Let me bring you some breaking news on the nhs. The average Response Time in february for ambulances in england dealing with the most urgent incidents, defined as calls from people with life threatening illnesses or injuries, was eight minutes and 25 seconds, nhs figures show. This is down very slightly from eight minutes and 26 Seconds Injanuary, but is above the target standard Response Time of seven minutes. Ambulances took an average of 36 minutes and 20 seconds last month to respond to emergency calls such as heart attacks, strokes and sepsis. This is down from a0 minutes and six Seconds Injanuary while the target is 18 minutes. Response times for urgent calls, such as late stages of labour, Non Severe Burns and diabetes, averaged two hours, four minutes and 12 seconds in february, down from two hours, 12 minutes and 48 seconds in january. Back to our top story. The communities secretary, michael gove, has told the bbc why the government is introducing a new definitgion for extrem
to everything turn turn turn there is a season turn turn turn good morning, everyone. poppy is off. we start with sad news to share this morning. legendary singer, song writer david crosby has died. such a loss. it is. we ve been losing a lot of people, especially in the music industry. very few people i feel moved as many people for as long as he did. he had such a special career. david crosby in his own words about how he would be remembered. but first, is russia getting ready to launch an all-out attack? ukraine bracing for a potential offensive. the u.s. and allies sending more weapons but is it enough to stop vladimir putin s onslaught. president biden is breaking his silence. what he is saying about how he believes he has handled the classified documents found in his home and office. alec baldwin facing charges for the shooting on the movie set. we begin in ukraine where russian forces might be gearing up for a major offensive, ukraine has been
Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, october 21st. Im victor blackwell. And im amara walker. For the first time in weeks asia has made its way into gaza. This morning the Rafah Boarder between egypt and israel has opened but not for long. 24 trucks made it through before it was closed again. The trucks were carrying medical supplies and canned food. Its been two weeks and now the idf says its preparing for the next stages of the war. Idf tanks are lined up near the border with gaza where the prospect of a Ground Incursion is looming. Now, in gaza, the hospital says israel has demanded the immediate evacuation of the building ahead of a possible strike. The World Health Organization said that would be impossible to carry out because it houses 12,000 displaced people plus hundreds of patients. Also, an American Woman and her teenaged daughter are free. 17yearold Natalie Rah Han who had just graduated high school and her mother judith are from illinois. They were visit
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