reform or die. Our health correspondent, catherine burns, reports. When dealing with a sick Patient Medics can treat the obvious symptoms barrister. But to actually find a cure, they need to diagnose exactly what is wrong. That is what the government asked this man to do for the nhs. A respected surgeon and former labour health minister. His diagnosis is grave. Health minister. His diagnosis is rave. ,. , health minister. His diagnosis is rave. ,. ,. ,. , is grave. Nhs as we have heard is grave. Nhs as we have heard is broken is grave. Nhs as we have heard is broken by is grave. Nhs as we have heard is broken by completely is broken by completely reversible. The vital signs are stable. Wejust reversible. The vital signs are stable. We just need to put the right investment in the nhs. We need to engage our amazing doctors, nurses, community, staff and pathways of care and look at the whole pathway as we have done before from the cradle to the grave. What does it mean to the patients .
In his first major interview since becoming Prime Minister of the Uk Keir starmer has told the bbc the government is going to have to be unpopular. Speaking on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he said the only way to change the country was to do difficult things now even though he Knows they are unpopular. Our political correspondent Georgia Robertsjoins us. The decision to end Winter Fuel parents is among the earliest of those difficult decisions this government has taken. Mps will vote on this next week and we Know several are planning to make their unhappiness Known but this morning Keir Starmer defended those plans on Winter Fuel. Lets hear him talking about that. About that. This is really tou h, about that. This is really tough. I about that. This is really tough. I do about that. This is really tough, i do get about that. This is really tough, i do get to about that. This is really tough, i do get to staff. | about that. This is really| tough, i do get to staff. I Know tough, i do g
At the King Hussein Allenby bridge crossing. The victims are thought To Have been private Security Personnel. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking about what happened. Translation we are surrounded by a murderous Ideology Led by Irans Axis of evil. In recent days, terrorists have murdered six of our hostages in Cold Blood as three israeli police officers. The killers do not distinguish between us, they want to murder as All until the right one, right and left, secular and religious, dues and non jews, what protects as is the strength of the state of israel and the strength of the israel and the strength of the Israel Defense forces. The shooting comes amid high regional tension. Overnight, there were Missile Exchanges between israel and the lebanese militant group, hezbollah with a number of projectiles being fired from both directions across the border. Our correspondent Mike Thomson told us more about whats been happening. It certainly does mark quite an escala
Picking up and bringing showers later in the far north. For england and wales, still some rain and drizzle and low cloud around some Western Hills and coast but further east, not a great deal of sunshine him want to hate All Black Women. What took them so long . Number tens change in tone and language came three hours after business secretary Kemi Badenoch said frank hester s comments were racist and there was a Space For Forgiveness. Well talk live to the woman who co founded conservatives against racism and a former candidate who says most black people think hes a race traitor to be a tory. Also tonight a warning that the increasing privatisation of nhs eye care could see it go the same way as Nhs Dentistry, with minimal Public Access to treatment. They say, were not going to do nhs cataracts, are losing money on them, people pay two go private or we have a loss of provision and thats really the end of the nhs. Plus a conversation between this conservative mp and the close friend who
regions for the news where you are. from the ten i don t know, but i ve been told. our government is mighty cold. from london to leeds to liverpool, more than 2a,000 junior doctors have begun a five day long strike, rejecting 6% in pursuit of 35%. but rishi sunak has had enough. today s offer is final. there will be no more talks on pay. we will not negotiate again on this year s settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision. as the prime minister reaches a deal with thousands of public sector workers in england, the doctors say they won t settle. so with no more government negoitations, will there be more strikes instead? we ll be speaking to a junior doctor, the chief operating officer of a hospital trust and a health expert. also tonight, are we about to find out what s in those whatsapps sent to borisjohnson at the height of the pandemic, as tonight his elusive missing pin number emerges. we ll be joined by someone who just might be able to explain what s