this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm monika plaha. the house committee investigating the january 6 attack on the us capitol has published its final report in full. as president zelensky returns to ukraine, we get the latest update from the front line. for all the sophisticated weaponry and all the ammunition, this is what it comes down to in the end. men, mud and an enemy which is within rifle range. the us is in for the coldest christmas in four decades, as a major winter storm sweeps the country. and the mystery of the missing christmas beetle.

australian scientists launch a campaign to find it. and we take a journey through david hockney�*s imagination, as he describes his new immersive exhibition. hello and welcome. within the past couple of hours, the us house select committee investigating the january 6 attack on the capitol has released its full report. the report runs to almost 850 pages and is the culmination of the committee's investigation over more than a year and half, including more than 1,000 interviews. it was looking into donald trump's actions on the day the house was stormed. vinoo varghese is a wall street criminal defence attorney, former prosecutor and visiting faculty at harvard law school. he's been giving me his

reaction to the full report publication. what you have here is unfortunately a situation where not much is going to come of this. this is sort of the democrats on their way out, there last hurrah. not disputing the validity of the things that they found, unfortunately, there is no real consequence for this. basically, much of what's been put out today in the last hour, we've heard about the referrals to the department ofjustice for criminal prosecution against former president trump. it starts out with a section, and when you look at these things you always want to look at the table of contents which is illustrated, and you see it starts with a section called the big lie. basically, the

claims that the election were stolen from president trump. the problem with calling it the big lie as it becomes an overly partisan political statement whereas if theyjust partisan political statement whereas if they just said false claims of a stolen election rather than calling it the big lie, at least you appear to be less partisan. that has been backed up because trump lost every battle in court and he tried it to take it to the supreme court and it was rejected by the judges he put on. so there is a lot here but the democrats took their swing at president trump last year and failed with the impeachment, so i am not sure what else is really going to come of this. and going back to donald trump now, just how damning is this report for him? the reality is, not really damning at all.

going to sway anyone on either side. so unfortunately, very few people that are looking at this... and there is no doubt in my mind that former president trump contributed to what happened onjanuary 6. the question is, did he contribute in a criminal manner or not? that is up for dispute and i think ultimately he will not be charged criminally by the department of justice. so there's plenty of things in this report but a lot of it came out during the impeachment. they showed the videos. as an american to see the capitol under siege was absolutely horrifying for me to see that and the fact that he contributed to that and it was because of him and his rants about having an election stolen from him that led to all that is just terrible and really

is a forever black mark on his presidency. but in the end, this doesn't move the needle at all in either direction. and just finally as well, what lessons can the enquiry learn from the events of that day? it really depends on your viewpoint. there was a breakdown in security which is not addressed here so much. those of the kind of things that ultimately you have to take a look at and see where you want to go from here. could this happen again? well, hopefully the lessons that law enforcement took is that hopefully it will not happen again, they will make sure that if anything is brewing that they fortify the city, but in terms of former president trump, the hope is that, the democrats�* hope was that this would be it for him but it is unlikely to move the needle.

the best thing the republicans can hope for is that ron desantis gets the nomination and can put trump to bed. that was vinoo varghese talking to me there. russia has responded to president zelensky�*s visit to washington, accusing the us of fighting an �*indirect war�* against it. in a speech, president putin said a new patriot missile defence system �*would simply prolong the war, well, 10 months on since the start of the conflict, ukrainian forces have regained some areas taken by russia. the bbc has been following one soldier, lieutenant eugene gromadskyi, as he fights to defend his country at great personal cost. 0ur correspondent, quentin sommerville, and camera journalist darren conway joined him near kupiansk in the country�*s east, where fighting continues amid appalling winter conditions.

when the enemy is on your doorstep, sacrifices must be made. this is home for a platoon from ukraine�*s 92nd brigade. they have a few small rooms in an abandoned house. they�*re crammed in tight. meals are eaten standing up. not that senior lieutenant eugene gromadskyi gets to spend much time here. he�*s had only two hours�* sleep, but again needs to head out to the front. there�*s a russian counter—attack under way. this war has shaken the world, and ukraine, but the 22—year—old lieutenant hasn�*t wavered. he�*s been fighting since the war�*s very beginning. when his army veteran father was killed, on the first day of the invasion, he didn�*t falter.

