And the Legendary British rock Guitaristjeff Beck has died at the age of 78. And coming up on the bbc news channel. Australia refuse to play cricket in aghanistan in a stand against the treatment of women by the taliban. As they withdraw from marchs one day series. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. If you called an ambulance in england back in october for someone who was having a heart attack or a stroke, the average waiting time was an hour. The latest figures from nhs england showjust how much the situation has worsened since then. If you made the same call last month, the wait was half an hour longer a full 92 minutes on average before an ambulance would get to you. The target is 18 minutes. For weeks, weve been reporting on the unrelenting pressures facing the nhs this winter. Senior doctors have told us the Health Service is operating on a knife edge. Now our Health Editor hugh pym has been allowed into the royal Bolton Hospital, and into a e, which is at the epicen
by a former police officer. ukraine s president zelensky urges russians to stand up against the war in an interview with the bbc. the conservative mp conor burns has been sacked from the government following what it says is a complaint of serious misconduct. scotland s first minister calls liz truss arrogant and disrespectful for not contacting her since becoming prime minister. and i am at wembley, where englands women return to the scene of the european triumph to face the world champions in front of a sell out crowd. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s men are in rugby league action. they have their warm up game against fiji tonight before their world cup starts next weekend. good evening. without a complete restructure of the social care system, millions of people could be left without the support they need. that is the warning from care england, which represents independent social care providers. this week, bbc news is taking an in depth look at the social c
Its virtually all over for england at the Cricket World Cup. Jos buttler s side suffer yet another humiliating defeat to all but end their defence of the trophy. And we have some dense fog around this morning, particularly towards the east this morning, particularly towards the east. That should clear away by mid morning. Still unsettled the heavy mid morning. Still unsettled the heavy downpours and blustery winds. That continue the next few days. More that continue the next few days. More details for you coming up shortlx its friday, the 27th Of October. Our main story. Eu leaders have called for a pause in fighting between israel and hamas to allow aid into gaza, ahead of a vote on an immediate ceasefire at the United Nations today. Overnight, the us military has carried out airstrikes in Eastern Syria against two facilities it says were being used by iran to target american forces. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell reports. Keeping hope alive. The families of the 200 plus
Thousands and along with nick clegg, he scrapped the graduate route. So im disappointed if route. So im disappointed if hes now campaigning to stop us from controlling migration and reducing the number of students coming into the country in this way, and you can see that full interview with the former immigration minister Robert Jenrick on Patrick Christys tonight. Government documents have revealed that People Living with hiv as a result of the infected blood scandal could receive more than £2 million in compensation. Than £2 million in compensation. It comes as interim compensation payments of £210,000 will be given to infected blood victims for the most urgent cases, while the final scheme becomes operational. Since the 1970s, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and transfusions. Around 3000 have since died , and the High Court Since died, and the high court has ruled that prince harry cannot broaden legal action against News Gro
Migrants are being returned to other countries. Other countries. The numbers are down by around a third. They were down by around a third last calendar year as well. So we are making progress. And just this year, in progress. And just this year, in fact, we have returned 10,000 people back to other countries. Thats 2000 people more than we did last year. So that shows the progress were making and including within that are 1700 Foreign National offenders. Again 400 more than last year. So yes , we are making progress. So yes, we are making progress. Of course, theres more to do. Ive been very clear that i wont stop until we have stopped the boats. The boats. Meanwhile, the former immigration minister has criticised the foreign secretary for his apparent stance on controlling migration in Robert Jenrick accused lord cameron of campaigning against scrapping the graduate visa route, which allows overseas students to stay in the uk for 2 or 3 years after graduation. It comes after the gradu