On the rocks directly in front of where we are now. I can confirm that eight people have been declared dead, and according to the health services, they were all reportedly adult men. The foreign Secretary David Lammy gave his reaction to the deaths on the Laura Kuenssberg show. Its awful. It is a further loss of life. What i can say is actually, before i left for ukraine, with tony blinken, i sat with the Prime Minister, the home secretary, the Attorney General and others at the national Crime Agency actually looking at the awful Rubber Dinghies that people are coming across the channel with. Many of them, of course, not able to make it in these contraptions, discussing how we go after those gangs, in Co Operation upstream with other european partners. And i know that the Prime Minister will be in italy tomorrow with the italian Prime Minister discussing these issues and the work that they have done particularly with albania. Our Paris Correspondent Hugh Schofield has more. The prefect
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Gone 12 00. Your top stories from the newsroom. The health from the newsroom. The Health Secretary says the latest four day strike by Junior Doctors , day strike by Junior Doctors, which starts today, serves only to harm patients. Its the fifth time theyve staged a walkout this year in an ongoing dispute over pay. According to the nhs , over pay. According to the nhs, almost 835,000 appointments have been postponed since industrial action began in december. Been postponed since industrial action began in december. The action began in december. The British Medical Association says its been left with no choice. Its been left with no choice. Former nhs trust chairman roy lilly told gb news the strikes could continue up until christmas. Christmas. Well, if there are no more talks , the Junior Doctors are talks, the Junior Doctors are balloting to extend their strike action if their current mandate runs out at the end of this month. If they bar it again and the answer is yes, then well see
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3, 2, 1. Happy new year ninan and prepping for the Biggest Party of the year. The extra security measures as the world prepares to usher in 2019. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. Its day eight of the partial government shutdown, and the stalemate in washington persists. The effects of the impasse are growing. Multiple government institutions are running out of money, including the Environmental Protection agency and the smithsonian. Thousands of employees are being furloughed. Many will work without pay. Nikole killion is following all of this from the nations capital. Reporter on day eight of the partial shutdown, President Trump upped the ante on democrats, tweeting, i am in the white house waiting for the democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security. Do ttoo ans have broken d sene. Administration official tells cbs news acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and white house adviser Jared Kushner discussed the shutdown and Border Security in a friday night dinner with