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benedict xvi — who he says, is very ill. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. it comes as chinas covid cases surge. tighter measures have also been imposed by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan and indi...

in winter storms sweeping across north america, which are being described as the "blizzard of the century". thousands are still without power and there is ongoing widespread travel disruption — nearly 20,000 flights have been cancelled in recent days. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. where do you get your news from? do you trust it to be true? for many of us, the answers to these questions are changing. social media is an increasingly dominant so...

again today. passengers missing some of lifes most important events. >> at this point, because i cannot get there, michael is there without a bride. it is hard to get married without your bride there. the word i can say is devastated. i dont know how else to explain how were all feeling right now. >> more on the companys new apologies and the changes theyre making ahead. let begin in ukraine. ben wedeman is live there in kyiv and, ben, your team could hear explosions on the ground an...

did not get the merry christmas citizens wanted this year. for some , it was a downright scary christmas. there were many cities where santa stayed in the air. he was afraid of getting sleigh jacked. i think we report isolated crime events throughout the year, particularly in l.a. and new york. but the national crime picture often gets ignored. >> and when you look at the year it was, it takes your breath away, or at least it should. this is video of linda frickey, a seventy three year...

who joins us on the couch now has become a professional excellent surfer. video proof of her doing it on "fox & friends" just recently. his lives i was telling griff how first of all the machine rif machine on fox square. >> lisa: i was on it for 8 seconds. >> joe: 8 seconds isnt bad. >> lisa: i thought i crushed it and i watched the video i was on it for like 2 second. >> griff: griff may have to bring it back later in the show i critique it gave it a 10. >> lisa: i grew up with three...

disastrous holiday weekend continues to come at the expense of their customers. also this hour well check on the next storm system as buffalo residents begin to dig out and get back on the road and hopefully avoid tlooding in their communities. and an update from officials as doctors continue around the clock supervision of pope benedict from his bedside in a vatican city monastery. some new developments in the southwest airlines debacle just in the last few minutes. southwest is...

we start this hour with a special report from ukraine, from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where today the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places being shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea — and because of its strategic importance, was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians ar...

president vuchich said he would "take all measures" to protect his nation. ethnic serbs in northern kosovo have been demanding the release of a former serbian police officer. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. never has it felt more important to remember the lessons of the greatest crime of the 20th century, the nazi genocide of thejews. europe is again witnessing a war of aggression, anti—semitism is on the rise and young peopl...

hello and welcome to bbc news. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine, from the southern port of kherson which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where — today — the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places being shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea — and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month in a significant ga...

at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the �*blizzard of the century.�* the storm has affected a vast area — from canada in the north, down through the us and reaching as far as mexico. taiwans president has announced that mandatory military service for all eligible men will rise from four months to a year. troops will also be instructed in the use of more powerful weapons systems. the measures will be intro...