this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. street clashes break out in paris after three people are shot dead at a kurdish community centre. him a weather warning for 200 million people in north america as a powerful arctic storm sweeps across swathes of the us and canada. nurses in england will go on strike twice injanuary unless pay talks are opened, with staff at even more hospital trusts expected to walk out than in the december strikes. the un says the ban on women going to university in afghanistan is a dramatic setback, as the taliban arrests women protesting the decision.

and the british husband and wife duo who've had more uk christmas number 1 singles than the beatles — meet ladbaby who've bagged the spot for a record fifth time. three people have been killed, and three others are injured, after a gunman opened fire on a street in central paris. the shots were aimed at a kurdish cultural centre and a nearby kurdish cafe. a 69 year old man has been arrested, but the killings have sparked clashes between kurdish protestors

and police, with vehicles being set on fire. president macron said the kurds had been the target of a "heinous attack in the heart of paris." hugh schofield has more. shouting not long after the attack, rioting in central paris. these are people from the city's turkish kurdish community, angry because it was three of theirs who were shot and killed. it was just before midday when the man described as white and quite old, pulled out a handgun and started firing outside a kurdish community centre, not far from the gare du nord. he was overpowered and detained by police. to the authorities, the most plausible theory is that this was a racially motivated anti—foreigner attack. translation: obviously, - he wanted to attack foreigners. we will find out from thejudicial inquiry if he was specifically targeting kurds. for the moment, it's impossible to know.

the man has been identified as a 69—year—old former train driver. he'd onlyjust been let out ofjail in connection with an attack with a sword on an african migrant camp in paris a year ago. translation: it concerned people who were living in tents, _ and the person concerned attacked the tents. an investigation was opened at the end of 2021 and the person concerned has recently been released. this evening, the area remains tense. many in the kurdish community here accusing the french government of failing to protect them. more than a hundred million people in america, are under extreme weather alerts, and more than one and a half million people have no power, as temperatures in some areas are predicted to drop, to as low as minus 45 celsius. around three thousand flights have had to be cancelled, and president biden has urged people to pay attention to all the warnings.

our north america correspondent, john sudworth, has the more. under extreme winter weather alerts. on airport runways, planes have been replaced by de—icing trucks. imore replaced by de-icing trucks. we're out here and _ replaced by de-icing trucks. we're out here and we _ replaced by de-icing trucks. we're out here and we will— replaced by de-icing trucks. we're out here and we will not _ replaced by de-icing trucks. we're out here and we will not be - replaced by de-icing trucks. we're out here and we will not be out. replaced by de—icing trucks. ,, out here and we will not be out here until it stopped snowing, really. leading to thousands of cancelled flights the leading to thousands of cancelled fli . ht . , leading to thousands of cancelled fli . ht . y ., leading to thousands of cancelled fliu-ht . , ., ., leading to thousands of cancelled fliu-ht . ., ., flights the city of chicago having the worst of _ flights the city of chicago having the worst of it. _ flights the city of chicago having the worst of it. flustered. - flights the city of chicago having the worst of it. flustered. we're t in: to the worst of it. flustered. we're trying to find — the worst of it. flustered. we're trying to find other _ the worst of it. flustered. we're trying to find other routes - the worst of it. flustered. we're trying to find other routes and i trying to find other routes and maybe — trying to find other routes and maybe even taking a bus from here to atlanta _ maybe even taking a bus from here to atlanta which will take us about 21 hours _ atlanta which will take us about 21 hours so. — atlanta which will take us about 21 hours. so, that is really inconvenient. anything we can do 'ust inconvenient. anything we can do just to _ inconvenient. anything we can do just to get — inconvenient. anything we can do just to get there is what were going to tie _

