Wildfire risk of the year. The wind is already picking up at this hour and gusts could reach 70 miles an hour in the highest elevations. Pg e is closely monitoring power lines and any trees that could knock them out. The entire bay area except San Francisco could be in the dark by the end of tonight. The first round of shutoffs are underway in parts of napa and sonoma counties. In less than an hour residents in marin could lose power and the shutoffs are expected to sweep across a large portion of the east bay and the peninsula. The threat of powerful gusts once the sun goes down. Yeah. The wind is already picking up and our red flag warning is already in effect. I guess well go to darren first. Paul, i know youll focus heavily on the red flag warning. In fact, i could do that first. The red flag warning has been extended. It start tonight and it will take us through the remainder of this evening and into tuesday. Read the details on the bottom lefthand corner. Extreme fire weather bay
The Health Ombudsman for england has warned that an overstretched and understaffed nhs is putting Cancer Patients at risk. Rob behrens says exhausted workers are under unsustainable pressure, and the government should invest in the workforce. Ministers say their nhs long term workforce plan will boost the number of staff. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. A recent analysis by the bbc suggested Cancer Waiting Times in england last year were the worst on record. Now there are new figures from the Health Ombudsman who investigates unresolved complaints against nhs england, government departments, and other public organisations. They highlight problems in cancer treatment, misdiagnosis, poor communication, referrals, and end of life care. The ombudsman, rob behrens, says while everyone deserves safe and effective care, Patient Safety would always be at risk in environments that are understaffed and where staff are exhausted and working under unsustainable pressure. I contin
Hello, im samantha simmonds. We start with the situation in gaza. And a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend, as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and United Arab Emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. The European Unions ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the first pilot try to get aid over the weekend but it takes some time to make sure that its not only once in a time but it has a Sustainable Way to supply aid to the people in gaza and palestine to make sure we ease the situation in the region. Cyprus for a long time