yasmin vossoughian. new, deadly attack in a city of kyiv as the residents of the ukraine capital running for cover. two major deaths were following this afternoon. pope benedict, the man who gave up the pope, passing away just hours ago. and tributes also pouring in for a giant and broadcasters, barbara walters. we also have the latest information on a suspect arrested in the murders of fort university of idaho students. and on trump facing new revelations from his just released tax returns, and depositions from the january six committee. i m also gonna be talking with the two men who have spent a year with trump s true believers. do you think that trump is still in power right now? what do you think? you think biden is not the current president. no sir, no sir. i don t believe it. the good buyers, coming up with the best of what they heard this year. all of that, we are following new year celebrations around the world as more countries are already crossing into 202
nasa says it will go ahead and launch the most powerful rocket its ever built. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a manhunt is underway in liverpool after a nine year old girl was shot dead. police say an unknown man is reported to have fired a gun inside a house in the knotty ash area of the city at around ten o clock last night. a man and a woman also suffered gunshot injuries in the attack. ian byrne is the labour mp for liverpool west derby, where this attack happened. he spoke to breakfast earlier this morning. i think devastating is a good way of putting it. we are still going to process what we have heard overnight. it is absolutely devastating that a wholly innocent nine year old young girl has been sadly murdered and i think we are all struggling to process it is a community, in west derby in liverpool and across the country. i think as a moves forward i have heard as much as everybody else, really, we need to hearfrom heard as much as everybody else, really, we
things that were £1 are now £1.10. it adds to the panic as well and you are just thinking, how am i going to get through this month? the average price of petrol reaches a record high amid new sanctions on russian oil. one week after the school shooting in texas, sir andy murray, who survived the dunblane massacre as a child, calls for changes to america s gun laws. surely at some stage you do something different, like, you can t keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another senior conservative mp dame andrea leadsome blames the prime minister for lockdown parties in downing street. and customers from all over the world flock to a chippy in coventry that s become a social media sensation. and coming up on the bbc news channel. liverpool have demanded an apology from the french sports minister following comments suggesting fans were to blame for problems at the champions final on saturday. good afternoon, and
Passing of television and journalist pioneer barbara walters. we will have more on her life and legacy a little bit later in this hour. right now, we are following some breaking news in ukraine. another round of russian strikes has rattled the capital of kyiv as ukrainians are preparing to celebrate the new year. at least one person is dead, nbc s matt is there on the ground for us. that, the damage from these latest russia strikes, it is not limited to kyiv, right? that is right. it was just the capitol, we saw these targets throughout the country, mykolaiv in the south, the province around dnipro in the east, the central part of the country to the west. but you know, it was the capitol really that bore the brunt of today s attacks. it is borne the brunt of the last three days of attacks. remember, this is part of a three-day-long assault on targets across the country. really, russia s favorite target, which is electricity infrastructure. that s what has been the new target for the
Leave ukraine immediately. for days we have heard warnings from officials, president zelensky has said russia could be planning something disgusting, in his words, to mark independence day tomorrow. some measures have been taken across the country, in the city of kharkiv in the east which has been under constant russian bombardment in recent weeks, a curfew has been extended until thursday. in the city of mykolaiv in the south, which has been under constant russian shelling, people have been told to avoid public gatherings, to stay at home, and in kyiv there is a ban on public events, a ban on any events marking independence day tomorrow, a ban until thursday. the curfew has not been extended but like the rest of the country, the city is on high alert. i m joined now by hanna shelest, a ukrainian security analyst at the center