colorado's supreme court bars donald trump from the state's primary ballot in the 2024 election. the former president says he'll appeal to the us supreme court. the head of hamas is expected to travel to egypt for talks on a fresh ceasefire in gaza — as israel says it's willing to agree to another pause in exchange for more hostages. uk inflation fell to 3.9% in november, hitting its lowest rate in more than two years. authorities in iceland say the volcano that erupted in the south—west of the country on monday night is becoming less active. hello, i'm lucy grey. junior doctors in england are about to start a three—day strike in a dispute over pay. the medical director of nhs england

has warned the walk—out will cause huge disruption. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs's most busy periods. sharon barbour reports. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhlagh is a surgical registrar. he's already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patient in the accident and emergency department, and i can't examine them in a room because there's no space, and so they're on a trolley in the corridor, it's not right. and when you see how little it seems the government values us, again that is a real blow to many doctors�* morale. we're not asking for a huge pay rise. what we're asking for is our pay to stop being cut and to reverse the pay cuts we've already suffered. have you thought about leaving? i think alljunior doctors, to be honest, i think most have thought about leaving. the strike action will mean

the cancellation of thousands of appointments and operations. sally said she was in excruciating pain, and had two appointments for an operation cancelled because of strike action. unable to take it any more, she's now paid more than £13,000 to get her hip operation done privately. it was a big decision, because obviously i'd been saving the money to leave to my kids, or to have a nice holiday. but it's my health rather than this poor soul who's wandering around screaming in pain. what do you say to people who are having their operations, their appointments, cancelled or postponed, as a result of the strike action? of course, i'm sorry to anyone who has had their operation or appointment postponed, but unfortunately, the government are not bringing us a credible offer that we can put to members to end this.

with consultants covering for their juniors, and surgical teams diverted to help on the front line, emergency care will continue, but hospitals are warning of long waits in a&e. we're entering into uncharted territory, and the level of risk and uncertainty is why we in the nhs confederation come together with patients' organisations to call on the government to call on the government to try to resolve this dispute, or for both sides to at least suspend this action. the government says talks can continue if the junior doctors call off their strikes. sharon barbour, bbc news. inflation fell by more than expected in november to 3.9% hitting its lowest rate in more than two years. that was down from 4.6% in october and followed a sharp drop in fuel prices along with slowing food costs. inflation has fallen from its peak in 2022, but is still more must

double the bank of england was 90% target. the chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt outlined what this means forfamilies. fix, exchequerjeremy hunt outlined what this means for families.— this means for families. a inflation was 11.1% this means for families. a inflation was 11-196 as _ this means for families. a inflation was 11.1% as fallen _ this means for families. a inflation was 11.196 as fallen to _ this means for families. a inflation was 11.196 as fallen to 3.996 of the l was 11.1% as fallen to 3.9% of the lowest in two years, that shows the government's plan for the economy is working. but nonetheless it is very tough for a lot of families and that's why from next month national insurance contributions will go down by 2%, that's worth £450 a year for someone on the average wage, and i hope that will make a difference to a lot of families up—and—down the country. we a lot of families up-and-down the count . ~ u. a lot of families up-and-down the count .~ ,, .,., . country. we can speak to our chief olitical country. we can speak to our chief political correspondent _ country. we can speak to our chief political correspondent henry - political correspondent henry zeffman. the chancellor they're zeffman. the chancellor they�* re saying zeffman. the chancellor they're saying the plan is working. they will talk a lot about this, because this was one of their key pledges, getting inflation down.— getting inflation down. that's ri . ht, getting inflation down. that's riaht, at getting inflation down. that's right. at the _ getting inflation down. that's right, at the start _ getting inflation down. that's right, at the start of - getting inflation down. that's right, at the start of the - getting inflation down. that's right, at the start of the year| right, at the start of the year rishi sunak made five pledges for the things he wanted to achieve in 2023. some of them have gone a bit

awry but his pledge on inflation he has met. he said at the start of the year that he wanted to halve inflation. actually he got there last month when inflation fell below 5%. now it's below 4% and i'm sure you'll hear rishi sunak command as you'll hear rishi sunak command as you did there, jeremy hunt, the chancellor, arguing that this shows that economic strategy is working. now, lots of people would out that actually the biggest driver of inflation is out of the government's control you have monetary policy set by the bank of england which has been independent for more than 20 years. nevertheless, we are heading into an election year next year in the united kingdom. rishi sunak is desperate to reclaim the mantle of economic competence after i think that was a little bit scuppered by liz truss's brief dalliance in downing street. and this is going to be a key part of their argument as they run up to that election. the thin is they run up to that election. the thing is prices — they run up to that election. the thing is prices are still rising, just not as quickly, and also we have energy bills that will go up in

