that rail workers don t have paid sick leave at all. that s amazing. that s the big stumbling block. so what do you see doing forward on this? if congress is going to get involved and enact a resident lougs, we are urging congress to enact a resolution that adds paid sick leave to the ult hat agreements. we re urging them to dpo that way. and give workers things that most american workers have. they work really hard in very dangerous jobs. many of them work outside exposed to the elements and chemicals and they need paid sick leave. it s amazing we have gotten to this point. i would add it s important it would be valuable to the railroads, it s useful for them to make sure somebody who is sick doesn t come to work and
haven t haven t heard yet. they say they haven t made up their mind. we do know haven t made up their mind. we do know they haven t made up their mind. we do know they are not entering into a power sharing executive, so essentially nominating a first minister essentially nominating a first minister and deputy first minister, until the minister and deputy first minister, until the northern ireland protocol, for them. until the northern ireland protocol, for them. is until the northern ireland protocol, for them, is resolved. this is the bil for them, is resolved. this is the big stumbling block. they can t get past this big stumbling block. they can t get past this. essentially it creates a border. past this. essentially it creates a border. as past this. essentially it creates a border, as they see it, between northern border, as they see it, between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. northern ireland and the rest of the uk for northern ireland and the rest of t
scans remains a big stumbling block. charities warn this is perhaps the most pressing issue, but it could take years to resolve. dominic hughes, bbc news. more than 100 people have been brought ashore by the border force and lifeboats after trying to cross the english channel in small boats. yesterday, more than 250 people made the journey, the first arrivals for 11 days. simonjones is in dover this evening. simon, why have so many people come in the last couple of days? well, i think it is largely down to the weather. this is the area in dover where people are brought when they are picked up in the channel. today for a second day it has been very calm at sea so for the second day we have seen a large number of people arrive, we have seen women and children being brought ashore but largely it has been groups of young men. numbers for today have yet to be confirmed by the ministry of defence but i think the figure is likely to be similar to those we saw
as covid pressures have eased, cancer referrals have bounced back. nearly 2.7 million people have been referred for cancer care in the past year. that s an increase of 16% on pre pandemic levels. but while there has been progress, around 30,000 people are still waiting to start treatment, a legacy of the pandemic. we know the pandemic has disrupted cancer care, but the nhs is working absolutely as hard as we can and going as fast as we can to recover the backlogs that have been created. nobody in the nhs wants to see potential cancer patients not being treated. that s why we are expanding community diagnostics, that s why we re ensuring that we get through as many treatment cases as we possibly can. 0ne stop shops for tests, mobile clinics and telephone hotlines have been setup to work through the backlog. but a shortage of qualified and trained cancer specialists and radiologists who can interpret scams remains a big stumbling block.
diplomatically and still save face without an invasion? yeah. this is the gut question. in a sense putin has kind of painted himself into a diplomatic corner and that s unfortunate as we try and resolve this, but i think what macron was talking to him about is kind of a package that would give him some face-saving agreements on the size of conventional forces in europe, perhaps where they are located, maybe restore some confidence-building measures, and i think part of the package would have to be a ukranian decision to say that ukraine would not move forward with nato membership. that will be extremely controversial and in direct opposition to what president zelensky will be. that will be a big stumbling block. the u.s. said, quote, they would bring an end to the nord stream 2 pipeline if there is a russian invasion.