and entertainment venues. new south wales proposes to charge unvaccinated people for covid medical costs. the doctors union says it s unethical. president putin again insists the west must give russia guarantees that nato won t expand to admit ukraine, and says he s initiated high level talks with the us. translation: if we are plunged in a conflict? i but we don t want that. it is not our choice. this is why i responded to president biden s proposal. and the duke and duchess of sussex issue the first photograph of their daughter lilibet, who was born injune, on their festive card. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i mjane i m jane hill. the uk has again recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began nearly 120,000. it s the second day in a row that the uk has recorded more than 100,000 cases 119,789 today. very nearly 120,000. but the government has said there will be no announcement about any new restrictions
world leaders preparing for the cop26 summit in glasgow that if they don t act on climate change now, it ll be too late. he told the bbc the richest nations had a moral responsibility to help. we caused it. 0ur kind of industrialisation is one of the majorfactors in producing this change in climate. we have a moral responsibility even if we didn t cause it. and coming up this hour, psychologists say many girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are being left undiagnosed. we ll hearfrom some of those women who ve been affected later in life. welcome to bbc news. our main story. millions of public sector workers are in line for a pay rise next year, after it was announced the chancellor is to end the year long pay freeze. the move will affect at least 1.3 million public sector workers. a temporary pause in pay progression was imposed last november because of the impact of the pandemic on the economy. ahead of tomorrow s budget, the chancellor says it is right that p
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. hello and welcome. the united nations and the international red cross are continuing their efforts in ukraine to rescue more civilians from the besieged city of mariupol. on friday, 50 more people, including children, were evacuated from a huge steel factory complex. these are the latest pictures of some of those who ve got out. the azovstal plant is under siege by russian forces. dozens are still trapped inside. the city, in the country s south, has been under constant shelling by the russian military. the steelworks has become the last holdout of ukrainian forces who are fighting to defend mariupol. our correspondent laura bicker has sent this report from dnipro. the russian attacks continue, despite promises of a ceasefire, according to this unverified footage released by the ukrainian azov unit. kremlin backed troops are still firing on this vast steel plant, according to uk intelligence, while ukrainian soldi
democrats as they gain more seats than any other party in england the greens are also doing well. have you heard from durham police? but labour s gains are marred by the news that sir keir starmer will now be investigated by durham police amid allegations he broke lockdown rules last year. meanwhile all eyes on northern ireland will the nationalist party sinn fein make history by winning the most votes at stormont? we ll have the full details on results from scotland and wales too. also on the programme. more than 120 years since it was founded, the convenience store mccoll s has gone into administration putting 16,000 jobs at risk. prince harry and meghan say they will attend the platinum jubilee celebrations but the queen says they won t be appearing on the buckingham palace balcony for trooping the colour. coming up on the bbc news channel, rangers make plans for seville. it s the first european final in m years for a team that s come a long way since. good evening
turning point for us. from the depths of 2019, that general election, back on track. but labour s gains are marred by the news that sir keir starmer will now be investigated by durham police amid allegations he broke lockdown rules last year. meanwhile, the liberal democrats are jubilant as they win almost 200 seats in england, far more than any other party. the green party made big gains too. and in northern ireland the nationalist party sinn fein look to be on course to make history by winning the most seats at stormont. also tonight, as russia tightens its grip on mariupol, the families of ukrainian troops under siege in the azofstal steelplant plead for their safe passage. prince harry and meghan say they will attend the platinum jubilee celebrations, but the queen says they won t be appearing on the buckingham palace balcony. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, ben stokes hits a record breaking 161 for durham just a week after being named england captain.