this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. in a series of sensational revelations, prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. there has always been this competition between us, weirdly. i think it really plays into, or is played by the heir—spare. prince harry also revealed that he killed 25 people in afghanistan during his time as a helicopter pilot — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. he is giving a wrong impression when he makes those sort of comments. it's not the way the british army sees things. russia state tv says a temporary ceasefire declared by president putin has come

into effect — ukraine has said it won't reciprocate. three days, 11 votes — and still no us house speaker as kevin mccarthy fails to win over conservative hardliners. and former italy and chelsea striker and manager gianluca vialli has died at the age 58 from pancreatic cancer hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. more revelations from prince harry's autobiography have emerged — including accounts of drug—taking, details of his time in the army, and a claim that he and prince william urged their father, king charles, not to marry camilla, now the queen consort.

the insights come from his book, spare, due to be published in the uk next week. copies have gone on sale in spain, and some newspapers also got hold of it in advance. other claims come from interviews prince harry has given to promote the book. in the book, prince harry makes a number of accusations about his family. there are also details about intimate moments of his private life, and as reported yesterday, a claim that he was physically attacked by his brother, prince william. despite the accusations, in an interview due to air on itv this sunday, prince harry says he would like to get his father back and have his brother back. but kensington palace and buckingham palace have both said they will not comment on the book. our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. war in the house of windsor, as we've been talking about all morning, has gone absolutely nuclear. across the commonwealth, it's prince harry's book which has been leading morning bulletins. and in the country harry now calls home, the us, his claims are also filling the airwaves. so, wow.

yeah. wow. damning new claims from prince harry, now accusing his brother prince william, the future king, of physically assaulting him. the publishers had hoped to keep the book under wraps until next tuesday, but in spain, copies were mistakenly put on sale. harry's words were now in the public domain with more to come in three tv interviews. there's a fair amount of drugs, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine, i mean, that's going to surprise people. but important to acknowledge. i want reconciliation. but first there needs to be some accountability. throughout the book, harry shares intimate details about his family and himself. that he lost his virginity to an older woman in a field behind a pub. that he first tried the drug cocaine as a 17—year—old during a shooting party weekend. and that in afghanistan, while serving as a helicopter pilot, he killed 25 taliban fighters.

"it wasn't a statistic which filled me with pride, but nor did it leave me ashamed," he writes. adding, "they were chess pieces, removed from the board. bad people eliminated before they could kill good people." if the king had hoped his wife, the queen consort, would be spared, he would be disappointed. harry writes that both he and william begged his father not to marry her, fearing she would be a wicked stepmother. and his brother, prince william, is branded his arch nemesis. a label to be explored further on american television. there is a quote in this book where you refer to your brother as your beloved brother, and arch nemesis. strong words. what did you mean by that? there has always been this competition between us, weirdly. i think it really plays into the roles played by the heir, spare. it is the accusation that william physically attacked him in 2019 that is perhaps the most explosive.

i talk about the red mist that i had for so many years. i saw this red mist in him. he wanted me to hit him back but i chose not to. a one—sided account, it may be, but it does reveal the extent to which the relationship between the two brothers has fractured. diana always used to say to me that harry was the back—up to william in the nicest possible way. that's the reason why she had two boys. and he wanted harry to be william's wingman, not, as we've seen, his hit man. after prince philip's funeral, charles, according to harry, pleaded with them both to stop fighting, saying, "please, boys, don't make my final years a misery." this book is harry's version of events. in response to his claims, his family continue to say nothing. sarah campbell, bbc news. copies of prince harry's memoirs

are already on sale in spain. the bbc�*s guy hedgecoe is in madrid — where he's been up all night reading the book. i have spent much of the last 2a hours reading this copy in spanish, speed reading, i should say. i haven't read every single word. obviously there are a lot of revelations in there, a lot of headline stories in there. about the drugs, losing his virginity, his relationship with his brother. all of that. many things which you might expect. but also, having read this book, some of the things it goes into are the causes of some of the relationships that seem to have gone wrong in harry's life. for example, with his brother. and also, in particular, with the media. he talks a lot in this book about his antagonism towards the media, what he sees as the media's antagonism towards him.

prince harry has revealed that he killed 25 people in afghanistan during his time as a helicopter pilot. he served in the british army for 10 years and did two tours of afghanistan. this is the prince speaking in helmand back in 2012. when you fire a missile, the whole aircraft shudders a little bit. but, yeah, it's take a life to save a life. that's what we sort of revolve around, i suppose. you know, if there's people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, then we will take them out the game, i suppose. it's not the reason i decided to do this job. the reason i did this job was to get back out here and carry on with a job. harry says he thought of the 25 he killed as chess pieces rather than people and that he is neither proud nor ashamed of the deaths. colonel richard kemp, former commander of british forces in afghanistan and the manner harry speaks about fighters in his book is not reflective of how the british army trains soldiers to treat them.

those people he killed were bad people, who should have been eliminated before they can kill good people or ordinary people. but i think he is wrong when he says in his book that insurgents were seen just as being virtually unhuman, subhuman perhaps, just as chess pieces to be knocked over. that's not the case at all. and it's not the way the british army trains people, as he claims the british army trains their soldiers, to differentiate between civilians and military and fighters, really. but fighters are also to be treated with respect, particularly after they've been captured or killed, wounded. under the geneva convention requires them to be treated with that respect. so i think he is giving a wrong impression when he makes those sorts of comments. that's not the way the british army sees things.

our royal correspodent nick witchell said a �*fair minded' assessment of this book would raise questions on the duke of sussex's judgment. we shouldn't overlook the fact that there are a good many people out there who are supporters of harry and meghan and who are saying on social media, good for you. you tell your story in the way that you think is appropriate and right. and they are a good many people, mostly younger people, and they are right behind him. but i think any fair—minded assessment of this raises questions about his judgment. he is invading his own privacy, that is up to him if he wants to do that. he's also invading the privacy of other members of his family. that creates all these issues about betrayal of trust and so on, and so forth. in particular in relation to what he said about his tours of duty in afghanistan, there are, again, serious questions about has he really thought this through? how sensible is it for someone who is already very concerned

about his security, who has two young children and a family in california, to say, and i'm sure he didn't say it in a boastful way, he wouldn't have done that, but it may be taken to be a boastful statement, i killed 25 members of the taliban that they were just like chess players on the board, removing these bad people, so on and so forth. it is against the sort of doctrine, really, of the british army, as colonel kemp was saying, for serving soldiers or others to speak in these terms, to regard the enemy as anything other than human beings. and i think that this is just awfully foolish of him to have done that, and i don't say that uncharitably towards him, i really don't. but i think it makes one wonder who is advising him out there in california 7 joining me now is katie nicholl, royal correspondent for vanity fair and author of the new royals, which explores the history and future of the royal family. welcome to bbc news. who do you

