this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm shaun ley. our top stories: a warning over the uk's national health service — senior doctors say some emergency departments are in a "complete state of crisis". ukraine says it has killed hundreds of russian soldiers in a missile strike over new year. this picture, from the ukrainian military, reportedly shows the scene of the attack. russia has dismissed the figure of casualties. in scotland, three people have died, after a fire broke out at a hotel in perth. a warning from the international monetary fund — it says a third of the world will be in recession this year. thousands are paying their respects to the late pope benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. the coffin of football

legend pele has arrived at the stadium of his former club, santos, for a public wake. hello and welcome. in the uk, senior doctors are warning that some hospital accident and emergency departments are in a "complete state of crisis" because of the extreme pressures facing the national health service this winter. the royal college of emergency medicine says it's impossible to provide the best standard of care — and there's "no doubt" patients are being harmed. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. we are used to seeing pictures like this every winter now. patients waiting in corridors and outside in ambulances as health experts talk about a crisis in care. this year the warning voices seem louder than ever. most of the nhs employees would say

it has been one of the top most of the nhs employees would say it has been one of the toughest winters they can remember. i feel uncomfortable, deeply uncomfortable about the level of care we are sometimes, because of the degree of pressure, that we are providing. probably some ptsd from some of the stuff i have seen and worn out. the data shows things are worse now than at any time since records started in 200a. one in ten patients who need admitting are waiting over 12 hours for a bed with reports of some waits lasting for days. of some waits lasting four days. it's dreadful for our patients. patients are waiting a long time for ambulances. once they get an ambulance, they might be waiting outside our emergency departments for a long time to get in our doors. once they make it through, there are long waits to be seen and we are having to treat patients in all sorts of unsatisfactory places such as corridors or areas not meant to house patients. the royal college of emergency medicine believes that these delays between 300 and 500

people are dying in the uk every week. nhs england says it doesn't recognise those figures and that there are different reasons why the number of people dying could be higher than usual. but it is undeniable that the nhs is under extreme pressure. 18% more people have turned up to a&e departments in england in the last six weeks compared to the same time last year. 9,500 people are in hospital with covid, that's more than doubled recently. add onto that almost 4,000 with flu, aother sharp increase, and it means that 13% of hospital beds are being used for covid and flu patients. and all this comes with more strike action planned by nhs workers this month. catherine burns, bbc news. earlier i asked dr tim cooksley, president of the society for acute medicine, what in his view is setting this winter apart from previous ones.

this winter unfortunately has been worse than previous winters, as was said by your present in the clip, colleagues like myself have often had previous winters that are very bad but due to ongoing workforce pressures and a lack of capacity in the system this winter is significantly worse with the added pressures of a significant flu season and some elements of the backlog from the covid pandemic as well. i was going to ask about covid before we turn to some of the other challenges emergency departments are facing at the moment. there are quite complicated protocols for how you deal with covid when it is in a hospital which date from the pandemic. how hard is it to manage those with the additional pressures? extremely difficult. in fact, it is unfortunately nigh on impossible simply because of the overcrowding in emergency departments and some of our ward environments,

it is difficult to isolate these patients, and because covid is an airborne virus, as colleagues now accept, it is impossible to keep people as safe as we would like them to with stringent infection control measures. that is a particular problem presumably because many of the people when they are finally admitted to hospital, they are with conditions that already mean their immune system to some extent or another is compromised. that's right. and patients either getting flu or covid in hospital remains a risk and a significant challenge we have to face. we are doing our best to manage that but it is a risk. are you worried people are becoming frightened, notjust to go to hospital but even to call 999? that has become a concern. we are doing our best to deliver high quality care but as colleagues have outlined in the last few months we are struggling deliver the standard of care we want to deliver and when members of the public and patients hear

that it would be understandable if there is a reticence to call emergency services or attend, but i would urge people if they feel unwell and need emergency medical attention that they do so. we are striving to provide the best quality of care we can. unfortunately i accept that at the minute we are not able to deliver the standard of care we would like but we strive to do so. you hear a spokesperson from the government saying there is more money being spent than ever before and more staff than ever before. both of those things are presumably correct. and yet somehow that doesn't meet the demand. what is driving the increased demand? we still have significant workforce gaps, and whilst extra money has been put into the service, the significant workforce gaps exist and continue, and that is the fundamental problem that we have, and we are haemorrhaging staff at a rate we cannot continue to do so. and therefore we need a clear recruitment and retention approach, so that we have a really solid workforce plan that

