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a warm welcome to bbc news. the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bell chimes this was the moment his death was confirmed ...

nhs bosses in wales — they say health services are experiencing demand like never seen before, and urge people to do what they can to help. celebrations have begun to mark the start of 2023 — with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic chur...

arrivals from china. celebrations are underway to mark the start of 2023 — this is the scene live in hong kong — the fireworks over the victoria harbour. and this taiwan — the capital taipei — with the fireworks shooting off the iconic skyscraper taipei 101. they have launched 16,000 fireworks in taiwan. the skyscraper is one of the tallest in the world. the extravaganza is going to last five minutes. and queen guitarist brian may and members of englands womens football team ar...

For the church. we also spoke to barbara from barcelona who was in the square when the news broke. she said she and her boyfriend had been bewildered and she said it was a surreal moment to know that pope benedict was now dead and she said this is an unprecedented historical moment. many people have been coming here to pay their respects and they have now been moved a bit further out of the square but there are still crowds around a little distance from where i am now. there is a sense here of t...

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 years eve. mr klitschko said several districts had been hit in the capital, including pechersk in the city centre. british intelligence had earlier warned of potential russian attacks — after the kremlin had launched country—wide strikes ...

Explained why this measure is being introduced. just a reminder to everyone, it was actually this day in 2019 when the world health organisation, the china office, was first told about a strain of pneumonia that had caused concern for 33 people in the city of wuhan and it seemed to be tied around a seafood market which was then closed but we know the way that covid then spread around the world. there are echoes of that time in what is happening now. the uk has come out and said, on thursday they...

A message reiterated by one health board. the pressure is on the nursing staff to make sure that we can give the best care. were working with the a&e departments to make sure the patients are coming in through the ambulance service, getting them up to the wards quickly. but obviously, weve got to isolate quite a lot of patients, so that means looking at our bed base, looking at our side rooms and our wards. as this public health campaign makes clear, flu is back with a vengeance. nhs england say...

Mentioned checking on arrival and that will happen to one fifth of the arriving passengers. they are not large numbers coming into london heathrow today, for example, just three flights compared with more than 20 from new york. if those people test positive they will not need to quarantine. that is in stark contrast with what japan is saying, they say if you test positive and you are coming from china, and they are testing everybody, with a pcr test, then you go into a week of hotel quarantine. ...

The us has gone down the route of, "we want to test before departure," and italy, which was hit first and hardest by the covid crisis coming from china, said they will test everybody as they come in. simon calder, there. hospitals across the uk are under rising pressure due to flu and covid cases. in wales, the chief executive of the nhs has urged people to call 999 only if its urgent. simonjones reports. siren wails this winter, the health service is experiencing demand like its never seen befo...

And the airlines have got the capacity because they did it already? exactly. checking covid certificates is something that they have become accustomed to. you mentioned checking on arrival and that will happen to one fifth of the arriving passengers. there are not large numbers coming into london heathrow today, for example, just three flights compared with more than 20 from new york. if those people test positive they will not need to quarantine. that is in stark contrast with what japan is say...