about half the health trusts in england are affected by today s industrial action, but the rcn, has guaranteed a minimum level of cover, for intensive care and trauma units. a quarter of the trusts involved have also been given extra exemptions, for services like transplant and cardiac care, which means strikers can be called in, for emergencies. this latest 28 hour action ends at midnight, with the government saying it s pay offer, is fair and reasonable. here s our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. they say cut back, we say fight back. nurses on the picket line once again. no nhs cuts. determined to have their voices heard, in this dispute over pay and conditions. i ve been a nurse now for 15 years, and it s just got worse and worse. the staffing is cut, our pay is cut, but patient care is always excellent, but we just strive and we give and we get nothing back. we re on strike because i have seen, over my entire career of more than a decade in the nhs, a progressive
eurovision 2023 kicks off and just over a week in liverpool and we to former ukrainian contestant. welcome back. the united nations is sending its top aid official to sudan to help co ordinate relief efforts after warning that the humanitarian situation there is reaching breaking point. fighting continues and the leader cease fire. and there s going to leave the country and evacuation from port sudan and the red sea are also continuing. those not able to leave by plant or going across tojeddah in saudi arabia. and they gave me their assessment of events. this is taken so many by surprise and snow its third week and now the cease fire that is been extended is now barely holding and whether it is the people you see disembarking from the people you see disembarking from the warships and the passenger ferries who come into the port here in saudi arabia or as we did, making the ten hours and sometimes it can are crossing across the red sea and port sudan were many people are makin
british steele is considering cutting 800 jobs at the plant in scunthorpe. in premises questions keir starmer questions prime ministers claims regarding document rob. a search onjoe biden delaware home as a part of investigation into classified documents. it s thought to be the biggest day of industrial action, according to unions, in more than a decade across the uk, with hundreds of thousands of people thought to be on strike, in disputes over pay, jobs, and conditions. teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university staff, bus drivers, all are on strike, in different parts of the country, with teachers in the national education union, the largest group of workers on the picket lines. it s estimated up to 85% of schools are affected. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, has been speaking to some of those on strike, in liverpool. cheering. from london to stoke, from cardiff to aberdeen, teachers are out on strike across britain. at chesterfield high in crosby, th
workers and the railway industry are outrageous. london euston station is eerily quiet this morning. some passengers are hoping to make a journey but there is widespread disruption across the rail network. how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home or did you have a trickyjounrey to work? do you support the strikes or not? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. in other news a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medalfor £81i million, to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. a former senior united nations official calls for an independent panel to investigate allegations of sexual abuse and corruption in the organisation. he attacks me in the elevator, he comes at me all of a sudden. i pleaded with him to sto
Hole thats all coming in your next hour . Next hour . Of the show. Of the show. Its always a pleasure to have your company. With just about an hour away now from an historic vote in the European Union, its bedlam in brussels. Its basically this the political right want tougher rules on how to get Asylum Seekers deported if they arrive in the european bloc illegally. They also want that to go down to 12 weeks. But the political left want to share the Asylum Seekers across the bloc. Thats going down very badly with some Member States like italy and greece. They think they are taking way too many. But poland is saying, well, weve got enough. We dont want any more. Any more. Emmanuel macron frantically ringing around trying to get members to abstain on this vote. This is going to be a huge moment, because if this doesnt get through, it will allow meps standing in the european elections in june to say the eu does not care about immigration. It could tear the entire bloc apart and will be li