northern scotland could see a shower, one or two down the north sea coast as well, but otherwise dry with plenty of sunshine. feeling pretty chilly outside, six and seven is pretty commonplace, well below average for the stage of november. into the second half of the weekend, this weak area of low pressure moving on from the west, bringing subtle changes to our weather. another cold and frosty night then damp weather pushing into northern ireland, wales and west in england. ahead of that, after a cold and frosty start, temperatures slow to rise, but turning mild in western areas. otherwise, it called a feeling day, temperatures are around five or 6 degrees, the cold weather staying with us for next week. and that s bbc news at six. the news continues here on bbc one with the news where you are. in terms of timings and it does not need much to do this which is why i have always exercised or urged caution here because both sides have theirfingers caution here because both sides
particularly around al shifa hospital, which is prompting a great deal of international concern. president biden has said he wants what he calls less intrusive action around the hospital hospitals in gaza. the world health organization has warned that al shifa the biggest hospital in gaza has become, in its words, nea rly a cemetery . al shifa s director says 179 people including seven babies have been buried in a mass grave. he went on to say, there are bodies littered in the hospital complex, and there is no longer electricity at the morgues . there is also the issue of how to help those in need of medical attention. around 30 babies were said to be in need of intensive care this is the image of them made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed because the incubators were no longer operational. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson told the bbc on monday that three premature babies had died. is
mayor. he is the lord mayor of london and this is the lord mayor s banquet at the guildhall in central london. this is an annual opportunity for the prime minister to lay out all sorts of things. we expect today that the prime minister will focus on uk foreign policy. as we have been discussing this is also the day in which he reappointed david cameron, former uk prime minister, to thejob david cameron, former uk prime minister, to the job as foreign secretary. we will start to get a bit more information, a bit more detail, on what another year of conservative government under rishi sunak will look like. crucial, of course, because this is set to be a general election year. the uk has to go to the polls before january 2025. the speculation of course is that it could be either in the spring, maybe in may, or in the autumn, possibly september or october for a general election. we will be keeping a close eye on what is happening there at the guildhall in central london. we will
The Senate Committee on Health Education and pensions will come to order. Today we are looking at effect on children and infants. We have a vote i believe at 11 30 today so we should i believe give us time to have a full discussion with our witnesses. Before we turn to todays focus i wanted to say that later today senator murray and i and senators young will introduce legislation to help address the Opioid Crisis. Dr. Collins, head of the National Institute of health predicted that nonaddictive pain killer can be introduced. Our bill would give more flexibility to conduct research. The Committee Plans to hold a markup on the bill as well as other legislation to address the Opioid Crisis as soon as march. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and introduce witnesses. After their testimony will have a round of fiveminute questions from the senators. The Opioid Crisis is particularly heartbreaking for families and children. No one understands that more than jesse who lo
Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Can i ask everyone to take a seat . Thats quite a rumble. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. I want to welcome you all here today to talk about one of the most important issues that affects every state in the country, every community in the country, every neighborhood in the country. Thats the Opioid Epidemic that runs across this wonderful country of ours. Im charlie baker, the governor of massachusetts and im vice chair of the nga health and Human Services committee and im especially pleased today to be joined by governor roy cooper from North Carolina who i serve with on the president s commission on opioid addiction. Where is our host, Governor Gina Raimondo . Issue here . Shes late to her own party. Gina will be joining us later along with roy. As well as our distinguished speakers to talk about his Opioid Epidemic which obviously is a pertinent relevant issue for all of us. The Opioid Epidemic is now claiming the lives of an estimated 90 million,