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in the push to win crucial votes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should "carefully consider" the impact o...

by a former police officer. ukraine's president zelensky urges russians to stand up against the war in an interview with the bbc. the conservative mp conor burns has been sacked from the government following what it says is a complaint of serious misconduct. scotland's first minister calls liz truss arrogant and disrespectful for not contacting her since becoming prime minister. and i am at wembley, where englands women return to the scene of the european triumph to face the world champions in front of a sell—out crowd. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england's men are in ru...

of at least 20 of their colleagues. a bbc investigation has uncovered evidence that the sas executed detainees and murdered un—armed people in afghanistan. most people know me as mo farah, but is not my real name, it's not the reality. the olympic star mo farah has revealed he was trafficked into the uk as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. heathrow airport limits the number of passengers who can depart each day to reduce travel disruption. images from nasa's new telescope show light from galaxies that are billions of years old — with further releases expected this...

After ending his coalition with the greens. The bbc understands he will not be announcing his resignation despite a conservative Confidence Vote in his leadership of the Scottish Government, likely to be scheduled for holyrood next week. Our Scotland Local Correspondent David Henderson has the story. The Bute House Agreement lasted less than 1,000 days, but it brought green ministers into government for the first time anywhere in the uk and with them came a raft of green policies. So what do voters think now theyre gone . I think its sad because i think the greens are a good influence on the s...

hello, there. on thursday we are electing a new parliament. voters here will choose 18 new mps. we are live from belfast debating the big talking points that matter to go. joining us... gavin robinson, the leader of the dup. we invited the leader of the dup. we invited the sinn fein leader and the party tonight is represented by chris hazzard. colum eastwood is a leader of the sdlp and the leader of the alliance party is naomi long. and we also invited the of the ulster unionists, the deputy leader, robbie butler, completes the line—up. on the order they are positioned in was deter...