including prince william, the us president—elect donald trump and also the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is very much an opening of a cathedral, so the speech emmanuel macron wanted to make their turned down because there was a secular state here, there must be a separation between what he says and what goes on in the cathedral. he is likely to urge the world to see beyond france's current political crisis in the speech he makes and admire the determination, organisation and incredible hard work that has had to go into rescuing one of the most famous buildings in france in just five years a feat that many people thought would be impossible, but as we can see from pictures, the previous of what happened to the cathedral, it is quite a remarkable achievement. the long—awaited event comes as france enters a very dp political uncertainty, so this will be a welcome distraction for president macron. —— enters a very deep political uncertainty. let's go live now to maryam moshiri in paris. absolutely, it will be very eye—catching indeed. as we say on these pictures of the paris eight palace, as

us president—elect donald trump and ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky were there, meeting with mre us president elect. our paris correspondent andrew harding has more on the momentous night. cathedral bells toll. the famous bells ring out once more. then three knocks at the cathedral door, and notre—dame is officially reopened. some would say reborn. inside, no hint of the fire's damage. instead, gleaming limestone and a host of vips. prince william is here, alone, to represent the united kingdom, greeting donald trump, who seemed close to arm wrestling the french president, emmanuel macron. applause inside for the firemen who tackled the blaze and saved much of the building. and a french "thank you" projected on the outside. president macron, weakened politically these days, sought to inspire and to unite. translation: we have rediscovered what greatj nations can accomplish — to achieve the impossible. this cathedral has shown us what a nation is and what the world should be. it was late on 15th april 2019 that notre—dame caught fire. an inferno spread, a watching world gasping a

and paris's notre—dame cathedral is reborn, with donald trump and volodymyr zelensky among world leadersking the moment. hello, i'm helena humphrey. we begin with a rapidly developing situation in syria, where rebel fighters say they are entering the capital, damascus. residents in the city say they are hearing gunfire, and reports say president bashar al—assad has left damascus by plane for an unknown destination. opposition forces rapidly moved south towards damascus from aleppo and the key strategic crossroads of homs. the head of the rebel advance has said his forces have taken full control of homs in the last few hours. other opposition factions are converging on the capital from the south, having taken control of daraa province. there have been signs the government's control over damascus is slipping. this footage from the suburbs shows protesters toppling a statue of assad's late father, who founded the ruling dynasty. a few hours ago our security correspondent frank gardner filed this report. they think they've won already. these are syrian rebels in the south of the country, in

future and paris's notre dame cathedral is reborn, with world leaders including donald trump and volodymyr zelenskyarking the moment. hello, i'm helena humphrey. the syrian army says it's boosting the deployment of forces around damascus, as rebel fighters continue their advance on the capital from the north and the south. the government of president bashar al—assad says reports the army had withdrawn from areas around the city are untrue. rebel forces are rapidly moving south from towards damascus from aleppo and from the key strategic crossroads of homs, which appears to have fallen to opposition forces in the past few hour. other rebel factions are converging on the capital from the south, where they've taken over the province of daraa. but there are signs that the regime's control over its capital is slipping: this footage from the suburbs of damascus shows protesters toppling a statue of president bashar al—assad's late father, hafez, who founded the ruling dynasty. our security correspondent, frank gardner, has the latest. they think they've won already. these are syrian rebels in the south o

at this evening's event are the us president—elect donald trump and the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskysee palace along with french president emmanuel macron ringing again, and this is an amazing moment. and soon we will hear music of hope known to france, the people of the world — the bells of notre dame are ringing again, which have accompanied us through history. among those at this evening's event are the us president—elect donald trump and the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. the two leaders held a meeting at the elysee palace along with french president emmanuel macron ahead of the ceremony. president—elect donald trump also met with prince william later on in the evening. earlier, us first lady jill biden was greeted by mr macron as she arrived at notre dame cathedral in combination with these wonderful young carpenters who are using tools that were the original tools that were used in mediaeval times. so there was a lot of detail paid to the journey, and you feel that that's very important? that's been incredibly important. and i think it tells notjust in the carpentry, b

ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says a christmas day attack on his country's energy system was "inhumane." moscow launched more than 170 rockets and drones in the early hours, hitting power plants and electricity infrastructure. at least one person was killed. in a statement, us president joe biden called the attack "outrageous" and said he'd ordered the pentagon to continue "surging" its deliveries of weapons to kyiv. five people have also died in russia after strikes from ukraine. our reporter will vernon is in kyiv. he gave me the very latest. how significant are of these russian attacks? this was a pretty serious attack. ukrainian repair crews have been battling throughout the day to restore power and heating to hundreds of thousands of residents across the country. they were cut off after russia launched this huge barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles and attack drones on ukrainian cities, on a bitterly cold christmas morning. now, the target of those strikes, as you say, was energy infrastructure, and president zelensky earlier released a statement vowing to repair the

volodymyr zelensky described the gas as a geopolitical weapon and dangerous for europe but you didn'tten to president obama and ukraine. do you regret that now? and staying ukraine in back further to 2008, president bush wanted ukraine to become a nato member. you stopped the progress and explained why in your memoirs. if you hadn't done that, would there be war now? let's talk about migration politics. in 2015, you let over one million asylum seekers and other migrants into germany. the migrant crisis was probably the defining moment of angela merkel�*s political career, she was hailed by some, hated by others for opening germany's doors to syrian refugees and other migrants, many arriving on people smugglers�* boats. her actions boosted support for the far right afd party. why did she do it? explaining that in her own words, she says, was the starting point for her memoirs. that was seen at the time as very untypically merkel. you were seen as a rational leader who took a while to make decisions, what caused that impulse in you at the time, did it have something to do perhaps with y

search here starmer and volodymyr zelensky have agreed on the importance of refining the uk trainingcomes after it emerged the ministry of defence was considering the possibility of sending british troops to ukraine to help train its armed forces. and for the first time in almost 20 years the monarch�*s christmas day message is not being broadcast from a royal residence. instead, king charles has chosen a former hospital chapel. the fit through the chapel in london. the traditional speech from the monarch will be broadcast at 1500 gmt on christmas day. you alive with bbc news. 202a was a big year for artificial intelligence big yearfor artificial intelligence companies and almost every field have been looking full ways to incorporate ai into their business models. in some cases just to speed up workflow and in others to find whole new ways of working. amid the excitement there is also caution from experts about what rapidly improving artificial intelligence systems could mean and whether governments can be quick enough to keep up with the new technology will advances. to talk about w

we are still waiting for president volodymyr zelensky of ukraine to arrive as well. he is due to meet with president macron and our after he meets with —— an hour after he meets president—elect trump, and that will be interesting, an interesting meeting between the two men given everything that has happened and everything we have seen and heard from president—elect trump in terms of what he said about the war in ukraine and what he said about the war in russia. the prince of wales is also due to attend the opening ceremony and he too will be holding a meeting, i hear, with president macron, and he will also be meeting present electron as well as some point. you can see that the rain has well and truly taken hold. —— president electron as well. there are still huge crowds along the river send hoping to catch a glimpse of the opening ceremonial. i want to give you an idea of what will happen later on. we will have three different parts of the ceremony, there will be a religious party, a secular part and also a cultural one. the importance of that is because the cathedr

and paris's notre dame cathedral is reborn, with donald trump and volodymyr zelensky among world leadersumphrey. syrian rebel fighters are advancing on the country's capital, damascus. news agencies reuters and afp say residents in damascus have told them they have heard gunfire in the city. the syrian army says it is boosting its military deployment there, and president bashar al—assad's government says reports the army had withdrawn from areas around

missiles and more than 200 drones targeted sites in ukraine's west but ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskynts into underground shelters as new power supply restrictions were announced as a result of the attack. rolling blackouts are being introduced in all regions of ukraine amid the restrictions. russia's attacks come on the coldest day of the ukrainian winter so far with temperatures hovering around negative 6 degrees celsius. our reporter abdujalil abdurasulov is in kyiv with more. we know that the main target of this attack was ukraine's energy infrastructure. in fact, a thermal power plant in the western part of the country was badly damaged during the strike. and also, some of those missiles that russia launched were reportedly targeting the city of stryi in western part of ukraine. and that is the place where the country's largest gas storage facility is located, and that place is important for maintaining the country's heating systems on. russia says that this attack happened in response to ukraine's aerial strike on its air base in the city of taganrog, which happened two days ago

ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says a christmas day attack on his country's energy system wase person was killed. in a statement, us president joe biden called the attack "outrageous" and said he'd ordered the pentagon to continue "surging" its deliveries of weapons to kyiv.

hours after meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky in paris, mr.rump posted on truth social to call for an immediate ceasefire with russia. while ukraine wants to join nato, in an interview on nbc's "meet the press," mr. trump said the united states may leave the alliance. he says european countries are taking advantage of the united states. he wouldn't commit to staying unless countries meet defense spending targets. the president-elect also doubled down on his pledge to launch mass deportations as soon as he takes office. >> is it your plan to deport everyone who is here illegally overhe next four years? >> well, i think you have to do it. and it's a very tough thing to do. it's -- but you have to have -- you know, you have rules, regulations, laws. they came in illegally. you know, the people that have been treated very unfairly are the people that have been on line for 10 years to come into the country. and we're going to make it very easy for people to come in in terms of they have to pass the test. they have to be able to tell you what the st

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has announced one of the largest prisoner exchanges since fullith russia nearly 3 years ago. 189 ukrainian troops are being returned home from captivity and 150 russian soldiers are being returned as part of the deal, which was brokered by the united arab emirates. here's our correspondent in ukraine, will vernon. well, we've just witnessed incredibly moving scenes here as the buses with those 189 released ukrainians pulled up outside this hospital here. they'd onlyjust been taken out of russian territory, and the emotion of these men who came out of the buses draped in ukrainian flags and also the family members that were waiting here to greet them really was overwhelming. there were lots of tears, shouts ofjoy, hugs and kisses. many of the men made phone calls to their families back home to say they were 0k, they were out. many of them, of course, have been in captivity for a very long time, more than 2.5 years in many cases. so, you know, the emotion here was really incredible. the other thing that was particularly touching was there are a lot

ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says an invitation tojoin nato is necessary for the country'shas been holding talks in kyiv with the new head of the european council, antonio costa, and the eu's chief diplomat kaja kallas. at a news conference, mr zelensky also pushed for eu leaders to convince the us president—elect donald trump to work together for ukrainian security. antonio costa said the eu had stood by ukraine since the first day of the war and would continue to give kyiv its "unwavering" support. rewarding the aggressor would be a threat to the entire international community. find be a threat to the entire international community. and we must be clear— international community. and we must be clear - _ international community. and we must be clear - that _ international community. and we must be clear - that the - international community. and we must be clear - that the use - international community. and we must be clear - that the use of l must be clear — that the use of nuclear traps is unacceptable. this can never be put into question. this can never be put into questi

ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says a christmas day attack on his country's energy system asrockets and drones in the early hours, hitting power plants and electricity infrastructure. at least one person was killed. in a statement, us president biden called the attack "outrageous" and said he'd ordered the pentagon to continue "surging" its deliveries of weapons to kyiv. five people have also died in russia after strikes from ukraine.

ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says a christmas day attack on his country's energy system wased and 70 rockets and drones in the early hours, hitting power plants and electricity infrastructure. at least one person was killed. in a statement, us president biden called the pentagon to continue "surging" its deliveries of weapons to kyiv. five people have also died in russia after strikes from ukraine. 38 people were killed in the azerbaijan airlines plane crash near the city of aktau, khazakstan. officials say the aircraft had been trying to make an emergency landing when flames erupted at the front. almost half the 67 passengers and crew survived. the plane was en route to the city of grozny in russia's chechnya region before being diverted due to fog. duncan kennedy reports. this was the plane in its final moments. descending at high speed, its landing gear down. the pilot appears to be struggling to control the jet. it banks just before impact. much of the aircraft was crushed into a burning trail of wreckage. emergency workers converged on the scene, some crawling inside th

