will vernon reporting from kyiv.—year—old man has died after being shot by police in worcestershire. officers were called to an address in redditch after concerns were raised about the safety of a man with a knife. west mercia police said a negotiator spent "several hours" dealing with the incident. the force has referred itself to the independent office for police conduct. here, a 31—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after pedestrians were hit by a car in london's west end in the early hours of christmas day. four pedestrians were taken to hospital — one of them is still in a life—threatening condition. police say they believe the suspect was "involved in an altercation at a nightclub prior to getting in his car and mounting the pavement". they say it is not terror—related. desi bouterse, a military strongman who twice ruled the south american nation of suriname, has died aged 79. bouterse led a 1980 coup in the former dutch colony. after being overthrown he returned to power, by electi

will vernon, bbc news, lviv.g hospital in northern gaza has been put out of service after it was forcibly evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the israel defense forces for weeks and now stands empty. the world health organization said it is deeply concerned for the safety of patients who were forced to leave. the head of the hospital's nursing department told the bbc that the israeli military gave them only a is—minute warning to clear patients and staff before troops entered the hospital and removed anyone that remained. palestinian health officials say about 100 medical staff were taken in for interrogation. the director of the hospital was also detained. israel said the raid on the hospital is now over and claims it was being used by hamas fighters as a command centre, without providing evidence. our correspondent emir nader is in jerusalem and sent this report. sirens blare throughout gaza, patients forced out of the kamal adwan hospital by the israeli military

will vernon, bbc news, northern ukraine.d that the health system is under severe threat. the un health body has condemned a raid on the kamal adwan hospital as appalling. gazan authorities say it came after an air strike there which killed 50 people, including medical staff. israel has arrested the director of the hospital and released this footage of what it says are civilians leaving the building complex. the who said the attack and enforced evacuation had closed the area's last major health facility. israel says the hospital has been used by hamas. earlier, i spoke to dr zaher sahloul, who is the president of a medical charity which works in gaza. dr sahloul, thank you for joining us on bbc news. i would like to begin by speaking of the director of the callide were hospital who was arrested along with dozens of staff take into a investigation centre. have you heard anything about him or the others? —— kamal adwan hospital. him or the others? -- kamal adwan hospital.— him or the others? -- kamal adwan hospital. thank you f

here is our correspondent in ukraine, will vernon. we have just witnessed moving scenes here as the buses with those 189 released ukrainians pulled up outside this hospital here. they had only just been taken out of russian territory. and the emotion of these men who came out of the buses, draped in ukrainian flax, and the family members that were waiting here to greet them, really was overwhelming. there were lots of tears, shouts of joy, hugs and kisses. many of the men fade -- made phone calls to their families to say they were ok. many of them have been in captivity for a very long time, more than two and a half years in many cases. the emotion here was really incredible. the other thing that was particularly touching was that there were a lot of family members here of ukrainian soldiers who are still either missing, or in captivity. they were showing photographs of their loved ones to those who had just been released, saying, have you seen my husband, my son? do you know anything about them? it really was an extraordinary scene t

will vernon, bbc news, ashford in kent. # you are home.# the time is 13.16. year, as business leaders warn of difficult months ahead. and in a year where he was diagnosed with cancer, the king will break with tradition and deliver his christmas day message from a former hospital chapel. local officials in the german town of magdeburg have begun a meeting in the last few minutes to start the investigation into the failure to keep its christmas market secure. five people ? including a nine—year—old boy ? were killed there on friday, after a car ploughed through crowds of shoppers. lets get the latest from our correspondent bethany bell. bethany, what more can you tell us about this meeting? many questions are being asked. this is a preliminary step that will pave the way for an investigation into what went wrong with the security concept here at the market. people i've been speaking to say it's clear this core should not have been able to dry into the market like this. and also this morning here in the market, we've been talking to one woman who described how h

will vernon in ukraine. a russian cargo ship has sunk in the mediterranean sea.sted on social media — shows the ursa major listing off the coast of spain. the russian foreign ministry says the vessel sank after an explosion in its engine room. two of the 16 crew members are missing. the ship is reported to have been transporting specialised cranes to the russian port of vladivostok. tracking data from marine traffic shows that it left st petersburg on 11 december and had recently passed through the staits of gibraltar. it's the third russian ship to go down in ten days. russia has been accused of using a so—called "ghost" fleet of ships — which are often poorly maintained and lack proper insurance — to circumvent sanctions. it's not known whether the ursa major was part of that fleet. turning to the middle east... the new syrian general administration has announced that the de facto leader ahmed al—sharaa has reached an agreement with rebel faction leaders to dissolve all groups and consolidate them under the defence ministry. meanwhile, masked gunmen have set fi

