fails to elect a speaker in its opening session. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. and a mountain and a ski lift, but where s the snow? the record mild temperatures affecting europe s winter sports. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia s defence ministry says officials will be held accountable after ukrainian forces located and destroyed an army barracks in the occupied town of makiivka, killing dozens of troops. russia now says 89 people were killed. ukraine says the number was much higher. russia says the unauthorised use of mobile phones by russian troops allowed ukraine to target its troops because they were able to use the signal to find the soldiers location. here s some more of the russian military statememt. translation: circumstances of the incident are currently being investigated, but it is already obvious that the main reason, despite the restri
details later in the programme. it s wednesday, 4th january. a 30 hour wait for an ambulance and 12 hours sitting outside a and e more distressing stories are emerging this morning of the nhs under pressure this winter. the health secretary stephen barclay has blamed high numbers of flu and covid cases, and fears of strep a infections. many hospitals are struggling to keep up with demand, with ambulance services declaring critical incidents. graham satchell reports. these are all the ambulances outside king s lynn hospital, waiting to take patients in. this phone footage was taken by sarahjones at the queen elizabeth hospital in norfolk. she was with her 84 year old dad, mervyn. so it s 8:50 and we just got out of the ambulance. 8:50 pm. and paramedics came to the house at 8:30 am this morning.
more distressing stories are emerging this morning of the nhs under pressure this winter. the government is blaming high numbers of flu and covid cases and fears of strep a infections. nhs england says there are several contributing factors. these include 18% more people coming into a&e in the last six weeks compared to the same period last year, and there are nearly 10,000 nhs staff absent at the moment due to covid. there are still a significant number of covid patients in hospitals, too. in england the number has more than doubled 9,500 from a few weeks ago. delayed discharges of medically fit patients, who could leave if there was provision in the community, is also causing bed blocking in hospital. 0ur correspondent graham satchell reports. these are all the ambulances outside king s lynn hospital, waiting to take patients in.