this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. president zelensky says ukraine is moving "very carefully" after moscow announced its troops would withdraw from the key southern city of kherson. i think it is the end of a chapter but it is the beginning of a new one. what it is not is the end of the war, far from one. what it is not is the end of the war, farfrom it. the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer treatment across england, scotland and northern ireland has doubled in the past four years. family say they wish their loved ones were seen by doctor sooner. would the chemo have done any good if he had had that sooner? i honestly don't know. it is not something we are ever going to be able to answer and we have got to live with that.

the chief executive of british high street chain next urges the government to let more foreign workers into the uk to help ease labour shortages. us presidentjoe biden welcomes the results of the midterm elections after democrats fended off major republican gains. and high—speed sale — a record price for the legendary car that had an even more legendary driver. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. president zelensky says ukraine is moving "very carefully" following russia's announcement that it's withdrawing its troops from the southern city of kherson. russia's commander in ukraine says it is no longer possible to keep supplying troops there.

for the last few weeks, ukrainian forces have been slowly advancing towards the city, keeping up the pressure on russian forces. russian troops will now be consolidated to the east on the other side of the dnipro riverfrom kherson. in a nightly address, president zelensky said ukraine is treading carefully following russia's retreat. in a nightly address, president zelensky said ukraine translation: the enemy does not give as gifts, - does not make gestures of goodwill, we fight for it all. and when you fight, every step is always the resistance of the enemy, it is always the loss of lives, our heroes. therefore, we are moving very carefully, without emotions, without unnecessary risk in the interest of liberating all our land and so that the losses are as small as possible. our international editor, jeremy bowen, camera journalist fred scott and producer kathy long sent this report from the front line. for days now, ukrainian soldiers

on the kherson perimeter have been dismissing reports that the russians were going to pull back. when we visited a mobile unit on the flatlands between kherson and mykolaiv — the closest ukrainian—controlled city — the soldiers said they wouldn't believe the russians were leaving until they could see them go. leaving kherson would be a devastating defeat for russia — it was their biggest single prize since they invaded in february. in moscow, general sergey surovikin, commander of russian forces in ukraine, made the announcement. he told a televised meeting of senior military leaders — including the defence minister — that russia could not properly supply its troops on the west bank of the river. translation: i understand this is a very difficult decision, - but at the same time we will preserve the lives of our service personnel, and in general the combat capability

of the group of forces. ukraine's first response was to warn against premature celebrations. this week, we've been talking to ukrainian soldiers and kherson residents to try to gauge the mood there. you can't drive into kherson from here because there's a front line in the way. and even if you could, the russians don't allow independent journalists to operate there. so we have to try to piece together what's happening in a city that is, to all intents and purposes, cut off from the outside world. a few video snapshots of life now in kherson have been posted. it's a city where russian roubles circulate alongside ukraine's currency, and the clocks now run on moscow time. the ukrainian soldiers we met at the front line facing kherson

this week were very confident, not losing sleep over moscow's intentions. with or without the formal withdrawal announcement, these men and their commander believe that their flexible, fast operations and continued nato support cannot be beaten. translation: step by step, we will reach victory. - we will not rush, losing people on our way. the russian troops are scared. they didn't expect so much resistance from our side. ukrainian soldiers will suspect russia's motives until they can drive into kherson. it might be some kind of disinformation strategy, or they believe the russians might be trying to sucker them into a trap. the fact remains, the hit—and—run war here on the front lines near kherson goes on. one question — a fighting retreat requires military skills russia has

not demonstrated since the invasion. will moscow try to negotiate safe passage out of kherson for its men? jeremy bowen, bbc news, mykolaiv. and i spoke tojeremy in the last hour from odesa. i asked him whether the russian announcement of a withdrawal might be a trap. well, the ukrainians think it might be. i tend to think that now it has been announced on tv in the way that it was in moscow, that news that there will be that news that they will be going ahead with it, i suspect the reason why they did it so publicly was to do with the political game back home in russia. will it be a trap down here in southern ukraine?

well, i would not be at all surprised if they left a few surprises for the ukrainians, booby—traps and so on, and it will be a very problematic military activity for the russians to try to pull back if it is underfire. i do think, though, that while it is the acknowledgement that they have suffered very serious setback, a defeat, because they were hoping to use kherson to push on along the black sea coast to this city where i am now, which feels actually quite functional and relatively normal, so that strategy has gone. but actually longer term this may turn out to be one of the most sensible things the russians have done militarily because they are going back to prepared positions. they have been spotted on satellite imagery where they have poured concrete and got positions on the other side of the river. the river itself is a serious barrier and bridges have been blown there and if the ukrainians at some

point wanted to mount an assault under fire across the dnipro river, that is a considerable military undertaking. but can the ukrainians take advantage of this in a substantial way? obviously as you have pointed out they will proceed with extreme caution initially, but can they then take advantage? well, they will certainly harass the russians as much as they can during any retreat unless there was some kind of behind—the—scenes deal that we don't know about. i am wildly speculating now, what if through third parties the russians said, right, we are going to pull back, but we need you not to destroy us as we are going but in return you will not be losing your forces as well? i don't know, maybe these things have been going on. the fact is that if it is a retreat under fire, that is very hard to pull off for any army, particularly one that is not very

functional like the russian army. so i think it is the end of a chapter, but it is the beginning of a new one. what it is not is the end of the war, far from it. the end of one chapter, but not the end of the war. what re—calibrations will be going on on both sides over the winter? well, to start with at the moment in the autumn there has been an awful lot of rain. if you go to that area, and i have been to other parts of the front over the last few weeks as well, all over to the eastern it is really muddy, and that means when they go off road moving vehicles, even track vehicles, is very difficult. but when the freeze comes and it gets extremely cold here in the winter, then actually it is easier to move around because all the mud freezes over and that will be the case right through until certainly april. it was april this year

before the thaw came. i think that what it means is that both sides will not be hunkering down through the winter, they will continue the fight. the ukrainians want more sophisticated weapons from nato, they want more powerful weapons, and they will as well be training more recruits to put into action because both sides have lost a lot of men on the front lines, killed and wounded, in their thousands and tens of thousands. so it has been a very bloody undertaking. as for the russians, they have this commander, the general who announced this, who is relatively new in the job and this may be his big idea, that they pull back to the other side of the river and from there they are able to hold onto that swathe of territory that they have that goes up from crimea up to donbas and connects up with russia proper, and it may be a sign that they have

decided to formally abandon what has been quite clear that they will not be able to overcome the whole republic of ukraine, but they might be able to hold onto a lot of this territory that they have through the sham referendums incorporated with dubious legality into russia itself. jeremy bowen, our international editor in odesa. it's been announced that president putin will not attend the 620 summit next week in bali. foreign minister sergei lavrov is taking his place. there has been speculation that the russian leader is seeking to avoid potential confrontations with other world leaders, including presidentjoe biden who has already said he intends to conduct a private meeting with china's xijinping while he is there. the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer treatment has doubled in the past four years across england, scotland and northern ireland. bbc analysis of nhs data showed 67,000 patients waited longer than the target of 62 days for care

including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. we're expecting the latest performance stats for nhs england shortly but first this report from dominic hughes. married for more than 50 years, wendy and tony had seen each other through thick and thin. in september of last year, wendy's husband had a routine chest x—ray. it wasn't until november he was informed there was something abnormal and was eventually told it was terminal lung cancer in january. we assumed, obviously wrongly, that if we hadn't heard anything, everything must be all right. tony died at the end of february, but that long delay in diagnosis and treatment still torments wendy and her children. it seems that it was the big delay at the beginning between when tony had his x—ray and someone then raised concerns about what they saw on that x—ray — that was the thing? yes. and i'm not saying the end result

wouldn't have been the same. it would, i know that. i think he perhaps might have had a little bit longer. would the chemo have done any good, if it had that sooner? if he'd had that sooner? i honestly don't know. if he'd had that sooner? it's not... if he'd had that sooner? ..not something we're ever going to be able to answer. and we've got to live with that. and my children have got to live with that, which is even harder. a bbc analysis of nhs data from england, scotland and northern ireland shows a dramatic increase in cancer waiting times. the majority of patients are only meant to wait a maximum of 62 days from when they first see their gp to the start of treatment. in 2018, before the pandemic, there were nearly 32,000 people in england, scotland and northern ireland who waited longer than that target of 62 days. but this year that number has doubled to more than 67,000. similar data for wales isn't available, but long waits also appear to be on the rise.

i know that all those in the nhs are working as hard as they possibly can to try and support patients. but what i'm concerned about is that it doesn't look like the targets are being met and the government are looking at changing the target, so i don't feel optimistic. what would really help would be to have that workforce strategy, to have a clearer plan for how we're going to tackle the real pressures that there are in the system. the anxiety of waiting to discover whether you have cancer and then for treatment to begin is something charlotte knows all too well. she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, but had to wait months for her treatment to start. it was worrying and it was frustrating. there's more to the point because as much as i was phoning, i couldn't get seen any quicker than what they could give me an appointment. i mean, they are under

a massive amount of stress. i totally understand that. if i hadn't have been persistent, i don't know what would happen. it doesn't bear thinking about really. the nhs in england says more patients are being diagnosed with cancer at an earlier stage than ever before. that really improves a patient�*s chances of a good outcome. in august of this year, more than a quarter of a million people were checked following an urgent gp referral, the highest number on record. the system is under pressure and if it goes wrong, the impact can be devastating. at tony's old golf club, his family have planted a tree with his ashes. hiya, love. 0k today? yeah? still got some leaves left. they'll never know for sure if the delay in his diagnosis and treatment contributed to his death. but the worry is that many thousands more are living with the anxiety and uncertainty that comes with cancer. dominic hughes, bbc news. steven mcintosh, executive director of advocacy & communications at macmillan cancer support,

says long waiting times are causing even more damage to patients. they are incredibly concerning. what mcmillan is hearing every day, we provide some advice and support for people who are waiting for a diagnosis or treatment or surgery and that is traumatic. if you are watching the days and hours tick by, hoping you can get access to treatment as soon as possible, on top of all of the ways in which cancer can make your life fall apart, financially, yourjob, family, relationships, that is what is causing massive anxiety for those people affected. it is really encouraging people are coming forward with cancer symptoms, and it is important if you have gota lump ora bump oran unexplained pain, get in touch with your gp and get into the system because the earlier we catch cancer, the easier it is to treat. but even though we are seeing people come forward, the nhs does not have the capacity to treat them fast enough and that is due to the chronic shortages in staffing which means

we were not even meeting our waiting time target before the pandemic. earlier i spoke tojules fielder. jules is a cancer patient diagnosed with stage four lung cancer on 5th november last year. the cancer has spread to her pelvis and spine. i asked how long took her to see a gp after discovering a lump on the base of her collar bone. it was hard, because, initially, we were still in the covid—i9 pandemic. so i made a phone call and was firstly asked if i could send a photo in. i've used the strength within me to make sure that i got an appointment to be seen, but it was not easy to initially even get the appointment. and after that first appointment, tell us what happened next in terms of working your way through the system. yes, so, after that, you are on a two—week pathway which obviously delays, was showing back then when i was in the system, going through to ent, then going through to ultrasound, your ct scans. you cannot guarantee that

you will get it in the two—week time frame that a cancer patient should receive. and you were obviously desperate to know what was going on. what was that waiting like for you? it is torture. it is absolute turmoil being in that position especially when for me, being 37 years old at the time, and, you know, fighting... i knew my body was delivering messages that i had signs and symptoms that i was unaware of at the time were going to lead me to a lung cancer diagnosis. i am thankful that i had macmillan by my side because they carried me through those times when you are just on the waiting game. yes, because if you didn't have the answers you were waiting to hearfrom the medical experts themselves, what you need is somebody there to support you, to talk to you, to try to keep you going, to reassure you.

yes, correct. 0bviously, when i did receive my diagnosis, i had it from a consultant in an ear, nose & throat team who could not give me any information about my diagnosis. he literallyjust delivered me the message, you have got lung cancer, and just sent me home. and i had to wait for another appointment to come through to speak to someone who could explain exactly what i was about to face. that is dreadful. you have been given that diagnosis, you want some more information at that point. how long did you have to wait for that next appointment to find out what would happen next? i think it came through between ten to 14 days afterwards. but that is too long for someone to sit and wait. to face... to face what you have got to battle with. and how long then, to start treatment after that point?

my treatment came reasonably quickly. i was diagnosed on the 5th of november and i started my treatment on the 13th of december. because in between that wait, i still had to go through more ct scans, pet scans, mri scans before i could start treatment. tell us about how you're doing now and the treatment that you are continuing to have, i understand that you have scans every three months. yes. i am on a drug that was approved in 2015 and so far, every scan i have every three months has put me at stable because i am incurable, however, i am facing the fact that now my ct scan was due last week, my three monthly scan, and i have got no idea when i am going to receive that scan. i have just been informed that there is a backlog and they are facing a shortage of staff. so no idea when you're going to have that.

0bviously those three—month appointments are really important to you because if you are told again, all being well, that you are still stable, that presumably gives you some measure of reassurance. absolutely. my lifeline has been taken away from me and i only can talk on behalf of myself and many others in the cancer community who are going to be facing the same as what i am. we should not be in this position where you are taking that lifeline away from a cancer patient. i have already been failed in the system by not being picked up during the covid—i9 pandemic. to now know that i don't know when i'm going to be told if i've got another three months to live. jules fielder, a cancer patient diagnosed last year. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes is with me now. i know you have new data for us, but verse that analysis of data on

waiting times for cancer treatment, jules hit on the key reasons for this. we know what the delays are because of the backlog, caused by the pandemic and the shortage of staff. what is the government say it is going to do about this? this week for cancer treatment dabbling in the past four years in england, scotland and northern ireland. in past four years in england, scotland and northern ireland.— and northern ireland. in england there is a network— and northern ireland. in england there is a network of— and northern ireland. in england there is a network of extra - and northern ireland. in england there is a network of extra 90 i there is a network of extra 90 diagnostic centres to free up —— speed up the diagnosis. you heard from jules the anxiety and distress that causes when you have these delays. that is very real for people who are facing these decisions and these outcomes. these 90 diagnostic centres are being put in place and we have been to lewisham hospital in south london where they have these new scanners that can process people more quickly and get results more quickly and get better imaging.

health experts say that is all fine, but there is a bottleneck when it comes to treating cancer. you might speed up the diagnosis, but in the actual treatment there is a i7% shortfall in the number of cancer doctors who are experts in delivering treatment such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy and thatis chemotherapy and radiotherapy and that is one of the bottlenecks. there simply are not enough doctors, nurses and other staff to administer the treatment is needed. fin nurses and other staff to administer the treatment is needed.— the treatment is needed. on the latest data _ the treatment is needed. on the latest data you _ the treatment is needed. on the latest data you have _ the treatment is needed. on the latest data you have got - the treatment is needed. on the latest data you have got in - the treatment is needed. on the latest data you have got in the i the treatment is needed. on the i latest data you have got in the last few minutes, which i am looking at now, and this is about waiting nand, ambulance response times, and other pieces of data, take us through that. it is for nhs performance in england. that. it is for nhs performance in encland. , , , ., ., , england. yes, this is england only, but it paints _ england. yes, this is england only, but it paints a _ england. yes, this is england only, but it paints a very _ england. yes, this is england only, but it paints a very stark— england. yes, this is england only, but it paints a very stark picture . but it paints a very stark picture of the kind of pressure the health service is under, so this is looking just at october. not even really in the depths of winter, still 0ctober. the depths of winter, still october. the proportion of patients in

england treated or assessed within four hours at a&e has fallen below 70% for the very first time. a record number of patients had to wait more than 12 hours for a hospital bed to be found after a decision to admit them from a&e, nearly 43 hours in 800. ambulance response times for emergencies like stroke and heart attacks were about one hour. and the waiting list for plant operations and treatments rose again in september tojust plant operations and treatments rose again in september to just over plant operations and treatments rose again in september tojust over 7 million. you can see the kind of stresses and strains the health service is under. 0ne stresses and strains the health service is under. one of the reasons we look at a&e in particular is that is the front door to the health service, so the pressures nand reflect the pressures and the rest of the health service system. it is where people turn up when they are out of other options and it is a good indicator, a litmus test of what else is happening on the other

pressures in the system. nhs england have pointed out they have made some good inroads into the number of people waiting more than 18 months for an operation, that has fallen back a little. they are making some progress on those very long waits, people waiting for things like hip operations, eye operations, those plan surgeries. but we can see from the date of the health service is under extreme pressure. fiur the date of the health service is under extreme pressure. our health corresaondent _ under extreme pressure. our health correspondent dominic _ under extreme pressure. our health correspondent dominic hughes. - under extreme pressure. our health l correspondent dominic hughes. some of your tweets about waiting for urgent cancer treatment. judy harrison says i was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer on maternity leave and it took nine months from my first symptom to diagnosis in six weeks between diagnosis and treatment. the waiting is absolute hell. this is from malcolm, specialists and consultants can still see cancer patients in a week if they go privately. the problem is poor people cannot afford private health and the private versus public health and the private versus public health care must be overhauled.

