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welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but uk prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power—sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall—out from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic miles...

reaching the finish line — the british man who has run a marathon every day of this year to raise a million pounds for charity. celebrations are under way to mark the start of 2023 — this is the scene live in paris with the first new years eve fireworks since 2019 and covid pandemic. they are clearly making the most of that. its the same across much of europe. we can show you the pictures from the dread. again, the party is well under way as we see and the new year. another look at...

theyve got everything that they want it essentially. they are out of moderates who may not want to move forward with this. and as ryan just said, that may play out in the passage of the rules package, so it govern mccarthy becomes speaker, we still got about three or four hours in front of us of work that congress has to do tonight that might not get done. >> and indeed, they wont have been -- i mean, there is the swearing in that has to happen. the opportunities for this to get delaye...

[cheers and applause] thank you, thank you for receiving us with open arms. even if they are covered with black sabbath tattoos and number 77 sunscreen. lets cover some news before we go to the monologue. an american who was trapped in ukraine for eight months says he evaded russian troops by prevpretending to be irish. in other words, he was drunk. comedian gallagher sadly has passed away at age 76. his family scheduled a private ceremony. followed by smashing him with a giant hammer....

on a trip to washington, japans prime minister has warned that russias invasion of ukraine has opened a dangerous new era for the world. fumio kishida said russian aggression could encourage similar acts elsewhere, and china remained the central challenge for both the us and japan. now on bbc news, global questions: sri lanka. welcome global questions: sri lanka. to global questions. from welcome to global questions. from the heart of sri lankas capital, colombo. iam from the heart of ...

in the queue for the queens lying in state. thousands continue to queue for hours to file past the coffin, with the line stretching for miles through the streets of london. im mark lobel in westminster, where mourners have one day left to pay their respects to the queen. ill speak to some of the tens of thousands already have. president biden is the latest world leader to arrive in the uk, ahead of the queens state funeral on monday. in other news — ukraine says more western weaponry...

alba was trying to diffuse the situation before he killed the attacker. al van bragg now faces demands to drop the charges against him. >> he was attacked by somebody who is bigger than him, larger than him, what alvin bragg is doing is a tragedy. >> visitors of thomas jefferson calling out bias. >> they made it a one-sided point of view, a visitor wrote in online review, even my 11-year-old daughter noticed the bias. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> steve: good morning, miami flo rida, right now 78 deg...

the policies that they want. the president in massachusetts making the push for green energy. >> climate change i nation and . this is an emergency. i will look at it that way. i said last week and ill say it again loud and clear, as president, ill use my executive powers to combat the climate crisis. not a single republican in congress will help support my climate plan. not one. let me be clear. climate change is an emergency. well make the clean air safer. i mean it. we have an oppor...

. one of the most direct condemnations yet of the increasing death toll in gaza from a u.s. official. the secretary of state saying today, far too many palestinians have been killed. while israel announces another evacuation corridor to get civilians out. well take you live near the israel/gaza border in moments. plus, stark warnings from american diplomats in the middle east. a diplomatic cable to the white house highlighting the growing anger from the arab world for americas stro...

were following all the breaking news in israels escalating war with hamas. israels prime minister says his country is now in the second stage of the war. the goal to eliminate hamas and eeradicate its threat to israel. israels military says it has troops inside gaza, but its not clear if this expanded operation is the beginning of a broad ground incursion. civilians in northern gaza say last night was the heaviest bombardment so far. israels defense minister says the intensifying assau...