i'm laura trevelyan, thank _ the year. $500 billion.aura trevelyan, thank you _ the year. $500 billion. i'm laura trevelyan, thank you for - the year. $500 billion. i'm laural trevelyan, thank you for watching bbc world news and special coverage of the visit to washington, dc. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me tonight is the author and journalist emma woolf and the editor of the house magazine, rosa prince. so, tomorrow's front pages. the metro goes big with their coverage of zelensky�*s visit to the us with the headline "from land of the free to home of the brave". they are also highlight the dedication of striking they also highlight the dedication of striking ambulance workers who left picket lines to attend to 999 calls. following a similar trend, the independent has gone big with those two stories. the i has dedicated its front page to the impact of recent nhs strikes with a warning of more to come in the new year. and the mirror lays blame for failed nhs pay talks with the

. ♪ laura trevelyan >> ilaura trevelyan am in washington and this is -- > m >>i am laura trevelyan inngton. this is bbc world news america. and women in pakistan. >> they are empowered after the trouble. laura: we have a report from syria where russia is using this season to verify its own armed forces. >> the state media here ask like -26 it prevents people from leaking rationally about what is happening here and why. laura: sickle -- secret life of trees it reveals that trees have planet warming carbon more than previously thought. and argentina's world cup champions parading through the center of buenos aires. ♪ laura: welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. the foreign minister of pakistan is telling this program how pakistan and the taliban have been empowered since the u.s. left. we spoke with them after pakistan security forces killed 33 members of the pakistani taliban who overran a counterterrorism center. they overpowered their interrogators and took them hostage on sunday. they launched an operation to retake the center and free the hostages. this comes a

. >> i am laura trevelyan in new york city and in this is bbc world news america.ther ill is out of the world cup. the five-time world cup champions are defeated in a penalty shootout against croatia. argentina are through to the semifinals beating the netherlands. croatians celebrated as their team reaches another world cup semifinal. we will be reported from sÃo paulo. one of russia's most prominent opposition politicians is jailed after speing out against the war in ukraine. shockwaves in washington. kyrsten sinema leaves the democratic party to become an independent entity u.s. sentiment, -- senate, commentating the parties narrow control of the chamber. days after police in bangladesh fired on protesters, two opposition leaders are detained the night before a major demonstration. and to thereat wall of china where two brothers are making an epic journey, running the entire length of it. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. it has been a busy week in global news. we start was global soccer. millions around the world are focused on the foot

. >> i'm laura trevelyan in washington and this is bbc world news america.er weeks of controversy, shocks, and drama we know which countries will be in the world cup final. it will be france against argentina after the french beat the tournament sensations morocco. the u.s. central bank hiked interest rates again, warning more rises will be necessary to curb record inflation. the u.s. is her sting african leaders in washington as tensions -- over tensions over the war in ukraine and china's close ties to the continent. >> what seven motherwort describes -- ven letter word describes what you will be doing over christmas day? >> the brainteaser for kids set by real-life agents at the u.k. spy agency. >> welcome to world news america. we begin with the football world cup. france, the defending champions, will meet argentina in the final the sunday. the stage is set for a clash of two giants. france defeated morocco 2-0 this afternoon defeating the best run ever by an african country in this tournament. >> what a final it should be sunday between france a argent

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i'm laura trevelyan in new york and this is bbc world news america. brazil, the favourites, are out of the world cup. the five—time world cup champions are defeated in a penalty shoot—out against croatia. argentina are also through to the semifinals, beating the netherlands. croatians celebrate as their team reaches another world cup semifinal. we'll be reporting from zagreb and sao paulo. in other news, one of russia's most prominent opposition politicians is jailed after speaking out against the war in ukraine. shock waves in washington, as kyrsten sinema leaves the democratic party to become an independent in the us senate, complicating the party's narrow control of the chamber. days after police in bangladesh fired on protesters, now two opposition leaders are detained, the night before a major demonstration. and we take you to the great wall of china, where two brothers are making an epicjourney — running the entire length of it. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. it's been a busy week in global news, but we're starting to

laura: i'm laura trevelyan in new york city and this is "bbc world news america."ight, a soldier's story from ukraine. a report from the front line, we follow a young soldier fightg to save his country from falling into russian hands. >> we will keep fighting until the end. it's ours. laura: as the most right-wing government in the history of israel is formed, we look at how the new coalition could empower the settlement movement. after months of protests in iran , thousands of women have been arrested for defying the government. we heaabout life kind bars. >> they chased me and suddenly 40 people attacked me. they blindfolded me and dragged me to the prison. laura: and driving down the highway of the imagination of david hop me. we speak to the artist about his new immersive exhibition. welcome to world news america, on pbs and around the globe. russia has criticized the visit to the u.s. by ukraine's president zelenskyy, saying its evidence that the u.s. is fighting what it's calling an indirect war against russia. 10 months since the start of the conflict, ukrai