think is advising prince harry? well, i have to say, nicholas�*s point is exactly what i've been saying all morning. you just wonder who is advising him? when i think back to harry being under the care, i suppose, of the palace, that incredible palace machine that surrounded him, the way they kept stories out, the way they protected, the way they helped to cure to a certain image, the advice that he got, hejust seems certain image, the advice that he got, he just seems so vulnerable and so exposed now. i don't know the answer to the question, i don't know who is advising him. you would have thought someone in his team, someone close to him, might go through this and say, actually, how wise is it to put this in? you don't want to make yourself more of a target, talking about his boast of taking a 25 taliban insurgents. actually, harry is at the centre of a big legal case at the moment, taking on the british home office, who he wants to fund him, for taxpayerfunded home office, who he wants to fund him, for taxpayer funded security

when he comes here. is he more clever than we give him credit for, and is he using this anecdote to ensure that when he comes back to britain he does qualify for taxpayer funded security? it seems a strange way to go about such a strategy. but there is just so way to go about such a strategy. but there isjust so much way to go about such a strategy. but there is just so much to unpick over these 400 pages. at the heart of it runs this thread of anger, resentment and bitterness, this struggle that seems to date back to his childhood, with being the spare. there was one little anecdote in there, only small, only throw away, but to me it is so telling. he felt resentful when they went to balmoral, he and william as young boys, and william got the bigger room, the room with a better view. this idea they were always treated differently. i suppose they were, but harry was brought up by the institutions. so, he says he wants his family back, but his family is an institution. he has to reconcile that. i an institution. he has to reconcile that. , ., ., ., , that. i 'ust wonder how some of this is 'ust that. i just wonder how some of this is just rivalry —

that. i just wonder how some of this isjust rivalry between _ that. i just wonder how some of this isjust rivalry between young - that. i just wonder how some of this isjust rivalry between young and - is just rivalry between young and older siblings? is just rivalry between young and oldersiblings? i is just rivalry between young and older siblings? i don't know. when you have been observing prince harry over the years, how evident was this struggle at a time? i over the years, how evident was this struggle at a time?— struggle at a time? i think it was evident. struggle at a time? i think it was evident- you _ struggle at a time? i think it was evident. you know, _ struggle at a time? i think it was evident. you know, i _ struggle at a time? i think it was evident. you know, i spent - struggle at a time? i think it was evident. you know, i spent a - struggle at a time? i think it was evident. you know, i spent a lot| struggle at a time? i think it was l evident. you know, i spent a lot of time, i was a younger reporter at the time come in and out of nightclubs with prince harry. the reason i got into thisjob nightclubs with prince harry. the reason i got into this job was because i ended up at a party with harry in 2006. he was at eton and meant to be studying for his a—levels. he was getting very tipsy, knocking back vodka red bull, smoking mould round entertaining a bevy of blondes. that was hurry. that is what made him the rabble. but the clues were there for us. it doesn't take a psychologist to work out that losing your mother at the age of 12 will have a lifelong, devastating impact. i actually found some of those passages about diana deeply moving. driving through the tunnel, to try to get a sense of what actually happened to his mother, and his desperation for answers, reaching out to a

clairvoyant, to a medium. ithink the signs were there. one of the chapters in my book on harry was called coming off the rails. he did that frequently. he resisted and rebelled and constantly kicked back at the institution. what he doesn't seem to have learned is that he is not going to change it. whatever he does, the institution evolves at its own pace, not because prince harry or meghan insist that it does so on their time scale. this or meghan insist that it does so on their time scale.— their time scale. this book clearly will sell because _ their time scale. this book clearly will sell because of _ their time scale. this book clearly will sell because of the _ will sell because of the revelations. it is his opportunity to put his side of the story. but it is only one side of the story and we are not likely to hear from the palace in a hurry. what is the purpose of this, given that he and his wife said they wanted privacy and he now says he wants reconciliation? he and he now says he wants reconciliation?— and he now says he wants reconciliation? ., , ._ , reconciliation? he does, he says he wants reconciliation _ reconciliation? he does, he says he wants reconciliation and _ wants reconciliation and accountability. i'm not sure either of those prospects are on the table. why has he done it? well, there was a huge amount of money at stake. if you are going to take a multi—million dollar book advance,

then you are going to have to spill then you are going to have to spill the beans. i'm afraid that is what harry has done in return for the big bucks. the short answer is that he sold out. ., ., ., ., ~ ., sold out. katie, go to talk to you. thank you — sold out. katie, go to talk to you. thank you very — sold out. katie, go to talk to you. thank you very much. _ sold out. katie, go to talk to you. thank you very much. katie - sold out. katie, go to talk to you. i thank you very much. katie nicholl, the royal correspondence at vanity fair. russia says that a ceasefire in ukraine has come into force, but the ukrainians have said they will not reciprocate. they ordered a 36 hour ceasefire on the front line, requested by the patriarch of the russian orthodox church. president zelensky says that russia is just trying to stop ukrainian military advances. translation: now they want to use christmas as a cover to at least - briefly stop the advance of our guys in donbas and bring equipment, ammunition and mobilise men closer to our positions. what will this bring? just another increase in the death toll. everyone in the world knows how the kremlin uses respite in war to continue the war with renewed vigour.

hugo bachega is in kyiv and explained how the ceasefire proposal has been received by locals. it is a ceasefire that the ukrainians dismissed as a cynical proposal. last night, president zelensky, we heard from him, he described it as a trick by moscow to perhaps move russian troops and equipment closer to ukrainian positions, perhaps an attempt to stop ukraine's advances in the east of the country, where most of the fighting has been taking place in recent weeks. to give you a flavour of how some other officials have reacted to it, they have described it as a cynical trap, lies, propaganda, hypocrisy. so, the ukrainians are not buying it. they don't believe anything the russians say. many here believe that president putin may even use this rejection by ukraine to try to say that the ukrainians are the aggressors here.

