yesterday, starting off with some frost and ice, snow showers in parts of scotland and northern ireland, rain clearing the far south and more snow coming into the south pushing north tonight into tomorrow. it s wednesday the 7th of february. proposals to improve access to nhs dentists in england are being announced by the government today. the plans include offering top up payments for dentists to take on new nhs patients as well as bonuses to work in under served areas. but health leaders say the measures don t go far enough. here s our health editor, hugh pym. a long queue outside a new dental practice in bristol. local people simply wanting to register as nhs patients. the opening following a public campaign after the previous site closed. the story was covered on bbc breakfast yesterday. the images illustrate the growing sense of frustration at the lack of nhs treatment in areas of the country which have been branded dental deserts. a new government and nhs plan for engla
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hello, i m maryam moshiri, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start in the middle east, where israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said israel will not be satisfied with anything other than total victory over hamas. he also said that israeli troops have been ordered to prepare to operate in rafah, in southern gaza. let s listen to some of what he said. translation: tonight i m| here to tell you one thing - we are on our way to a complete victory. the victory is in our reach. it s not about years or decades, it s about months. the idf is doing wonderful work. it s working systematically in order to achieve all the goals of the world that we, the political ranks, have given it, which is relinquishing hamas, releasing the hostages and making sure gaza is not threatening israel any more. to begin with, i said that the final victory is our goal. this was the decision i brought to the government at the beginning
temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr
it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 3am in baghdad which has been struck by a us drone attack which killed a senior leader of an armed pro iran group. three people were killed in the attack, including a commander of the group that us officials say was behind recent attacks on us bases in iraq and syria. this was the scene in baghdad earlier tonight. angry crowds surrounded the burnt out vehicle chanting america is the biggest devil . our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in baghdad for us tonight she tried to get close to the scene of this attack. this was a high profile strike inside the capital. it happened at 930 at night to local time there were distinct explosions that were audible from our hotel we reached the scene very quickly. an angry crowd had gathered around the charred wreckage of the car which had been hit we know a drone strike a powerful pro iranian official. with the attack in jordan that killed three service personnel. they were