this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 3: union leaders say nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action before christmas. a senior government minister has denied that rishi sunak knew details of bullying allegations against sir gavin williamson before he gave him a job. in a keynote speech to party members, the lib dem leader sir ed davey reiterates his call for a general election, saying the current government, "does not have a shred of credibility left". the united nations�* annual climate change summit has begun in egypt with a warning that a year of extreme weather must be a wake—up call for the planet.

and coming up at 3:30, operation relocation, looks behind the scenes of one of the uk's biggest hospital's transitions from old to new. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members, but it says those counted so far suggest support for strike action — possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident and emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services.

the government said nurses should "carefully consider" the impact on patients. and, as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. here's our health editor hugh pym. possible strike action is already looming of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have voted for walk—outs. though they have called for talks with members. gmb members have voted to reject that pay offer, so we are currently making plans for over 4,0006mb members working in all 4,000 gmb members working in all roles across the nhs and the ambulance service to take action, possibly this side of christmas. so what we are doing is urging the cabinet minister to come back to the table with a vastly improved offer. pay rises lower than inflation over several years and workforce

shortages are reasons given by the royal college of nursing for the strength of feeling which led to the ballot of their members. detailed results of the voting, including turnout, will be formally announced within days. there have been a series of ballots among the rcn's 300,000 members at individual work places. the general secretary pat cullen said the signs are that across the uk members have spoken very clearly in favour of strike action. the rcn said any strikes would affect planned nhs treatment and appointments, but not emergency care. in england and wales, there have been pay awards of £1,400 hundred this year. the scottish government has offered just over £2,200. there has been no formal offer yet in northern ireland. the department of health covering england said the recommendations of the independent pay review body have been followed, and unions should think hard before taking action, which might affect patients. 0ur correspondent anisa kadri says this action by nurses comes after a series of strikes

across the public sector over the past few months. we have seen strikes on the railways and the cost—of—living is going up, people's pay isn't going as far and now nurses say they want a pay rise of 5% above the inflation rate. well the government's called on them to consider the impact on patients if this strike goes ahead. so how likely is it they would get that kind of pay rise? we are going to hear the government's financial plans in the autumn statement this month and we will expect to hear plans for tax rises and spending cuts. the nhs may be protected from that, but when we hear the government's rhetoric, it seems agreement isn't imminent. fire government's rhetoric, it seems agreement isn't imminent. are any of the uk nations _ agreement isn't imminent. are any of the uk nations close _ agreement isn't imminent. are any of the uk nations close to _ agreement isn't imminent. are any of the uk nations close to offering - agreement isn't imminent. are any of the uk nations close to offering the i the uk nations close to offering the sort of money that the nurses' union

areliking for? ho sort of money that the nurses' union areliking for?— areliking for? no in short. the uk nations, areliking for? no in short. the uk nations. none _ areliking for? no in short. the uk nations, none have _ areliking for? no in short. the uk nations, none have a _ areliking for? no in short. the uk nations, none have a offered - areliking for? no in short. the uk nations, none have a offered the | areliking for? no in short. the uk i nations, none have a offered the 596 nations, none have a offered the 5% above the 12% of inflation. so nurses earn, morejunior nurses around £27,000 a year. that rises to £55,000 for the most senior nurses. a few more numbers, in england and wales nhs have been given 5. 7% more. and in scotland they have £2,200 more. that is 8% more for a newly qualified nurse. we are yet to hear what is on offer in northern ireland per year yet. the department of health in england says they have consulted independent bodies and they have followed the pay recommendations, eight wants unions to think hard before carrying out strike action. the nurses say they

can't see a future in a profession thatis can't see a future in a profession that is not valued nor treated fairly. the prime minister still has confidence in minister sir gavin williamson — despite the leaking of abusive messages he sent to another senior conservative mp, according to the cabinet office minister 0liver dowden. he told the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg this morning that although rishi sunak had been aware a complaint had been made against sir gavin — he'd not known the details of the exchange with the former chief whip wendy morton. her formal complaint is being investigated. here's our political correspondent david wallace—lockhart. by boris johnson last year. rishi sunak made him a minister again this month, the very same day the prime minister promised... integrity, professionalism, and accountability... but was now know that rishi sunak was aware that sir gavin was the subject of an official complaint made by the former chief whip, wendy morton.