perhaps in a cynical way, to say, look, we offered a ceasefire and he did not accept it. so, again, the ukrainians have rejected this proposal as a cynical proposal. hours before the ceasefire was due to start, we had reports that the city of kramatorsk in the east of the country, also city of kherson in the south, came under attack. we are trying to get details of what happened in those cities. again, it shows how precarious the situation is. vitaliy shevchenko is from bbc monitoring and gave this update on the russian approach to the ceasefire. they announced that the ceasefire had started across the contact line in ukraine, and they described the previous night as relatively calm. as far as moscow is concerned, it has begun. but as we have heard from hugo, the ukrainian officials have rejected it.

one of the most poetic and grim statements we have heard from kyiv came from oleksiy danilov, a senior security official, who said, the truce proposal is nothing but lies, and we will bite you in the singing silence of the ukrainian night. so that's the attitude from kyiv. census data has for the first time revealed the size of england and wales's lgbt+ populations. it found nearly 750,000 people say they are gay or lesbian, and more than a quarter of a million people identified with a gender different from their sex registered at birth. i'm nowjoined byjen woolford. she is the deputy director for statistical research and design at the office for national statistics.

thank you very much were joining us on bbc news. some are saying this is a landmark moment after the census that goes back 200 years. absolutely. we have been running a census for over 200 years in the uk. over that time we have had some key questions around sex and marital status. at this time we have asked questions about sexual orientation and gender identity. we are proud to be so inclusive in the data we have collected. ~ ., ., collected. what made the organisation _ collected. what made the organisation decide - collected. what made the organisation decide this l collected. what made the i organisation decide this was necessary?— organisation decide this was necessary? organisation decide this was necessa ? , ., ., necessary? so, in the run-up to a census, necessary? so, in the run-up to a census. we _ necessary? so, in the run-up to a census, we always _ necessary? so, in the run-up to a census, we always have _ necessary? so, in the run-up to a census, we always have a - necessary? so, in the run-up to a census, we always have a big - census, we always have a big consultation on the questions we should be asking. we look at the uses of the data and make a judgment on which are the most important questions to be asking in the census. issues around sexual orientation and gender identity are

really at the forefront at the moment, really key aspect of understanding local communities, which is what a census is all about. we thought it was really important to collect this information, to allow local service providers to really target their lgbt services at the communities there, and studied experiences on the ground. what the communities there, and studied experiences on the ground.- experiences on the ground. what in our view experiences on the ground. what in your view is — experiences on the ground. what in your view is remarkable, _ experiences on the ground. what in your view is remarkable, notable, l your view is remarkable, notable, about what you come up with? 50. your view is remarkable, notable, about what you come up with? so, the thin i'm about what you come up with? so, the thing i'm most— about what you come up with? so, the thing i'm most proud _ about what you come up with? so, the thing i'm most proud of— about what you come up with? so, the thing i'm most proud of is _ about what you come up with? so, the thing i'm most proud of is that - about what you come up with? so, the thing i'm most proud of is that we - thing i'm most proud of is that we have got this information, and that we now have this bassline that will allow us to provide people with the information that people need to understand the local communities. just how proud we are to collect this information. in terms of the data themselves, these were voluntary questions that we asked of the population, age 16 and over. and the population, age 16 and over. and the response rates were really, really high. over 92% of the

population responded to the question on sexual orientation, and over 90% responded to the question on gender identity. responded to the question on gender identi . ., ., , ., , ., ~ identity. how do statistics like this inform — identity. how do statistics like this inform policy? _ identity. how do statistics like this inform policy? there - identity. how do statistics like this inform policy? there are i identity. how do statistics like i this inform policy? there are lots of wa s this inform policy? there are lots of ways that _ this inform policy? there are lots of ways that the _ this inform policy? there are lots of ways that the data _ this inform policy? there are lots of ways that the data is _ this inform policy? there are lots of ways that the data is used. - this inform policy? there are lots of ways that the data is used. i l of ways that the data is used. i already mentioned about delivering local services, already mentioned about delivering localservices, it already mentioned about delivering local services, it will help local service providers, local authorities and local organisations. to think about how they provide things like specialised mental health support, whether they need to have things like specific ways of reporting hate crime. also, things like targeting adoption and fostering services for same couples, and as well as the local service provision, what a census allows us to do was to look across all of the different information, reflect the different questions on the census, and understand how the different

characteristics work together. so, for example, we can look at health outcomes, education outcomes, employment outcomes. look at that with different characteristics of the population. if we can see that, potentially, the lgbt+ population are having lower employment outcomes, it helps us understand what steps we can take to tackle the thank you very much forjoining us. paralysis continues in the us congress, the republican leader in the house, kevin mccarthy, has failed in his iith attempt to get elected speaker. the session has now been adjourned and voting will continue on friday. republicans took control of the house in november's elections, but a small group of hardline conservatives is blocking the leadership. despite multiple setbacks — kevin mccarthy is sure he will still win. we have a five seat majority. so, it's not one side is going to get more than another, it's the entire congress is going to have to learn to work together.

so, it's better that we go through this process right now, so we can achieve the things we want to achieve for the american public, what our commitment was. so if this takes a little longer, it doesn't meet the deadline, that's ok. because it's not how you start, it's how you finish. let's speak to cbs news correspondent jarred hill. this sounds a bit like triumph of hope over experience. how does it end? that hope over experience. how does it end? �* ,. hope over experience. how does it end? �* w end? at some point, with the speaker ofthe end? at some point, with the speaker of the house- — end? at some point, with the speaker of the house. but _ end? at some point, with the speaker of the house. but the _ end? at some point, with the speaker of the house. but the question - end? at some point, with the speaker of the house. but the question is - of the house. but the question is when and who. looking at the numbers right now, kevin mccarthy does have, by far, the largest amount of support amongst republicans. he's gotten over 200 votes in each of the 11 gotten over 200 votes in each of the ii elections, each of the ii ballots that have been cast so far. but not the number he needs to in the speakership. the question is going to be whether some of the deal—making that is apparently going on behind the scenes is going to be

enough to get him the votes that he needs to actually get to that number. there are a couple of these hard—line republicans who have said they will never vote for kevin mccarthy how they think it is time to move on from kevin mccarthy. but he does need everybody, hejust needs to sway a couple of them to come do his side to actually win. —— doesn't need everybody. come do his side to actually win. -- doesn't need everybody.— doesn't need everybody. these hardliners. _ doesn't need everybody. these hardliners, this _ doesn't need everybody. these hardliners, this small - doesn't need everybody. these hardliners, this small group, . doesn't need everybody. these l hardliners, this small group, why are they so opposed? idea logically s-ueakin , are they so opposed? idea logically speaking. they _ are they so opposed? idea logically speaking, they are _ are they so opposed? idea logically speaking, they are not _ are they so opposed? idea logically speaking, they are not the - are they so opposed? idea logically speaking, they are not the only - speaking, they are not the only hardline republicans who are in the house. there are a number of more conservative republicans who are bucking kevin mccarthy. at this group in particular, there are a couple of things. some of them just say that they don't think he is the person for thejob. say that they don't think he is the person for the job. they don't think he is conservative enough, they don't think that he is ideologically motivated enough for them. then there are some others who say that there are some others who say that there are some concessions they are looking for him to make, too essentially weaken the power of the