staff can believe in. the other problem is we need recognition from all four nations that we are in a state of crisis, we need admission from ministers in all four countries that this is the position we find ourselves in and recognition of that is the start of a conversation about how we improve things for staff and most importantly for our patients. you are saying declare a nationwide emergency now? we need a recognition of the challenges that the patients and the staff currently are facing in our hospitals and i think that recognition, the start of that would be to declare a national major incident in recognition of the challenges that patients and staff are finding themselves in so we can then work through solutions and engender a belief in the patients and our staff that there is some light at the end of the tunnel, because at the second we are struggling and losing

staff and confidence of our patients. the ukrainian army says hundreds of russian soldiers were killed in a school being used as a base in the eastern region of donetsk on new year's eve. russian state media say the facility in the occupied town of mah—keev—ka was hit by ukraine using rockets supplied by the united states. our correspondent hugo bachega is in the ukrainian capital kyiv and has the latest. i think this is the fear here after four days of attacks by russian forces targeting the city. i think you mentioned this attack in donetsk and the russian defence ministry has confirmed that 63 russian soldiers were killed after this ukrainian attack targeting this facility in the occupied town of makiivka in the eastern donetsk region. the russians are saying that this facility, a school being used by russian forces as a base was hit by himars missiles, those missiles that have been provided by the americans to ukraine. this attack happened on new year's eve. this number, 63, is a very different number from the one that has been released,

given by the ukrainian authorities. the army here say that hundreds, 400 russian soldiers were killed, 300 wounded after this attack. obviously we cannot independently verify these numbers. but again, now the russians confirming that a facility that was being used as a russian base in donetsk has been attacked by ukraine and they have confirmed that 63 russian soldiers have been killed. is there a claim of responsibility for this from the ukrainian authorities? are they saying anything about this incident? the ukrainians have said, it is very interesting, that 400 people were killed in this occupied town of makiivka but haven't officially claimed responsibility. this has been part of the strategy here, the ukrainians rarely comment on attacks carried out

against russian positions. but now the russians have confirmed that this base was hit by those himars missiles that the ukrainians have been using for quite some time now to target russian positions. and again the russians are now confirming that 63 of their soldiers have been killed as a result of this attack that happened on new year's eve in the eastern donetsk region of ukraine. hugo bachega. catholics have begun paying their respects to the former pope, benedict xvi. his body is lying—in—state after his death at the weekend. mourners will be able to file past the casket before the funeral on thursday. our religion editor aleem maqbool reports. at dawn, the late pope was moved from the monastery in the vatican, where he died, for this short, solemn, private procession to st peter's basilica. there, he was taken through the nave to be placed in front of the altar. outside, while the ceremony was taking place, thousands had formed a queue that snaked around

st peter's square. these were among the first allowed in through the doors to pay their respects in person. it's expected around 30,000 people a day will file past the pope emeritus on each of the three days he lies in state. this is one of those once—in—a—lifetime moments where you kind of feel quite, more and more emotional as you get closer to viewing the pope's body and realise the impact that he's had, i guess, on everybody. so there was a kind of a sombre mood as the walk progressed, i guess. what was that moment like for you when you were paying your respects? that moment, i feel so honoured, because pope benedict, he was a servant of god. we honour him and we follow his example.

in scotland, three people have died after a fire broke out at a hotel in perth. emergency services, including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the new county hotel on county place at about 5am local time. police cordoned off the road and urged members of the public to avoid the area. in the last hour perth police gave this update on the incident and their response. ican i can confirm three people have sadly died at the scene. a number of hotel guests and two people from a neighbouring block of flats were evacuated and are being supported by partner agencies at this time. from those that were evacuated i can confirm that 11 people were given treatment by the scottish ambulance service that did not require hospitalisation. i can also confirm that a dog has died at the scene. our thoughts are very much with the families and loved ones of those who

