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at the european indoor athletics, led by neil gourley who had gold in his sights on the final bend, couldn t quite get past the olympic champion, and settling the 1,500 metres. good morning, we are going to be under a cloud this weekend, a few showers around and it will feel quite chilly budget next week it will be even colder, we have snow and ice in the forecast, joined me laterfor all and ice in the forecast, joined me later for all the details. it s saturday the 4th of march. our top story: three health unions representing up to 16,000 health workers in england have suspended a series of strikes after a government offer for talks on pay. the next walkout was due to happen on monday. the welsh ambulance service has also agreed to suspend action for further talks. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. nhs staff started stroking in december but things have scaled up recently, so this is what we were expecting in england next week, more ambulance and other nhs wor ....
the energy regulator ofgem has asked suppliers to pause the forced installation of prepaid metres. it follows revelations that a debt collection company working for british gas broke into the homes of vulnerable people to install the metres. prepayment metres require customers to pay for their energy in advance. it s more expensive than paying by direct debit, but are sometimes the only option for people who have struggled to pay and are in debt to a supplier. ben king has more. an undercover reporter from the times newspaper joined a team of debt collectors, entering the home of a single father with three young children. they count as vulnerable. but, these workers from arvato financial solutions, working for british gas, opened the door and installed a prepayment meter anyway. installing prepayment meters by force is legal, but it s meant to be a last resort, and should not be done to vulnerable households. if people cannot afford to top up the meters, they will be le ....
threat. tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. we have a special report on the impact of a year of war on the children of ukraine. bells ring. calling all bell ringers a campaign is launched to fill vacancies ahead of the king s coronation. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a pivotal day for welsh sport and the six nations as the players are due to reveal whether they will strike over contractual disputes. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a 23 year old woman who travelled to syria and joined the islamic state group when she was 15 has lost her legal challenge to a home office decision to deprive her of british citizenship. it means shamima begum remains stuck in a camp in northern syria and is barred from returning to the uk. in 2019, the then home secretary sajid javid stripped ms begum of her british citizenship after receiving advice th ....
to get her british citizenship back. we begin in moscow, where china s top diplomat, wang yi, has met president putin, and reaffirmed their close relationship. the trip to russia by wang yi comes just days before the first anniversary of moscow s invasion of ukraine. here s the meeting between the two. during their talks, mr putin said relations between his country and china were reaching new milestones . he also called on the chinese president xi jinping to visit. earlier, wang yi also met his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, where he said the relationship between the two countries could not be influenced by other nations. let s hear some of what wang yi had to say: translation: i look forward to reaching new agreements. our consultations on strategic security are highly effective between our two countries. they play an important role in strengthening trust and cooperation in a shifting international situation. much is being made of the seating arrangements for pres ....
that could help stroke victims regain control of parts of their body. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has arrived in poland after an extraordinary visit, to an active war zone on monday. joe biden s unannounced and surprise trip to kyiv was short on time, but long on symbolism, ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. he said america would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes and pledged another $500 million of military aid. speaking while air raid sirens were going off, president biden added that vladimir putin s war of conquest was failing. our international editorjeremy bowen has this report. (air-raid siren wails) the air raid alarm, as the two presidents arrived at st michael s church, where ukraine commemorates its war dead, felt too well timed to be a coincidence. with unprecedented security in kyiv, the americans had warned the kremlin that joe biden was coming. he had just ....