take the time you need to build trust. that, any peace negotiator will tell you, is the way to find a solution. this week on political thinking, my guest, the health secretary for england, victoria atkins, suggests it could be the way to find peace in the nhs, to end the strikes that have dogged the health service for more than a year. it s been a big week for her, when talks are starting once again with thejunior doctors and after a new report highlighted the horrorfor some mothers and soon to be mothers of nhs maternity services, something she has some rather powerful experience of. victoria atkins, welcome to political thinking. thank you so much, pleasure to be here. you ve said when talking about women s health, you ve said when talking about this searing indictment that we saw this week of maternity and childbirth services, this is personalfor you. why so? well, i m a mum as well as the secretary of state for health. and i had my baby on the nhs, and i have a long histo
and ukrainian pilots are currently being trained. mr zelensky also said the military was still short of manpower and russia could increase its attacks in ukraine s north east following its recent gains near the city of kharkiv. translation: we need to staff the reserve. - there are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. we need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse outlined how desperate this need is for air defences. well, he always plonks air defences at the top of his wish list, that s been the case for the last year or so, because of two things russia has continued to launch missile attacks on cities across ukraine, but russia has become more dominant in the air, right across the front line. so that means that when you have exhausted, thinly stretched ukrainian troops trying to defend cities, you have russian fighterjets flying in and dropping missi
to flee rafah in southern gaza due to the ongoing israeli offensive. philippe lazzarini said they were having to do so without any safe passage or protection and were fleeing to areas with little water or sanitation. more than a million palestinians had taken refuge in the city after it was designated a safe zone, early on in the conflict. the us has warned israel not to launch an all out offensive on rafah, forfear of huge civilian casualties, but israel insists it s necessary to route out hamas. this development comes as israel s military says it s recovered the body of another hostage inside gaza. the remains have been identified as ron binyamin who the military says was killed in the october the 7th attack on israel by hamas. his body the fourth to be found in 2a hours has been returned to israel for burial. this is the scene live in tel aviv, where the relatieves of the hostages are among those protesting against benjamin netanyahu s government and demanding new
philippe lazzarini said they were leaving without safe passage or protection, heading to areas with little water or sanitation. more than a million palestinians had taken refuge in the city after it was designated a safe zone early on in the conflict. this development comes as israel s military says it s recovered the body of another hostage inside gaza. the remains have been identified as ron benjamin, who the military says was killed in the october 7th attack by hamas. and in a further development, the israeli war cabinet minister, benny gantz, is threatening to bring down prime minister benjamin netanyahu s government if he doesn t agree to his post war plan for gaza within three weeks. here s what he said. translation: the people of israel are watching you. i you must choose between zionism and cynicism, between unity and factions, between responsibility and lawlessness, between victory and disaster. if you put the national over the personal and chose to follow in the f
and ukrainian pilots are currently being trained. mr zelensky also said the military was still short of manpower and russia could increase its attacks in ukraine s north east following its recent gains near the city of kharkiv. translation: we need to staff the reserve. - there are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. we need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse outlined how desperate this need is for air defences. well, he always plonks air defences at the top of his wish list, that s been the case for the last year or so, because of two things russia has continued to launch missile attacks on cities across ukraine, but it has become more dominant in the air, right across the front line. so that means that when you have exhausted, thinly stretched ukrainian troops trying to defend cities, you have russian fighterjets flying in and dropping missiles