this is bbc world news, the headlines... russia has acknowledged the deaths of 63 soldiers in a ukrainian attack in the occupied donetsk region on new year's eve. kyiv claims hundreds were killed in the strikes on a building where russian forces were stationed. senior doctors in the uk are warning that some hospital accident and emergency departments are in a "complete state of crisis" due to the extreme pressures facing the national health service this winter. a number of hospitals have declared critical incidents. three people have died after fire broke out at a hotel in perth in scotland. emergency services — including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks — were called to the incident. the vatican says at least 65,000 people have filed past the body of the former