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
progress. more on that story in a moment. as ukraine faces a second winter of war, it is suffering heavy losses on the battlefield, but the military does not release figures for those killed and injured. the bbc has been given access to one of the main hospitals receiving casualties from the front lines. doctors there have treated more than 20,000 wounded soldiers since russia s full scale invasion in february 2022, many of them amputees. from south eastern ukraine, our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. sirens. under a blanket of darkness, the wounded are brought in. on arrival each one is numbered. each one a husband, a father or a son. this is the pain of a generation. staff here treat 50 to 100 new casualties every day. another badly wounded soldier has just been brought in. he s in his 20s and one of his legs has already been amputated. this is where you can see the cost of the war, the cost for soldiers, the cost for ukraine and there s no let up, the casu
england squad announcement. after suffering an acl and being out for a year, striker beth mead is back for the upcoming nations league matches against the netherlands and scotland. the 23 player squad also includes call ups for 20 year old grace clinton and 19 year old goalkeeper khiara keating. she is a character that brings positive energy, on pitch and off pitch. i think we have more players like that, but it s good to have back, of course, her experience, the way she plays. she s different than other players on the wing, so she brings different things, so that s good for the team too. so we have different opportunities again. so, yeah, i expect, on and off pitch, that is going to give us some extra energy. a premier league proposal to stop clubs bringing in players on loan from associated teams has fallen just short of coming into force. the idea was to prevent a club like newcastle temporarily signing someone from a team in the saudi pro league that is also owned by the
good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us on this monday. israel s military says another evacuation corridor in northern gaza is open for the next several hours. it is unclear if and how far that announcement is known, though, without any cell service or internet connectivity. and new this morning, further exchanges of fire reported across the israel/lebanon border. the israeli defense forces say two mortars launched from lebanon landed in open territory in northern israel on monday. and also overnight, the u.s. did carry out a new round of air strikes against iran-backed targets in eastern syria. defense secretary lloyd austin says those strikes targeted a safe house. officials believe that they re responsible for at least 60 rocket strikes against u.s. personnel in iraq and syria since october 17th. this comes as fighting intensifies in gaza. the medical system there, it s collapsed. some of the images you re about to see, i want to warn you, are disturbing. hospit