shortly after the death of the queen, gavin williamson texted miss morton to accuse her of rigging the process for allocating spaces at her majesty's funeral to punish certain mps. he called this "absolutely disgusting". she replied, saying that was not the case. in one of a number of texts sir gavin sent featuring expletives, he warned her, "there is a price for everything". many more messages were exchanged. this morning, gavin williamson's departmental boss said sir gavin regretted the messages he sent. that's not acceptable, he shouldn't have said it, he has said he regrets doing so. what is the consequence for him? he has given some context that this was at the time of heightened frustration, it was, remember him as a backbencher to the chief whip. so if you're in a bad mood it's ok to talk like that to a colleague? this is not acceptable. however, there is this complaints process ongoing and it was not

the case that the prime minister had seen this exchange. but a former cabinet colleague of gavin williamson suggested the prime minister doesn't have time for these kind of scandals. the texts he said to the chief whip were unacceptable and i think- rishi sunak doesn't have the _ bandwidth for this kind of negative publicity. l labour are questioning the prime minister's judgment. what it says is that rishi sunak was making decisions simply in his own narrow short—term interest as far as the conservative party leadership was concerned, not the national interest. rishi sunak had already faced criticism for reappointing suella braverman as home secretary, shortly after she sent official documents from her personal e—mail. today's revelation prompt more questions about the team the prime minister has assembled. the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey has reiterated his call for a general election, saying that the current government

"does not have a shred of credibility left". in a speech to activists in london, after his party's conference had to be cancelled because of the queen's death. the lib dem leader also set out plans to help home—owners with mortgage payments. and he had this message for rishi sunak. this is the guy who two years ago was telling us all to eat out to help out. well, our message to the conservatives is this — help out by clearing out! rishi sunak, your government does not have a shred of credibility left. it does not have a shred of legitimacy left and if you had a shred of integrity left, you would

call a general election now. but whenever that election comes, the liberal democrats will be ready, we are the party that will end this chaos, the party that understands the challenges people are facing, we will show that we are the party that cares, the party that has a plan, the party that offers a fair deal and that is why we will win! the united nations cop27 climate conference got underway this morning in egypt with the outgoing chairman — britain's alok sharma — telling delegates that �*inaction' will only defer climate catastrophe and asking �*how many more wake up calls does and asking "how many more wake up calls does the world actually need?". the prime minister rishi sunak is flying in today along

with other world leaders for the 12 day conference. our environment editorjustin rowlatt looks now at some of the issues on the agenda. it has been a year of record—breaking temperatures and climate—related disasters around the world. but africa has been hit particularly hard. huge floods displaced more than a million people in nigeria last month. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. it's easy to see why egypt says this should be a cop — a climate conference — for africa. take a look at historic emissions. developed countries in places like europe and america got rich burning fossilfuels. lots of nations in asia, notably china, are now doing the same. but take a look at africa's share. it is tiny, less than 8% of the total.

and that's the issue. developing nations say we didn't cause the climate problem, so why should we pay to fix it? egypt is saying it's time for the rich world to come good on its promise of 100 billion a year to help finance developing countries to move away from fossil fuels and adapt to the changing climate. and there will be some new demands, too. remember the terrible floods in pakistan this summer? well, the developing world is also asking for cash to help with the loss and damage climate—related disasters like this are already causing. there's a lot of money for war, for instance, you know, in the system always when it's needed. 20 years there was a war next door. it was costing $300 million a day. so, no, i don't think it's an impossible ask. last week, the head of the un warned of a crisis of trust if there isn't progress on the issue. but with a war in europe and soaring

