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Millions of Americans are facing blizzards, flooding and life-threatening cold temperatures this Christmas as an unprecedented winter storm smashes its way through most of the country. At least 19 people have died, and one and a half million people are without power. Thousands of flights have also been cancelled. The US weather service is predicting the coldest Christmas Eve on record for several cities.

More than 30 people have now died in western New York state - during what officials are calling the worst blizzard in recent memory.

Houses have been encased in thick ice in North America as people struggle to dig out after deadly blizzards. The frozen houses in Ontario took the brunt of the storms as they directly face the Canadian side of Lake Erie. An icy white blanket covered the entire front of the Fort Erie properties.

Hundreds of Jetstar passengers had their holiday plans thrown into chaos when their flight to Bali was refused permission to land. The plane four hours into its flight, made a U-turn back to Melbourne with the airline blaming a miscommunication.

Five days after two helicopters collided on the Gold Coast near Sea World, tributes are pouring in for the victims, as the survivors continue to fight for their lives in hospital. Subscribe and

Australia has joined a growing list of countries who have imposed COVID-19 rules on travellers arriving from China as a “significant wave” of infections spreads across the country. Subscribe and

Countries around the world have celebrated New Year, after two years of muted or cancelled events due to the Covid pandemic. Celebrations have taken place on the east coast of the United States, and in Brazil, Argentina and the Caribbean. Cities across Europe, Africa and Asia have also held firework-filled festivities marking the start of 2023. In China, huge crowds gathered to take advantage of recently-lifted restrictions.

Pelé is being mourned around the world after his death at the age of 82. His passing at Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital where he was receiving chemotherapy was confirmed on his Instagram account. "Inspiration and love marked the journey of King Pelé, who peacefully passed away today," it read, adding he had "enchanted the world with his genius in sport, stopped a war, carried out social works all over the world and spread what he most believed to be the cure for all our problems: love."