speakership, and dilute that amongst members of congress, of the further right faction of the party. we are seeing some of that negotiation going in that direction. things like allowing forjust one member to bring an injunction to the speaker to oust the speaker if they decide thatis to oust the speaker if they decide that is what they want to do. the question is, is that enough to get enough people for kevin mccarthy to become the speaker of the house? what is the reaction of american voters to this spectacle? it depends who ou voters to this spectacle? it depends who you ask- _ voters to this spectacle? it depends who you ask- 0n — voters to this spectacle? it depends who you ask. on the _ voters to this spectacle? it depends who you ask. on the one _ voters to this spectacle? it depends who you ask. on the one hand, - who you ask. on the one hand, looking at democrats, there are a lot of democrats that are, in essence, revelling in this moment. they see it as a moment in which the republican party are showing they are not fit to lead. that is something we also heard from a couple of republicans in congress. when it comes to republican voters, thatis when it comes to republican voters, that is split as well. on the one hand, you have some that say it really does showcase that the republican party is willing to work amongst itself to try and find a

consensus that works for the party in the country as a whole, and there are others who are saying this makes the party look like it can't do its job. again, depends who you talk to. the big question is how does this play out long term in the political game? because, again, not only are we talking about governing in the next year or year and a half, we are also talking about what this looks like and what this means for republicans and democrats who are going to be running for president come 2024. going to be running for president come 2024,— going to be running for president come 2024. lovely to talk to you. very much- _ come 2024. lovely to talk to you. very much- -- — come 2024. lovely to talk to you. very much. -- thanks— come 2024. lovely to talk to you. very much. -- thanks very - come 2024. lovely to talk to you. very much. -- thanks very much. | thousands of cancer patients in the uk could receive personalised vaccine treatments, as the result of an agreement between the uk government and german pharmaceutical company biontech. the aim is to accelerate research using the same technology found in current covid vaccines. our medical editor fergus walsh has this report. if you've had a covid booster, it will have been a messenger rna vaccine. these work by prompting the immune system to recognise and attack coronavirus.

cancer vaccines work along the same lines, unmasking tumour cells so they can be destroyed. but cancer is a much tougher nut to crack than covid. early trials by several companies look promising, but it may be years before we know how well these personalised cancer vaccines work. the memorandum of understanding between the government and biontech is non—binding, but the company says the uk is an ideal partner. we have seen in the covid—i9 pandemic, with the fast approval of vaccines in the uk, that the regulatory authority is exceptional. and then there is the genomic analysis capabilities in the uk. the uk is one of the leading nations in that regard. our out

the hope is to recruit up to 10,000 cancer patients here by 2030, including those with melanoma, bowel and head and neck tumours. some trials are already under way, but recruitment will accelerate in the coming months. cancer research uk welcomed the news but said delays in diagnosis and treatment means staff are increasingly overstretched and may be unable to find the time needed to set up clinical trials. if this continued, it would mean slower progress towards new treatments. fergus walsh, bbc news. the number of people admitted to hospital with flu in england fell last week from the highest level in at least a decade. the uk health security agency has warned that these numbers could start rising again this month, as we return to work and school following the festive period. our health correspondent jim reed has more details. quite early in december, i think

i had started to feel unwell. quite quickly, my body started aching. when olly browning, a healthy 26—year—old, first fell sick, it felt like a normal winter bug. i thought, oh, it's just the flu. maybe if ijust hold out a week or so more, then it will clear up. but it didn't. by boxing day, olly�*s fever was getting worse and he was struggling to breathe. so he went to a&e in central london. he was told flu had caused pneumonia in his lungs and spent last week in hospital, half of that in intensive care. my nan actually had pneumonia two years ago at christmas and actually the biggest surprise to me was that i cannot imagine how she felt if i feel this bad. flu is most dangerous for the elderly and very young. olly�*s case is unusual, but still a reminder it can cause serious illness at any age.

it's really opened my eyes to the fact that nobody is invincible, nobody is above it, and it does not discriminate. good afternoon, a&e reception. how can we help? hospital admissions because of flu fell back last week from their highest level in at least a decade. doctors and scientists, though, say it's far too soon to say the latest outbreak has peaked. we encourage people to obviously protect themselves against the serious consequences of flu and other infections, but obviously that also will have knock—on effects in protecting the health service who are under a lot of pressure, and particularly when all these infections come at one time. high rates of flu, covid and other bugs are one reason why record numbers have been turning up at a&e this winter. it all comes as hospitals across the uk are having to deal with a real shortage of doctors and nurses. and there are problems moving patients who are well enough to leave out of a hospital bed and into some form of community or social care.

doreen clayton and her husband have been married for nearly 70 years. just before christmas, she woke in the night feeling very unwell. she wasjust panicking, i think, because of not being able to breathe. they were told it would be an 11 hour wait for an ambulance, so her daughter drove over and rushed her to a&e in portsmouth herself. it was very, very busy. nearly all the seats were taken. there were people queuing up to wait to be checked injust to the seating area. this was at 2:00? that was at 2:00 in the morning. a medical person came in and said, announced to the room that there was at least a seven hour wait. the way mum was struggling to breathe, it was quite frightening actually, and it was frightening for her. doreen is now recovering, but she had to wait more than 12 hours in a&e that night before a bed could be found in the hospital.

