this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. prince harry alleges in his new memoir that his brother prince william physically attacked him. there has always been this competition between us weirdly. ukraine rejects russian president putin's announcement of a ceasefire over the orthodox christmas period. he's trying to stop ukraine's military advances, says president zelensky. everyone in the world knows how the kremlin uses respite in war to continue the war with renewed vigor. deadly violence in mexico after the arrest of a leader

of an infamous drugs gang. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker— a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. and the longest race in more than 150 years — kevin mccarthy repeatedly loses the vote to be elected speaker of the house. hello and welcome. there have been more revelations by prince harry about his life in britain's royal family. his new book is not due out until next week — but parts of it have already been made public after it was accidentally put on sale early in parts of spain. it contains a series of claims and deeply personal stories about his family, including an allegation that harry was physically attacked by his brother prince william in 2019. here's our royal

correspondent, nicholas witchell. it's already been on sale in spain. the spanish—language of spare, entitled in the shadow. the contents of harry's closely guarded memoir have leapt five days ahead of publication. at the same time, here is his defence of the book in his upcoming interview with itv. i don't know how staying silent is ever going to make things better. the book's contents will be uncomfortable for the royalfamily, and particularly for william. the depth of the rift between the brothers, willy and harold, as they apparently know each other, is laid bare. according to harry's account, one of the lowest moments occurred in 2019 at kensington palace. the brothers evidently confronted each other over harry's wife, meghan. william is said to have called her difficult, rude and aggressive. according to the book,

he, william... in a trailer for the american abc network, harry talks about his relationship with william. the quote in this book where you refer to your brother as your beloved brother and arch nemesis. strong words. what did you mean by that? there has always been this competition between us, weirdly. i think it really plays into or is played by the heir and the spare. returning to the book, there is a widely reported account of what both brothers thought of their father's wish to marry camilla parker bowles. according to the book...

private moments with his father are also disclosed. the book says that after the duke of edinburgh's funeral in 2021, charles said to william and harry, "please, boys, don't make my final years a misery". harry, it appears, has no regrets about sharing private family moments. he is challenged in the itv interview by tom bradby. wouldn't your brother say to you, how could you do this to me, after everything we went through? wouldn't that be what he would say? he would probably say all sorts of different things. some people will say you have railed against invasions of your privacy all your life but the accusation would be, here are you, invading the privacy of your nearest and dearest without permission. that will be the accusation. that will be the accusation from the people that don't understand or don't want to believe that my family have been briefing the press. many other details in the book are being reported across the media, including

the assertion that he killed 25 taliban fighters during his army service in afghanistan, that he took the drug cocaine when he was 17, and there are details of his grief over the death of his mother, diana, and how he later drove repeatedly through the underpass in paris where the motor accident occurred to try to understand it. so, what now of harry's future? if you are invited to the coronation, would you come? there's a lot that can happen between now and then but, you know, the door is always open, the ball is in theircourt. there's a lot to be discussed and i really hope they are willing to sit down and talk about it. for now, there is no comment from either buckingham palace or kensington palace. ukraine has rejected the announcement by vladimir putin of a 36—hour ceasefire to coincide with the orthodox christmas. president zelensky said russia was trying to stop ukraine's military advances. our news reporter azadeh moshiri has been following this story

and shejoins me now in the studio. tell us more about this ceasefire and how has ukraine reacted ? according to the kremlin statement this is not some form of deescalation nor are they mentioning any sort of russian troop back down in any way. instead, president putin is pointing to an appeal by the head of the russian orthodox church was a long—time putin ally who has read wasted the ability for russian christians to be able to attend a russian christmas which is onjanuary seven for the orthodox church. in terms of how the ukrainians have reacted to this, president zelensky flat—out rejected it and questioned true motives. it is worth listening to him explain that in his own words to insulation mac now they want to insulation mac now they want to use christmas as a cover to at least briefly stop the advance of our guys in don bass and bring equipment ammunition are mostly mobilised men closer

