for a fourth day to attempt to secure a unanimous un security council vote on the suspension of hostilities in gaza. but the outcome remains uncertain with diplomats struggling to agree on terms that will avoid a us veto. israel has released footage of what it claims to be tunnels dug by hamas under gaza city, in the north of the territory. it says the structures, which cover a large area, were used as a base by hamas leaders. there s no let up in the fighting inside gaza and the world health organization has said there are no hospitals left in northern gaza that are still able to function with the medical system in survival mode. live now to the bbc s security correspondent, frank gardener. what did you make of hamas s latest statement? fin what did you make of hamas s latest statement? ., . what did you make of hamas s latest statement? .. ., , , statement? on the face of it this is a very serious statement? on the face of it this is a very serious setback statemen
they added a super league may not be approved. our reporter simon stone has the latest. remind us of the background to this. 50. has the latest. remind us of the background to this. has the latest. remind us of the background to this. so, in 202112 of euro e s background to this. so, in 202112 of eumpe s biggest background to this. so, in 202112 of europe s biggest clubs, background to this. so, in 202112 of europe s biggest clubs, three - background to this. so, in 202112 of europe s biggest clubs, three from | europe s biggest clubs, three from spain, three from italy and six from the premier league put their name to what is known as super league, it was going to be a new competition, it was proposed to be a new competition. almost immediately there was a backlash against this and within a8 hours, the whole deal had collapsed. nine of the clubs, all six from england, plus atletico madrid and two milan clubs pulled out. but real madrid and barcelona and juventus carried
junior doctors have taken to picket lines. this latest round of industrial action has seen concern from charities and nhs leaders that patients could end up stuck in hospital over the festive period and that patient care will suffer in what s a very busy time for the health service. butjunior doctors say measures are in place to ensure their strike action poses no danger to patients. as we ve shown with our seven previous rounds of strike action this year, we can do it safely with the cover of our consultant colleagues, our specialist colleagues, expert senior doctors who can look after patients whilst we are here standing up for ourselves and trying to reverse the pay cuts that our government has inflicted upon us over the last 15 years. this is day two of a three day strike byjunior doctors in england. it s the 27th day of industrial action in their long running pay dispute with the government. so far, nhs strikes, including those by ambulance staff and nurses, have seen mo
Take the time you need to build trust. That, any peace negotiator will tell you, is the way to find a solution. This week on political thinking, my guest, the Health Secretary for england, victoria atkins, suggests it could be the way to find peace in the nhs, to end the strikes that have dogged the Health Service for more than a year. Its been a big week for her, when talks are starting once again with theJunior Doctors and after a new report highlighted the horrorfor some mothers and soon to be mothers of nhs Maternity Services, something she has some rather powerful experience of. Victoria atkins, welcome to political thinking. Thank you so much, pleasure to be here. Youve said when talking about Womens Health, youve said when talking about this searing indictment that we saw this week of maternity and childbirth services, this is personalfor you. Why so . Well, im a mum as well as the Secretary Of State for health. And i had my baby on the nhs, and i have a long history with the nh
second as it is just taking a very long time and the evidence people need to make the claims lies with the post office and getting that evidence from the post office has been a slow process. the third problem is that the claimants certainly tell us that the compensation offers have been generally too low. so those are the complaints that are made and our committee is looking at those now. professor richard moorhead, thank you forjoining us. prime minister rishi sunak also told the bbc s laura kuenssberg that his government has successfully negotiated pay disputes with a majority of nhs workers. although he admitted that that junior doctors have yet to settle their dispute. the government has now reached resolution with every other part of the nhs. nurses, midwives, paramedics, consultant doctors, speciality doctors most recently, so every other part of the nhs workforce, and i m grateful to them for everything they re doing, has reached a resolution with the government on a reasonable,