in the three months tojune with forecasters warning recession is still likely later in the year. 7,000 extra hospital beds this winter, including in pop up sites the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. more chaos for rail passengers train drivers prepare to strike tomorrow on nine lines across the country. # up in space, man. and, the shortlist is announced for hosting next year s eurovision song contest seven uk cities are in the running. and coming up on the bbc news channel: britain s rowers overcome problems in the quad sculls at the european championships to reach the medalfinal in munich. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. a drought has been declared in parts of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can announce stricter measures to conserve supplies, and it comes as yorkshire water became the latest to announce a hosepipe ban, in the wake of low rainfall and h
i worry at its commitment to health disparities, to the ten year cancer programme, to the fight to lead a healthy life, to our whole commitment to making britain healthier. the fa cup final is into extra time, as both liverpool and chelsea continue to search for a goal at wembley. and there s just an hour to go until the eurovision final gets under way in turin. there are high hopes for the uk s sam ryder, but ukraine are favourites to win. and a baby giraffe born with her front leg bending the wrong way gets a helping hand, with special leg braces to put her on the road to recovery. russia s president, vladimir putin, has warned his finnish counterpart thatjoining nato and abandoning finland s neutral status would be a mistake . finland is expected to formally announce its intention to join the western military alliance tomorrow. russia and finland share an 800 mile border and russia says it has no hostile intentions towards finland and sweden, but has warned that their mem
Respond to attacks like came out of The Middle East recently. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. She told me more about the reaction, starting with that of israels foreign minister, israel katz. He has written on x that there is no more war just he has written on x that there is no more warjust than this and israel will continue to fight until hamas s destruction. We have also had in a characteristically quite shocking comment from the National Security minister, he has put on his x account. A mass heart biden. So there is a lot of upset here about these comments. From the us president , the us, of course, israels closest ally, and that will put pressure on this Israeli Coalition government as to what it does next, particularly with regard to rafah. And we know that there are also reports that from within the Israeli Defence establishment, a lot of concern there about what this means for such a critical relationship. And all of this as were Hearing Reports of
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