that same pressure is now being felt across the whole uk. the government says it has made more money available for extra staff and more hospital beds as the health service tries to find its way through another tough winter. jim reed, bbc news. our health reporter jim reed is with me now. tell us what the latest data says about flu. ., ,., tell us what the latest data says about flu. ., ., ,, about flu. that report, talking about flu. that report, talking about a drop _ about flu. that report, talking about a drop in _ about flu. that report, talking about a drop in admissions i about flu. that report, talking | about a drop in admissions last week, new people turning up in hospitals reference there, in the last half an hour we've got different sets of data, this looks at the total number in hospital in england with different diseases, including flu, so obviously it takes while for this new admissions to go into hospital and get discharge from hospital, this gives you a picture, this figure now, a picture of the pressure that flu is causing on the nhs, and last week there was an average ofjust over 5000 people now in hospital in england with flu. that is up 47% on the week before, so these are big increases in the

number of hospital beds being taken up. you have about 5000 people in hospital with flu in england and about 9500 with covid, so add that together, about 15,000, about 9500 with covid, so add that together, about15,000, 100,000 together, about 15,000, 100,000 hospital beds across the nhs in england, so roughly 15% of hospital beds now being taken up with people with those two diseases. overall, you have 93% of beds occupied, so you have 93% of beds occupied, so you can see the problem there. you were already quite close to the limit of beds occupied plus you've got this extra pressure from flu and covid coming back over the winter, so this was one reason by the nhs was coming under all this pressure. what are the other bettors? {line what are the other bettors? one where you _ what are the other bettors? one where you can — what are the other bettors? one where you can see _ what are the other bettors? que: where you can see that what are the other bettors? iez where you can see that it what are the other bettors? i2 where you can see that it is by looking at the amount of time ambulances, this has been a real issue, have to queue outside hospital before they can discharge, unload their patients to the team on site. that should be done in 15 minutes in england, and last week, these are the worst figures i've ever seen, the worst figure since records started a ten, 40 4% of

ambulances, had to wait at least half an hour. your target is 15 minutes, had to wait at least half an hour, and about a quarter of all ambulances had to wait more than another, so that is 30,000 odd patients a week, and that is 55,000 hours lost, so 55,000 hours paramedics are waiting outside hospital rather than being able to get back out on the road, so you can see the real pressures there. the other real pressure we talked about a lot is getting people out of hospital who are well enough to leave, that is not changed too much over the last weeks, about 13,000 of those 100,000 beds in the nhs in england taken up with people who are fit to lead but can't leave, because the right social care packages available immediately.- the right social care packages available immediately. there was some talk of _ available immediately. there was some talk of ambulances - available immediately. there was i some talk of ambulances off-loading some talk of ambulances off—loading their patients, if they were stable after 45 minutes, and then putting them into a knee, but that moves the

problem? them into a knee, but that moves the roblem? , ,, . . problem? yes, specific thing trialled out _ problem? yes, specific thing trialled out in _ problem? yes, specific thing trialled out in london - problem? yes, specific thing trialled out in london at i problem? yes, specific thing trialled out in london at the| trialled out in london at the moment, the idea that if the london ambulance service waits for 45 minutes, at that stage they hand over to, minutes, at that stage they hand overto, if minutes, at that stage they hand over to, if the patient is stable, it would have to be not a really serious case, the patient is stable they hand over and they will make they hand over and they will make the nurse aware, they nurse in charge where they are doing that, so we will have to see how that goes, the concern is that you push the problem from those ambulances outside into a needs that are already busy, but that is one thing they are trialling at the moment. we have seen some strikes within the health service and more talked about. ., , , ~' health service and more talked about. ., , , ,, , health service and more talked about. ., ,, ,, ,. , about. venous striker is currently -lanned about. venous striker is currently planned for _ about. venous striker is currently planned for a _ about. venous striker is currently planned for a couple _ about. venous striker is currently planned for a couple of— about. venous striker is currently planned for a couple of weeks' i about. venous striker is currently i planned for a couple of weeks' time, the nurses union talking about potentially... the talk of a 19% pay rise demand, some talk of moving in there, nurses might accept something like 10%, but alsojunior there, nurses might accept something like 10%, but also junior doctors, they started balloting this week on industrial action, and the union

that represents them have said if that represents them have said if that vote was three for industrial action, they are going to call 72 hours worth of strikes in march. we don't know whether it is one block, italy, during the last hour or so, or three separate strikes. i don't think they are decided by the way, you have strikes from ambulance staff, from nurses and potentially if they vote goes through, from junior doctors as well so a lot of destruction of disruption over the coming weeks if these folks go through. back to our main story now. more leaked details have emerged from prince harry's book, spare, in which he says he took cocaine aged 17, urged his father not to marry camilla, and describes a physical attack by his brother, william. our royal correspondent daniela relph has been speaking to andrew morton — who wrote a biography of princess diana. he says this was not the future she had planned for her sons. this is a once in a decade opportunity to read about the inside workings of the royal family.

when diana, her true story, was first out, there were members of parliament suggesting i'd be sent to the tower of london. i don't think anybody�*s going to suggest that with prince harry, but he's going to get a huge backlash. do you think a book like this will help people sympathise with harry, hearing his view, his memoir, his version of events? we have heard a lot from harry and meghan in recent weeks. we've we've heard an awful lot from a couple who desperately need their privacy. and they've spoken for about six or seven hours about their relationship, about their marriage and intimate pictures of their children. i mean, in this moment, watching how harry has presented himself, you must draw the parallels with how his mother felt at that time. are there similarities that you see? well, harry's spoken a lot about his similarities to his mother, and how he makes his decisions based on what she would have thought. and certainly, there was a recklessness about diana, and there's a recklessness

about harry. and there's a courage there. you know, there's a kind of raw courage in in doing this. can you see any hope of a reconciliation between prince harry and the rest of his family, particularly, i suppose, his brother and his father? well, speaking today, you wouldn't want them in the same room. and they're a family at war, there's no doubt about that. it seems to me that the much maligned tabloids have got it roughly right. the kind of conflicts between the two brothers, the conflicts between harry and the system. and he fell out, not with his wife, as diana fell out with her husband, but he's fallen out with the system. and he's never really been inclined towards the system anyway. i think he would have much enjoyed — preferred — his life to have been in the army, where he spent ten years, rather than undertaking royal engagements. do you think this book is going to be very damaging for the royalfamily?

