Managed to fool hsbcs Voice Recognition Security System, designed to prevent fraud. Good morning, its friday, 19th may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Breaking news this morning. Swedish prosecutors are ending their seven year long investigation into the wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, who has been accused of rape. Mr assange, whos a5, has been living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. Scotla nd Scotland Yard says it is obliged to arrest him for Breaching Bail Conditions if he leaves the embassy. Julian assange has just tweeted this picture. This is in reaction to that means from sweden. That is the first reaction from Julian Assange, though no statement from him as yet. Lets cfoss no statement from him as yet. Lets cross to the Ecuadorian Embassy in london. Our correspondent, Richard Lister, is there. Richard, so, any expectation we might Seejulian Assange leading that embassy any time soon . I would hav
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the problem is very clear. you need to make sure that these refugee and asylum applications are processed really, really quickly, and then if they passed that test, these people can go and work and contribute to society and actually play their part, and if they fail the test, then they should be deported. rishi sunak sa s then they should be deported. rishi sunak says this then they should be deported. rishi sunak says this pledge to stop the small boats is not something which can be achieved quickly, but he will hope to prove that the tide is at least turning by the time of the next election. iain watson, bbc news. satisfaction with the nhs across england, scotland and wales is at its lowest level since public surveys began a0 years ago. according to the british social attitudes poll, just 29% said they were satisfied with the health service last year, with waiting times and staff shortages the biggest concerns. the survey showed the public most valued the nhs being free at the poin
of the waiting times for example and the issue of public support for a national health service. indeed. this survey did ask respondents about do they still believe in the principles of the nhs, free at the point of use, and primarily funded through general taxation, and an overwhelming majority, more than eight in ten, supported those principles. but there was a desire to get more funding into the nhs. just over 40% said they were willing to pay more in tax to increase funding for the nhs. although a minority, a significant minority i must say, 28%, said they believe the nhs should still live within its own budget. the number of homes available to rent in the uk, has fallen by a third over the past 18 months. this sharp drop in the number of listings, means that prospective tenants are now facing an 11% price hike, to secure a property. our cost of living correspondent colletta smith has been
increased funding for health and social care, recruited thousands more doctors and nurses, upgradable hospitals with cutting edge technology, but covid has imposed massive new pressures and people are waiting too long for the care they need. and we are fixing that, but we need. and we are fixing that, but we need to do more. at a time when we are putting record sums into the nhs and recruiting record numbers of doctors and nurses, health care professionals are still unable to deliver the care they want and patients are not receiving the care they deserve. so we need to recognise that something has to change. now, it doesn t mean structural reforms to the nhs. we will always protect the founding principles of an nhs free at the point of use, but what it does mean is that it is an nhs where patients are in control with as much choice