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 listen to what the prime minister has been saying. has has been saying. he been listening to union demands? has he been listening to union demands? i has he been listening to union demands? has he been listening to union demands? ., ., ., demands? i have to say no. the strikes, demands? i have to say no. the strikes. we demands? i have to say no. the strikes, we haven t demands? i have to say no. the strikes, we haven t seen - demands? i have to say no. the strikes, we haven t seen the - demands? i have to say no. the i strikes, we haven t seen the likes strikes, we haven t seen the likes in 100 years. nurses striking over theissue in 100 years. nurses striking over the issue of pay, their issue is the pay offer they have been given for this year, so 2022, 23 it runs
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
left hanging. future. that means things seem to be left hanging- left hanging. discussions about pay could start in left hanging. discussions about pay could start in a left hanging. discussions about pay could start in a few left hanging. discussions about pay could start in a few months - left hanging. discussions about pay could start in a few months time . could start in a few months time then. there were also discussions about rishi sunak s use of private health care, what did he say? yes. health care, what did he say? yes, this is a point health care, what did he say? yes, this is a point of health care, what did he say? yes, this is a point of interest. - health care, what did he say? yes this is a point of interest. the prime minister was asked about whether he and his family, there have been suggestions they pay for their own private health care, so outside the nhs system, a politically sensitive point because obviously facing the strikes, nurses talking about thei
this weekend to try to win support from congress and the american people, from missile strikes against syria, he s ordered the military to come up with new options to hit the syrian military harder than originally planned. for the first time, the pentagon is looking at using long-range bombers for potential a i strikes on syria. b-2 stealth bombers flown all the way from missouri. b-52s from louisiana and b-1 based in qatar. well outside of syria s anti aircraft denies. the u.s. military has been ordered to come up with a longer list of potential targets, aimed at destroying more of syria s chemical weapons program than first planned. and bashar al assad. only assad used more chemical weapons than he had on august