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three aid organisations have suspended their activities in afghanistan in response to a ban on women working for humanitarian agencies. king charles has used his first christmas message to reflect on the cost—of—living crisis. he spoke of the "great anxiety and hardship" for those struggling to "pay their bills and keep theirfamilies fed and warm". the king also paid tribute to his mother, queen elizabeth, who is buried in st georges chapel — from where the king delivered his spe...

liz truss is expected to start appointing her new cabinet later today. one of the most pressing issues she will face is how to deal with soaring energy bills. details are beginning to emerge of a plan that could see energy bills frozen at their current levels for 18 months. well hear from voters about what they want from the new prime minister. i feel like there needs to be somebody who is a little bit more honest, a bit more transparent, and has a goal which is going to be to make the...

prime minister at her balmoral home in scotland next week, not in london, breaking ——meanwhile the final hustings to choose that prime minister — either liz truss or rishi sunak — is under way at wembley. russia has completely stopped gas supplies to europe through a major pipeline. it says maintenance work is needed on nord stream one for three days. its a key pipeline which carries gas from russia into europe. it runs from western russia, under the baltic sea into europe via ...

this document, this london bridge document, huge, with about 30 sections, is there to ensure that all the administrative requirements are known to all the people who need to know about them, and these formalities, as i say, are not down to the whim of anyone individual, he can stamp his character to an extent on the manner in which he conducts himself as monarch, but within the necessary framework. there he is coming now off the aircraft. to be greeted i think by the lord provost of ed...

here, too. further east for eastern england, well, blue sky and sunshine as you can see from our weather watcher picture from stunning kent. but even here, the clouds will increase through the afternoon and there will also be possibly outbreaks of light patchy rain and drizzle from our weather front that is gradually continuing eastwards. it will eventually clear overnight tonight. forthe it will eventually clear overnight tonight. for the rest of the day, still further outbreaks of ra...

responsible for huge online communities traded nonconsensual sexual images of more than 100 women. hundreds of supporters of gathered outside his home in pakistan threatening to take over the capital if police tried to arrest him. former pakistani prime minister is accused of making threats against state officials. he is accused the authorities of detaining and torturing a close colleague. tensions are increasing with —— imran khan supporters. more events have been taking place tod...

following torrential rains. this is the heaviest rainfall that greece has seen in decades. you can see the damage. hundreds of people are still waiting to be rescued, and this comes after a summer of devastating wildfires. and... allez les bleus! france will kick off the rugby world cup tonight, against new zealand. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news — scotland should take another step towards european championship qualification. well get the very latest from cyprus...

thereve been eight airstrikes in and around khan younis today with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. israeli forces have repeatedly told palestinians to leave northern gaza for the south. the bbc�*s rushdi abualouf witnessed one of the airstrikes while he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila. four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he took these pictures, and says a block of about 10 houses had been destroyed. rushdie told us he saw four ...

in a service at the cenotaph in london. im rich preston, welcome to the programme. hamas says 13 people were killed when a house was hit near khan younis in the south. the incident was witnessed by our correspondent rushdi abualouf. he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila when four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he sent these pictures, and says a block of around 10 houses had been destroyed. he told us he saw four dead bodies and more than 100...

israeli air strikes have continued across southern gaza today. our correspondent on the ground says thereve been eight air strikes in and around khan younis today, with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. israeli forces have repeatedly told palestinians to leave northern gaza for the south. the bbc�*s rushdi abualouf witnessed one of the air strikes while he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila. four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he to...