well, we're just absorbing the contents of this book. i think it will have damage, because remember... diana always used to say to me that harry was the back—up to william in the nicest possible way, that that's the reason why she had two boys. and she wanted harry to be william's wingman, not, as we've seen, his hitman. and i think that, you know, it's a real conundrum for the royal family going forwards. the prime minister has been visiting a school in south london this morning, and he's been asked about the huge pressure on the nhs, the claims being made by prince harry about the royal family, and initially faced questions about the government's proposed new anti—strike laws. yesterday the government wrote to all union leaders, inviting them in

for talks on monday, and we incredibly value of the important work are public sector do, especially our nurses, we won't have an honest, grown—up conversation about what is affordable, what is responsible for the country. those invitations are gone now and i'm hopeful those meetings can happen on monday, so we can have a productive conversation and find a way through this. {lin conversation and find a way through this. , ., ., , ., ., this. on the legislation you are brou:ht this. on the legislation you are brought in. _ this. on the legislation you are brought in, could _ this. on the legislation you are brought in, could people i this. on the legislation you are brought in, could people be i this. on the legislation you are i brought in, could people be sacked for not going to work in health service? i for not going to work in health service? , , service? i fully believe in the union's role _ service? i fully believe in the union's role in _ service? i fully believe in the union's role in our _ service? i fully believe in the union's role in our society i service? i fully believe in the l union's role in our society and service? i fully believe in the i union's role in our society and the freedom for them to strike, but i believe that should be balanced with the right of ordinary working people to go about their lives free from significant disruption, and that is why we are going to bring forward new laws in common with countries like france, italy and spain, ensure we have minimum levels of safety in critical areas, like fire and ambulance, so that even when strikes are going on, you know your health will be protected. i think that is entirely reasonable that is what new laws will do.

entirely reasonable that is what new laws will do— laws will do. when it comes to the current industrial _ laws will do. when it comes to the current industrial action _ laws will do. when it comes to the current industrial action being i current industrial action being taken by nurses, they have indicated they might be willing to settle for 10%. could you go further with the offer and meet them halfway? brute 10%. could you go further with the offer and meet them halfway? we have alwa s been offer and meet them halfway? we have always been clear _ offer and meet them halfway? we have always been clear we _ offer and meet them halfway? we have always been clear we want _ offer and meet them halfway? we have always been clear we want to _ offer and meet them halfway? we have always been clear we want to have i offer and meet them halfway? we have always been clear we want to have a i always been clear we want to have a grown—up, honest conversation, a two—way conversation with union leaders, that's why the government has written, all the partners have written to all their unions inviting them in for talks on monday so we can have those conversations talking about what is affordable, what is reasonable, what is responsible for our country. i think everyone agrees the most pressing economic priority we have is reducing the cost of living and getting a grip of inflation is the best way we can do that to ease the cost of living, not only for nurses, but for everyone, that's why earlier this week i made five promises about what i wanted to do, to have inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt, cut waiting lists and stop the boats.— lists and stop the boats. those talks about _ lists and stop the boats. those talks about inviting _ lists and stop the boats. those talks about inviting the - lists and stop the boats. those talks about inviting the unions| lists and stop the boats. those i talks about inviting the unions and, today include talks about this year's pay?—

today include talks about this year's pay? today include talks about this ear's -a ?~ . �* , year's pay? what we've said is we want to have _ year's pay? what we've said is we want to have a _ year's pay? what we've said is we want to have a grown-up - year's pay? what we've said is we want to have a grown-up and i year's pay? what we've said is we i want to have a grown-up and honest want to have a grown—up and honest conversation with all union leaders about what is responsible, what is reasonable and what is affordable for our country when it comes to pay, and we think this conversation should happen, that's why we've invited everyone to have the stocks on monday and i'm hopeful those talks can be constructive and we can find their way through this. ibe talks can be constructive and we can find their way through this.- find their way through this. be on the industrial _ find their way through this. be on the industrial unrest, _ find their way through this. be on the industrial unrest, and - find their way through this. be on the industrial unrest, and the i find their way through this. be on the industrial unrest, and the wider nhs there is a crisis, we don't how many people, but there almost unnecessarily dying. the many people, but there almost unnecessarily dying.— many people, but there almost unnecessarily dying. the nhs is obviously under _ unnecessarily dying. the nhs is obviously under enormous i unnecessarily dying. the nhs is i obviously under enormous pressure as we recover from cove air and obviously under enormous pressure as we recoverfrom cove air and i have enormous admiration for all the people working incredibly hard in the nhs right now to help get us through that, we are supporting them with billions of pounds of extra funding, and in particular this winter what we want to do is make sure we move people out of hospitals into social care, into communities, one of the most powerful ways we can ease some of the pressure is on a&e departments and ambulances waiting

too long, if we can move people and social care, that's what we put money into doing that, we need to make sure it reaches the front line and other initiatives are ruling out that will help ease some of the burdens, but people should rest assured, one of my promises i made this week was to tackle nhs weights, and i'm fully committed to doing that, we are putting the extra money in and we need to make sure the initiatives we put in place make a difference but this is one focused on, i've set out five promises for the country this week, to have inflation, which is that, stop the boats, that's what i'm prioritising. spokein boats, that's what i'm prioritising. spoke in your speech earlier this week about the of family, how important yourfamily is week about the of family, how important your family is to you, so how do you feel when you see the royal family being so publicly torn apart? ibis royal family being so publicly torn aart? �* , ., royal family being so publicly torn apart? as you would expect, it is not appropriate _ apart? as you would expect, it is not appropriate for _ apart? as you would expect, it is not appropriate for me _ apart? as you would expect, it is not appropriate for me to - apart? as you would expect, it is i not appropriate for me to comment on matters to do with the royal family.

more broadly, prince harry has spoken about the number of taliban fighters he believed he killed in afghanistan. on the point of military personnel talking about the number of people they think they have killed, is that wiser does that create a security risk? i have killed, is that wiser does that create a security risk?— create a security risk? i would not comment on _ create a security risk? i would not comment on matters _ create a security risk? i would not comment on matters to _ create a security risk? i would not comment on matters to do i create a security risk? i would not comment on matters to do with i create a security risk? i would not i comment on matters to do with the royalfamily, i would just comment on matters to do with the royal family, i would just say i'm enormously grateful to our armed forces for the incredible job they do in keeping us all safe, we are all very fortunate for their service. for many ukrainians, today is christmas eve. traditionally, christmas in ukraine begins on the 6th of january, and lasts until the feast of epiphany on the 19th of january. christmas eve festivities usually start at dawn, and are marked by traditional family gatherings. i'm joined now by olya bielohlazova, who's a ukrainian living in the uk. i'v e i've been practising and have probably mangled it. tell us what your day looks like, how will you be

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the other dishes. usually we try to put on the table 12 dishes, which presents all 12 months, different versions. we don't have meat containing in dishes or even cheese or butter because we have two fast before this event, and on christmas eve, on the 6th of january, we cannot eat any meat, but the next day we can do so, and usually it is very family celebration, but today because we have not got their families with us, we've got is to gather altogether with ukrainians and try to celebrate, even though it is not easy to celebrate when our hearts are so worried about what is going on in ukraine. it

