Tatiana sanchez. Darren, thank you and good afternoon. These are your top stories from the gp newsroom. Shadow Health Secretary wes streeting says doctor dan poulter has not been offered a peerage to defect to the labour party. Speaking to gb news, Camilla Tominey this morning, mr streeting defended the decision. Streeting defended the decision. He also admitted there are challenges in the nhs but he said those are mainly down to the conservative party concerned mp doctor dan poulter said hed sit on the labour benches until the general election, then stand down. The decision comes just days before local elections across england and wales on the 2nd of may. The Prime Minister has again this morning refused to rule out a general election in july, amid speculation a disastrous set of local Election Results for the tories could force his hand. Wes streeting told gb news that doctor poulter is not defecting to save his seat. Rather hes defecting to save the nhs. Save the n hs. Save the nhs.
Are at risk from the rays. Welcome to bbc news. President zelensky has renewed his appeal for allies to provide ukraine with more air defences, after another night of russian bombardment caused serious damage to Energy Infrastructure. He called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by, what he called, russian terrorists. Four power plants were hit in three regions, and Gas Infrastructure was also struck. An oil refinery in occupied slavyansk was damaged. Reports indicate a second oil refinery was also hit, and video has emerged of destruction at an airbase. A little earlier i spoke to victoria vdovychenko programme directorfor Security Studies at the centre for defence strategies, a Ukrainian Security think tank. The most important is the time space and that is very important also, our allies understand that the shortage of the weapons on the ground, in the field, on the ukrainian battlefield in particular, therefore, it was so timely,
Hello, im lewies vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. Ukraines president zelensky has renewed his appeal for allies to provide his country with more air defences, after another night of russian bombardment caused serious damage to energy infrastructure. In kharkiv ukraines second city officials said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with a thousand people inside, leaving a huge crater in the grounds, blowing out windows and injuring one person. There were also attacks in the dnipro region in central ukraine and in the Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment was damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Mr zelensky called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by what he called russian terrorists. Meanwhile, there are reports that ukraine has launched Drone Attacks on a Military Airfield in the southern russi
Like this will not happen again. Humza yousaf says he will not resign as scotlands first minister, ahead of a crucial test of his leadership next week. He says that as a minority government, his party will need to make some concessions as it negotiates with other parties. Its after the collapse of the snps power sharing deal with the greens yesterday. But humza yousaf says hell fight on. I fully intend to, not just win that vote, but i intend to fight to make sure that the government stays, not just the government stays, not just the government continues to deliver on the priorities of the people , on the priorities of the people, like, for example, investing in affordable housing. So theres all that political game playing happening from the opposition. It will not be taking part. It will be getting, of course, on with the job. And when the vote comes, i fully intend to win. The Foreign Office has summoned the Russian Ambassador after a british man was allegedly recruited as a russian
Progress since he met his us counterpart, joe biden, in november. Mr xi said the earth was big enough for both countries to achieve development and prosperity. However, differences between the two countries still remain, including chinas claims over taiwan and the south china sea, and chinas support for russia in its war on ukraine. Mr blinken sat down for an interview with the bbc. He said that Washington Will Act If Beijing does not stop supplying russia with items used in its assault on ukraine. Our china correspondent laura bicker has more from beijing. Hello. Im laura bicker. How are you . Antony blinken s visit comes as us ties with china are at a turning point. Hows your trip been . Oh, its been. Ive covered a lot of ground. The dialogue and diplomacy for the cameras hides real discord and distrust. This is what chinese viewers are shown. A cinematic soundtrack accompanies president xi, urging the us to be partners, not rivals. Yet, hours earlier, mr blinken was warned the two