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in south—west russia over the past 2a hours. one russian official has called it the most "severe" shelling since its full—scale invasion of ukraine began. these pictures show smoke rising above the city of belgorod where russia's emergency ministry says 20 people, including three children, have been killed, with more than 100 injured. kyiv says only military facilities were targeted. the city is located approximately a0 kilometres north of the border with ukraine — 80 kilometres away from the ukrainian city of kharkiv. this dash—cam video has been verified by the bbc. it shows an explosion on a street in the city, and people running from the scene. other pictures show damage to buildings and vehicles gutted by fire. if the numbers of dead are confirmed, it would be one of the deadliest strikes on russia of the war so far — after nearly two years of fighting.
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it comes a day after friday's massive bombardment of ukraine, the biggest of the war so far. ukraine's president zelensky says at least 39 people were killed when 150 russian missiles and drones were launched at cities across ukraine. here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. caught on —— kim, a giant explosion in the centre of boulder road there was panic while people ran for cover. —— caught on camera. russia says at least 20 civilians were killed and more than 100 injured, after a series of ukrainian strikes on the heart of the city. although the russian military claims it has shut down most of the missiles. as emergency crews rushed to the scene, the scale of the damage became clear. billowing smoke making
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belgrade look more than ever like a front line city. ukraine's border is just 20 miles away. the local government or is said that this is the deadliest showing that his region has experienced. the attack came just a day after russia had carried out a huge wave of strikes across ukraine. with missiles and drones, at least 39 people, keep said, were killed. belgorod has come under attack before, with explosions like this one at the airport and at a power station. this kind of thing never happened before russia launched its full—scale you invasion of ukraine. now a deadly new strike
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on the eve of the new year holiday, russia has already hit back with new attacks of its own. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. meanwhile, there have been more exchanges of fire in just the last few hours. ukraine's military says its air defence system has been activated in kyiv to repel a russian drone attack. and one person has been killed in kherson by russian shelling. now, these are the latest images coming in from the ukrainian city of kharkiv. officials there say russian strikes hit a hotel and residential building. 19 people were injured, no fatalities have been reported. let's turn now to the middle east — where israel says its forces have raided hamas sites in the city of khan younis as it extends its offensive in the south of gaza. the idf says it's recovered what it called "very valuable intelligence material".
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health officials in gaza say palestinians have been killed in the last day. a representative fron the un relief agency for palestinian refugees told the bbc that displaced gazans are living in the open and in the parks. meanwhile, there are reports that in recent days at least 100—thousand people have fled to rafah, which borders egypt in southern gaza. amid the deepening humanitarian crisis israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, gave a defiant tv address saying israel would continue fighting on �*all fronts�* and that the war would last many more months until victory is achieved. yolande knell sent this report from jerusalem. a giant campsite for the displaced. crammed into an ever shrinking area, tens of thousands of gazans who fled the fighting have set up makeshift tents and shacks by the egyptian border. israel says it's not restricting aid for gaza, but the un complains the amount getting in is woefully inadequate. it's a very long and convoluted process with numerous checks before the aid actually gets into gaza, and then once the aid
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is in gaza it's very difficult to get aid to people. essentially we're delivering aid under fire. gaza streets have been turned into battlegrounds as hamas fighters try to block the advance of israeli soldiers. a main focus for israel's ground troops is now the southern city of khan younis and the central urban refugee camps. translation: we arrested dozens of terrorists in a school. _ they were hiding amongst civilians, hamas and the islamicjihad. we took them to israel to continue their interrogation. large numbers of gazans have been detained by israel. the men here were picked up near their homes in the north. they claim they were beaten, stripped to their underwear, and mistreated, even burnt with cigarettes. we can't independently verify their accounts. "they used obscene words," says this man. "they'd hold you like a dog and make you crawl, then there would be five soldiers who'd hit you alternately
