To the program. We begin in russia where President Putin has carried out a rare reshuffle of his security chiefs. His top Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu has been removed from his post. Hes a long standing ally of Vladimir Putin and has served as Defence Minister since 2012, Playing A Key role in russias invasion of ukraine. His replacement will be andrei belousov, an economist and the deputy Prime Minister. Earlier our russia editor Steve Rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual. Whoever the russian government ministers are, whoever s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is Vladimir Putin. Hes the man with all the power. Having said that, a Government Reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like the Defence Minister is being changed. They dont happen too often. The foreign minister, hes been in his post for 20 years. Mr shoigu, he has been Defence Minister for 12
As part of the findings of the birth trauma inquiry. Its calling for an overhaul of the britains maternity and Postnatal Care after finding poor care is all too frequently tolerated as normal. Our correspondent Louisa Pilbeam reports. She was left needing a stoma bag after mistakes in her maternity care. She spoke to bbc breakfast earlier this year. I ended up with a fourth degree tear and a rectovaginal fistula. I had a missed abscess, as well which burst. None of this was diagnosed till five days after the baby was born. Gill is not alone. The First Uk Inquiry Into Birth Trauma has heard what it calls harrowing evidence from more than 1,000 women. Some women said they were left in blood soaked sheets on Maternity Wards without help, evidence was given about babies who were injured during birth, and many women said they werent listened to. Birth trauma is thought to affect 30,000 women a year in the uk a term which refers to negative birth experiences, such as serious blood loss and e
scotland we are looking at clear skies and a frosty start. in southern scotland, england and wales, a cloudy start with rain, but brightening up later from the west. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday the 5th of december. the home secretary james cleverly is on his way to rwanda this morning. he s due to sign a new deal which he hopes will mean that the uk government will then be able to send some be able to send some asylum seekers to the the east african country. the visit comes just hours after mr cleverly announced a series of measures to reduce the levels of legal migration into the uk. our political correspondent peter saull has the details. immigration has long been a tricky issue for the government. successive conservative prime ministers have promised and failed to bring the numbers down. the new plan a ban on foreign care of workers bringing family members with them. an increase in the minimum salary for skilled workers of almost 50% to
palestinians out of gaza. khan younis and rafah were struck by strikes on monday. there are reports dozens of israeli tanks have been seen near khan younis. hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the us and uk governments. israel says hamas fighters are hiding in the south. we says hamas fighters are hiding in the south. ~ , , the south. we pursue them in northern gaza, the south. we pursue them in northern gaza, we the south. we pursue them in northern gaza, we are - the south. we pursue them in northern gaza, we are now i the south. we pursue them in - northern gaza, we are now pursuing them in southern gaza two. we are operating with maximum force against hamas terrorists and infrastructures while minimising harm to the civilians that hamas places around them as shields. them as shields. hospitals inside gaza are struggling them as shields. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to them as shields. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to shake - them as shi