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100 days on from the start of anti government protests in iran bbc persian uncovers evidence of torture and mock executions. a bus plunges off a bridge into a river in galicia in north west spain. six passengers are killed. hello and welcome to bbc news. russia s defence ministry says three service personnel have been killed in a drone attack at the engels air force base in the southern region of saratov. it said a ukrainian drone had been shot down. there s been no comment from the authorities in ukraine. the russian news agency, tass, said no aircraft had been damaged. the engels airfield is 500 kilometres from the ukrainian border. it s believed to house russian long range strategic bombers. it was hit along with another military base earlier this month by what russian officials described as ukrainian drone attacks. live to moscow now with our russia editor steve rosenberg. the second time this base has been hit, 500 kilometres from the border with ukraine. how signific ....
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 ....
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 kin ....
The island. taiwan has strongly rejected beijing s sovereignty claims and it has its own democratically elected government. tensions have been on and off for many decades but especially this year we have seen that release biking, especially after nancy pelosi s visited taiwan and it feels like a lot of the regional powers as well as the united states are just monitoring how china may react. after russia s invasion of ukraine some observers in this part of the world were saying that beijing might be watching how russia has treated russia is treated very closely. so we will see how it goes in the new year but tensions remain high at the end of 2022. china s national health commission is no longer releasing daily covid 19 case figures, and will only report what it calls releva nt data , despite a new surge ....