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on the head and body." israel insists it treats detainees according to international law. for now there's no sign that israel is lowering the intensity of its attacks on gaza. it says its aim remains to dismantle hamas. hamas says it won't give up the remaining israeli hostages it's holding unless there's a full ceasefire. and with a new year about to begin, for those living close to gaza's front—line, the suffering continues. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. in tel aviv, thousands of people have gathered at a rally demanding the immediate release of hostages still held captive in gaza. some also called for a ceasefire. former hostage — moran stela ya—nai — spoke at the demonstration. she was released 32 days ago. translation: i have no way to exlain translation: i have no way to explain the _ translation: i have no way to explain the intensity _ translation: i have no way to explain the intensity of- translation: i have no way to explain the intensity of hope . translation: i have no way to l explain the intensity of hope that arises from a few hours of silence
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and the abyss of disappointment when the bombings return and you realise there is no cease—fire and a plan for a release. in the closed room you realise you have her reservoir of hope and faith in your soul, but this reservoir is not infinite, and as the hours pass and the days pass, this reservoir is depleted. that's why there is no time. they have no time. former president donald trump's legal troubles are back in the spotlight. federal prosecutors asked a us appeals court saturday to reject the former president's claims that he is immune from criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. mr trump faces four counts, including conspiring to defraud the us. he has pleaded not guilty. but mr trump's legal team is arguing the former president is immune from criminal liability and that the case against him should be dismissed. it comes as two us states — colorado and maine — have opted to remove the former president from the primary ballot over his actions they allege as
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insurrection on january six, 2021. moves which could be taken up by the us supreme court. some prominent republicans — including former trump white house counsel, ty cobb — arejoining special counseljack smith in arguing against immunity for the former president. i spoke with mr cobb earlier. ty ty cobb, thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. now, you are a lawyerfor here on bbc news. now, you are a lawyer for the here on bbc news. now, you are a lawyerfor the trump here on bbc news. now, you are a lawyer for the trump white house. despite that, you have now decided to back special counseljack smith and arguing against the former president, why is that?- and arguing against the former president, why is that? there is no chance of president, why is that? there is no change of you _ president, why is that? there is no change of you on — president, why is that? there is no change of you on my _ president, why is that? there is no change of you on my part. - president, why is that? there is no change of you on my part. when i l president, why is that? there is no i change of you on my part. when i was at the white house i didn't believe presidents have immunity they still don't that, and i don't believe it
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constitutionally. as a former employee i am totally at ease with taking a position on this and one consistent with the constitution. there is no criminal immunity in the constitution, and the president's position on impeachment is absurd and will be exposed as such. the judge's opinion is quite impressive. she got it right. it was fairly stated and she dealt with every argument that the president and his lawyers presented, for which there was absolutely no legal support and consistent with the compass constitution.— consistent with the compass constitution. ., , constitution. donald trump has leaded constitution. donald trump has pleaded not _ constitution. donald trump has pleaded not guilty _ constitution. donald trump has pleaded not guilty to _ constitution. donald trump has pleaded not guilty to charges, l constitution. donald trump has . pleaded not guilty to charges, also overturn a presidential election, i want to get your view, how do you assess his actions between the november 2020 election, and the us
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capitol on january november 2020 election, and the us capitol onjanuary six, 2021. he capitol on january six, 2021. he led not capitol onjanuary six, 2021. he: pled not guilty to that conduct but his position in this particular appeal is even if he did it it was ok, because he was immune as president of the united states. he's already conceded in other pleadings that he did so in his capacity as an individual and a candidate. that totally disposes of the argument that he's presented and will be considered by the dc circuit. you know, in addition to being irrelevant, is that he did insight people and he did attempt to prevent the laws of the united states being carried out faithfully and he did prevent, attempt to prevent, a peaceful transfer of power. i think those are constitutional crimes, we have never ever before encountered,