a couple of weeks as well. so in terms of people failing this, having more money to spend, that's not particularly likely, is it?- particularly likely, is it? exactly ri . ht, particularly likely, is it? exactly right. there _ particularly likely, is it? exactly right, there is _ particularly likely, is it? exactly right, there is always _ particularly likely, is it? exactly right, there is always that - right, there is always that political risk for the government that their rhetoric is based in statistics rather than in people's experiences. people protect experiences. people protect experience of going shopping experience of going shopping experience of going shopping experience of their bills come at all that inflation is is the rate that prices are rising so it is coming down prices are rising just more slowly. —— people's experience. there is a risk that rishi sunak sounds too bullish and optimistic and people think that is a disconnect with how they are living their lives. that's the argument the labour party will try and make against rishi sunak. they have been trying to establish an argument for some time really that he just doesn't understand people's experiences of cost of living pressures. 0n the other hand, i think rishi sunak will make an argument that, yes, prices are still going up a bit but that because of

his actions they are lower than they otherwise would have been. it's a slightly tricky argument to make because it involves counterfactual us and all of that but it is the argument he has to make if you want to try to find a way to overturn the polling deficit and win the general election. . , , ,.,, ., ,., election. yeah, i suppose the labour pa are election. yeah, i suppose the labour party are trying _ election. yeah, i suppose the labour party are trying to — election. yeah, i suppose the labour party are trying to sort _ election. yeah, i suppose the labour party are trying to sort of— election. yeah, i suppose the labour party are trying to sort of frame - party are trying to sort of frame themselves as the party that can handle the economy, aren't they? it's about the position and the people's views on each party and whether the labour party can convince people of that shift, i suppose. convince people of that shift, i su ose. , convince people of that shift, i suuose. y ., suppose. exactly right and when labour were _ suppose. exactly right and when labour were last _ suppose. exactly right and when labour were last in _ suppose. exactly right and when labour were last in government| suppose. exactly right and when - labour were last in government they handled the aftershocks of the 2008 economic crash. that really did scupper their own reputation for financial competence for some time. when the conservatives got into power in 2010 under david cameron, now of course lord cameron, back as the foreign secretary, they remorselessly hammered the labour party, even once they were in

government, but their record handling the economy when they had beenin handling the economy when they had been in government. you can see in the polling it has taken the labour party's reputation for economic competence a long time to recover. but keir starmer and his shadow chancellor rachel reeves believe that by repeatedly emphasising their fiscal caution, that they don't want to spend too much money, keir starmer talked about not getting out the big government cheque book, they are trying to reassure people who fear that a labour government would be profligate. and then of course the other argument they make is, hang on a second, look at what has happened to the economy on the conservative party's watch. they will argue in the election, but also now and in the run—up to the election, how could you say the conservatives are more trustworthy with the economy given what has happened on their watch? thanks very much, happened on their watch? thanks very much. henry — happened on their watch? thanks very much, henry zeffman. _ happened on their watch? thanks very much, henry zeffman. let's _ happened on their watch? thanks very much, henry zeffman. let's go - happened on their watch? thanks very much, henry zeffman. let's go to - happened on their watch? thanks very much, henry zeffman. let's go to ben j much, henry zeffman. let's go to ben boulos who is at a market in birmingham. he's got the hive is on of course, as you like, then. talk us through the reaction there. yes. us through the reaction there. yes, it's a busy morning _

us through the reaction there. yes, it's a busy morning here. _ us through the reaction there. 1653 it's a busy morning here. it's always busy here but particularly busyin always busy here but particularly busy in the few days before christmas, lots of restaurants, cafes and bars, small local shops coming and stocking up on all the produce they need. the traders here are well aware of the price rises. i've been down here several times over the last year or two and finally they are seeing the rate of price rises for all sorts of things in the economy started to slow down. that figure of 3.9%, the headline figure for uk inflation in november, yes, it has slowed down significantly from where it was. but prices are still rising, albeit not as quickly as they were. remember, inflation is a look at a typical basket of goods and services that we would spend our money on and how much those prices have changed compared with a year ago. so 3.9%, if you spend £100 on all sorts of things in november last year, those same things would now cost you

