paramedics workers like nurses, midwives and paramedics do, whilst also being affordable for the taxpayer. the offer covers all nhs in england staff except doctors, who are on a different contract. also on the programme. the social media app tikto, kowned by a chinese company, is to be banned from uk government devices for security reasons. in eastern ukraine, a special report on the fighters in the trenches of bakhmut trying to resist the russian advance. gunfire. the russians are only 500 metres away. that s automatic fire. all along this line, grenade fire, automatic gunfire and tank fire. and, following the dry summer and winter, parts of england are facing a high risk of drought unless there s much rainfall in the weeks ahead. 0n bbc london. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. there s a surprise in the big race of the day at cheltenham as 33 to one shot sire de berlais wins the stayers hurdle. good evening. after months of strike action by nhs staff in engla
what does that mean?ville well, we re gathering new information about this mass killing our own scout. upo we ll have a live update for us . but first, every day, more thani two billion people use a sociale media app called tiktok.r many of them are young people hd under the age of twenty four . if you had kids, you probably know already how tiktok works. u tiktok lets users upload shortpd videos. usually they re under 30 seconds. what s interesting is that the content of these videos varies a lot dependinges upon what country you re in. if you re in china or tiktokchir is headquartered, you tendou li to get more educational content. but if you live in this country, you get an awful lot of filth and propagandaagenda tailored for kids. anna i m not guessing about this. we ran an experiment to prove. it last summer. chinese watch the tick tock. the chinese residents childrena in china get to see is very different from the one your kids are looking at here. now in china, whe
my guest today is felix maradiaga, who was recently taken from his nicaraguan prison cell and flown to america. the good news is he s been reunited with his family after years apart. the bad news is ortega is trying to eliminate all opposition. so has resistance become impossible in nicaragua? felix maradiaga in miami, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steven. it s a pleasure to be back here. well, it is great to have you back on hardtalk, not least because you have just emerged from more than 600 days in a nicaraguan prison. was it a surprise when you were told that you were to be released? the release was a surprise given we were under terrible, inhumane prison conditions. and one of the most complicated parts was the complete isolation. we were not allowed phone calls for 611 days. i had no access to lawyers. even our trial took place inside the prison. so we were not able to really know what s going on outside. is it true that you lost, i think nearly 60 pounds? that is, wh
forces are close to encircling bakhmut. the u.s. is downplaying the strategic significance if russia wins this round of the war. also tonight, republicans are presented with the sharpest contrast yet between donald trump and ron desantis. we re breaking down dueling speeches by the former president and the current florida governor as they gear up for a potential 2024 primary showdown. and a series of new airline scares is raising serious questions about aviation safety here in the united states. from a bird strike that caused engine failure and smoke in the cabin to the wings of two commercial jets clipping on the many close cal? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin on the front lines of eastern ukraine right now, where the battle for bakhmut is growing more urgent by the hour. russian fighters making gains as they move to surround the city. cnn s alex marquardt is joining us live
users from online abuse or exploitation. 0ne senior designer has told the bbc that her entire team, who worked to keep people safe, had been sacked. twitter hasn t responded to the claims. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. daniel 0rtega as a new tactic, mass citizenship for those who dared to criticise him and his family. my guess today is felix married iago who was recently ta ken felix married iago who was recently taken from him his nicaraguan prison cell and driven to america. the good news is he has been reunited with his family after years apart. the bad news is, 0rtega is trying to eliminate all opposition, so has resistance become impossible? felix maradiaga in miami, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steven. it s a pleasure to be back here. well, it is great to have you back on hardtalk, not least because you have just emerged from more than 600 days in a nicaraguan prison. was it a surprise when you were told that you were to be re