Developing story out of china where a massive explosion has left several dead and virtually leveled part of a city balk. And all of the queens president s ahead of the bidens meeting with the queen, we take a look back at the nearly 70year history between Queen Elizabeth ii and americas first families. Thank you so much for waking up with us bright and early this sunday, june 13th. Were thrilled to have you. Amara, good morning. How are you doing . Im awake and my coffee is working. How are you, boris. Thats what matters most. Ive got apple juice and were ready to go. Apple juice . Yeah. No coffee . Im not a coffee guy. Got it. Sadly we start this morning with another weekend of Senseless Gun vie olence across the United States. For context, cnn defines a Mass Shooting where at least four have been shot. Since friday as you see on this map, the violence spreading across six states from georgia to washington state, leaving nearly 50 people . And two of the youngest victims are in cincin
The Health Ombudsman for england has warned that an overstretched and understaffed nhs is putting Cancer Patients at risk. Rob behrens says exhausted workers are under unsustainable pressure, and the government should invest in the workforce. Ministers say their nhs long term workforce plan will boost the number of staff. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. A recent analysis by the bbc suggested Cancer Waiting Times in england last year were the worst on record. Now there are new figures from the Health Ombudsman who investigates unresolved complaints against nhs england, government departments, and other public organisations. They highlight problems in cancer treatment, misdiagnosis, poor communication, referrals, and end of life care. The ombudsman, rob behrens, says while everyone deserves safe and effective care, Patient Safety would always be at risk in environments that are understaffed and where staff are exhausted and working under unsustainable pressure. I contin
Hello. This is bbc news. We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. In the past hours, weve heard that the heads of the us and Israeli Security agencies have met to discuss the hostage situation. The Israeli Prime Ministers Office said the cia and mossad bosses met on friday in efforts to advance another hostage deal. In cypius, final preparations are being made for the first aid vessel to use the sea corridor to gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. This is the scene live in larnaca in cyprus where 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies have been loaded onto a barge. It will be towed by a Spanish Charity ship to gaza. The sea corridor is a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and united arab emirates, aiming to take supplies from cyprus to the gazan coast. This video shot today along the Israeli Border into gaza shows more aid being dropped. The parachutes carrying the boxes of supplies to the people of
Prime minister leo varadkar says it was a comprehensive defeat. We return now to the situation in the middle east. The us military says its ships and aircraft have shot down more than a dozen drones In The Red Sea after coming under what it called a sustained attack by iranian backed houthi forces in yemen. Us Central Command said the drones represented an imminent threat to merchant vessels, and us and coalition warships. Here s david waddell. The singapore registered propel fortune is the latest commercial ship to be targeted by the houthi movement. The bulk carrier departed india just under two weeks ago, with her automatic Identification System signalling that she was not connected to israel supposedly to deter this kind of attack from yemen. The uk Maritime Trade Organisation said the captain reported no Collateral Damage to the ship and that she was bound for her next port. These attacks have been ongoing since october, both In The Red Sea and in the gulf of aden, causing many c