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hello and welcome to the programme. russia has announced that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year's eve attack by ukrainian forces. they were using himars rockets supplied by the us. it's the biggest death toll acknowledged by moscow for a single incident in the war, but ukraine says the strike killed "hundreds" of russian soldiers. our correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. in a town in eastern ukraine, rubble and many questions. this used to be a school, apparently turned into a base for russian soldiers. at around midnight on new year's eve, ukraine struck. how man...

emeritus, benedict the 16th, on the first day of his lying—in—state. the former pontiff will be buried in the crypt on thursday after pope francis presides over his funeral in st peter's square. the british medical association says the nhs is in a crisis and its survival is on a knife edge. it's amplified recent warnings about delays in emergency care, saying patients are dying needlessly. the royal college of emergency medicine says it's become impossible to provide the best standard of care. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. welcome to nhs winter. ambulances lin...

their respects to the late pope benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. the coffin of football legend pele has arrived at the stadium of his former club, santos, for a public wake. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. we begin in the uk, senior doctors are warning that some hospital accident and emergency departments are in a "complete state of crisis" because of the extreme pressures facing the national health service this winter. the royal college of emergency medicine says it's impossible to provide the best standard of care —...

legend pele has arrived at the stadium of his former club, santos, for a public wake. hello and welcome. in the uk, senior doctors are warning that some hospital accident and emergency departments are in a "complete state of crisis" because of the extreme pressures facing the national health service this winter. the royal college of emergency medicine says it's impossible to provide the best standard of care — and there's "no doubt" patients are being harmed. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. we are used to seeing pictures like this every winter now. patients waitin...

seem louder than ever. most of the nhs employees would say it has been one of the toughest winters they can remember. i feel uncomfortable, deeply uncomfortable about the level of care we are sometimes, because of the degree of pressure, that we are providing. probably some ptsd from some of the stuff i have seen and just worn out. the data shows that things are worse now than at any time since records started in 200a. one in ten patients who need admitting are waiting over 12 hours for a bed with reports of some waits lasting for days. for a bed with reports of some waits lasting fo...