£103.90 on average, it is on average, so some things will have gone up more sharply than that. a notable example is food and drink. that is rising at over 9% compared with 12 months earlier. so that is still putting the squeeze on households. and that is also connected with the bank of england's decision to have raised interest rates, the base rate, up to 5.25% and kept it at that 15 year high. the idea being that it makes borrowing more expensive, it limits people's spending power. we are spending and have less money to go and spend, it tends to lower demand and spend, it tends to lower demand and that should stop price rises from running away as we have seen them doing over the last year, 18 months. the uk government has stressed that the fact that inflation is now less than half what it was a year ago means that the target has been met, the prime minister's priority of halving inflation has been met. make no mistake, 3.9% is still way above the

bank of englandmatt target. it likes to see inflation at 2%, so don't expect to see interest rates being cut by the bank of england any time soon. . ~' cut by the bank of england any time soon. . ~ i. cut by the bank of england any time soon. . ~ ,, �* cut by the bank of england any time soon. . ~ i. �* 1, soon. thank you, ben boulos. the leader of hamas _ soon. thank you, ben boulos. the leader of hamas has _ soon. thank you, ben boulos. the leader of hamas has arrived - soon. thank you, ben boulos. the leader of hamas has arrived in - leader of hamas has arrived in cairo. hamas has said it will not negotiate an exchange of prisoners as long as the israeli military operation continues in gaza. israel has indicated it's willing to agree to another pause in fighting in exchange for more hostages. meanwhile, the un delays for the second time a vote on a resolution calling for a cessation in fighting in the gaza strip. language in the resolution still stands in the way, with the un having to compromise for a �*suspension�* of hostilities. that's watered down from the original, stronger call for a ceasefire in the original draft. the us has vetoed the previous resolutions. here's white house national security spokesmanjohn kirby. i don't have an update for you on the progress of talks to try to get another humanitarian pause in place,

so that we can get hostages out. we continue to work this, literally, by the hour. we do support smaller, more localised, more targeted we don't support a ceasefire at this time, it would leave hamas in power in gaza which would be unacceptable to us and give them a longer time line to plan additional attacks. we do support smaller, more localised, more targeted humanitarian pauses to get hostages out and to get more aid in. what cani can i bring up the point about the un resolution on the wording. d0 can i bring up the point about the un resolution on the wording. do you think the problem _ un resolution on the wording. do you think the problem in _ un resolution on the wording. do you think the problem in the _ un resolution on the wording. do you think the problem in the past, - think the problem in the past, trying to get a un resolution passed was the us blocked it and do you think the change in wording will work from the terms of the ceasefire

to a suspension of hostilities? it might work. it might lead to the united states abstaining on the resolution rather than vetoing it or even supporting it. nonetheless, i don't think it would have much impact on the reality on the ground. israel is not going to end the war or suspend the war until its war goals are met which is dismantling hamas's ability to continue to rule the gaza strip after this war is over. so with a un resolution, without a un resolution the major issue of consideration right now is the hostages and the ability to bring out more hostages in exchange for israel suspending the war for a period, maybe even an extended period, maybe even an extended period of up to two weeks, as we have been led to believe this morning on the local press. irate have been led to believe this morning on the local press. we are heafina morning on the local press. we are hearing from _ morning on the local press. we are hearing from the _ morning on the local press. we are hearing from the president - morning on the local press. we are hearing from the president ivan - hearing from the president ivan hertzog yesterday saying they are ready for another pause. do you think that's because of the amount of pressure that has been in the

