this is live over the city of buffalo and new rk state -- in new york state. actually see it because power has been restored. there have been outages across buffalo and across many cities across the united states affected by this storm. let's get the latest from patrick, the chief meteorologist at a local television station, wgrz. thank you for joining us on world news, patrick. it has been described as a war zone. it looks like a washout, or the remnants of a washout, a white out behind you. how bad is it? >> i've got to tell you, i have been cering the weather in this country for a long time, other cities including here in buffalo. and this is by far, the worst blizzard i have ever seen. a blizzard is a stormhat we term here where you have a winter storm with no visibility, severe cold, and heavy snow for a long duration. and this stor exceeded every expectation of we thought this storm could be. behind me, i'm about 15 miles south of buffalo, near where the buffalo bills play. there's about 2.5 feet of fresh snow that fell on christmas day alone. this is on

president biden has approved emergency measures, allowing financial support for new york state. let's york state. have a quick look at least live let's have a quick look at least live pictures. it isjust let's have a quick look at least live pictures. it is just after 4pm in buffalo. the city was absolutely battered by these conditions. you can see snow on the rooftops. it looks calm. the weather over the previous hours and days has been anything but calm. tragically, 28 people killed just in buffalo as a result of the conditions. thousands of people without power. imagine being without power or heat in those temperatures. with all the latest, our correspondent nada tawfik reports from new york. buried by record snowfall, buffalo has only begun to dig itself out. up until now, near white—out conditions and hurricane force winds created a life—threatening situation, paralysing emergency response efforts and trapping vehicles along the roadways. this once—in—a—lifetime blizzard has claimed the lives of at least 28 people here during the holiday weekend. the fear now is that more fatalit

president biden has approved an emergency declaration, following federal support for new york state. ty of buffalo, in new york state, has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. it lies in the great lakes region and near the canadian border. 27 bodies have been recovered there, and more are expected to be found in cars buried in the snow. blizzards have blocked roads and brought down power lines, making it hard to get food and medicine. sean dilley reports. forfive days, blizzard conditions have disrupted life and travel across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been hit by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border. montana has experienced the coldest weather, with temperatures dropping to —45. the most impacted residents live here in buffalo, upstate new york, where half of all deaths have been reported. the state's governor says

a little earlier, dominic well, earlier, new york state's governor, kathy hochul, york state's governorupdate to reporters. we have been through a lot of wars together, and this blizzard is one for the ages. certainly it is the blizzard of the century. i know how hard this is. you've been doing what we've asked you to do by and large, and again the end is almost here. but let's make sure we get through the final days safely, and keep all of our first responders and the snowplow drivers and everyone else who's out there in a uniform to keep all of us safe, keep them in your prayers. thank you very much. ...the the governor of new york state there. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targeted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base is host to long—range russian strategic bombers, the type of which have launched numero

of guards. >> they told them what was going on and told them policies to correct it, and the state of new york many other states just ignored the experiences that these women were going through. >> wheeler says sharing her story is just the first step in seeking justice. >> i could not continue to be a complete woman, a broken person, a hurt soul because hurt people hurt people. it's freezing outside. >> even now at home, after all those years, the pain still lingers. years of lost time hard to forget. >> this is my daughter, my one and only. she was a pip-squeak in that photo. my family stuck with me through so much. >> as did old friends like siobahn. >> happy time. >> jimmy: mia now works in the kitchen at a local restaurant, and is now picking up some new recipes. >> okay. so tap them a little. and if they close back up, they're in the game. >> and when life flashes back to those painful memories, mia puts her wheels on. when you hear about this idea that your voice will not be silenced, that you get your day in court, what does that mean to you? >> it means that other women won't fall vic

let's cross over to buffalo in new york state. by mark sommers, who is a reporter at the buffalo news. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. we heard the new york state governor there describing just how bad things were. she had earlier said that mother nature had hit the state with everything she has. what has come through buffalo? weill. has come through buffalo? well, she's right _ has come through buffalo? well, she's right to _ has come through buffalo? well, she's right to call— has come through buffalo? well, she's right to call it _ has come through buffalo? well, she's right to call it one - has come through buffalo? well, she's right to call it one for- has come through buffalo? well, she's right to call it one for the l she's right to call it one for the ages. this is a city that is well known for its massive amounts of snowfall, and this one actually really, really stands out as the governor noted. just give you idea, we had two solid days of white out or you could not see more than several feet in front of you. along w

