senior ukrainian government minister has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv that has killed at least 1a people. we ll be live in somerset where a major incident has been declared because of the risk of severe flooding good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. mr good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon, mr davies! and the 100 year old war veteran whose latest mission is to help children in cheshire learn to read. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the world of snooker reacts as ten chinese players are charged in connection with alleged match fixing allegations. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the biggest day of strikes in the nhs so far is now set for monday 6th february, after ambulance workers announced today that they would walk out on the same day as nurses in england and wales. tens of thosuands of nurses in england are already on strike again today in their dispute over pay affecting a quarter of
wards fell silent. emergency care is still being provided hospital bosses say they re hugely concerned. my message and that of many chief executives around the country is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action and the disruption it s causing to patients and to our staff. the thing is, there is no sign of a resolution tonight. i actually detect resolution tonight. i actually detect a resolution tonight. i actually detect a souring of the mood between health detect a souring of the mood between health unions and the government. also on the programme. one of the ukrainian government s most senior ministers has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv at least 1a people were killed. another slight fall in inflation but food prices continue to soar. the united nations sends its most senior woman to afghanistan for talks with the taliban, who ve stopped women working for aid agencies there. a major incident has been declared i
melbourne has continued with a second round defeat in pain for the defending champion rafael nadal. britten s norrie made his way through but emma raducanu was defeated. here is a grand slam champion and a young player still finding her career. emma raducanu is both. coco gauff has been playing on the tour since 2019. she is stilljust 18. seventh seed took the first set, 6 3. raducanu s serve faltered, and at times physically she seemed troubled. but through the second set raducanu kept running and improving. in the tie break she was still pushing for points. well, she says, she was pleased just to be playing after recent injuries. gauff sealed the match. raducanu had at least stretched one of the world s highest ranked players, and this is the elite company she needs to keep. after rain delays, cameron norrie eventually beat constant lestienne of france. in the fourth set at 1:27am, never
when fully fit. meanwhile, cameron norrie is through to the third round of the australian open. he beat france s constant lestienne in four sets with the match finishing at 1:30 in the morning local time after a day of rain delays in melbourne. joe wilson has more. here is a grand slam champion and a young player still finding her career. emma raducanu is both. coco gauff has been playing on the tour since 2019. she is stilljust 18. seventh seed took the first set, 6 3. raducanu s serve faltered, and at times physically she seemed troubled. but through the second set raducanu kept running and improving. in the tie break she was still pushing for points. well, she says, she was pleased just to be playing after recent injuries. gauff sealed the match. raducanu had at least stretched one of the world s highest ranked players, and this is the elite company she needs to keep. after rain delays, cameron norrie eventually beat constant lestienne of france. in the fourth set at 1:27am, never
In his first singles match of the year on Tuesday, Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Frenchman Constant Lestienne 6-3, 6-2 to go to the second round of the Adelai