. >> i'm laura trevelyan in washington. this is bbc america.risoner swap between two hostile superpowers. brittney griner has been released from a russian prison colony exchanged for a notorious arms dealer, nicknamed the merchant of death. >> we do understand there are still people out here who are enduring what i have the last nine months. >> iran condemned for executing a protesr. the first time since antiregime demonstrations began in september. meghan and harry in their own words in their new documentary series. they detail their relationship, press intrusion, and racism. >> i accept there will be people around the world who fundamentally disagree with what i have done and how i have done it. erything i cld to prott family. >> a special report on the work to use coastal wetlands in the fight against climate change. ♪ ♪ >> welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. brittney griner has been released in exchange for a russian arms dealer. president biden announced the news this morning. the prisoner swap ends 10 months of capi

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i am laura trevelyan.ou for watching world news america, and have a great weekend. ♪ dy: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight. economic resilience. employers add more jobs to the nation's overall economy, even as the tech industry is hit with massive layoffs. then, fighting power. in a new memoir, journalist and nobel peace prize winner maria ressa explores how online misinformation has contributed to democracy's decline. >> that is what gets the greatest distribution online, it's lies laced with anger and hate, fear, us against them. if you do this all the time, what kind of societies do we create? judy: and it's friday. jonathan capehart and david brooks give their take on

snow on the hills across scotland, turning core liberal areas for part two this is bbc news, i'm laura trevelyanraine what it needs to be able to defend itself, to be able to succeed and succeed on the battlefield. earlier, mrzelensky expressed his gratitude for washington's backing, and handed mr biden a military medal passed on by a ukrainian soldier. in moscow, president putin told his defence ministry, there will be no restriction on financing the russian offensive. almost all the main nato countries are deploying the military capabilities against russia.

laura: i'm laura trevelyan in washington and this is "bbc world news america."rug that could be game changing in the fight against alzheimer's. scientists say it shows they can slow the progression of early-stage alzheimer's. >> this is so exciting. now we are getting the first results indicating that the drug is successfully treating the underlying cause. laura: a royal aid who is godmother to prince william has apologized and resigned over comments made to a black dish guest. democrat hakeem jeffries has been elected succeed nancy pelosi, the first lacked person to lead a major party in the u.s. congress. a former communist leader has died as the country faces its most serious pros since tiananmen square. ♪ laura: welcome to [speaking non-english language] -- welcome to "bbc world news," we begin tonight with the treatment of alzheimer's. a major trial of an experimental dementia dg showing for the first time that the progression of early-stage alzheimer's can be slow down. nearly 2000 agents to our in the study. the effects of the treatment were small but the

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laura: i'm laura trevelyan in new york city and this is "bbc world news america."entists reproduce the power of the sun with major implications. a breakthrough in california in the race to provide power from nuclear fusion, all energ produced from the reaction that was put in. >> simply put, this is one of the most impressive scientific feats of the 21st century. laura: u.s. prosecutors filed criminal charges against t founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, sam bankman-fried is under arrest in the bahamas. one week after easing strict coronavirus controls, china sees the worst waves of new infections since the start of the pandemic. argentina's threw two the world cup final. they crushed croatia's hopes with a 3-0 in. -- when. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin tonight with a milestone that could have huge implications for the future of our planet. u.s. government sentists a they've achieved a breakthrough research on nuclear fusion, producing more energy from the process that they put in for the very first time. this eve

i'm laura trevelyan in new york and this is bbc world news america.e—time world cup champions are defeated in a penalty shoot—out against croatia. argentina are also through to the semifinals, beating the netherlands. croatians celebrate as their team reaches another world cup semifinal. we'll be reporting from zagreb and sao paulo. in other news, one of russia's most prominent opposition politicians is jailed after speaking out against the war in ukraine. shock waves in washington, as kyrsten sinema leaves the democratic party to become an independent in the us senate, complicating the party's narrow control of the chamber.