news. i'm lukwesa burak with the latest headlines. at least 50 people have died in the united states and canada — as a deep freeze and severe winter weather sweeps across north america. new yorktates�*s governor, warns the danger is not over yet. we have been through a lot of wars together, and this blizzard is one for the ages. certainly it is the blizzard of the century. this is the scene live, in downtown buffalo. we'll be bring you all the latest from the city. in the uk — police confirm they have arrested two people in connection with the murder of ellie edwards, who was shot dead at a pub in merseyside, in the north of england, on christmas eve. russia says at least three servicemen have been killed in a ukrainian drone attack, on an air force base, in the south of the country. the un tells the taliban to reverse its decision banning afghan women working for humanitarian agencies — after five major organisations suspend their work in afghanistan. hello if you're watching in the uk — on pbs in the us — and around the globe. welcome to bbc news. we start in america — where at least 50 people are now known to have died due to the severe arctic freeze, that continues to aff

president biden has approved emergency federal help for new york state, as the arctic freeze continues. in china people will be able to travel abroad from the eighth ofjanuary — ending one of china's last covid restrictions in taiwan — all men will be required to serve one year's military service. in response to the threat from china. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine, from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where today the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places being shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea — and because of its strategic importance, was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. our correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson, with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk, and they sent this special report. a warning, it contains distressing image

just for context, this is not even the entirety of new york state, we are in new york city which is ach is a different situation. one of the difficulties is how much snow fail in a short amount of time but also with the really strong winds blew all the snow in one direction. 0ne —— some parts of the city where there are snow drifts covering cars and parts of buildings and that is why there still is the driving ban in place throughout the city of buffalo. the federal government is stepping in here. federal and emergency management assistance is coming in to help with getting supplies to people who are stranded in their homes, getting supplies in place at the local communities to do the work. it is a tough situation for a lot of people in that region. is there any respite from the extreme weather?— is there any respite from the extreme weather? , ., , ., extreme weather? there is more snow exected to extreme weather? there is more snow exnected to happen — extreme weather? there is more snow expected to happen in _ extreme weather? there is more snow expected to happen in the _ extreme

thank you very much. >> the governor of new york state there.sian airbase hundreds of kilometers from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defense ministry says the base was targeted by ukrainian drugs during the night. russia says it shot down the drones but three of his falling debris. killed by the base is host to numerous strikes from moscow. >> caught on cctv, an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down a ukrainian drone but three russian soldiers were killed. the airbase is deep inside russian territory hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long-range bombs, which are believed to have launched missile attacks against ukraine. state tv reacted to the news with a familiar warning to kyiv. russia, she says, will exact revenge by carrying out more strikes on ukrainian infrastructure. russia can rattle those sabers and flexed its muscles, but it does not change the fact that what happened at the airbase is embarrassing for the kremlin. for the second time in le

most of the deaths have occurred in the city of buffalo in new york state.. more on this on bbc news. in the meantime you can get in touch with me on twitter. hello. boxing day delivered a colder interlude — in fact, it was cold enough for wintry showers in places, but through the day on tuesday, mild air returns with outbreaks of rain spreading east. there will be some snow in northern parts as that wet weather bumps into some relatively cold air. this speckled cloud on the satellite picture brought the showers of rain, sleet and snow during boxing day, this shield of cloud behind me bringing wet weather into northern ireland first thing. ahead of that, some icy conditions likely in parts of northern england and scotland. could be rather slippery on untreated roads and pavements, and as this wet weather slides into the cold air over the highest ground of northern england and southern scotland, we could see some snow for a time. that is likely to turn back to rain, though, as the milder air works in. this snow developing across the grampians and the highland

new york state was already trying to recover from a blizzard in early december. in this last storm, his historic storms are no longer historic to us. that's become a way of life in our state, and that's result of climate change. as you seen, see extreme weather events all over our country. but all of us in state and county, local government know we had to prepare for the next big one. the storm forced us airlines to cancel thousands of flights, meaning hundreds of thousands of travelers nationwide have to wait and wait to get to their destination file and south carolina, a frozen pipe that ruptured has put that state's largest food bank temporarily out of business. oh, that is in the water and all the food in our region with all of it is all meteorologist fe temperatures nationwide should rise during the week, making it easier for the ice and snow to melt residents of the buffalo area that break in the weather can't come quickly enough. another 30 centimeters lift. snow is in the forecast through tuesday. rosalind jordan al jazeera. steven v max is a meteorologist

