traces of uranium arrived at london s heathrow airport last month. a star studded comeback for the golden globes in hollywood, as colin farrell picks up the best actor award for the dark comedy the banshees of inisherin. good morning and welcome to bbc news. thousands of ambulance workers in england and wales are walking out for the second time this winter in a dispute over pay. managers have warned the impact is likely to be worse than that of the strike held before christmas, saying pressure facing the nhs means it s in a more precarious position. well, in total, around 20,000 ambulance workers, including call handlers and ambulance dispatchers, are going on strike. two thirds of ambulance staff, from the gmb and unison unions, are involved in the industrial action. but bosses say they will still respond to the most urgent calls. gareth barlow reports. it s the second walk out by ambulance staff this winter. workers, including paramedics, emergency care assistants, ambulanc
programme: fighting rages in eastern ukraine in one of the bloodiest battles since the start of the war, as russia sends in mercenary forces. more torrential rain and storms in california wreak damage and put millions of people at risk. and evading rescue: the seal trapped in a fishing lake in essex who, funnily enough, seems to be in no hurry to leave. and coming up on the bbc news channel. england captain 0wen farrell is set to be clearfor their six nations opener against scotland despite a four week ban for a dangerous tackle. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ambulance workers in england and wales are striking over pay for a second time. they have been joined this time by call handlers, which is why managers are warning the impact of this strike is likely to be worse than last month s. some of the walkouts started at midnight, but the duration and scale of the disruption varies across different parts of england and wales. only the east of england ambulance
where, in the bbc radio theatre in central london, we are going to bring together newscast, for, like, a massive, mammoth, it s going to be amazing and hopefully, you re going to be there! i did know about this, ijust didn t know when it was. i think it was probably in this thing somewhere, but it wasn t impressed upon my mind that it was the 18th of. was it the 18th?! 18th of.? this is good marketing, though, over and over again, which is what you re meant to do in an advert, which is good. alex, i don t know if you have the same issue as i ve had a few times and actually, she keeps reading it as catsfest . it does look like catsfest! is that like a really bad happening? interesting you went for the musical i went for the animal! i went for a giant, i mean, that could be a spin off pets podcast. what could you call it? catsfest? no, catscast! newscats! oh, no, we had anyway, the basic is on the 18th of october, of our social medias or go you will find the details and yo
italy s political parties have been holding their final campaign rallies ahead of sunday s parliamentary election. giorgia meloni s right wing brothers of italy party now on bbc news, it s newscast. chris, what are you doing on the 18th of october? the 18th of october? what day of the week is that? i know they say a week is a long time in politics a month must be a lot for you. exactly! i can t even think about the labour conference, which starts this weekend. it seems an eternity away, so the 18th of october, i have no idea. you tell me what am i doing, adam? you have got a diary invite on your phone calendar for castfest the first inaugural castfest where in the bbc radio theatre in central london we are going to bring together newscast, ukrainecast and americast fora massive, mammoth, live podcasting recording. it s going to be amazing, and hopefully you re going to be there. i did know about this, i just didn t know when it was. i think it was probably in this t
hello and welcome to bbc news. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying, with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died, and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius, in parts of spain and portugal. scientists say climate change is a factor in the severity of the heatwave. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france s south western gironde region, from where our europe correspondent, jessica parker, sent us this report. the fight to tackle flames through western france. they have been battling these fires four days. 1a,000 people have now been evacuated across the area of gironde. it went so fast, and the fire as well as big, big, big. my friends woke me up and i was like, 0k, what do i take in my room? ,, . , like, 0k, what do i take in my room? ,, .,, ., ~ like, 0k, what do i take in my room? ,, ., ~ ., room? she was working and livin: at room? she was working and living at a ro