have died and of those affected by this incident which is clearly a very difficult time for everyone. inquiries are now ongoing to establish the full set of circumstances of what has happened this morning and our officers are working closely injoint working closely in joint investigation with the scottish fire and rescue service. two men have appeared in court charged with the murder of non—league footballer cody fisher ata birmingham nightclub on boxing day. mr fisher was stabbed on the dance floor at the crane nightclub in digbeth. kami carpenter, 21, and remy gordon, 22 have pleaded not guilty to the charges. kathryn stanczyszyn has more. in a brief hearing in front of magistrates today 21—year—old kami carpenter of no fixed abode and 22—year—old remy gordon of cofton park drive in birmingham were both charged with the murder of cody fisher. the 23—year—old was stabbed on a dance floor at a nightclub here in birmingham, the crane in digbeth, at about 11:45pm on boxing day.

the club has subsequently had its licence temporarily suspended, with police describing in that application scenes of chaos. both men today were also charged with the lesser offence of affray, both pled not guilty to that, and they will be seen again at crown court here on wednesday. 23—year—old cody fisher was anon—league football player was a non—league football player and a school sports coach as well. this afternoon there was due to be a football match between two of the sides he's been very involved with, stratford town, his current side, and bromsgrove sporting. but that match has been called off. we know that stratford town have tweeted saying that it's in recognition of the significant emotions that are in play at the club at the moment. bromsgrove sporting also said that that request had gone in to postpone that match because some of the players from stratford were out with cody that night

and they will need time and support to come to terms with this. some things are bigger than football. the inquiry continues. another man, a 22—year—old who was arrested on suspicion of murder, has been released on police bail. four others who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender have been bailed. kathryn stanczyszyn reporting. sport now and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh ferris. hello. hello. as reported on bbc news, brazilian football legend pele is lying in state at the stadium of his club santos. the coffin has been taken to the vila belmiro and will sit in the centre of the pitch until tuesday morning. millions are expected to descend on santos over the coming days. these are the first in, with some having slept outside the stadium as they queued to see pele's embalmed body. as the public files past guests are gathering

for a public wake. they include fifa president gianni infantino. while pele's wife and 100—year—old mother have also visited his coffin. after lying in state there'll be a funeral on tuesday, after which pele will be buried in the city's vertical cemetery. 18—time grand slam singles champion martina navratilova has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. the 66—year—old has called it a �*double whammy�* but �*still fixable'. insisting her prognosis is good. navratilova also had breast cancer in 2010 and will start treatment in new york later this month, cancelling plans to travel to the australian open to work as a tv pundit. here in the uk, the day's football is dominated by the traditional new year's old firm derby in scotland, which finished rangers 2—2 celtic at ibrox. it means the gap between the two stays at nine points, with celtic�*s advantage at the top of the scottish premiership salvaged by an 88th—minute kyogo furuhashi equaliser. they'd scored early too, taking the lead in the fifth minute. but two goals at the beginning of the second half had given rangers

hope of a crucial win. the nfl playoff picture is becoming clearer with the penultimate week of the league's regular season almost over. two teams clinched a place in the postseason on sunday, including the tampa bay buccaneers. tom brady orchestrated yet another fourth quarter comeback, throwing three touchdown passes, all to wide receiver mike evans, as the bucs claimed the nfc south division title by beating the carolina panthers. the new york giants are in the playoffs for the first time since 2016. their quarterback danieljones rushed for two of his four touchdowns in their win over the indianapolis colts. while both the pittsburgh steelers and green bay packers are still alive. the packers routing division rivals minnesota for a fourth straight win that takes them one victory from the postseason. i think the cowboys are playing well and philadelphia was number one in the league. i think we can win the last five. i didn't really go around saying that because you don't really want to say, hey, we can make the

play—offs. but in my head that's what i was thinking. pakistan's bowlers have hit back in batter—friendly conditions to claim a slight advantage over new zealand at the end of day one of the second test in karachi. the tourists were 234—1 when devon conway was out for 122. his fourth test hundred. it began a pakistani resurgence with four more wickets to fall after tea. agha salman with three in the final session. new zealand finished on 309—6. the two—match series is tied at 0—0 after the first test was drawn. that's all the sport for now. much more coming up throughout the day and on the website as well. that's all the sport. thank you very much, hugh ferris, at the bbc sport centre. let's get some of the day's other news at least four people have died and several others injured after a helicopter crash

