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first christmas message. it is with this life—giving light and our service to others that i believe we can find hope for the future. welcome to bbc news. millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. its brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christm...

on crime. the uks approach to controlling migration also faces strong criticism from abroad, with this intervention from the albanian prime minister. ukraines nuclear energy company says the zaporizhzhia plant has been disconnnected from the electricity grid and has only 15 days of generator fuel left. a surprise peace deal after nearly two years of civil war in ethiopia. its hoped vital aid can now flow into tigray, where 90% of the population is going hungry. here in the uk, the seco...

hello and welcome to bbc news. in iran, a fire has broken out at the notorious evin prison in the capital tehran, where political prisoners including dozens of foreign nationals are being held. in videos posted on social media, gunshots and an alarm can also be heard. there has been no official comment from the iranian government.|t comes as iran enters its fifth week of nationwide protests, sparked by the death in custody of a young woman detained for not correctly wearing the mandato...

a former italian prime minister and leader of the centre—left democratic party. is his effort to keep the far right out of power doomed to fail? enrico letta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation. we appreciate your time, particularly because you are in the middle of a fiercely—fought election campaign. would you accept that right now, you in the centre—left look as though you are going to lose? no, i think we will win. how can you think that, when the raw ma...

66 people are now known to have died and more than a dozen are still missing. others have been left stranded after landslides closed off roads. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. in three weeks�* time, italians vote in a general election. now, if the opinion polls are to be believed, the country is about to embrace a political movement with its roots in post—war fascism. what would that mean for italy and for europe? well, my guest today, here at...

we must vote knowing what at stake and not just the policy of the moment. but institutions that have held us together as we saw a more perfect union are at stake. we must vote knowing who we have been, what were risk of becoming. >> president biden laid ous the threats to democracy. ahead of an election that he says will be a defining moment for our country. well have much more on his speech straight ahead. meanwhile, there are new details in the plot by donald trumps attorneys to over...

>> and it is also very windy which is pushing some of the flames. people are heating the nuclear power plant, and we are playing with fire. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is wednesday, acceseptemb, 9:00 a.m. here this london and 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. and were learning new details about what the fbi found at mar-a-lago. agents recovered a document on a foreign government defenses nuclear capabilities. the pain cites people familiar with the m...

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. its 7am in the morning in singapore and 1am in south africa, where — after ten days of peace talks — a surprise deal has been reached between the government of ethiopia and rebel forces in tigray for a permanent cessation of hostilities. the african unions chief mediator — the former nigerian president olusegun obasanjo — has called it the beginning of a new dawn for ethiopia. its almost two years to the day sinc...

a u—turn from russia freeing up grain export is rejoined three days after pulling out. a move which risked worsening global hunger. a move which risked worsening global hunger. and the us central bank announces its fourth straight three—quarters of a point rate hike. today raise the policy in dress rate by .75 points and we continue to anticipate on growing dues ongoing raises will be appropriate. huge breakthrough in ethiopia. the government — and tigrayan rebels — have agreed...

by huge increases in borrowing. cubans give their verdict on legalising same—sex marriage and whether gay couples can adopt — in a landmark referendum thats divided the nation. as hundreds of russians flee the country to avoid president putins partial military mobilisation, we go live to moscow to speak to nikita khrushchev�*s granddaughter about the conflict in ukraine. and nasa prepares to crash a probe into an asteroid to see how difficult it would be to stop a space rock from...