will verne in kyiv. —— will vernon. but for the second year running, the streets are nearly empty as tourists are mostly staying away and public festivities have been cancelled because of the gaza war. here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. the little town of bethlehem. this is the nativity church, built on the spot where it's believed jesus was born, and christmas began. but this christmas, for local palestinian christians, festivities are muted. public celebrations have been cancelled because of the gaza war. usually, the saint nicholas feast would bring a big parade. this is the second year, unfortunately, we don't have this. just to pray in the church, that's it. and it's... it's a little bit sad. here at the christmas church, prayers are said for people in gaza. the nativity scene shows a baby in the rubble. some palestinian christians, like yousef khouri, have families in gaza, and they've been living in the churches there. they are subjected, like the entire gaza strip, of starvation. um... of cours

will vernon, bbc news, northern ukraine.nd the philippines. and for those women living in the philippines, the ban has left thousands trapped in abusive relationships or separated, but unable to ever legally remarry. but activists hope that 2025 will see a change in the law. a divorce bill passed the lower house in the summer, but has been stuck in the senate since, where it faces strong opposition from conservatives in this deeply catholic country. i'm joined now by stella sibonga from the divorce pilipinas coalition. thank divorce pilipinas coalition. you forjoining me to talk thank you forjoining me to talk about this. tell me what you are planning to do in the year ahead to try and get this bill passed through the senate. we are planning... inaudible i have been advocating. the house of representatives of the divorce bill in the final reading. looking inaudible this happens in 2025, it could empower so many of us to reclaim our lives and pursue happiness. 0ur eighth —— outdated marital laws, it is time to break free and

let's get the latest from our correspondent will vernon.ell correspondent will vernon. us more about these attacks. tell us more about these attacke— attacks. good morning. upsetting _ attacks. good morning. upsetting start - attacks. good morning. upsetting start to - attacks. good morning. - upsetting start to christmas for many ukrainians. a large—scale attack on ukraine's infrastructure, energy infrastructure, energy infrastructure this morning, over 70 ballistic and cruise missiles were fired at ukrainian cities, according to president zelensky who called this attack inhumane and in his statement he said he thanked ukrainian soldiers who are on duty on the front line and those protecting the skies of ukraine. he said russian evil will not break ukraine or spoil christmas. there haven't been any reports yet of anyone killed in these attacks but several people have been injured including in kharkiv, the second—largest city in the east, where there are a large number of explosions heard this morning, and the ukrainian state energy provide

will vernon, bbc news, lviv.arlsen, has quit a world tournament in new york after the governing body of chess said he could not carry on playing wearing jeans. he was playing in new york when he was told he would be excluded from the next round if he didn't change his trousers. carlsen, the highest ranked player in the world, immediately pulled out of both the rapid world championship and the world blitz tournament. he did offer to dress more formally for the next day's play, but was told he had to change out of jeans immediately. a lottery ticket holder in the us has woken up more than $1 billion richer after matching all 6 winning numbers in the mega millions draw. the winning ticket was bought at this convenience store in cottonwood in california. the prize is estimated to be around $1.3 billion but maybe surprisingly that's only the 5th biggest prize in the game's history. the largest ever win was a little over $2 billion also bought by someone in california back in november 2022. you're watching bbc news. yo

will vernon, bbc news, lviv.nails — some of which were bred in captivity here in the uk — have been released onto a remote portuguese island. the desertas island land snails were believed to be extinct until an expedition team discovered a tiny native population, and set about growing their numbers. our science correspondent victoria gill has more. this is a story with some very tiny main characters. these are desertas island land snails. they were rescued from the brink of extinction and brought here to chester zoo, where they've been living and breeding inside this converted shipping container. these were snails that were at risk of extinction or thought to be actually extinct in the wild, so we were lucky enough to have them brought to us. and this is where we've managed to breed up from very low numbers to what we have here today, which is almost like 1,400 snails ready for release. there are two snail species that the team are bringing back to their wild island home off the coast of portugal. discula snails

