while christmas markets in parts of germany are cancelled because of what ministers there call a national emergency. but in the uk there are hopes relatively high vaccination rates and the booster programme could make a difference. i wouldn t assume we are going to follow the same trajectory as europe, but we are watching very closely and obviously there is concern. we ll be live in vienna with the latest. also in the programme. in an exclusive bbc interview, the man known as europe s last dictator president lukashenko of belarus says he won t stop the flow of migrants through his country. we of migrants through his country. the jury find the d rittenhouse we the jury find the defendant kyle rittenhouse not guilty. cleared of murder american teenager kyle r
Turned crisis into catastrophe. austria has entered a full lockdown as the number of coronavirus infections continue to rise. thousands of people have been protesting against the new restrictions, which include plans to make covid vaccinations compulsory next year. austria is the first country in europe to announce such a step. bethany bell reports. vienna is cold and quiet. austria is back in lockdown, after record numbers of new coronavirus infections. nonessential shops and restaurants are closed. the city s famous christmas markets were open last week, but now, they are all boarded up. the government says the restrictions will last for just
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