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and i think they shake the foundation of, the constitutional foundation of, the constitutional foundation of, the constitutional foundation of the united states in a way that requires justice. 50 foundation of the united states in a way that requires justice.— way that requires 'ustice. so all of that, then. _ way that requires 'ustice. so all of that, then. '— way that requiresjustice. so all of that, then, i guess, _ way that requiresjustice. so all of that, then, i guess, brings- way that requiresjustice. so all of that, then, i guess, brings us - that, then, i guess, brings us to the question of what we've seen in colorado and maine, those moves to remove donald trump from the ballot under the 14th amendment of the us constitution. if we do see the supreme court take up that case, how do you think that it will rule in that? i do you think that it will rule in that? , ., , that? i believe the vote will be overwhelmingly _ that? i believe the vote will be overwhelmingly contrary - that? i believe the vote will be overwhelmingly contrary to - that? i believe the vote will be | overwhelmingly contrary to the position that colorado and maine have taken, because, sadly, the article three specifies who it applies to end it doesn't mention the president or the vice president, unlike other articles in the constitution which, you know, specifically do mention president and vice president when it talks to applicability and the case law is
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such as officers of the united states is a phrase that is understood to be appointed officers understood to be appointed officers under article two, but doesn't, unless specified include the president and vice president. i think the law favours the former president in connection with the and colorado decisions and i think he will be on the ballot.— will be on the ballot. could i 'ust ask, will be on the ballot. could i 'ust ask. what — will be on the ballot. could i 'ust ask. what do fl will be on the ballot. could i 'ust ask, what do you i will be on the ballot. could i 'ust ask, what do you think�* will be on the ballot. could ijust| ask, what do you think this would mean for his campaign if the supreme court does rule in his favour? it’s court does rule in his favour? it's really hard _ court does rule in his favour? it�*s really hard to say, in an ordinary case, somebody who has reasonably been found liable of sexual assault and related and is facing this many indictments would not be eligible material. in this crazy time in which we live, his supporters seem to think that qualifies him more for president. i'm sad that it's come to that in america and i hope that people wake up and do what they have to do. they're not going to be able
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to do. they're not going to be able to do. they're not going to be able to do it by kicking him off the ballot but they can certainly rebuke him at the ballot box and i think that's the way our process was designed and hopefully it will way it will all walk. i don't think there is a republican party at least as it was formerly known, as long as trump is the leader and continually picking candidates and abusing his influence. you know, to destroy the party. most of the candidates he supported and picked have cost seats in the senate and seats in the house, republicans would probably be “p house, republicans would probably be up to a0 seats in the house and ten in the senate, but for trump, i don't think that drum's stature does anything for the republican party, he doesn't really care on principle, i don't think, between the parties. he is interested in power and in being in charge. so i think that republicans... if i being in charge. so i think that republicans. . ._ being in charge. so i think that republicans... if i may 'ust ask ou. .. republicans... if i may 'ust ask ou... i republicans... if i may 'ust ask
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you... i neverfi republicans... if i may 'ust ask you... i never have. h republicans... if i mayjust ask you... i never have. yet, - republicans... if i mayjust ask you... i never have. yet, no, i| you... i never have. yet, no, i would not- — you... i never have. yet, no, i would not. and _ you... i never have. yet, no, i would not. and i _ you... i never have. yet, no, i would not. and i never - you... i never have. yet, no, i would not. and i never have . you... i never have. yet, no, i. would not. and i never have and i you... i never have. yet, no, i- would not. and i never have and i do believe that it's important for republicans and chris christie too, you know, call him out. make a claim that he should not be a candidate for the united states, he should be in jail. th; for the united states, he should be in 'ail. , ., , , ., , for the united states, he should be in'ail. , ., ,. in jail. ty cobb, former trump white house lawyer. _ in jail. ty cobb, former trump white house lawyer, thank— in jail. ty cobb, former trump white house lawyer, thank you _ in jail. ty cobb, former trump white house lawyer, thank you for - in jail. ty cobb, former trump white house lawyer, thank you for being . house lawyer, thank you for being with us. �* .,, house lawyer, thank you for being with us. ~ ., , ., ~ with us. always a pleasure, thank ou so with us. always a pleasure, thank you so much- _ american singer and dancer paula abdul is suing a well—known british television executive. ms abdul accuses nigel lythgoe of sexual assault while they worked together on the television shows american idol and so you think you can dance.|n court documents, ms abdul details several incidents — you can dance. in court documents, ms abdul details several incidents — including mr lythgoe allegedly assaulting her during what she thought was a professional meeting at his los angeles home. neither have publicly commented on the case. the bbc has reached out to mr lythgoe's representatives for a response.
