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operations likely to be impacted so cancer treatment for example we know that 140,000 operations have had to be cancelled over the winter because of a range of strike action but what are they calling for? well, it is all about pay and conditions and the british medical association is calling for a 35% increase in wages and they say it hasnt kept up with inflation of the last 15 years and theyve essentially had a pay cut. junior doctors as well themselves say that people are leaving the...

and the independent trade economist rebecca harding. we start here in the uk where the economy is expected to do worse than every other major advanced country this year, including russia — which has been hit by a barrage of economic sanctions from the west. thats according to the international monetary fund, the imf. it said the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% in 2023, rather than grow slightly as previously predicted. heres what theyve had to say. we have a very challenging environme...

with a large number of passengers overturned in somerset in the uk amid warnings of icy road conditions. a new documentary on tensions between indian prime minister narendra modi and indias muslim minority investigates claims about his role in the 2002 gujarat riots that left over 1,000 dead. a constitutional row develops between the uk and scottish governments after westminster announces plans to block a scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. ...

people are believed to have queued to see the queens coffin in london. as the royal family continues seven private days now of mourning. a man is jailed for ten months after disorder in leicester between muslim and hindu communities. # im loving angels instead #. and robbie williams has been recording new versions of his classic songs and hes taking them to the top of the charts. in an interview with our political editor chris mason liz truss has been saying she wants to see growth and...

cup, the premier league returns. on a busy boxing day with the leaders arsenal looking to go eight points clear of manchester city if they beat west ham. its going to turn much colder for many as this boxing day, showers around as well, which could turn wintry towards north—western areas. all of the details throughout the programme. its monday the 26th december. our main story. police are appealing for information after a gunman shot dead a 26—year—old woman in merseyside on chri...

secretaryjustine greening, sir malcom rifkind, who served as foreign and defence secretary in the thatcher and major governments, and catherine haddon from the institute for government. hello, welcome to the programme. after one of the driest summers on record, the notoriously fickle british weather turned — of course it did — just at the very moment liz truss arrived in downing street this afternoon. and as the heavens opened, drenching the loyal conservative members who had gathe...

of staff at the homeland security department during the trump administration. hello, welcome to the programme, so eight becomes six in the race to become the british prime minister. conservative mp�*s elimated two candidates this evening, in the first round, the former foreign secretaryjeremy hunt and the current chancellor nadhim zehawi. mr zehawi was until last week the rising star of the party, but maybe his decision to stick with borisjohnson and take the job at number 11 was, in...

we start in the uk, where we now have a new finance minister after a night of high political drama. the former chancellor rishi sunak handed in his resignation on tuesday evening, citing a failure of leadership from the prime minister in his handling of the latest political scandal. this left the top finance job up in the airfor a few hours before nadim zahawi was appointed as the new chancellor of the exchequer. this comes at a critical time for the economy as the uk grapples with a c...

of the regulator, how the regulator shapes the future of the bbc directly impacts on everyone who consumes its content and also interacts with it as an institution. lets understand first of all more about what ofcom wants. lets hearfrom kevin backhurst, group director of content and media policy. and, kevin, reading your review today, you sound a little underwhelmed by how the bbc explains itself. tell us why. i think we feel that the bbc should absolutely strive all the time to explai...

with this decision, the conservative majority of the supreme court shows how extreme it is, how far removed they are from the majority of this country. they made the united states an outlier among developed nations in the world. but this decision must not be the final word. my administration will use all of its appropriate lawful powers, but congress must act. if you vote, you can act. you can have the final word. this is not over. thank you very much. ive more to say on this in weeks ...