last few days? i of pressure that has been in the last few days?— last few days? i think it is much more of a _ last few days? i think it is much more of a result _ last few days? i think it is much more of a result of— last few days? i think it is much more of a result of the - last few days? i think it is much more of a result of the local - more of a result of the local pressure of the families of the hostages on the government to bring more of the hostages home. i think that the psychological warfare of islamicjihad and hamas is working on israeli society. we have now seen five senior citizens, people well into their 70s and 80s, being shown into their 70s and 80s, being shown in hamas and islamicjihad videos over the days and people are worried about their loved ones. there is increased pressure from within their society on the government to do more to bring the hostages home. in particular also i suppose because of those three who were killed mistakenly by idf soldiers. definitely. mistakenly by idf soldiers. definitely-_ mistakenly by idf soldiers. definitely. mistakenly by idf soldiers. definitel . ., ., ., ., definitely. you wrote to the other da in a definitely. you wrote to the other day in a blog _ definitely. you wrote to the other day in a blog about _ definitely. you wrote to the other day in a blog about this _ definitely. you wrote to the other day in a blog about this that - definitely. you wrote to the other day in a blog about this that newl day in a blog about this that new agreements between the parties must be based on a complete lack of trust between them. it's an interesting sentence. just explain what you mean by it, i suppose, in terms of a bigger deal we're talking about here rather than just

bigger deal we're talking about here rather thanjust a pause in bigger deal we're talking about here rather than just a pause in the fighting humanitarian reasons. irate fighting humanitarian reasons. we have fighting humanitarian reasons. - have 30 years history of negotiations between israelis and palestinians based on the naive belief that if we get to know each other, we work together we would build trust that will enable us to negotiate the sensitive issues such as palestinian statehood, borders, refugees, jerusalem, when in fact what happened was the exact opposite. the israelis and palestinians signed six agreements and then substantively breached every single one of those agreements. so rather than build trust, we build increasing distrust. and what i suggest, in order to give israelis and palestinians more confidence that we can do this better, let's into the process with the belief that we don't trust the other side. in fact, we believe they have no intention of implementing what they agree to, so let's build into the agreements mechanisms that will and verify compliance of the agreements and benchmark them so that we can pause between phases before moving on and taking additional risks until we know that

the other side has in fact implement it what they obligated themselves to do. . , , , , ., do. 0k. really briefly, you were involved in _ do. 0k. really briefly, you were involved in negotiations - do. 0k. really briefly, you were| involved in negotiations between israel and hamas when it came to the release of the idf soldier, and a huge number of palestinian prisoners were exchanged for that soldier. in terms of at the moment they seem to be talking about the sort of more frail prisoners, hostages, sorry, and the women that they are talking about releasing in the immediate phase, when it comes to the release of the israeli soldiers that they have, are you expecting similar numbers of palestinian prisoners to be released. numbers of palestinian prisoners to be released-— be released. even in this deal, if there is a _ be released. even in this deal, if there is a deal, _ be released. even in this deal, if there is a deal, israel— be released. even in this deal, if there is a deal, israel will- be released. even in this deal, if there is a deal, israel will be - there is a deal, israel will be required to release a significant number of prisoners and if hamas demands there is a parallel release of elderly prisoners from israel, we are talking about people who have been imprisoned for 20, 25, 30 years

and sitting so long in prison because they have made it israelis so it will be a very difficult deal. if israel wants to return all the hostages, the likely deal that will work with hamas is the release of all the palestinian prisoners in israel which today numbers more than 7600 people. israel which today numbers more than 7600 pebble-— 7600 people. thank you so much for talkin: to 7600 people. thank you so much for talking to us. — 7600 people. thank you so much for talking to us, gershon _ 7600 people. thank you so much for talking to us, gershon baskin, - talking to us, gershon baskin, director of middle east international community organisation. let's speak to yolande knell. it seems israel are considering a pause imminently in terms of an exchange of hostages for prisoners. irate imminently in terms of an exchange of hostages for prisoners.— of hostages for prisoners. we have definitely seen _ of hostages for prisoners. we have definitely seen talks _ of hostages for prisoners. we have definitely seen talks really - of hostages for prisoners. we have definitely seen talks really moving | definitely seen talks really moving forward in the past day and now we have confirmation from hamas that its leader ismail haniyeh has arrived in cairo where he is expected to meet the intelligence chief and both egypt and qatar have served in their role as key mediators in the past. we have had the messaging from the israeli president saying ambassadors of many

countries meeting him yesterday that his country was ready for a new humanitarian pause in the fighting. we had the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu meeting a select group of hostage families last night, saying that bringing the hostages home remains a number one priority. and then on top of that, adding to the domestic pressure we have had these two videos in recent days released by first hamas showing three older men in captivity and then islamicjihad, two men they are continuing to hold, they say. that all adds to the public pressure on mr netanyahu and his war cabinet to switch pirate is a little at the stage where there has been intense fighting and look to bring more those hostages home.- fighting and look to bring more those hostages home. yolande knell injerusalem- — those hostages home. yolande knell in jerusalem. around _ those hostages home. yolande knell in jerusalem. around the _ those hostages home. yolande knell in jerusalem. around the world - those hostages home. yolande knell in jerusalem. around the world and i injerusalem. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. now let's look at some other stories making the news now.