capital francesa, donald trump tuvo una reuniÓn privada con el presidente francÉs y el ucraniano volodymyr zelensky, quien tambiÉn fue visto en la ceremonia. el papa francisco, aunque fue invitado formalmente, no pudo asistir debido a compromisos previos. el cardenal pietro parolin fue su representante oficial en la ceremonia. ya dentro de la catedral, los salmos, oraciones e himnos llenaron nuevamente el espacio cavernoso y se volviÓ a escuchar el Órgano de la catedral silenciado desde el incendio. el presidente francÉs, quien defendiÓ el ambicioso proyecto de reapertura, se dirigiÓ a los presentes un concierto, rindiÓ homenaje a su reapertura y a quienes trabajaron para restaurarla. y en una larga ovaciÓn aplaudieron a los 160 bomberos que acudieron al incendio de notre dame en 2019. asÍ, los parisinos y visitantes fueron partÍcipes del renacimiento de una de las joyas mÁs preciadas de parÍs. >> es bastante emocionante que reabra las puertas despuÉs de cinco aÑos sin sin poderla visitar. >> asÍ se llevÓ a cabo la jornada de la ceremonia de reapertura de la catedral de notre dame. y bajo la lluvia

meeting with french president emmanuel macron prince william and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, trump said zelensky is ready to make a deal and called for an immediate cease fire between ukraine and russia overnight, the president elect named his personal attorney, elena harbor, to serve as counselor to the president. he's also defending some of his controversial picks like tulsi gabbard for intel, director pete hegseth for defense, and kash patel for the fbi. they're expected on capitol hill this week. >>>>okay, let's switch gears and give you a live look outside towards san francisco. you see the transamerica building standing nice and tall. beautiful sunny day, but a little chilly outside. so let's check in with jess. and jess, how's that week shaping >>>>up? you know, it's interesting. we kind of have a mixed bag of everything as we head into this week, but we are starting off nice and dry. and, yeah, it was a little cold this morning. like ryan mentioned. but heading into this afternoon, we're going to be topping off in the upper 60s close to the 70s in areas like napa, pe

a russian air strike has hit ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky�*s home town while his christmasscuers are digging through the rubble, searching for survivors. at least one person was killed and dozens more injured in the attack. ukraine is marking its third christmas since the russian invasion. at kyiv�*s saint sofia cathedral, mr zelensky said ukrainians wanted to see a christmas star shining in the skies, not russian missiles and drones. elsewhere, putin's forces are continuing to advance in eastern ukraine, and are now within just a few miles of the city of pokrovsk, which is a key hub for ukraine's war effort. but it is also the birthplace of a well—known christmas carol. the bbc�*s defence correspondent jonathan beale reports from a city under threat. music: carol of the bells sung in ukrainian. the discord of christmas in a shattered city. but this is where the composer of this well—known carol once lived. pokrovsk, the next russian target. explosion most of its population has already fled. explosion no sound or sign of christmas here. just shelling. those left behind only

earlier today, ukraine introduced sanctions against 19 top officials here in georgia, as volodymyr zelenskyoduced a travel ban for senior officials a couple of days ago, and there has been a statement from the dutch foreign minister saying that the netherlands would raise an issue of cancelling georgia�*s visa free travel to europe stop this is one of the privileges that people here have as part of their ongoing process of integration into the european union. georgia is only a candidate country at the moment, and there are a number of reforms that they have to undergo in order to become a full member. these people suspect that the government has no plans of introducing those democratic reforms, and that is why i came up with this statement then went back on it, but there is very little trust among the protesters that government is genuinely trying to take this country to the eu. and we have seen some violence in the last few days, we have seen a lot of arrests. where do you think all of this will end? will those protesters just keep coming out onto the streets day after day? coming out onto

volodymyr zelensky, who is the country's first ever jewish president, welcomed a delegation of rabbisthe presidential palace on wednesday, who presented him with a menorah of his own. this is ukraine's third holiday season since vladimir putin's full—scale invasion, and arguably its bleakest. this year saw russia capture or retake nearly 2500 square kilometres of territory, that's 900 square miles, in eastern ukraine and in russia's western kursk region. and the destruction of the country's energy infrastructure means many have been spending winter in the dark. the celebrated war photographer tom lewendon has been travelling ukraine from west to east this december, documenting this deeply uncertain holiday season. he's reached kharkiv, on the war�*s eastern front, and one of the many places hit by russia's christmas day assault. he spoke with me from there a bit earlier. tom, you've covered wars from the middle east to ukraine, and the theme that really comes through your photos is that human resilience and joy amid all the pain. how do you go about capturing that behind the lens in t

