their work in afghanistan. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are nigel nelson, who s the political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentatorjo phillips. belated merry christmas to you both. i ll be with you in a moment. i m just going to take our viewers there if the front pages. the guardian has analysis of train delays on its front page. the paper claims over half ofjourneys from the uk s busiest stations have experienced delay an investigation into energy companies leads the front page of the daily telegraph/ of the daily telegraph. the paper says direct debits are going up even when accounts are in credit. the i leads on a survey from the british medical association, which suggests two thirds ofjunior doctors are trying to leave the nhs. meanwhile, the front page of the daily mail claims fees for agency staff are sucking the nhs dry. it says that the health service is being charg
their respects to brazilian football legend pele, as he lies in state at his former club, santos. american football player damar hamlin is in a critical condition in hospital after collapsing during a game. and coming up we ve been talking to a guide dogs charity that s recruiting for more volunteers to tackle a shortage of trainers. we are at the moment looking very heavily to recruit lots of volunteers, and we ve been very lucky lot of people have been so generous with their time, and we are in recovery mode and hopeful for the future but do need a little bit of patience for a little bit longer. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. politicians in russia have called for commanders in the russian military to be held to account for the deaths of dozens of soldiers in a ukrainian rocket strike. in a rare admission moscow announced that 63 of its servicepersonnel had been killed ukraine says the figure was actually in the hundreds. one senator sa
rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, is there and they promise they will bring back the rate of interest tax to fund nhs staff. other news this afternoon. a moment of history in italy georgia meloni looks set to become its first far right leader since the second world war and its first female prime minister. a school shooting in russia has left at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be to save the planet. welcome to bbc news, very good to have your company and it is going to be a busy afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. of course, that had come too late for their trading week on friday. at one stage, sterling plunged to around $1.03, before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises the cost