cristiano on twitter says, cancer care seems to be a postcode lottery. my care seems to be a postcode lottery. my wife was diagnosed in 2020 with breast cancer, treatment began three weeks later. a work colleague's wife was diagnosed almost a year ago, they live 20 miles away and it took nearly three months for treatment to begin. thank you so much for sending in your comments, keep them coming in your comments, keep them coming in on this story and the other stories we are covering today. you can do that on twitter and use the hashtag bbc your questions. the chief executive of the british multinational high street chain next is urging the government to allow more foreign workers into the uk to deal with labour shortages. lord wolfson, the conservative peer who was a prominent backer of brexit, said the uk's current immigration policy was crippling growth. he's been speaking to our business editor simonjack. we have got people queuing up to come to this country to pick crops that are rotting in fields, to work in warehouses that otherwise

wouldn't be operable. and we're not letting them in. we have to take a different approach to economically productive migration. we have to control immigration, but we have to control it in such a way that benefits our economy rather than cripples it. you were a pro—brexit businessperson, perhaps in a slight minority in that sense. you've got growth is down, taxes are rising, trade has fallen very significantly. was this the brexit you wanted? i think in respect of immigration, it's definitely not the brexit that i wanted or indeed many people who voted brexit, but more importantly, the vast majority of the country. and we have to remember, we're all stuck in this brexit argument. we have to remember that what post—brexit britain looks like is not the preserve of those people who voted brexit. it's for all of us to decide. and when you look at the majority of people in britain, i think they have a very pragmatic view to immigration. yes, control it where it's damaging to the society, but let people in who can contribute. we're looking at an incredible squeeze, the worst squeeze on income since the 1950s. and it only looks like it's

going to get worse as people have to refinance their mortgages. what do you think is the outlook? you've got some retail antenna, some of the best in the business. what do you see for next year? i think next year is going to be very tough. we're going to be in a recession. but i think there's a difference between recession and the end of the world. it's going to be difficult, but it's not going to be impossible. and the interesting thing about a supply side recession is that the seeds of correction are automatically sown. so as demand drops and factories begin to empty, then prices begin to come down. and we're already seeing, beginning to see, factory prices for autumn/winter next year, spring/summer the following year, beginning to come down in dollar terms. so we can already see the seeds of recovery in �*24, we just have to make sure that we get through next year in good shape. i think the one sort of silver lining to this recession is that we are in full employment and there are lots and lots of vacancies, too many vacancies. it's one of the things that's causing so much inflation. so whilst people will be squeezed, it's very unlikely that they won't

be able to find work. and that's what makes this recession very different from, say, what we saw in the early �*90s and the �*80s. that was next boss lord wolfson speaking to our business editor simonjack. more on that story in the next few minutes. more on that story in the next few minutes. president biden says voters used the congressional mid—term elections on tuesday to speak clearly about their concerns, ranging from inflation and the cost of living, to public safety, democracy and abortion rights. he also suggested he would run for a second term in 202a. results are yet to be declared for several contests, but the republican party remains on track to take control of the house of representatives. 0ur washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. america woke up to its latest reality. it still doesn't know who won the midterm elections. hey, buddy. joe biden, congratulations. congratulations. president biden looked relieved. the so—called red wave didn't happen.

it had been predicted the republicans would dominate. he rang up winning democrats to say congratulations. congratulations. i'm so excited for you. back in a suit and tie president biden addressed the media. and it was a good day, i think, for democracy, and i think it was a good day for america. pennsylvania gave him his biggest win. the hoodie wearing stroke survivor john fetterman beat the tv celebrity dr mehmet oz. he was backed by donald trump. many of mr trump's other candidates lost, suggesting his power over the party may be diminishing and strengthening in the hands of another republican rising conservative star ron desantis, who secured the governor race in florida. the people have delivered their verdict. freedom is here to stay. the race for the senate has come down to three states, including the state of georgia.

we won't know the result of that until december. but republicans look set to take the house, which could impact president biden�*s ability to get laws passed. and let me say this, regardless, regardless of what the final tally in these elections show, and there's still some counting going on, i'm prepared to work with my republican colleagues. but will the republicans work with him? it's likely that mr biden will run for the white house again, but it's very unlikely that his opponents will help make the rest of his term successful as they focus on winning the presidency in 202a. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. let's get more on this from lecturer in us politics at warwick university, trevor mccrisken. good trevor mccrisken. to have you with us. what is your good to have you with us. what is your assessment of the relative positions now of the republicans and democrats coming out of the of the few results to declare? republicans

will aain few results to declare? republicans will gain control _ few results to declare? republicans will gain control of _ few results to declare? republicans will gain control of the _ few results to declare? republicans will gain control of the house - few results to declare? republicans will gain control of the house of - will gain control of the house of representatives as predicted. they may take the senate, those seats are still to come, especially in georgia and that will determine the balance there. you may end up 50—50 like it has been for the last two years with the deciding vote coming from joe biden�*s vice president, kamala harris. if you look at this, it is far less of a good night for the republicans than they were expecting and hoping for. it is quite normal in midterm elections for the president's party to lose seats and often lose quite considerably more seats than has been seen this time around. ithink seats than has been seen this time around. i think that is whyjoe biden is feeling fairly good about what has happened this week. much better than he had feared. so the consequences of this for his presidency for the next two years will be less stark than they might

have been. even if the republicans do have control of the house of representatives, it will be only by a slim margin and that will make their ability to hold things up in congress are much more difficult thanit congress are much more difficult than it might have been if they had had a bigger majority. what than it might have been if they had had a bigger majority.— had a bigger ma'ority. what about the had a bigger majority. what about the consequences _ had a bigger majority. what about the consequences for _ had a bigger majority. what about the consequences for donald - had a bigger majority. what about i the consequences for donald trump who has hinted heavily he will announce another run for the white house? it was interesting looking at us commentators yesterday who were examining his impact on the candidate that he had backed really heavily. some of whom did not do very well. has donald trump's standing in the party been dented in these elections, has he been more of a liability than an asset? we these elections, has he been more of a liability than an asset?— a liability than an asset? we will see how that _ a liability than an asset? we will see how that plays _ a liability than an asset? we will see how that plays out - a liability than an asset? we will see how that plays out in - a liability than an asset? we will see how that plays out in the - a liability than an asset? we will- see how that plays out in the coming weeks. some of the initial reaction from conservative observers of american politics who have been big backers of trump have suggested it was his fault and that was why there weren't such big wins. because he

had made the selection much more about himself than the individuals he was endorsing. he himself has said he was very successful and most of the people he endorsed did win their seats. of the people he endorsed did win theirseats. but of the people he endorsed did win their seats. but when you look at those in more challenging seats, those in more challenging seats, those that could have gone either way, he doesn't seem to have been so successful. it does indicate that perhaps he is not going to be, or spin these elections in quite the way he might have done. it does seem he is planning to announce his run for the presidency very soon, maybe next week. but i think his ability to do that on a victory wave is going to be much less something he can argue that republicans have done exceptionally well, that is because of me. he cannot say that now and that might meet others within the republican party, who are also eyeing up the presidential run might feel more confident about doing so. it is often about the presence of an

alternative candidate, isn't it? for the republicans that comes in the shape of comic looks like ron desantis, the florida governor who did really well in his election. we know donald trump is worried about him, he has given him a nickname and has told him not to run. tell us more about ron desantis and could he be the next republican challenger for the presidency? he be the next republican challenger for the presidency?— be the next republican challenger for the presidency? he did come out ve well for the presidency? he did come out very well from _ for the presidency? he did come out very well from the _ for the presidency? he did come out very well from the election - for the presidency? he did come out very well from the election on - very well from the election on tuesday night. he increased his majority to win the governorship by quite a significant margin on the last time he was elected to office. which is not all that unusual for an incumbent to improve by the time of the next election. but it has put a bit of momentum behind him, it has made him more recognisable nationally, that is the great advantage to some degree that donald trump has, everybody knows who donald trump is, but that could end “p donald trump is, but that could end up being a negative for him as well because they know the controversy

that comes with that. it is the case that comes with that. it is the case that trump is still popular among a lot of republican voters. but what i think ron desantis will offer is a more true conservative, if you like, he is more true blood republican candidate. whereas trump has come in from the outside, he wasn't engaged in politics for very long before he made this run for office. even some questions about whether he is a true republican or not. much more of an individual in terms of his political persuasions. where ron desantis is a true republican and that might appeal to those people who threw themselves behind trump's campaigns in the last two presidential elections to think he could offer a safer bet for them and a stronger challenger perhaps tojoe biden. especially if a lot of the controversy around trump is going to

continue with investigations into what documents did he take from the white house to his florida home? that doesn't sit as well with some republicans who are more moderate in their views and they might look to ron desantis or any other individuals who put their names forward for the candidacy for their party as being a better bet next time that donald trump has been. thank you very much for your time. the sister of the british egyptian pro—democracy activist alaa abd el fattah, who's been on hunger strike in ajail near cairo, says the family have been told he's been given medical intervention. the campaigner has escalated his hunger strike by refusing to drink water since the cop27 climate summit opened. mona seif said their mother had been told she was not allowed to stay outside the prison where she's been waiting for news. the uk prime minister rishi sunak

will meet scottish, irish and welsh leaders today at the british irish council. he's the first prime minister in 15 years to attend the meeting. there are two things that will matter to rishi sunak when he turns up at the british irish council. one is the northern ireland protocol, those talks with the irish taioseach micheal martin about how to try and find a solution to the protocol that would get stormont back up and running, that would get the dup on board and unblock some of the blockages that have been there for so long. the mood music on that is sounding a bit better. the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris this morning is saying he is a glass half—full kind of person and that there is a lot of expectation from the negotiations between brussels and london. but i've got to say, looking at the specifics, it's not clear where that logjam is going to be unblocked. it is not totally clear if enough has changed to allow a new deal.

so the optics on that will matter with that caveat that it does not necessarily mean a solution. and then, secondly, as you mentioned, there is the discussions with nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister, and mark drakeford, the first minister of wales, i think that matters in terms of optics as well. because it is a very public show that rishi sunak wants to do things differently from liz truss who did not speak to ms sturgeon or mr drakeford at all in her period in downing street. i think rishi sunak wants to give the impression that he is trying to come up with a collegiate approach to some of the challenges and the economy and various other things. he wants to give the impression in his words that we are "all working together". however, again, although the optics do matter, ijust put that caveat on the table, that doesn't necessarily mean agreement either because i think there is a pretty big row coming with the scottish and welsh

governments when it comes to the autumn statement on the fact that there is going to be a big fiscal squeeze, there's going to be a lot of budgets which see cuts over the next few years. i think there will be some pretty tense discussions with scotland and wales on that. let's get more now on the comments of lord wolfson, the boss of one of the uk's biggest high street chains — next. he's told the bbc that the brexit the uk has is not the one he wanted and the uk's current immigration policy was crippling economic growth. i'm nowjoined by proffesor anand menon — the uk in a changing europe. welcome to you. he says this wasn't the brexit he and many other supporters wanted. some discussions about the subject, notably haven't

mentioned the word brexit at all, but he is very clearly saying that this has caused some issues? yes. but he is very clearly saying that this has caused some issues? yes, it clearl has this has caused some issues? yes, it clearly has caused _ this has caused some issues? yes, it clearly has caused some _ this has caused some issues? yes, it clearly has caused some issues - clearly has caused some issues because by ending freedom of movement what we have done is made sure that we control who comes into the country, but also therefore it is harder to react to market pressures. underfreedom of pressures. under freedom of movement, pressures. underfreedom of movement, people could come in from the european union without filling out forms and without being checked. that is what people objected to, but it it made the economic side of things to manage when there were shortages, which lord wolfson seems to be referring to now. the shortages, which lord wolfson seems to be referring to now.— to be referring to now. the category of most workers, _ to be referring to now. the category of most workers, does _ to be referring to now. the category of most workers, does that - to be referring to now. the category of most workers, does that track - to be referring to now. the category of most workers, does that track of| of most workers, does that track of where the home secretary is that of the type of people she wants to attract into the uk?— the type of people she wants to attract into the uk? yes, but bear in mind the _ attract into the uk? yes, but bear in mind the people _ attract into the uk? yes, but bear in mind the people the _ attract into the uk? yes, but bear in mind the people the home - in mind the people the home secretary of the government choose to want might not want to be the people the economy needs. there will always be the mismatch. as soon as

your system is politically controlled, it will be less responsive to economic needs. we have this points—based system which means it easy to bring in highly skilled and highly paid people from anywhere in the world, but if you want lower skilled people to come in and work in your shops, that is more difficult and certainly more difficult and certainly more difficult than when we had freedom of movement. 50 difficult than when we had freedom of movement-— of movement. so there is a trade-off- _ of movement. so there is a trade-off. do _ of movement. so there is a trade-off. do you - of movement. so there is a trade-off. do you think- of movement. so there is a trade-off. do you think the | trade—off. do you think the government and others are ready to have a more open conversation about this to try to reach solutions and a better way of working perhaps? i would say two things, the government is divided on this. we saw this under liz truss. liz truss was talking about liberalising immigration to help the economy at exactly the same time her own home secretary was talking about reducing it to the tens of thousands. there is a political fight to be it to the tens of thousands. there is a politicalfight to be had inside the conservative party because there were different sort of

brexiteers. even if you are a brexiteers. even if you are a brexiteer you might want to leave because you wanted to reduce immigration. the second thing worth saying is, what we want is only half of the story. we have to persuade the european union to give us a. the european union is keen to point out, you cannot cherry pick, you cannot have the workers you want and not the work is you don't because they defend the right of all the citizens. it is hard to get to a system that would make lord wolfson happier. d0 system that would make lord wolfson ha ier. ,, ~ system that would make lord wolfson hauier. ~ , , happier. do you think this will help him by having _ happier. do you think this will help him by having frank— happier. do you think this will help | him by having frank conversations? having frank conversations is always good and having honest conversations is always better. we are edging towards having an honest debate about the economic consequences of brexit, which is about six years overdue because successive governments have denied those consequences in the past. if you talk about the consequences, you can have a rational debate about how to address them. fiifi have a rational debate about how to address them.— address them. ok, thank you very much for your— address them. ok, thank you very much for your thoughts _ address them. ok, thank you very much for your thoughts today. -

the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, binance, has pulled out of a deal to acquire a struggling rival, ftx. it's blamed its decision on reports of "mishandled customer funds" and "alleged us agency investigations". a message on the ftx website says it is currently unable to process withdrawals. from new york, michelle fleury has more. cryptocurrencies had already been having a bad year. exactly a year ago, the value of bitcoin hit its all—time high. since then, it has lost more than three quarters of its value. now attention has turned to the crypto exchanges. two companies had taken the lead in offering marketplaces where investors could buy and sell their holdings in crypto. one of them, ftx, had even set about rescuing a number of rival crypto companies when they got in trouble, making its ceo sam bankman—fried into something of a celebrity. but it turns out that ftx's own finances were far from solid. a sudden departure of many investors from its market, and a huge sell—off in its own cryptocurrency, left ftx on the brink of collapse.

enter binance, the biggest of all crypto exchanges. on tuesday, it said it would be willing to take over the ailing ftx, but on wednesday it announced that it couldn't save ftx. all of which would appear to leave one of the biggest and high—profile crypto companies in ruins, and yet another dent in investors' faith in the cryptocurrency sector as a whole. some within the industry referring to this as crypto's lehman moment,— a reference to the 2008 collapse of a large investment bank, which revealed the fragility of many financial institutions. the trussel trust said an extra 320,000 people have used its services in the past six months. it handed out 1.3 million food parcel since april. we report from

northamptonshire. that's fruit, fish, meat. do you get bored with getting so much beans and spaghetti? no, you can never have enough beans and spaghetti to give. tricia and christina are sorting through the latest donations for the corby food bank. there are 10,000 kilos worth in the warehouse, but it is never quite enough. what is the main thing that you need most of all? well, it's not a necessary but we are always very short of sweet extras. puddings, jellies, custards. lunch time and at this church across town dozens of parcels are ready to pick up. more families are using food banks in northamptonshire and organisers of this one say friday today is always the busiest session, probably because there are no free school meals over the weekend. the expectation today is eight families of 3—4 and three families of five plus, one of which is a family of ten. wow. lovely, thank you.

mum of two yana is out of work, waiting to start her newjob in the care sector. we got food, oh, that's nice. sometimes i feel like i've done something wrong, you know. i can't pay my bills but when you see the prices in the shops they are so crazy, aren't they? you shouldn't feel that way. i know. you are going to get through this. i am going to get through this and i am going to be strong and thanks to the foodbank for this really big help in my difficult time. the number of parcels handed out by this food bank and others in northamptonshire has tripled since 2017. yeah, i can't use my cooker. so what do you intend to do? how do you...? i microwave. do you do three meals a day or...? 0ne. 0ne meal a day? 0ne meal a day. how many children have you got? i've got four. agnieska's my husband was signed off sick from work injune. do worry about heating? i do.

