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at least one person is killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight, minutes after its self imposed ceasefire ended. tens of thousands of orthodox christians in ethiopia celebrate christmas at churches in the historic town of lalibela for the first time since the conflict in tigray began in 2020. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. he also defended his economic policies as being deeply conservative. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been listening to what the prime minister has been saying. what struck you about what he was saying? the dilemma that the government has, huge pressures on the health service, nurses are deeply unhappy about their levels of pay, they say they have been falling ....
A little bit of progress. what has been the response? the - a little bit of progress. what has been the response? the nursingi been the response? the nursing union s leader been the response? the nursing union s leader was been the response? the nursing union s leader was listening, - been the response? the nursing| union s leader was listening, she described it as a sliver of light, there could be the start of a back and forth over pay but the difficulty that he has is it does not address the concerns right now. sir this is not about nurses pay and it is not addressing the issues that are in dispute. addressing the pay of 2324. are in dispute. addressing the pay of 232a. we will put our case but what the government want to talk about tomorrow is pay moving forward and in the broadest terms. that is not going to avert the strike action thatis not going to avert the strike action that is planned. . it is not rishi sunak who is involved with this, it is his spokesperson who will sit ....