you are watching bbc news. now it s time for return of the tigers. tigers are making a remarkable comeback here in nepal. their numbers more than doubling in the last ten years. tigers are the majestic creatures. being assigned in the protection duties, it s an honour, you know, it s a privilege. it s a small victory in a battle to bring them back from the brink of extinction. it is definitely something to be celebrated. it does not come without the cost. the common area that the tiger and prey species and humanity shares is so tight, the community lives in terror. there has been an increase in tiger attacks on humans. more number of tigers and more number of people, definitely there is going to be conflict. so, it is going to be a challenging job for us to, you know, maintain peace between two species. chanting private pinky adhikari has been newly stationed at bardiya national park in western nepal. herjob here is to protect the park s endangered elephants, rhinos and tiger
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ukraine continues to push back russian forces, but the invading troops aren t giving up. they re trying desperately to change the narrative here. and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. the delayed rugby league world cup will finally begin later, when hosts england take on samoa in the first of 61 games of the tournament. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, or around the world. in the uk, the new chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, has refused to rule out public spending cuts, and said taxes may have to rise. in his first interviews since being appointed, jeremy hunt told the bbc ministers had made mistakes when they announced plans to slash taxes without setting out how it would be paid for. in the three weeks since, the cost of borrowing money rose, both for the public and for the government. mr hunt said every government department would have to come up with savings. answering prime minister s questions this week, liz truss
exchange of fire ukraine continues to push back russian forces but the invading troops aren t giving up. they are trying desperately to change the narrative here, and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. and the rugby league world cup gets under way a year late as hosts england take on samoa in the opening game of the tournament at newcastle. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, today indicated major changes to liz truss economic strategy. in a round of interviews, mr hunt said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of what he called very difficult decisions ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence and refused to rule out spending cuts, saying every government department would be asked to make new savings. mr hunt was appointed yesterday after the prime minister sacked kwasi kwarteng. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. well. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was t
emeritus, benedict the 16th, on the first day of his lying in state. the former pontiff will be buried in the crypt on thursday after pope francis presides over his funeral in st peter s square. the british medical association says the nhs is in a crisis and its survival is on a knife edge. it s amplified recent warnings about delays in emergency care, saying patients are dying needlessly. the royal college of emergency medicine says it s become impossible to provide the best standard of care. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. welcome to nhs winter. ambulances lined up outside hospitals, patients waiting in corridors. now there are calls for the government to declare a national major incident. but is this year different to normal? all the other ambulances for the whole area been direct to exeter which is unheard of, we waited 12 hours. it was just horrific. the operator was telling me to get a defibrillator, i thought, telling me to get a defibrillator, ithoug