this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia acknowledges 63 of its soldiers were killed in a ukrainian attack in the occupied donetsk region. kyiv claims the deaths run into the hundreds. a warning over the uk's national health service — senior doctors say some emergency departments are in a "complete state of crisis". the vatican says at least 65,000 people have filed past the body of the former pope benedict xvi 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.

"betrayal by silence" says prince harry as tells cbs in america that buckingham palace failed to defend him and his wife meghan before they stepped down as working royals. 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. in leaks. through leaks. russia has announced that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year's eve attack by ukrainian forces using himars rocket launchers 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. it's the highest number of deaths acknowledged by moscow in a single incident since the war began. but ukraine claims the strike killed "hundreds" of russian soldiers. this is what a russian ministry of defence spokesman had to say earlier. 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 us—made 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 now given statements about the attack. we had a statement from the ukrainian army. they confirmed they are behind this attack. they say, "we are still working to determine the number of victims."

this is after an earlier statement in which the armed forces 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 donetsk region. there was a lot of anger online, 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, accusing ukraine of using those himars long—range rockets provided by the americans. they have been vital for the ukrainians against the russians.

and the sort of weaponry that the ukrainians have been asking the west for, and particularly the us. more sophisticated, kind of long—range weaponry. 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 kherson back in november. and last week again the ukrainians have been targeting some locations that have 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 counter offensive to try to take back territory that is now

under russian occupation. let's speak to professor matthew schmidt. he's the director of the international affairs programme at the university of new haven in connecticut. he also used to teach strategic planning at the us army command. thank planning at the us army command. you forjoining the thank you forjoining us. whatever the reality on the figures, these casualty figures, this is a big hit, isn't it? i suppose the very fact they have targeted it says something, doesn't it? absolutely. the ministry _ something, doesn't it? absolutely. the ministry of _ something, doesn't it? absolutely. the ministry of defence _ something, doesn't it? absolutely. the ministry of defence in - something, doesn't it? absolutely. the ministry of defence in moscow| the ministry of defence in moscow does not usually acknowledge losses. here, they are both acknowledging a loss and giving a pretty high number. usually we would double or treble that number, so if this is something in the order of 200 dead, even 150, that is an enormous loss for russia, a one—time loss, one of the biggest in the war so far. we are hearing about bloggers in russia

pointing the finger at the authorities for having such a concentration of troops there. but how would the ukrainian forces no, obviously the himars rocket launchers are doing impressive things for them, how would they know exactly what to hit?— exactly what to hit? there are a number of _ exactly what to hit? there are a number of ways _ exactly what to hit? there are a number of ways they _ exactly what to hit? there are a number of ways they might - exactly what to hit? there are a l number of ways they might know. shared intelligence on the united states, satellite intelligence. they might know from drone reconnaissance. human intelligence, spies out there. but we have seen reports that what happened here might have been that they had tracked a ukrainian cell phone signalfrom tracked a ukrainian cell phone signal from these undisciplined conscripts that are using regular cell phones. we have seen this happen before in the war, so a hype ability that's how they did it. that would be extraordinary. -- - ability that's how they did it. that would be extraordinary. -- a - ability that's how they did it. that would be extraordinary. -- a high probability- _ would be extraordinary. -- a high probability. these _ would be extraordinary. -- a high probability. these himars - would be extraordinary. -- a high i probability. these himars launchers, -rovided probability. these himars launchers, rovided b probability. these himars launchers, provided by the _ probability. these himars launchers, provided by the us, _ probability. these himars launchers, provided by the us, is _ probability. these himars launchers, provided by the us, is that _ probability. these himars launchers, provided by the us, is that making i provided by the us, is that making the difference at the moment or is

it the fact that now they also know how to use these things? they have been trained up and they are much more ready to go? irate been trained up and they are much more ready to go?— been trained up and they are much more ready to go? we have seen a lot more ready to go? we have seen a lot more use of— more ready to go? we have seen a lot more use of them _ more ready to go? we have seen a lot more use of them in _ more ready to go? we have seen a lot more use of them in the _ more ready to go? we have seen a lot more use of them in the past - more ready to go? we have seen a lot more use of them in the past month l more use of them in the past month or so. that tracks with the increased training levels we have seen. the idea that the initially trained ukrainian crew can train other ukrainians, so you can see a multiplication effect so you have a clue that can work in shifts with more himars vehicles in the field. let's not get away from the fact it is pretty grim, a lot of deaths, under any circumstances this is pretty awful. is it the sort of hit, matthew, that might change the russian or ukrainian approach to the war itself? i russian or ukrainian approach to the war itself? ~' , ., . , russian or ukrainian approach to the war itself? ~ , ., ., , ., war itself? i think you really have to think of _ war itself? i think you really have to think of this _ war itself? i think you really have to think of this as _ war itself? i think you really have to think of this as being - war itself? i think you really have l to think of this as being something that's going to have a psychological effect. in many cases, kinetic operations are designed to create psychological effects in enemy