to our position.— to our position. this will 'ust brina to our position. this will 'ust bring another increase h to our position. this willjust bring another increase in - to our position. this willjustj bring another increase in the death— bring another increase in the death role that make dull. everyone in the world knows how the kremlin uses respite award to continue the war with renewed vigor.- to continue the war with renewed vigor. the fact that president — renewed vigor. the fact that president zelensky - renewed vigor. the fact that president zelensky has - renewed vigor. the fact that. president zelensky has rejected this outright, it is not that surprising. this outright, it is not that surprising-— surprising. especially considering - surprising. especially considering that - surprising. especially - considering that ukrainian generals have been warning for some time that there will be a renewed offensive in the winter either in february or as soon as january and either in february or as soon asjanuary and you either in february or as soon as january and you cranium officials appointed to the fact that russia has not shown any mercy on new year's day or on christmas eve on december 2a when there was renewed shelling and it is also worth wondering whether president putin wanted the ukrainians to reject this offer because he can go back home and say, well, we made a humane religious request and ukraine flat—out rejected it. of course this comes a few days after a large number of russian troops, a very large number in fact were killed in that ukrainian strike. how does all

of that play into this, do you think? ,, ., ~ , , ., think? the russian ministry of defence ministry _ think? the russian ministry of defence ministry has - think? the russian ministry of defence ministry has put - think? the russian ministry of defence ministry has put the l defence ministry has put the death toll at 89 although ukraine does say it is much higher. eitherway ukraine does say it is much higher. either way it is the biggest loss of life on a single day that moscow has admitted to since the war began in february. and so someone like the us presidentjoe biden has said that perhaps writer is trying to look for some oxygen here with a cease fire. some analysts have told the bbc that it is very much all connected because that attack happened on new year's eve which is a very important day on the russian calendar and that perhaps president putin is trying to avoid a similar loss of life on another important religious holiday to in terms of, you know, the opportunity when it comes to a ceasefire, the turkish president thought that perhaps there was a chance to ask for a unilateral ceasefire so that the two sides could negotiate to whether that happens is another matter. thank you very much.

paralysis continues in the us congress. the republican leader in the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has failed in his 11th attempt to get elected speaker of the house — the session has now been adjourned and voting will continue on friday. a small group within his own party has been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in november's midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary o'donoghue reports. kevin mccarthy has failed on every occasion to get enough votes and he is still being held back by this group of 20 members of his own party on the right of his party who insistent are that he will not

be the next speaker.- insistent are that he will not be the next speaker. they have differences _ be the next speaker. they have differences with _ be the next speaker. they have differences with kevin - be the next speaker. they havej differences with kevin mccarthy and they do not believe that he is conservative enough. they think he is too close to the mainstream and that is why they are holding out for a different candidate. the house is now adjourned until later on friday and at the end of the day kevin mccarthy, who worked judgement walked out of the chamber and spoke to a group of reporters and he certainly seemed determined to continue with the process and also confident that eventually, at the end of the day he will win. we eventually, at the end of the day he will win.— eventually, at the end of the day he will win. we have a five seat majority _ day he will win. we have a five seat majority so _ day he will win. we have a five seat majority so it _ day he will win. we have a five seat majority so it is _ day he will win. we have a five seat majority so it is not - seat majority so it is not one side — seat majority so it is not one side getting more than another it is the — side getting more than another it is the entire conference will— it is the entire conference will have _ it is the entire conference will have to do learn how to work — will have to do learn how to work together. it is better that — work together. it is better that we _ work together. it is better that we go through this process right— that we go through this process right now— that we go through this process right now so that we can achieve _ right now so that we can achieve the things we want to achieve — achieve the things we want to achieve for the american public _ achieve for the american public. that's what our commitment was. if this takes a little _ commitment was. if this takes a little longer and does not meet a deadline, that is ok because it is hot. — a deadline, that is ok because it is hot. it _ a deadline, that is ok because it is not, it is not how you start, _ it is not, it is not how you start, it _ it is not, it is not how you start, it is _ it is not, it is not how you start, it is how you finish. kevin _ start, it is how you finish. kevin mccarthy did not give any

