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 march s 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, we ve 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 i
will hold up above freezing. we are looking at around three to 7 degrees. we start off tomorrow morning with a northerly wind driving showers into the north coast of scotland, this band of rain moving into north west england, but on the whole tomorrow will be a better day. drierand on the whole tomorrow will be a better day. drier and brighter with more sunshine coming through. may be fresher but the sunshine will compensate seven to 11 degrees. but there is more wet weather to come and in areas where we don t need it, we have already seen localised flooding across south wales and south west england. that will move gradually northwards for the start of the weekend, but that frontal system eases away to a trail of showers following on behind. saturday will be a wet start, cooler but showery for sunday. but showery for sunday. louise, thank yom but showery for sunday. louise, thank you. that but showery for sunday. louise, thank you. that is but showery for sunday. louis
hello and welcome to bbc news. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan, after the devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed but today unicef said many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases lik cholera and malaria. our correspondent, pumza fighlani is in pakistan. meet this boy, he s two days old, her sixth child. as he sleeps under a tree that s become this family s only shelter, his mother is anxious. this is no place for a baby. translation: we don t even have a tent, just this tree. . we spent the whole night in the rain running away from the flood, trying to get to safety. when we arrived, this was the only space we could find here. it gets really hot and he starts crying and won t stop. it s very difficult. the baby was born in a nearby hospital, but she was forced to return to the river bank because she d left her husband and five young children. hundreds of familie
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avoids assassination. # there is a star man waiting in the sky. and the hand written lyrics to david bowie s 1972 hit, starman, go up for auction later this month. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. china has warned it ll take counter measures unless the united states revokes a $1.1 billion arms deal with taiwan. it comes amid rising tensions between washington and beijing over the island. the deal includes anti ship missiles, air to air missiles and support for taiwan s surveillance radar programme. our north america correspondent peter bowes joins me now. what more do we know about what is in this deal? is in this deal? we know that this is a very is in this deal? we know that this is a very big is in this deal? we know that this is a very big package - is in this deal? we know that this is a very big package of. this is a very big package of measures. 1.1 billion dollars, it includes now to air missiles, and the major investment in taiwan s