are announced in england, a pay rise is offered to health workers in scotland. a man who spied for russia while working as a security guard at the british embassy in berlin is sentenced to 13 years in prison. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. 0h, he s found a way through. and in the cricket, a good second day for england has put them ahead in the first test against new zealand. and coming up on the bbc news channel, potential new manchester united owners have until today to submit takeover proposals. bids are expected from countries ranging from qatar to the usa. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister rishi sunak has been holding talks near belfast with representatives of all the main political parties in northern ireland, amid speculation that the government is close to agreeing a new deal with the eu on post brexit trading ar
suffering from a type of dementia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister rishi sunak is holding talks with northern ireland s political leaders in belfast today with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea, as the current deal prevents checkpoints on the island of ireland. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern ireland s place within the uk. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the country s po
why a spoonful for babies may help prevent allergic reactions. welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we start with the news that the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russia s president vladimir putin, in connection with alleged war crimes in ukraine. along with the head of russia s children s commission , mr putin is accused of forcibly deporting children to russia. the court said there were reasonable grounds to believe the russian president bore individual criminal responsibility for such deportations, which, it says, started soon after moscow launched its full scale invasion of ukraine nearly 13 months ago. let s have a listen. here is the president of the icc making the announcement. this is an important moment in the process ofjustice before the icc the judges have reviewed the information and evidence submitted by the prosecutor and determined that there are credible allegations against these persons for th
at least 58 people have died in that disaster, including children and a baby. they died after the boat that was carrying them sank in rough seas off the southern italian mainland, according to the coastguard. dozens of bodies were found on a beach near a seaside resort in the calabria region, with others found in the waters nearby. these pictures from the italian coastguard were filmed in darkness, early on sunday morning and you can see the wreckage of the boat. one local official has suggested as many as 150 people had been onboard. rescuers are still searching for survivors, after the vessel reportedly broke apart near the coastal town of crotone. the coastguard say 80 people are known to have survived but a large search and rescue effort continues on land and at sea. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyenm urges eu asylum reform after italy migrant deaths. richard galpin reports. this is all that remains of the wooden boat in which so many peop
again on 23rd january. i know there s a lot of controversy about us striking, and that we re not kind of getting those calls and getting to patients today, but in realistic terms, day to day, we re not getting to patients. we ll be talking to a paramedic in devon who says it s notjust about pay, it s about the intense pressure on staff. it s notjust the nhs, 100,000 civil servants are to strike on 1st february in their campiagn for better pay. also tonight. as russian forces intensify their efforts to occupy eastern ukraine around the mining town of soledar, there s a heightened concern about the fight of two british men who have disappeared in eastern ukraine, where they were helping locals. and could the elgin marbles be sent back to greece on loan? and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the national health service is facing the prospects of more is facing the prosp