reopening of notre dame cathedral alongside other world leaders, including ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. it's the president elect's first trip overseas since winning a second term in washington. alice barr, nbc news. as alice mentioned, president elect trump will sit down with kristen welker this sunday on meet the press. kristen joins us now with a preview. this sunday on meet the press, my exclusive interview with president elect donald trump. it's his first television interview since winning the 2024 election. what are his top priorities for his return to the white house? we get his thoughts on his cabinet picks and how he will approach the economy, immigration and foreign policy. how will he lead when he takes office for the second time? it's all ahead on meet the press. you can watch the entire interview on meet the press begins at 8 a.m. on sunday, right here on nbc bay area. well, as the manhunt for the gunman who killed the ceo of unitedhealthcare stretches into a third day, police now say they believe he's no longer in new york city. brian thompson was shot outside of a hilton

so, volodymyr zelensky, the president of ukraine, is not going to do anything big or major. weapons the united states has sent, that britain has sent, that france has sent, before trump is inaugurated. but everybody — all the eyes are on washington. we don't know what trump is going to do. trump has said he's going to end the war in ukraine that russia started, in 2a hours. everyone knows that's a campaign promise. it's not going to happen. the conflict is far more complicated than that. there's at least three peace plans floating around in washington. moscow has already rejected them. through its proxies they said these things are a nonsense. no—one knows how to get moscow to the come to the table, to get them to stand down. moscow thinks it's winning, why should it come to the negotiating table? all eyes on trump, when he says he can negotiate with his friend vladimir putin. meanwhile, a united states military official has said that that there have been several hundred casualties among the north korean forces fighting for russia against ukraine , since they went into battl

a russian air strike has hit ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky�*s hometown, krivyi rih while hisng through the rubble, searching for survivors, as at least one person has been killed and dozens more injured in the attack — as ukraine marks its third christmas since the russian invasion. else where putin's forces are continuing to advance in eastern ukraine, and are now within just a few miles of the city of pokrovsk, which is a key hub for ukraine's war effort. but it is also the birthplace of a well—known christmas carol. the bbc�*s defence correspondent jonathan beale reports from a city under threat. music: carol of the bells sung in ukrainian. the discord of christmas in a shattered city. but this is where the composer of this well—known carol once lived. pokrovsk, the next russian target. explosion. most of its population has already fled. explosion. no sound or sign of christmas here. just shelling. those left behind only break cover to find essentials. many are cut off from gas, water and electricity. ihor says you never know where or when the next hit will be. he likens i

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has hailed the victory of his compatriot — the boxer oleksandrin the bout in saudi arabia. the ukrainian won after a thrilling i2—round contest, with all threejudges giving him victory. boxing journalist yousef anani told me he thinks the right man won. it was a close fight, but i think the right man won. i mean, there will be some controversy. there have obviously been protests by tyson fury�*s promotional team, but its extraordinary, really, that a much smaller man like alexander usyk — it really was, he really was in against a giant — could do so well and dictate large portions of the fight, landing a lot of body shots, which a lot of people don't really notice. but a body shot scores just as well as a head shot and he was the one landing those throughout. so i think the right man won. and what about the legacy now? i mean, both clearly great fighters of their generation. tyson fury, two defeats now. what does that do to his reputation? well, he's a great boxer and his legacy is secure. but he always proclaimed that he was the greatest of all

america's first lady jill biden and britain's prince william, as well as ukraine president volodymyr zelensky, gathered to celebrate the restoration of the landmark. following the 2019 fire, nearly $1 billion in donations poured in from around the world. we're taking a look back this m morning a a historic 2024 election cycle, coming up here on our midday newscast, nbc's kate snow has a look at the dramatic series of events that made this an unprecedented decision 2024. plus, a scary drive up to tahoe. the conditions many drivers faced ahead of the christmas holiday. plus, we're tracking just how much snow will fall this holiday week. recent memory. during the nine days in july, we witnessed a dramatic series of unprecedented events in modern political history. it started with an assassination attempt against then republican nominee donald trump. days later, his opponent, joe biden dropped out, naming kamala harris as his successor. by november, polls suggested one of the closest elections ever, which would wind up being a decisive win. nbc's kate snow has a look back. it may be the biggest p