will vernon, bbc news, northern ukraine.nection with the death of the former one direction star liam payne. the 31—year—old died after taking drugs and falling from a third—floor balcony at a hotel in buenos aires in october. a hotel manager, receptionist and a friend of the singer have been charged with manslaughter. two others who worked at the hotel have been charged with supplying drugs. our correspondent tom symonds has more. that final night liam payne was intoxicated by drugs, vulnerable, defenceless — according to this new and detailed statement — about events at the buenos aires hotel. prosecutors say staff were aware of his condition, but took him to his room — later found trashed — and left him. investigators believe liam payne fell from the balcony while trying to find the exit. they say there is enough evidence to support a type of manslaughter charge. the businessman rogalia roger nores, liam payne's friend and driver in argentina, abandoned him to his fate, they say. two hotel staff — gilda martin and esteban

will vernon reporting there from ukraine.ss syria have protested after masked gunmen set fire to a christmas tree in a town in hama province. they're demanding the new islamist rulers protect religious minorities. the ruling faction, hts, said the men responsible for burning the tree in the christian—majority town of suqaylabiyah had been detained. it described them as foreign fighters. local firefighters put out the blaze after the attackers left. the islamist hts movement, which has its roots in al-qaeda, has promised to protect minorities since toppling president bashar al—assad earlier this month. christmas celebrations are muted for a second year in bethlehem. this is the scene live in the city, the biblical birthplace ofjesus, where traditional festivities have been scaled back, leaving church leaders to focus on providing spiritual guidance and solidarity during a time of profound grief. 0ur correspondent emir nader is in bethlehem, where he says few have come to mark the birth ofjesus. it is quite incredible to be her

will vernon, bbc news, lviv.ons draw. the winning ticket was bought at this convenience store in cottonwood in california. the prize is estimated to be around $1.3 billion but that�*s only the 5th biggest prize in the game�*s history. the largest win was a little over $2 billion also bought by someone in california back in november 2022. we didn�*t get a white christmas in the uk but if you�*re looking for some winter wonderland scenes, then take a look at the tai—hang mountains of china. people have been flocking there to see the huge icicles which form at this time of year. the area has a lot of water and is prone to sudden drops in temperature — creating these spectacular displays. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there, some higher parts of england and wales have again been sticking out above this misty low cloud today. it�*s quite gloomy and murky and a little damp in other parts of england and wales. the fog, though, probably not quite as extensive as it has been. and through the rest of the weekend, th

but our correspondent in ukraine will vernon says on the ground the war isn't currently going ukraine'sn't going very well at all for ukraine. russia is advancing in the east of the country. in the last few days, they've seized a number of villages. they're getting closer to that strategic city of pokrovsk, as you heard in jonathan's report there. and russia is advancing pretty fast. last month, they seized an area roughly the size of london. at a huge cost, it must be said, but nonetheless, they are advancing. as well as that, night after night, ukrainian cities are being barraged by missiles, drones, guided bombs. russia has been targeting ukraine's energy infrastructure. it is bitterly cold here, and most of the power grid is damaged or destroyed. yesterday, there were emergency blackouts in kyiv, in dnipro, other ukrainian regions too, so that the ukrainians could try and repair some of that damaged infrastructure. look, the mood here is gloomy, right? ukrainians feel abandoned by the west, frankly. a few days ago, we were in this event in kyiv, a special christmas demonstration whe

will vernon in ukraine. let's turn to the middle east now.dinary story of a sophisiticated attack. back in september, thousands of pagers and walkie—talkies belonging to the iranian—backed lebanese armed group hezbollah exploded simultaneously, killing dozens and maiming thousands. now, in an interview with our us broadcast partner cbs, two former israeli intelligence agents, who worked for mossad, have explained how it happened, revealing the operation was ten years in the making. jon donnison reports. it was one of the most audacious... explosion ..and deadly spy operations ever undertaken. thousands of pagers and walkie—talkies owned by hezbollah operatives exploding across lebanon, causing panic, killing dozens and injuring thousands. a walkie—talkie was a weapon, just like a bullet or a missile or a mortar. now, former agents from israel's mossad intelligence agency, speaking anonymously, have told the bbc�*s american partner cbs how it was done. we have an incredible array of possibilities of creating foreign companies that have no way

