in the north west of syria. our other main story this hour, ambulance workers join nurses taking strike action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walkout in england over pay disputes. we have been discussing this coming year from april s pay with the unions. we have the process - through the review pay body, it s an independent process, - and we are keen to get the evidence that reflects the pressure the nhs. has been under and the wider context in terms of inflation. the headteacher of one of the uk s top private schools has been found dead, along with her husband and 7 year old daughter. the first day of sentencing for david carrick here is how he carried out a catalogue of violent and brutal sexual offences hears how. and beyonce breaks records at the grammys and harry styles picks up album of the year at the music awards. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. more than 1,900 people are reported to have been killed by powerful earthquakes which struck southern tu
he acted pretty decisively in sacking nadhim zahawi as the conservative party chairman, as he defends his handling of the affair. the kremlin rejects claims by borisjohnson that president putin threatened him with a missile strike before russia s invasion of ukraine. and the former all black campbelljohnstone becomes new zealand s first national player to reveal he is gay. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. we wll have the draw for the fifth round of the women s fa cup, we re down to the last 16. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. firefighters and control room staff across the uk have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike for the first time in 20 years over pay. last year the fire brigades union rejected a 5% pay offer. the union now says it ll give the government and employers 10 days to come up with a better offer, or the strikes will go ahead. it s the latest in a series of strikes announced by the public sector. on wednesd
from its phones and devices. hopes of a breakthrough today to end the long running pay dispute in the health service. dramatic footage said to show a russian jet intercepting an american drone and dumping fuel in its path over the black sea. and how this avenue of trees in plymouth was cut down under cover of darkness. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a big night for both manchester united and arsenal as they look to make it through to the quarterfinals of the europa league. good afternoon. the chancellorjeremy hunt has been defending his budget saying it will get people back to work and won tjust benefit the rich. but labour says the move to abolish the cap on the lifetimes pensions allowance is a tax cut for the top 1% of earners. it s planning to force a vote in parliament on the issue next week. meanwhile, the independent economic thinktank the ifs has warned households will feel continuing pain over the coming year, with incomes squeezed amid a freeze on tax thre
paramedics workers like nurses, midwives and paramedics do, whilst also being affordable for the taxpayer. the offer covers all nhs in england staff except doctors, who are on a different contract. also on the programme. the social media app tikto, kowned by a chinese company, is to be banned from uk government devices for security reasons. in eastern ukraine, a special report on the fighters in the trenches of bakhmut trying to resist the russian advance. gunfire. the russians are only 500 metres away. that s automatic fire. all along this line, grenade fire, automatic gunfire and tank fire. and, following the dry summer and winter, parts of england are facing a high risk of drought unless there s much rainfall in the weeks ahead. 0n bbc london. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. there s a surprise in the big race of the day at cheltenham as 33 to one shot sire de berlais wins the stayers hurdle. good evening. after months of strike action by nhs staff in engla