let s start with the war in ukraine and nato s secretary general has admitted there is a difference between allies on whether to use cluster weapons in ukraine. it follows reports that washington, is expected to announce a new weapons package for kyiv which will include cluster munitions. ukraine has been asking for them for months to boost its counter offensive against russia but many countries around the world, ban the use of such weapons, because of the danger they pose to civilians. here s whatjens stoltenberg had to sayjust a few hours ago. it is for individual allies to make decisions on what type of weapons. all allies agree on the delivery of weapons and ammunition to ukraine and allies are delivering an unprecedented level of weapons to support ukraine. germany and many other allies are delivering different types of ammunition, weapons to ukraine. but when it comes to cluster ammunition, there is a difference between allies because some allies have signed the c
hello and welcome to bbc news. king charles has used his first christmas message as monarch, 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 their families fed and warm . the king also paid tribute to his mother, queen elizabeth, who is buried in st george s chapel from where the king delivered his speech. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell has more. christmas at sandringham for the first time since the start of the pandemic. familiar routines were resumed though, without that most familiar of figures, queen elizabeth. king charles and the queen consort led the royal family from church. just behind them, the prince and princess of wales, with all three of their children, george, charlotte and four year old louis. also there with the family group, the duke of york. the wales s spent time with spectators receiving their bunches of flowers, and then back to the main house for ch
king charles has used his first christmas message as monarch, 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 their families fed and warm . the king also paid tribute to his mother, queen elizabeth, who is buried in st george s chapel from where the king delivered his speech. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell has more. christmas at sandringham for the first time since the start of the pandemic. familiar routines were resumed though, without that most familiar of figures, queen elizabeth. king charles and the queen consort led the royal family from church. just behind them, the prince and princess of wales, with all three of their children, george, charlotte and four year old louis. also there with the family group, the duke of york. the wales s spent time with spectators receiving their bunches of flowers, and then back to the main house for christmas lunch and the king s fi
against the netherlands. good evening, welcome to the bbc news at six. fighting has resumed in gaza after a seven day ceasefire between israel and hamas expired this morning. the israeli military says it s struck more than 200 what it called terror targets . hamas, which is proscribed as a terorist organisation by the uk government, says more than 100 people have been killed. before the pause in fighting, israel s military had focussed on the north of gaza, including places like gaza city. this morning, israeli jets dropped leaflets near the city of khan younis, telling people to get out immediately and go to shelters in rafah in the south of the country, near the egyptian border. but israel s military has hit targets today both in rafah and khan younis. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from sderot, just across the border from gaza. gaza awoke to this. a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah, survivors snatched from
the violence before aston villa s europa conference league win over legia warsaw, where the polish side s fans clashed with police, leaving four officers injured. good afternoon. the king has warned leaders at the cop28 climate summit in dubai that the world is far off track from meeting key climate targets. in his speech he said he prayed the summit would be a critical turning point for genuine transformational action. this year s cop will focus on speeding up the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy but there is likely to be disagreement on how that is done, as our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. it was an autograph hunter s dream 167 world leaders, including rishi sunak. .. ..prime minister modi of india. ..and president macron of france, as well as any number of other notables, including a cgi representation of the uae s first president, sheikh zayed bin nahyan. but top of the bill was king charles, rallying the world to action. i pray with all my heart