hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a big story in the uk. more thani million national health service staff in england will get a 5% pay rise after health unions here backed the deal. ambulance workers, nurses and physios will also get a one off sum of at least £1655. but the pay deal was signed up at a meeting between the government and 1a health unions, representing all nhs staff above doctors and dentists. one minister said it was time to bring the strikes to an end. the uk health secretary steve barclay said he was pleased with the this is a good day for nhs staff who will benefit from this pay rise, an extra will benefit from this pay rise, an extr ., :: :: :: ., ., , will benefit from this pay rise, an extr ., 11:11: ., ., , ., extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical midwife, extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical midwife, so - extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a
but russia is not giving up. neither side seems ready to negotiate. so could russia still defy the odds and win this war, or will ukraine prevail? in this programme, we re going to examine how either side could yet win in ukraine. more than a year after the invasion began, the fighting has reached another inflection point. ukraine has the initiative. they re expected to launch a new offensive during the spring and summer. but if they don t make decisive gains quickly, that could put russia in the stronger position, because the longer this war drags on, the greater the odds of an eventual russian victory. let s look first at what has put ukraine once more on the front foot. modern, powerful western tanks have now started arriving in ukraine, and they ll be heading to the front. thank you very much from ukraine, united kingdom. from the uk, challenger 2 main battle tanks. if used cleverly, these could potentially punch right through russian lines. from europe, german built leop
more people were injured on the armancette glacier, where rescue work is ongoing. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for ukraine: how will it end? gunfire. in the mud and trenches of eastern ukraine, this war still hangs in the balance. both sides need a breakthrough. ukraine, with advanced western weaponry, could well now seize the initiative. the ukrainians will continue to fight, whatever happens. so, providing they ve got the tools to do thejob, they can do it. slava ukraini! but russia is not giving up. neither side seems ready to negotiate. so could russia still defy the odds and win this war, or will ukraine prevail? in this programme, we re going to examine how either side could yet win in ukraine. more than a year after the invasion began, the fighting has reached another inflection point. ukraine has the initiative. they re expected to launch a new offensive during the spring and summer. but if they don t make decisive gains quickly, that could put russia in t
hello and welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs has offered to buy credit suisse for up to $1 billion dollars, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion dollars by switzerland s central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me now. where are we up to with these negotiations? fist where are we up to with these negotiations? where are we up to with these negotiations? where are we up to with these ne . otiations? ., ., negotiations? at the moment we have not heard anything negotiations? at the moment we have not heard anything new negotiations? at the moment we have not heard anything new for negotiations?