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
hello and welcome to bbc news. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved an emergency declaration allowing federal support for new york state. the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. it lies in the great lakes region and near the canadian border 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.
on him, saying some of his prior policies are fuelling this type of hatred that s happening in the state. we also know the shooter has been baker acted before, which in the us, that means someone who s gone through a mental illness and someone has called to have him taken to a mental health facility. but at this point, we do not think the shooter illegally owned the guns. he was legally in his right to own those guns. let s return to that breaking news, us officials say three marines have been killed in a military aircraft crash in northern australia. our reporter ellyn duncan is in the newsroom with more details. ellyn, what do we know at this stage? this is a developing story but i can take you through some of what we do know so far. us officials have confirmed 23 marines were on board the aircraft when it crashed. they have also confirmed three marines have also confirmed three marines have been killed. we know that five others have been transferred to darwin, royal darwin hospital,
by its decision to ban afghan women from working for humanitarian agencies. several major aid organisations are suspending their work in afghanistan, saying they could not effectively reach afghans in desperate need without their female staff. the bbc s ellyn duncan reports. for women in afghanistan, the world seems to get smaller by the day. more rights and freedoms are gradually being removed, with the latest taliban decree targeting women in work. women have been banned specifically from working for aid agencies, accused by the taliban of breaking dress code, something the organisations deny. we have done everything according to the book. and still they come with this out of nowhere. and it s devastating. it s paralysing. all work, i think all organisations will in the end follow us in suspending work. several aid organisations have already suspended operations.