on australia's gold coast. two helicopters collided mid—air close to the sea world theme park in queensland, before crash landing on a sandbank. police say initial evidence suggests the crash happened as one helicopter was taking off and the other was landing. gunmen have attacked a prison in northern mexico, killing ten guards and helping at least 24 inmates to escape. at least four prisoners also died in the incident in ciudad juarez. the mexican army has joined efforts to restore security, and locate the fugitives. for the first time in nearly seven years, private vehicles can join cargo crossing the border between colombia and venezuela. the full opening of the shared border follows years of tense diplomatic tensions between the two countries, which have eased since president gustavo petro took office in august last year. staying in latin america. brazilians have begun to say farewell to the football legend pele as a 24—hour wake gets under way in the stadium of his former club, santos. pele's coffin was placed

in the middle of the pitch for fans and dignitaries to pay their respects ahead of a private family burial on tuesday. the funeral procession drove through santos before dawn, with large crowds lining the roadsides and setting off fireworks. president lula of brazil is expected to attend the wake, his first engagement since he regained the presidency on sunday. he recalled seeing him play when he was a young man. pele died last thursday aged 82. earlier i was joined by nathalia passarinho from bbc brazil — and began by asking her about the emotions for the people of brazil around pele's death. pele was a national icon, a legend, the so—called king of football. he's one of those figures that in a way united people from different parts of the political spectrum. and as you said, brazil is very polarised right now. it comes from a very difficult

election with luiz inacio lula da silva from the left—wing workers party winning from a very small margin from a right—wing presidentjair bolsonaro. but today is a day where people from across the country, people that are right—wing and left—wing are together mourning this very important football player. we are seeing the scene in the stadium at the moment and we can on some of our other shots also see how this has been set out. for example, am i right in saying that the journey took the coffin passed the home of his mother who is still alive? yes, that's right. it is expected to be the most emotional moment of the funeral. right after the coffin has stayed for 24 hours in vila belmiro, the coffin will parade across the city of santos and will pass in front of his mother celeste who is 100 years old, so she will be seeing the coffin of her son passing

in front of her house. and after that the family will have a bit of quiet time to say goodbye to this legend. and especially for the sons and daughters who were at the hospital with pele it will be an important moment. we are seeing the crowds now, nathalia. i was interested in the generational difference. lula who is well into his 70s said i saw pele play. i've lived through the pele experience. presumably for lots of brazilians, your generation included, never had that opportunity. why does he still matter? that's right. regardless of whether or not you were actually able to see pele playing he is still an icon for many of us, including myself. i never had the chance unfortunately to see pele on the pitch but my parents would talk about him, my grandparents would talk about him. we would all know about pele's achievements, and he is a record—breaking player. he was only 17 years old when he won his first world cup, the youngest player to have won a world cup. he won three world cups,

also the only player in the world to have won three world cups, and he represents brazilian football, the creativity, the happiness and the joy in playing football as well. neymar was saying before the weekend, posted on social media just after the death was announced, this is the man who actually brought the world of entertainment and the world of sport together for the very first time. some may wonder whether that was such a happy combination in the end after what has followed. that's right. pele's importance went beyond football. some say that he was actually partly responsible for brazilian soft power, for the way brazil was perceived abroad. president luiz inacio lula da silva tweeted that pele was one of the few people capable of bringing brazil, making brazil so important worldwide.

we've just come to the end of a year of great economic turbulence, particularly with energy instability caused by the war in ukraine and soaring inflation elsewhere. now the international monetary fund has warned that the year ahead will be tougher still. it notes that the three big economies, the united states, the european union and china, are slowing down simultaneously, with the latter likely to be a drag on global growth for the first time in 40 years. since china emerged from comparative economic isolation. earlier our business presenter, tadhg enright told me more. last year felt bad because of course we were talking about rising energy prices and what it meant for inflation. unfortunately the year to come is possibly going to be even worse because it is when the real impacts of the high inflation through higher interest rates are going to be felt by most economies across the world. bigger and more developed economies are better able to weather the storm but the one we