will vernon, bbc news, lviv.ode seriously — reigning world number one magnus carlsen has quit a major tournament — all over a pair ofjeans. the tournament's governing body said he couldn't continue playing unless he swapped them for something more formal. but carlsen, who's usually known for his sharp mind and cool demeanour, pulled out on the spot. he later put this picture of his offending outfit on social media — captioning it 00td an abbreviation for outfit of the day. the world of chess is rather staid, it seems in the united states. they actually find carlsen $200 straightaway for turning up in this pair ofjeans. then they said, you have to change it. he did actually offer to change into different clothes for the next day, but they said, no, you have to change immediately. at which point he said, well, it's a matter of principle. and he said that they could get lost. 0r actually, i have to say, he used words which i'm not going to repeat on television, but with his usual frankness and gusto. i mean, should

will vernon, bbc news, lviv.tching all 6 winning numbers in the mega millions draw. the winning ticket was bought at this convenience store in cottonwood in california. the prize is estimated to be around $1.3 billion but that's only the 5th biggest prize in the game's history. the largest win was a little over $2 billion also bought by someone in california back in november 2022. you are watching bbc news. do stay with us. hello there, some higher parts of england and wales have again been sticking out above this misty low cloud today. it's quite gloomy and murky and a little damp in other parts of england and wales. the fog, though, probably not quite as extensive as it has been. and through the rest of the weekend, the breeze picks up a little, that mist and patchy fog will be lifting, promising some brighter skies more widely tomorrow, although there will be some rain still in scotland. the mist and fog is closer to this area of low pressure which is affecting other parts of europe as well, that weather front

will vernon, bbc news, lviv.ghanistan and pakistan. taliban officials say their forces have launched attacks on areas in neighbouring pakistan. a spokesman from the taliban—run defence ministry said several points were targeted in, what he termed, retaliatory attacks. details of casualties are unclear. the development comes days after kabul said 46 people were killed in pakistani air strikes inside afghan territory. more than 1,000 critically endangered snails, some of which were bred in captivity here in the uk, have been released onto a remote portuguese island. the desertas island land snails were believed to be extinct until an expedition team discovered a tiny native population, and set about growing their numbers. our science correspondent victoria gill has more. this is a story with some very tiny main characters. these are desertas island land snails. they were rescued from the brink of extinction and brought here to chester zoo, where they�*ve been living and breeding inside this converted shipping conta

from kyiv, our correspondent will vernon has the latest developments ukrainians woke on this christmassions as russia launched a huge barrage of cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones, too, at ukrainian cities. and they were targeting the energy infrastructure. ukrainian energy providers say that their repair crews were out fixing the damage but hourly power outages should be expected across the country. half a million people in the kharkiv region in the east were left without power. now, a little bit earlier president zelensky released a statement, he vowed to restore the grid and thanked those who protect ukraine's skies. he said that russian evil would not break ukraine and would not spoil christmas. these kinds of attacks, happen every day. ukrainian cities are attacked by drones and missiles all the time but this was a particularly large scale attack and, of course, it came on christmas morning. the archbishop of york, stephen cottrell, has focused on the importance of actions over words in his christmas sermon. he will shortly take interim charge of the church of england,

from kyiv, our correspondent will vernon has the latest developments.ng to the sounds of sirens and explosions as russia launched a huge barrage of cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones too, at ukrainian cities, and they were targeting the energy infrastructure. now, ukrainian energy providers say their repair crews were out fixing the damage, but that hourly power outages should be expected across the country, and 500,000 people in the kharkiv region in the east were left without power. now, a little bit earlier president zelensky released a statement. he vowed to restore the grid and he thanks those who protect ukraine's skies. he said russian evil would not break ukraine, and would not spoil christmas. look, this attack, these kind of attacks happen every day. ukrainian cities are attacked by drones and missiles all the time, but this was a particularly large—scale attack, and of course it came on christmas morning. in the uk, a 39—year—old man has died after being shot by police in worcestershire. officers were called to an address in reddi

from kyiv, our correspondent will vernon has the latest developments.y upsetting start to christmas, obviously, for many ukrainians. a large—scale attack on ukraine's infrastructure, energy infrastructure this morning, over 70 ballistic and cruise missiles were fired at ukrainian cities, that is according to president zelensky, who called this attack "inhumane", and in his statement he said, he thanked ukrainian soldiers who are on duty on the front line, and those protecting the skies of ukraine. he said, "russian evil will not break ukraine and will not spoil christmas." now, there haven't been any reports yet of anyone killed in these attacks, but several people have been injured, including in kharkiv, ukraine's second largest city in the east, where there were a large number of explosions heard this morning, and the ukrainian state energy provider said it would be introducing hourly power outages in several regions across the country. russia has been systemically, really, destroying ukraine's energy and infrastructure over the course of several mont

