from its phones and devices. hopes of a breakthrough today to end the long running pay dispute in the health service. dramatic footage said to show a russian jet intercepting an american drone and dumping fuel in its path over the black sea. and how this avenue of trees in plymouth was cut down under cover of darkness. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a big night for both manchester united and arsenal as they look to make it through to the quarterfinals of the europa league. good afternoon. the chancellorjeremy hunt has been defending his budget saying it will get people back to work and won tjust benefit the rich. but labour says the move to abolish the cap on the lifetimes pensions allowance is a tax cut for the top 1% of earners. it s planning to force a vote in parliament on the issue next week. meanwhile, the independent economic thinktank the ifs has warned households will feel continuing pain over the coming year, with incomes squeezed amid a freeze on tax thre
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
the deal largely brought an end to the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. but political turmoil persists, even if less violent in nature than the past. here s president biden s schedule: on wednesdeay, biden will deliver a speech at ulster university, before travelling to the republic of ireland. there, he ll celebrate his own family s roots, attending events in louth and mayo. there will also be official discussions in dublin, where biden will meet with irish president michael d. higgins. he ll then head back to america on friday. the bbc s lucy hockings has more from belfast. so president biden has arrived and there was a small crowd that came down to the centre of belfast to greet him. they braved the wind and the rain. the weather has truly been atrocious. to welcome him to belfast. and i spoke to one northern ireland politics student and he said the reason he had come was because a visit by one of the most powerful people in the world, a us pres
the deal largely brought an end to the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles but political turmoil persists, even if less violent in nature than the past. here s president biden s schedule: on wednesday, biden will deliver a speech at ulster university before travelling to the republic of ireland. there, he ll celebrate his own family s roots, attending events in louth and mayo. there will also be official discussions in dublin, where biden will meet with irish president michael d. higgins. he ll then head back to america on friday. the bbc s lucy hockings has more from belfast. so president biden has arrived and there was a small crowd that came down to the centre of belfast to greet him. they braved the wind and the rain the weather has truly been atrocious to welcome him to belfast. ana i spoke to one northern ireland politics student and he said the reason that he had come was because a visit by one of the most powerful people in the world, a us