warnings in place, so there are coastal flood warnings in parts of maine and massachusetts, this is new york statewaters covering the bottom of these homes. the reason this is happening particularly in new york state is that there has been heavy rain and strong wind and what that does is it pushes the seawater towards the and that is why we are seeing this kind of submission of the cars we are seeing in new york state and the problem is with colder weather still to come there may be something called flash freezing which means basically when there are wet patches that could freeze over and cause more ice underfoot and cause more ice underfoot and more opportunity for danger. and more opportunity for dancer. ., , ., ., danger. lots going on and lots to talk about and it _ danger. lots going on and lots to talk about and it is - danger. lots going on and lots to talk about and it is moving l to talk about and it is moving all the time, isn't it? we will get more updates through the night stop before now, thank you very much indeed for joining us. let's get some of the day's other news. a french seria

news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines. at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved emergency federal help for new york state, as the arctic freeze continues. in china people will be able to travel abroad from the eighth ofjanuary — ending one of china's last covid restrictions. serbia has put troops on high alert over rising tensions with kosovo. president vuchich said he would "take all measures" to protect his nation. ethnic serbs in northern kosovo have been demanding the release of a former serbian police officer. in taiwan, all men will be required to serve one year's military service, in response to the threat from china. here in the uk, a murder investigation has been launched in birmingham after a 23 year—old man was stabbed to death in a nightclub. police have named the victim as cody fisher. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the �*blizzard of the century�* with an extra nine inches of snow expected during the day in new york state

news. the headlines: at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved emergency federal help for new yorkresident vuchich said he would "take all measures" to protect his nation. ethnic serbs in northern kosovo have been demanding the release of a former serbian police officer. taiwan's president, tsai ing—wen, has announced that all men will be required to serve one year's military service. she said the move is in response to growing pressure from beijing. a murder investigation has been launched in birmingham after a 23—year—old man was stabbed to death in a nightclub. police have named the victim as cody fisher.

one of the worst—hit areas is the city of buffalo, in new york state, where the governor called the stormc, once in a lifetime event". in the past few minutes, president biden has authorised emergency federal support for new york state. emily unia reports. the arctic storm pummelling the us and canada caused christmas chaos for millions. thousands of flights were cancelled, and roads and railways were closed or impassible, preventing people from reaching friends and family. emergency services battled treacherous conditions to carry out rescues. fatalities have been confirmed across the us. one of the worst—hit areas was new york state, especially in buffalo and hamburg in erie county. snow blanketed streets, and driving was banned. more than two dozen people are now known to have died in the greater buffalo region. anyone who declares victory and says it is over. it is way too early to say this at its completion, maybe this severity is down right now it is not as bad as it has been the last couple days but it is still a dangerous situation to be out. rolling blackouts left more than 1.5 m

it hang from patio on the west head areas is buffalo, new york state, and b. c. journalist jesse coach is outside that cities apple which has been forced to close. might be trying to dig out here, but we've got more snow coming down right now and you can see just saw what has been pushed aside and piled up behind me. you're right next to the airport here in buffalo, that airport is going to stay closed at least until wednesday morning. and you can see, at least in part why this area has been battered by this brutal cold. and is blizzard like conditions that we've been dealing with in terms of abroad, stretch of the country seen bad winter weather throughout the past few days across the holiday weekend. here in buffalo, they got more than 4 feet of snow officials in the area, blaming the weather for more than 2 dozen deaths and several more depths nationally, have been attributed to the bad weather that we have been seeing. there is more bad weather on the way in being experienced in the pacific northwest. the south and midwest are looking at a warm of we're al

news. the headlines. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved emergency federal help for new york state, as the arctic freeze continues. serbia has put troops on high alert over rising tensions with kosovo. police name the victim of a stabbing on the dancefloor of a nightclub in birmingham as 23—year—old cody fisher. taiwan says all men will now be required to serve one year's military service, after china launches one of its biggest incursions into taiwanese airspace. and another unexplained death involving russian oligarchs. the sausage tycoon pavel antov has been found dead at an indian hotel. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the "blizzard of the century", with an extra nine inches of snow expected during the day in new york state, where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. the storm has affected a vast area, from canada in the north, down through the us, and reaching mexico. president b

news. the headlines... at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved emergency federal help for new yorktary service. she said the move is in response to growing pressure from beijing. here in the uk, two people are being questioned in connection with the fatal shooting of ellie edwards at a pub in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the incident.