here's our correspondent in ukraine, will vernon.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 of family members here of ukrainian soldiers who are still either missing or in captivity, and they were showing photographs of their loved ones to those who'd just been released, saying, "have you seen my husband, my son, do you know anything about them?" so it really

our reporter will vernon, is in kyiv. he gave me the very latest will, how significant are these intensified russian attacks on ukraine's energy infrastructure? 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 grid and thanking those who protect ukraine's skies, and he also said russian evil would not break ukraine and would not spoil christmas. this attack was not unusual, right? ukrainian cities come under fire from russian bombs and missiles every single day. and russia for months now has been systematically crushing ukraine's energy infrastructure. around 80% of it has been destro

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will be knocked down. ball is out! texas falls on it! it's vernon night who makes the recovery. that should secure texas' spot in the championship game. trey moore knocked it loose. >> kirk: broughton gets on top of it. and then, after the play, something happened with simmons, 11, or his helmet's off, and he was upset. i don't know if he was hit by a texas a&m player or what may have happened. >> chris: trey moore came off the edge to knock it loose and vernon broughton punctuates a huge night by a big man in the middle of that longhorn defense. best defense in the country, you think? >> kirk: i think it is. i think the way they've played all year. we'll see what happened after the play. two guys that were tangled up at the 30 to 35 yard line. i think it was reed-adams, the center. >> referee: fumble recovered by texas. after the play was over, pearl foul, number 11, against texas. personal foul, number 55, against texas a&m. those fouls offset. texas ball, first down. >> chris: reed-adams and simmons. they'll review to make sure broughton recovere

though i will be leaving congress formally, i plan to continue to fight for the people in new york's 16, particularly in the areas of portchester, greenberg, yonkers, mount vernon, new rochelle and of course the bronx. if it weren't for the people in these particular communities, especially the bronx where i served as an educator for 17 of the 20 years of my career, i would have not been prepared to come to congress and serve the people. of course i need to thank my team both in new york and here in d.c. who worked every single day to do everything in their power to meet the needs of the people of new york's 16. our case closure was exemplary. we brought tens of millions of dollars back to the district. and we did everything in our power to deal with issues of affordability, gun violence, education and so many other issues. thank you so much to my staff and my team and thank you for your service. you know, in 2020 i became the first african-american elected in the 16th district of new york in u.s. history. when i was running i didn't even know that stat which is pretty interesting. as such i stand on the shoulders of the giants who have come before me. my ances

though i will be leaving congress formally, i plan to continue to fight for the people in new york's 16, particularly in the areas of portchester, greenberg, yonkers, mount vernonnew rochelle and of course the bronx. if it weren't for the people in these particular communities, especially the bronx where i served as an educator for 17 of the 20 years of my career, i would have not been prepared to come to congress and serve the people. of course i need to thank my team both in new york and here in d.c. who worked every single day to do everything in their power to meet the needs of the people of new york's 16. our case closure was exemplary. we brought tens of millions of dollars back to the district. and we did everything in our power to deal with issues of affordability, gun violence, education and so many other issues. thank you so much to my staff and my team and thank you for your service. you know, in 2020 i became the first african-american elected in the 16th district of new york in u.s. history. when i was running i didn't even know that stat which is pretty interesting. as such i stand on the shoulders of the giants who have come before me. my ancesto

law-enforcement agencies supported one another it could help another deal with this vernon diverted this added burden for their willingdo it why because make sure that people can be kept safest me so the big make sure that in instances like the world cup back in my district where he was talking about the summer games in miami. to depend upon the federal government and the federal government is telling us what we can only help you, some of the time even when you have threats from isis is a huge problem that is when we need to address not only here today but moving forward mr. chairman my time is expired thank you for continuing to bring this to light. >> the chair recognizes you from arizona. >> thank you mr. chairman, for holding this ring today and thank you so much for coming today. i have an article here mystery drones fund over new york new jersey calls for federal investigation i believe this was my partner news want to with you mr. wheeler from the fbi you tell us about which you guys to know. >> the public reports and we have from eyewitness citing and some of those very credible. police personnel others are wh

