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iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. its wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three—day strike in a dispute over pay. theyll walk out from seven oclock this morning, after five weeks of ...

lots of routine care has been cancelled. not everywhere. patients are being advised to have a look on the website of the hospital to see what is happening. if you have been contacted to come in, do but many appointments and operations have been cancelled right across england. thousands, tens of thousands, ofjunior doctors on strike and when we sayjunior doctors, we mean all those doctors up to consultant level and we mean half the medical workforce in hospitals. so, a significant impac...

before you get the burgers on the grill. lets take a look at some of the weeks top stories. desantis has officially entered the 2024 white house race. as we said, the livestream event on twitter got off to a rocky start, crashing several times with the announcement delayed by the more than 20 minutes due to a series of technical glitches. >> sorry about that, weve got so many people here, i think we are kind of melting the servers. >> lets see, so -- >> yeah. >> just to simplify. lets ...

hours time. new figures are expected to show net migration to the uk reached a record level last year. what a way to seal europa league football for the first time. ensisos cracker earns brighton a draw, and a place in the group stages of next seasons competition. # waterloo, i was defeated, you won the war. and well hear from abba on those eurovision reunion rumours. plus, the perfect day to take to the river, here in baiano on the banks of the thames, a bit more clout around the uk b...

and a criminal investigation is still ongoing of the slow response by law enforcement. our north america correspondent will grant first reported from the scenes of the massacre last year, and has gone back to revisit the parents of ten—year—old alithia ramirez. just a warning, some viewers may find this report distressing. we wanted to make this room alithias room. alithia ramirez�*s parents are recreating her old bedroom in their new home. such was the pain of living in uvalde, ...

conference at the capitol. >> i just got off the phone with the president, i talk to him twice today, and after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do, but i believe this is an agreement and principle that is worthy of the american people. >> i expect to finish the writing of the bill, checking with the white house and speaking to the president again tomorrow afternoon, and then posting the text of it tomorrow, and then votin...

south wales police give more details about events leading to the death of two boys in cardiff — but their account raises fresh questions. inflation is in single figures for the first time since last august — but food prices have continued to surge at their fastest rate in nearly 45 years and a life—changing medical breakthrough — as a man paralysed in a cycling accident walks again, thanks to implants in his brain. on bbc london... later in the hour, on the bbc news channel wil...

simply the best. the lead starts right now. ♪ whats love got to do got to do with it ♪ remembering an entertainment legend. tina turner dead at the age of 83. plus, ron desantis bucking the trend. less than two hours to go before the florida republican using twitter and elon musk to launch his campaign for president. coming up, how donald trump, the front-runner, is responding to desantis unconventional approach. and -- >> were not going to default. were going to solve this pro...

long weekend, both sunday and monday looking fine as well. what you will notice is the air will get cooler, so temperature coming down a few degrees but that said, we are talking about may sunshine and in the sunshine it will feel pleasantly warm. enjoy the long weekend if you have it. thanks, chris. and thats bbc news at ten. theres more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc on...

musk. desantis making light of last nights rocky rollout. >> we had a huge audience. it did -- it was the biggest they had had ever had. it did break the twitter space. so were really excited about the enthusiasm but ultimately about the future of our country. >> lawrence: okay former president trump campaigned saying, quote: ron desantis botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is just not ready for the job. the stakes are too high in the fight to save america is too...