food and energy prices, wealthy countries warn they already have lots of calls on their cash. they don't want to sign up to an open—ended commitment that could end up costing hundreds of billions of dollars. the us climate envoy, john kerry, told the bbc the world's focus should remain on trying to cut emissions to minimise future climate change. we have an enormous challenge ahead of us to stop the damage from happening, and lots of countries are contributing to that damage today, including in the developing world. so we have to move faster to get off coal. we have to move faster to reduce fossil fuel consumption. so there is real potential for conflict and disagreement at the conference. the last cop ended on a high note, with ambitious pledges from many nations. this year is about implementing

those pledges, and that is a much more ambitious task. in short, don't expect any big breakthroughs in egypt. justin rowlatt, bbc news. live to sharm el sheikh, we can speak to our science correspondentjordan dunbar. what's happened so far on the first day of the conference? it is early days i know. well, ben, as ou it is early days i know. well, ben, as you can — it is early days i know. well, ben, as you can probably _ it is early days i know. well, ben, as you can probably hear - it is early days i know. well, ben, as you can probably hear the - it is early days i know. well, ben, | as you can probably hear the world leaders have started flying in here to egypt. and negotiations have finally begun. so two big things have happened today. the first one was that the world meet logical organisation released a damning report into the climate. so bad that

antonio guterres, the un head, described it as climate chaos. it said the three bigger global warming gases are at record level and the last few years have been some of the fastest warming in history. ifeel it has injected a bit of energy here. the other news that something called loss and damage is going op the agenda to be negotiated. so that is the concept that rich countries that have polluted more than everyone else have to find a way of transferring, a mechanism of moving money into the world that has polluted the least, but needs the money the most, because they're facing the worst ravages of climate change. that is finally for the first time going to be negotiated on. i first time going to be negotiated on. ., ., u, ,., on. i wonder what the carbon footprint _ on. i wonder what the carbon footprint of _ on. i wonder what the carbon footprint of that _ on. i wonder what the carbon footprint of that plane - on. i wonder what the carbon footprint of that plane that i on. i wonder what the carbon l footprint of that plane thatjust roared over your head. cop is always

full of promises, it is more promise, or is it getting the leaders to keep to the promises they have already made in years gone by? well, i think have already made in years gone by? well, ithink it have already made in years gone by? well, i think it is a bit of both. if you imagine glasgow, that was about what are you going to do? you're going to cut emissions. cop 27 is more about how are you going to implement this? countries were asked in the 12 months since to come back here to egypt with stronger and more ambitious targets. that hasn't happened yet. but the world leaders are only now starting to come in. it might be once they start to arrive, you will hear more announcements of ambitious plans. but i don't think it will be the same sort of fan fair that we had in glachl. == it will be the same sort of fan fair that we had in glachl. -- glasgow. what about _ that we had in glachl. -- glasgow. what about the _ that we had in glachl. -- glasgow. what about the criticism _ that we had in glachl. -- glasgow. what about the criticism from - that we had in glachl. -- glasgow. i what about the criticism from people like greta thunberg saying it is all a talking shop and a waste of time?

yeah, there are criticisms of the cop process and it is very bureaucratic and you have thousands of people travelling into different places. but it is also the only high level negotiation we have on climate and it is unique to get politicians, academics, activists, the media, the spotlight, all in one place, tackling climate change. as one person said to me, we are here to mark the world's homework. that is what cop does.— the headlines on bbc news: union leaders say nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action before christmas. a senior government minister has denied that rishi sunak knew details of bullying allegations against sir gavin williamson before he gave him a job. in a keynote speech to party members the lib dem leader sir ed davey

reiterates his call for a general election, saying the current government "does not have a shred of credibility left". i want to update you on the headlines about gavin williamson. downing street said the prime minister does believe the text messages sent by gavin williamson to a conservative mp are "unacceptable". a no 10 source said the first time rishi sunak saw the contents of the texts was in the papers. but they said they would not be commenting further while the complaint is ongoing. you may have heard earlier on, there is sir gavin williamson. we heard from the cabinet office minister confirming the prime minister did know about the prime minister did know about the complaint against sir gavin before appointing him to thatjob in

