Let me bring you some breaking news on the nhs. The average Response Time in february for ambulances in england dealing with the most urgent incidents, defined as calls from people with life threatening illnesses or injuries, was eight minutes and 25 seconds, nhs figures show. This is down very slightly from eight minutes and 26 Seconds Injanuary, but is above the target standard Response Time of seven minutes. Ambulances took an average of 36 minutes and 20 seconds last month to respond to emergency calls such as heart attacks, strokes and sepsis. This is down from a0 minutes and six Seconds Injanuary while the target is 18 minutes. Response times for urgent calls, such as late stages of labour, Non Severe Burns and diabetes, averaged two hours, four minutes and 12 seconds in february, down from two hours, 12 minutes and 48 seconds in january. Back to our top story. The communities secretary, michael gove, has told the bbc why the government is introducing a new definitgion for extrem
this is bbc news. the headlines: israeli air strikes pound the south and north of gaza. the hamas run health ministry says at least 110 palestinians were killed injabalia, while hundreds are believed trapped inside a catholic church in gaza city. international pressure for a ceasefire intensifies, as us defence secretary lloyd austin arrives in tel aviv for talks with his israeli counterpart. this is the scene live in tel aviv where we re expecting to hear the outcome of those talks in the next few minutes. challenges to uganda s recent anti homosexuality law are heard in court. judges consider criticisms that it violates human rights. ukraine admits artillery ammunition shortages, but a leading government official remains optimistic that international funding will continue. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s olly foster. we ve had the draw for the champions league last 16, the first knockout round. at this stage, teams from the same country or w