the mayor of mount vernon, new york, says we wholeheartedly support our good officers and at the same time will not tolerate and will punish unconstitutional policing. but it was the biden justice department that brought this to light in a new report, and that the community is now responding to. >> all right. our thanks to katelyn polantz for that, kate. >> also new this morning, the manhattan district attorney says that the alleged killer of the unitedhealthcare ceo, brian thompson and thompson may soon be giving up his fight against extradition. luigi mangione is currently in a pennsylvania state prison and over the weekend hired a high profile defense attorney to represent him in new york before taking on mangione case. the attorney karen friedman agnifilo was a cnn legal analyst, she suggests, and she has suggested mangione could claim insanity as a defense strategy. >> it looks to me like this there might be a not guilty by reason of insanity defense that they're going to be thinking about, because the evidence is going to be so overwhelming that he did what he did. >> and i hear what you'

will say something, right? if trump's fbi shows up liz cheney's house to put her on show trial? cheryl hold the vernonity the founding director of the 14th amendment center for law and democracy. she previously served as the president and director of counsel at the naacp legal defense fund and she joins me now. let's start on this explicitness here of this entire -- these machinations. he pledged her in the campaign, he said in an interview on nbc, he thinks these people should be on jail. this was teed up by republican allies in congress. now he's -- he doesn't have to write a memo or call kash patel silently. it's all there for all of us to see. >> yeah. and he said in an interview that, you know, i'm not going to tell them to do it, but i think they have to look into it, right? so we know what trump's intentions are. and i think you hit the nail on the head earlier, chris. trump has not ceased to be a threat to democracy because he won the election. right? he is actually more of a threat. and i think it's -- i understand the difficulty that the democrats are having figuring out how to go forward an

vernon, new york, shawyn patterson-howard, a democrat. he said in a quote recently, we wholeheartedly support our good officers and at the same time will not tolerate and will punish unconstitutional policing. >> all right. as i said, this report worth a read. katelyn polantz. thank you very much, sarah. >> all right. now, that health care ceo murder suspect luigi mangione has a high powered new york lawyer. will he stop fighting extradition from pennsylvania? and new clues on what his defense may be. also, a supreme performance. a supreme court justice made a broadway debut this weekend. do you know which one? >> andy? >> take a seat, anderson. >> look at this. you're wet. disheveled. there's debris hitting you. we need to be ready for new year's eve maybe you are ready. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn mm. >> kind of needs to be more squiggly perfect. >> so now, do you have a driver's license? >> oh, what did you get us with a click of a pen, you can get a new volkswagen at the sign, then drive event. >> lisa, 2024, tiguan for zero down zero deposit, zero first payment and zero due at si

though i will be leaving congress formally, i plan to continue to fight for the people in new york's 16, particularly in the areas of portchester, greenberg, yonkers, mount vernon, new rochelle and of course the bronx. if it weren't for the people in these particular communities, especially the bronx where i served as an educator for 17 of the 20 years of my career, i would have not been prepared to come to congress and serve the people. of course i need to thank my team both in new york and here in d.c. who worked every single day to do everything in their power to meet the needs of the people of new york's 16. our case closure was exemplary. we brought tens of millions of dollars back to the district. and we did everything in our power to deal with issues of affordability, gun violence, education and so many other issues. thank you so much to my staff and my team and thank you for your service. you know, in 2020 i became the first african-american elected in the 16th district of new york in u.s. history. when i was running i didn't even know that stat which is pretty interesting. as such i stand on the shoulders of the giants who have come before me. my ances

. 0k, will vernon there in kyiv, thank you so _ potentially. 0k, will vernon there in kyiv, thank youukraine is home to nearly 50,000 jews, and kyiv is home to europe's largest menorah, which was lit to mark the first day of hannukah. volodymyr zelensky, who is the country's first everjewish president, welcomed a delegation of rabbis to the 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 2,500 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, one of the many places hit by russia's christmas day assault. he spoke with me from t

will vernon reports. # christmas parties...christmas. conductor chris and his wife nick are foster parents. some members of the choir have also experienced fostering or care. i think we're just two people who said yes. i think that's really all it is. i think a lot of people are just a bit too scared. some people say, "i'd find it hard to say goodbye." you're like, yeah, it is hard to say goodbye. but it's great to be able to say hello as well and create that space in the first place. nick and chris are calling on more people to become foster parents. children and young people in care come in all shapes and sizes, so we need families of all shapes and sizes as well. children seem to do better in homes and in families, and every child deserves to be in a family where they are wanted and where they can thrive. there's a whole team of people there to support you as a foster family and the child. so there's social workers and family liaison officers. it's christmas. it's the most wonderful time of the year. why is it so important n