indication as to how long he thinks this process will go on for although some are already talking, assuming that there is no break on friday that it could go on well into next week. this is the longest time it has taken to choose a speaker in more than 160 years and on that occasion there were 133 ballot rounds over a period of two months.— of two months. ooh. unbelievable. - of two months. ooh. unbelievable. now l of two months. ooh. i unbelievable. now let's of two months. ooh. - unbelievable. now let's speak to a republican strategist. rob, what is going on here? what are the issues in play? the issues in play ultimately other you have a group of very conservative members who will not give into voting for mccarthy. about 1a or 15 of them are truly negotiating for some type of concession in the house rules, how the house would operate. but there are about five or six who would

appear to purely be political arsonists meaning theyjust arsonists meaning they just want arsonists meaning theyjust want to watch it all burn. they are pure obstruction lists, it draws attention to them, they are political performers and they are performing on a bigger stage than they have ever had. so there is a very real concern here that this could go on for four days and this is becoming about more than just kevin mccarthy because, he has 95% of the republicans on his side and a good number of them insist that they not give in and move onto another candidate because it would merely be conceding to the demands of these political arsonists. in the demands of these political arsonists. . ~ arsonists. in the meantime, mr mccarthy has— arsonists. in the meantime, mr mccarthy has made _ arsonists. in the meantime, mr mccarthy has made a _ arsonists. in the meantime, mr mccarthy has made a number. arsonists. in the meantime, mr| mccarthy has made a number of concessions already where he offered a number of concessions. how able would he be to fulfil the role as speaker with these self—imposed conditions? he speaker with these self-imposed conditions?— conditions? he would be rather weakened _ conditions? he would be rather weakened but _ conditions? he would be rather weakened but this _ conditions? he would be rather weakened but this speakership| weakened but this speakership is going to be a rather weak

anyway merely because of the small margin that republicans will control the house chamber by. about four or five votes depending on vacancies at the moment. so it will be difficult to move a republican agenda and what we really may be seeing here is a preview of what the next two years will be like with a very small yet fractured majority for the republicans. it is a wider strategy at play here for the republicans regarding their influence over investigations and hearings? all they are doing is holding up all they are doing is holding up getting to those investigations. very much there is agreement among all the republicans that they want to move on to oversight, the committees that can do those investigations, particularly of the biden administration. things like the withdrawal from afghanistan. also the president's son, hunter biden and what the president may have known about his activities. they all agree on that. all of this exercise is doing is holding up the house from being

organised and republican leader being put in place and allowing them to proceed to that agenda. thank you. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: we'll bring you the unusual tale of the rescue of a four—legged swimmer in the pacific. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. "good grief" — after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer, paul simon, starts his tour of south africa tomorrow _ in spite of protests and violence - from some _ black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa _

until majority rule is established. . around the world people have been paying tribute to the iconic rock star, david bowie, who sold 140 million albums in a career that spanned half a century. his family announced overnight that he died of cancer at the age of 69. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: prince harry alleges in his new memoir that his brother prince william physically attacked him. ukraine rejects russian president putin's announcement of a ceasefire over the orthodox christmas period. let's cross the border to mexico now, where three members of the country's security forces have died

and 18 people have been admitted to hospital in the northwestern state of sinaloa. violence has broken out across the state following the arrest one of the leaders of an infamous criminal gang. ovidio guzman—lopez is the son of the notorious drug lord dubbed �*el chapo'. the arrest comes just days before us presidentjoe biden is due to visit mexico for a summit next week. azadeh moshiri reports. el chapo's drug cartel is fighting back, and now the state of sinaloa is locked in battle. the notorious drug lord is serving a life sentence in the united states. now, after six months of careful surveillance, mexico's armed forces have captured his son, ovisio guzman—lopez. along with other cartel members.

