good morning, wet and windy start to the day, the good news is the worst of the rain will blow through, come the afternoon the weather will brighten up with spells of sunshine but they will be lots of blustery showers today, particularly across western areas. i will have the full forecast for you later on. it s saturday, 7th january. our top story: the prime minister will hold emergency talks at downing street today to try to tackle the huge challenges facing the nhs. and senior doctors say the health service is on a knife edge, with many a&e units struggling to cope with record demand. our health correspondent jim reed reports. the nhs is under record pressure this winter, where the queues of ambulances delayed out hospitals, rising waiting lists, and more front line strikes planned in the coming weeks. sue front-line strikes planned in the coming weeks front-line strikes planned in the coming weeks. front-line strikes planned in the cominu weeks. ,, , , , ., , coming weeks
president biden: yes. you are? president biden: that s a commitment we made. it s a commitment we made. here is the situation. we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it could be taken by force, just taken by force is just not appropriate. dana: jacqui heinrich is reporting live. those comments stole the show away from the economic message the president wanted to deliver and the white house is constantly finding themselves in this position and the president saying this on asian soil makes it different this time, jacqui. no kidding. very significant, dana. the white house is claiming that the president did not announce a policy shift but everything that we witnessed shows that it was. it was a clear break from strategic ambiguity for years has supported helping taiwan defend itself but september very vague about whether the u.s. military would come to its aid if china attacked. the question
Hello, gavin. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Premier league have clubs voted to move a step closer to the possibiliy of bringing in a salary cap. A majority of clubs were in favour of allowing the Premier League to do the final economic and legal analysis of such a model, and draft the rules with the aim of making the competition fairer. Its part of plans to reform the profit and sustainability regulations, which resulted in both Nottingham Forest and everton being deducted points this season. Top clubs would only be allowed to spend a sum linked to the Television Revenues of the bottom clubs in the league. The next stage will potentially be put to clubs at agm injune. The pfa have said they have always been clear that they would oppose any measure that would place a hard cap on player wages. England Rugby Union International Billy Vunipola has apologised, and paid a fine after being charged in spain, following an alleged incident. The bbc understands he was tasered by police on the
Drugs and phones into jails. Good morning. In sport, the premier League Title Race is hotting up. The League Leaders chelsea beaten two nil by Manchester United. Goals from Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera trimming the gap at the top to four points from second place tottenham. It was an 80s classic set in thatchers britain. Well hear from the cast of Letter To Brezhnev as they reunite 30 years on in liverpool. And we have the weather. Good morning from london. I have two miniature donkeys, gilbert and sullivan, behind me. A mixture of bright spells and showers. Some wintry in the hills in the north especially. Behind them, it will turn much colder. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. Prince harry has revealed he sought counselling after spending nearly 20 years not thinking about the death of his mother, diana, princess of wales. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, he said it was not until his late 20s that he processed the
2 0 against wigan athletic. In one against wigan athletic. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Us Vice President mike pence, whos on a visit to south korea, has warned that his countrys era of strategic patience with north korea is over. It comes as south korea and the United States agreed to speed up a Defence System designed to intercept north korean missiles, something china views as a threat to its own military. Stephen evans reports. The american Vice President went to the front line, the Demilitarised Zone between north and south korea, what he called the frontier of freedom. For him, the visit was personal because his father fought in the korean war. From the other side today, north korean guards looked back and took pictures. Vice president pences mission today, to affirm support for the alliance between the us and south korea. We will defeat any attack and we will meet any use of conventional or Nuclear Weapons with an overwhelming and effective response. Over the past 18