stranded on a cruise ship off the australian coast after a potentially harmful case of bio foul . we speak to one of those onboard. we start with some breaking news from perth, in scotland. three people have died after a fire broke out at a hotel there. emergency services, including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the new county hotel on county place at about five am local time. let s get more on this with our correspondent, gareth barlow. a developing situation. we know three people have died. several emergency service vehicles remain on scene as well. there is a police cordon and the rest of the guests have been evacuated. the hotel is a 28 room and suite hotel, close to the railway station in the centre of perth, and at 5:10am this morning, the ambulance service of scotland and the fire service ending 21 ambulance vehicles and nine fire appliances to that incident. we have heard from the deputy first minister, john swinney, a local msp, on twitter,
and emergency departments are in a complete state of crisis . the president of the royal college of emergency medicine says as many as 500 people are dying every week in the uk as a result of delays to emergency care. three people have died after a fire broke out at a hotel in perth in scotland. emergency services, including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the new county hotel, just after five o clock this morning. thousands of roman catholics have begun paying their respects to the pope emeritus, benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. pope francis will preside at benedict s funeral on thursday. you are watching bbc news. now the travel show. yeah, all checked, triple checked. metal clanking. radio: science team, | are you a go or no go? science says go. radio: rangers, go for launch. go or no go for launch? bridge is go for launch. metal clanking. there will be a time when people will go to space at much less cost and very regular
hotel just after five o clock this morning. thousands of roman catholics have begun paying their respects to the pope emeritus benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state in the vatican. pope francis will preside at benedict s funeral on thursday. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for review 2022. the death of her majesty the queen and accession of king charles created headlines around the world in september. only three months earlier, the royal family had marked queen elizabeth s platinumjubilee. a record in the history of the united kingdom. daniella relph reports on a year of upheaval and transition in the royal year. a year the world mourned queen elizabeth ii. # i am the resurrection #. herfuneral, a show of pomp and precision like few had ever seen. # he that believeth in me #. thousands joined the queue to see the queen lying in state. for the new king, his was a public grief. just three months earlier, the queen celebrated her platinum jubilee. with herfamily, t
to the pope emeritus benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. pope francis will preside at benedict s funeral on thursday. iam i am away shortly, thank you for your company, ben brown will be here at the top of the next hour. now on bbc news, he has been the man making the headlines all year. zelensky: the making of a president. for weeks, volodomyr zelensky has been leading from the front, as ukraine resists russia s invasion. explosion comforting the war s many victims, berating ukraine s enemies. sobs ..and demanding more from her allies. a war that was supposed to last days has now lasted months. russia s advance has stalled and, in places, it has been pushed back. applause president zelensky is now lauded as the man of this moment. i think your leadership has been extraordinary. but it wasn t always like this. before the russian attack, questions were being asked as to whether zelensky, a former comedian, really had what it takes to lead ukraine. in 201
legend pele has arrived at the stadium of his former club, santos, for a public wake. hello and welcome. in the uk, senior doctors are warning that some hospital accident and emergency departments are in a complete state of crisis because of the extreme pressures facing the national health service this winter. the royal college of emergency medicine says it s impossible to provide the best standard of care and there s no doubt patients are being harmed. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. we are used to seeing pictures like this every winter now. patients waiting in corridors and outside in ambulances as health experts talk about a crisis in care. this year the warning voices seem louder than ever. most of the nhs employees would say it has been one of the top most of the nhs employees would say it has been one of the toughest winters they can remember. i feel uncomfortable, deeply uncomfortable about the level of care we are sometimes, because of the degr