longerjourney around rerouting to take the much longer journey around the southern tip of africa. appliance company electrolux is also setting up a taskforce to find alternate routes while ikea is warning of potential product shortages. rain peterson from the supply chain management company flexible told me more about how the disruption is already impacting businesses. it’s disruption is already impacting businesses. businesses. it s ust getting started. 0ver businesses. it sjust getting started. over the businesses. it sjust getting started. over the weekend | businesses. it sjust getting i started. over the weekend and through today we have had all ten of the top container shipping lanes in the world, representing about 95% capacity, have begun to divert vessels to avoid sailing through the red sea and to go around the tip of africa, as you said. it takes about 25% longer to go that way from asia to europe and, well, 25% reduction in supply of shipping, we re going t
me and the big c cancer podcast will be published today. and images captured by drone cameras to help monitor deer populations in england. good morning and welcome. the government is set to announce details of a £1 billion investment to tackle emergency care delays in the nhs. the two year blueprint will mean a roll out of extra hospital beds and ambulances in england. the government is expected to pledge 5,000 new beds, increasing capacity by 5%. there will also be a 10% boost in ambulances, with 800 new vehicles on the road. prime minister rishi sunak calls it an ambitious and credible plan, but warns the plan to cut delays will take time . meanwhile, labour have accused the government of watering down key standards and say the plans aren t enough to tackle the pressures the nhs is facing. 0ur health correspondent jim reed has more. ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. record waits in a&e
on large scale protests. and nearly a year into russia s war with ukraine, we hear the story of a troupe of displaced ukrainian dancers unable to return home after fleeing the country. brazil s new president, the veteran left wing politician, luiz inacio lula da silva has vowed to make his country a great environmental power . he was speaking at his inauguration ceremony in the capital, brasilia. large crowds gathered on the streets to watch lula s cavalcade travel to the event which followed a narrow election victory in october over the far right leader, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsonaro who refused to accept defeat, boycotted the inauguration and is in florida. this is the scene live in the capital brasilia. this is someone speaking at the moment this is someone speaking at the moment and there is the new president of brazil lula as he is more president of brazil lula as he is more commonly referred to, who won that very more commonly referred to, who won that very very tig
the energy company, shell, has reported another quarter of huge profits. injust three months it made more than £8 billion the second largest report in its history. and we head to a village near gateshead on the hunt for an unusual visitor which is becoming a social media star. politicians in northern ireland have until midnight tonight to restore the power sharing executive or face new elections. members of the northern ireland assembly will hold a special sitting aimed at appointing a new speaker the first step in forming a new devolved government but the bid is expected to fail due to opposition from the democratic unionist party. 0ur ireland correspondent charlotte gallagher is at stormont for us and joins us live. this has been rather protracted process and there this has been rather protracted process and there has this has been rather protracted process and there has been this has been rather protracted process and there has been no functional government for a