Have turned the way he has. The eu wont try to punish britain over brexit, says the head of the european commission. But he warns there will be a bill to pay. As syrias ancient city of palmyra is liberated again, more evidence of so called Islamic States brutality comes to light. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, Lewis Hamilton dominates practise on the first day of the new formula one season fastest in practise in melbourne by more than half a second. Good evening. President trump has suffered a major defeat tonight over one of his Biggest Campaign pledges his vow to reform americas healthcare system, known as obamaca re. Mr trump was facing opposition not just from democrats, but from his own party in congress. The president had staked his personal authority on his scheme, issuing an ultimatum to the republicans that hed drop it altogether, if they didnt back him. But tonight, just minutes before the vote, he was forced to abandon his plans dramatically, after being told he did
displaced people. i also understand i that the vhf communication system, that s quite specific, which is what is inside the hospital and what you use to communicate to your crews and ambulances as well has also been damaged. what does that mean and how does that affect the ongoing operations of your teams in that area at such a difficult time? 50. area at such a difficult time? so, basicall , area at such a difficult time? so, basically. in area at such a difficult time? so, basically, in khan area at such a difficult time? sc, basically, in khan yunis there area at such a difficult time? s5 basically, in khan yunis there is area at such a difficult time? s5, basically, in khan yunis there is no communication, no cellular, no landline communication. the vhf waves at the only communication for our ambulance teams to be able to communicate with each other and as well as we at the headquarters in the west bank, we are communicating with our staff in gaza through this vhf communication
it, just trying to, i think, spread fear and put the blame on us, when actually the blame lies fairly and squarely with this government who have consistently refused to negotiate with us. military personnel were deployed to work with ambulance teams, but there have been reports that a&e departments were quieter than usual. but the underlying realities remain. eight out of ten ambulance services in england by yesterday had declared critical incidents, even before the strikes, with long delays at hospitals handing over patients and unprecedented call numbers. the strikes may be ending tonight, but there have been warnings from one ambulance service that the effective disruption will continue for the next few days, and one union is planning another strike next week. hugh pym, bbc news. let s get some of the day s other news. israel s prime minister designate, benjamin netanyahu, says he has successfully formed a new coalition which looks set to be
negotiate with us. military personnel negotiate with us. military personnel were negotiate with us. military personnel were deployed l negotiate with us. military. personnel were deployed to negotiate with us. military - personnel were deployed to work negotiate with us. military personnel were deployed to work with ambulance teams, but there have been reports that a&e departments were quieter than usual. but the underlying realities remain. eight out of ten ambulance services in england by yesterday had declared critical incidents, even before the strikes, with long delays at hospitals handing over patients and unprecedented call numbers. the strikes may be ending tonight, but there have been warnings from one ambulance service that the effective disruption will continue for the next few days, and one union is planning another strike next week. let s get more from our correspondents in cardiff and derby on the impact of strike action there. first to hwyel griffith in cardiff. hyw
the biggest health union, unison, is balloting its members in england, wales and northern ireland they include nurses, paramedics, midwives and porters. a vote in scotland has been suspended, after the holyrood administration made a higher pay offer. but union officials say that s not enough and they re warning that many nhs staff have reached the end of the road . striking is the last thing that, you know, dedicated health workers want to do. but the reality is that the nhs is on its knees. services are in crisis, we ve seen large numbers of staff have left the nhs, and the staff we ve got, frankly, are overworked, feel undervalued by the government, and are underpaid. 0ur health editor hugh pym joins me now in the studio. we mentioned unison, it is notjust unison, this could be much bigger. that s right, earlier this week we had the gmb and another union starting a ballot of paramedics and ambulance staff, they hadn t been a widespread walk out by ambulance teams since 1989, so