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to call them mercy them on a video call? ., �* , ., to call them mercy them on a video call? ., �*, ., ., ., call? no, it's not easy at all, especially — call? no, it's not easy at all, especially video _ call? no, it's not easy at all, especially video calls, i i call? no, it's not easy at all, especially video calls, i have| call? no, it's not easy at all, i especially video calls, i have not had intranet for months now, and it is not easy, and i'm not sure we will be lucky enough to have a chance to talk to them today, but all we can do isjust chance to talk to them today, but all we can do is just send them photos, videos, but i'm not sure we will be able to save them. lets hope next ear will be able to save them. lets hope next year is — will be able to save them. lets hope next year is very _ will be able to save them. lets hope next year is very different. _ will be able to save them. lets hope next year is very different. thank i next year is very different. thank you for talking to us, happy christmas. train passengers are facing disruption again today as rail workers in the rmt union begin their second 48—hour strike this week. only around 20% of britain's usual services are expected to run during the action. it comes as the government pushes ahead with new laws, which would allow employers to sue some unions if they don't provide minimum levels of service.

speaking on the picket line at euston station in central london, mick lynch the general secretary of the rmt union gave our reporter hannah miller his response to the proposed new laws. what this is a symbol of is the government losing the argument. they've lost the argument on austerity and pay, and the state of our national public services. and instead, they want to close that argument down by closing down the unions, stopping us campaigning against poverty and badly—funded services. so, will you comply with it? well, we don't know what it will say yet. there's a lot of puff in the media that they put out. this has all been a set piece, we believe. mr sunak made a speech on tuesday that was a set piece. they made this announcement on wednesday. and we think they have allowed the strikes to go ahead to frame this legislation announcement. they could have had these

talks over christmas. and they decided not to do it. so, if this legislation were to mean that you would risk a fine, say, for the union, if you walk out on strike and take all of your members out, would you risk a fine to go on strike? what they are saying is they will sack our members if they don't go to work. they are going to conscript our members. we have to name who will go to work. and if there members, in a lawful ballot, don't want to cross our picket line, they can be dismissed individually, and the union could be fined. so we will have to see what the law says. do you worry that it makes your strike action completely implausible, on basis, then? i don't think it will be implausible. it will make strikes and industrial completely entrenched. it will make them worse? it will make them worse. we will have to resort to work—to—rule, we will have to resort to long—term overtime bans, partialstrikes, that will mean that disputes will become intractable, probably. and it may have completely the opposite effect that this government are saying. we've got colleagues from france here today, they are saying that the legislation in france is not as described, the way that mr shapps is describing it. and in fact it has never been enforced. and it is the union that

sets the minimum service they want to provide. so they need to think again about this before they make a bad situation even worse. the former italy, juventus and chelsea striker, gianluca vialli, has died, at the age of 58. during a 16—year playing career in italy, vialli won every major trophy on offer. he also featured in the 1986 and 1990 world cups for his country. afterjoining chelsea in 1996, he helped them win the fa cup at the end of his first season before guiding them to win the league cup and uefa cup winners' cup as player—manager the following season. three members of mexico's security forces have died and 18 people have been admitted to hospital in the northwestern state of sinaloa. violence broke out across the state following the arrest of one of the leaders

of an infamous criminal gang. ovidio guzman—lopez is the son of the notorious drug lord dubbed "el chapo". the arrest comes just days before us presidentjoe biden is due to visit mexico for a summit next week. azadeh moshiri reports. el chapo's drug cartel is fighting back, and now the state of sinaloa is locked in battle. the notorious drug lord is serving a life sentence in the united states. now, after six months of careful surveillance, mexico's armed forces have captured his son, ovidio guzman—lopez, along with other cartel members. translation: they were arrested i while carrying weapons that belonged exclusively to the mexican army and the air force. moments after his arrest, cells that are part of his criminal group set up 19 roadblocks and armed attacks in different parts in the city of culiacan. the governor is warning residents to shelter in place, saying

there is a danger across culiacan. even a plane scheduled to fly from the city was hit by bullets, before taking off. the mexican defence minister has said us officials assisted with the surveillance operation. el chapo's son has been on america's radarfor some time. the state department says he and his brother, joaquin, have overseen 11 methamphetamine labs in the state of sinaloa. they also believe he also oversaw the murder of informants, a drug trafficker and even a popular mexican singer, who had refused to sing at his wedding. we of course have closely been following the violence in parts of mexico, namely in sinaloa, over the past few days, there has been reports of gunfire, roadblocks and fires throughout the cities of culiacan, los mochis, guasave, in sinaloa, mexico. this isn't the first time the cartel

has taken hold of the area. mr guzman—lopez was arrested before in october 2019, but the president ordered his release to put an end to violence that broke out. this time, the same question hovers over officials — how far are they willing to go to keep hold of el chapo's son? a new study says half of the world's glaciers are likely to disappear by the end of the century because of climate change. it estimates 49% will vanish even if global temperature rise is limited to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre—industrial levels — the ambitious goal set at the paris climate conference in 2015. national grid says more of britain's electricity came from renewable and nuclear power than from fossil fuels last year. on one day in november, more than 70% of the supply was produced by wind.

that's enough to heat more than 1,500 homes for a year. coal now produces just over one per cent of the uk's electricity. ahead of more wind and spells of rain this weekend, today one of the windows of required aware that we have got. most places staying dry, the odd isolated showers into the afternoon, but it will stay mild emissions antrim, here is the one dimension, clearskies emissions antrim, here is the one dimension, clear skies in between. an area of low pressure, as it moved through shetland it will bring strong winds, the rest of scotland with lighter winds this afternoon, fewer certain period with this afternoon. sunshine turning his seat as we go through the afternoon, most places staying dry, and still around

three or 4 degrees above average for the stage injanuary. i mailed 99, winds will strengthen, touch and go forth in places, lots of close billing and, outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west, clearing away from northern ireland as we head into the morning, temperatures not dropping much, as we start saturday. i'll start to the weekend, not a wash—out of the week in, but will be one day and still some whiter moments to be had. most widely work on saturday, southey scotland, those outbreaks of rain moving their way eastwards, most places will brighten up any scattering of heavy and in the shower is coming to in bands, when strengthening across the west later in the day to push 30 degrees or so, it will fill colour in the west with the wind picks up later in the day. it is all due to the area of low pressure from saturday and sunday, much like last night worked its way into the north of scotland, a windy