troops and decision—makers. in the end, that's going to be the biggest effect here. word of mouth will get around to the other conscripts that it's not safe to sleep in these buildings. whether that's true or not, rumoured that armaments were stored in the basement of the building. rumours will get around that your commanders are stupid. all of this will play into whether or not people are willing to be conscripted, whether there are protests in russia, and whether they follow orders and how they will fight on the ground. that is the biggest effect of this. professor, thank ou biggest effect of this. professor, thank you very — biggest effect of this. professor, thank you very much _ biggest effect of this. professor, thank you very much for - biggest effect of this. professor, thank you very much for your - thank you very much for your analysis. thank you very much for your analysis-— 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 4,000 with flu, another sharp increase. this means that i3% 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. tens of thousands of people have been paying their respects to the former pope, benedict xvi. 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 until 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 st peter's basilica. # 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 xvi, 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 sombre 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. to scotland now, 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 — 21 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 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. january 2nd 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. two british nationals are confirmed

to have died in a helicopter crash in australia. the foreign office says it's supporting the family of the two britons. they died in a mid—air collision involving two helicopters near seaworld on australia's gold coast. queensland police say initial investigations suggest the crash happened as one helicopter was taking off and the other was landing. two other people are also known to have died. brazilians have begun to say their farewells to the football legend pele, as a 24—hour wake takes place in the stadium of his former club, santos. his coffin has been placed in the middle of the pitch forfans 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 streets. president lula of brazil will attend

the wake on tuesday, in his first engagement since regaining the presidency on sunday. pele died last thursday, aged 82. we can cross live to santos and our correspondent james reynolds. along with a good many people, james. i can't imagine there will be time enough for all those who want to pay their respects to get that opportunity. to pay their respects to get that opportunity-— to pay their respects to get that ouortuni . , opportunity. there might be, david, because we — opportunity. there might be, david, because we have _ behind us, and they have been going at quite a clip since ten o'clock in the morning. it has been a highly organised and apparently very effective event, people are queueing up, snaking outside the stadium here, and have their chance to go to be one of two lanes. vips get perhaps rather quicker access. normal people walk past, some of them wearing black and white jerseys

of santos, the only brazilian club that pele played for before he went to new york cosmos. i saw one person in a new york cosmos journey. —— jerseys. 0ther in a new york cosmos journey. —— jerseys. other people have been wearing the distinctive gold and yellow jersey wearing the distinctive gold and yellowjersey made so famous by pele, this city only has 450,000 people, it's very likely we wouldn't have heard of it were it not for pele, and at the age of 15 being sent here for a trial. he stayed on for many years, and he decided this is the place he wanted to be remembered.— is the place he wanted to be remembered. ., ., remembered. long live the king, of course, remembered. long live the king, of course. and — remembered. long live the king, of course, and thank _ remembered. long live the king, of course, and thank you _ remembered. long live the king, of course, and thank you for— remembered. long live the king, of. course, and thank you for mentioning cosmos because i miss that out earlier in the report. a very big moment also to come, we understand, james, if president lula does arrive on the scene. james, if president lula does arrive on the scene-— on the scene. yes, he would be the second president _ on the scene. yes, he would be the second president to _ on the scene. yes, he would be the second president to visit, _ on the scene. yes, he would be the second president to visit, if- on the scene. yes, he would be the second president to visit, if you - second president to visit, if you count the fact that gianni infantino is the president of the

international football federation, say four. we saw him earlier at the head of the delegation in the vip lane. —— 34. president lula will pay his respects here, having just taken the presidency, he is a figure from politics, not national unity in the way pele was, he might feel he inherits that mantle of elder state and. people on all sides of politics in brazil who may not have been able to agree on anything at all but were able to agree that no one was better than pillai, he won three world cups, maradona won one, messi won one. —— no one was better than pillai. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. liverpool missed the opportunity to gain valuable ground on the top four in the premier league. they were beaten by brentford in monday night's game. jurgen klopp's side were made to pay for defensive errors. an ibrahima konate own goal

and yoane wissa's header had brentford two up at half—time. liverpool pulled one back, and seemingly had the better run of play in the second half until bryan mbeumo sealed the win for the west london side in the last ten minutes. 3—1 the final score. brentford are now unbeaten in six games — their best run in the top flight for more than 80 years. i can't praise the players enough. incredible effort, attitude, the hard work, the togetherness. everything they put together to beat a team like liverpool. 0bviously everything they put together to beat a team like liverpool. obviously we defended very well in the low block, very aggressive when we go high. and then we know we are so good when we play behind them and run behind them. simply impressive that we beat city away, beat west ham and now liverpool. irate city away, beat west ham and now liverool. ~ , ., ., ,_, liverpool. we should have scored toniuht liverpool. we should have scored toni . ht an liverpool. we should have scored tonight an awful— liverpool. we should have scored tonight an awful lot _ liverpool. we should have scored tonight an awful lot of _ liverpool. we should have scored tonight an awful lot of goals, - liverpool. we should have scored l tonight an awful lot of goals, when we go _ tonight an awful lot of goals, when

