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our response. at least one person is killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight minutes after its self imposed ceasefire ended. few expected the ceasefire to hold in any way. it was announced by russia in the first place and russia was never going to engage. but there is still heavy shelling coming down from the russian side. tens of thousands of orthodox christians in ethiopia celebrate christmas at churches in the historic town of laleebella for the first time since the conflict in tigray began in 2020. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. he also defended his economic policies as being deeply conservative . our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been list ....
as the candidates to be the uk s next prime minister prepare to go head to head. welcome to the programme. we start with the extreme heat across europe. it s facing its worst drought in a long time. we ll look at that in a moment. but first the high temperatures are also causing big wildfires. let s go to france. there s a huge wildfire near bordeaux, in the south western region of gironde. this is what it looks like at night. thousands of hectares have been burnt. 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area, and several homes are destroyed. it s spreading so fast because it s so dry. this is the scene in the day. you can see a plane dropping chemicals used to slow the fire down. more than a thousand fire fighters are there trying to control it. let s hear from one of them. translation: for l the moment, the fire is progressing in every direction. if i may say, the wind is not steady for the moment. it will rise in the course of the day. we are told that the win ....
unable to off load patiently much out of ambulances. a meeting in downing st with energy bosses, but it provides no solution yet for households struggling with soaring bills. the police watchdog says forces in england and wales are failing victims of bulgaries, robberies and theft with too few suspects being charged. go! the crisis of local swimming pools, the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past three years. good evening and welcome to bbc news. an amber extreme heat warning has come into force in some parts of the uk to last four days, as temperatures are forecast to hit 37 degrees celsius in some areas. although temperatures are unlikely to reach last month s 40 degree high, this heatwave is much more prolonged and some temperatures could get close to local or regional records. there s concern about wildfires, pressure on water supplies, and transport problems. it s also expected that a drought will be officially declared tomorrow. sarah campb ....
also on the programme: a meeting in downing street with energy bosses but it provides no solution yet for households struggling with soaring bills. last month was one of the worst for waiting times in a&e in england and response times for ambulances were much longer than the target time. and at the european championships, alice kinsella wins silver for great britain in the women s gymnastics all round final. and coming up on the bbc news channel: eve muirhead calls time on her curling career. the team gb skip retires as an olympic champion and hopes her success inspires girls in years to come. good evening. an amber extreme heat warning has come into force until sunday with temperatures expected to reach 37 celsius in some places over the weekend. a drought could also be declared tomorrow for some parts of england, with government officials, the water companies and groups including the national farmers union due to meet to discuss the prolonged dry weather. the met ....
during the past four decades over the entire arctic circle. here in the uk, accident and emergency departments in england had one of their worst months injuly according to nhs figures. record numbers of patients waited more than 12 hours to be admitted. sponsor times for ambulances dealing with emergency cases were also much longer than the target time. our health editor hugh pym has this report. james is in training for the great north run. he s had his heart valve operation but only after going private. he felt he had to do that after repeated delays in the nhs system, including last minute postponements. get yourself prepped, you re starving yourself, you wake up the next morning, they shave your chest, get you all gowned up, get you on the bed, and then the nurse turns up and says, sorry, it s not happening today. then your emotions just go. and the first time that happened was really tough, the second time, not quite as tough because you have kind of done it, and ....