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in the uk, opposition parties have strongly criticised the former prime minister, liz truss' resignation honours list, which includes peerages for a conservative party donor and a former special adviser. labour says the honours are a slap in the face for working people. all prime ministers are allowed to release an honours list on leaving office. but as ms truss served just a9 days, her list has been controversial. iain watson, has that story. in september 2022 liz truss became prime minister but she spent less time and number ten than any of her predecessors. iam resigning... after six weeks she quit as conservative leader and after serving as prime minister she was entitled to a resignation honours list. she made one for about every four days she spent in office and three of them are given seats in the house of lords. matthew elliott, a long—time supporter of tax cuts. join moynihan, a business man who donated to her leadership
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campaign, and liz porter, an adviser who previously worked for a free market think tank. in a statement liz truss said... liz truss faced opposition from her own mps after a mini budget pushed up borrowing and scrap the top rate of tax. opposition parties say her time in office should not be honoured. families across the country pay more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on credit cards is a consequences of decisions taken by liz truss and these are rewards for failure. some campaigners say prime minister shouldn't automatically be able to put their nominees into the house of lords. this isn't the only peerages that she has made, she made 29 earlier while serving as prime minister so it really highlights the problems we have in the system at large.
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this former minister said she was only following convention. liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob in the country, - of being prime minister, l which is a job that comes which is a role that comes with enormous responsibilities. but privately some of her colleagues wonder whether it was responsible to remind people of her time in number ten. while there is controversy around the honours selected by the former prime minister — there have been a number of positive surprise stories of people named on the new years honours list. actress emilia clarke and her motherjenny have been appointed mbes for their work in setting up a charity to help people with brain injuries. the game of thrones star suffered two brain haemorrhages in her 20s. she said the honour was an amazing suprise. also on the list, gymnastics stars becky and ellie downie, who spoke publicly about the deep culture of abuse in the sport. they said that being appointed mbes proved that they made the right decision to speak out. and atjust nine years old,
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tony hudgell is the youngest ever recipient of a british new year's honour. he's been given a british empire medal for services to prevent child abuse, and has raised well over a million pounds for charities. lizo mzimba has more on his remarkable story. tony hudgell�*s adoptive family described him as an inspiration. they are not the only ones. at nine years old, he is believed to be the youngest ever recipient of an honour — thanks to his incredible fundraising efforts over the past three years. tony was so severely physically abused by his birth parents, both his legs had to be amputated. go, tony, go! he initially set out to raise £500 for the hospital that saved his life, by walking ten kilometres. it is fair to say he has overshot that target. so far, he has raised £1.8 million. his inspirationaljourney has taken him to downing street,
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to meetings with royalty, and now to the awarding of a british empire medal. i am feeling really happy, and really excited. so proud of him. i mean, he absolutely deserves it. everything he does, he is always thinking of others. he has just done so much in such a short time. next year, tony will have to slow down a little, as he is due to have a major operation. but he is aiming to be back fundraising in 2025. lizo mzimba, bbc news. a wrench was thrown in the new years plans of thousands of eurostar passengers after the train system cancelled all of its services to and from london on saturday. a bursted pipe feeding the fire safety system was believed to be behind the disruption stranding travellers. eurostar said the issue has since been solved, and its train services linking
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london with paris, brussels and amsterdam will fully resume on sunday. the company said in a statement... police in australia are warning people not to go looking for packages of cocaine that have been washing up on beaches in new south wales over the past week. officers have been searching a huge stretch of coastline after more than 260 pounds of plastic—wrapped packages containing the drug began to appear shortly before christmas. from sydney, phil mercer, reports. before christmas the first of these packages was discovered in the central coast region of new south wales, an hour or so to the north of sydney, and since then many beaches between here and the port city
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of newcastle — that's about two hours' drive to the north — have been washed up, this cocaine washing up on those beaches in between the two cities. now, the police estimate that 12akg of cocaine has been found by members of the public. and there is an overriding theory that this illicit haul was almost certainly strapped to a cargo vessel and was dislodged during wild seas, the aftermath of a tropical cyclone in queensland. so, certainly not the flotsam and jetsam that people on holiday or walking their dogs along the beach would expect to find here in sydney and further to the north. but a considerable amount of this class a drug has been discovered. this is not a time to be a freelance bounty hunter, according to australian authorities. they do believe that all of the drugs have now been
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recovered, but they do caution that a single block of this illicit substance, weighing a kilogram, if anyone is caught with that, potentially there is a prison term of between 25 years and life. so certainly some harsh penalties for anyone involved in this particular trade. but the authorities believe that all of the drugs have now been washed up and recovered. the british actor tom wilkinson has died aged 75. he won a bafta for his portrayal of a steel works foreman in the full monty. in total, mr wilkinson received six bafta nominations — and two oscar nominations, for the films michael clayton and in the bedroom. colin paterson looks back at his life. this was the role that changed tom wilkinson's life forever. he was
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as gerald, the former steel mill worker hiding unemployment from his wife. it won him a bafta when the full monty beat titanic to best film. suddenly after a career almost entirely on tv, hollywood was calling. actors are ten a penny and i hold your lots in my hand. the following year he played a financier in shakespeare in love, which would win best picture at the oscars. american directors started to use him to add gravitas to their films with both his oscar nominations coming from roles where he had an american accent. can't you find something like some piece of evidence, doesn't that happen? in the bedroom he played a doctor whose son falls in love with an older woman. you think you have the horses for that? good luck and god bless. and starring opposite george clooney in michael clayton is an attorney struggling with his health.