asisten a la catedral de notre el presidente electo donald trump y el mandatario de ucrania, volodymyr zelenskylia a otros estados la busqueda de hombre que mato al director ejecutivo de unitedhealthcare. >> autoridades dicen que el cerco se esta cerrando y aumenta la recompensa para dar con el sospechoso. >> avistamientos de drones durante las ultimas semanas en 10 condados de nueva piloto comercial sobre los peligros que estos representan para ellos. >> colectivo de busqueda, dice haber encontrado de los restos de su hijo estadounidense cuyo paradero se desconocia desde 2019. >> tenemos su testimonio y t tambien las lamentables cifras de desaparecidos en de mujeres meco.das las ururu, quienesmexi >> una planta planta acuatica y sus sabiduria ancestral limpian un lago de la la contaminacion causada por la mineria en bo bolivia. >> noticias telemundo, fin de semana con joana suarez. >> gracias. >> juan el repicar de las camapanas, la catedral de notre dame reabrio hoy sus puertas cinco anos despues del dramatico incendio que quemo parte de su estructura en 2019. >> ¿que tal? >> feliz sabado par

global, habran muchos jefes de estado, entre esos por supuesto donald trump tambien estara volodymyr zelenskyno, despues podra vi visitarla. >> vanessa, muchas gracias. >> y gracias a usted, como siempre, por estar con nosotros. >> lo dejamos ahora con los 50 y asi vamos, un dia a la vez. >> gracias por estar aqui. >> tenga muy buenas - no sé cuántos vayan a ser, pero los que lleguen, sigan disfrutándolo mucho. me llevo grandes momentos a grandes personitas. guau, una fogata. - encontré la libreta. - no entiendo qué está pasando. - es liberarse de esa culpa y de todos esos errores que él cometió dentro de esta hacienda. - ¿por qué nos traes un sobre? - no anuncia nada bubueno. - deberían saber en quién confiar.

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has announced one of the largest prisoner exchanges since full—scaleyears ago. 189 ukrainian troops are being returned home from captivity, and 150 russian soldiers are being returned in the deal, which was brokered by the united arab emirates. let's speak to our correspondent will vernon, who's in northern ukraine. you are of the location where the prisoners what happened. what was it like? we prisoners what happened. what was it like? ~ , , , . , , like? we 'ust witnessed incredibly movinu like? we just witnessed incredibly moving scenes — like? we just witnessed incredibly moving scenes here _ like? we just witnessed incredibly moving scenes here is _ like? we just witnessed incredibly moving scenes here is the - like? we just witnessed incredibly moving scenes here is the buses i like? we just witnessed incredibly i moving scenes here is the buses with those 189 released to pulled up outside this hospital here. they had onlyjust been taken out of russian territory, and the emotion of these men who came out of the buses draped in ukrainian flags and

in his new year address, the ukrainian leader volodymyr zelensky says his country will do all it canalled russian aggression. standing in front of the iconic mother ukraine monument in kyiv, he also said that ukraine would need to fight next year to bolster its position both militarily and ahead of any talks to end russia's three—year invasion. the new year will be different for those in ukraine as the country prepares to enter its third year of war. let's speak to ukrainian mp maria mezentseva. maria, hello, welcome to the programme. so, what did you make of what mr zelensky had to say in his address? we what mr zelensky had to say in his address? ~ ., , , ., address? we heard president 'ust now at his new year — address? we heard president 'ust now at his new year address h address? we heard president 'ust now at his new year address to _ address? we heard presidentjust now at his new year address to the - at his new year address to the nation, to everyone who is currently in ukraine, who is either temporarily occupation, all the soldiers, to every person who is still in captivity

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ukraine�*s president volodymyr zelensky says russia and north korea are not interested in the survivalps were being killed by their own forces to prevent them being captured. earlier, the united states said 1,000 north koreans have been killed or wounded in the past week in russia�*s kursk region. south korea�*s third president in two weeks has said he will try to overcome the country�*s political turmoil, after his predecessor was suspended from office. the country�*s finance minister choi sang—mok was declared acting leader after han duck—soo�*s impeachment in parliament on saturday. mr han had only become acting president two weeks ago after his former boss yoon suk—yeol was suspended over his failed attempt to declare martial law. the united states has imposed sanctions on the founder of georgia�*s ruling party. the state department accuses bidzina ivanishvili of undermining democracy in his country for the benefit of russia. there have been repeated demonstrations in the capital, tbilisi, since georgian dream won a disputed parliamentary election in october. a nasa spacecraft has

