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Being rescued on the front line as fighting rages around them. Calls for Energy Companies to stop making their customers use Prepayment Meters because theyre struggling to pay their bills. Bumper christmas sales for some of britains biggest retailers, despite the cost of living crisis. And tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck, who has died at the age of 78. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel. Great Britains Jack Draper will hope to be the Headline Maker in the first round of the Australian Open on monday. Hes been drawn against the defending champion, rafael nadal. Good aftern...

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is in northern ireland, trying to win support for his new deal on post—brexit trading arrangements. rishi sunak says he's confident that the windsor framework, as the new agreement is called, addresses the concerns of the democratic unionist party. and that it removes any sense of a border down the irish sea, which the dup objects to. he said his deal was not about one political party but about what's best for people and communities. the leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the deal represented progress, but he tho...

more military cooperation. and more than 20 years in the making — how a group of retired aviation enthusiasts built a first world war plane — from scratch hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world hello and welcome. the uk looks set to become the latest country to impose covid screening for travellers coming from china — as cases in the country surge. the chinese government has said it would fully reopen its borders next week for the first time since march 2020. but a number of countries, including the united states, india, spain and i...

particular turning more cloudy with spots of rain ahead of the main rain band that arrives after dark. another mild day though tomorrow, south—westerly breezes and temperatures reaching 12 degrees. into the weekend, staying very windy, strong winds to come this weekend, pushing in some rain from time to time. that rain sweeping eastwards during friday night into saturday, struggling to clear away from the wind is wind is picking up through the irish sea into scotland, lots of showers coming into western areas and some sunshine as well. those temperatures up to 12 degrees. we looked...

in a birmingham nightclub. at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. earlier our north america correspondent nada tawfik gave us this update. a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effect in buffalo, until the afternoon they expect another 13 centimetres of snow so while the worst is o...