increases the terror threat level in northern ireland from substantial to severe , meaning an attack is considered highly likely. humza yousaf is confirmed as scotland s first minister, becoming the first person from an ethnic minority background in the role. hello and welcome. we start this hour in france, where another day of co ordinated, nationwide protests is very much under way, as unions continue to oppose president macron s pension reforms. over a million people took part in similar protests in the last week. we have seen extraordinary scenes again out on the streets. let s go to our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. immediately behind you, looking slightly quieter than the last time we spoke, but very much give us a sense of what has been going on and in different parts of the country of course as well. course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the itinerary course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the itinera
tonight with the context, anand menon, director of the thinktank, the uk in a changing europe and the former spokesperson for the republican national committee doug heye welcome to the programme. around a million health workers in england have been offered a new pay deal today, which could bring to an end months of damaging strikes in the nhs. the unions at the negotation, represent a wide variety of health staff from nurses, paramedics, and midwives, to emergency call handlers and cleaners. the deal now on the table comes in two parts. first a one off payment for the 22/23 financial year that the government will pay within weeks which rises from 1,600 pounds 1,900 dollars for the lowest paid, to around £3,700 for senior managers. and on top of that there s a 5% pay rise for next year. most of the unions involved in the talks says they will recommend their members accept the offer. here s the prime minister. we ve got a great plan in place to make improvements and yo
hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour with some breaking news from scotland, where the prison service has announced an urgent review of all transgender cases in its prisons. it says it will pause the movement of all transgender inmates until the review is complete. it follows the outcry of the case of isla bryson, a trans woman convicted of raping two women before changing gender. isla bryson was initially remanded to cornton vale women s prison before being moved to a male wing at hmp edinburgh. the scottish prison service says that we have commenced an urgent review of all trans gender cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst cases currently manage in our establishment. our first concern cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst concern is always and remains the health, safety and well being of all the people in our care and that of our staff. we have very robust risk assessment processes and a track record of keeping people safe in ofte
welcome to bbc news in the next 60 minutes we ll have the very latest on that big breaking story here in the uk the resignation of the deputy prime minister. wherever it is that you re watching this is a story which touches on issues that everyone can understand from workplace bullying to difficult and domineering bosses. raab s first interview the reaction the key details of the inquiry the questions still swirling around rishi sunak. we ll also keep an eye internationally on the fighting in sudan as a second ceasefire collapses, and a third is being talked about. but let s start with that huge political story at westminster. because political story at westminster. the exclusive interv this because the exclusive interview done this afternoon dominic raab speaking exclusively to chris mason about the reasons behind his resignation. the now ex deputy prime minister has some forthright views about the civil service. is this a stitch up? i would not describe that way i discuss
ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been battered by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians haven t taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. meanwhile, according to the supreme commander of nato troops in europe, general christopher cavoli said the scale of the war is unbelivable with 2,000 large battle tanks destroyed, more than 200,000 russian soldiers and over 1,800 officers killed or wounded. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut or at least what is lef