welcome back. the british government has walked away from a post brexit trade deal with canada, after nearly two years of negotation. the uk also had concerns about the steep 245% import taxes canada has slapped on british cheese. it means, at least for now the uk s trading terms, with canada will be worse than when it was part of the eu. live to westminster, we can speak to political correspondent helen catt. dead and buried orjust on the back burner? fin dead and buried or “ust on the back burner? , h, burner? on pause, the uk government sa 5 burner? on pause, the uk government sa sit burner? on pause, the uk government sa s it sa s burner? on pause, the uk government says it says it s burner? on pause, the uk government says it says it s open burner? on pause, the uk government says it says it s open to burner? on pause, the uk government says it says it s open to reopening - says it says it s open to reopening these trade talks but as he just pointed out, they ha
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we will go live to canada in a few moments time, but first: the european union has outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas. president putin threatened to cut off all energy supplies if such a step was taken. eu governments have accused moscow of using energy to blackmail them in retaliation for western support for ukraine following russia s invasion. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. announcement in russian. in his energy war with europe, a fresh salvo today from russia s president. vladimir putin warned, if the west does what it s threatening and imposes a price cap on russian energy exports, say goodbye europe to russian oil and gas. translation: it s an absolutely stupid decision. we will not supply anything if it s contrary to our interests. in this case, our economic interests. we will not supply gas, oil or coal, and they are not in a position today to dictate to us. he predicted that
all over the world, but bethlehem, where our saviour was born, this is where we wanted to be this year. hello and welcome to bbc news. tens of millions of people in the united states are in the grip of a major winter storm, with blizzards and record low temperatures sweeping the country. around 60% of the us population is currently under a weather warning, on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. the storm extends from quebec to texas. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the authorities say at least 19 people have been killed so far. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unless you need to. don t travel under these conditions unless you have to. because an
crowned at westminster abbey on saturday 6 may. nasa says its attempt to deflect the path of an asteroid has been a success in a major scientific achievement. and one of the last stars of hollywood s golden age, dame angela lansbury, has died at the age of 96. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden and g7 leaders have held an emergency meeting to discuss what more they can do to support ukraine after a second day of russian missile strikes. they condemned the attacks and reassured president zelenskyy that they were steadfast in their commitment to ukraine. they said irresponsible nuclear rhetoric risked global peace and security. ukraine s president also addressed the g7 meeting, calling for more help with air defence, and presented his peace formula. from kyiv, here s paul adams. in kyiv, a day of welcome calm after yesterday s storm. air raid sirens did sound briefly, citizens heeding their government s warning to seek shelter, some h
Gazas hamas controlled Health Ministry says 7,326 people have been killed in the strip after nearly three weeks of bombardment. More than 40 of them are children. And a senior un official is warning that many more will die from the catastrophic Aid Shortages caused by israels total siege. Israels military says it carried out a new raid in gaza overnight targeting hamas fighters, with ground units accompanied by helicopter gunships. These pictures, supplied by the idf, apparently show a Hamas Tunnel Being struck by a guided missile. Launch sites for anti tank missiles and command and control centres were also hit and the army says it killed a senior hamas commander. Its the second brief ground raid in as many days. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted a full offensive is coming. The main un agency in the gaza strip has again warned that its humanitarian work is becoming more difficult because of the lack of fuel in the territory. The head of unrwa said more aid urgently needs