just to get there is what were going to do. 0" _ just to get there is what were going to do. ,, ., to do. on the us networks there's talk little else. _ to do. on the us networks there's talk little else. the _ to do. on the us networks there's talk little else. the term - to do. on the us networks there's talk little else. the term bomb i talk little else. the term bomb cyclone talks about a drop in pressure. great possibility of pile—ups, this can be _ great possibility of pile—ups, this can be dangerous, people can get stranded — the storm is expected to last through the weekend. after the years of covid, millions of americans face another disrupted christmas. here in the uk — the sun newspaper has issued an apology for publishing a jeremy clarkson column in which he spoke about his hatred of meghan markle. in a statement the paper said — 'we at the sun regret the publication of last week's

jeremy clarkson column and we are sincerely sorry.�* the independent press standards organisation has received more than 17,500 complaints about the article. now, let's turn to the wave of industrial action affecting different sectors of the uk economy. a second day of ambulance strikes planned in england and wales for next week — has been called off. up to 10,000 workers had been due to walk out on 28th of december, but the gmb union says the strike has now been suspended — so the public can enjoy christmas without 'additional anxiety�*. however, other walk—outs will continue. starting with disruption today among postal workers, who've begun another 2—day strike. a further day of industrial action by ambulance workers is planned for the 11th of january. meanwhile — thousands of nurses will go on strike onjanuary 18th and 19th — with more dates to be confirmed in the new year. the royal college of nursing, says the stoppages will continue, until pay negotiations with the government are opened. 0ur heath editor hugh

pym has more details. people backed us on the picket lines this week, and we don't want to make them anxious at this time of year. that was the gmb�*s argument for postponing next wednesday's strike by ambulance staff. but there's a new strike date, january the 11th and a message to the government. we beg you to come to the table now. talk to us and call this off, because there will be further days of action in the new year without a resolution to this dispute. and the royal college of nursing has set two more strike days in england next month. that will happen, they say, unless ministers agree to pay talks. we cannot have another meeting like the last where my boss, pat coghlan, our general secretary, is called to a meeting to go

into a room to ask several times, please, can we talk about pay and be told no. is it not? the prime minister visiting a homeless support charity said pay had been set according to independent review proposals, but he would talk to unions about anything else. i'm really grateful to all our public sector workers, - including those in the nhs, for the fantastic— job they do for us. and as the health secretary and i have previously said, i our door is always open. you know, the government's always| wanting to talk to people, to engage with them about what we can do to make sure that theirjobs- are fulfilling, rewarding. so, as of now, we know there will be four separate strike days injanuary involving health unions, two back to back called by the royal college of nursing and at more hospitals than on previous strike days. health leaders say the escalation is deeply concerning. and again, they're urging ministers and unions to start pay talks without delay. in scotland, the royal college

of nursing says members will be striking at some stage next year after a new government offer was rejected. so, challenges for the nhs across the uk, a sharp rise in flu cases in hospitals is causing concern, with official warnings to the public to reduce the risk of spreading infection to the most vulnerable over christmas. while flu is a worry for hospitals, figures today showed another increase in covid infections in the community. all that's adding to other pressures and the prospect of further strikes in the new year. hugh pym, bbc news. meanwhile, border control officers at some of the uk's busiest airports, have begun an eight—day walk out. alanjones — the industrial correspondent at pa media — told us there's no apparent end in sight,to industrial action by many unions over pay and conditions.

there is absolutely no sign of that happening. the position through all the strakes is that they're not prepared to give any more to the nurses, ambulance workers, midwives, the railway workers, civil servants and no, doesn't look like any prospect of the government position is changing if that does happen it would notjust be civil service, it will be all the strakes going on. in the tipping point, we thought it would come when the health unions threaten to go on strike, the strakes of happen now and more strikes her plan next month and i think the next tipping point will be next month because as all the cell strikes, next month we could potentially have firefighters and control room workers on strike and we could have teachers on strike and we could have teachers on strike and we could havejunior we could have teachers on strike and we could have junior doctors on strike and it's not beyond the realms of possibility that we could be looking at a million workers on strike next year and if that isn't the tipping point, that i genuinely

