civil servants just staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servants just some - staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servantsjust some of - staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servantsjust some of those | staff. but with nurses, teachers, l civil servantsjust some of those in civil servants just some of those in dispute, we have one big question this morning can we avoid a summer of strikes? in the last half hour, the health secretary has written to pat cullen, the woman who ll lead the nurses onto the picket lines for their most serious strike. she s here in the studio. and so will be the the cabinet minister, tory chairman, greg hands. how will the government stop that strike from happening? but you might wonder, does labour have a better answer? the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, is with us. and we ll lift our eyes to the heavens thejupiter icy moons explorer begins its eight yearjourney hunting for life beyond earth. professor carole mundell is the
live from london, this is bbc news. israel launches airstrikes on gaza and lebanon, calling it retaliation for several dozen hamas rockets fired at israel. northern ireland on high alert police warn republicans could provoke violence as the country marks 25 years of the good friday agreement. as emmanuel macron and ursula von der leyen wrap up their trip to china, have they got what they wanted from xi jinping? hello and welcome. let s get more on passengers travelling through dover being warned they ll face delays, as millions of travellers are expected to make the crossing between france and the uk this weekend. contingency plans have been put in place to avoid a repeat of last week, which saw drivers waiting more than 1a hours. earlier i spoke to our correspondent simonjones, who started by telling us how things are looking in dover. it s already very busy this morning at the port of dover. we re told traffic turning up at the moment will face a wait of around 90 minutes
as inflation continues to leave us worse off, we speak with the businesses struggling with rising costs and recruitment. how andy s conjured some of that old murray magic in his opening match of the australian open. good morning. once again it is a cold and frosty start. the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. but for many it will be dry with winter sunshine. however, there is snow in the forecast. i will tell you where later. people say, television in the morning? that s disgusting. a disgusting idea! what is happening in this country? people even used the word immoral. but we re still here a0 years later! we re celebrating a special birthday on the programme this morning, good morning. it s tuesday, the 17th january. the metropolitan police force is investigating a thousand allegations of abuse involving around 800 of its officers. it comes after pc david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes the worst ever case of a serving police officer. met
from that wall street journal reports claiming president biden is slipping. the white house and democrats pushing back hard and boeing s starliner successfully lifting off. now headed to the the international space station. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here the cnn news central some dramatic testimony in court today as former romantic partners of hunter biden take the stand in his federal gun trial. hunters former girlfriend so casten just finished testifying about hunters heavy drug use, including, she says, just weeks before he bought the gun that s at the center of this case? she also described hunters efforts to get sober, including how we moved to california to work on his recovery, but then ultimately relapsed. and this morning, hunter biden s ex-wife, kathleen buhle, told jurors about finding drugs and paraphernalia in his car on multiple occasions. including in 2018, when he bought the gun, cnn s paula reid is outs
The jobs that are being created. Ill have more later. In sport, italian championjuventus took a Big Stride Towards the Champions League final. Jose mourinho has set his sights on winning the Europa League in the semi final tonight. Also this morning the story of eight year old marin and herfriendship with police dog in training tag. He is my best friend. He is basically my special bff. And carol has the weather. There is a north south split, in the north it will be sunny, in the south it will be cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain. In the east in the breeze once again it will be chilly. I have more injust over ten minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. A bbc breakfast investigation into the treatment of Eating Disorder has shown rising numbers of men being affected by conditions like anorexia and bulimia. Figures obtained through a Freedom Of Information Request showed the number of males receiving out patent treatment in england is rising at double the rate of female patients