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do you work in education do you have children in school? are you worried how this will affect their studies and wellbeing? let me know by getting in touch with your comments and questions on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag bbc your questions. millions of people in the us prepare to head to the polls and vote in the midterm elections. new research suggests over half of young people between 11 18 are navigating a world outside of school that is increasingly isolated and home based. and the purr fect home? how one family turned their house into a cat rescue centre. thank you forjoining us at the bbc news channel this morning. new allegations of bullying have been made against the government minister sir gavin williamson claims which he denies. he s already facing two investigations a conservative party one and a parliamentary one after sending abusive text messages to the former chief whip, wendy morton. sir gavin williamson is currently minister without por ....
penny mordaunt has less than an hour now to make that 100 threshold. her team say this lunchtime that it s going down to the wire and it s extremely close. we ll bring you that announcement at 2 o clock live in our specially extended coverage programme this afternoon. also this lunchtime. western allies denounce a russian claim that ukraine could use a dirty bomb there are fears the kremlin might use it as a pretext to escalate the war. phosphate pollution of rivers threatens the building of tens of thousands of new homes. and he s back in the tardis david tennant travels through time once again to return as dr who. and stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good afternoon. within the next hour or so, we could know who is britain s next prime minister. at two o clock, norminations close in the conservative party leadership race. rishi sunak has a commanding lead, wi ....
search nursing careers . staff shortages are one of the most pressing problems facing the health service and the next prime minister. more than one in ten nursing jobs are currently unfilled in england, with big gaps in other roles. it comes as unions across the health service start to ballot members over pay and working conditions. this morning, 15,000 ambulance service staff in england and wales have begun voting on possible strike action, though that would not affect emergency call outs. without significant increases in pay, nhs workers and ambulance workers will continue to leave the service for higher paid jobs elsewhere. they can t continue working under the extreme pressures that they are doing. this is more than just about pay this is about patient safety and standards, as well. siren wails last week, the scottish government raised its pay offer to health staff. unions now say they will consider it. all this as the nhs is juggling other pressures. waiting lis ....
is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men s singles title. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 3.30am in colombo, sri lanka where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the country s leadership. president rajapaksa whose family has dominated sri lankan politics for the best part of two decades has announced he will step down on wednesday after demonstrators stormed his official residence and set fire to the prime minister s house. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from inside the presidential palace, which is still overrun by protesters. these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka s seat of presidential power now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka. a building that is normally he ....
nearby, insisting there is nothing to see. one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us. shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a water crisis we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it s gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations, right in front of their eyes. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. nancy pelosi, america s third highest ranking politician, is right now in taiwan, on a visit that s infuriated beijing. ms pelosi is due to visit taiwan s parliament and meet the taiwanese president on wednesday morning. tensions are high. china considers self ruled, democratic taiwan as its own territory, and it s been flying warplanes close to the island. four us warships have also been deployed to the region. our correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, reports from tai ....