this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world . i'm ben brown. the headlines 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 says 63 soldiers were killed the vatican says at least 65 thousand people have filed past the body of the pope emeritus, benedict the sixteenth, on the first day of his lying—in—state in scotland, three people have died, after a fire broke out at a hotel in perth. thousands wait in line to pay their respects

to football legend pele — as a public wake begins at his former club santos prince harry accuses buckingham palace of failing to defend him and his wife meghan — before they stepped down as working royals — in an interview for us broadcaster cbs. you know, the family motto is never complain, never explain, but it's just a motto. it doesn't really hold... there's a lot of complaining and a lot of explaining. endless. russia has acknowledged that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year's eve attack by ukrainian forces using himars rockets supplied by the us. the strikes destroyed a former vocational school in the donetsk region, where the soldiers are said to have

been temporarily deployed. ukraine's armed forces say the strike killed "hundreds" of russian soldiers. this is what a russian ministry of defence spokesman had to say a short while ago: translation: the kyiv regime | targeted a temporary deployment point used by one of the units of the russian armed forces unit in makiivka in the donetsk republic with six himars rockets. russian air defences shot down two of the rockets. as a result of the impact of four rockets with high explosive warheads, 63 russian servicemen were killed. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent hugo bachega in kyiv, who says both russia and ukraine have given statements about the attack.

then we have a statement saying you current this have confirmed they are behind this attack. i knelt working to confirm the number of victims. this is after an earlier statement in which they said hundreds, 400 russian troops had been killed. this latest statement came after the admission by moscow that 63 soldiers had died as a result of this attack. so, the ukrainians have confirmed that they were behind this strike. this location hit was a school, apparently it had been turned into a base for russian troops in this town in the eastern don't ask region. in the eastern donestk ask region. there was anger on nine, russian military bloggers had questioned the decision by commanders to house so many soldiers in a single location. we heard from the army spokesman in moscow up trees in ukraine in moscow accusing ukraine of using those himars, long—range rockets provided by the americans. and have been vital for the ukrainians against the russians. the sort of weaponry that the ukrainians have

been asking the west four. been asking the west for. more sophisticated kind of long—range r . weapon y exactly, and we have seen in the past that the ukrainians have been using himars rockets to target russian positions. in places away from the front lines we saw that before the ukrainians recaptured her son back in november. recaptured kherson back in november. and last week again the ukrainians have been targeting some locations that have been helped by the russians in been held by the russians in occupied areas away from the front line. so it seems that this is the case again. the ukrainians using these long—range weapons to target russian positions in places away from the front lines. for quite some time, they have been saying they need this kind of weapon to continue with this cons are try to take back territory that is now under russian occupation.

earlier, i spoke to professor phillips o'brien, professor of strategic studies at st andrews university. i asked him to tell me more about the himars rockets used by ukraine in this attack. they are highly accurate rocket artillery system. they have taken what we think of as original artillery and put on a rocket but put it in with terribly high accuracy. so that you can hit a building in over 100 miles away if you have the right ammunition. you can hit it with devastating effect. i think what we can say is what has happened here has made a massive impression because the russian defence ministry came out and confirmed there was an attack. even with mosvka but it took days or weeks before they admitted what

happened than ever fully did. but the chatter here was so large they had to come out and admit that something significant had happened. quite unusual for the russian defence ministry to give details about casualties like this. they are saying 63 of their troops died. they may or may not be an accurate total it. but unusual that they give any sort of figure at all. absolutely. they have given a low overall casualty figure for the war so far. thousands, i think, which is far less than i think anyone thinks russian casualties are. i think they saying 63 have been killed in this one episode, one can assume it is larger than that. it would be impossible to tell right now because of the destruction of the building at least to go from the pictures. what does this attack tell us about the state of the war at the moment? a lot of people have said now that we are deep in winter it is an attritional phase. there isn't much progress by either side.

it does seem to be that the ukrainians are now targeting russian troop concentrations. they have spent some time before this, earlier in the war, going with the himars against logistics tempos, trucks, vehicles. they don't seem to be a lot of vehicles around the front lines these days. now they are using the himars to go after russian troop concentrations because the russians have generated a large number of new troops through this conscription. so, i think this is an example of that kind of operation at the ukrainians are trying to do right now as they are trying to reduce russian strength in preparation for more ukrainian operations. here in the uk, senior doctors are warning that some hospital accident and emergency departments are in a "complete state of crisis" due to the extreme pressures facing the national health service this winter.