translation: they were arrested while carrying weapons that - belonged exclusively to the mexican army and the air force. moments after his arrest, cells that are part of his criminal group set up 19 roadblocks and armed attacks in different parts in the city of culiacan. the governor is warning residents to shelter in place, saying there is a danger across culiacan. even a plane scheduled to fly from the city was hit by bullets, before taking off. the mexican defence minister has said us officials assisted with the surveillance operation. el chapo's son has been on america's radar for some time. the state department says he and his brother, joaquin, have overseen 11 methamphetamine labs in the state of sinaloa. they also believe he also oversaw the murder of informants, a drug trafficker and even a popular mexican singer, who had refused to sing at his wedding. we of course have closely been following the violence in parts of mexico,

namely in sinaloa, over the past few days, there has been reports of gunfire, roadblocks and fires throughout the cities of culiacan, los mochis, guasave, in sinaloa, mexico. this isn't the first time the cartel has taken hold of the area. mr guzman—lopez was arrested before in october 2019, but the president ordered his release to put an end to violence that broke out. this time, the same question hovers over officials — how far are they willing to go to keep hold of el chapo's son? gail maclennan, bbc news. here in the uk, train services will be disrupted again as rail workers in the rmt union begin their second 48—strike this week. zoe conway reports. the biggest strikes in a

generation. thousands of people joining picket lines. more than 1 million working days lost. now, the government wants to limit striking workers are powered by forcing them to deliver a minimum level of service in key public services during industrial action. there has to be _ during industrial action. there has to be a — during industrial action. there has to be a minimum - during industrial action. there has to be a minimum safety . has to be a minimum safety level that people can expect even on instructors, particularly in areas like healthcare, making sure an ambulance can turn up, for example. that is very patchwork at the moment. other modern european economies all have minimum safety levels. under the new law. _ minimum safety levels. under the new law, which _ minimum safety levels. under the new law, which the - the new law, which the government brings to parliament in the next few weeks, unions can be sued if they do not provide minimum level of service of fire, ambulance and rail services. voluntary agreements would cover other sectors including health,

education, other transport sectors and nuclear decommissioning. the labour leader says he would repeal any such law. trade unions have called the proposal and assault on their members�*s human right. there are unworkable challenges on the table. we have already agreed across the nhs, minimum staff who have also disputes, as responsible unions have always done, and yet the government is using this as a freight rather than talking about the real issue which is paid. about the real issue which is aid. ,., about the real issue which is aid, , ., ., about the real issue which is aid. . , paid. gone are the days when union bosses _ paid. gone are the days when union bosses would _ paid. gone are the days when union bosses would turn - paid. gone are the days when union bosses would turn up . paid. gone are the days when | union bosses would turn up at number ten. the government has invited union leaders into dogs about pay if they call off the strike. however, ministers that they will only talk about what public workers are due to be

paid in the next financial year which starts in april. unions have reacted cautiously to the idea of talks. zoe conway, bbc news. time now for all the latest sports news. hello, welcome along. i'm paul scott with your sport headlines from the bbc sport centre. the buffalo bills have returned to training, for the first time since safety damar hamlin collapsed on the field, following a cardiac arrest three days ago. he's still in critical condition in a cincinatti medical centre. doctors say he's been able to communicate by writing, as well as moving his hands and feet. despite the improvements, the medical team treating him insist it's too early to say whether he will make a full recovery. being on that field... you lose sleep, you heard for your

brother, a lot of shared grief to the question before getting updates and positive update eases so much of that pain, that tension. manchester city have beaten chelsea 1—0 to close the gap on leaders arsenal at top of the english premier league. after a goalless first half at stamford bridge, city took the lead just after the hour mark, when riyad mahrez turned injack grealish's low cross. the closest that injury—hit chelsea came to scoring was when substitute carney chukwuemeka hit the post. the defeat leaves them in 10th place. as for city, they stay second, five points behind arsenal. now we are five, it is a little bit better but it is still there so we have to look at ourselves but i have to admit, the way they are playing, it is notjust the way they are playing, it is not just the the way they are playing, it is notjust the results, it is the way they are playing, and even for examples games drawn or lost, the quality of the level they played was great.

