invasion of ukraine. and the lengths people will go to to get around schemes that are supposed to reduce coming up on bbc news the fallout from the grand national is the death of three horses across the three day meeting, protest and arrest part of the best spark debate. good evening. the nhs in england said it had to cancel almost 200,000 operations and appointments last week during the four day strike by junior doctors, heaping four day strike byjunior doctors, heaping yet more pressure on the health service. over the past five months, almost half a million appointments have had to be rescheduled, and the nhs national medical director says with each strike, it becomes harder. and he wants the impact on patients and staff will continue to worsen. he warns. our health editor hugh pym reports. trying to get back to normal. are you comfortable as you are, lying on the bed? they are assessing patients who have come through this hospital s emergency department. fully staf
notre dame cathedral as restoration continues, four years since a fire destroyed significant parts of the world heritage landmark. hello, i m lucy gray. the man arrested on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb at japan s prime minister fumio kishida has been identified by the authorities as 24 year old ryuji kimura. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. pm kishida made a speech in another location later, where he said the incident should not be allowed to disrupt the electoral process. the attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections and by elections for vacated seats injapan s lower house. our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo has been giving us the latest. very dramatic scenes coming this morning from wakayama in western japan. chaos among the crowd as a young man is being tackled and then pinned to the ground by security personnel. and then a screa
the man arrested on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb at japan s prime minister, fumio kishida, has been identified by the authorities as 24 year old ryuji kimura. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. after the incident pm kishida made a speech in another location where he said the incident should not be allowed to disrupt the electoral process. the attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections and by elections for vacated seats injapan s lower house. our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo has the latest. very dramatic scenes coming this morning from wakayama in western japan. chaos among the crowd as a young man is being tackled and then pinned to the ground by security personnel. and then a screaming crowd scrambling to leave the scene as a loud explosion is heard, and then smoke fills the air. the man is then being taken away from the scene. the
a harmful gene. hello and welcome to bbc news. dmytro kuleba, ukraine s foreign minister, has warned that countries which mistreated ukraine during the darkest moment of its history will be held to account after the war ends. in an interview with the bbc, he also warned western allies that delaying the delivery of weapons will cost the lives of ukrainian soldiers. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has been speaking to him, and began by asking him why the battle for bakhmut in the east of ukraine is so important. the battle for bakhmut is now the longest of the war. more than half a year of bloody fighting for control of what is little more than rubble. but ukraine s foreign minister told me holding the city was vital, and notjust for the damage it s causing to russia s army. defending bakhmut is emotionally very challenging, because people find it hard emotionally to take, carry the burden of this death, loss of human life and destruction. it s a struggle t
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