First, the latest headlines. A man has been charged with the Attempted Murder of the slovak Prime Minister, robert fico. The politician is now able to speak, officials have said, but is still in a very serious condition after being shot several times yesterday. Slovakias Interior Minister described the suspect as a lone wolf who opposed the government. China and russia have put on a display of unity and mutual support during a meeting of their two leaders in beijing. Xijinping and the Vladimir Putin signed a statement that promised to deepen their countries relationship. Trade between china and russia has surged since moscows invasion of ukraine. South africa has asked the United Nations highest court to order an immediate halt to israels Offensive On Rafah in southern gaza. Todays hearing in the hague is part of a case accusing israel of carrying out genocide. Israel has dismissed the allegation as baseless. The European Union has begun a formal investigation into the Social Media Fir
three part plan that would begin with a six week ceasefire in which the israeli forces would withdraw from populated areas of gaza. there would also be a surge of humanitarian aid as well as an exchange of some hostages for palestinian prisoners. the president said it was time for this war to end hamas issued for this war to end and hamas issued a statement saying it was ready to deal positively with any proposal offering a permanent ceasefire and a complete israeli withdrawal. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the plan was in line with israel s demands that the war would not end until its hostages were released and hamas no longer ruled gaza or posed a military threat. our first report this hour is from vincent mcaviney. after almost eight months of israeli response to the 7th october attacks by hamas, gaza lays largely in ruins, with the lives of palestinians who call it home turned upside down. more than 36,000 have been killed across the region, accord
distributing. i will give her so many of these cards, she s going to take them. first step, economic stability. as rachel says, stability exchange after the chaos of the last 14 years. economic stability so we can keep our finances 14 years. economic stability so we can keep ourfinances under 14 years. economic stability so we can keep our finances under control. cut nhs waiting times. the list, nearly 8 million. it has never been that high. it is shocking. when labour left office, we have the lowest waiting lists on record, and a high satisfaction in the nhs was that they turned out completely on its head, the highest ever waiting list and the lowest ever satisfaction, the lowest ever satisfaction, the lowest ever satisfaction in nhs. i don t care what political is, party i don t care what political support, if you leave that legacy government, you don t deserve one day more in
of mucus from my lungs. wayne erasmus was brought to swansea s morriston hospital on christmas day, but no beds were available. he spent his first night in the ambulance, his second night in a makeshift set up in the acute medical unit. it was a shambles and we were put in chairs, and there was one lad in his 70s on oxygen and he d slept forfive nights in the chair. and there were other old ladies, everybody was over 60, just roughing it. something needs to be done on a radical scale. swansea bay university health board has apologised and says it will investigate. you should know we re taking urgent action. in a wide ranging speech yesterday, the prime minister, rishi sunak, promised to improve patient care and cut nhs waiting times. the biggest problem we have is that there are at the moment around 13,000 people in hospital beds who ideally should be back in their communities or in social care. so what are we doing