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for many of us today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm, except across the very far north of scotland and parts of eastern england, where we hang onto more cloud. that will suppress the temperatures. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 30th of may. new measures to crackdown on the use of vapes by children in england, are set to be unveiled by the government. ministers have pledged to close a loophole allowing retailers to give free samples to children, and a ban on nicotine free vapes for under 18 s is also being considered. our health editor hugh pym has the details. a recent laboratory test for bbc news on illegal vapes confiscated at a school showed some had more than twice the safe amount of lead, and nine times the safe amount of nickel. the prime minister said he was shocked by this report, and said he was taking further action to clamp down on rogue firms who unlawfully target children with these products. the measures include closi ....
for a double digit rise when members have previously been encouraged to accept a smaller offer. it is going to be very difficult for the union, the majority of the other nhs unions, iii the majority of the other nhs unions, 1a in total have backed the deal, ministers have agreed to pay and that should be going into the pay packets next month and ministers are adamant the pay deal will not be reopened, no more talk, it is a done deal. the rcn is running a national ballot so if nurses vote for strike action across england can be involved, previously run a series of local ballots which was to help achieve the threshold necessary to take strike action, 50% of members did to take part in the majority need to back industrial action for that vote to count. by running a national ballot they are potentially having more impact but to achieve the threshold needed for the mandate to count is much more difficult running this national ballot thread is being dubbed and all nothing app ....
we started in france. protesters dressed all in black, police armed with riot shields and barricades for the running battles taking place down the boulevard of the french capital where it is becoming street of paris. it s happening once again. this time on may day build mostly peaceful demonstration at ganz president microns controversial read france during my reforms in the pension marred once more by scenes of violence. these pictures are live pictures from paris. a little bit earlier you could see and actually hear tear gas being fired by the riot police in an effort to try to disperse protesters from the area. earlier i spoke to a member of the senate of france and of the commission of foreign affairs and defence forces. she believes part of the reason for the street protests is president macron his attitude and his personality. is president macron his attitude and his personality- his personality. there was a lot of dialo . ue his personality. there was a lot of d ....
about half the health trusts in england are affected by today s industrial action, but the rcn, has guaranteed a minimum level of cover, for intensive care and trauma units. a quarter of the trusts involved have also been given extra exemptions, for services like transplant and cardiac care, which means strikers can be called in, for emergencies. this latest 28 hour action ends at midnight, with the government saying it s pay offer, is fair and reasonable. here s our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. they say cut back, we say fight back. nurses on the picket line once again. no nhs cuts. determined to have their voices heard, in this dispute over pay and conditions. i ve been a nurse now for 15 years, and it s just got worse and worse. the staffing is cut, our pay is cut, but patient care is always excellent, but we just strive and we give and we get nothing back. we re on strike because i have seen, over my entire career of more than a decade in the nhs, a progr ....
the un secretary general has sent a special envoy to the region to coordinate humanitarian operations. we know that martin griffiths arrived in nairobi a short time ago. he called the situation catastrophic, stressing the need for humanitarian aid to enter the country. here s what we know about the situation on the ground. this is the scene in sudan s capital khartoum, this morning. air strikes have continued, despite a ceasefire. the army said it was attacking the city to flush out its paramilitary rivals, the rapid support forces. more than 500 deaths have been reported with the true number of casualties believed to be much higher. millions more remain trapped in khartoum. countries have been evacuating their nationals where they can. these pictures show us nationals boarding a military ship in port sudan. the first major aid flight, laden with medical supplies, has arrived in the country carrying eight tonnes of relief supplies, including health kits for hospitals. m ....