when you don't put the heating on, you can feel her hands are cold, but when you put your heating on you worry about how high is the bill going to be? the trussell trust says 320,000 people have started using their food banks in the past six months. i've always said the happiest day of my life when they turn round and say i don't need you any more. i've been doing this for nine years and i shouldn't be having to do it, nobody should have to. as it is, the need for donations and volunteers like donna has scarcely been greater. it was one of the worst disasters in the uk in recent years, when 72 people died in a fire at a london towerblock. now, after years of hearings in which companies have blamed each other, the grenfell inquiry will have to decide in its final report next year, where the balance of blame really lies. this week closing statements in the second part of the investigation

have been heard into the devastating fire injune 2017. tom symonds has this report. in this room, there has been a long search for the truth. the grenfell inquiry, part two, began in january 2020. good morning, everyone. welcome to today's hearing. it was supposed to be over in months. the work of this inquiry is urgent and delay, if there is to be any, must be kept to a minimum. but then covid happened, followed by another challenge. witnesses applied for guarantees they would not be prosecuted based on their evidence, their right under law. it's very disappointing, i might even use a stronger word, that the application is being made so close to the date for calling witnesses. and then there was the blame game. i invited the core participants not to indulge in a merry—go—round of buck passing. regrettably, that invitation

has not been accepted. hundreds of companies and organisations were involved with grenfell. when the inquiry got going, they started to blame each other for what had gone wrong. any member of the public reading these statements and taking them all at face value would be forced to conclude that everyone involved in the refurbishment of grenfell tower did what they were supposed to do, and nobody made any serious or causative mistakes. the council, the royal borough of kensington and chelsea, did admit some mistakes, but this inquiry had to go deep into the commercial decisions, which led to the use of flammable cladding panels and insulation during grenfell�*s refurbishment. they killed when they promoted their unsuitable, dangerous products in the pursuit of money and a place within the market. the cladding was highly flammable, as demonstrated for us in 2018. the inquiry dug up evidence

its manufacturer, arconic, had test results suggesting it might be a fire risk, but promoted it as suitable for a project like grenfell. though this internal email spelt the name wrong. this gives the lie to arconic�*s previous narrative that all it does is sell the product and that it is not involved in the process of persuasion to get its product onto buildings. the company continues to argue it's for building designers to ensure its product is used safely. most of the insulation at grenfell was produced by a company called celotex. it too helped the fire spread. but this was one architect's view of the company's claim its product was safe. it's deliberately misleading. it's... it's masquerading horse meat as a beef lasagne and people bought it. celotex said it didn't market

its product as non—combustible, it played no part in the decision to use it at grenfell tower, and industry professionals should be able to understand how to use it safely. there was evidence it was politicians, the council and its tenant management organisation, the tmo, who decided to buy cheaper cladding products which weren't fire resistant. the tmo seems to have given no thought and asked no questions as to whether performance, including safety, was in any way compromised by this cost reduction. but decisions about the regulations governing fire safety were made by, well, the government. the department is deeply sorry for its past failures in relation to the oversight of the system that regulated safety in the construction and refurbishment of high rise buildings. when a former minister was grilled about his role, he got a bit tetchy.

feel free to ask me as many questions as you like, but could i respectfully remind you that you did promise that we will be away this morning, and i have changed my schedules to fit this in. i do have an extremely busy day meeting people, but this is more important than anything. but i would urge you to use your time wisely. right. may i please have an answer to my question? so here we are, two and a half years later, and the panel of three will have to decide which of the causes of the grenfell fire are most important. which of the companies and organisations involved are most to blame. the police are asking the same questions, and once the final report has been published, there will be a decision about whether there should be prosecutions. for those whose lives have been changed by this disaster, all of that can't come soon enough. tom symonds, bbc news,

at the grenfell tower inquiry. a ferrari driven by the seven—time formula one world champion michael schumacher has fetched a record price for a modern f1 car at auction in geneva. it went for nearly $15 million, twice the previous record. it was bought by an anonymous european bidder. tim allman reports. he is considered by many to be one of if not the greatest formula 1 drivers of all time. and this was the car michael schumacher drove when he made history. it was behind the wheel of this ferrari that he won sixth world title in 2003, setting what was then a new record. nearly 20 years later, it is up for sale, a very special automobile. translation: it is one - of the most successful ferraris

in the history of the brand. so it is a very important car. chassis 229 was the most successful of the six cars ferrari built that year. schumacher raced in it nine times, winning five grand prix, including the victory injapan which clinched his sixth world championship. the sale took place in the swiss city of geneva, with the auctioneer displaying the usual slightly melodramatic flourish. selling at 13 million swiss francs, sold, thank you very much. adding commission and fees, and the final price was closer to 15 million. sadly, of course, michael schumacher is no longer in the public eye. he hasn't been seen since he suffered serious injuries in a skiing accident in 2013. a legend of formula 1, no matter what he was driving. tim allman, bbc news.

and you are watching bbc news. hello. it has been a mild start to the day and those mild conditions by day and night will continue for the rest of this week. today, this weather front across the north and the west producing some rain. if you look at the isobars they are quite tightly packed, so wherever you are it will be windy, strong, gusts of wind. the rain continues across the north west and we have more cloud in the west, thick enough here and therefore some patchy drizzle. we will see some holes develop in the cloud with sunny intervals and these are the strengths of the wind gusts. it gives you a rough idea, 50 to 60 miles an hour across the north west,

but inland we are looking at gusty winds. temperatures 13 to about 16 degrees. as we head to the evening and overnight, the band the persistent rain in scotland sinks further south. persistent rain in scotland sinks furthersouth. it persistent rain in scotland sinks further south. it moves across northern ireland before retreating northwards once again. for england and wales there will be a lot of cloud around, health, murky conditions and patchy drizzle in the west. but it is going to be an extremely mild night for the time of year with some of seeing overnight lows of 16 degrees. into friday we still have a weather front across the north and west. it slips a little bit further south. it is still going to be windy and the wind are still coming from the mild direction from the mid—atlantic, pooling the mother conditions and warm conditions for some across our shores. we start off on friday on a murky note, low cloud, patchy drizzle in the west, hill fog and rain sinking further south out of the outer hebrides and out of western parts of northern ireland.

temperatures, 13 to 17 degrees. still quite gusty winds. 0n temperatures, 13 to 17 degrees. still quite gusty winds. on saturday we start with low cloud, mist and fog and that will slowly lift and for many it will be a dry day. the weather front continues to edge northwards across scotland and eventually out of northern ireland. temperatures 11 to 18 degrees, so not as windy. 0n temperatures 11 to 18 degrees, so not as windy. on sunday it is similar in the sense we start with a murky note, low cloud and mist and fog. not as windy for most, a dry day and a weather front being kept at bay on the atlantic and these are the temperatures. 11 in the north to 16 in the south.

this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at 11... the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer the chief executive of high street chain next urges the government to let more foreign workers into the uk to help

ease labour shortages. president zelensky says ukraine is moving very carefully after russia announced its troops would... christmas ads return to tv, but some retailers are opting for more neutral campaigns due to the rising cost of living. the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer treatment has doubled in the past four years across england, scotland and northern ireland. bbc analysis of nhs data showed 67,000 patients waited longer than the target of 62 days for care, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. this report from dominic hughes. married for more than 50 years, wendy and tony had seen each other through thick and thin.

in september of last year, wendy's husband had a routine chest x—ray. it wasn't until november he was informed there was something abnormal and was eventually told it was terminal lung cancer in january. we assumed, obviously wrongly, that if we hadn't heard anything, everything must be all right. tony died at the end of february, but that long delay in diagnosis and treatment still torments wendy and her children. it seems that it was the big delay at the beginning between when tony had his x—ray and someone then raised concerns about what they saw on that x—ray — that was the thing? yes. and i'm not saying the end result wouldn't have been the same. it would, i know that. i think he perhaps might have had a little bit longer. would the chemo have done any good, if he'd had that sooner? i honestly don't know. it's not...

..something we're ever going to be able to answer. and we've got to live with that. and my children have got to live with that, which is even harder. a bbc analysis of nhs data from england, scotland and northern ireland shows a dramatic increase in cancer waiting times. the majority of patients are only meant to wait a maximum of 62 days from when they first see their gp to the start of treatment. in 2018, before the pandemic, there were nearly 32,000 people in england, scotland and northern ireland who waited longer than that target of 62 days. but this year that number has doubled to more than 67,000. similar data for wales isn't available, but long waits also appear to be on the rise. i know that all those in the nhs are working as hard as they possibly can to try and support patients. but what i'm concerned about is that it doesn't look like the targets are being met and the government are looking at changing the target, so i don't feel optimistic. what would really help would be

to have that workforce strategy, to have a clearer plan for how we're going to tackle the real pressures that there are in the system. the anxiety of waiting to discover whether you have cancer and then for treatment to begin is something charlotte knows all too well. she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, but had to wait months for her treatment to start. it was worrying and it was frustrating. there's more to the point because as much as i was phoning, i couldn't get seen any quicker than what they could give me an appointment. i mean, they are under a massive amount of stress. i totally understand that. if i hadn't have been persistent, i don't know what would happen. it doesn't bear thinking about really. the nhs in england says more patients are being diagnosed with cancer at an earlier stage than ever before. that really improves a patient�*s chances of a good outcome. in august of this year, more than a quarter of a million people were checked following an urgent gp

referral, the highest number on record. the system is under pressure and if it goes wrong, the impact can be devastating. at tony's old golf club, his family have planted a tree with his ashes. hiya, love. 0k today? yeah? still got some leaves left. they'll never know for sure if the delay in his diagnosis and treatment contributed to his death. but the worry is that many thousands more are living with the anxiety and uncertainty that comes with cancer. dominic hughes, bbc news. steven mcintosh, executive director of advocacy & communications at macmillan cancer support, says long waiting times are causing even more damage to patients. they're incredibly concerning. what mcmillan is hearing every day, we provide some advice and support for people who are waiting for a diagnosis or treatment or surgery and that is traumatic. if you're watching the days and hours tick by, hoping you can

get access to treatment as soon as possible, on top of all of the ways in which cancer can make your life fall apart, financially, yourjob, family, relationships, so it's causing massive anxiety for those people affected. it's really encouraging people are coming forward with cancer symptoms, and it is important if you have gota lump ora bump oran unexplained pain, get in touch with your gp and get into the system because the earlier we catch cancer, the easier it is to treat. but even though we're seeing people come forward, the nhs does not have the capacity to treat them fast enough and that is due to the chronic shortages in staffing which means we were not even meeting our waiting time target before the pandemic. jules fielder is a cancer patient who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer last year in november. the cancer has spread to her pelvis and spine. she explained how the delays have affected her treatment. so far, every scan i have it three months has put me at stable because i'm incurable. however, i'm facing the fact that now my ct scan was due

last week, i3 monthly scan, and i've got no idea when i'm going to receive that scan. i've just been told there is a backlog. my lifeline has been taken away from me and i only can talk on behalf of myself and many others in the cancer community who are going to be facing the same as what i am. we shouldn't be in this position where you are taking that lifeline away from a cancer patient. i've already been failed in the system by not being picked up during the covid pandemic, to now know that i don't know when i'm going to be told if i've got another three months to live. you can find out how your local hospital trust or health board is performing on cancer referrals from mid—morning on the bbc news website. some breaking news, england's cricketers are in the world cup t20 final after thrashing the favourites india in adelaide. they won by ten

wickets with four overs remaining. captain joss butler wickets with four overs remaining. captainjoss butler scored 80. they will now face pakistan in melbourne. it is now being described as possibly their best ever t20 performance. ijust possibly their best ever t20 performance. i just wanted possibly their best ever t20 performance. ijust wanted to read you the ten match special treat. "a ten wicket victory has seen england cruised into the world cup final." the foodbank charity, the trussell trust, says an extra 320,000 people have started using its services in the past six months. the trust has handed out 1.3 million emergency food parcels since april. jon ironmonger reports. that's fruit. that's fish. meat. do you get bored of getting served beans and spaghetti? no, you can never have enough beans and spaghetti. trisha and christina are sorting through the latest donations to the corby food bank. there are 10,000 kilos worth in the warehouse, but it's never quite enough. what's the main thing you need most of all? well, it's not a necessary. but we're always very

short of sweet extras. puddings, jellies, custards. lunchtime, and at this church across town dozens of parcels are ready to be collected. more families are using food banks in northamptonshire, and organisers of this one say friday, today, is always the busiest session, probably because there are no free school meals over the weekend. the expectation today is eight families of 3/4 and three and three families of 5+, one of which is a family of ten today. wow! and do you have a voucher numberfor me? oh, god, yes. lovely, thank you. mum of two, yana, is out of work, waiting to start her newjob in the care sector. some dog food. oh, that's nice. . sometimes i feel like, "oh, i've . done something wrong," you know? i can't pay my bills. but when you see the prices now in the shops, that is _

so crazy, aren't they? yeah, you shouldn't feel that way. i know. you're going to get through this little... i'm going to get through this. and i'm going to be strong. and thanks to the food bank for this really big help- at this, my difficult time. the number of parcels handed out by this food bank and others in northamptonshire has tripled since 2017. i don't even use my cooker. do you not? no. so what do you tend to do? like, how do you...? well, microwave. microwave. are you doing three meals a day, or...? 0ne. 0ne meal a day? 0ne meal a day. how many children have you got? four altogether. four children? yes. this woman's husband was signed off sick from work injune. do you worry about eating now, in particular? 0h, ido. when you don't put the heating on, you can feel her hands have been cold because she's crawling everywhere. but then when you put your heating on, you worry about how high is the bill going to be? the trussell trust says 320,000 people have started using their food banks in the past six months. i've always said, the happiest day of my life will be when they turn around and say, "donna, i don't need you any more."

i've been doing this for nine years and i shouldn't be having to do it. nobody should have to. as it is, the need for donations, and volunteers like donna, has scarcely been greater. jon ironmonger, bbc news. the chief executive of the high street chain next is urging the government to allow more foreign workers into the uk to deal with labour shortages. the conservative peer he was a prominent backer of brexit says the uk current immigration policy is a crippling growth. he has been speaking to our business editor, simonjack. we have got people queuing up to come to this country to pick crops that are rotting in fields, to work in warehouses that otherwise wouldn't be operable. and we're not letting them in. we have to take a different approach to economically productive migration. we have to control immigration, but we have to control it in such a way that benefits our economy rather than cripples it. you were a pro—brexit businessperson, perhaps in a slight

minority in that sense. you've got growth is down, taxes are rising, trade has fallen very significantly. was this the brexit you wanted? i think, in respect of immigration, it's definitely not the brexit that i wanted or indeed many people who voted brexit, but more importantly, the vast majority of the country. and we have to remember, we're all stuck in this brexit argument. we have to remember that what post—brexit britain looks like is not the preserve of those people who voted brexit. it's for all of us to decide. and when you look at the majority of people in britain, i think they have a very pragmatic view to immigration. yes, control it where it's damaging to the society, but let people in who can contribute. we're looking at an incredible squeeze, the worst squeeze on income since the 1950s. and it only looks like it's going to get worse as people have to refinance their mortgages. what do you think is the outlook? you've got some retail antenna, some of the best in the business. what do you see for next year? i think next year is going to be very tough. we're going to be in a recession. but i think there's a difference between recession and the end of the world.

it's going to be difficult, but it's not going to be impossible. and the interesting thing about a supply side recession is that the seeds of correction are automatically sown. so as demand drops and factories begin to empty, then prices begin to come down. and we're already seeing, beginning to see, factory prices for autumn/winter next year, spring/summer, the following year, beginning to come down in dollar terms. so we can already see the seeds of recovery in �*24, we just have to make sure that we get through next year in good shape. i think the one sort of silver lining to this recession is that we are in full employment and there are lots and lots of vacancies, too many vacancies. it's one of the things that's causing so much inflation. so whilst people will be squeezed, it's very unlikely that they won't be able to find work. and that's what makes this recession very different from, say, what we saw in the early �*90s and the �*80s. simon is with me. he said it wasn't

the brexit he wanted. why did he support brexit? what did he think it would be like? he support brexit? what did he think it would be like?— would be like? he thought the uk would be like? he thought the uk would be like? he thought the uk would be a _ would be like? he thought the uk would be a more _ would be like? he thought the uk would be a more open _ would be like? he thought the uk would be a more open trading - would be like? he thought the uk - would be a more open trading nation, and what he is saying is the version of brexit, because it wasn't very clearly defined what it was going to look like. he says the version we have ended up with is a constraint on the uk economy growing. we haven't got enough people, services that the economy needs. he also said to me that the government, and in fact the whole political establishment, has got to make up its mind, is deeply divided over what kind of brexit they want. is it fortress britain, a very strict control of borders, nor is it one where businesses can get access to these skills they need. he thought they were going to end up with the second one, and in fact we are much too close to the first. he also pointed out that the conservative party, and to some extent labour, art divided even within the cabinet. you have suella braverman, the home secretary, taking quite a hard line

on patrolling the borders, other people thinking we need to have a bit more flexibility to allow workers in. but one of the things just picking up on his last comment there, he said it is going to be very tough indeed in 2023, but he is buying raw materials, cotton etc, for a year or two out. he is saying that on those forward prices in the future, those prices are showing signs that they could come down. so there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and he says there is no reason why we shouldn't bounce back quite strongly in 202a. that reason why we shouldn't bounce back quite strongly in 2024.— quite strongly in 2024. that is a aood quite strongly in 2024. that is a good message _ quite strongly in 2024. that is a good message to _ quite strongly in 2024. that is a good message to hear. - quite strongly in 2024. that is a good message to hear. it - quite strongly in 2024. that is a good message to hear. it is - quite strongly in 2024. that is a i good message to hear. it is going quite strongly in 2024. that is a - good message to hear. it is going to be a re good message to hear. it is going to be a pretty dark _ good message to hear. it is going to be a pretty dark tunnel, _ good message to hear. it is going to be a pretty dark tunnel, but - good message to hear. it is going to be a pretty dark tunnel, but there i be a pretty dark tunnel, but there is some light. the squeeze is going to get very hard as we go through this year, some people's eligibility for energy bills, there is not going to be universalfor all. and as people begin to refinance their mortgages, they are going to the world of 2% mortgages to a world of 6% mortgages. if we can get through

