And tributes to Hugh Masekela, father of South African jazz and anti apartheid campaigner, whos died in johannesburg. Good morning, its tuesday 24th january. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is understood to be pushing for a multimillion pound cash injection in the nhs in england. It comes as the Health Secretary is due to update the cabinet on how the Health Service is coping with winter pressures. Its thought mrjohnson wants an extra £100 million a week to go to the nhs. Its not the first time hes proposed more money. Remember this . He proudly stood behind the vote leave battle bus during the Eu Referendum claiming that £350 million britain pays to the eu every week could instead go to the nhs. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, said he gave the nhs £6 billion in the last budget, and when asked about mrjohnsons rumoured proposals, told reporters, mrjohnson is the foreign secretary. Well, lets get more from norman smith, who is out
Of the region have now been lifted. And, nominations forthis years oscars are out , with guillermo del toros the shape of water in the running for 13 awards, including best picture and director. Theresa may has called for cabinet discussions about nhs funding to remain private, when she chaired a discussion at number ten today. It was seen as a clear rebuke to the foreign secretary borisjohnson, whod let it be known that he favoured a significant new investment in the nhs, which is struggling to cope with the pressures of the winter season. And in a further rebuke, the chancellor Philip Hammond said he had already given the nhs an extra £6 billion in novembers budget. Our Political Correspondent chris mason has the latest. He certainly knows how to grab the headlines. Reporter do you want to be the chancellor, foreign secretary . Or perhaps Health Secretary . Cabinet meetings are meant to be an opportunity for private discussion. Instead, borisjohnson let his colleagues and everyone e
Through to the semi finals of the Australian Open. Boris johnson arrived at downing street this morning determined, it seemed, to demand more money for the nhs in england, but instead, it is understood that the foreign secretary was rebuked by the Prime Minister for his highly publicised push to get an extra £100 million a week. Theresa may told the cabinet that such conversations about the future of the nhs should remain private. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports from westminster. She can come out in a wheelchair. Thats our treatment room anyway, so thats not going to free up a bed. Long waits. This gentleman hasjust come in. Long days, another glimpse of the pressure at the university of north tees hospital, like wards around the country. We need more beds in the hospital. We need more beds for them to go to. Number ten knows hospitals, patients and the public looks at them for answers. However unwelcome visitors making demands really are. Reporter do you want to be th
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Four serving members of the army have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a banned far right group and planning terrorist offences. The men aged between 22 and 32 were arrested this morning in england and wales in an operation involving both the police and the army. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani is here. It isa it is a fast moving story. What is the latest . It started with West Midlands Counter Terrorism unit, one of the largest in the country, working with colleagues at wales and the West Midlands. These four arrests, three in their 20s, arrested at birmingham, ipswich and northampton. The fourth, from powys. The addresses have been searched and then we discovered that these men we re then we discovered that these men were all serving members of the army. The ministry of defence has confirmed that they were serving in the army. They have been providing support to the police. We do not have information about where these
Were live at the Senate Veterans affairs committee, where the success tear will testify about preventing veteran suicides as the committee looks into what congress can do to prevent them. Senator Johnny Isaacson chairs the committee. John tester is the top democrat on the committee. This is live coverage on cspan 3. We call this hearing to order. I thank all of you for coming today, especially our witnesses. We have a number of members on the way, but were in the interest of your time were going to get started. Todays hearing is about the issue of suicide. This month in america is National Suicide e Prevention Month across the kocountry. Suicide is a terrible, terrible, terrible loss of life. John will remember when we came in as a committee our first bill we passed was the Suicide Prevention bill. Passed this committee 990. It will ask to give us a report on the progress on the implementation of the act but its a very important act. And in august of 2014 i held a hearing at Georgia St