senior ukrainian government minister has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv that has killed at least 1a people. we ll be live in somerset where a major incident has been declared because of the risk of severe flooding good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. mr good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon, mr davies! and the 100 year old war veteran whose latest mission is to help children in cheshire learn to read. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the world of snooker reacts as ten chinese players are charged in connection with alleged match fixing allegations. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the biggest day of strikes in the nhs so far is now set for monday 6th february, after ambulance workers announced today that they would walk out on the same day as nurses in england and wales. tens of thosuands of nurses in england are already on strike again today in their dispute over pay affecting a quarter of
wards fell silent. emergency care is still being provided hospital bosses say they re hugely concerned. my message and that of many chief executives around the country is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action and the disruption it s causing to patients and to our staff. the thing is, there is no sign of a resolution tonight. i actually detect resolution tonight. i actually detect a resolution tonight. i actually detect a souring of the mood between health detect a souring of the mood between health unions and the government. also on the programme. one of the ukrainian government s most senior ministers has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv at least 1a people were killed. another slight fall in inflation but food prices continue to soar. the united nations sends its most senior woman to afghanistan for talks with the taliban, who ve stopped women working for aid agencies there. a major incident has been declared i
jorge santos is going to beod joining us to respond to thesejn accusations and more in just a moment. plus, the person behind the account, lives of tick will finally reveal her identity in an exclusive interview with tucker. jew-ish.es of ti c talks first on camera interview ever. that s coming up. and you re not going to want to miss it first. e yowhu and ili were enjoyingisn this long christmas weekend, b the biden administration was working to burtion iy informatin about the total collapse on our southern border. now, in a late friday night document dump just days before christmas,r the biden administration disclosed the total number of illegae coll immigrants that werel nu encountered by border authorities was more than 200 30000 in the month of november alone. now, this is by far the largestt number of migrants encountered oin the month of november inf the history of this country. to give you some perspective, last november, there were lesse than o than one hundred s
you prefer the soviet style prt of the democratic party s internal elections, where votes from merely a formality. all the really big decisions, the meaningful ones, are made thars in advance by donors. oh, of course, everyone sif y on board. that s what they do. but ifou prefe you prefer democy to oligarchy, if you prefer real debates about issues thatet actually matter, it s pretty. refreshing to see it . yes, it s a little chaotic, buti this is what it s supposed to be now. we re going to give you a lotth more detail on what s happening in just a minute and throughout the week. but first, t firs a quick overviewe big to frame the big points. kevi kevin mccarthy of californo was going to be speaker. he was g wants to be speaker. in fact, he wants that job, more than anything else in his life. and he was going to get it. ause but then a group ofd that kevin twenty republican members stopped him. now they stopped becausepresent they decided that kevin mccarthy is not conser
the relationships mean much more to you than any stupid pronouncement. nancy pelosi made over the last year from her compound in napa. but still, politics do matter. they re not irrelevant. nancy pelosi s babblings do have an effect on your life. so what defined the politics of 2020 two? well, lying. did. this was the year of lying. the people in charge tell an awful lot of lies. that s what we learned. and we know this for sure because while they are avid and committed liars, they re not very good at it. their lies are amateur ish, obvious, pathetic, sad. and there s something insulting about that. don t take a leak on my boots and tell me it s raining, goes old cowboy phrase. don t tell me something we both know isn t true and expect me to believe it. when you do that, you insult my dignity. you diminish. you treat me like a child. if you re going to tell me a lie, put some effort into it. try something clever, have pride of craftsmanship, don t pull the same old