2023, he says there is the reason we can't see bounce back in 24. in terms of the message he is delivering to the policy makers on immigration, he is a powerful voice. will they listen? the home office sent us a statement saying "we have delivered on our commitment to take back control of the borders." they point to the fact that there are some schemes for the health service to bring in workers where needed. there is also a limited number of visas for things like 30—40,000 seasonal crop pickers. but i know from the industry that they don't think that is enough. an interesting scheme, he suggests, is that if you want a foreign worker, you can bring them in and pay 10% of their salary to the government as a visa tax, if you like. and that would mean that i wouldn't do that because that would cost me more money unless i absolutely had to, and i would never employ someone from overseas if there was someone from the uk to do it because i would be paying a premium. but if i was desperate and having to turn away work, i would

pay that premium and that would give businesses the flexibility they need and a little bit of revenue to the government. i5 and a little bit of revenue to the government-— and a little bit of revenue to the government. is he saying that his business are _ government. is he saying that his business are so _ government. is he saying that his business are so desperate - government. is he saying that his business are so desperate for- government. is he saying that his l business are so desperate for those workers that he would be willing to do it? i workers that he would be willing to do it? ~' ., , , do it? i think he would be prepared to do it. retail— do it? i think he would be prepared to do it. retail staff, _ do it? i think he would be prepared to do it. retail staff, you _ do it? i think he would be prepared to do it. retail staff, you know, - do it? i think he would be prepared to do it. retail staff, you know, it i to do it. retail staff, you know, it is not the highest paying, a lot of people say that if they want more workers than pay higher wages. but i think also the footprint of most retail chains, including next, you see quite a bit, the huge migration to online which is less labour—intensive, apart from the warehouses. and another interesting comment, he said that actually the pace of migration from retail physical high street to online, that pace has slowed and actually he thinks that maybe we are getting into an equilibrium. he says he has too close far fewer next stores on the high street that he expected to at this stage. maybe some balance between physical and online. that has got to be good news for city

centres because you don't want more units being empty. centres because you don't want more units being empty-— units being empty. thank you. an u date on units being empty. thank you. an update on our _ units being empty. thank you. an update on our headlines - units being empty. thank you. an update on our headlines on - units being empty. thank you. an update on our headlines on bbc. units being empty. thank you. an - update on our headlines on bbc news. the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer treatment across england, scotland and northern ireland has doubled in the past four years. families say they wish their loved ones were seen by doctors earlier. the food bank charity, the trussell trust says an extra 320,000 people have started using its services in the past six months. the chief executive of high street chain next urges the government to let more foreign workers into the uk to help ease labour shortages. president zelensky says ukraine is moving "very carefully" following russia's announcement that it's withdrawing its troops from the southern city of kherson. russia's commander in ukraine says it is no longer possible to keep supplying troops there. for the last few weeks, ukrainian forces have been slowly advancing towards the city — keeping up the pressure on russian

forces. russian troops will now be consolidated to the east — on the other side of the dnipro riverfrom kherson. in a nightly address, president zelensky said ukraine is treading "carefully" following russia's retreat. this is what he said. translation: the enemy does not give us gifts, - does not make gestures of goodwill, we fight for it all. and when you fight, every step is always the resistance of the enemy, it is always the loss of lives, our heroes. therefore, we are moving very carefully, without emotions, without unnecessary risk in the interest of liberating all our land and so that the losses are as small as possible. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, camera journalist fred scott and producer kathy long sent this report from the front line. for days now, ukrainian soldiers on the kherson perimeter have been dismissing reports that the russians were going to pull back.

when we visited a mobile unit on the flatlands between kherson and mykolaiv, the closest ukrainian—controlled city, the soldiers said they wouldn't believe the russians were leaving until they could see them go. leaving kherson would be a devastating defeat for russia, it was their biggest single prize since they invaded in february. in moscow, general sergey surovikin, commander of russian forces in ukraine, made the announcement. he told a televised meeting of senior military leaders, including the defence minister, that russia could not properly supply its troops on the west bank of the river. translation: i understand this is a very difficult decision, - but at the same time we will preserve the lives of our service personnel, and in general the combat capability of the group of forces. ukraine's first response was to warn

against premature celebrations. this week, we've been talking to ukrainian soldiers and kherson residents to try to gauge the mood there. you can't drive into kherson from here because there's a front line in the way. and even if you could, the russians don't allow independent journalists to operate there. so we have to try to piece together what's happening in a city that is, to all intents and purposes, cut off from the outside world. a few video snapshots of life now in kherson have been posted. it's a city where russian roubles circulate alongside ukraine's currency, and the clocks now run on moscow time. the ukrainian soldiers we met at the front line facing kherson this week were very confident, not losing sleep over moscow's intentions. with or without the formal withdrawal announcement,

these men and their commander believe that their flexible, fast operations and continued nato support cannot be beaten. translation: step by step, we will reach victory. - we will not rush, losing people on our way. the russian troops are scared. they didn't expect so much resistance from our side. ukrainian soldiers will suspect russia's motives until they can drive into kherson. it might be some kind of disinformation strategy, or they believe the russians might be trying to sucker them into a trap. the fact remains, the hit—and—run war here on the front lines near kherson goes on. one question — a fighting retreat requires military skills russia has not demonstrated since the invasion.

will moscow try to negotiate safe passage out of kherson for its men? jeremy bowen, bbc news, mykolaiv. well, let me bring a bit more detail of more ukrainian advances that we arejust of more ukrainian advances that we are just hearing about. reuters saying ukrainian forces have advanced 4.3 miles in two directions in the south and have captured 12 new settlements in the last hours. quoting the you ukrainian army chief, "we cannot yet confirm or deny the information of the so—called withdrawal of russian troops from kherson, we continue to conduct the offensive operation in line with our plan" he has written on a post on telegram. my progress by the ukrainian forces, but underlying the tentative nature of what is going to be happening after the russian troops left kherson. they are unable yet to confirm or deny the information of a so—called

withdrawal. it's been announced that president putin will not attend the g20 summit next week in bali. foreign minister sergei lavrov is taking his place. there has been speculation that the russian leader is seeking to avoid potential confrontations with other world leaders, including presidentjoe biden — who has already said he intends to conduct a private meeting with china's xijinping while he is there. the sister of the british egyptian pro—democracy activist, alaa abd el fattah, who's been on hunger strike in a jail near cairo, says the family have been told he's been given medical intervention. the campaigner has escalated his hunger strike by refusing to drink water since the cop27 climate summit opened. mona seif said their mother had been told she was not allowed to stay outside the prison where she's been waiting for news. as we start to see christmas adverts appearing on our tv�*s,

many companies are taking a more muted approach this year because of the cost of living crisis. john lewis says its advert was less about buying things and more about kindness. but some retail experts warned scenes of huge festive buffets in other ads were still out of touch as families struggle with rising prices. joining me to discuss this is sophie lewis, who is chief strategy officer at m&c saatchi. what are they going for, then? we saw what are they going for, then? we sanohn lewis opting for something a little more low—key. saw john lewis opting for something a little more low-key.— a little more low-key. thanks for havinu a little more low-key. thanks for having me- _ a little more low-key. thanks for having me- it _ a little more low-key. thanks for having me. it is— a little more low-key. thanks for having me. it is a _ a little more low-key. thanks for having me. it is a very _ a little more low-key. thanks for having me. it is a very difficult i having me. it is a very difficult time to be advertising and to get the balance right, really. 0bviously things are incredibly difficult economically for people at the moment. i saw a headline in the metro today about the trestle trust and the food banks being in crisis.

finding that balance of course between being commercial organisations and thinking about making money, this is the time when lots of retail organisations make the largest share of their profits. it has to be balanced with helping people and really being sensitive to the difficulties and situations in which people find themselves. you are auoin which people find themselves. you are going to _ which people find themselves. you are going to hate this question, but if they want to send out a message that they are helping people, why spend money on ad campaigns at christmas?— christmas? well, i think it is a really interesting _ christmas? well, i think it is a really interesting question. i christmas? well, i think it is a really interesting question. of| really interesting question. of course there is the fact that advertising campaigns do consume significant budgets, but i think when you see something likejohn lewis, i personally think they have taken a very interesting and good approach to their christmas campaign. ithink approach to their christmas campaign. i think that is drawing

awareness and attention to situations in which people can help each other. and so, i think that is a good thing. and i would like honestly to have seen more of that this christmas, really. i5 honestly to have seen more of that this christmas, really. is it honestly to have seen more of that this christmas, really.— this christmas, really. is it the role of these _ this christmas, really. is it the role of these companies i this christmas, really. is it the role of these companies to i this christmas, really. is it the role of these companies to do | this christmas, really. is it the i role of these companies to do that, and are there other ways that they could actually provide signposting and support? if that is what they want to do. in the end, we are talking aboutjohn lewis, which is all publicity forjohn lewis. flit all publicity forjohn lewis. of course it all publicity forjohn lewis. oi course it is. and i all publicity forjohn lewis. iii course it is. and i think the option is there, of course, to withdraw all your advertising spend. but as i've said, these are commercial organisations and i think they obviously have to balance pressures they have around making money and shareholder value with genuinely helping people and communities. and i think that when you are directing that publicity and that attention to good causes, i think that can be a very valid approach. and obviously,

john lewis are going beyond advertising, they are also donating percentages of products they sell to the causes they are supporting, which i see as a positive thing. it is a marketer's dream the way that is a marketer�*s dream the way that the john lewis is a marketer�*s dream the way that thejohn lewis annual campaign has unfolded. people talk about it, they look forward to it, they share it on social media. it is quite an extraordinary phenomenon on. yeah, it is. i extraordinary phenomenon on. yeah, it is- l have — extraordinary phenomenon on. yeah, it is- l have to — extraordinary phenomenon on. yeah, it is. i have to admit _ extraordinary phenomenon on. yeah, it is. i have to admit to _ extraordinary phenomenon on. yeah, it is. i have to admit to being - extraordinary phenomenon on. yeah, it is. i have to admit to being not i it is. i have to admit to being not particularly a fan of the way that kind of hype sort of escalated and where it got to over the course of previous years. but i think, actually, they have been incredibly sensible this year, apart from tonally i think hitting exactly the right notes in the campaign that they have made. i think they have been much more mindful of the timing of their campaign. everybody else is out there already in the marketplace

doing the all singing, all dancing, all sparkling christmas ads. actually, i think they have been very sensible. they talk about how much research they have done and how many consultations they have done with both people and people from the charities they are supporting, i do think you can see that in the work and the campaign as it is played out. but i think the days of the real hype around john lewis is probably over, and i see that to be a good thing. probably over, and i see that to be a good thing-— probably over, and i see that to be a good thing. thank you very much for “oininu a good thing. thank you very much forjoining us- _ a good thing. thank you very much forjoining us. sophie _ a good thing. thank you very much forjoining us. sophie lewis. i a good thing. thank you very much forjoining us. sophie lewis. thank you. time for a look at the weather with carol. wild weather is going to continue for the rest of this week. we have also got a band of rain across the north west of scotland which is persistent and quite heavy. any drizzle will break, we will see

sunny spells develop in the east and gusty winds, the strongest in the north—west. top temperatures up to about 16 degrees. this evening and overnight, that rain crosses more of scotland and northern ireland before retreating northwards once again. it is going to be cloudy, windy, some patchy drizzle around, but very mild for the time of year. 0vernight lows for the time of year. 0vernight lows for some not falling away further than 16 degrees. tomorrow, this rain eventually slowly moves out of the outer hebrides, across a bit more of scotland and northern ireland. still a fair bit of cloud around, still quite windy with some sunshine coming through. highs of 17 or possibly 18. hello this is bbc news, i'mjoanna gosling. the headlines. the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer treatment across england, scotland and northern ireland has doubled in the past four years. families say they wish their loved ones were seen by doctors earlier. the food bank charity,

the trussell trust says an extra 320,000 people have started using its services in the past six months. the chief executive of high street chain next urges the government to let more foreign workers into the uk to help ease labour shortages. president zelensky says ukraine is moving �*very carefully�* after moscow announced its troops would withdraw from the key southern city of kherson. and christmas adverts return to tv, but some retailers are opting in cricket england have beaten india by ten wickets and with 24 balls to spare to reach the final of the t20 world cup. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good morning. england are through to the final of the t20 world cup, after an emphatic ten—wicket victory over india. some brilliant batting and a masterclass from alex hales and captainjos buttler saw england chased 169 without the loss of a wicket.

they romped home with a massive 24 balls to spare to set up a final against pakistan on sunday and seal one of england's greatest white—ball wins. southampton have named nathanjones as their new manager. he leaves championship side luton, to take over at southampton who are in the premier league relegation zone. jones says a lot of his family are saints fans and he knows a lot about the club. his first match in charge, will be at liverpool on saturday. speaking of managerial casualties, wigan athletic have sacked manager leam richardson following their recent poor run of form. richardson led them to the league one title last season and signed a new three year deal last month. but they've since lost six of their past seven games. assistant rob kelly has been placed in caretaker charge. the former england striker alan shearer says he's worried

about gareth southgate's defensive options for the world cup. his comments come ahead of the squad announcement this afternoon. shearer says he can't see england going all the way. we should have enough to get out of the group, we should win the group with the ability that we have in our squad. i don't see us going as far as we have done in the last two tournaments. as i said, i would be concerned about us defensively. so, if not as far, can i push you, where do you reckon they'll go to? i think, if we can, i would say may be a quarterfinal. england fans won't like this either. spurs boss antonio conte saying that harry kane, is "very, very tired" after he was substituted during last night's defeat to nottingham forest it's in the league cup. kane came off shortly after forest's opener in the second half put away by renan lodi, jesse lingard doubling the scoreline to give forest a comfortbale win. conte said he had waited until yetserday morning before deciding whether or not to start

kane in this match. manchester city are through to the fourth round pretty comfortably. riyad mahrez scoring a free—kick, in a 2—0 win at the etihad as the eight—time winners maintained their record of never losing in the third round under pep guardiola. i'm more than pleased, happy for all the performances of the players, the quality of them and, well, we conceded because they are so good. it doesn't matter what happens in the last result, they are a fantastic team and, yes, happy to be, yeah, happy to be in the next round. championship side blackburn rovers are also into the last after beating west ham. —— the last 16. .. 10—9 in an epic penalty shoot out at the london stadium. 19 penalties were scored before angelo 0gbonna hit the crossbar. the holders liverpool were given a scare by derby county of league one. it finished goalless after 90 minutes, but the reds scraped through on penalties

with harvey elliott scoring the decisive spot kick. celtic�*s seven—point lead in the scottish premiership nearly came under threat in a narrow win over motherwell. they looked to be heading comfortably to their eighth win in a row when daizen maeda scored celtic�*s second, but they had to hold on at the end, after the home side pulled a goal back. celtic stay seven comortably ahead of rangers, who bounced back from last weekend's defeat. malik tillman scoring the only goal of the match, as they beat hearts 1—0 at ibrox. midfielder ella toone will stay at manchester united women for the next three seasons. the club's all—time leading goal scorer has signed a new deal until the end of the 2025—26 season. she was part of the european champion lionesses side this summer — scoring the opening goal in the team's 2—1 victory over germany.

