at least one person is killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight, minutes after its self imposed ceasefire ended. tens of thousands of orthodox christians in ethiopia celebrate christmas at churches in the historic town of lalibela for the first time since the conflict in tigray began in 2020. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. he also defended his economic policies as being deeply conservative. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been listening to what the prime minister has been saying. what struck you about what he was saying? the dilemma that the government has, huge pressures on the health service, nurses are deeply unhappy about their levels of pay, they say they have been falling behin
our response. at least one person is killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight minutes after its self imposed ceasefire ended. few expected the ceasefire to hold in any way. it was announced by russia in the first place and russia was never going to engage. but there is still heavy shelling coming down from the russian side. tens of thousands of orthodox christians in ethiopia celebrate christmas at churches in the historic town of laleebella for the first time since the conflict in tigray began in 2020. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. he also defended his economic policies as being deeply conservative . our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been listen to
iran faces international condemnation after executing two more anti government protesters. at least two people have been killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight minutes after its self imposed ceasefire ended. few expected the ceasefire to hold in any way. it was announced by russia in the first place and russia was never going to engage. but there is still heavy shelling coming down from the russian side. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. love until now the government has said it will not speak gill mcknight says that the discussion will happen. it we talk to nurses about discussion will happen. it we talk to nurses about increasing - discussion will happen. it we talk to nurses about increasing pai
more anti government protesters. at least two people have been killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight minutes after its self imposed ceasefire ended. few expected the ceasefire to hold in any way. it was announced by russia in the first place and russia was never going to engage. but there is still heavy shelling coming down from the russian side. tens of thousands of orthodox christians in ethiopia celebrate christmas at churches in the historic town of lalibela for the first time since the conflict in tigray began in 2020. and, the beauty giant l oreal unveils a smart applicator that helps people with limited mobility apply makeup. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. our political correspondent damia
ceasefire ended. welcome to the programme. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuenssberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. a health service in urgent need of care itself claims hundreds are dying each week because of delays means this is perhaps the most pressing issue for the prime minister. the first question for rishi sunak, is this a crisis? the nhs is undeniably under enormous pressure. until now his government has said it won t talk to nursing unions directly about pay. that is done by a pay body. now he says a discussion can happen, though only it seems about future years. will you talk to nurses about increasing pay this year yes or no? we are about to start that process. that is about next y