in a decade un conference on biodiversity begins today in canada. amid warnings that human beings are driving mass species extinction. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the health secretary, steve barclay, has signalled the government won t increase its pay offer to nhs staff, to avert strike action in the run up to christmas. yesterday, ambulance workers across most of england and wales, announced they d walk out on the 21st december, the day after nurses stage a second day of industrial action. here s our political correspondent leila nathoo. an emergency service facing its own crisis.
by surprise. the government says it is because the virus itself has changed and it is not in response to protests in the streets. those who have been demonstrating do not care how the government spends it as long as they get these changes. but hospitals like this are going to find it difficult to deal with a big influx of patients so officials say they are expanding the capacity of specialist units. pharmacies have become very busy with people rushing to buy medicine in anticipation of an increase in infections but here the mood is much more buoyant and finally there is light at the end of the zero covid tunnel. a once in a decade un conference on biodiversity begins today in canada, amid warnings humans are driving mass extinction of life on earth, with a million species at risk of being wiped out. the uk is among a number of countries pushing for an ambitious deal to protect
he saves his spending money, which isn t quite fair, to be fair. and now he uses it to top up his dinner card because his dinners, it s not covered enough. thank you. bye! i m super proud of mackenzie, but he shouldn t have to cope like that, really, should he? he s 12 years old, he shouldn t be doing that. a once in a decade un conference on biodiversity begins today in canada, amid warnings humans are driving mass extinction of life on earth, with a million species at risk of being wiped out. the uk is among a number of countries pushing for an ambitious deal to protect the planet s ecosystems, but, as one of the most nature depleted countries in the world, britain s own record is now under scrutiny. our environment correspondent, helen briggs has more from somerset. a great egret making the most of a winter wonderland at wetlands
at the next general election. the duke and duchess of sussex accept an award for anti racism work, ahead of the launch of their netflix show tomorrow. a once in a decade un conference on biodiversity begins today in canada, amid warnings humans are driving mass species extinction. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street says the government is considering new measures to curb disruption caused by strikes. in the past few hours, the prime minister s spokesman has said existing legislation aimed at guaranteeing minimum service levels on the railways could be extended to other services.
a once in a decade un conference on biodiversity begins today in canada, amid warnings humans are driving mass extinction of life on earth, with a million species at risk of being wiped out. the uk is among a number of countries pushing for an ambitious deal, to protect the planet s ecosystems, but, as one of the most nature depleted countries in the world, britain s own record, is now under scrutiny. our environment correspondent, helen briggs, has more, from somerset. a great egret making the most of a winter wonderland at wetlands on the somerset levels. in winter, generally on wetlands and in estuaries, you get larger congregations of birds. as governments meet to agree tough new targets for protecting life on earth, conservation charities are calling for urgent action to restore nature. we are in a major extinction event. we ve not seen species become extinct at the current rates as they are now, since the dinosaurs. so a million species, one in five species are at risk of extinct