we go direct, when we have runs in behind_ we go direct, when we have runs in behind we— we go direct, when we have runs in behind we were pretty much always very dangerous. first half, the chance — very dangerous. first half, the chance darwin has, the chance cost as has _ chance darwin has, the chance cost as has i_ chance darwin has, the chance cost as has. i don't know if it was offside — as has. i don't know if it was offside or— as has. i don't know if it was offside or not. but in the end, it became — offside or not. but in the end, it became the game they wanted, much less the _ became the game they wanted, much less the game we wanted, obviously. next to scotland, where rangers came close to winning the old firm derby and closing the gap to celtic at the top of the premiership to six points. but a late equaliser at ibrox denied the home side a crucial win, rangers were 2—1 up with two minutes to go when kyogo furuhashi salvaged a point. it means celtic remain nine points clear of their rivals. martina navratilova says she'll fight with all she's got after being diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. the nine—time wimbledon singles champion, who previously had breast cancer in 2010, will start treatment in new york later this month. navratilova, who's 66, says both cancers have been caught at an early stage. she's called it a double whammy which is serious but fixable, and she's hoping

for a favourable outcome. 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 100. it began a pakistani resurgence with four more wickets to fall after tea, agha salman with three in the final session as 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. 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 tried 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. being done in, through leaks. through leaks. they will feed, or have a conversation with the correspondent, 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. with me now is our royal correspondent, daniela relph. silence is betrayal, pretty strong line there. one might ask, why is he doing it now? book launch.— doing it now? book launch. that's riaht, doing it now? book launch. that's right. publicity — doing it now? book launch. that's right, publicity ahead _ doing it now? book launch. that's right, publicity ahead of _ doing it now? book launch. that's right, publicity ahead of the - right, publicity ahead of the release of his memoir spare on january 10th. two big television interviews he is doing to promote that book. so you would have to think the teasers and trailers we have had for the big interviews give us a sense of what will be in the book. the themes are very much what we have heard already, the idea that the institution was against him, that there has been this bitter family fallout, and that the media was also against both him and his wife meghan and there has been manipulation on that front from buckingham palace. the themes are the same, the language is very direct, very emotive in the way he speaks particularly about his family, but there is a glimpse of

light in one of the trailers. for itv in the uk, harry talked about wanting his father and brother back. what does that mean? not quite sure. what does that mean? not quite sure. what does that mean? not quite sure. what do they think about that? again, not sure. but a what do they think about that? again, not sure. buta hint what do they think about that? again, not sure. but a hint that he would like something different in the future. he would like something different in the future. . , ~ would like something different in the future. ._ ,, ., the future. he may well like that but every time — the future. he may well like that but every time you _ the future. he may well like that but every time you publicly - the future. he may well like that but every time you publicly state how awful the palace has been, it gets that much harder for those within it to come out and say, ok, let's settle this.— let's settle this. absolutely right. once again _ let's settle this. absolutely right. once again today, _ let's settle this. absolutely right. once again today, buckingham i let's settle this. absolutely right. - once again today, buckingham palace has taken a stance of no comment on the details on these trailers, not saying anything at all. but it is going to get harder and harderfor there to be any kind of family reconciliation, and harry is hinting he may want that in this particular interview. , , ., , ., interview. just two interviews, and then the book _ interview. just two interviews, and then the book comes _ interview. just two interviews, and then the book comes out - interview. just two interviews, and then the book comes out and - interview. just two interviews, and then the book comes out and we i interview. just two interviews, and | then the book comes out and we all move on? ~ ., �* ., i. move on? well, don't hold your breath, i wouldn't _ move on? well, don't hold your breath, i wouldn't think. - move on? well, don't hold your breath, i wouldn't think. there | move on? well, don't hold your. breath, i wouldn't think. there has been a suggestion that meghan may do her own book and story as well, and

they are involved in other television projects over the coming months. interesting on a point of difference for this interview, so far we have had 0prah difference for this interview, so far we have had oprah winfrey and netflix, which has been very much harry and meghan's story, their version of events, explaining how they feel and what they tell happen to them. this time you have two experienced journalists conducting the interviews. will they be more robust in challenging and will they get something different out of harry? we will see when they broadcast next weekend. thank you very much- — officials in ukraine say the suspect behind the removal of a mural by the british artist banksy could face up to 12 years in prison if found guilty. this was the mural before it disappeared. it showed a woman in a dressing gown on a battered chair, wearing a gas mask and carrying a fire extinguisher. this is the same location in the town of hostomel now. ukraine's interior ministry says the thieves tried to transport the graffiti using wooden boards but were caught by police.

thanks for watching. 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, which 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 and 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 to 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 southeast.

this is bbc news, the headlines... russia has acknowledged the deaths of 63 soldiers in a ukrainian attack in the occupied donetsk region on new year's eve. kyiv claims hundreds were killed in the strikes on a building where russian forces were stationed. senior doctors in the uk 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. a number of hospitals have declared critical incidents. 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 65,000 people have filed past the body of the former pope, benedict xvi, on the first day