An audit exit if this is put in charge of this years climate complement. And a look at whats happening in the front line town of soledar as russia and ukraine fight for control. Welcome to the programme. We start with the controversy in washington. The white house has confirmed that a second set of classified documents has been found in the garage of President Biden s home in delaware. Its thought the documents are linked to Barack Obamas time in the white house Whenjoe Biden was Vice President. And in the last half hour, us Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of Special Counsel to investigate joe biden s handling of the documents. This Appointment Underscores for the public the departments commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to Making Decisions guided only by the facts and the law. Heres what the us president told reporters a little earlier. As i said earlier this week, and by the way my corvette in a locked garage
asi as i said earlier this week people know i take classified documents seriously. russians fighting in ukraine claimed they have found the body of one of two british aid workers who ve been reported missing. bumper christmas sales for some of britain s biggest retailers despite the cost of living crisis. and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who died at the age of 78. there s more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england: ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. (ani the highest priority calls with an immediate threat to life took almost 11 minutes on average; the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency 35 % waited more than four hours that s another record. our health correspondent jim reed reports. long queues for ambulances, the most 999 calls eve
an audit exit if this is put in charge of this years climate complement. and a look at what s happening in the front line town of soledar as russia and ukraine fight for control. welcome to the programme. we start with the controversy in washington. the white house has confirmed that a second set of classified documents has been found in the garage of president biden s home in delaware. it s thought the documents are linked to barack obama s time in the white house whenjoe biden was vice president. and in the last half hour, us attorney general merrick garland announced the appointment of special counsel to investigate joe biden s handling of the documents. this appointment underscores for the public the departments commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to making decisions guided only by the facts and the law. here s what the us president told reporters a little earlier. as i said earlier this week, and by the way my corvett
the tone that emerges after these talks this evening. it is talks over a private dinner, but there are some interesting areas where the discussions might focus in on. of course there are those public sector strikes here in the uk. earlier on today, scotland s first ministers that she was fundamentally opposed, strongly opposed, to legislation at westminster that will cover england, oils and scotland that will curb the rights of people striking in key public sector areas, the idea behind that legislation at westminster is to protect fundamental and very important public services on strike days. she says she is fundamentally opposed to this legislation and strong supports the right of workers to strike. so i think it is very likely that will form part of the discussions this evening. of course, that other big point of difference is the referendum on scottish
with nicola sturgeon would be to ignore her and he she did just that. there was no meeting between the two during her 49 days as prime minister. rishi sunak and nicola sturgeon have met before. they will be meeting this evening for what is billed as a private talks. there is symbolism to look at and the tone which already feels a slightly different. i think we have two grown ups in the room and whilst they have political differences i think both are aware that the two governments have to work together on substantive issues. let’s governments have to work together on substantive issues. substantive issues. let s talk about those issues- substantive issues. let s talk about those issues. what substantive issues. let s talk about those issues. what about substantive issues. let s talk about those issues. what about the - substantive issues. let s talk about l those issues. what about the content of these talks with them or what you think they will be talking about? i think they w