his government. but he hadn't seen the messages themselves. sport and time for aa full round up, from the bbc sport centre. the gunners top of the table? zwr arsenal have gone back to the top of the premier league after beating chelsea. having fallen behind manchester city on goal difference after their dramatic victory yesterday. arsenal responded today with a 1—0 win over their london rivals at stamford bridge. jane dougal reports. up up against his old club for the first time, after a war of words, wood chelsea's pierre—emerick aubameyang send a message to his old arsenal manager? he didn't take long to antagonise arteta, but in the first half the chances went arsenal's way. a beautiful ball to jesus. ,, ., arsenal's way. a beautiful ball to jesus, ,, ., ., arsenal's way. a beautiful ball to jesus. ,, ., ., arsenal's way. a beautiful ball to | jesus-_ inches jesus. should have scored. inches awa . it jesus. should have scored. inches away- it took— jesus. should have scored. inches away. it took them _ jesus. should have scored. inches away. it took them another - jesus. should have scored. inches away. it took them another 30 - away. it took them another 30 minutes, but arsenal did score. it

has gone through. gabriel - minutes, but arsenal did score. it has gone through. gabriel making sure it went _ has gone through. gabriel making sure it went in. _ has gone through. gabriel making sure it went in. not _ has gone through. gabriel making sure it went in. not chelsea's - has gone through. gabriel making sure it went in. not chelsea's day | sure it went in. not chelsea's day or pierre—emerick aubameyang's. he was taken off. old london rivalries run deep and the match turned into a bad tempered one. chelsea fighting to avoid four league matches without a win. but game management to the whistle worked for arsenal, delighting in their return to the top of the table. five of the top six are playing today. manchester united were 2—1 down against aston villa. newcastle are added a second to their lead over southampton. chris wood made it 2—0 to them.

the pressure continues to mount on rangers manager giovanni van bronckhorst, as they fell seven points behind leaders celtic in the scottish premiership. that's after they were beaten 2—1 by stjohnstone — james brown with a stunning strike to put the home side ahead. stjohnstone then doubled their lead through nicky clark. rangers got one back late on, but it wasn't enough. it's the first time stjohnstone have beaten rangers since december 2017. wrexham are into the second round of the fa cup after a comfortable 3—0 win against fellow national league side old ham athletic. sam dalby gave the dragons the lead before a double from paul mullin, including this instinctive header from a throw in just after the hour mark, to round off an assured performance from phil parkinson's side. two other games today which you can follow on the bbc sport website. five matches in the wsl

today, leaders arsenal are comfortably leading 4—0 at leicester. frida maanum put the gunners ahead after 13 minutes, caitlin foord and stephanie—elise catley added two more to put them 3—nil up at half time, stina blackstenius added a fourth just after the break south africa are out of the t20 world cup after they suffered a shock i3—run defeat by the netherlands. that means england's semi final will be against india, who were already through before they thrashed zimbabwe by 71 runs. rohit sharma's side secured top spot in group two, scoring 186 for five with suryakumar yadav getting a brilliant 61 not out off 25 balls, to add to kl rahul�*s 51. zimbabwe were bowled out for 115 in reply. pakistan will face new zealand in the final four after a nervy five—wicket win over bangladesh. they were chasing 128 to win,

and made hard work of it in adelaide, but mohammad haris' 31 off 18 balls proved vital. england have maintained their 100% record in the group stage of the rugby league wheelchair world cup and are almost certainly through to semi—finals after a big win over spain. robert hawkings managed an impressive five tries in a match that saw england score 18 in all in a 104—12 win at the copperbox arena. the host nation are top of their group after beating australia in their opening game. meanwhile the last of the men's quarter finals at the rugby league world cup is taking place right now. head to bbc two to watch it. it is tight between the teams who want to go through to play england. samoa leading tonga by 12 points.

