Hello, i m lauren taylor. Let s go back to our main story this morning, the us secretary of state antony blinken, who s on a visit to israel and is currently meeting prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said that now is the decisive moment to achieve a ceasefire in gaza. He s also warning all parties against de railing progress towards a potential agreement. And it is notjust the us who are stressing the importance of reaching a deal. Speaking earlier on radio four s today programme, jordan s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, ayman safadi said that a ceasefire is key to preventing wider escalation in the region. The last chance has been months in the making. Every day that passes by without an end to this aggression means more people are being killed and the threat of regional al al escalation becoming more real. Failure will mean more death, more killing, and more possibilities for the all out regional escalation. We are trying to figure out a way in co operation with our
For the club, as city beat chelsea. And pushing hard for a cure for mnd we wave off former rugby player ed slater and his friend billy twelvetrees as they set off on their latest challenge. Good morning. Many of us are starting off on a fine note today, but low pressure is coming in from the west. That will introduce heavy rain from the west today, and the weather this week is looking much more autumnal. Details shortly. Good morning. It s monday, the 19th of august. A knife amnesty, for people to hand in machetes and zombie style blades, is starting next week. It s part of a government scheme which means people will be able to surrender weapons to police stations across england and wales safely and legally for the next four weeks. Our correspondent frances read has this report. It s terrifying, but knife attacks like this one in south london, are precisely what the government says it is trying to end. From next week, a four week amnesty, so people can legally hand in machetes and zo
severe gale and a pretty blustery winter northern ireland. as well as that, aside from the wind, all these showers to come. lengthy spells of rain for some, hail showers to come. lengthy spells of rainforsome, hailand showers to come. lengthy spells of rain for some, hail and thunder as well. really unsettled and i have mentioned snow so it is going to be chilly tomorrow, temperatures between seven and ten for most of us. more showers taking us into thursday. perhaps not quite as voracious as wednesday. but we have got more rain waiting in the wings to come in on friday but slightly less chilly thursday with a bit more brightness between the showers but some nasty weather. thanks, helen. that s it. more analysis of the day s top stories is over on newsnight news where you are. have a very good night. as england s junior doctors strike for 96 continuous hours, hospital bosses worry about what overnight cover there will be tonight. and with the government and bma union both ad
which hit nhs trusts across the country. 11 trusts in england are still experiencing problems. patients have been urged to turn up for appointments unless they hear otherwise. the head of microsoft has said the attack should be treated as a wake up call and, here, questions are growing about whether the government had adequately prepared the nhs for such an attack. for our first report, let s go to our correspondent danny savage, who s at york hospital for us now. first impressions here at york today was that everything is fairly normal. the car park is busy. many people coming and going to their outpatient appointments, but then when you look around a little closer, you can see that lots of computers are still switched off with warning signs on them not to be touched. things are far from normal in there. it s got a lot better since friday, but there are still problems across the system at the moment. york is typical of many hospitals across england today. a large number
prime minister. in the next hour, why the sky s the limit for this daring 101 year old. d day veteran verdun hayes becomes the oldest man in the world to complete a sky dive. i woke up this morning one of the happiest men in the world. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government s emergency committee, cobra, is to meet to discuss friday s cyber attack, which hit nhs trusts across the country. 11 trusts in england are still experiencing problems. patients have been urged to turn up for appointments unless they hear otherwise. the head of microsoft has said the attack should be treated as a wake up call , and here questions are growing about whether the government had adequately prepared the nhs for such an attack. danny savage reports. this was one of the hospital ‘s worst affected by the events after friday and over the weekend, but first impressions and lasting impressions today have been that things are very much back to normal almost. the car park is busy, lo