just heard there from christina georgieva from the imf is that it is developing economies which are likely to be most under pressure. that being, they are dealing with higher energy costs, interest rates themselves but also dealing with a strong dollar. the us being the leading economy in the world, the dollar is strengthened because the us central bank, federal reserve, has raised its interest rate as well. and so many things that we have to buy are denominated in dollars, sold in dollars. the price of oil is of course denominated in dollars. many forms of government debt are denominated in dollars. so that's an extra hurdle for those emerging economies to have to overcome. emerging economies to have to overcome-— emerging economies to have to overcome. ., ., ., , overcome. does that mean economies like the united — overcome. does that mean economies like the united states _ overcome. does that mean economies like the united states are _ overcome. does that mean economies like the united states are going - overcome. does that mean economies like the united states are going to - like the united states are going to be kind of resilient, orjust that they are going to be a bit more resilient? es, they are going to be a bit more resilient? �* , ., , resilient? a bit more resilient. the received wisdom _ resilient? a bit more resilient. the received wisdom is _ resilient? a bit more resilient. the received wisdom is that _ resilient? a bit more resilient. the received wisdom is that the - resilient? a bit more resilient. the received wisdom is that the us - resilient? a bit more resilient. the received wisdom is that the us will enter into a mild recession next year. it is by no means certain but that's the expectation. it is perhaps the least affected of the leading economies of the world because it is largely energy

self—sufficient. unlike europe, for example, the eu is likely to be the worst affected.— worst affected. tadhg enright talkinu worst affected. tadhg enright talkin: to worst affected. tadhg enright talking to me _ worst affected. tadhg enright talking to me a _ worst affected. tadhg enright talking to me a little - worst affected. tadhg enright talking to me a little earlier. | worst affected. tadhg enright| talking to me a little earlier. i will have more headlines injust a few moments. and the information is on bbc news online. hello there. it was a cold and frosty start for northern parts of the country this morning but today arguably the best day of the week, the winds are lighter, there is more dry weather around, more sunshine, but it is a bit colder. this was the window in between the cloud that we are in today, that was the cloud that gave the rain overnight tonight but if you look into the atlantic this is what's coming our way once again, more cloud on the way, later tonight and tomorrow, these weather fronts will bring rain our way but also introduce some higher temperatures. milder air on the way tomorrow despite the fact we'll have more cloud and some rain around. ahead of that rain, temperatures will be falling quite quickly during this evening.

it's been quite cold through much of the day in scotland and there will be an early frost around tonight, and a few showers coming to the far south—east perhaps, and moving away from north—west scotland. ahead of the rain band that comes in from the atlantic and that will fall as snow over higher parts of scotland because he temperatures by the end of the night still close to orjust below freezing and there could be a touch of frost in north—eastern parts of england, otherwise temperatures will have risen elsewhere. we have this band of wet weather initially in the morning, again some more snow over higher ground in scotland moving through. maybe a brief brightening up and sunshine in northern scotland but there is thickening cloud bringing rain more widely again in from the atlantic later in the morning and through the afternoon. and the winds strengthening as well, a windier day than today, particularly windy across wales and south—west of england where we will likely find some heavier bursts of rain over the wind. double temperature figures for most places, bit colder in scotland in northern parts of the country.

given how wet it has been across all areas of scotland and with more rain to come during the day and overnight, as much as two inches of rain, there may be some further travel disruption and local flooding across central and western parts of scotland. that rain quite widely through the evening and overnight, clearing away on wednesday. following on from that it's going to be a case of sunshine and showers. there may not be too much sunshine around. most of it for eastern parts of england. the showers feeding in across these western areas, particularly in the north—west of england and across parts of scotland and northern ireland. the winds in northern areas not quite so strong but again it is quite a brisk wind across many parts of england and wales. here temperatures will be up to around 12—14 degrees, a few degrees lower than that in scotland.

this is bbc world news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines: health bosses in the uk are warning some accident and emergency departments are in a "complete state of crisis". the president of the royal college of emergency medicine says as many as 500 people are dying every week in the uk as a result of delays to emergency care. ukraine says it has killed hundreds of russian soldiers, in a missile strike over new year. this picture, from the ukrainian military, reportedly shows the scene of the attack. russia has dismissed the figure. three people have died after a fire broke out at a hotel in perth in scotland. emergency services, including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the new county hotel just after five o'clock this morning. thousands of roman catholics have begun paying their respects

to the pope emeritus benedict xvi, whose body is lying