with russian forces is continuing in the eastern town of soledar, with a senior defence official saying the situation there was difficult . and, the brit award nominations are out, with a notable absence of women, in the category of artist of the year. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in america where there are now two special counsels investigating whether two us presidents broke the law in their handling of classified records. after a second set of classified documents were found atjoe biden s home, the us attorney general has appointed robert hur to investigate whether any crimes have been committed. former president donald trump is also facing a criminal investigation for taking classified papers to his mar a lago estate. here s our north america editor, sarah smith. after admitting he was keeping classified documents at his delaware home, stored in the garage alongside his vintage sports car, president biden has a lot of explaining to do. classified material
to hit california, the human cost of the floods becomes apparent. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. lisa marie presley, the musician and only daughter of elvis presley, has died in california. the 54 year old singer songwriter is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. when she attended the golden globe awards. peter bowes is following events from los angeles. we heard some hours ago that she had been taken to hospital. she lived in the los angeles suburb of calabasas, just on the outskirts of the city, and she was, according to multiple reports, she was found unconscious at her home. paramedics were called and an attempt was made to save her life, to get her heart going again, and we know from priscilla presley, her mother, who put a message into social media a couple of hours ago that she had been taken to hospital and she was asking at that time for people s prayers. but, as i say, we now hear tragically that she has died. the only daughter
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
investigation is launched. iran releases an alleged confession of spying by a british iranian man who s facing the death sentence he says the confession was forced. the social media personality andrew tate investigated in relation to organised crime, we investigate his popularity with young people. and the brit award nominations are out with a notable absence of women in the category of artist of the year. and stay with us here on bbc news channel for continuing coverage in analysis with our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. ambulance response times in england and waits in accident and emergency departments have reached the highest levels on record. the latest figures have exposed the alarming state of emergency care in the national health service. for some emergencies, including suspected strokes and heart attacks, the average wait was over 90 minutes. the target is 18 minutes. more than a third of patients waited more than four hours t