president biden has approved emergency federal help for new york state, as the arctic freeze continuesin china people will be able to travel abroad from the eighth ofjanuary — ending one of china's last covid restrictions serbia has put troops on high alert over rising tensions with kosovo. president vuchich said he would "take all measures" to protect his nation. in taiwan — all men will be required to serve one year's military service. in response to the threat from china. here in the uk, a murder investigation has been launched in birmingham, after a 23 year—old man was stabbed to death in a nightclub. police have named the victim as cody fisher. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine, from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where today the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places being shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea — and because of its strategic importance, was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant

the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. let's talk to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. terrible time for people in buffalo. i have seen it described as the blizzard of the century, a monster storm, the worst weather people have ever experienced. what does today hold for people in new york state? exactly right, lucy, a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effect in buffalo, until the afternoon they expect another 13 centimetres of snow so while the worst is over they'll still very much in this. the priority at the moment is as the emergency responders start to take out buffalo from this immense amount of snow they are trying to get vehicles that have been trapped, emergency responders fear people could have been in there for days, they are trying to get roads passable, a driving ban is in effect but they hope that will be lifted. they are trying to resto

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so in new york, buffalo, western new york state, still seeing some effects. no, but not anything like what we saw a couple of days ago. still cold across the eastern part of the united states and canada, but not as cold is what we saw a couple of days ago. so in general, we're starting to see that improvement, and that is going to continue over the next couple of days as well. and historically speaking, mark, can you give us an order of magnitude about how this compares to previous winter storms? is it, is it the biggest in decades? yeah, i mean, it certainly was a big one. you know, this thing had really all the aspects. so you had snow with it, you had the very strong winds and then you had the extreme cold and it was our, you know, our rapid temperature drops. some of the temperature drops. we saw it in, in an hour or 3 hours, where were records in 24 hours, the temperature drops and considerable amount near records. so it is one of the, one of the stronger cold from that we've seen come through, at least in recorded history. so it really was that combinat

amy: jabari brisport, new york state senator democratic , socialist. voting against hector lasalle. mination to a vote, challenging the choice of the democratic governor of new york kathy hochul. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as 20 comes to a close, we look now at one of the most alarming developments this year, how more jails in the united states are becoming death traps, where people face inhumane conditions in overcrowded facilities. new data shows new york city jails are the deadliest in more than a quarter of a century. 19 people died in city custody or shortly after being released in a severe understaffing at the torious rikers island jails has been linked to several suicides as officials are now predicting the population to balloon in coming years even as the city faces a mandate to shut rikers down by 2027. in to cap georgia, two people died from a hanging this week and less than 24 hours, making this the deadliest year in the jails history. in houston, texas, the harris county jail has seen a record 27 deaths this year.

as the rescue cruise, try to reach those people, particularly in new york state. they extract that they are going to find more people who may have perished because of exposure because of hypothermia and the very, very cold temperatures that much of the country has seen. in the past 5 days, denominations mission to afghanistan has told a ton about administration to reverse a band on a female work as an aid agencies. the acting head of the un mission met the economy minister on monday. 6 major 8 organizations have suspended their operations in afghanistan. the when's refugee agency says at least a 180 working refugees who were stranded at sea for weeks, an hour presumed dead in a separate incident. at least 240 people have arrived on indonesia, north and i said province, since sunday after weeks of see china is scrapping. cobra 19 quarantine rules where people are arriving from overseas of to nearly 3 years of tough border restrictions from john or the 8th at travelers will no longer have to go into isolation. but we'll still need a negative p. c r. test move comes

president biden has approved emergency measures, allowing financial support for new york state.ed meteorologist josh nichols says the weather is slightly improving but there's still a long way to go. the situation is no longer as bad as it was in terms of weather. we had the last advisory lifted early this afternoon. we still have a little light snow falling at this time but it is not nearly to the extent of what we have been dealing with. 51.5 inches of snow over four days. there are too many records to describe that 51.5 inches, one of the largest calendar day daily snowfalls in buffalo weather history is part of that total. we now have more than 100 inches of snow for the season and the season just started. am i right in thinking that some people were found dead in their cars, and a driving ban is still in place? the travel ban is still in effect with the city of buffalo. they have reopened some main thoroughfares like the 90 which is the new york state thruway and others remain closed at this time. it is remarkable that the storm is worse than one of the biggest storms in bu