that is all your sport for now. an aeroplane has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania while attempting to land at a nearby airport with the country's state an aeroplane has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania while attempting to land at a nearby airport with the country's state broadcaster reporting that three people have died. the owners of the plane say 26 people have been rescued so far, the police chief said 43 people were on board. an aeroplane has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania the aircraft, which had departed from dar es salaam, crashed into lake victoria due to storms and heavy rains, according to state media. our correspondent mayeni jones is monitoring all the developments. news of the crash started trickling in on social media around 10am tanzanian time. 43 people were on board, including 39 passengers. the airline said they were 38 adult and one infant on board the plane. they're blaming bad weatherfor the emergency landing. one witness told

state television that they saw the aircraft aiming for the airport, missing and crash—landing into the lake. a rescue operation is under way. video footage and pictures from the scene show boats full of rescue workers surrounding the aircraft. little of it is visible above water and they're taking people out and trying to rescue people who are on board. the authorities say they're in touch with the pilots, which suggests they are still alive, helping rescue workers with their operation. there has already been a lot of reaction to the crash. the president has released a statement, sending her condolences, saying they will do everything they can to support the investigation and the rescue. there have been statements echoing similar sentiments from the head of african union and the head of the regional bloc. precision

aircraft that is involved is the biggest private aviation carrier in tanzania. it has been active since 1993 and it partly owned by kenya airlines. it said it has set up information desks in the area to provide help and information for any family member of those affected. the crucial us midterm elections, which will decide who controls congress, are just a couple of days away. president biden and former president obama have taken to the stage together at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. mr biden urged the cheering crowd in his home state to back the democrats' john fetterman for the senate. he said the elections would shape the country for decades to come. his isn't a referendum, this year, it's a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america, vastly different.

maybe it's in our blood, butjohn and i believe that all... it's all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i've said, from the beginning of my cam... my objective, when i ran for president, was to build an economy from the bottom up and the middle out. it's a fundamental shift, compared to the ozian, mega, maga, republican trickle down economics. booing. no, really. a fair economy that gives working people a fair shot. that's on the ballot. fundamental rights are on the ballot. truth and facts and logic and reason... applause. ..and basic decency are on the ballot. democracy itself is on the ballot. the stakes are high. speaking at a rally in pennsylvania, in support fo the republican candidate, donald trump stressed

the importance of defeating the democrats on tuesday. there's only one choice to end this madness, and it is indeed madness. if you support the decline and fall of america, then you must vote for the radical left democrats. if you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the american dream, then this tuesday, you must vote republican in a giant red wave. the results may help determine whether president trump does decide to run again for the white house. there will be an extra bank holiday next year across the uk to mark the coronation of king charles the third. it will fall on the 8th of may,

two days after the ceremony at westminster abbey. it means there will be three holiday mondays next may. the prime minister said it would mark a unique moment for the country. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello, although we have had our drier moments it has been unsettled this week, some heavy rain for some of us. that theme continues into the start of the new week. by around midweek, high pressure building in. sunshine will be limited. but it will be very mild. low pressure in control for this afternoon and into the overnight period with blustery showers and longer spells of rain moving north. the winds touching gale force in the south—west. temperatures down to seven to 10 degrees. for monday, a windier day, very windy across the south and west. spells of showers, longer spells of rain moving north. some heavy. some rumbles of thunder.

blustery, but up to 60mph in exposed south western areas. temperatures on the mild side at 12 to 15 degrees. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: union leaders say nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action before christmas. a senior government minister has denied that rishi sunak knew details of bullying allegations against sir gavin williamson before he gave him a job. in a keynote speech to party members, the lib dem leader sir ed davey reiterates his call for a general election, saying the current government "does not have a shred of credibility left". the united nations' annual climate change summit has begun in egypt, with a warning that a year of extreme weather must be a wake—up call for the planet.

now on bbc news, operation relocation: hospital on the move. behind the scenes of how one of the uk's biggest hospitals