there's an all—premier league tie in the english fa cup between manchester united and everton on friday. frank lampard's side go into the game without a win in seven matches, and were booed off in their latest defeat against brighton in the premier league. lampard says he understands supporters�* frustrations. the passionate fan base, i have no problem with that, we have to focus on what we do and to some way we have done it. but thatis some way we have done it. but that is something we really want but at this moment it is on us to bring them with us. staying with football, and 30,000 gremio fans turned up to welcome striker luis suarez to the club. the 35—year—old uruguyan joins the brazilian serie a side after leaving his boyhood club, nacional. andretti have teamed up with general motors in a bid to enter formula 1. if their bid's successful it would see the famous cadillac name join the grid. the team, led by michael andretti, says their plan is to enter

an all—american team. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. that's all for now. a daring rescue operation has been taking place off the coast of chile. firefighters and navy personnel were alerted to a dog stuck on a rocky out—crop near the city of concepcion. the bbc�*s tim allman takes up the story. it's a grey, bleakjanuary day in the stormy waters of the south pacific. look carefully at this black rock and the moving object scampering across its surface. a dog has somehow got stranded as the wind and rain lashes down around it. rescue teams look on as the animal is slowly forced into the water. once there, as it paddles for its life,

one of the rescuers approaches from behind, trying his best to soothe and reassure. finally, he's able to grab hold of the dog and eventually it's pulled up into one of the boats. mission accomplished, although it wasn't entirely straightforward. translation: the rescue | was a little complicated due to the rocks, because of the steepness, but thank god we could do it successfully. once back on dry land, the dog — a she by the way — was taken to a navy base and given a bit of tlc. who should belonged to and how she got out on her own remains a mystery. but she will now be put up for adoption. her new home will hopefully be a bit more hospitable and a little less damp. tim allman, bbc news. well done, that man, well done,

sandro. more revelations i prince harry about his life in britain. the book is due out next week. that is our top story. hello there. the weather's going to calm down a bit on friday, but we've got more wet and windy weather to come this weekend. another area of low pressure, weather fronts to eventually push in from the west. this weather front has brought some heavy rain and gusty winds. that area of low pressure is where we've got the strongest of the winds in scotland. even first thing in the morning, it's very windy through the central belt of scotland, but the strongest winds will be in northern parts of the country, gusting 60 or 70 miles an hour. and we've also got a lot of showers coming into scotland. that band of rain sweeping away from england and wales will be followed by clear skies and temperatures early in the morning, 6—7 degrees. lots of showers, though, to begin with in scotland, very windy start, but the winds do moderate. the showers become fewer and we'll see some sunshine. other parts of the uk seeing some sunshine, especially in the morning, but tending to cloud over

a bit more in western areas in the afternoon. a little bit of rain coming into the south—west of england and south wales as well. a breezy day, a mild day, temperatures 9—12 degrees on friday afternoon. but there is this band of rain here coming into western areas during the evening. itjust gets wetter and maybe windier again during the evening. and that band of rain pushes its way eastwards overnight. strong southerly winds are likely. it's going to be a very mild night, of course, with that cloud and rain. temperatures in southern parts of the uk, perhaps no lower than 11 degrees. but we start the weekend with some rain. it's going to be a very unsettled weekend. quite windy as well. blustery winds to come, bringing some rain or some showers as well. and we've got that rain to start with, then, across much of scotland, england and wales. it's going to shuffle its way eastwards, it's going to hang around into the morning, perhaps into the afternoon across east anglia and the south—east. following that, the winds pick up again around these western coasts. we're going to find lots of showers feeding in. some of those will be heavy. some sunshine in between the showers and temperatures still on the mild

side, 8—11 degrees. second half of the weekend, we're dominated, really, by this low pressure. it's going to hang around for a while. it's approaching the north—west of scotland. it will be very windy here saturday night into sunday morning, and around that area of low pressure, we've got these strong and blustery winds. that's going to feed in some sunshine, but we're also going to find quite a few showers. some of those could be heavy and thundery and it's just about cold enough for a little bit of snow over the tops of the mountains in scotland. temperatures will be a shade lower on sunday, around 7—9 celsius.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. striking back! the uk government pushes new laws to limit industrial action — threatening to inflame tensions with unions even further. ifa if a worker votes to take strike action this could mean they are forced to work. it undermines a fundamental right to strike so we think the government should think again. also coming up, is the worst over in the cost of living crisis? european figures out shortly could add to hopes that inflation has peaked. plus the tech turmoil continues — as samsung's profits slump the most in more than a decade and a happier christmas for uk retailers. footfall in the shops in december was the highest since the start of the pandemic. but the next year could be tough.