this was nine months ago, when i first met eugene, at the start of a conflict that would transform him and his country. he�*d just recently graduated. he and ukraine were ill prepared. today, eugene and his country bear the scars of lessons learned. there�*ve been a lot of casualties in this war. you�*ve lost a lot of people. do you fear death? translation: the person who is not afraid is already dead. i if you meet death with open arms, it will avoid you, because death loves the brave. that�*s why i don�*t think about death. i only think about life — the lives of my comrades and the lives of those in my unit. these are the men who have eugene�*s back... ..who stand at the ready, in this winter wasteland, exposed to russian firepower and the elements. shouting

explosion they�*re trying to halt a russian breakthrough. there�*s hardly any cover here, so they move as fast as the cold allows... ..knowing that russian guns will soon find them. explosion translation: the enemy's positions are being hit - by fire. they�*re trying to advance, but our artillery is helping our infantry with a counteroffensive, and we will keep fighting until the end. it�*s our land. it�*s our blood. time is up. explosion the russians are targeting them. let�*s go. their aim, for now, is off, but it�*s closing in. explosion artillery strikes a nearby tree line. eugene�*s comrades hit the trenches.

explosion there�*s fierce fighting up ahead. the ukrainians have taken a lot of ground here. explosions but for all the sophisticated weaponry, and all the ammunition, this is what it comes down to in the end — men, mud, and an enemy, which is within rifle range. ukraine is still advancing here, but winter is coming, and the next few months are going to be a slow, hard grind. but in these conditions, it�*s tough maintaining momentum. when ukrainian soil turns into soup, regaining every step of territory is a slog. translation: we need to work on that village over there. - gunfire

it�*s one of only a couple of dozen villages still in russian control in kharkiv region. every day is a battle for the upper hand. the road they must travel is dangerous, pitted with russian hits and misses. in the freezing cold, everything is an effort. they�*ve lost men on this route... ..and the bitterest months still lie ahead here. movement is spotted. gunfire translation: a little bit| to the right, on the corner overthere, right behind the hangar. gunfire these are the daily battles the men face. gunfire

today, some ground is won, but tomorrow, it may be lost, and so it repeats, as the casualties mount on both sides. translation: to be honest, there were many comrades . who died, who i knew personally. they were ideological people, who kept moving forward, who never stopped. but it�*s a war, so there is no time to be sad. air-raid siren some 13,000 soldiers have already died defending ukraine, and away from the front, millions more will spend a freezing winter in darkness, because of russian missile attacks. air-raid siren and this christmas, it will be candles for the fallen that light the homes of ukrainians. natalia had two heroes in her life — herfirst, her husband. he was killed on the first day

of the war, as he defended the city. can you describe your husband to us? what kind of a man was he? translation: he was a patriot. a real patriot of our country. he was a ukrainian. and natalia�*s trials are far from over. her other hero is her only child. she�*s eugene�*s mother, the young lieutenant fighting at the front, seen here with 0leg, his father, who died in battle. she has given everything for ukraine. nine months into this war, do you have a message for other ukrainian mothers? translation: i want to wish

them to always believe that l everything will be ok with our children, and to always wait for them. mothers�* love is a big power. we need to believe that everything will be fine. surely. quentin somerville, bbc news, kharkiv. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: we take a journey through david hockney�*s imagination as he describes his new immersive exhibition. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who�*s died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53.

he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle| was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag - was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth i of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am�*s maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the house committee investigating the january 6 attack on the us capitol has published its final report in full. as president zelensky returns to ukraine — we look at the continued fighting in the country�*s east amid appalling winter conditions. forecasters in the us say a major winter storm — sweeping the us this week— may bring the coldest christmas in four decades to parts of the country. there has already been major snow fall in many areas. more than 90 million people in 37 states are set to experience sub zero temperatures— including places as far south as texas. tom brada reports. a fierce winter storm is sweeping across the united states. more than 100 million people are under winter weather alerts, with warnings of ice, snow and freezing winds. at a white house briefing,

president biden called for caution. this is really a very serious weather alert here, and it goes from oklahoma all the way to wyoming and maine. it�*s not like a snow day when you�*re a kid, this is serious stuff. meteorologists say the winter storm could become a bomb cyclone — an unofficial term for a certain type of powerful storm, which rapidly builds in strength. heavy snowfall and strong winds are expected to cause damage and power outages in the midwest and canada, and travel chaos is expected, as people head home for christmas, with thousands of flights already cancelled. it�*s been a little crazy. i got here early, to make sure i got my flight. i was doing frontier, and the app never notified me that the flight got cancelled, so i was sitting there an extra hour, and then security told me it got cancelled. so, then i came here, then my otherflight from frontier got cancelled.

