As he holds his Christmas Eve mass in the vatican. And looking ahead to the inevitably stressful cooking of christmas dinners well be getting tips from a chef from inside his restaurant kitchen. Hello and welcome to bbc news. An icy blast is affecting nearly 250 Million People in the us and canada, as one of the most severe Winter Storms in living memory takes hold with snow blizzards, strong winds and freezing temperatures. At least 19 people have died. Hundreds of thousands of american households and businesses are without electricity and thousands of flights have been cancelled. The Us State Of Montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. Nomia iqbal reports. For much of america, this is the coldest Christmas Eve. Millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. But the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing Car Accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. The warning is, dont travel unless you need to. Do
and researchers in the uk say they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. state media in russia is reporting that president putin has visited mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. (map)the tass news agency says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. it s mr putin s first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we ve received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he s shown driving around in a car, and also visiting what appears to be a child ren s playground. and other footage shows him visiting a theatre, and talking to a group of people on a street, before visiting a flat. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian children. the trip to mariupol which w
they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. the russian president, vladimir putin, has made his first known visit to mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. russian state media says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. it s mr putin s first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we ve received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he s shown driving around in a car, and also visiting what appears to be a child ren s playground. and other footage shows him visiting a theatre, and talking to a group of people on a street. you can see behind him a toy which looks to be in the face of being installed. process. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian chil
to $1 billion, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland s central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me now. an urgency around these talks in switzerland to try and facilitate this takeover by ubs. this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were sliding this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were sliding all- this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were sliding all last - this takeover by ubs. yes, the i shares were sliding all last week and there was a period of a pause for a couple of days when markets have been shut till tomorrow morning, so this has given them time to sort this out