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where he faces a possible life sentence and in ukraine, resistance forces are on the offensive as some analysts say the militarys fighting capabilities are running out. well take you live to kyiv. but we begin with our top story right now, unfolding across the country, a travel nightmare for millions of people trying to get home after the christmas holiday as a monstrous winter storm barrels east. right now, more than 2800 flights have been cancelled. thats today alone leaving frus...

his college and work history and what republican leaders are saying about the controversy also this morning with the war still raging on, ukraines foreign minister is hoping for peace talks by the end of february we will get expert analysis on that idea. plus, parts of the united states are still under multiple feet of snow this morning as the death toll from a major winter storm continues to climb in western new york rescue crews are going car by car searching for any stranded sur...

lets take you through what today will look like. the current prime minister, liz truss, held her fourth and final cabinet meeting starting about an hour ago. she is due to make a statement outside number 10 at around 10:15, before travelling to buckingham palace for an audience with king charles. after this, rishi sunak will head to the palace, where hell be invited to form a government. then its back to downing street, and the new prime minister will address the nation at around 11:35...

amini died after being in police custody, and to me this uprising, i see -- you know, i dont think these are women -- and it is a women-led activist, but its not that women are protesting the hijab law, this mandatory law where you have to cover. theyre protesting this way of life. they are saying enough is enough. and so this idea of being in the streets -- you know, i remember being a teenaged girl, having to worry about the religious beliefs, seeing if i was covered enough, ensuring...

lets hand it over to kasie hunt and "cnn tonight." >> youre right. we dont talk about grief enough. im very much looking forward to listening to that podcast. thank you very much. i am casey hunt, and this is knight. were in the midst of another general election season that will test donald trumps impact across the board. independents turned away from him in 2020. and as criminal investigations widen by the day, those independents are being reminded why they still dont like him. two th...

privy council terms, so i think that is the fairest indication we can give to our viewers here and around the world at this stage that there is, as we keep saying, there is profound concern, deep concern. but at this stage we dont have any further news from buckingham palace. nick, werejust looking nick, were just looking at these images here, because of course, they are really reflecting people deep alarm and concern about the fact that the queen is extremely unwell, and of course, th...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar — a small town in eastern ukraine thats been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russias claims are true, it would be the first ukrainan town it has captured since july after six months of russian military setbacks. but ukraines presi...

court will take on the case or pass and let this trump era public health policy expire. if that is the question at the heart of this and there are big implications depending on which way the supreme court goes i want to bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent, julie. its become an immigration policy, but the question is if the supreme court decides to pass and title 42 is lifted, the concern is this surge of migrants at the border theres a political context and backdrop to this as...

discovered thursday. this comes after bidens personal lawyer flagged a white house lawyer about discovering a classified document at the home on wednesday. as nbc news reports, quote, this brings the total batches of records found to three, a small number in the washington office by the news, another set in the garage of his residence, and finally six pages in a room adjacent to the garage. when it comes to this new batch of documents from the obama administration, the white house says...

russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar, a small town in eastern ukraine thats been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive, which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russias claims are true, it would be the first ukrainian town it has captured since july after six months of russian military setbacks. but ukraines president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still under way. our...