to britain s emma radacanu s hopes at the australian open. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a different series but a familiar story for english cricket as england s women lose their opening match of their ashes series. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. some of england s plan b measures have been scrapped today with people being told they no longer have to work from home and secondary school pupils removing face coverings in class. from next thursday, facemasks will no longer be compulsory in most settings and covid passes for large venues will be dropped. but there s concern that the move will increase pressure on the nhs which is already under a lot of strain as waiting list backlogs continue to grow. in wales, the latest figures show that more than a fifth of the entire population is now on an nhs waiting list. here s our health correspondent, dominic hughes. how many discharges have we got to do? i m thinking four on this list. at the royal bolton hosp
here in the uk, a senior conservative has accused ministers of tory rebels trying to oust borisjohnson have been threatened renewed pressure on borisjohnson as a conservative mp says tory rebels have been threatened with damaging publicity and removal the intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter. moreover, the reports from which i m aware would seem to constitute blackmail. and we re getting pictures from ghana of the aftermath of a huge explosion in bogoso. many are feared dead. american diplomacy is in high gear as the tensions on the russian ukraine guardian porter escalade. foreign ministers from key european countries have held talks in berlin with the us secretary of state, antony blinken. they ve been trying to co ordinate a western strategy to avoid a conflict. here s mr blinken speaking earlier. we have been very clear throughout, if any russian military forces moved across the ukrainian border and commit new acts of aggression against ukrain
to a lexical analyst in tel aviv and in washington a former adviser to george bush. hello, and welcome. when a us president speaks at the white house, the world listens. it s a weighty responsibility. the white house, the world listens. and what is said at the podium is almost as important as what must not be said. and so it was yesterday when president biden, said this of the russian threat to ukraine. russia will be held accountable. if it invades, and it depends on what it invades, and it depends on what it does. if is one thing if it is a minor recursion and we end up having to do what we do. it is another thing if they are amassed on the border, it will be a disaster for russia. today the ukrainian president posted a stinging retort. in his tweet, volodymyr zelensky said. the white house has been scrambling to clean up president biden s gaffe. though maybe there was more truth to it than we might think. we will discuss it during the programme. in berlin today there was n