Review edition. What a year it has been. Trump was that victory, the rise of Populist Movements, the migrant crisis, wars across the middle east and the possibly of a new cold war in europe. Our top team area new cold war in europe. Our top team are a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, an iraqi journalist and thomas. In britain across europe and in the United States it has been eightjewish year. The brexit vote, Donald Trumps factory, political turmoil in france, and elsewhere. All have shown countries divided within themselves. Scotland, post Industrial Areas of northern even though the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incompetence of of. Trump and clinton voters often seem to belong not just trump and clinton voters often seem to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the United States. How significant has 2016 bean in terms of these Major Political events . The deep divisions betwee
Ft se 100 closes on a record high boosted good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. By the vote to leave the eu. The russian president , vladimir putin, has said that he wont expel any us diplomats from the country, in a surprise response to President Obamas decision to order Russian Diplomats out of the us. Mr obama, whos also imposing sanctions, had accused russia of interfering in the us president ial election. Despite advice from his Foreign Minister, mr putin has decided not to retaliate for now. Mr putin also said that positive developments in relations between russia and the uk would be mutually beneficial. Steve rosenberg reports from moscow. Following accusations of Cyber Attacks on america, the us had expelled 35 Russian Diplomats. So, how would moscow respond . Well, today, russias Foreign Minister proposed tit for tat. He said he had asked President Putin to expel 35 american diplomats. But the kremlin leader said no no americans would be expelled. He would wait to see what k
Im a refugee, i came to england at the age of six. He campaigned for more to be brought to the uk. Today he reacts to a government decision to stop receiving children under the scheme he championed, calling it shameful. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11am this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today accident and Emergency Departments in england had their worst waiting time performance last month since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. The Department Of Health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. For months now, accident and Emergency Departments across england have been struggling. Last week, the bbc was gi
Campaigning points there is unity. A warning new laws introduced last year to protect tenants in england from so called revenge evictions arent working. Also keeping a cool head. An australian man survives after struggling for hours to keep his nose above water, after his excavator rolled into a waterhole. And could this sound be the origins of the earliest words . Good morning. Its thursday 9th february. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Accident and Emergency Departments in england had their worst waiting time performance in january since targets were introduced 13 years ago. Provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that a record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. The Department Of Health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. Patients are traditionally supposed to be seen and discharged within four hours, with a target of 95 . But the bbc has learnt the provisional figures forjanuary show only 82 were seen within
Named in the side. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Record numbers of patients waited for more than four hours in accident and Emergency Departments in england in december thats according to officialfigures. Only 86 met the nhs target of being seen in four hours or less. And figures leaked to the bbc suggest it was even worse in january, just 82 , the worst performing month for a e departments in the past 13 years. The bma says the Prime Minister can no longer bury her head in the sand about the increasing pressure on the nhs. The government says the vast majority of patients are seen and treated quickly. This report from our Health Editor hugh pym. Scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strains being felt right across the nhs. Here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a e. Some had to sit on the floor. The latest official figures confirmed it was the worst for waits since modern re