thousands of extra beds in care homes in england, so that people can be discharged more quickly from hospital. in his latest round of interviews, prince harry describes queen consort camilla as the third person in his parents marriage. gareth bale announces his retirement from football, after a career that included five champions league wins and becoming wales most capped player. and history is about to be made here in cornwall. injust and history is about to be made here in cornwall. in just a few hours, the uk will be launching a rocket to deliver satellite into space for the very first time. on bbc london. and coming up on the bbc news channel, with the fa cup third round action drawing to a close tonight, we speak to stevenage boss steve evans as they upset the odds to beat aston villa. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. talks between the government and unions aimed at resolving the worst series of strikes for decades have been described as a missed oppor
countdown to britain s first ever space launch. we are going to be live in cornwall, where the mission is taking off. let s start in brazil. security forces there have detained over 1,000 people after supporters of the former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings. this was the scene in brasilia the capital on sunday. thousands of demonstrators were involved. in the last few hours, brazilian authorities have issued a statement branding the riots terrorist acts of vandalism by criminals and coup plotters . and we ve also heard from brazil s president lula. translation: all those people who did this will be found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech, but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to strengthen democracy. let s take a step back and look at how we got here. in october last year, we saw a bitter electoral campaign between the incumbent jair bolsonaro and lula. and lul
information on 08000155 998. a teenager has admitted the murder of a 14 year old boy, who was london s youngest stabbing victim, in 2021. jermaine cools was attacked in a fight involving a number of people, near west croydon station in south london. he took himself to hospital where he later died. a 17 year old will be sentenced next month. gareth bale, the wales football captain, has announced his retirement from the game. in a twitter post, wales most capped player said he has experienced the highest of highs over 17 seasons. before christmas, he led his nation to their first world cup appearance in 64 years. jane dougall looks back at his career. must score. and does! he didn t know it, but this was gareth bale s last goalfor wales. despite saying he would not retire after the 2022 world cup, that s exactly what the 33 year old has done.
among harry s supporters, there s praise for his candour but also a note of caution. harry and meghan do have to be quite careful right now. i think we re going to see, for the rest of this year, a couple sort of retreating from a lot of what we ve seen over the last few months. the buffeting has been intense it isn t over yet. the palaces remain battened down to ride out the remainder of the storm. nicholas witchell, bbc news. gareth bale, the wales football captain, has announced his retirement from the game. in a twitter post, wales most capped player said he has experienced the highest of highs over 17 seasons, which will be impossible to replicate no matter what the next chapter has in store for him. before christmas, he led his nation to their first world cup appearance in 64 years. joining me is our sports presenter sarah mulkerrins.
the bbc s celebration of 100 influential women returns. we will speak to one woman on that list, the former wales football captain, laura mcallister. the government has accused rmt, the uk s biggest rail union, of holding the country to ransom after it announced three more days of strikes from 24th december. mick lynch is the head of the rmt union. we regret the inconvenience we are causing, but this inconvenience is being caused by the government who are running the strategy for the railway companies and directing what is going on. they have held back even these paltry offers to the last minute so they know it is very difficult for us to deal with these offers.