france's parliament has given the �*go—ahead' to a controversial immigration law — reflecting a shift to the right in french politics. the government says the law will make it easier for migrants working in sectors that lack labour to get a residency permit, but would also make it easier to expel illegal migrants. india's parliament has seen heated protests after 49 more opposition mps were suspended, taking the total number to 141. the mps were protesting against last week's security breach in parliament. most of them have been barred for the rest of the winter session, which ends on friday, but around two dozen could stay away for longer. chinese authorities say they are reaching the end of the search of survivors after monday's earthquake, killing at least 131 people, and injuring over 1,000 others. the 6.2 magnitude earthquake was the deadliest in the country since 2014, and the search is limited due to the sub—zero temperatures. you're live with bbc news.

let's turn our attention to the us and the state of colorado. where its supreme court has ruled that donald trump is disqualified from holding office and is not eligible to appear on the state's republican primary ballot next year. the ruling is based on a rarely used provision of the us constitution that bars officials who have engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" from holding office. it says he's ineligible to appear on next year's ballot because of his role instigating violence onjanuary 6th of 2021 — the day of the attack on the us capitol building. this only applies to colorado's republican primary — but it could have wider implications for mr trump as he attempts to regain the presidency. in a statement, the trump campaign said the court had "issued a completely flawed decision," adding they "will swiftly file an appeal to the united states supreme court." well, in a campaign speech, the former president said no—one will ever silence him. every time the radical left democrats, marxists, communists and fascists indict me,

i consider it actually a great badge of honour. thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you very much. because i'm being indicted for you. never forget, our enemies want to take away my freedom because i will never let them take away your freedom. it's very simple. i'm not going to let them do it. they want to silence me because i will never let them silence you. and in the end, they're not after me, they're after you, ijust happen to be standing in their way and i always will stand stand in their way. cheering the claim was brought by a group of colorado voters, as well as an advocacy group based in washington, and the lawsuit is viewed as a test case for a wider effort to disqualify the former president, who is currently leading in the opinion polls for the republican primary. mario nicolais, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, gave his reaction to the ruling.

they are thrilled with the outcome. these six individuals, i cannot overstate how courageous they are, to bring a lawsuit like this and to bring it out and basically say that the united states' constitution stands for the fact that this country is a rule—of—law country. and that's what they believed in. so our petitioners include six republic... six people, four of them are republicans, two of them unaffiliated. unaffiliateds can vote in primaries in colorado. but among the republicans, we have our lead plaintiff. norma anderson is a former state and house majority leader in colorado. so, she served as a republican official and a high—ranking official in our state and she has been adamant that she does not think that he's qualified, under the us constitution, to serve in the presidency again. we have a former chief of staff for a republican governor. we have a conservative republican columnist for the denver post. we just have a great group of people, who, basically, said, "look,

we think this is our duty "as citizens in this country to stand up for our constitution "and to say that when you cross the line "to engaging in insurrection, after taking an oath "to protect that constitution, you're no longer eligible "to hold office, you're no longer eligible to run for office." live now to new york were we can speak to cbs correspondentjarred hill. could you explain a bit more about what this ruling means? it affects only the state primary election, doesn't it? but it could affect the presidential election.— presidential election. correct, lu . presidential election. correct, lucy- what — presidential election. correct, lucy- what is _ presidential election. correct, lucy. what is interesting - presidential election. correct, lucy. what is interesting is i presidential election. correct, | lucy. what is interesting is the state supreme this ruling from even taking effect untiljanuary because they anticipate these challenges to come in the courts. so if this does indeed end up standing this would only impact at least directly the state of colorado and the republican primary which, to be honest, looking at the polling right now, former

