hello again. of all the traditions in football s festive period there is one that, in scotland, stands out above the others. there s always an old firm derby as the calendar changes over to the new year, and tomorrow at celtic park this most fiercely contested of fixtures could tighten the premiership title race further as rangers manager philippe clement experiences glasgow s great derby for the first time albeit in a stadium without his team s fans with away supporters banned for old firm matches. it s a pitiful football, it s a pitifulfootball, it s it s a pitiful football, it s always better to have two sides, it creates also certain atmosphere. i think it s a pitiful football but its decisions made above my head, also with knowing much more things than i know, so again i try to control the controllable. the things that i can do, the things we need to do as a team, with my staff, with the players, and the rest is not important. we re not focused on that, we are focuse
james waterhouse reports. it is and always has been the whole of ukraine which is under attack. kyiv is still moscow s biggest prize. air defences have improved here, but this attack proved too much. translation: i was woken up at half . past seven by a horrible sound, . it was so frightening, the missile was flying and everything was buzzing, so noisy. you are left in no doubt that this was a direct missile strike, the scale of the damage cover the size of the blast zone, the heat caused. you are more used to seeing damage caused by falling debris when a missile is intercepted, but this reflects the scale of this russian attack, and scenes like this are being replicated right across ukraine. a lucky escape in kharkiv in the north east. this city is familiar with missile strikes, but not 20 in a single morning. a shopping centre in dnipro in the east, as well as a maternity hospital were hit. it didn t stop there. this is the port city of odesa in the south where a residentia
the rain yesterday. we are seeing sunshine come through and we will see it brighten up across a good part of england, wales and northern ireland with one or two showers in northern ireland but a warmer day pretty much everywhere. temperatures a bit lower where we keep cloud across parts of scotland, but it could make 18 in the south east of england. stilla could make 18 in the south east of england. still a few showers this evening but many places overnight will turn dry, a quiet night with breaks in the cloud leading to mist and fog patches. keeping more cloud in scotland away from the far north of the country where it will be quite chilly. maybe rain across mainland scotland and temperatures similar to last night, 4 7. tomorrow, staying cloudy across much of scotland away from the far north and north eastern england as well with the chance of rain. elsewhere across the uk, we will see the cloud break with sunshine coming through and maybe a few more showers coming in the af
and the islamichhad group after three days of violence and more than a0 palestinian deaths. the bill as amended is passed. cheering and applause. political wrangling and a marathon debate president biden s climate bill has been approved in the us senate. how dozens of english councils have cut back on holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals. commentator: it s gold for scotland. and in birmingham, laura muir becomes the 1,500 metres commonwealth champion. good evening. we re beginning tonight s programme with a special report from afghanistan, showing how pregnant women, new mothers and their babies are being affected by acute shortages and a lack of basic services nearly one year on from the taliban takeover and with much foreign funding suspended. to give birth in remote parts of the country means difficult journeys on makeshift roads, sometimes being turned away from hospital, sharing beds on wards, and little medicine. pregnant women are suffering from a
cost way of reaching this massive global audience. the museum began around 100 years ago. the charity behind it hopes its web success will help it connect with more people for generations to come. jenny kumah, bbc news, dorset. brilliant. time for a look at the weather. here s elizabeth rizzini. iam i am starting offjust down the road from the tank museum at corfe castle in dorset, a beautiful start with some early next. lots of sunshine in the south and the midlands, market harborough and leicestershire, it is warm here, but further north across northern england, southern scotland and eastern northern ireland, some pretty heavy rain courtesy of this weather front you can see nicely marked on the satellite picture with the areas of cloud, pretty much stationary for the rest of the afternoon. it is going nowhere and that rain will be ramping up at times. a few showers into the northern and western isles, part of northern ireland, brighter spells peeping through the cloud, just