the health secretary will meet representatives from the british medical association and other unions later this morning, in a bid to avert future strike action. and tributes pour in forjeff beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, who has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian mercenary group fighting in ukraine says it has found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing over the weekend. christopher parry and andrew bagshaw were last seen on friday heading to the town of soledar, which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks. the claim has not been verified by the foreign office and the wagner group of mercenaries did not give a name. gareth barlow has this report. chris parry and andrew bagshaw went missing on friday, while travelling to the town of soledar. ukrainian police have since been conducting investigations into their disappearance. but now, unconfirmed reports from accounts linked to russia s wagner
we ll have a background in dance, so i m sure they re going to be really intrigued. good morning. we have got some rain this morning across wales and southern england which will be slow to clear, another band across northern ireland and england emergency call handlers being cheered as they walk out of the london ambulance service call centre. pushes just one of the picket lines that thousands of ambulance workers north into scotland and brightening up north into scotland and brightening up behind it. but it is be windy. something needs to change. the nhs is on its knees. we re all at breaking point. like i said, everyone s trying their best, but everyone s tired. hospitals are struggling with beds and then we get stuck waiting with patients for like four to five hours at times, and we just can t get out to see other patients that need us. nhs leaders say the system has coped as well as they could have hoped, but there s worry about the knock on effect on the health service ov
right now on ana cabrera reports, we are tracking breaking news here at home and overseas. day four of donald trump s hush money trial just beginning. they have a jury. now they need alternates, and there is a critical hearing today that could impact trump s potential testimony. breaking news in the middle east, israel retaliates striking targets inside iran. what it means for a region already on the brink. and this hour a key vote in the house on foreign aid as the threat to mike johnson s speakership because of that vote intensifies. hello, it is a busy friday morning. thank you for joining us. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, already incredibly busy news day. israel s strike on iran, action on capitol hill expected this hour, but we start at the courthouse in lower manhattan where day four of donald trump s hush money trial is just convening for the day. they now have a jury, seven men and five women who will decide trump s fate. the search resuming this
s currently in his third term in office. we ll bring you the latest on the story as we get them. 13,000 workers walking off the job in a historic strike against the big three automakers. negotiations between the unions and the car makers have restarted, but the unprecedented act is also triggering fears of widespread economic damage. michigan congresswoman debbie dingell is standing by to weigh in on the walkout in her state and latest, the house impeachment inquiry into president biden. welcome to fox news live i m griff jenkins, hello, molly. molly: i m molly line. and we have the latest on the strike and let s go to lucas tomlinson where the president is spending his weekend. before coming here to wilmington, president biden made a statement at the white house and the roosevelt room saying that he s with those uaw workers striking, not the auto bosses at the auto companies. auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years because of the extraordin
Minister, however, did. he said that the u.s. was informed at, quote, the last minute by the israelis. and of course, ana, this comes days after that phone call between president biden and prime minister netanyahu in which president biden urged netanyahu to, quote, take the win, that israel demonstrated its ability to defend itself in intercepting roughly 99% of those missiles that were launched by iran. so this strike isn t coming as too much of a surprise to the white house, considering israeli officials had vowed retaliation, even after that phone call, but still no official reaction from this white house. we do have several opportunities today to see and hear from the president as well as white house officials, and no doubt they will be peppered with questions about this, ana. thank you for that reporting. general, you know, before this happened, iran had been saying things like even the slightest, the most tiny or minor kind of