president trump doesn't even need colorado in order to win the nomination of his party, if that is what actually happens. but this could come as you mentioned, be a test case for a number of the states which have had similar challenges going through their core systems right now where they are trying to block former president donald trump from being on the ballot. all of the centring around the section three of the 14th amendment.— centring around the section three of the 14th amendment. there have been similar attempts _ the 14th amendment. there have been similar attempts in _ the 14th amendment. there have been similar attempts in other _ the 14th amendment. there have been similar attempts in other states - similar attempts in other states which have failed.— similar attempts in other states which have failed. that's correct, this has failed _ which have failed. that's correct, this has failed in _ which have failed. that's correct, this has failed in other _ which have failed. that's correct, this has failed in other states - which have failed. that's correct, | this has failed in other states and this has failed in other states and this is why we are seeing this potentially getting to the point of the us supreme court —— court systems. they would have to decide a number of things. one of which is, if this part of the us constitution applies to the president, the presidency is never really named in this section, only saying an officer of the united states. so the question is, is the president and

officer of the us? that isn't something that is explicitly laid out in this section of the 14th amendment. another question here is whether the local courts, their supreme courts in these states can make a distinction that former president trump violated the 14th amendment by his actions onjanuary six when that isn't something that has been said in any of these other court challenges quite yet. it is not something that has been said by the us congress yet either. and so again the question is with this are all around whether the provision itself says that it can be the president, if this applies to him in general because of where the legal challenges are.— general because of where the legal challenges are. thank you very much for talkin: challenges are. thank you very much for talking us — challenges are. thank you very much for talking us through _ challenges are. thank you very much for talking us through all _ challenges are. thank you very much for talking us through all of - challenges are. thank you very much for talking us through all of that. - for talking us through all of that. appreciate it, cbs correspondent jarred hill. that's all from me for now. back in a minute with the half past headlines. see you then. thanks for watching. hello, wintry weather does not

feature heavily in our forecast between now and christmas day. but, cloud, wind and rain will. 0n the earlier satellite picture you can see the stripe of cloud that brought rain in the south on tuesday, then a zone of clear skies, not lasting long, more cloud rolling in from the atlantic in association with a warm front bringing a rather grey and quite damp wednesday in many locations. also, quite a windy day out there. so any early brightness across england and wales will be replaced by cloud spreading from the north and the west with some outbreaks of rain. northern ireland and scotland isjust having outbreaks of rain. northern ireland and scotland is just having a generally grey and cloudy day with some bits and pieces of rain and drizzle. it's going to be a breezy, or indeed a windy day, but a mild one for most, just a little bit cold in the far north in shetland. three wednesday night, extensive cloud cover, some mist an splashes of rain, heavy rain pushing into

scotland and the wind is really picking up, gales likely across northern scotland. we could see girls developing elsewhere by the start of thursday morning. it is going to be a mile start to thursday. but a really windy start to the day with this deep area of low pressure passing to the north of the uk. this frontal system bringing cloud and a little bit of rain as it slides just a touch further southwards. behind that some sunny spells but some showers which could be wintry of a high ground in scotland. and it is going to be very windy, particularly gusty conditions to the east of high ground, say to the east of the pennines, northern and eastern parts of scotland. in places we could see gusts of 70—80 mph, very rough seas and even coastal flooding around some north sea coasts. temperatures just 2 degrees by the middle of the afternoon in lerwick, 12 in cardiff and plymouth, so staying mild in the south. quite a messy weather picture

for friday. looks like we could see a band of rain trying to push northwards and eastwards, and it could run into some cold air to provide snow over high ground in scotland. temperatures of 4 degrees in aberdeen, 12 in london, 12 in plymouth. mild air will win out for most of us over the weekend and as we head towards christmas day. just a little bit cold in the north. it is of a high ground in the north of the uk particularly in scotland where we do have the chance of a little bit of snow.

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the nhs braces for major disruption asjunior the nhs braces for major disruption as junior doctors the nhs braces for major disruption asjunior doctors in england to begin a three—day strike over pay. colorado's supreme court bars donald trump from the 24 election and the former president says he will appeal to the us supreme court. the head of hamas has arrived in egypt for talks on a fresh ceasefire in gaza as israel says it is willing to agree to another pause in exchange for more hostages. uk inflation fell to 3.9% in november, hitting its lowest rate in more than two years. authorities in iceland say the volcano that erupted in the south—west of the country on monday night is becoming less active. more now on our top story, a three—day strike byjunior doctors in england is under way. nhs england says the walkout, over pay, will cause huge disruption because of the strain of winter pressures and that "almost all" routine care will be affected.