do not know what is. beijing is insisting that coronavirus infections are under control, despite growing signs of a huge surge since restrictions were eased across china. health officials say they're expecting a peak of infections within the next week but authorites have reported n0 new deaths for a third day running. dr louise blair is head of vaccines and epidemiology at airfinity. it's a british health analysis company. she told me her company has made its own estimates about what likely to be going on in china. what we are forecasting at the moment is around 1.5 million cases a day and approximately 7000 deaths per day in the whole of china. and this is a part of a growth curve and we expect cases to peak around

mid—january across the whole of china at about 4 million cases a day. we do think there will be variations between provinces in different regional areas in beijing may well peaked in the next couple of weeks but in terms of the whole of weeks but in terms of the whole of china, we think is a lot of growth in cases yet to come. that is uuite a growth in cases yet to come. that is quite a contrast _ growth in cases yet to come. that is quite a contrast to _ growth in cases yet to come. that is quite a contrast to what official- quite a contrast to what official figures are saying. there's been just over 3000 cases a day but there was this leak, wasn't there from the deputy director of the cdc in china. and it is alleged they said that nearlyjust and it is alleged they said that nearly just over 2% of and it is alleged they said that nearlyjust over 2% of the population has been infected and that equates to 37 million just on tuesday. that is a huge disparity. the numbers coming out of china are very mixed. just a few thousand

whereas as you say, this leaked information, 37 million on a single day. in information, 37 million on a single da . , ., , ., ., day. in terms of the strain, do we know which _ day. in terms of the strain, do we know which strain _ day. in terms of the strain, do we know which strain is _ day. in terms of the strain, do we know which strain is working to i day. in terms of the strain, do we. know which strain is working to the chinese population and do we know if thatis chinese population and do we know if that is spreading globally? is likely to be in omicron varian spreading through china and very transmissible variant within china and will be other countries is perhaps multiple images circulating at the same time and similar transmissibility and what is happening in china at the moment, there are reports that there are increasing genome sequencing but they are not making the publicly available on a global level and so, we do not have access to that but what is happening in similar neighbouring countries is omicron images circulating together within the population.

the un says the ban on women attending university in afghanistan is a dramatic setback and denies many women a proper future. the taliban has already banned girls from attending secondary school. however, the new restrictions affecting higher education, were announced this week and have prompted protests across the country. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley reports. defying the taliban in a show of fury, and of extraordinary courage. here in the north of afghanistan they were chanting, "why won't you let us study?" and the taliban used water cannon to disperse them. we've blurred their faces to protect them from taliban reprisals. translation: i beg you, please, please, just let . us continue learning. in kabul yesterday, women vowing to stand together against oppression,

but several were arrested. others, beaten. translation: they gave all the girls lashes. - they had brought their own female enforcers who whipped the girls. we fled, but others were taken by the taliban. only a few weeks ago, young women were sitting their university exams, separate from men but still it gave secondary school girls hope that they'd soon be allowed to resume their education. a dream that's now been snatched away. this was the reaction at one university in kabul when they heard the news. in kandahar, some young men walked out of their studies in solidarity. 0n national television, the minister of higher education accused women students of not properly following the taliban's dress code, trying to justify a decision that's caused an international outcry.

this is a dramatic setback. denying women the right to education is denying a future to afghanistan, we always feared that it would get worse. _ we always feared that it would get worse, getting worse for women and this is— worse, getting worse for women and this is two— worse, getting worse for women and this is two decades of progress that women _ this is two decades of progress that women and afghanistan for four. the bbc said women and afghanistan for four. bbc said she women and afghanistan for four. tie: bbc said she grew up under the previous rule and could only go to underground schools. i previous rule and could only go to underground schools.— previous rule and could only go to underground schools. i feel angry, sad because _ underground schools. i feel angry, sad because those _ underground schools. i feel angry, sad because those women - underground schools. i feel angry, sad because those women will- underground schools. i feel angry, | sad because those women will lose the precious — sad because those women will lose the precious land, _ sad because those women will lose the precious land, they— sad because those women will lose the precious land, they will- sad because those women will lose the precious land, they will lose i the precious land, they will lose the precious land, they will lose the childhood _ the precious land, they will lose the childhood that _ the precious land, they will lose the childhood that i _ the precious land, they will lose the childhood that i lost. - the childhood that i lost. everything _ the childhood that i lost. everything we _ the childhood that i lost. everything we have - the childhood that i lost. everything we have seenj the childhood that i lost. - everything we have seen because their decision—making _ everything we have seen because their decision—making indicates l everything we have seen because . their decision—making indicates that they have _