as for what might be on the political agenda, my colleague laura trevelyan has been chewing it over.resident biden's administration and once again president macron of france is the person who gets the invite. now, for ourfirst course, we have got foie gras. what could be more french. don't know if it will be on the agenda at the state banquet, it may be a bit controversial, but i think what will be on the agenda when the two presidents talk is definitely ukraine. resident crime, here years, trying to keep open a channel of communication with president putin, by russia's invasion of ukraine. t putin, by russia's invasion of ukraine. ~ �* , ukraine. i think it's interesting - ukraine. i think it's| interesting because ukraine. i think it's - interesting because the us position lately evolves more in, to be more in agreement with the french position. the us now in washington are pushing for a diplomatic solution. i don't want to look about putting pressure on zelensky but they talk more about a diplomatic solution. tres bien. voila. the beef in this situation, if i may be so bold, is th

this is bbc news, i'm laura trevelyan live in washington, our top stories. after meeting volodymyr zelensky at the white house, joe biden praises the bravery of the ukrainian people and pledges continued support for ukraine. were going to give ukraine what it needs to be able to defend itself, to be able to succeed on the battlefield. earlier, mrzelensky expressed his gratitude for washington's backing — and handed mr biden a military medal passed on by a ukrainian soldier. in moscow, president putin told his defence ministry, there will be no restriction on financing the russian offensive. almost all the main nato countries are employing their military capabilities against russia. but our soldiers, sergeants and officers are fighting create justly fighting create —— courageously. hello and welcome. the president of ukraine, vlodomyr zelensky, has received the red carpet treatment here in washington, dramatically flying in from a warzone to meet president biden at the white house. it's mr zelensky�*s first overseas trip since russia invaded his country in fe

laura trevelyan has been looking into just what be on the agenda. speaks french. france is the person who gets the invite. for our first course, we the person who gets the invite. for ourfirst course, we have something that could not be more french. i do if that'll be on the agenda, it might be controversial i think it will be on the agenda when the two presidents 12 is ukraine. resident speaks french., he is trying to keep open a channel of communication with president putin despite russia's invasion of ukraine. it’s putin despite russia's invasion of ukraine-— of ukraine. it's interesting because — of ukraine. it's interesting because the _ of ukraine. it's interesting because the us _ of ukraine. it's interesting because the us position i of ukraine. it's interesting - because the us position lately evolved more to be in agreement with the french position, the us now are pushing more for a diplomatic solution, that want to look like we're putting pressure on dominic pressure on talansky but talking about a more dramatic solution. the main course. _ more dramati

i'm laura trevelyan. thank you for watching world news america.ello. this cold spell of mid—december weather is set to continue, certainly for the next week if not the next ten days. in fact, things are remaining well below average, so some further snow showers around, cold, frosty nights for many of us, and we're going to see some lingering freezing fog developing at times as well. so we've got that cold air mass very much still with us. you can see, though, low pressure here. it's a very slack area of low pressure so it's not one of those that moves through quickly on the breeze. it will be producing a few showers around here and there. you can see the wind direction coming in from the north or north—east, but actually not many wind arrows across the bulk of the uk, so not too much to break up the freezing fog and the frost that we're going to be seeing. now through saturday, then, snow and ice across much of scotland once again. could be just falling as rain close to the coast of aberdeenshire. also icy stretches for northern ireland into north

this is bbc news, i'm laura trevelyan live in washington, our top stories. soldier. in moscow, president putin told his defence ministry, there will be no restriction on financing the russian offensive. almost all the main nato countries are employing their military capabilities against

we would have special coverage getting there from washington presented shortly by laura trevelyan andome parts of the country the weather is 10 degrees higher than it was yesterday instead of snow it is rainfall and was yesterday instead of snow it is rainfalland in was yesterday instead of snow it is rainfall and in some areas are lots of rain particularly in the southwest of england. rising river levels and a couple of flood warnings in scotland and southern parts of england where there is more rain. a covering of snow in scotland earlier which has melted leading to those rising river levels. the clear skies developing overnight before buster showers return. further in england and was a smell of rain happy for a while pushing into the ease of england and keeping temperatures up. in the clear skies it would be colder and temperatures in scotland for three or four rain across eastern england shouldn't last long, moves away and club breaks up and more sunshine on tuesday. a few showers on that breeze mostly for western parts of northern island western scotland northern island and weste