arrivals from china. celebrations have begun to mark the start of 2023, with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour. and queen guitarist brian may and members of england s women s football team are among those celebrated in the uk s new year s honours list. hello and welcome. the mayor of kyiv, vitaliy klitschko has told the bbc that one person has been killed and 11 people have been taken to hospital, including a journalist from japan, after russia launched more than a dozen missiles targeting cities across ukraine on new year s eve. mr klitschko said several districts had been hit in the capital, including pechersk which is in the city centre. british intelligence had earlier warned of potential russian attacks, after the kremlin had launched country wide strikes on thursday, killing at least three people and injuring six, including a child, according to the ukrainian officials. earlier, our correspondent huge bachega went to the site of one of the
news out of the vatican. the former pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. with sorrow, we inform you that the pope emeritus benedict xvi passed away, today, this morning, at 9:34 in the mater echess yamon tia mona stare. he was the first pope to resign, rather than stay in office for life. he was a controversial at times member of church. let s go to barbie nadeau in st. peter s square right now. barbie, i m curious, there were a lot of people already in the square and then the news breaks. so what s the reaction? what are people talking about there? reporter: yeah, you know, it s a mixed reaction, because a lot some people didn t know. some people here in rome enjoying a day. the square is empty behind us right now, they re doing a security check because pope francis is going to be coming out here in the next hour or so to visit the nativity scene there. we ve got a lot of pilgrims pushed off the square. they re coming back. but the mood is very solemn.
crimea which it illegally annexed. it s monday, october 10th. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt. john berman is off today. officials say ten people have been killed. at least 60 are injured after this wave of missile strikes across the country. you can see all the different areas across the country that have been hit here. video showing an explosion near a pedestrian bridge in kyiv. a playground was also hit. you can see the crater that missile left. the mayor of kyiv is urging people to shelter in place. ukrainian officials say these photos show a russian missile that was taken down by air defense. president volodymyr zelenskyy releasing this video message after the strikes. translator: they re trying to spread chaos and panic. they want to annihilate our energy supplies. they re hopeless. this morning russian president vladimir putin has been holding a national security council meeting after what he says was a terrorist attack orchestrated by ukraine linking russia
new transcripts from the january 6th committee reveal the former first lady did not trust those closest to trump, including his own children. that testimony from former white house press secretary stephanie grisham. she s my guest. plus, a massive missile attack. russia launching one of its biggest assaults on ukraine since the invasion. a member of ukraine s parliament sheltered during the attacks live. and tiktok now banned. why intelligence officials say it s a security risk. let s go outfront. good evening. i m sara sidner in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, all roads lead toe or through mark meadows. that fact made crystal clear after the january 6th select committee just released transcripts of nearly 19 witnesses testimony, including former white house press secretary stephanie grisham, former communications director alyssa farah griffin, former acting defense secretary christopher miller and donald trump s eldest son, donald trump jr. one of the big revela
similar control measures. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine has been struck by a fresh barrage of russian missiles targeting several major cities. ukrainian authorities said more than 120 missiles had been launched at the population and civilian infrastructure. several cities from kyiv in the north, odesa in the south, kharkiv in the east and lviv in the west have been hit. the mayor of lviv says the city has lost about 90% of its electricity. earlier, ukraine s military intelligence chief said fighting is at a deadlock with neither ukraine nor russia able to make significant advances. and we can speak to hugo now. over to you. yes, the head of the ukrainian military intelligence agency said the situation of the ground was stuck because neither russia nor ukraine can make significant advances, and for weeks we been talking about have how fighting has been concentrated around the eastern city of bakhmut in the donetsk region, but across the front line we have not seen maj