the national weather service has warned temperatures could dip below —45 celsius by the end of the week in some parts of the country. with christmas fast approaching, millions of americans will hope the ferocious cold won�*t ruin their festive plans. tom brada, bbc news. i�*ve been speaking to patricia jaggernauth, a weather expert based in toronto, about the weather situation. we all beg for a white christmas every year. here in toronto, canada, it�*s not the case yet. we�*re dealing with rainfall, extreme rain because temperatures are still quite comfortable, i don�*t want to say mild but comfortable, especially for this time of year. the transition when the winter storm and the warnings will become more factual and a true story for 0ntarians, those in central canada, will be overnight tonight into the morning hours.

the toronto district school board and the greater toronto area, some students will get an early start to the christmas season — school day is a snow day tomorrow. yes, it�*s like a christmas movie! what will be the worst impacted areas? how serious can this get? this can be a big one. this can be, as some are saying, a once—in—a—generation type of storm. it�*s going to be quite the conversation starter as weather always is, but it�*s going to be out about location. starting tonight with the rain and warmer temperatures, as the temperatures move in, we call this a cold snap, all this with a cold front, will start to see what could be a flash freeze where temperatures take a nosedive. windchill values, temperatures are one thing we can handle, we�*re winter warriors in the north, but the windchill values will bite and come out of nowhere. we are seeing an arctic air mass spill in from the prrairies region from western canada up towards the yukon and northwest territories. that�*s building into central canada, into our neighbouring province of quebec and pushing

towards the atlantic provinces, and the cold air will impact us as and change the conversation from rain to freezing temperatures and surfaces, slippery, icy dicey trends and snowfall, a significant system where we could see five, 15 centimetres of snowfall, but then the wicked, potentially wreck house winds in some areas will pick up, picking up all the freshly blown and fallen snow, throwing it all around, decreasing visability, creating hazardous travel and that�*s what we are alerting all our neighbours, friends, family, because everybody is out and about. now is the christmas where we want to get together and enjoy. people are travelling, driving to and from grandma and grandpa�*s house. it�*s an excuse to stay home. how long is the bad weather expected to last? i�*ll put it this way, it�*s not going to totally white

out christmas here. it will be quite dramatic especially starting with rainfall already happening now and at times pretty heavy rain. it�*ll taper and transition to snowfall. 0nce snow hits, it�*ll consistent from friday as the snow day. that�*s the snow event. now to australia where the disappearance of a missing festive bug has scientists scratching their heads. the brightly coloured insect once appeared on a regular basis at this time of the year, it earned the nickname the christmas beetle. but sightings have been in sharp decline in recent years. in a bid to track the population and find out why, scientists are asking for the public�*s help. i�*ve been speaking to dr tanya latty from the university of sydney who is the lead researcher on the project to track the beetle�*s population. christmas beetles, as you said, used to be super common throughout australia and just a really unique part of the christmas experience here, where every christmas, millions of these beautiful iridescent beetles would descend upon all of the major cities here —

kind of like little winged christmas baubles everywhere. but that hasn�*t happened in quite a long time and unfortunately, although lots of people remember seeing lots of christmas beetles during their childhoods, we don�*t have the data to back it up and since there are 35 different types of christmas beetle, we can�*t say whether they�*re all in decline, whether some have gone into decline and others haven�*t, or whether there�*s particular regions they�*re in decline. and so, that�*s a huge problem for us from a conservation perspective because without data, our hands are really tied. there�*s nothing we can do to start the recovery. so, the project�*s goal is to start getting that information. he�*s one of the most popular and infleuntial artists of ourtime, and now well into his 80s david hockney is pushing the boundaries of art again. he�*s created a new immersive experience of his work so visitors can see the world through his eyes. our culture editor,

katie razzall reports. david hockney gets a first glimpse of his new show. colour is a joyful thing. i want my art to be joyful. we�*re on an immersive journey, as the final tweaks are under way, with one of britain�*s best—loved artists. water is a surface that�*s elusive, in a way. all the patterns that you see on it are just on the surface. the show�*s called bigger & closer, not smaller & further away — 60 years of his life and art. have you just always been better at looking than the rest of us? i do look closely at things. i can look at a puddle and get pleasure out of them.

