facts, truth, and justice. that is who won today. also coming up in this hour of newsday. ambulance staff and nurses in england and wales will strike on the same day next month in the health service s biggest walk out of the current dispute. and another day gets underway at the australian open, but defending champion rafael nadal heads home after his dramatic second round exit. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 2am in ukraine where the government says it s suffered its biggest loss of the war, when the three principalfigures in the interior ministry were killed after their helicopter crashed in kyiv. interior minister denys monastyrskiy died with his deputy and the department s state secretary, along with the crew, when the aircraft came down in bad weather in brovary, a suburb of the capital. the crash set fire to a children s nursery. at least 1a people died, including one child. our ukraine c
newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re following breaking news out of south korea. a horrific chain of event and a fast rising death toll in seoul. 146 people are confirmed dead. this happened a t a halloween festival. the video is graphic. it s a chaotic scene on the streets of seoul as people perform cpr. the fire department chief says the cause is presumed to be a huge controllable crush of people. we do not know what led to that crush of people. the white house, at this hour, is weighing in. jake sullivan wrote the reports out of seoul are heartbreaking. we are thinking thof those who lost loved one. the united states stands ready to provide the republic of career with any support it needs. let s get to will ripley who has been covered this. what more are you learning about what happened? reporter: the number of people and families affected by this continues to grow. you re talk about 146 people, at least killed. that s a death toll that has almost tripled since
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
the rate at which uk prices are rising has slowed for a second month, but the cost of living is still close to a ao year high. ambulance workers in the uk willjoin nurses in taking strike action next month, piling huge pressure on hospital bosses. let s start in ukraine, where a helicopter crash has killed the country s interior minister, denys monastyrsky. he s the highest profile ukrainian casualty since the war began. the crash happened east of the capital kyiv in the town of brovary. at least 1a people have died. first, let s hearfrom the ukrainian president. a tragedy happened near kyiv. a helicopter crash claimed the life of the minister of the internal affairs of ukraine, his colleagues and helicopter cruel or found near a can or garden. 1a ukrainian families lost their loved ones today and many more families are losing daily because of the war near a kindergarten. so let s take you through what we know. nine people were on board the plane three from the interio
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