manning picket lines across much of england and wales. former employees of the welsh rugby union have accused the organisation of having a toxic culture of sexism. i need to know that i have done one thing right with my life. and we ll hear from brendan fraser about his oscar tipped role as a morbidly obese man trying to reconnect with his family in new film, the whale. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the prime minister has asked his independent ethics adviser to examine how the conservative party chairman and former chancellor, nadhim zahawi, settled a multi million pound tax dispute. rishi sunak says there are questions that need answers. mr zahawi says his error was careless but not deliberate, and his advisers say he doesn t intend to resign. labour however warns he needs to come clean and they re calling his position untenable . here s our political correspondent, lone wells. will you resign as party chair, mrzahawi? - few words, big questions ab
good morning, wet and windy start to the day, the good news is the worst of the rain will blow through, come the afternoon the weather will brighten up with spells of sunshine but they will be lots of blustery showers today, particularly across western areas. i will have the full forecast for you later on. it s saturday, 7th january. our top story: the prime minister will hold emergency talks at downing street today to try to tackle the huge challenges facing the nhs. and senior doctors say the health service is on a knife edge, with many a&e units struggling to cope with record demand. our health correspondent jim reed reports. the nhs is under record pressure this winter, where the queues of ambulances delayed out hospitals, rising waiting lists, and more front line strikes planned in the coming weeks. sue front-line strikes planned in the coming weeks front-line strikes planned in the coming weeks. front-line strikes planned in the cominu weeks. ,, , , , ., , coming weeks
we won t play her games, we won t play roles in a tense game, when there is real work to be done, real work on the cost of living crisis, real work to invest in public services. the white house calls the deaths of 46 people found in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of the texan city of san antonio, absolutely horrific and heartbreaking . ghislaine maxwell is due to be sentenced in the next few hours for recruiting and grooming minors for herformer partner, paedophilejeffrey epstein. borisjohnson faces a row over increased defence spending, as he heads to a nato summit likely to be dominated by the need to boost military resources to counter russia in ukraine. the odds of it being a war in europe have shortened almost as much as the timeline, so we must act. we cannot protect the british people or our allies with transformation strategies and glossy equipment. and coming up in sport, we ll be live at wimbledon as 23 time grand slam champion serena williams prepares to go o
we report from the worst affected district in paktika province. and wimbledon begins in front of full crowds for the first time in three years. novak djokovic begins his quest for a fourth successive wimbledon title. coming out, i will bring you the latest from the all england club on the opening day of the championships, where we have had rain and now thankfully sunshine, with novak djokovic, emma raducanu and andy murray among the big names in action. welcome back to bbc news. let s go straight back to that breaking news in the last hour or so. news that russia has carried out a missile strike on a shopping centre in the central ukrainian city of kremenchuk. at least two people have been killed and 20 others injured. president zelensky said more than a thousand people had been inside at the time of the attack. let me show some of the latest pictures that have come in, and these in the immediate aftermath of that strike, 3:50pm local time, it was, and we see the huge fires t
southern part of marriott paul. is a. mauripol. inspirational and unfalteringly brave the duke and duchess of cambridge lead tributes to cancer campaigner, blogger and broadcaster dame deborahjames who died yesterday. the prince of wales says he ll never again handle large cash donations to be passed to his charities. charles faced criticism after being presented with cash from a former qatari prime minister judges at the court of appeal have ruled that the high court should reconsider the case of 12 year old archie battersbee and decide whether it is in his best interests for life support treatment to continue or end. heading straight to the nato summit injoining my colleague heading straight to the nato summit in joining my colleague who is following all of the developments there in nato. matthew, absolutely. this is being described as a transformative summit. the strategic concept was meant to be a complete change, nato has certainly delivered. from the very begi