most people think it�*s just raining, don�*t they? hockney has been painting on his ipad in recent years, most famously the arrival of spring in his home in normandy. this year, we discovered he was back painting on canvas when this self—portrait was revealed, and there�*s much more work still unseen. i have been doing paintings. how many? well, about a0. i painted my cook, the man who comes to do my feet, because he�*s a bit of a dandy. have you painted harry styles, is that right? yes. in person? yes. he came to see you? oh, yeah, i mean, all the paintings are done from life. he wanted me to paint him. he had a few little outfits, and i chose this yellow sweater. yellow is a hockney favourite.

how many pairs of crocs have you got? well, i�*ve only got one, actually. these are the only shoes he wears now, he says, deemed "beautifully chosen" by king charles when they met — a rare outing for hockney. i�*m usually drawing or painting, yeah. i mean, it�*s all i want to do now. i mean, i�*m 85. how much longer do i have? i�*m a smoker. but i might have five years, i don�*t know. yeah, i�*ve had a very, very good life. i mean, i say i live in the now. it�*s the now that�*s eternal, isn�*t it? eternal too — hockney�*s joyful art. katie razzall, bbc news.

how remarkable. how many people can say— how remarkable. how many people can say that — how remarkable. how many people can say that they— how remarkable. how many people can say that they have _ how remarkable. how many people can say that they have painted - can say that they have painted harry— can say that they have painted harry styles _ can say that they have painted harry styles in _ can say that they have painted harry styles in person? - you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @monikaplaha. for most of us, temperatures for the run—up to christmas and, indeed, into the christmas period will be above the seasonal norm, so it�*s staying mild, ithink, for most of us with quite a lot of rain at times that�*ll be followed by sunny spells, scattered showers for christmas eve and christmas day. however, there will be some snow around friday and certainly into the start of the christmas period across the north of the uk as cold air tries to push southwards and, eventually, it will win out for a time as we move through boxing day, but it will be short—lived with milder air returning into the run—up to new year. now, today, it�*s a very wet start across southern and western areas. this band of heavy and persistent rain slowly pushes its way northwards, some thundery bursts of rain

perhaps on its southern flank as we head into the afternoon, but it brightens up in the south — quite windy, though, strong south—westerly winds. to the north of this rain band, it�*s sunny spells, scattered showers. these will be over wintry elements, over the hills, and it will be chillier in the north, ranging from around 4 to maybe 13 degrees in the south. that milder air will push northwards behind the rain band but as this rain band pushes into the cold down the north, likely to see some transient snow in the north pennines. the southern uplands will see some significant snowfall, i think, across parts of the highlands and the grampians. it will be quite a wet start to christmas eve here. but further south, generally dry and relatively mild. so, for christmas eve itself, it�*s going to be pretty wet, quite windy across scotland. further snow in the hills. but as the mild air in the south pushes northwards, it�*ll revert back to rain and we�*ll see sunny spells, scattered showers — most of the showers southern and western areas. the winds will be strongest around some irish sea coasts. up to 12 or 13 degrees in the south, seven or eight degrees in the north. as we move out of christmas eve into christmas day, similar story — we�*re in a run of south—westerly winds, sunshine and showers.

could see some rain, but that weather front scrapes the south—east through the day. and then, this weather front spreading south—eastwards into boxing day will introduce a line of showers but also, more crucially, a spell of colder air which will move south across the country, and that�*ll bring a mixture of sunny spells and wintry showers, particularly in the north—west corner of the country. but you�*ll see that the cold spell is short—lived as we move out of boxing day and beyond. it�*s likely those temperatures will be rising above the seasonal norm. don�*t forget, you can see detailed weather forecasts for where you are, where you�*re going by checking out the bbc weather app.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us house committee investigating the attack on the capitol onjanuary 6 last year has published its final report in full. the release comes just days after the committee recommended that the justice department bring criminal charges against former president donald trump. at least 1,500 flights have been cancelled in the us and canada, thanks to a fierce winter storm. forecasters say america could face the coldest christmas in decades, with lows of —45 degrees celsius in some places. president biden is urging

people to pay attention to local warnings. the war in ukraine has been raging for ten months and ukrainian troops continue to gain ground, taking back territory once grabbed by the russians. many ukrainians are facing their first christmas without relatives who perished in the conflict, and thousands more are living without power. now on bbc news, it�*s time for review 2022. daniela relph reports on a year of upheaval and transition in the royal year: a year the world mourned queen elizabeth ii. # i am the resurrection.