their decision—making indicates that they have not — their decision—making indicates that they have not changed. _ their decision-making indicates that they have not changed.— they have not changed. whatever ha--ens they have not changed. whatever happens of _ they have not changed. whatever happens of the — they have not changed. whatever happens of the protests, - they have not changed. whatever happens of the protests, these i happens of the protests, these afghan women are sending a very clear message to the world. in england, homeless charities say urgent action is needed, to prevent the number of people sleeping rough. after a successful effort during the pandemic to take thousands of people off the streets, campaigners say the situation is now deteriorating. latest figures for london, show a rise of 24% in people having to sleep on the streets. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has more... after two years of pandemic restrictions, london's streets are full again, people constantly going places. but among the hordes increasingly are those with nowhere to go. hello, is anyone in there? we just wanted to make sure that you're 0k. 0utreach workers ella and claire have 70 reports of rough sleeping to check this evening. we could give you a list

of where you can access food, if that's helpful. after thousands were helped off the streets during the pandemic, the problem is on the rise again. if you don't have benefits you have no help. by day, liliana has a job cleaning london's streets. by night, she sleeps on those very same pavements. if it's safe for me? no, it's not safe. but put your power in the hand of god and everything will be ok. of the ten people sleeping there, at least three of them told us that they have a job. one who works in hospitality said that a few months ago he could afford to sleep in hostels. but those prices, he says, have now doubled but his salary has not, forcing him to spend some of his nights, at least, out there. soaring rents, poor mental health support and delays in accessing addiction services are driving people to the streets. i'vejust come out

ofjail this morning. if we continue to focus on rough sleeping as an emergency and we keep our attention on dealing with the problem once people have hit the streets, we are always going to be in this situation. so we need to focus our efforts further upstream on prevention. across england, charities say rough sleeping is on the rise, but in watford they think they've found a solution. graham beard spent three months on the streets in 2021. when the police officer came out and met me i had 1,700 tablets on me. i had taken 300 so the police officer confiscated 1,400 tablets. a suicide attempt led him to being connected with the ymca who have been looking after him since. if i hadn't come in here last year, i would now be approximately two metres under earth. they're always here for help and support. it doesn't matter what floor you're on, just give them a ring, they'll arrange for you to go down and see somebody. graham's building is entirely dedicated to helping the homeless

rebuild their lives. a five—step programme, including access to mental health specialists, budgeting support and help to find a job contributed to watford having no rough sleepers for a time. it really is about taking the time to understand what each individual has experienced, what their needs are, and where they want to go, and having the solution that is fit and perfect for them, and then they'll move forwards. the government say they want to end rough sleeping in england by the end of 2024, and are spending £500 million tackling the problem. but experts fear the current cost of living pressures will see even more people having no place to call home. michael buchanan, bbc news. british youtubers ladbaby have gained their fifth consecutive uk christmas number one, beating a record set by the beatles. colin paterson reports. they've only gone and done it again. ladbaby are number one! the moment that ladbaby found out that they had beaten the beatles. # it's christmas time