that is all your support for now. i would have more in the afternoon. let's get more now on the news that the foodbank charity, the trussell trust says an extra 320,000 people have started using its services in the past six months. the trust has handed out 1.3 million emergency food parcels since april. for more let's speak now to charlotte hill, chief executive at the felix project, a charity which delivers surplus food from supermarkets and restaurants to almost 1,000 front line charities across london. welcome and thank you forjoining us. what have you seen in terms of demand? ., ., , , , ., ., demand? unfortunately, this is not a surrise to demand? unfortunately, this is not a surprise to us — demand? unfortunately, this is not a surprise to us because _ demand? unfortunately, this is not a surprise to us because the _ demand? unfortunately, this is not a surprise to us because the demand i surprise to us because the demand for our food surprise to us because the demand for ourfood is going through surprise to us because the demand for our food is going through the roof. we thought we lived through a crisis in that covid pandemic but the demand for food now is significantly more than during the pandemic. 0urthousand significantly more than during the pandemic. 0ur thousand community partners, who work closely with trussell trust, but many of whom are

domestic violence refugees, homeless hostels, primary schools, we do breakfast and after school clubs, we are seeing across those thousand partners the demand for food significantly going up and also we have a long waiting list of hundreds of organisations also

are not able to feed their children. 0rfeed are not able to feed their children. 0r feed themselves that they can feed their children. we also hearing

increasingly that people are already making choices not to turn the oven is on so that, because they are nervous about the energy cost. and of those we surveyed, one in ten of them have less than £3 per to spend on food. if you think that is for breakfast, lunch and dinner that is £3 per day, we are seeing significant challenges for people in this cost of living crisis. you significant challenges for people in this cost of living crisis.— this cost of living crisis. you get our this cost of living crisis. you get your food _ this cost of living crisis. you get your food from _ this cost of living crisis. you get your food from restaurants i this cost of living crisis. you get your food from restaurants and | this cost of living crisis. you get i your food from restaurants and from supermarkets, surplus food. i'm just wondering whether we have seen any change in that because obviously, businesses are also struggling with increased costs and you would imagine they will be trying to cut back on the surplus that they have. yes, so we did 13 million meals of surplus food last year and are on track to many more this year. the surplus comes from all sorts of places, from the farm gate, supermarket, restaurants and some of it is seasonal so actually it isn't around all year and are gloss and seasonal produce while there are elements within supermarkets particularly were we might be seeing reduction, actually come across the

board we are finding there is a lot of surplus in our system and we know there is much more surplus out there that we can rescue. we are still finding the surplus of food by and large, whilst it looks of it may have changed, and access to ambient food, the trussell trust will be finding this is down. there is still surplus food out there in a system and absolute coming to the felix pot project is that we want rescue as much of that and that no food is wasted no longer goes hungry. what wasted no longer goes hungry. what ambient food? _ wasted no longer goes hungry. what ambient food? tinned _ wasted no longer goes hungry. what ambient food? tinned goods - wasted no longer goes hungry. what ambient food? tinned goods and i ambient food? tinned goods and thins ambient food? tinned goods and thin . s that ambient food? tinned goods and things that have _ ambient food? tinned goods and things that have a _ ambient food? tinned goods and things that have a longer - ambient food? tinned goods and things that have a longer shelf i things that have a longer shelf life. . ~' things that have a longer shelf life. ., ~ i. things that have a longer shelf life. ., ~ ,, y things that have a longer shelf life. ., ~ i. , . things that have a longer shelf life. . ~' ,, y . ., life. thank you very much indeed for “oininu us. rishi sunak will meet scottish, irish and welsh leaders today at the british irish council. he's the first prime minister in 15 years to attend the meeting. there are two things that will matter to rishi sunak when he turns up matter to rishi sunak when he turns up at the british irish council and one is the northern ireland protocol. those talks with the irish

taoiseach about how to try and find a solution with the protocol that would get stormont back up and running and get the du p on board and unblock some of the blockages that have been there for so long. the mood music on that is sounding a bit better. the northern ireland secretary has this morning said he is a glass half—full kind of person and that there is a lot of expectation from the negotiations between brussels and london. i have to say, looking at the specifics, it's not clear where that logjam is going to be unblocked. it not totally clear if enough has changed totally clear if enough has changed to allow the new deal, so the optics that will matter with that caveat that will matter with that caveat that it doesn't necessarily mean a solution. and secondly, as you mentioned, there is the discussions with nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister, and mark dreyfus of wales and that matters in terms of

optics as well because it's a very public show that rishi sunak wants to do things differently from liz truss who didn't speak to me sturgeon or mr drake third at all in her period in downing street. i think mr sunak wants to give the impression that he is trying to come up impression that he is trying to come up with a collegiate approach to some of the challenges in the economy and various other things. he wants to give the impression in his words that we are all working together. however, again, although the optics do matter, i'd like to put that caveat on the table but that does not necessarily mean agreement either because i think there is a pretty big row coming with the scottish and welsh governments when it comes to the autumn statement and the fact that there is going to be a big fiscal squeeze and there will be a lot of budget which see cuts over the next few years. i think there will be some pretty tense discussions with scotland and wales and that.

there are instances of misogyny bullying and sexual harassment. the bbc has been speaking to one such whistle—blower who was former member of the royal navy who said she was raped on a ship. catherine, not her real name was speaking to radio four�*s winners are a bitter angered that servicewomen are still being abused. emma barnett is with me. welcome. what you think? she felt compelled because it these other women to speak for the very first time and she had never spoken to her nearest and dearest are never mine anyone else about what happened to her on a ship. i cannot give any details because we are protecting her right to be anonymous or her name but she was subjected to a series of sssttt sexual harassment and assaults on the one she spoke

about today in particular is that she was raped on a ship and that's what she said by a colleague by a fellow sailor and that when she did talk to a more senior person about this that they suggested, not using the word abortion, but they suggested some time off so she could get it seen to that there were services... and she was made to feel ashamed for being a single woman who had found herself raped and then found herself pregnant and that is what was suggested. she hasn't spoken about this before but she feels extremely concerned about how these things are reported and also these things are reported and also the fact that she didn't report it herself is, i know we will hear a clip of this in a moment, it's because she tried to report something as previously and have been told her career would suffer. there are some of the intrinsic issues around this but you will hear in this clip a bit more. what you

said about being raped. did you report that are able to say anything to anyone? i report that are able to say anything to an one? �* ,., ., to anyone? i didn't report it and there was _ to anyone? i didn't report it and there was an — to anyone? i didn't report it and there was an element _ to anyone? i didn't report it and there was an element of - to anyone? i didn't report it and there was an element of am i i to anyone? i didn't report it and i there was an element of am i going to be— there was an element of am i going to be accused again of causing trouble — to be accused again of causing trouble like i had them previously if i reported something? and also, my life _ if i reported something? and also, my life is _ if i reported something? and also, my life is moving on. i was having to leave _ my life is moving on. i was having to leave one — my life is moving on. i was having to leave one play and go to another because _ to leave one play and go to another because i_ to leave one play and go to another because i was going to have a baby and when _ because i was going to have a baby and when i — because i was going to have a baby and when i got to the next place where _ and when i got to the next place where i— and when i got to the next place where i was going to spend my maternity, i was actually told by a very senior— maternity, i was actually told by a very senior officer that i was bringing _ very senior officer that i was bringing shame on the navy because i was a _ bringing shame on the navy because i was a single _ bringing shame on the navy because i was a single female that had become pregnant— was a single female that had become pregnant at sea, but if i was his daughter— pregnant at sea, but if i was his daughter he would be very ashamed of me and _ daughter he would be very ashamed of me and he _ daughter he would be very ashamed of me and he actually... i laugh because _ me and he actually... i laugh because i_ me and he actually... i laugh because i cannot believe he even said it _ because i cannot believe he even said it he — because i cannot believe he even said it. he actually gave me a few extra _ said it. he actually gave me a few extra days — said it. he actually gave me a few extra days off, free leave, to go home _ extra days off, free leave, to go home and — extra days off, free leave, to go home and contemplate my future and

told me _ home and contemplate my future and told me in_ home and contemplate my future and told me in no uncertain terms and appointment could be arranged for me next week_ appointment could be arranged for me next week and i could go back to the ship a _ next week and i could go back to the ship a few— next week and i could go back to the ship a few days later with no questions asked. not once did anyone say to— questions asked. not once did anyone say to me _ questions asked. not once did anyone say to me are you 0k? it was all a question— say to me are you 0k? it was all a question of— say to me are you 0k? it was all a question of all, my gosh, look what you have _ question of all, my gosh, look what you have done, this is a shame that you're _ you have done, this is a shame that you're bringing on. it's not land that— you're bringing on. it's not land that women have been at sea, women have for— that women have been at sea, women have for for— that women have been at sea, women have for for this position and you have _ have for for this position and you have created another issue. so who do you _ have created another issue. so who do you go _ have created another issue. so who do you go to — have created another issue. so who do you go to when you're in that situation? — do you go to when you're in that situation? so, no, ididn't report it. situation? so, no, i didn't report it. ., , . ., situation? so, no, i didn't report it. .,, . ., situation? so, no, i didn't report it. to be clear, you had an abortion su: nested it. to be clear, you had an abortion suggested to _ it. to be clear, you had an abortion suggested to you? _ it. to be clear, you had an abortion suggested to you? yes. _ it. to be clear, you had an abortion suggested to you? yes. by - it. to be clear, you had an abortion suggested to you? yes. by a i it. to be clear, you had an abortion| suggested to you? yes. by a senior member of the navy? iie suggested to you? yes. by a senior member of the navy?— suggested to you? yes. by a senior member of the navy? he didn't use the word abortion _ member of the navy? he didn't use the word abortion but _ member of the navy? he didn't use the word abortion but he _ member of the navy? he didn't use the word abortion but he did - member of the navy? he didn't use the word abortion but he did tell i member of the navy? he didn't use| the word abortion but he did tell me than an— the word abortion but he did tell me than an appointment could be made for me _ than an appointment could be made for me the _ than an appointment could be made for me the following week and i could _ for me the following week and i could be — for me the following week and i could be back on the ship a few days later _ could be back on the ship a few days later. �* ., , , could be back on the ship a few days later. ~ ., , , ., ., could be back on the ship a few days later. �* ., , , ., ., , later. again, because i want to be clear, later. again, because i want to be clear. had — later. again, because i want to be clear. had you _ later. again, because i want to be clear, had you become _

later. again, because i want to be clear, had you become pregnant i clear, had you become pregnant through the assault? through the right? through the assault? through the riuht? , it's through the assault? through the right? yes. it's extraordinary to listen to- _ right? yes. it's extraordinary to listen to. she _ right? yes. it's extraordinary to listen to. she went _ right? yes. it's extraordinary to listen to. she went on - right? yes. it's extraordinary to listen to. she went on to have a child. ,, , ,. , , child. she did, she describes her bab as a child. she did, she describes her baby as a bundle _ child. she did, she describes her baby as a bundle of— child. she did, she describes her baby as a bundle ofjoy - child. she did, she describes her baby as a bundle ofjoy and i child. she did, she describes her baby as a bundle ofjoy and she i baby as a bundle ofjoy and she tried to rebuild her life and carry on. she also described her time, which is important to say, is something she is very proud of and i'm aware we are talking on the eve of armistice day and we're thinking about the service that the armed forces give to us, but she has remained silent about this and she is concerned about still the culture and also how it is to be a woman in the royal navy with these other reports and that's why she wanted to talk. ben wallace, the defence secretary, gave a statement to us this morning and he said that things are changing, he is told by women in the navy and across the armed forces that things are changing. there are also making specific changes to how you report such things within the

navy, within and across the armed forces so that you wouldn't have to go to your senior to make such a report. those changes are about to come in. there are still concerns and we see many anonymous messages this morning on women's hour about the culture and about how women are made to feel that is present in the armed forces now. we also received messages from women who hadn't had any of these experiences anything that'll suffer say at the moment, but it's an incredibly striking and one of the most memorable testimonies i've ever heard. thank ou. nearly half of people in britain are experiencing challenges to their mental health once a week or more, according to new research by g0 outdoors and mental health charity mind. they've started a new initiative to encourage people struggling to spend time outdoors and with nature. one of the people supporting this campaign is david seaman, who is a former england goalkeeper.

hejoins me now. thank you very much forjoining us. you have spoken openly about your struggles with mental health. have you found that being outdoors has made a difference?— you found that being outdoors has made a difference? yes, it's made a massive difference. _ made a difference? yes, it's made a massive difference. i _ made a difference? yes, it's made a massive difference. i haven't - massive difference. i haven't struggled that much of an monster getting outdoors does help, it does take your mind away from a lot of things and it's going to that happy place and a through fishing and this is why i got involved in this campaign. it's finding that somewhere nice and somewhere where you enjoy yourself and that's what we're seeing go outdoors because there is a lot to see and do out there is a lot to see and do out there that really helpful for your mind. �* .., . there that really helpful for your mind. �* , �* mind. because when you're mine clears and _ mind. because when you're mine clears and whatever _ mind. because when you're mine clears and whatever might i mind. because when you're mine clears and whatever might be i mind. because when you're mine i clears and whatever might be going around in circles just drift away. yes, exactly, and like i say minus fishing and cycling as well. i love

to get out on my bike and i normally go out on my own and just forget about most of the stuff that worries you and just try and clear your mind. but also, with the mind campaign that is raising awareness and telling people that there is someone there for them. the hardest thing ifeel someone there for them. the hardest thing i feel is to ask someone else for advice because you almost omitting a weakness but for me, the awareness that there is people out there and other people other there that are suffering, when there is a place for them to go and that is what mind is all about. [30 place for them to go and that is what mind is all about.- place for them to go and that is what mind is all about. do you think is particularly _ what mind is all about. do you think is particularly difficult _ what mind is all about. do you think is particularly difficult for _ what mind is all about. do you think is particularly difficult for men i what mind is all about. do you think is particularly difficult for men to i is particularly difficult for men to speak up? is particularly difficult for men to seak u - ? . is particularly difficult for men to seak u - ? , ., is particularly difficult for men to s--eaku? , ., is particularly difficult for men to s--eaku? . ., speak up? yes, i would say so because there's _ speak up? yes, i would say so because there's this _ speak up? yes, i would say so because there's this big i because there's this big natural thing. whatever or whether it's mental health or mental illness, men find a really hard to talk and the more people raising awareness about is going to be. even if it'sjust one person then it makes it all

worthwhile. like you said, men can be a little bit stubborn and withdrawn but, trust me, it does work. even being a goalkeeper, i had to be mentally strong in doing what i did, buti to be mentally strong in doing what i did, but i still found time and asked a great coach bob wilson for advice and he was brilliant for me but that was someone who could go to ask. notjust of i played well, especially if i made a mistake or how do i get back from this and what we need to do? and bob was brilliant at that. . . ~ we need to do? and bob was brilliant at that. , ., ,, ., at that. this talk about football. and world _ at that. this talk about football. and world cup _ at that. this talk about football. and world cup squad _ at that. this talk about football. and world cup squad will i at that. this talk about football. and world cup squad will be i and world cup squad will be announced today.— and world cup squad will be announced today. what are your false? well, _ announced today. what are your false? well, i'm _ announced today. what are your false? well, i'm glad _ announced today. what are your false? well, i'm glad i'm - announced today. what are your false? well, i'm glad i'm not. announced today. what are your- false? well, i'm glad i'm not gareth southgate, if i'm honest. i have written a list down and i have 32 players. and he is to get back to 26. it's really tough but the overriding thing that i look at is the amount of quality that he has to choose from and that is really encouraging. there are a few players

coming back from injury, there are probably as out with injury, but it still looks really strong squad. even my 33 that i have written down an ipad. d0 even my 33 that i have written down an ipad. ~' even my 33 that i have written down an ipad. ~ , ., an ipad. do think they can go the wa ? an ipad. do think they can go the way? they _ an ipad. do think they can go the way? they have _ an ipad. do think they can go the way? they have a _ an ipad. do think they can go the way? they have a really - an ipad. do think they can go the way? they have a really good i an ipad. do think they can go the i way? they have a really good chance and i know form _ way? they have a really good chance and i know form hasn't _ way? they have a really good chance and i know form hasn't been - way? they have a really good chance and i know form hasn't been great i way? they have a really good chance| and i know form hasn't been great up to the tournament but germany and brazil, they were always like that, they were never brilliant in qualifying but they always got the tournament and experience that the squad has got, they go to the semifinal in russia and the work up and just had a final in the europeans, we have had the lionesses showing how it's done, so it's all building confidence. hopefully that's going but is in good stead for the tournament and a spot turning up for the tournament. and then playing well in the tournament. the pressure is massive, no doubt about it, to work up. it's a different work because it half way through our season so we have in that excuse of being tired after a full premiership term, so for me

everything is pointing to a really good work up for england. let’s everything is pointing to a really good work up for england. let's hope and thank you — good work up for england. let's hope and thank you very _ good work up for england. let's hope and thank you very much _ good work up for england. let's hope and thank you very much for - good work up for england. let's hope and thank you very much forjoining l and thank you very much forjoining us, david seaman. just ten days until the qatar world cup begins — gareth southgate will name his final 26—man england squad this afternoon. wales named their squad yesterday — their first world cup in 64 years. 1.5 million fans from across the world are expected to visit qatar to watch the finals, but the gulf state has been widely criticised for its ban on same—sex relationships and its treatment of migrant workers. with me is wales fan ryan march is from the magazine and podcast alternative wales. he will be in qatar for as long as wales stays in and natasha mcmanus, who is an england fan and a member of three lions pride, an lgbt supporter�*s association. welcome both of you and thank you forjoining us. ryan, i mentioned you are going to be there. stare forjoining us. ryan, i mentioned you are going to be there. are you feelin: you are going to be there. are you feeling about _ you are going to be there. are you feeling about going _ you are going to be there. are you feeling about going out? - you are going to be there. are you feeling about going out? excited, | you are going to be there. are you| feeling about going out? excited, a bit daunting at the moment, not

really sure what to expect from it. very excited for the football aspect, of course, great to see wells in our first workup aspect, of course, great to see wells in ourfirst workup in my lifetime and most other people's lifetime and most other people's lifetime so that's exciting. 0bviously lifetime so that's exciting. obviously there is the element of the off field issues which, there is a shadow over the tournament because of that so we will see how it goes but from a football perspective, very excited. but from a football perspective, very excited-— but from a football perspective, ve excited. ., ., . very excited. natasha, you decided not to no very excited. natasha, you decided not to go because _ very excited. natasha, you decided not to go because of _ very excited. natasha, you decided not to go because of the _ very excited. natasha, you decided | not to go because of the controversy around was being held, have you? yes, i decided not to travel, unfortunately, i would have loved to id unfortunately, i would have loved to go but _ unfortunately, i would have loved to go but because of being female and also being _ go but because of being female and also being pansexual, i am not really— also being pansexual, i am not really accepted in their country and i really accepted in their country and l face _ really accepted in their country and i face either being arrested, abused, _ i face either being arrested, abused, tacked on in there and i can put my— abused, tacked on in there and i can put my friends and family through that pain — put my friends and family through that ain. ., ., ,, put my friends and family through that ain. ., ., ., put my friends and family through that ain. ., ., i. ., ., that pain. how do you feel about not bein: able that pain. how do you feel about not being able to — that pain. how do you feel about not being able to go _ that pain. how do you feel about not being able to go because _ that pain. how do you feel about not

