in december as shoppers cut back on their christmas shopping. ten more days of strike action is announced by ambulance workers in england, wales and northern ireland. one of the dates will coincide with a strike by nurses. the first of 20,000 defibrillators that could save the life of a child having a heart attack are sent to schools in england. it s a space odyssey like no other to the outer solar system. scientists prepare to explore the moons ofjupiter. and coming up on the bbc news channel, british number one cameron norrie is out of the australian open where he s never reached the fourth round, beaten by world number 71jiri lehecka. good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. the ukrainian president, volodomyr zelensky, has appeared via videolink to make a direct appeal for tanks at a meeting of western defence chiefs in germany. representatives from more than 50 countries are attending the gathering to coordinate stronger military support for kyiv. he called on the a
rangers and australia have discovered what is believed to be the world s biggest toad. it is a cane toad, it was found in queensland and weighed £6 back. the poisonous amphibians were reduced to australia in 1935 and are linked to the decline of native species. the toad we are told was put down and will be donated to a museum. i didn t look at that at all. hello, ben, it is where the time. she was looking away, i can assure you of that. you may not want to look away from this, we have got some beautiful scenes and this is from a weather watcher in wales. there is snow on the ground in parts of scotland, northern england, northern ireland and into wales. there are areas of cloud around as well and they are on the north sea coast, most falling as rain, but some sleet and snow on high ground. this cloud brings a bit of patchy rain into the far west of cornwall, but elsewhere sunny skies overhead. it is a chilly day, three to 8 degrees, but in the sunshine it will not feel too b
with a strike by nurses. the family of yousef makki when the fight to have a fresh inquest into his death. a surprise fall in the amount spent by shoppers in december, as people cut back on their christmas spending. # it would be so nice. # and tickets have gone on sale for madonna s good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky has appeared via videolink to make a direct appeal for tanks, at a meeting of western defence chiefs in germany. representatives of more than 50 countries are discussing the co ordination of stronger military support for kyiv. president zelensky called on the allies to agree the delivery of tanks and other advanced weapons as a matter of urgency. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard two tanks to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the frontline. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. for western defence chie
Madonna was joined on stage by Salma Hayek for the final show of her record-breaking Celebration Tour, with the actress transforming into Frida Kahlo for the occasion.