rising covid cases and a severe flu outbreak are being blamed for adding to demand for services, which were already stretched. a number of hospitals have declared critical incidents, meaning they cannot function as usual. correspondent catherine burns reports. welcome to nhs winter. ambulances lined up outside hospitals, patients waiting in corridors. now there are calls for the government to declare a national major incident. but is this year different to normal? well, a&e figures are worse than at any time since records started in 200a. one in ten patients who need admitting is waiting over 12 hours for a bed. it's 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 on to that almost 4000 with flu, another sharp increase. this means that 13% of hospital beds are being used for covid and flu patients. we know that for every 82 patients who wait for more than six hours in an emergency department, there's one associated death. now, at the moment, in many emergency departments, we're lucky if we even see a patient within six hours, let alone get them admitted to hospital within that time. the royal college of emergency medicine claims between 300 and 500 people a week are dying because of these delays. nhs england, though, insists there's no evidence for that. it says there are several complicated reasons why we're seeing higher death rates than usual coming out of a pandemic. we have got some people who are having to wait much longer than either we or they would want, and that is uncomfortable for everybody in the nhs, which is why nhs staff are working as hard as they possibly can.

you've said you're deeply uncomfortable with the level of care that some patients are getting right now, but yourjob is nhs england's chief strategy officer. what is your strategy for fixing this? there is a very clear plan. recover services, get back to delivering the long—term plan and transform the nhs for the future. and all this comes with more strike action planned by nhs workers this month. catherine burns, bbc news. earlier i spoke to matthew taylor, the chief executive of nhs confederation which represents and speaks for the nhs in england, wales and northern ireland. he described how bad the current situation was. i think it's as bad as it has ever been, that is what leaders i speak to say to me, people who have been working on the health service for 20 and even 30 years say they have never been in a winter as bad as this. the reality is that the nhs is fragile and it is fragile because there is a gap

between the demand that is made on our service and the capacity we have to meet that demand, and when you are fragile it doesn't take much for things to become very difficult and that's what has happened with the growth of flu, with the growth of covid. so it is a very difficult situation. we have got to be honest with the public about the situation that we face. we have got to be clear in the messages we give the public about how they should best use the national health service, and also, as you said, we have got to do something about the threat of industrial action because we cannot injanuary, which is our busiest month come on top of all of this take four more days of industrial action. you talk there about being honest. the royal college of emergency medicine, you heard in the report, they are saying somewhere between 300 and 500 people are dying each week as a result of delays and problems with emergency care. they are warning against any attempt to discredit that figure. do you recognise that figure?

i think we can argue about particular figures and methodologies. what i don't think we can argue about is that there is high levels of patient risk and high levels of patient harm than we would like to see and we are not able to provide the level of care we want to provide and chris hopson from nhs england himself may have disputed the figures but it doesn't dispute the fact that we are not able to provide the level of care we want to provide. that is the reality and we have to talk firstly about what we have to do to get a through the next few weeks and then we have to have a conversation about how it is we can avoid going into next winter and is fragile estate as we have entered this one. when you talk about patient harm, it is more than that, it is patient death, that's what is happening, people are dying who should not be dying. it's very difficult to imagine that that isn't the case, when you see how long it is taking four ambulances to reach people and see how long people are waiting in hospital.

thousands of people have begun paying their respects to the former pope, benedict the sixteenth. following his death at the weekend, his body is now lying—in—state, in st peter's basilica at the vatican. mourners will be able to file past the casket before the funeral on thursday. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool reports. at dawn, the late pope was moved from the monastery in the vatican where he died, for the short, solemn private procession to saint peter's basilic. # santa maria...#. there he was, taken through the nave to be placed in front of the altar. 0utside, 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 just the first five hours,

vatican police say 40,000 people filed past benedict the 16th, and they came from all over the catholic world. it's just one of those once in a lifetime moments where you kind of feel more and more emotional as you get closer to viewing, you know, the pope's body and realise the impact that he's had, i guess, on everybody. so there was a kind of a somber mood as the walk progressed. what was that moment like for you when you were paying respects? that moment, i feel so honoured because pope benedict was a servant of god. we honour him. we follow his example. there's been much discussion about the failings of pope benedict, particularly in dealing with abuse perpetrators. but those here today were focused on paying tribute to a man they felt was a great theologian, and who dedicated his life to the church. aleem maqbool, bbc

