thousands of extra beds in care homes in england, so that people can be discharged more quickly from hospital. in his latest round of interviews, prince harry describes queen consort camilla as the third person in his parents marriage. gareth bale announces his retirement from football, after a career that included five champions league wins and becoming wales most capped player. and history is about to be made here in cornwall. injust and history is about to be made here in cornwall. in just a few hours, the uk will be launching a rocket to deliver satellite into space for the very first time. on bbc london. and coming up on the bbc news channel, with the fa cup third round action drawing to a close tonight, we speak to stevenage boss steve evans as they upset the odds to beat aston villa. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. talks between the government and unions aimed at resolving the worst series of strikes for decades have been described as a missed oppor
good evening. the government s chief scientific advisor during covid, sir patrick vallance, has revealed more about what went on in downing street during the pandemic. the covid inquiry heard that the then prime mininster, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. excerts from sir patrick s diary at the time were read out at the inquiry and he had plenty to say about these two men he described borisjohnson as inconsistent, indecisive and weak. and he said scientists were not consulted on the eat out to help out scheme l aunched by the then chancellor rishi sunak. sir patrick said it was very obvious that it would increase transmission of coronavirus. here s our political editor, chris mason. images from the pandemic. otherworldly moments we ll never forget. lives lost, liberties crushed an unimaginable new normal for a while at least. the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. in his diary in summer
that s been denied by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. on saturday, hundreds of people, including some patients, left the hospital on foot, making their way through israeli armoured vehicles. around 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. the who says it s now drawing up plans for their evacuation. meanwhile, the hamas run health authority says at least 80 people have been killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp. they say one hit a un run school, that was being used as a shelter. the white house has said israel and hamas have not yet reached a deal on a temporary ceasefire. it follows a us media report that the two sides were close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in gaza, in exchange for a 5 day pause infighting. yogita limaye has our top story, and a warning, her report does contain, some distressing images. people fleeing the al shifa hospital. israeli military says
still facing backlash over its military operations in al shifa hospital. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has more on the situation on the ground. united nations agency for palestinian refugees began the day by saying that they had run out of fuel and they would not be able to keep on carrying out their operations, saying that would have a devastating effect for the people of gaza us. a few hours later the israeli war cabinet announced they would allow some fuel to come into gaza, the israelis have said they are very keen that hamas do not get their hands on this fuel, it will be monitored and apparently it will go towards water supplies trying to make fresh water available to people, and also trying to reboot the sewage system which apparently has failed in recent days of the world health organization is really concerned about the spread of disease saying that is a big problem. meanwhile the israeli operations continue at the hospital, the biggest hospital in gaza, you wi
they have since been discharged from hospital. no arrests have been made. scotland s biggest teaching union says new recruits are leaving the profession because they aren t being offered secure jobs. the eis is urging the scottish government to increase councilfunding to pay for more permanentjobs. the scottish government says it s taking strong action to protect teacher numbers. more on all of our stories on the website more on all of our stories on the website bbc.co.uk/ news. you re live with bbc news. he s a big fan of former us president donald trump and brazil s former leaderjair bolsonaro. now the argentine right wing populist javier milei has shocked his country s political establishment, coming first in presidential primary elections. the decisive win prompted jubilation