being able to go because of- that pain. how do you feel about not being able to go because of these i being able to go because of these situations? . . being able to go because of these situations? , , , .., , ., being able to go because of these situations? , , , , ., ., situations? upset, because i want to follow the team, _ situations? upset, because i want to follow the team, support _ situations? upset, because i want to follow the team, support them i situations? upset, because i want to follow the team, support them there in person _ follow the team, support them there in person. unfortunately, i can't do that in person. unfortunately, ican't do that so— in person. unfortunately, i can't do that so l'm — in person. unfortunately, i can't do that so i'm just going to cheer them on from _ that so i'm just going to cheer them on from home instead. your decision, r an, to on from home instead. your decision, ryan. to go — on from home instead. your decision, ryan. to go and _ on from home instead. your decision, ryan. to go and you — on from home instead. your decision, ryan, to go and you said _ on from home instead. your decision, ryan, to go and you said you - on from home instead. your decision, ryan, to go and you said you have i on from home instead. your decision, ryan, to go and you said you have to| ryan, to go and you said you have to see wells play the world cup, but in terms of the ethics surrounded and what people are saying to you, one of those conversations been like and how you feeling about whether it will impact on anything that when you are out there? it will impact on anything that when you are out there?— you are out there? it was a difficult one _ you are out there? it was a difficult one to _ you are out there? it was a difficult one to try - you are out there? it was a difficult one to try get i you are out there? it was a difficult one to try get my i you are out there? it was a - difficult one to try get my head around. i don't think necessarily travelling to a country means i endorse the values and ethics of the country. i totally respect people who aren't going and i completely understand that and all power to them for deciding against it. obviously, it's easier as england fan, i would side to decide not to

go because obviously the likelihood is that they're going to qualify for many worktops, but i may never see wells in another workup. i think it's unfair that the powers that be such as fisa, i don't think it's fair that the fans have to take the burden whether they decide to go or not that mcafee fat... i i think the fans have a role to play in this and we are open about what's going on and don't celebrate qatar to highly because that essentially is what is sports washing is and they have that win so as long as somebody like me i have a small magazine and podcast but is a platform and we speak about those things regularly and we will highlight those issues and i am in a privileged place where i can feel fairly safe going out to qatar, so i will go and i will carry on the conversation when i'm back. and,

yes, just to make sure those issues are not forgotten because once the tournament starts on the football starts it is easy to forget those issues. . . , . starts it is easy to forget those issues. . ., , ~ starts it is easy to forget those issues. . . , ~ issues. natasha, gary lineker said about going _ issues. natasha, gary lineker said about going out — issues. natasha, gary lineker said about going out isn't _ issues. natasha, gary lineker said about going out isn't about - about going out isn't about endorsing, but it's important to report. how important think that is? ifeel like report. how important think that is? i feel like people who are going out there _ i feel like people who are going out there shouldn't feel bad, or failure endorsing — there shouldn't feel bad, or failure endorsing the tournament country, but in _ endorsing the tournament country, but in reality, those undergoing out there _ but in reality, those undergoing out there need — but in reality, those undergoing out there need to stand up against it. i know_ there need to stand up against it. i know the _ there need to stand up against it. i know the english fa and hurricane are going — know the english fa and hurricane are going to wear the rainbow armband _ are going to wear the rainbow armband while they're out to show their support, even it requires that they get— their support, even it requires that they get fined for doing so, but they— they get fined for doing so, but theyiust — they get fined for doing so, but theyjust want to show solidarity with lgbt community, with human rights _ with lgbt community, with human rights and — with lgbt community, with human rights and basically saying that they don't support qatar hosting the world _

they don't support qatar hosting the world cup— they don't support qatar hosting the world cup but they will make a stand against _ world cup but they will make a stand against them. world cup but they will make a stand against them-— against them. thank you very much, natasha and — against them. thank you very much, natasha and ryan. _ against them. thank you very much, natasha and ryan. thank— against them. thank you very much, natasha and ryan. thank you. - against them. thank you very much, natasha and ryan. thank you. time| natasha and ryan. thank you. time for the weather with carol. hello again. it's been a mild start to the day today and those mild conditions by day and by night are going to continue for the rest of this week. quite a lot of cloud around today in the west and feckin of the patchy drizzle but it will break and we will see sunny spells develop, especially in the east and we have gusty winds and the strongest will be in the north with top temperatures up to about 16 degrees. this evening and overnight rain crosses more of scotland and northern ireland before retreating northwards once again and it will be cloudy and still windy and will be patchy drizzle around but it's going to be very mild for the time of year. overnight lows for some not falling away lower than 16 degrees. tomorrow the rain eventually slowly moves out of the outer hebrides and across more of scotland and northern ireland. a fair bit of cloud around

and still quite windy with some sunshine coming through and highs of 17 or possibly 18.

this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at 12... the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer treatment across england, scotland and northern ireland has doubled in the past four years. families say they wish their loved ones were seen by doctors earlier. would the chemo have done any good if he'd had that sooner? i honestly don't know. it's not something we are ever going to be able to answer and we've got to live with that. the food bank charity, the trussell trust, says an extra 320,000 people have started using its services in the past six months. the chief executive of high street

chain next urges the government to let more foreign workers into the uk to help ease labour shortages. president zelensky says ukraine is moving very after russia announced its troops would withdrawal from withdrawalfrom kherson. christmas ads return to tv, but some retailers are opting for more downbeat campaigns due to the rising cost of living. the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer treatment has doubled in the past four years across england, scotland and northern ireland. bbc analysis of nhs data showed 67,000 patients waited longer than the target of 62 days for care, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

this report from dominic hughes. married for more than 50 years, wendy and tony had seen each other through thick and thin. in september of last year, wendy's husband had a routine chest x—ray. it wasn't until november he was informed there was something abnormal and was eventually told it was terminal lung cancer in january. we assumed, obviously wrongly, that if we hadn't heard anything, everything must be all right. tony died at the end of february, but that long delay in diagnosis and treatment still torments wendy and her children. it seems that it was the big delay at the beginning between when tony had his x—ray and someone then raised concerns about what they saw on that x—ray — that was the thing? yes. and i'm not saying the end result wouldn't have been the same. it would, i know that. i think he perhaps might have had a little bit longer. would the chemo have done any good,

if he'd had that sooner? i honestly don't know. it's not... ..something we're ever going to be able to answer. and we've got to live with that. and my children have got to live with that, which is even harder. a bbc analysis of nhs data from england, scotland and northern ireland shows a dramatic increase in cancer waiting times. the majority of patients are only meant to wait a maximum of 62 days from when they first see their gp to the start of treatment. in 2018, before the pandemic, there were nearly 32,000 people in england, scotland and northern ireland who waited longer than that target of 62 days. but this year, that number has doubled to more than 67,000. similar data for wales isn't available, but long waits also appear to be on the rise. i know that all those in the nhs are working as hard as they possibly can to try and support patients. but what i'm concerned

about is that it doesn't look like the targets are being met and the government are looking at changing the targets, so i don't feel optimistic. what would really help would be to have that workforce strategy, to have a clearer plan for how we're going to tackle the real pressures that there are in the system. the anxiety of waiting to discover whether you have cancer and then for treatment to begin is something charlotte knows all too well. she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, but had to wait months for her treatment to start. it was worrying and it was frustrating. there's more to the point because as much as i was phoning, i couldn't get seen any quicker than what they could give me an appointment. i mean, they are under a massive amount of stress. i totally understand that. if i hadn't have been persistent, i don't know what would happen. it doesn't bear thinking about really. the nhs in england says more patients are being diagnosed with cancer at an earlier stage

than ever before. that really improves a patient�*s chances of a good outcome. in august of this year, more than a quarter of a million people were checked following an urgent gp referral, the highest number on record. the system is under pressure and if it goes wrong, the impact can be devastating. at tony's old golf club, his family have planted a tree with his ashes. hiya, love. ok today? yeah? still got some leaves left. they'll never know for sure if the delay in his diagnosis and treatment contributed to his death. but the worry is that many thousands more are living with the anxiety and uncertainty that comes with cancer. dominic hughes, bbc news. steven mcintosh, executive director of advocacy & communications at macmillan cancer support, says long waiting times are causing even more damage to patients. they're incredibly concerning. but mcmillan is hearing every day,

we provide some advice and support for people who are waiting for a diagnosis or treatment or surgery and that is traumatic. if you're watching the days and hours tick by, hoping you can get access to treatment as soon as possible, on top of all of the ways in which cancer can make your life fall apart — financially, yourjob, family, relationships, so it's causing massive anxiety for those people affected. it's really encouraging people are coming forward with cancer symptoms, and it's so important if you have gota lump ora bump oran unexplained pain, get in touch with your gp and get into the system because the earlier we catch cancer, the easier it is to treat. but even though we're seeing people come forward, the nhs does not have the capacity to treat them fast enough and that's due to the chronic shortages in staffing which means we were not even meeting our waiting time target before the pandemic. jules fielder is a cancer patient who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer last year in november. the cancer has spread to her pelvis and spine. she explained how the delays have

affected her treatment. so far, every scan i have at three months has put me at stable because i'm incurable. however, i'm facing the fact that now my ct scan was due last week, my three—monthly scan, and i've got no idea when i'm going to receive that scan. i've just been informed there's a backlog. my lifeline has been taken away from me, and i only can talk on behalf of myself and many others in the cancer community who are going to be facing the same as what i am. we shouldn't be in this position, where you are taking that lifeline away from a cancer patient. i've already been failed in the system by not being picked up during the covid pandemic — to now know that i don't know when i'm going to be told if i've got another three months to live. you can find out how your local

hospital trust or health board is performing on cancer referrals on the bbc news website. the chief executive of the high street chain next is urging the government to allow more foreign workers into the uk to deal with labour shortages. lord wolfson, the conservative peer who was a prominent backer of brexit, said the uk's current immigration policy was crippling growth. he's been speaking to our business editor, simonjack. we've got people queuing up to come to this country to pick crops that are rotting in fields, to work in warehouses that otherwise wouldn't be operable. and we're not letting them in. we have to take a different approach to economically productive migration. we have to control immigration, but we have to control it in such a way that benefits our economy rather than cripples it. you were a pro—brexit businessperson — perhaps in a slight minority in that sense. you've got growth down, taxes are rising, trade has fallen very significantly. was this the brexit you wanted? i think, in respect of immigration, it's definitely not the brexit that i wanted or indeed many people who voted brexit, but more importantly, the vast majority of the country. and we have to remember, we're all stuck in this brexit argument. we have to remember that

what post—brexit britain looks like is not the preserve of those people who voted brexit. it's for all of us to decide. and when you look at the majority of people in britain, i think they have a very pragmatic view to immigration. yes, control it where it's damaging to society, but let people in who can contribute. we're looking at an incredible squeeze, the worst squeeze on income since the 19505. and it only looks like it's going to get worse as people have to refinance their mortgages. what do you think is the outlook? you've got some retail antenna — some of the best in the business. what do you see for next year? i think next year's going to be very tough. we're going to be in a recession. but i think there's a difference between recession and the end of the world. it's going to be difficult, but it's not going to be impossible. and the interesting thing about a supply side recession is that the seeds of correction are automatically sown. so as demand drops and factories begin to empty, then prices begin to come down. and we're already seeing, beginning to see, factory prices

for autumn/winter next year, spring/summer the following year, beginning to come down in dollar terms. so we can already see the seeds of recovery in �*24, we just have to make sure that we get through next year in good shape. i think the one sort of silver lining to this recession is that we are in full employment and there are lots and lots of vacancies — too many vacancies. it's one of the things that's causing so much inflation. so whilst people will be squeezed, it's very unlikely that they won't be able to find work. and that's what makes this recession very different from, say, what we saw in the early �*905 and the �*80s. lord wolfson. let's speak more about this now with professor of economics at kings college london, jonathan portes. what is your reaction to lord wolfson's comments?- what is your reaction to lord wolfson's comments? well, i find it a bit odd that _ wolfson's comments? well, i find it a bit odd that a — wolfson's comments? well, i find it a bit odd that a prominent - wolfson's comments? well, i find it a bit odd that a prominent brexit . a bit odd that a prominent brexit supporters should be complaining about the one key aspect of what brexit was supposed to deliver, which it actually has delivered.

brexit clearly has done some economic damage to the uk, predicted to our trade, but on immigration in the new system that we have is actually broadly the system that we were promised. free movement has ended, we have a system which is now more open to workers from the rest of the world and more open to workers coming to work in the nhs thanit workers coming to work in the nhs than it was pre—brexit. less open to workers coming to work in the industry that lord wilson is concerned with. that was precisely why ending free movement was supposed to do. so this is the brexit that we were promised and, yes, it is going to cut some transitional difficulties for those particular sectors. but it is rather odd to complain about that when that is what the new system was designed to achieve. ~ , ., ,._

to achieve. when you say it will cause transitional _ to achieve. when you say it will cause transitional difficulties, l cause transitional difficulties, what do you mean in terms of the transition period that you are thinking about? and how does it resolve without more immigration? the hard answer is that the people who argued for brexit made the point that some sectors had benefited a lot from the free movement of flexible and relatively low—cost labour, and that had resulted in those industries expanding. for example, we grow a lot more asparagus and strawberries than we did ten or 15 years ago. and that those sectors would have to do just, and that will take... it's hard to tail, but a and that will take... it's hard to tail, buta number of and that will take... it's hard to tail, but a number of years. and that will take... it's hard to tail, buta number of years. some and that will take... it's hard to tail, but a number of years. some of those sectors may have to shrink as a consequence. but again, that is not a bug. that is a feature of the new system. it was designed to put

pressure on those sectors to adjust, and sometimes that adjustment may be painful and it may be that we have to pay more for some of those products. lord wolfson is right that thatis products. lord wolfson is right that that is one of the contributors to inflation. some of us economists did warn that that was a likely consequence, but it is what the new system was designed to achieve. and i think it would be rather odd, as i said, to change now one of the few aspects of the post—brexit system, post—brexit economy that is actually delivering more or less what we were promised by those who argued for brexit, like lord wolfson. fits promised by those who argued for brexit, like lord wolfson.- promised by those who argued for brexit, like lord wolfson. as far as ou are brexit, like lord wolfson. as far as you are concerned, _ brexit, like lord wolfson. as far as you are concerned, it _ brexit, like lord wolfson. as far as you are concerned, it is _ brexit, like lord wolfson. as far as you are concerned, it is working i brexit, like lord wolfson. as far as you are concerned, it is working as| you are concerned, it is working as it should have done and you don't think anything should be changed? well, there is a good case for making the system more flexible, reducing the bureaucracy, improving the way the home office processes visas, reducing some of the

exorbitant charges that are made for some workers to come here, particularly for people planning to stay here for a long time.- particularly for people planning to stay here for a long time. thank you ve much stay here for a long time. thank you very much indeed _ stay here for a long time. thank you very much indeed for— stay here for a long time. thank you very much indeed forjoining - stay here for a long time. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. - stay here for a long time. thank you j very much indeed forjoining us. you are watching bbc news. i rudely interrupted you mid—flow because we had to say goodbye to viewers on bbc two, but you were just going through a list there. i two, but you were 'ust going through a list there. ~ ., two, but you were 'ust going through a list there. ~' ., ., a list there. i think there are a lot of things — a list there. i think there are a lot of things that _ a list there. i think there are a lot of things that could - a list there. i think there are a lot of things that could be - a list there. i think there are a l lot of things that could be done a list there. i think there are a - lot of things that could be done to make the system work better, but it seems rather odd. we have had under two years of a new system. it is working reasonably well and it is certainly working more or less as it was designed to do. in contrast to other bits of the home office, which we know are a complete disaster, like the asylum system. this is one bit that is working reasonably well. i think it would be very odd to try and make radical changes so early before we have had to see some of the long—term impact, positive and negative. 50 the long-term impact, positive and netative. , .,

negative. so your view is that it basically reshapes _ negative. so your view is that it basically reshapes the - negative. so your view is that it basically reshapes the economy negative. so your view is that it - basically reshapes the economy and some sectors shrink and others expand? some sectors shrink and others exand? ., �* , some sectors shrink and others exand? . �*, , ., expand? that's exactly right, and that is indeed _ expand? that's exactly right, and that is indeed what _ expand? that's exactly right, and that is indeed what the _ expand? that's exactly right, and that is indeed what the system i expand? that's exactly right, and i that is indeed what the system was designed to do, to shift... the weight of the economy to hire a skilled sectors.— weight of the economy to hire a skilled sectors. which of the areas exand skilled sectors. which of the areas exoand then? _ skilled sectors. which of the areas expand then? obviously, - skilled sectors. which of the areas expand then? obviously, we - skilled sectors. which of the areas expand then? obviously, we are l expand then? obviously, we are hearing from lord wolfson, which is retail. we have seen what is going on in hospitality, in the nhs, the aviation industry. they are all saying that there is an issue because of the lack of foreign workers. 50 because of the lack of foreign workers. ,, ., because of the lack of foreign workers. , . ., , . workers. so in the sectors which emlo workers. so in the sectors which employ relatively _ workers. so in the sectors which employ relatively skilled - workers. so in the sectors which| employ relatively skilled workers like professional business services, finance, my own sector, the education sector, which remember, these are the sectors we rely on to generate long—term growth in the economy. we we don't have a future, we are not going to macro good food

