here in the uk, the family of cody fisher, who was stabbed to death at a club in birmingham on monday, say their hearts are broken. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine, from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where on tuesday the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk and they sent this special report. i should warn you it contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is wh
millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm, which has brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 33 people have died in weather related incidents and around 175 thousand homes are without power. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christmas has turned more into a deep freeze. the city of buffalo in new york state is used to tough weather conditions but this storm has left it paralysed. many don t even have any power to cook their christmas lunch. i m really glad that i have a fireplace because otherwise i d be freezing right now. 43 inches of snow fell here as of christmas morning. driving is banned as the blizzard conditions leave roads impassable, power substations frozen and at least seven people dead. we are in a war. this is a war with mother nature and she has been hitting us with everything she has since the late hours of thursday and into friday, saturday and now
and four were injured in a pub shooting on christmas eve. three aid organisations have suspended their activities in afghanistan, in response to a ban on women working for humanitarian agencies. hello and welcome to bbc news. king charles has used his first christmas message as monarch to reflect on the cost of living crisis. he spoke of the great anxiety and hardship for those struggling to pay their bills and keep theirfamilies fed and warm . the king also paid tribute to his mother, queen elizabeth, who is buried in st george s chapel, from where the king delivered his speech. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. christmas at sandringham for the first time since the start of the pandemic. familiar routines were resumed though, without that most familiar of figures, queen elizabeth. king charles and the queen consort led the royal family from church. just behind them, the prince and princess of wales, with all three of their children, george, charlotte a
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