# let's come together forfood aid...# this is lad baby's fifth christmas number one. the fab four only had four. and celebrations have begun. where is the fifth one? it's on its way, is on its way down to us. i don't think they knew if we were going to get it right until the last minute. i think it's in traffic- on the motorway, actually! it's leaving london like everyone else, probably, yeah. # feed the uk...# bob geldof gave them permission to change the words of band aid's do they know it's christmas to make it about the uk's cost of living crisis. this is no all—star singalong. those are all lookalikes. the only famous name, money saving expert martin lewis. and he got the bono line, i so what an incredible thing. and he did show mark up- with his singing because he's a lot better at singing than mark! i was like, stop showing me up here. # tonight we're reaching out and helping you.#

# feed the world...# having a christmas number one may not be quite what it once was. the original band aid sold 1 million copies in a week. ladbaby have managed 65,000. # i need some love like a never needed love before...#. but it's still a huge achievement. the spice girls only had three christmas number ones. the same total as cliff richard. even the x factor only managed cloud in a row. they have beaten that total too. how nice is it now that the history books are tied to food banks? that is what is so special about what we've been doing. charity wins! colin paterson, bbc news, nottingham. it's been a whirlwind year of news, from the war in ukraine, to the queen's death and multiple changes in downing street.

0ur media editor, amol rajan, now looks back in the company of ian hislop, the editor of the satirical magazine, private eye. even by recent standards, 2022 has been a tumultuous year. her late majesty queen elizabeth. and britain went through three prime ministers and even more chancellors. 0ne went through three prime ministers and even more chancellors. one man was tried to make sense of it is ian, whether on tv or as editor of private eye fortnight magazine and latest annual. has the news felt crazy because it's been crazy or is itjust something crazy because it's been crazy or is it just something about crazy because it's been crazy or is itjust something about how crazy because it's been crazy or is it just something about how we're covering it these days? trio. itjust something about how we're covering it these days?— itjust something about how we're covering it these days? no, i think it's genuinely _ covering it these days? no, i think it's genuinely crazy. _ covering it these days? no, i think it's genuinely crazy. the _ covering it these days? no, i think it's genuinely crazy. the media - it's genuinely crazy. the media complains complains is for this one. your team to take credit for this and i don't think this is much to do with us. we ended up at one point trying to cover two prime ministers in one issue and now we haven't done

that before. in one issue and now we haven't done that before-— that before. admit all the stuff that before. admit all the stuff that is been — that before. admit all the stuff that is been in _ that before. admit all the stuff that is been in for— that before. admit all the stuff that is been in for dye - that before. admit all the stuff that is been in for dye year, i that before. admit all the stuff| that is been in for dye year, the death of her the queen, can you understand why news? i death of her the queen, can you understand why news?— death of her the queen, can you understand why news? i think people aet fed u- understand why news? i think people get fed up with _ understand why news? i think people get fed up with the _ understand why news? i think people get fed up with the news _ understand why news? i think people get fed up with the news but - understand why news? i think people get fed up with the news but that - get fed up with the news but that may be just the amount of it in the volume of it. and there is a huge amount of it and a lot of it is very fast and doesn't tell you anything. 0ut fast and doesn't tell you anything. out is the role of humour and comedy change in a time where there is such grimness around?! change in a time where there is such grimness around?— grimness around? i remember expiaining _ grimness around? i remember explaining this, _ grimness around? i remember explaining this, our _ grimness around? i remember explaining this, our basic- grimness around? i rememberl explaining this, our basic motto grimness around? i remember . explaining this, our basic motto is a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down very wise words and that's what were doing. the absurdity is there and that is will be tried in due. {in absurdity is there and that is will be tried in due.— be tried in due. on the 8th of september, it _ be tried in due. on the 8th of september, it was _ be tried in due. on the 8th of| september, it was announced be tried in due. on the 8th of i september, it was announced of be tried in due. on the 8th of - september, it was announced of the death of her majesty the queen. a few minutes ago, buckingham palace

