a huge response to the tv drama about the post office scandal that saw hundreds of innocent branch managers wrongfully prosecuted for theft. we ll hear from one who s fought forjustice for 20 years. whilst there are some brighter skies ahead for us all there is still some rain in the forecast today particularly across the south, i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 4th january. our main story. a row about emergency cover has broken out between nhs bosses and union leaders, as a strike byjunior doctors in england enters its second day. yesterday nhs leaders made 20 requests for striking doctors to return to the wards and help overstretched services but the british medical association accused them of misusing the system, which is known as derogation. a number of nhs trusts have reported long waiting times in a&e, with some declaring critical incidents. here s more from our health editor hugh pym. # hey, vicky, ooh, ahh # i wanna know when you ll pay u
shooting. we understand one person has been killed. the sheriff office is holding a news conference. let s have a look. we are expecting that to take place at any moment, the state trooper they re addressing the cameras. we thought it was going to start, it is notjust yet. we will return to that as soon as it does. let us get more now on the middle east. the funeral has been taking place in lebanon, just outside beirut, for saleh al arouri, the deputy leader of hamas, who was one of several people killed in an explosion in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon the funeral has been taking place in lebanon, hezbollah a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagra nt israeli aggression. israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah proscribed terrorists organisations in many countries have close ties to iran which itself is holding a day of mourning, after
welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. 2024 is shaping up to be a year of elections. two billion people one in four of the world s population will go to the polls this year in votes that could change the global political landscape. 50 nations will hold elections. starting with bangladesh, the polls include seven out of the world s ten most populous nations india, the united states, indonesia, pakistan, russia and mexico. and the uk will go to the polls at some point this year. british prime minister rishi sunak has said his assumption is that a general election will be held in the second half of this year, despite some speculation it could take place in the spring. opinion polls put mr sunak s conservatives well behind the opposition labour party. with the details, our political editor, chris mason. can i welcome to you this morning, rishi sunak, the prime minister? mansfield in nottinghamshire a town the conservative
in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagra nt israeli aggression. israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah proscribed terrorists organisations in many countries have close ties to iran which itself is holding a day of mourning, after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. alongside this several nations have issued a warning to the houthi militants in yemen who are also close to iran to stop the attacks on shipping in the key lanes in the red sea. and of course the fighting in israel and gaza which has played a role in sparking all this there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza as israel continues its military operation. live now to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. explain who this man, the leader of hamas was, t
in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon, has blamed that attack on what it says was flagra nt israeli aggression . israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah, banned terrorist organisations in many countries, have close ties to iran, which itself is holding a day of mourning after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. the islamic state group has now said it carried out that attack in the southern city of kerman. alongside this, several nations have issued a warning to the houthi militants in yemen, who are also close to iran, to stop the attacks on shipping in the key lanes in the red sea. and, of course, the fighting in israel and gaza which has played a role in sparking all this there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza as israel continues its military operation. let s start with the funeral of th