news, at the vatican. brazilians have begun to say farewell to the football legend pele as a 24 hour wake gets underway in the stadium of his former club, santos. his coffin was placed in the middle of the pitch or 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. pele died last thursday aged 82. one of those who's been at the stadium to pay their respects is the head of fifa — gianni infantino — who's called for countries across the world to name one of their football stadiums after pele. let's take a listen to him now. of course we pay tribute to him by being here. we pay tribute to him by asking all the federations now to pay a minute of silence

and tribute to pele. we are also going to ask every country in the world to name one of their football stadiums with the name of pele. because 50 or 100 years from now when children are asking, who was pele? they need to remember him all over the world in a place you the world in a place score goals. let's go live to santos now , our south america correspondent, katy watson, is there for us. ina in a sense pele had been ill for quite a while his death wasn't unexpected but there has been this huge outpouring of national grief for him. ~ ,,., , ., for him. absolutely, we heard infantino seen _ for him. absolutely, we heard infantino seen the _ for him. absolutely, we heard infantino seen the younger i infantino seen the younger generation need to know who pele was. you ask any young resident here they know exactly who he was and how

important he was and still is for brazil. i spoke to iio—year—old who is saying he's no question, the king, and there is no discussion he's a best number ten a shirt out there. they have come to pay at their specs even if they haven't seen him play. i think that is the most important thing. he was a footballer who went across generations, across racial, social divides in this country. it is often very divided into this country. and united result in no way very few people could do especially in a situation in which brazil has seen itself in the last two years with deeply divided politics. pray that was a universally loved figure which is why we see the crowds and cues as people five past is casket. fiend is why we see the crowds and cues as people five past is casket.— people five past is casket. and as man as people five past is casket. and as many as peeple _ people five past is casket. and as many as peeple as _ people five past is casket. and as many as people as possible - people five past is casket. and as many as people as possible going out to pay their respects. tell us about what is going to be happening in terms of the week and the funeral. 24 hours, the week. so we are not

quite halfway through. but they cues here in santos are going around the blocks in the city. not even the syrian heat, it is peak summer here in brazil, is preaching people off. although it is hard work standing in the queue. it is moving quite fast. 0n the queue. it is moving quite fast. on tuesday in the morning the coffin will be moved, there will be a funeral cortege going through the streets of santos my past the his mothers house. and then it will go to a private area with family. this is a chance for the public, now, to pay their respects and five past the casket which has, currently has a president of flag draped over it. i was about the president, the new president lula who has won back the presidency in brazil? we heard he might be coming, is that right? it

is widely expected that it will be one of his first engage vengeance as the president. he's not there yet but she has on till tomorrow morning to appear. i think it is a busy time for him, it is his first proper day of work. he has already paid his respects in talking about the legacy that policy with leave. there was a one minute silence attis inauguration as well and so he played this incredibly present role here in brazilfor everyone.- here in brazilfor everyone. thank ou ve here in brazilfor everyone. thank you very much — here in brazilfor everyone. thank you very much katy _ here in brazilfor everyone. thank you very much katy watson - here in brazilfor everyone. thank you very much katy watson or - you very much katy watson or correspondent. 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. speaking to face the nation on cbs,

the imf managing director kristalina georgieva explained why much of the rest of the world would suffer too. when we look at the emerging markets and developing economies, there the picture is even direr. why? because on top of everything else, they get hit by high interest rates and by the appreciation of the dollar. for those economies that have high levels of debt, this is a devastation. now to scotland, where three people have died, after a fire at a hotel in perth. guests at the building in the centre of the city were evacuated shortly afterfive in the morning. 0ur scotland correspondent, james shaw, has more. around 5am this morning, flames burst from a window at the new county hotel. the fire is burning fiercely but appears to be confined to the second floor.

video captured by another eyewitness shows the scale of the emergency response — 2i ambulance crews and around 60 firefighters. 0ur firefighters worked extremely hard in a very complex and challenging environment to prevent the further spread of fire and damage where possible. after the blaze had been put out, firefighters discovered three bodies. a dog also died in the fire. no other guests in the hotel were seriously injured. from those that were evacuated, i can confirm that the 11 people were given treatment by the scottish ambulance service but did not require hospitalisation. the police have sealed off a large part of the centre of the city. that disruption is likely to continue for some time to come. the 2nd of january as a public holiday in is a public holiday in scotland, but the tranquillity of

the day has been shattered by this tragic fire. the investigation into it is onlyjust beginning. the names of those who died will not be revealed until they have been formally identified and loved ones have been told. james shaw, bbc news, perth. the tennis legend, martina navratilova, has revealed she's been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. the 18 time singles grand slam champion says her prognosis is good as both cancers have been detected early. she will start treatment in new york later this month. prince harry has spoken of what he described as �*betrayal by buckingham palace' in preview footage for a forthcoming interview ahead of the release of his memoir �*spare'. speaking with cbs 60 minutes' correspondent anderson cooper, he accused palace officials of failing to defend him and his wife meghan, before they stepped down as working royals.

