first christmas message. it is with this life giving light and our service to others that i believe we can find hope for the future. welcome to bbc news. millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. it s brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur 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 i
up with all that with ruby alice. build up was one of the main systems of rubiales. the new federation doesn t want to mix rubiales with the new federation. second thing, the government is pushing a lot to sac vilda. third, with vilda, no one spanish world player will go to the national team, so no way for him to be national coach. so it s montse tome who will now take charge she had been part of vilda s coaching team. the former levante midfielder won four caps with spain and will take charge of their upcoming games against sweden and switzerland this month. england s men s football squad have been training at st george s park ahead of their euro 2024 qualifier with ukraine on saturday. amongst them isjordan henderson. he has given his first interview to the media after leaving liverpool tojoin the saudi pro league. in the interview with the athletic, henderson says he was really hurt after being criticised forjoining al ettifaq. he has been a vocal supporter of the lgbt
been speaking for a few minutes. we will hear more on what he says later. if no deal is in place by the end of today, government agencies will begin shutting down injust under ten hours time that s midnight local time. it would mean hundreds of thousands of federal employees sent home without pay. much of the attention is focused on the republican speaker kevin mccarthy. here s what he had to say earlier. because the senate cannot act in time, the government would shut down. the house is going to act so government will not shut down. we will put a clean funding stop gap on the floor to keep government open for 45 days for the house and senate to get their work done. the house is debating over the funding plans now. and hakeem jefferies, democratic minority leaders has been speaking in the last few minutes. we are here at this moment on the brink of a shutdown that was entirely unavoidable and has been brought to us by the extreme maga republicans who have decided that rath
controlled by armenian separatists for three decades but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. the united nations says it s sending a mission to the region this weekend, to assess the humanitarian situation. the team will look at the needs of the people remaining in the territory as well as those on the move. azerbaijan has confirmed its agreement to the visit. for more on this, let s go live to rahan demytrie who is in goris. a warning there is a lot of flashing images behind her live position. great to have been with us. i wonder if he can give us an update on what is taking place behind you. well. is taking place behind you. well, i m standing is taking place behind you. well, i m standing outside is taking place behind you. well, i m standing outside one - is taking place behind you. well, i m standing outside one of - is taking place behind you. well, i m standing outside one of the i i m standing outside one of the registration points in goris, one