is not the source of our long—term growth and prosperity. things like professional business services, finance, higher education, advanced manufacturing, in all those sectors the new system is actually beginning to have a positive effect, making it easierfor to have a positive effect, making it easier for employers to hire to have a positive effect, making it easierfor employers to hire people from anywhere in the world. so hopefully those sectors will indeed expand, and i think, actually, there are other challenges that the uk economy faces, as we know both in the short and medium term we have lots of issues. but the new system does actually offer the potential to support growth in those sectors, and those are the high—growth, high productivity sectors. those are the high-growth, high productivity sectors.— productivity sectors. obviously retail and hospitality _ productivity sectors. obviously retail and hospitality are - productivity sectors. obviously retail and hospitality are key i retail and hospitality are key sectors. it then becomes a situation where people living here need to do those jobs, where people living here need to do thosejobs, ratherthan where people living here need to do those jobs, rather than the where people living here need to do thosejobs, rather than the labour coming from elsewhere. to those jobs, rather than the labour coming from elsewhere.— coming from elsewhere. to some extent, coming from elsewhere. to some extent. as _ coming from elsewhere. to some extent. as i _ coming from elsewhere. to some

extent, as i said, _ coming from elsewhere. to some extent, as i said, some _ coming from elsewhere. to some extent, as i said, some of- coming from elsewhere. to some extent, as i said, some of those l extent, as i said, some of those sectors may have to shrink. we may actually see a shrinkage in the retail and hospitality sector. we might see some extra degree of automation, depending. we might see more british people work in those sectors, although it has to be said that we have problems with people dropping out of the workforce. not related to immigration but more generally, relating to the after impact of covid. and the pressures on the nhs which you have just reported in some detail. they have led to a rise in the number of people dropping out of the workforce because of long—term sickness and disability. indeed, ido because of long—term sickness and disability. indeed, i do think it might make more sense to worry a bit less about immigration and a bit more about what we are going to do to help people who are long—term sick and disabled to get back to work, which is partly about improving the support through job centre plus and employment services, and partly about helping the nhs to

recover from the problems from the last two years, but also the austerity of the last 12 years. thank you. our headlines on bbc news... the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer treatment across england, scotland and northern ireland has doubled in the past four years. families say they wish their loved ones were seen by doctors earlier. the chief executive of high street chain next urges the government to let more foreign workers into the uk to help ease labour shortages. the food bank charity, the trussell trust, says an extra 320,000 people have started using its services in the past six months. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. an emphatic ten—wicket win over india means england have sailed through to the final of the t20 world cup. some brilliant batting and a masterclass from alex hales

and captainjos buttler saw england chase down 169 without the loss of a wicket. they romped home with a massive 21t balls to spare to set up a final against pakistan on sunday and seal one of england's greatest white—ball wins. southampton have named nathanjones as their new manager. he leaves championship side luton to take over at southampton, who are in the premier league relegation zone. jones says a lot of his family are saints fans and he knows a lot about the club. his first match in charge will be at liverpool on saturday. speaking of managerial casualties, wigan athletic have sacked manager leam richardson following their recent poor run of form. richardson led them to the league one title last season and signed a new three—year deal last month. but they've since lost six of their past seven games. assistant rob kelly has been placed

in caretaker charge. the former england striker alan shearer says he's worried about gareth southgate's defensive options for the world cup. his comments come ahead of the squad announcement this afternoon. shearer says he can't see england going all the way. we should have enough to get out of the group, we should win the group with the ability that we have in our squad. i don't see us going as far as we have done in the last two tournaments. as i said, i would be concerned about us defensively. so, if not as far, can i push you, where do you reckon they'll go to? i think, if we can, i would say maybe a quarterfinal. midfielder ella toone will stay at manchester united women for the next three seasons. the club's all—time leading goal scorer has signed a new deal until the end of the 2025—26 season. she was part of the european champion lionesses side this summer, scoring the opening goal in the team's 2—1 victory over germany.

england have qualified top of their group at the women's rugby league world cup, after beating papua new guinea. they conceded the first try at headingley, but it was one—way traffic from then on. leah burke scoring a hat—trick in the 42—4 win. england will play either defending champions australia or new zealand in the semifinal on monday. that's all the sport for now. jacqueline kirk was lto when she was attacked in somerset in 1998. she suffered horrendous injuries. steven craig serve more than 15 years suffered horrendous injuries. steven craig serve more than 15 years in prison after being convicted of grievous bodily harm with intent. last year, he was charged with her murder after she died at the age of 61 in 2019. ,., ., ., ., .,

61 in 2019. good afternoon, everyone- _ 61 in 2019. good afternoon, everyone- i _ 61 in 2019. good afternoon, everyone. i am _ 61 in 2019. good afternoon, everyone. i am a _ 61 in 2019. good afternoon, everyone. i am a detective | 61 in 2019. good afternoon, - everyone. i am a detective chief inspector. ijust have a short statement i would like to read on behalf of the family and the police. it is difficult to put into words the impact stephen craig's actions have had on both jacqueline and her family. while i never metjackie, promoter children tell me she was truly a remarkable woman. she overcame numerous challenges with an incredible determination and brought a great dignity to rediscover the life that she had before she was attacked. i expect that her resilience was one of the reasons why sheets surprised doctors and survived four further years, during which time she saw her children grow up, get married and have children of their own. stephen craig was undoubtedly responsible forjackie's undoubtedly responsible for jackie's death, undoubtedly responsible forjackie's death, and like all murderers deserves to be severely punished.

once again, i would like to thank jackie's family for their support and praise them for have shown, notjust during the course of this investigation and court case, but for the past 21t years. ijust hope they can move onto the next chapter of their lives knowing thatjustice has been done. let's go to our correspondence he was at bristol crown court. as we were hearing there, a really difficult and unusual case here. yes, and there were emotional scenes in court today as the family impact statements were read out. we heard from jacqueline kirk's son, who described his mother as a fighter. said she defeated the odds by living a further 20 years. and we heard from her daughter, she read out her impact statement and often broke down in tears. she said her life had been on hold since her mother's

death. there had been no closure and that the second trial without her mother had been traumatic. ianthem that the second trial without her mother had been traumatic. when i look down. — mother had been traumatic. when i look down. i _ mother had been traumatic. when i look down, i just _ mother had been traumatic. when i look down, i just well _ mother had been traumatic. when i look down, i just well up. _ look down, ijust well up. jacqueline kirk spoke to the bbc 20 years ago about her horrific attack. badly burned, she spent nine months in hospital following the badly burned, she spent nine months in hospitalfollowing the incident. she needed a tube in her windpipe to breed and it has affected her speech. breed and it has affected her seech. ., , breed and it has affected her seech. .,, ., breed and it has affected her seech. ., , ., speech. people are so shocked, and what they say _ speech. people are so shocked, and what they say is _ speech. people are so shocked, and what they say is that _ speech. people are so shocked, and what they say is that they _ speech. people are so shocked, and what they say is that they don't - speech. people are so shocked, and what they say is that they don't see | what they say is that they don't see me. �* . . , what they say is that they don't see me. jacqueline kirk's x partner, stehen me. jacqueline kirk's x partner, stephen craig. _ me. jacqueline kirk's x partner, stephen craig, poured - me. jacqueline kirk's x partner, stephen craig, poured petrol. me. jacqueline kirk's x partner, l stephen craig, poured petrol over her in 1998. he sat her on fire in this car park in weston—super—mare. he is said to have been inspired by seenin he is said to have been inspired by seen in the film reservoir dogs. her daughter says that despite her injuries she remained resilient and determined to live a full life. she

was a fighter- — determined to live a full life. she: was a fighter. she determined to live a full life. 5u;e: was a fighter. she always determined to live a full life. 519 was a fighter. she always beat determined to live a full life. 519: was a fighter. she always beat the odds. she was very stubborn. for her, it was a very positive thing. craig was convicted of gbh in 2000 and released on licence three years ago. this is him being arrested last yearfor murder after ago. this is him being arrested last year for murder after miss kirk ago. this is him being arrested last yearfor murder after miss kirk died with a ruptured diaphragm. during the trial, the court heard conflicting medical evidence, but the jury agreed with experts like her consultant tim cook, who said that injuries to her airway and torso were partly responsible for her diaphragm rupturing and that doctors felt her condition was too high to operate. this is jacqueline kirk before the attack. her family say although she died decades later because of her injuries, she herself

was not defeated by the crime. they remember her as a strong willed, rebellious and witty. jenny kumar, bbc news. , , ., , rebellious and witty. jenny kumar, bbc news. , , :, , , :, bbc news. this is a highly unusual case because _ bbc news. this is a highly unusual case because of— bbc news. this is a highly unusual case because of the _ bbc news. this is a highly unusual case because of the amount - bbc news. this is a highly unusual case because of the amount of - bbc news. this is a highly unusual| case because of the amount of time between the attack and jacqueline kirk's death. this is only possible because of a change in the law that happened about 25 years ago, which before that if the victim of a crime of a murder survived more than a year and a day after the attack, then you weren't able to prosecute for murder. but that was changed because of advances in medicine, people were kept alive because of life support. so that change enabled this trail to happen and today sentencing, a judge said she described the crime as sadistic and monstrous. stephen craig will today start a life sentence for murder with a minimum term of 15 years.

the foodbank charity, the trussell trust, says an extra 320,000 people have started using its services in the past six months. the trust has handed out 1.3 million emergency food parcels since april. jon ironmonger reports. that's fruit. that's fish. meat. do you get bored of getting served beans and spaghetti? no, you can never have enough beans and spaghetti. trisha and christina are sorting through the latest donations to the corby food bank. there are 10,000 kilos worth in the warehouse, but it's never quite enough. what's the main thing you need most of all? well, it's not a necessary. but we're always very short of sweet extras. puddings, jellies, custards. lunchtime, and at this church across town dozens of parcels are ready to be collected. more families are using food banks in northamptonshire, and organisers of this one say friday, today, is always the busiest session, probably because there are no free school meals over the weekend.

the expectation today is eight families of 3/4 and three families of 5+, one of which is a family of ten today. wow! and do you have a voucher numberfor me? oh, god, yes. lovely, thank you. mum of two, jana, is out of work, waiting to start her newjob in the care sector. some dog food. oh, that's nice. . sometimes i feel like, "oh, i've . done something wrong," you know? i can't pay my bills. but when you see the prices now in the shops, that is _ so crazy, aren't they? yeah, you shouldn't feel that way. i know. you're going to get through this little... i'm going to get through this. and i'm going to be strong. and thanks to the food bank for this really big help- at this, my difficult time. the number of parcels handed out by this food bank and others in northamptonshire has tripled since 2017. i don't even use my cooker. do you not? no. so what do you tend to do? like, how do you...? well, microwave. microwave. are you doing three meals a day, or...?

one. one meal a day? one meal a day. how many children have you got? four altogether. four children? yes. this woman's husband was signed off sick from work injune. do you worry about heating now, in particular? 0h, ido. when you don't put the heating on, you can feel her hands have been cold because she's crawling everywhere. but then when you put your heating on, you worry about how high is the bill going to be? the trussell trust says 320,000 people have started using their food banks in the past six months. i've always said, the happiest day of my life will be when they turn around and say, "donna, i don't need you any more." i've been doing this for nine years and i shouldn't be having to do it. nobody should have to. as it is, the need for donations, and volunteers like donna, has scarcely been greater. jon ironmonger, bbc news. we arejust we are just hearing that the largest civil service union in the uk, the

public medications and services union, has voted for strike action. a national strike over pay. 100,000 civil servants voted for a national strike over pay, pensions and jobs. the ballot went to 150,000 workers across 214 government departments, and the union says that 126 of those departments, the ballots in 126 of those departments pass the threshold for strikes. those departments pass the threshold forstrikes. including those departments pass the threshold for strikes. including the home office and the passport office. so thatis office and the passport office. so that is going to be strike action in those... well, they have balloted for strike action. we have yet to hear whether and when that will be, what the details will be. but that is a significant announcement there from the pcs union about possible pending strike action. let's catch up pending strike action. let's catch up with the weather with ben rich. a good afternoon to you. what you

will notice about the weather over the next few days is just how mild it is going to be. temperatures way above where they should be for the time of year by day and by night but for the north—west of the uk we are going to see some pretty heavy rain. the rain affecting north—west scotland and you could see 100 millimetres here over the next few days and winds of 50 mph or more across the north west of scotland and temperatures of 14—15— 16—17 which is way above the norm for this point in november. to this point in we will see a box of rain in northern ireland and in scotland and its piling up and it stays winding and elsewhere largely dry with cloud and elsewhere largely dry with cloud and drizzle in places but look these lows. we expect temperatures at this time of year to a drop between two and 7 degrees. tonight more like 13-15 and 7 degrees. tonight more like 13—15 tsalk very mild start to tomorrow and temperatures in places up tomorrow and temperatures in places up to 18 or 19 degrees and it stays pretty mad as we head through the

weekend. hello this is bbc news, i'mjoanna gosling. the headlines. a sailor tells the bbc of her anger about side are still being abused. not once did anyone say to me are you ok? it's a question of all, my gosh, look what you have done. this is a shame you are bringing on. it's not long that women have been at sea, women have fought for this position and you have created another issue. the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer treatment across england, scotland and northern ireland has doubled in the past four years. families say they wish their loved ones were seen by doctors earlier. the chief executive of high street chain next urges the government to let more foreign workers into the uk to help ease labour shortages.

the food bank charity, the trussell trust says an extra 320,000 people have started using its services in the past six months. president zelensky says ukraine is moving 'very carefully�* after moscow announced its troops would withdraw from the key southern city of kherson. and in cricket, england have beaten india by ten wickets and with 24 balls to spare, to reach the final of the t20 world cup. the royal navy is continuing its investigations into allegations of bullying and sexual harassment against women in the submarine service. it follows claims from whistle—blowers of instances of misogyny, bullying and sexual harassment of female members. today the bbc has been speaking to one such whistle—blower, herself a former member of the royal navy, who says she was raped on a ship. catherine, not her real name, was speaking to emma barnett on radio 4's women's hour about her anger at claims that servicewomen are still being abused. she felt compelled because of these

other women to speak for the very first time. she has never spoken about this to her nearest and dearest, never mind anyone else, about what happened to her on a ship. i can't give any of the timings because we are protecting her right to be anonymous. but she was subjected to a series of sexual assaults and sexual harassment, and the one that she spoke about today in particular is that she was raped on a ship, that is what she says, by a colleague, by a fellow sailor. and that when she did talk to a more senior person about this, that they suggested not using the word abortion but they suggested some time off so she could get it seen to. that there were services she could... and she was made to feel shame for being a single woman who found herself raped and then she found herself pre-nant. and that is found herself pregnant. and that is what the suggestion was relating to. she hasn't spoken about this before

but she feels extremely concerned about how these things are reported and also the fact that she didn't report it herself is, i know we will hear about her in this clip in a moment, is because she tried to report something previously and had been told that her career would suffer. that is some of the intrinsic issues around this but you will hear in this clip a bit more. what you said about being raped, did you report that, were you able to say anything to anybody? hie. you report that, were you able to say anything to anybody?- say anything to anybody? no, i didn't report — say anything to anybody? no, i didn't report it _ say anything to anybody? no, i didn't report it and _ say anything to anybody? no, i didn't report it and there - say anything to anybody? no, i didn't report it and there was l say anything to anybody? no, i | didn't report it and there was an element — didn't report it and there was an element of, am i going to be accused again— element of, am i going to be accused again of— element of, am i going to be accused again of causing trouble like i had been _ again of causing trouble like i had been previously if i reported something? also, my life is moving on, something? also, my life is moving on. i_ something? also, my life is moving on. i was _ something? also, my life is moving on, i was having to leave one place and go _ on, i was having to leave one place and go to— on, i was having to leave one place and go to another because i was going _ and go to another because i was going to — and go to another because i was going to have a baby and when i got to the _ going to have a baby and when i got to the next— going to have a baby and when i got to the next place where i was going to the next place where i was going to spend _ to the next place where i was going to spend my maternity, i was actually — to spend my maternity, i was actually told by a very senior officer — actually told by a very senior officer that i was bringing shame on the navy— officer that i was bringing shame on the navy because i was a single

female — the navy because i was a single female that had become pregnant at sea, but _ female that had become pregnant at sea, but if_ female that had become pregnant at sea, but if i — female that had become pregnant at sea, but if i was his daughter, he'd be very— sea, but if i was his daughter, he'd be very ashamed of me and he actuattym _ be very ashamed of me and he actuattym i_ be very ashamed of me and he actually... i laugh because, ijust can't _ actually... i laugh because, ijust can't believe he even said it. he actually— can't believe he even said it. he actually gave me a few extra days off, free — actually gave me a few extra days off, free leave, to go home and contemplate my future and told me in no uncertain_ contemplate my future and told me in no uncertain terms and appointment could _ no uncertain terms and appointment could be _ no uncertain terms and appointment could be arranged for me next week and i_ could be arranged for me next week and i could — could be arranged for me next week and i could go back to the ship a few days — and i could go back to the ship a few days later with no questions asked~ _ few days later with no questions asked. not once did anybody say to me are _ asked. not once did anybody say to me are you — asked. not once did anybody say to me are you 0k? it was all a question of all. _ me are you 0k? it was all a question of all. nry— me are you 0k? it was all a question of all, my gosh, that which you have done, _ of all, my gosh, that which you have done, this— of all, my gosh, that which you have done, this is— of all, my gosh, that which you have done, this is a shame that you are bringing _ done, this is a shame that you are bringing on — done, this is a shame that you are bringing on. it's not long that women — bringing on. it's not long that women have been at sea, women have fought— women have been at sea, women have fought for— women have been at sea, women have fought for this position and you have _ fought for this position and you have created another issue. so who do you _ have created another issue. so who do you go _ have created another issue. so who do you go to — have created another issue. so who do you go to when you're in the situation? _ do you go to when you're in the situation? 50, no, ididn't report it. situation? so, no, i didn't report it. :, , . ., :,