one of the criticisms that you have received is that, "0k fine, "you want to move to california, you want to step back from the institutional role." why be so public?" you say you try to do this privately. and every single time i've tried to do it privately there have been briefings and leakings and planting of stories against me and my wife. you know, the family motto is never complain, never explain, but it's just a motto. it doesn't really hold... there's a lot of complaining and a lot of explaining. endless. being done in, through leaks. through leaks. they will feed, or have a conversation with the correspondence and that correspondent will literally be spoon fed information to write the story. and at the bottom of it they will say that they have reached out to buckingham palace for comment. but the whole story is buckingham palace commenting. so, when we're being told for the last six years we can't put a statement out to protect you, but you do it for other members of the family. there comes a point where silence is betrayal.

for more on this earlier i spoke with our royal correspondent, daniela relph. it is effectively more of the same in the terms of the themes that we had in these trailers. more details about the excerpt family followed. a lack of trust at the machinery within the royal household. and accusing the media of being against harry and his wife. and being manipulated by buckingham palace. he has spoken directly and personally in the language he has used. in the trailer released here by itv. he talks about wanting his father and brother back as he puts it. so perhaps a glint of light there in terms of, perhaps a more positive future. when you look at these trailers and thinkg about interviews to come, ahead of the release of his book it is hard to see how this plays into any kind of family reconciliation. all of these interviews, both of these interviews are to sort

preview the publication of his book called spare. i guess the palace and royalfamily will be nervously awaiting publication of that book and it is fairly long and probably be pretty detailed. i think they will be, no doubt about that. their public position is very clear. no comments at the moment. let us see if that stands once the book has been published on january tenth, if there are factual accuracies or any bombshells. maybe they will choose to say something. i think their position, as it usually is, is to say nothing and let this play out. a reminder of our top story. 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 says 63 soldiers were killed.

you have been watching bbc news. hello there. today has been a largely dry day with more sunshine around, but it's also been colder. as we head into tomorrow, the weather's going to look and feel very different. temperatures will be higher, the winds will be stronger. and we've got more cloud and some rain coming in as well. this was the window of calmer weather that we've been in. but if we look out in the atlantic, all this cloud is massing and this is where our weather's coming from. a few weather fronts will bring not just thicker cloud, but some rain in from the atlantic, more visible, some stronger winds. but the winds are coming all the way from the azores, hence those higher temperatures before that cloud and rain. we've got clearer skies at the moment and it will be cold with an early frost. temperatures perhaps below freezing just briefly across the midlands and east anglia and then temperatures recover later as we see

the cloud coming in, the winds picking up and this rain arriving will turn to snow over higher parts of scotland as we engage what's left of that colder air across this part of the country. elsewhere, though, those temperatures will be rising by the morning and we've got a cloudy, wet start for many places, some snowjust for a while over higher parts of scotland. that first band of rain moves through may become a bit drier, but only briefly. but there's more rain coming in more widely from the west. the winds will be strengthening as well. gets particularly windy across wales, in the southwest and here will get some heavier rain over the hills. but because it's the south—westerly wind, it's going to be milder than today. temperatures in double figures for many, a little bit chillier still across parts of scotland, perhaps, but there's more rain to come in scotland. that's the main concern here, given how wet it's been recently, could be some further local flooding and travel disruption. western and central parts of scotland through the day and into the night could get as much as two inches of rain. we're all going to keep some rain going through the evening

and into the night as these weather fronts continue to push their way across the uk. most of those should be out of the way by the time we get to wednesday and we're left with a run of west of south—westerly winds. some sunshine perhaps, but also some showers, particularly for the western side of the uk. perhaps more sunshine arriving across the east midlands, across east anglia and the south—east of england. but it will be quite windy through the day across much of england and wales. not so much for scotland and northern ireland. nine degrees in the central belt of scotland and 14 in the south—east.

this is bbc world news, the headlines. 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 says 63 were killed. health bosses in the uk warn 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. three people have died after fire broke out at a hotel in perth in scotland. emergency services — including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks — were called to the incident.

the vatican says at least 65 thousand people have filed past