been cutting the mustard for four generations. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. half the country tonight staring down some of winter s worst in all its forms as we head into the weekend. from close to a foot of snow predicted in the northern plains and the midwest, these pictures from iowa where several inches are already on the ground with more to come the carolinas bracing for ice and even high wind and fire warnings across texas to eastern new mexico in all 64 million of us are under winter alerts from a system spreading from the middle of the country into the southeast and then up the i95 corridor where big cities like washington and philadelphia could also get snowed on while the northeast and new england face another round of brutal cold. our dasha burns has the very latest. reporter: tonight the monster winter storm already hitting north dakota drivers battling near white-out conditions in minnesota, cars getting off icy roads. the cedar
as prince harry opens a legal case against news group newspapers court documents reveal prince william settled a phone hacking claim against them for a very large sum. senior health officials to be quizzed about access to nhs dentists after a bbc investigation revealed a drastic resort to diy dentistry. # we could ve had it all. # rolling in the deep. and adele surprises james corden in the final carpool karaoke before he steps down as host of the late late show. and coming up on bbc news, ronnie o sullivan makes his 100th appearance at the crucible as he continues his bid for a record eighth world championship title against luca brecel in the quarterfinals. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there are hopes that a 72 hour ceasefire in sudan, which began last night, will allow civilians to leave the capital khartoum including potentially thousands of uk citizens. there ve been ten days of violence and three previous attempts at a ceasefire between rival
nominations in the scottish national partly leadership national party leadership race close at midday, with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years for uk consumers with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk, rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine, during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. ourfirst report comes from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. a thud, marking the