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this is bbc news. the headlines: israeli air strikes pound the south and north of gaza. us defence secretary lloyd austin says the us has spoken to israel about making the war in gaza are more surgical. so we will continue to stand up for israel s right to defend itself and we will also continue to urge for the protection of civilians during the conflict, and to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. en verify, we look at how the war is impacting en verify, we look at how the war is impacting this trade route for oil in the impacting this trade route for oil in the red impacting this trade route for oil in the red sea. and the bbc understands the democratic unionist party has ruled out any deal to restore power sharing in northern ireland before christmas. time for a look at the business news now with tadhg. we are also talking about the potential looming crisis in world oil shipping. the oil giant bp has supended all shipments of oil through the red se ....
far today in england. the third this year. but the first time some nurses who work in a&e, intensive care and cancer services have joined the picket line. although the union has agreed that staff can be called in for some critical areas. big meeting tomorrow between various health unions, nhs bosses, and the government to discuss a 5% pay offer. the royal college of nursing though have already said no. it says they need to retain and recruit staff. the government says they ve come a long way in their pay offer, and that this latest strike will put more pressure on the nhs and be incredibly disruptive for patients. are you a striking nurse? or a patient affected by what s happening? what do you think of the continuing strikes? it s very important we hear from you this morning was the path of trusts will be affected. this morning are you with the nurses? nhs england. nhs england has warned that staffing levels in some areas of the country will be exceptionally low today becau ....
work together, but over the past two years we proved the cynics and nay sayers wrong. president biden and i don t have a lot in common. time and again democrats and republicans came again. he s the first man to surrender his presidency to a woke mob that can t even tell you what a woman is. we have to be the nation we always been at our best, optimistic, hopeful, forward-looking. we are under attack in a left-wing culture war we didn t start and never wanted to fight. we have to see each other not as enemies but as fellow americans. after years of democrat attacks on law enforcement and calls to defund the police, violent criminals roam free while law-abiding families live in fear. i ve never been more optimistic about our future, about the future of america. just remember who we are. and the radical left s america, washington taxes you and lights your hard. erped money under fire. very different tones last night between president biden, mostly optim ....
good evening, president biden is expected back in washington after a three day european trip designed to strengthen support for ukraine a year into russia s invasion. we forgiving warsaw this, morning the president met with leaders from the eastern, frank and the joint commitment stand with ukrainian people, for as long as it takes. volodymyr putin for his part was also meeting with china s top envoy saying cooperation between their countries is very important for, quote, stabilizing the international situation. russia wants weapons from china, the pentagon spokeswoman today when it would, quote, certainly be a miscalculation of china to provide lethal aid to russia. president biden had a similar answer today when abc s david muir and asked about putin s announcement to say that moscow was suspending participation in the nuclear arms treaty with u.s.. what is your message to putin on that? it is a big mistake to do that. it s not very responsible. but i don t re ....
a cold start to the day in highlands, temperatures overnight falling to three degrees but for many of us it will be dry with some sunny spells, just a few showers around, and into the weekend it all changes as we start to see some rain. it s wednesday the 31st of august. our main story. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war and is widely considered one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute, with president biden describing him as a man of remarkable vision and un chief antonio guterres saying he changed the course of history . 0ur moscow editor, steve rosenberg, looks back at his life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed. in the west, he acquired almost pop star status for helping to end the cold war. but at home, it was a different story. ....