Nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic with low Staffing Levels. And the princess of wales returns to work following her Cancer Treatment earlier this year. Hello, im azadeh moshiri. Welcome back. Lets turn our attention now to the Covid Inquiry which is continuing today. Yesterday it heard from the former chief nurse, Dame Ruth may, who said that nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic with low Staffing Levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment. With me is our health reporterjim reed. The inquiry has been going on, this phase of it, for about a week. What have been the standout moments to you . This art of standout moments to you . This part of the standout moments to you . This part of the Inquiry Standout moments to you . Ti 3 part of the inquiry looks just at the impact on the nhs and the Health Service across the whole of the uk, and it started actually by speaking to those directly affected, so patients and Family Members of people who sadly lost their lives to covid. L
this is bbc news, the headlines. the un says once facilities sheltering thousands of people in gaza has been hit leaving nine people dead. a russian military plane crashes, with no survivors. moscow says ukrainian prisoners of war were on board and accuses kyiv of shooting it down. in the us, donald trump defeats nikki haley in the republican primary in new hampshire but she s vowing to stay in the race. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s hugh. alexander zverev has done something he s never done before, beaten a player ranked in the top five at a grand slam. but he broke that duck with a victory over carlos alcaraz that took the german sixth seed into the australian open semi final. zverev lost only two points on his own serve in racing to a first set lead and had a break in the third to beat alcaraz in three, but the spaniard fought back taking the thidr back taking the third on a tie break. but after exchanging breaks of serve early in the fou
re vetting firearm offices. a fundamental reset of stop and search in london. 50 mark rowley of the metropolitan police commissioner said he accepted the findings and systemic failures, but stops short of calling it institutional. but people had felt that gown and the report was brutal. he will be reflecting on the report. thank you ve much reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed for reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed forjoining - reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. i just to bring you our breaking news this hour, borisjohnson has had his defence published before the committee hearing tomorrow on whether he misled the house of commons about attending parties during the covid i9 lockdown. i m joined now from westminster by political correspondent jonathan blake. what is the initial assessment of what it says? what is the initial assessment of what it says? wh
Still be using. The death toll since hamas launched its attacks on saturday has now reached 1200. 700 have been killed in israel, including 260 at a music festival. Reuters reports this figure includes 73 soldiers thats according to the Israeli Military. And more nearly 500 have been killed in gaza, after israel launched retaliatory air strikes. 33 of those are thought to be children. Lets take the scene live now in gaza. In the last few minutes and hours we have seen a number of strikes by Israeli Military, also as we have been hearing the Israeli Defence minister has announced he has called for a total blockade of the city. This is a densely populated area of land, home to 2. 2 Million People and what he is saying is that there will be no food, water or fuel allowed is that there will be no food, water orfuel allowed into is that there will be no food, water or fuel allowed into the gaza city. Now they completely rely on these things from the outside world. Militants from the Palesti
chinese leadership will give to president putin in this conflict thatis president putin in this conflict that is proving so difficult around the world. we are back in a few minutes, this is bbc news. a little bit more sunshine out there today on what has been a pretty wet month so far, especially for some in eastern england. cambridge for instance is currently heading towards its wettest march on record. we have already seen over 2.5 times its normal march rainfall, contrast that with lerwick in shetland where we have only just seen barely over a third of the rain. however, this will be one of the wettest spots for the rest of today, sitting under this zone of cloud. most are in the gap between that cloud and what will come in later this afternoon and tonight. that s already approaching northern ireland as we head into the afternoon, it will turn wetter here by the time we finish the afternoon and hit the evening. rain easing eventually from shetland but in between sunshine and showers