one of the worst—hit areas was new york state, especially in buffalo and hamburg in erie county.ted streets, and driving was banned. more than two dozen people are now known to have died in the greater buffalo region. anyone who declares victory and says it is over. it is way too early to say this at its completion, maybe this severity is down right now it is not as bad as it has been the last couple days but it is still a dangerous situation to be out. rolling blackouts left more than 1.5 million people without power on christmas day. connections are now steadily being restored. in south florida, iguanas froze and fell from trees. they won't get moving again until temperatures rise and they can thaw out. much further north, stunning ice formations appeared on lake michigan. to ease, freezing conditions are still expected for some time to come. emily unia, bbc news. for more, i've been speaking to buffalo local reporter kristen mirand — she's been covering the storm for 7 news wkbw. this is now day four of this storm. and you can kind of see behind me the mounds of snow that are

news. the headlines... at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved emergency federal help for new york state, as the arctic freeze continues. china's authorities will allow mainland residents to travel abroad from january 8th. the move will end one of china's last remaining covid restrictions serbia has put troops on high alert over rising tensions with kosovo. president vucic said he would take all measures to protect his nation. ethnic serbs in northern kosovo have been demanding the release of a former serbian police officer. taiwan's president, tsai ing—wen, has announced that all men will be required to serve one year's military service. she said the move is in response to growing pressure from beijing. you are watching bbc news. now ourworld — iran: catching a killer. for the past year, i have been reporting on the most important story of my life. my name is omid montazaeri, and i'm a reporterfor bbc persia. this story is about a massacre that took place in my home country, iran. in 1988, the iranian government, led by ayatollah khomeini, ordered thousands of political prisoners

new york state has been hit hard. the area around buffalo and western new york has struggled with a weather phenomenon known as like effect snow. that's when cold, the apostles of a woman waters, of the great likes bringing the region huge amounts of snowfall. and that's what buffalo is experiencing right now. along with heavy winds, an arctic cold as city paralyzed by a mega storm. buffalo new york is at the epi center of the blizzard, battering north america. people are stranded in their vehicles and homes as snow pummels the region. the governor of new york gave a sobering assessment of the situation. we have then to a lot of wars together. and this blizzard is the one for the ages. certainly it is the blizzard of the century, and we are here to can talk about our, our collect or collaborative approach to dealing with this crisis that it is a crisis. thousands of homes are without power, and a driving band has been issued. the governor warned that the worst is not yet over and as much as we can see, the skies right

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new york state has been hit hot. the area around buffalo in western new york has struggled with a weather phenomenon known as lake effect snow. that's when cold air passes over the warm waters of the great lakes, bringing the region huge amounts of snow for and that's what buffalo has been experiencing along with heavy winds and arctic cult. ah, a lighthouse in case in ice, in, across the continent. winter storm elliot has left striking scenes of beauty in its wake and frightening sense of devastation, radio. my current state and military police have been called into the hard hit city of buffalo to ensure drivers keep off the roads. a driving ban had been issued earlier, but some was still found dead in their cars. so what people are standard a lot of roads that are completely blocked right now that have no access whatsoever . and people are trying to drive into our these roads or tried to get to these neighborhoods and they have, please, please, you are the mayor bag. i'm begging stay all the soon has also cause cha

president biden has approved emergency measures, allowing financial support for new york state.ased meteorologist josh nichols says the weather is slightly improving but there's still a long way to go. the situation is no longer as bad as it was in terms of weather. we had the last advisory lifted early this afternoon, we still have a little light snow falling at this time but it is not nearly to the extent of what we have been dealing with. 51.5 inches of snow over four days. there are too many records to describe, that 51.5 inches, one of the largest calendar day daily snowfalls in buffalo weather history is part of that whole. we now have more than 100 inches of snow for the season and the season is just started. am i right in thinking that some people were found dead in their cars, and a driving ban is still in place? the travel ban is still in effect with the city of buffalo. they have reopened some main thoroughfares like the 90 which is the new york state thruway and other remain closed at this time. it is remarkable that the storm is worse than one of the biggest storms

news. the headlines... at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved emergency federal help for new yorklitary service. she said the move is in response to growing pressure from beijing. serbia has put troops on high alert over rising tensions with kosovo. president vuchich said he would "take all measures" to protect his nation. ethnic serbs in northern kosovo have been demanding the release of a former serbian police officer. here in the uk, two people are being questioned in connection with the fatal shooting of ellie edwards at a pub in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the incident.