situation? so, no, i didn't report it. . ., :, ., situation? so, no, i didn't report it. to be clear. you had an abortion sut tested it. to be clear. you had an abortion suggested to _ it. to be clear. you had an abortion suggested to you? _ it. to be clear. you had an abortion suggested to you? yes. _ it. to be clear. you had an abortion suggested to you? yes. by - it. to be clear. you had an abortion suggested to you? yes. by a - it. to be clear. you had an abortionj suggested to you? yes. by a senior member of— suggested to you? yes. by a senior member of the _ suggested to you? yes. by a senior member of the navy? he _ suggested to you? yes. by a senior member of the navy? he didn't - suggested to you? yes. by a seniorj member of the navy? he didn't use the word abortion _ member of the navy? he didn't use the word abortion but _ member of the navy? he didn't use the word abortion but he _ member of the navy? he didn't use the word abortion but he did - member of the navy? he didn't use the word abortion but he did tell. member of the navy? he didn't use| the word abortion but he did tell me an appointment could be made for me the following week and i could be back on— the following week and i could be back on the ship a few days later. again, _ back on the ship a few days later. again, because i want to be clear, have you become pregnant through the assault? through the rape? yes. it's extraordinary — assault? through the rape? yes. it's extraordinary to listen to and she would not have the child? yes. extraordinary to listen to and she would not have the child? yes, she describes her _ would not have the child? yes, she describes her baby _ would not have the child? yes, she describes her baby is _ would not have the child? yes, she describes her baby is a _ would not have the child? yes, she describes her baby is a bundle - would not have the child? yes, she describes her baby is a bundle of. describes her baby is a bundle of joy describes her baby is a bundle of joy and she tried to rebuild her life and carry on. she also described her time which is important to say in the royal navy is something she's very of and i'm aware we are talking of armistice day and the service that the armed forces personal give to us, but she has remained silent about this and she is concerned about still the

culture and also how it is to be a woman in the royal navy with these other reports and that's why she wanted to talk. ben wallace, the defence secretary, gave us statement was this morning and he says that things are changing, he is told by women in the navy and across the armed forces that things are changing. they are also making specific changes to how you report such things within the navy and within and across the armed forces that you wouldn't have to go to your senior to make such a report, so those changes are about to come in, but there are still concerns and we received many anonymous this morning on tarmac women's hour about the culture and about how women are made to feel in the armed forces now. we also receive messages from women who haven't had any of these experiences and i think that's also fair to say at the moment, but it was an incredibly striking and were the most memorable testimonies

ever heard. our international correspondence is in odesa. from the point of view the russians they wanted to be jumping off point to get towards the city, odesa, and had they been able to do that then they would have effectively controlled the black sea coast of ukraine and then the country would have been icy cut off. they haven't been able to do that and they are pushing back. now they are doing it because they're pressure but at the same time, they are retreating to a way more defensible place because the river dnipro and the other side of it is a very serious river and to cross it for ukrainians would be a

considerable military feet. for the russians, pulling back would also be very difficult because retreating under fire is a very difficult because retreating underfire is a very hard thing very difficult because retreating under fire is a very hard thing for even a well organised army to do in the russians have shown they are not well organised. the overall momentum is that the ukrainians are fighting very cannily and well and they are backed by a very powerful military alliance that is nato and they are pushing back against the russians. the russians, however, are now going to be back in more defensible boundaries and they still control a large swathes of ukraine and that is something which they may not want to give up and in fact, i'm certain they will not want to give up without a big fight so this war is farfrom without a big fight so this war is far from over.

the hunger striker in egypt has been given medical intervention and he has been refusing to drain water since the cup 27 climate opened. his mother has been told she was not lapsed outside the prison wash has been waiting for news. rishi sunak will meet scottish and irish welsh leaders at the british irish council and is the first prime minister in 15 years to attend the meeting. there are two things that will matter to rishi sunak when he turns up at the british—irish council and one is the northern ireland protocol. those talks with the irish taoiseach about how to try and find a solution with the protocol that would get stormont back up and running and get the dup on board and unblock some of the blockages that have been there for so long. the mood music on that is sounding a bit better. the northern ireland secretary has this morning said he is a glass half—full kind of person

and that there is a lot of expectation from the negotiations between brussels and london. i have to say, looking at the specifics, it's not clear where that logjam is going to be unblocked. it not totally clear if enough has changed to allow the new deal, so the optics that will matter with that caveat that it doesn't necessarily mean a solution. and secondly, as you mentioned, there is the discussions with nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister, and mark drakeford of wales and that matters in terms of optics as well because it's a very public show that rishi sunak wants to do things differently from liz truss, who didn't speak to mrs sturgeon or mr drakeford at all in her period in downing street. i think mr sunak wants to give the impression that he is trying to come up with a collegiate approach to some of the challenges in the economy and various other things. he wants to give the impression, in his words, that "we are

all working together". however, again, although the optics do matter, i'd like to put that caveat on the table but that does not necessarily mean agreement either because i think there is a pretty big row coming with the scottish and welsh governments when it comes to the autumn statement and the fact that there is going to be a big fiscal squeeze and there will be a lot of budget which see cuts over the next few years. i think there will be some pretty tense discussions with scotland and wales and that. president biden was talking about the cost of inflation and democracy in abortion and he also suggested he will run for a second term in 2024. results are yet to be declared for several contests but the republican party remains on track to take

control of the house of representatives. our washington correspondent reports. america woke up to its latest reality. it still doesn't know who won the midterm elections. hey, buddy. joe biden, congratulations. congratulations. president biden looked relieved. the so—called red wave didn't happen. it had been predicted the republicans would dominate. he rang up winning democrats to say congratulations. congratulations. i'm so excited for you. back in a suit and tie president biden addressed the media. and it was a good day, i think, for democracy, and i think it was a good day for america. pennsylvania gave him his biggest win. the hoodie—wearing stroke survivor john fetterman beat the tv celebrity dr mehmet oz. he was backed by donald trump. many of mr trump's other candidates lost, suggesting his power over the party may be diminishing and strengthening in the hands of another republican rising

conservative star ron desantis, the race for the senate has come down to three states, including the state of georgia. we won't know the result of that until december. but republicans look set to take the house, which could impact president biden's ability to get laws passed. and let me say this, regardless, regardless of what the final tally in these elections show, and there's still some counting going on, i'm prepared to work with my republican colleagues. but will the republicans work with him? it's likely that mr biden will run for the white house again, but it's very unlikely that his opponents will help make the rest of his term successful as they focus on winning the presidency in 2024. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. hurricane nicole has made landfall in florida,

bringing strong winds. heavy rain and a storm surge to the state's eastern shores. the storm is a category one, the weakest on the hurricane scale of five. florida officials have ordered several areas in the storm's path to be evacuated, including palm beach. donald trump's mar—a—lago club has been shut but his advisers say he's staying put. a formerfemale sailor a former female sailor who gave a statement about being raped on a ship talked about her anger that servicewomen are still being abused. the number of people facing long waits for urgent cancer treatment across england, scotland and northern ireland has doubled in the past four years. families say they wish their loved ones were seen by doctors earlier. the chief executive of high street chain next urges the government to let more foreign workers into the uk to help ease labour shortages.

nearly half of people in britain expense and challenges to the mental health and more. according to new research by go outdoors and mental health charity mind. they've started a new initiative to encourage people struggling to spend time outdoors and with nature. one of the people supporting this campaign is david seaman, who is a former england goalkeeper. i spoke to him earlier about how much spending time outdoors has helped his mental wellbeing. it's made a massive difference. i've not really struggled that much, if i'm honest, but getting outdoors does help. it does take your mind away from a lot of things, and it's going to that happy place. mine is fishing and through fishing, this is why we're we're involved in these hearts, hearts and mind campaign. and yeah, it's just finding that somewhere, somewhere nice and somewhere where you enjoy yourself. and that's what we're saying,

like go outdoors because there's a lot to see and a lot to do out there. that's really, that's really very helpful for your mind. it's when your mind clears and whatever might be going around in circles just drifts away. yeah, exactly. you know, like i said, mine's fishing and cycling as well. you know, i'll look to get out on my bike and go out and i normally go out on my own and justjust forget about most of the stuff that worries you and then just try and clear your mind and, you know, but also with the mind campaign that it's raising awareness and telling people that there is someone there for them. you know, the hardest thing i feel is that is to ask someone else for advice, because you're almost admitting a weakness. but for me, you know, the awareness that there is people out there and other people out there that are suffering, but there's a place for them to go, and that's what mine is all about. —— mind... do you think it's particularly difficult for men to speak up still? yeah, i would say so, you know, because it's this macho thing, you know, it's the same as, you know, even whether it's mental

health or physical illness. you know, men find it really hard to talk. and the more people involved in raising awareness, the better it's going to be. you know, even if it's just for one person, then it makes it all worthwhile. but, you know, like you said, men, men can be a bit stubborn and a little bit withdrawn. but trust me, it does work. you know, even even being a goalkeeper, you know, i had to be mentally strong in doing what i did. but i still found time and i still asked my great coach, bob wilson, for advice, and he was brilliant for me. but that was something where i could go to us, —— to ask... notjust if i played well or, you know, especially if i'd made a mistake on how do i get back from this and what do i need to do? and then bob was brilliant at that. let's talk about football. england world cup squad will be announced at 2:00 today. what are your thoughts? i'm well, i'm glad i'm not gareth southgate, if i'm honest, because i've actually written a list down and i've got about 32 players

and he's got to get that down to 26. so it's really tough. but the overriding thing that i look at is the amount of quality that he's got to choose from, and that's really encouraging. you know, there's a few players coming back from injury, there's a couple of players out with injury, but it still looks a really strong squad, even even my 32 or 33 or whatever i've got written down on my pad. so do you think they can go all the way? they've got a really good chance and i know form hasn't been great up to the tournament, but germany and brazil, they were always like that. they were never like brilliant in qualifying. they always kept it for the tournament and the experience that this squad's got. obviously we got to the semifinal in russia in the world cup and we've just had a final in the europeans, but the lionesses show us how it's done because of that. it's all confidence and hopefully that's going to put us in good stead for the tournament and it's about turning up for the tournament and then playing well

in that tournament. the pressure is massive, there's no doubt about it. it's a world cup. it's a different world cup because it's halfway through our season. so we haven't got that excuse of being really tired after a full premiership term. so for me, everything is pointing to a really good world cup for england. david seaman talking to me earlier. many companies are taking a muted approach to christmas as the season. john lewis says its ad featuring a foster family was less about buying things and more about kindness. some retail experts warn scenes of huge festive buffets in other ads are still out of touch as families struggle with rising prices. so feel lewis as chief strategy officer and she expense for the big brands have chosen this approach.— chosen this approach. things are incredibly difficult _ chosen this approach. things are incredibly difficult economically i incredibly difficult economically for people at the moment. i saw a

headline in metro today are but a few banks being in crisis are finding that balance of being a commercial organisation and thinking about making money, this is a time when lots of retail organisations make the largest share of their profits it has to be balanced with helping people and really being sensitive to the difficulties and situations in which people find themselves.— situations in which people find themselves. ., �* ., ., . themselves. you're going to hate this question. — themselves. you're going to hate this question, but _ themselves. you're going to hate this question, but if _ themselves. you're going to hate this question, but if they - themselves. you're going to hate this question, but if they want. themselves. you're going to hate this question, but if they want to | this question, but if they want to send out a message that they are helping people, why spend money on ad campaigns are christmas? itrufeiiii. helping people, why spend money on ad campaigns are christmas?- ad campaigns are christmas? well, i think it's a really _ ad campaigns are christmas? well, i think it's a really interesting - think it's a really interesting question. of course, there is that the fact that advertising campaigns do consume significant budgets, but i think when you see something like john lewis, i personally think they have taken a very interesting and

good approach to their christmas campaign. ithink good approach to their christmas campaign. i think that is drawing awareness and attention to situations in which people can help each other and so, i think that is a good thing and i would like, honestly, to have seen more of that this christmas, really. is it honestly, to have seen more of that this christmas, really.— this christmas, really. is it the role of these _ this christmas, really. is it the role of these companies - this christmas, really. is it the role of these companies to - this christmas, really. is it the role of these companies to do | this christmas, really. is it the - role of these companies to do that? and aren't there other ways that they can actually provide signposting and support, if that's what they wanted to do? because in the end we are talking aboutjohn lewis, which is all publicity for john lewis. {1311 lewis, which is all publicity for john lewis-— lewis, which is all publicity for johnlewis. , ., , john lewis. of course, of course it is but i think— john lewis. of course, of course it is but i think the _ john lewis. of course, of course it is but i think the option _ john lewis. of course, of course it is but i think the option is - john lewis. of course, of course it is but i think the option is there i is but i think the option is there of course to withdraw all your advertising spend. but as i've said, these are commercial organisations and i think they obviously have to balance pressures they have around making money and shareholder value with genuinely helping people and communities and i think that when

you are directing that publicity and that an intention to a good cause, i think that can be very valid approach and obviously, john lewis are going beyond advertising, there are going beyond advertising, there are also donating percentages of products they sell to the causes that they are supporting, which i see as a positive thing. it’s that they are supporting, which i see as a positive thing.— see as a positive thing. it's a marketers dream, _ see as a positive thing. it's a - marketers dream, isn't it, the way the john lewis marketers dream, isn't it, the way thejohn lewis annual campaign has unfolded? people talk about it, they look forward to it, they shared on social media. it's quite an extra ordinary phenomenon. it social media. it's quite an extra ordinary phenomenon.- social media. it's quite an extra ordinary phenomenon. it is. i have to admit to — ordinary phenomenon. it is. i have to admit to being _ ordinary phenomenon. it is. i have to admit to being not _ ordinary phenomenon. it is. i have to admit to being not particularly i ordinary phenomenon. it is. i havej to admit to being not particularly a fan of the way the kind of hype sort of escalated and where it got to over the course of previous years, but i think actually, they have been incredibly sensible this year apart from tonally, i think hitting exactly the right notes in the campaign that they have made. i think that they have been much more

mindful of the timing of their campaign, everybody else is out there already in the marketplace sort of doing the all singing, all dancing, sparkly campaign ads so i think they have been very sensible. they talk about how much research they have done and how many consultations they have done with people and able from the charities that they are supporting and i think that they are supporting and i think that you can see that in the work and campaign as it is played out. but i think the days of the hype, the real hype around john lewis is probably over and i say that to be a good thing. probably over and i say that to be a tood thin. probably over and i say that to be a good thing-— good thing. one o'clock news is comint good thing. one o'clock news is coming up _ good thing. one o'clock news is coming up with _ good thing. one o'clock news is coming up with jane _ good thing. one o'clock news is coming up with jane hill - good thing. one o'clock news is coming up with jane hill but - good thing. one o'clock news is i coming up with jane hill but right now it's time for the weather with ben rich. it will be the feel of the weather the most notable thing over the next couple of days. it's going to be exceptionally mild by day and by night but extremely wet for some in the north—west of the uk because of

this stripe of the cloud. i have zoomed out a long way to show you this satellite image because the stripe of cloud extends across a large swathes of the atlantic and it will bring heavy persistent rain to north—western areas but ahead of that, we are putting up this extremely warm air from the south and temperatures really are responding. through the rest of the afternoon, very mild indeed but with extensive cloud cover and a few breaks in the cloud and it's going to remain windy with gusts of 50 mph or more particularly in the north—west of the uk where you will see heavy and persistent rain. top temperatures of 15—17 . let's focus on the rain. it will continue across parts of northern ireland and especially the western side of scotland as we go through this evening and tonight. through the rest of today and tomorrow we will see a total of 100 millimetres of rain in some locations. that could cause one or two issues. elsewhere through the night, largely drive still extensive cloud cover and the

odd patch of drizzle and the temperatures, well, on average at this time of year we would expect temperatures to drop between two and 6 degrees across the uk but tonight we are looking at values of more than 14 or 15 degrees so an extraordinarily value or my nights at the time of year and a very mild start to tomorrow and the same set “p start to tomorrow and the same set up with a strong south—westerly winds and particularly gusty across south—east scotland. a further heavy rain across northern ireland in the western side of the sunshine down towards the south and east and temperatures widely15—17 . it made a up some eastern parts of scotland will get warmer than that with shudderfrom the will get warmer than that with shudder from the breeze and how's of 18 or 19 degrees. saturday does look similar and 18 or 19 degrees. saturday does look similarand it 18 or 19 degrees. saturday does look similar and it won't be as windy, the will still be rain across parts of northern ireland and the north west of scotland but more in the way of sunshine across england and wales especially where temperatures will peak at around 18 degrees. and sunday still very mild for the time

of year. most places will be dry but we will see loud and some rain in the far west.

a sharp rise in those waiting for vital cancer care, the number of patients waiting longer than the target for treatment has doubled since 2018 to 69,000. would the chemo have done any good if he'd had that sooner? i honestly don't know. it's not... ..not something we're ever going to be able to answer and we've got to live with that. we will have more on the precious facing the nhs is waiting times in a&e have hit record levels. also this lunchtime... russia confirms russian troops are withdrawing from the key city of kherson.

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