first christmas message. it is with this life giving light and our service to others that i believe we can find hope for the future. welcome to bbc news. millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. it s brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christmas has turned more into a deep freeze. the city of buffalo in new york state is used to tough weather conditions, but this storm has left it paralysed. many don t even have any power to cook their christmas lunch. i m really glad that i have a fireplace because otherwise i d be freezing right now. 43 inches of snow fell here as of christmas morning. driving is banned as the blizzard conditions leave roads impassable, power substations frozen and at least seven people dead. we are in a war. this i
city of kherson, president zelensky says air strikes will not diminish the spirit of ukrainians. hello and welcome to bbc news. king charles has used his first christmas message 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 theirfamilies fed and warm . the king also paid tribute to his mother queen elizabeth, who is buried in st george s chapel where the king delivered his speech. our royal correspondent nick witchell was listening to the speech and earlier he gave us his verdict. there is, i think, a strong sense of social awareness in this christmas broadcast. to put it in context, a long history of a broadcast at christmas time by the monarch, going right back to the 1930s when king george v started on radio, and queen elizabeth took it up on television in the 1950s. this broadcast, the first by king charles, was recorded in st george s chapel at windsor, close to the spot where queen
and save the children came as the un and other agencies, held a meeting in the capital, kabul. now on bbc news it s time for review 2022 . it has been a year in which we ve lost some of the world s biggest names. stars like meatloaf, sporting icons such as shane warne and actors including robbie coltraine and angela la nsbury. and of course her majesty the queen who died in september. for the next half an hour on bbc news, we remember . # like a bat out of hell # i ll be gone when the morning comes # oh, when the night is over # like a bat out of hell # i ll be gone, gone, gone every song is a different character and we don t stop. it s like a symphony. # but when the day is done and the sun goes down # and the moonlight s shining through i refused to allow them to use the words icon, legend, star or rock star. i m just another person. and i have a job. # i don t know anything about you, baby # but you re everything i m dreaming of # i don t know who you are # but you
three aid organisations have suspended their activities in afghanistan in response to a ban on women working for humanitarian agencies. king charles has used his first christmas message 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 theirfamilies 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, nick witchell, was listening to the speech and gave us his verdict. there is, i think, a strong sense of social awareness in this christmas broadcast. now, just to put it in context, a long history, of course, of a broadcast at christmas time by the monarch going right back to the 1930s when king george the fifth started on radio. then queen elizabeth took it up on television in the 1950s. and this broadcast, the first by king charles. it was recorded in st george s chap
and save the children came as the un and other agencies, held a meeting in the capital, kabul. you are watching bbc news now the travel show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of the show, coming to you from the spectacular valley of the kings here in luxor in egypt. if you were watching last week, you would have seen me unearthing the story of how tutankhamen s tomb was discovered here 100 years ago this year. well, it is such a breathtaking location that we thought we would stick around for a while and bring you this our best bits of 2022. from the baking sun of here in egypt, let s switch to the snow of switzerland where, back in march, carmen got to experience a horse race like no other. where the jockeys don t need saddles, they use skis. this is st moritz, in the swiss alps. it s the place, so they say, where the concept of the winter holiday was born. it also occupies a unique place in sporting history it s where the bobsleigh was created. but skij