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has given a rare update on ukrainian military casualty figuresn. the last time zelenskyy update of the casualty count was in february, when it stood at 31,000. and president donald trump says he will consider leaving nato, if allies don't "pay their bills". he insisted nato members had to treat america fairly, in an interview with nbc. he also called for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine. and new york city police have released new images of a man suspected of killing the health care ceo brian thompson as they continue their manhunt for a fifth day. stay with bbc news, many thanks for watching newsday. hello, there. thousands of homes are still without power, particularly across northern ireland, thanks to storm darragh over the weekend, and with all the rain that fell over the weekend, and for the past few weeks, the ground does remain saturated, river levels running very high, so we have dozens of flood warnings still in force up and down the country. hopefully, though, those numbers will go down as we head into the new week, thanks to high pres

missiles and more than 200 drones targeted sites in ukraine's west, but ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskysidents into underground shelters. new restrictions on power supplies were announced as a result of the attack. rolling blackouts are being introduced in all regions of ukraine. russia's attacks come on the coldest day of the ukrainian winter so far, with temperatures hovering around —6 celsius. our reporter abdujalil abduraslov is in kyiv with more on the attacks. let's turn to some other news around the world. official figures suggest the uk economy shrank for a second successive month in october — the first back—to—back fall in output since the onset of the covid—i9 pandemic. the office for national statistics says gdp fell 0.1%. finance minister rachel reeves said the figures were "disappointing" but insisted labour's policies will deliver long—term growth. the management consulting firm, mckinsey, has agreed to pay $650 million to settle criminal charges over its role in the us opioid crisis. the us department ofjustice says mckinsey advised purdue pharma, the maker of oxycontin,

he insisted he was ready to conduct negotiations with volodymyr zelensky, but that the ukrainian presidentresident putin's press conference, our russia correspondent steve rosenberg was able to put a question to the russian leader. translation: exactly 25 years ago boris yeltsin who retired i resigned office and handed over the power and you told him stay on guard. 25 years later, would you say you have succeeded in it? because from our part we have seen significant losses during the so—called special military operation that you have declared with ukraine soldiers in the kursk region, you criticised the nato expansion and enlargement. but there is now a great nato presence at the russian border line, i mean, sweden and finland. we have demographic and economic problems. what do you think? have you succeeded? putin: yes, i believe i have. i believe we have moved away from the brink of an abyss. because what happened to russia before that and after that was leading us to a complete and total loss of our sovereignty. and without sovereignty, russia cannot exist as an independent state. i woul

among those expected to join are the prince of wales, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, us firstus, plenty more coming up on bbc news. hello. the weather conditions continue to deteriorate across many parts of the uk, but especially out towards the west as storm darragh begins to batter the uk and ireland. the red warning of wind from the met office has been issued for parts of wales and also parts of southwestern england, and is valid from 3am on saturday to 11am on saturday. that's when the peak of the winds will occur — danger to life, travel disruption, power cuts, and ferocious conditions out to sea — winds could be gusting to around 90 miles an hour. now, rest of the day, a much wider amber warning will also be in force across many western parts of the uk, with winds up to about 80 miles an hour, also bringing damage and disruption and nasty conditions around coastal areas as well. on top of that, heavy rain is expected across southern parts of wales. throughout this period here, the amber warning is in force and we could see as much as 90mm of rain. so let's have a look at

you�*re live with bbc news ukraine�*s president, volodymyr zelensky, has given a rare update on ukrainianast time zelensky updated the death toll was in february, when it stood at 31,000. the admission comes after us president—elect donald trump wrote on social media that ukraine had quote "ridiculously lost" 400,000 troops. he also said 600,000 russians had been killed or wounded since the start of the war. trump did not state where these figures came from. the incoming president said too many lives had been needlessly wasted. moscow also disputes these figures. in a statement, the kremlin claims that ukrainian losses were many times higher than russian ones. us president elect, donald trump, says ukraine should expect to receive less aid from the united states when he takes office. in his first sit—down interview since the election, mr trump also told the us broadcaster nbc he is already actively working to end the war in ukraine, though said he hasn�*t recently spoken to vladimir putin. he also claimed he�*d �*absolutely�* consider leaving the nato military alliance if other members do

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