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many standout roles would be characters dealing with inner turmoil. there were also blockbusters. christopher nolan casting him as gotham city mafia boss carmine falcone in batman begins. and for more than a decade he has been a christmas tv staple as the voice of the fox in the gruffalo. he once summed up his profession as saying, all good actors are easy to work with. it is the ones who are not very good who tend to be very difficult. tom wilkinson was very, very easy to work with. you're watching bbc news, im helena humphrey in washington dc. — thanks for your company. remember there's always plenty more on our website bbc.com/news — stay with us, if you can.
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hello. the weather's been continuing to cause some disruption through the final few days of 2023. we've had heavy rain, heavy snow across parts of scotland on saturday. for new year's eve on sunday, still some strong winds and heavy showers, especially in the south and the west. generally, a bit drier and less windy across the northeast of the uk, away from the northern isles. that is where we'll have this lingering weather front. but low pressure very much with us drifting its way gradually eastwards and there'll be a rash of showers rotating around that area of low pressure, blown in on these brisk west or south—westerly winds. so the strongest of the winds
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probably for the south—west of england, the channel isles could be gusting 60 miles an hour. similarfor the northern isles, too. 50 mile per hour gusts possible through the davis straits, for instance. and plenty of those heavy showers really across southern and western south west scotland, 6—10 degrees cooler than recent days, some drier conditions for central parts of scotland, perhaps the east of the pennines in in northern england as well. but if you're planning on heading out to see some fireworks new year's eve, let's look at what the weather is doing around about midnight. and there are still some showers across southern england and wales, but they will, i think, tend to ease a little bit in frequency. so you may miss them. they are still blowing in on these fairly brisk winds, though. i think most of the showers will be across northern england, perhaps northern ireland as well, and a few of them across the north east of scotland where they could be wintry but some clearer and drier weather. the central and western scotland as well. so really is going to be a mixed picture around midnight moving through into the early hours of monday, new year's day.
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and the winds will start to ease a little bit, but most of us it'll be frost free, but some frost and some icy conditions, particularly if you've got that lying snow across the north east of scotland. new year's day itself, still some showers around, but they're going to tend to ease for northern ireland, parts of southern scotland, northern england as well. so some drier, brighter, less windy weather for many of us. but heavy rain close to the south coast here just could push in for the likes of the isle of wight, perhaps sussex and kent, for instance, as well. and then more persistent rain will rattle its way through later on monday into tuesday as well. so a spell of wetter weather, i think, later in the day and more of the same to come over the next week or so. it's still unsettled. further spells of rain, perhaps a little bit cooler and drier towards the end of next week. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news. we'll have the headlights for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron hazelhurst and a very special edition looking back at the last 12 months. spiralling prices, the rise of the robots, the end of fossil fuels, and the return to the office. oh, boy, it's been quite a year. we're going to hear from the policy makers, the big bosses, and the unlikely stories that made the year so tumultuous. from the head of the imf and nasa
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to the side hustler making millions. how much money do you make doing this? so this past year, we did over $2 million. shut the front door. it's been a wild ride in business and work, so buckle up as we look back at 2023. wherever you joining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, as the year began, europe, it was feeling lucky to have got through a relatively mild early winter. nevertheless, the russian invasion of ukraine and the impact it had on energy and food prices were certainly at the top of the agenda. the year to come in the west, well, it would be a dance between rising prices and wages and interest rates, which were just going up to keep
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