announced the death of her majesty the queen. this announced the death of her ma'esty the queen. �* , ., ., ., ., the queen. as a nation, we are erfectl the queen. as a nation, we are perfectly capable _ the queen. as a nation, we are perfectly capable of _ the queen. as a nation, we are perfectly capable of being - the queen. as a nation, we are l perfectly capable of being serious about what is serious and i do think it was an extraordinarily mature response. there was a genuine sense of what had happened that took over the country. and that struck me as terribly positive. i the country. and that struck me as terribly positive.— terribly positive. i was private like me to _ terribly positive. i was private like me to cover— terribly positive. i was private like me to cover this? - terribly positive. i was private like me to cover this? it's - terribly positive. i was private like me to cover this? it's anl terribly positive. i was private - like me to cover this? it's an event the took its — like me to cover this? it's an event the took its own _ like me to cover this? it's an event the took its own life _ like me to cover this? it's an event the took its own life and _ like me to cover this? it's an event the took its own life and what - like me to cover this? it's an event the took its own life and what he i the took its own life and what he did was it turned into a queue. and there'sjust no way did was it turned into a queue. and there's just no way of getting around the fact that everybody loved the queue, they liked watching it, being in it, they like complaining about it and thinking, oh let's take about it and thinking, oh let's take a minute. the headline was god save the queue in it was meeting people in the queue and sing to one of them, how long did you have to wait and when the kid said not as long as

you. it seemed to me perfectly reasonable. hello. it looks as if for most it will stay mild in the run—up to christmas but there is the hint at some colder air returning. the reason is because we have got these mild south—westerly winds at the moment. this is the band of rain, the weather front, that swept right the way across the uk during friday, giving ten to 15 millimetres of rain turning to snow over the scottish highlands and grampians, even at lower levels temporarily in the north. showers elsewhere but largely frost free away from the chilliness in the north. so, not particularly cold to start but perhaps one or two mist and fog patches to watch out for the first thing this morning but then a lot of dry and bright weather for england and wales, the showers get going quite quickly across northern ireland, pushing into northern england another western extremities.

0ur rain band with its hill snow slow to drag away and it will stay in the cold air up in the shetlands all day, a lot of cloud behind but temperatures will be higher, notably for scotland, than they were on friday. and it is miles across, not as windy. then through the evening and overnight, those showers pushed their way gradually eastwards and then just the hint of a north—westerly return to the north and west of scotland so again not particularly cold as we head into christmas day morning, just local frost, really, and quite a bit of showery weather around through the day. some brightness around but there is a question mark as to a weather front coming up to the south which might give cloudy wet conditions later on across southern conditions and eastern areas. and we've got those showers across the north, probably brightening up with some sunshine behind, but that is when it turns chillier with the chance of some wintriness, as you can see. temperatures are still foremost at eight to 12 degrees on the higher side of normal but as i say there is a chance that we could see the definition of a white christmas, snow falling across the north and west in the showers as we go through the second part of the day. and that is because the cold arctic air is coming back, and it might well push right the way across the uk as we go

into boxing day but it will be shortly to chilly spell, and it doesn't mean snow for all, we still got that question mark over rain later on christmas day in the south, dragging its heels to clear on the south—east on boxing day. and then a wintry mix of showers with hail, sleet, hillsnow, mostly, temperatures will fall to eight degrees celsius, that is a few degrees down on those of christmas day. but as i say, it does look like a short lived cold snap because the mild atlantic influence returns, it looks like there is wet and windy weather on the way. the warnings, as ever, are on the website.

this is bbc news, the headlines. clashes have broken out in paris after three people were shot dead at a kurdish community centre. police arrested a 69—year—old man with a history of acts of racist violence. the us faces its coldest christmas in four decades as a storm sweeps across the country, with temperatures dropping to minus 45 degrees celsius in some places. the uk health secretary says he is "disappointed" by the announcement that nhs nurses in england are to stage further strikes on january the 18th and 19th. also in the uk, the head of the union representing striking border force staff says walkouts could go on for six months unless the government enters talks about pay.