night and start a sunday here, went to turn up to 60 miles in a row, frequent showers in the north—west of scotland, lots of showers towards the south—west of england and wales, more persistent rain, that is one thing we will have to watch, but it will be another windy day, especially across the west, deals and places in temperatures down a little on saturday's values, between seven and 9 degrees. a little closer to where we should be for the stage of the year, and a cool night will follow, it dries day on monday before more wet and windy weather arrives on tuesday and temperatures back on the rise again.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. in a series of sensational revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. there has always been this competition between us. prince harry also revealed that he killed 25 people in afghanistan during his time as a helicopter pilot — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. he is giving a wrong impression when he makes those sorts of comments. that is not to be the british army

sees things. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime ministrer admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. we need to move people out of hospital into community. russia state tv says a temporary ceasefire declared by president putin has come into effect — ukraine has said it won't reciprocate. three days, eleven votes — and still no us house speaker as kevin mccarthy fails to win over conservative hardliners. more revelations from prince harry's autobiography have emerged — including accounts of drug—taking, details of his time in the army, and a claim that he and prince william urged their father,

king charles, not to marry camilla, now the queen consort. the revelations come from his book, spare, due to be published in the uk next week. copies have gone on sale in spain, and some newspapers also got hold of it in advance. other claims come from interviews prince harry has given to promote the book. in the book, prince harry makes a number of accusations about his family. there are also details about intimate moments of his private life. and as reported yesterday, a claim that he was physically attacked by his brother, prince william. despite the accusations, in an interview due to air on itv this sunday, prince harry says he would like to "get his father back" and "have his brother back". but kensington palace and buckingham palace have both said they will not comment on the book. in the last hour the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said he won't comment on issues surrounding the royal family either. our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. war in the house of windsor,

as we've been talking about all morning, has gone absolutely nuclear. across the commonwealth, it's prince harry's book which has been leading morning bulletins. and in the country harry now calls home, the us, his claims are also filling the airwaves. so, wow. yeah. wow. damning new claims from prince harry, now accusing his brother prince william, the future king, of physically assaulting him. the publishers had hoped to keep the book under wraps until next tuesday, but in spain, copies were mistakenly put on sale. harry's words were now in the public domain with more to come in three tv interviews. there's a fair amount of drugs, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine, i mean, that's going to surprise people. but important to acknowledge. i want reconciliation. but first there needs to be some accountability. throughout the book, harry shares intimate details about his family and himself. that he lost his virginity to an older woman in a field behind a pub. that he first tried the drug cocaine as a 17—year—old

during a shooting party weekend. and that in afghanistan, while serving as a helicopter pilot, he killed 25 taliban fighters. "it wasn't a statistic which filled me with pride, but nor did it leave me ashamed," he writes. adding, "they were chess pieces, removed from the board. "bad people eliminated before they could kill good people." if the king had hoped his wife, the queen consort, would be spared, he would be disappointed. harry writes that both he and william begged his father not to marry her, fearing she would be a wicked stepmother. and his brother, prince william, is branded his arch nemesis. a label to be explored further on american television. there is a quote in this book where you refer to your brother as your beloved brother, and arch nemesis. strong words. what did you mean by that?

there has always been this competition between us, weirdly. i think it really plays into the roles played by the heir, spare. it is the accusation that william physically attacked him in 2019 that is perhaps the most explosive. i talk about the red mist that i had for so many years. i saw this red mist in him. he wanted me to hit him back but i chose not to. a one—sided account, it may be, but it does reveal the extent to which the relationship between the two brothers has fractured. diana always used to say to me that harry was the back—up to william in the nicest possible way. that's the reason why she had two boys. and he wanted harry to be william's wingman, not, as we've seen, his hit man. after prince philip's funeral, charles, according to harry, pleaded with them both to stop fighting, saying, "please, boys, "don't make my final years a misery."

this book is harry's version of events. in response to his claims, his family continue to say nothing. sarah campbell, bbc news. copies of prince harry's memoirs are already on sale in spain. the bbc�*s guy hedgecoe is in madrid — where he's been up all night reading the book. i have spent much of the last 24 hours reading this copy in spanish, speed reading, i should say. i haven't read every single word. obviously there are a lot of revelations in there, a lot of headline stories in there. about the drugs, losing his virginity, his relationship with his brother. all of that. many things which you might expect. but also, having read this book, some of the things it goes into are the causes of some of the relationships that seem to have gone wrong in harry's life. for example, with his brother. and also, in particular,

with the media. he talks a lot in this book about his antagonism towards the media, what he sees as the media's antagonism towards him. prince harry has revealed that he killed 25 people in afghanistan during his time as a helicopter pilot. he served in the british army for 10 years and did two tours of afghanistan. this is the prince speaking in helmand back in 2012. when you fire a missile, the whole aircraft shudders a little bit. but, yeah, it's take a life to save a life. that's what we sort of revolve around, i suppose. you know, if there's people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, then we will take them out the game, i suppose. it's not the reason i decided to do this job. the reason i did this job was to get back out here and carry on with a job. harry says he thought of the 25 he killed as "chess pieces" rather than "people" and that he is neither proud nor

ashamed of the deaths. colonel richard kemp, former commander of british forces in afghanistan said the manner harry speaks about fighters in his book is not reflective of how the british army trains soldiers to treat them. those people he killed were bad people, who should have been eliminated before they can kill good people or ordinary people. but i think he is wrong when he says in his book that insurgents were seen just as being virtually unhuman, subhuman perhaps, just as chess pieces to be knocked over. that's not the case at all. and it's not the way the british army trains people, as he claims, the british army trains their soldiers, to differentiate between civilians and military and fighters, really. but fighters are also to be treated with respect, particularly after they've been captured or killed, wounded. and the geneva convention requires them to be treated with that respect. so i think he is giving a wrong impression when he makes those sorts of comments.

that's not the way the british army sees things. our royal correspodent nick witchell said a �*fair minded' assessment of this book would raise questions on his judgement. we shouldn't overlook the fact that there are a good many people out there who are supporters of harry and meghan and who are saying on social media, good for you. you tell your story in the way that you think is appropriate and right. and there are a good many people, mostly younger people, and they are right behind him. but i think any fair—minded assessment of this raises questions about his judgment. he is invading his own privacy, that is up to him if he wants to do that. he's also invading the privacy of other members of his family. that creates all these issues about betrayal of trust and so on, and so forth. in particular in relation to what he said about his tours of duty in afghanistan, there are, again, serious questions about has he really thought this through?

let's speak now to anna whitelock who's a royal historian and professor of the history of monarchy at city, university of london. what are your thoughts about how this is impacting on the institution of the monarchy and any reputational damage it is causing? that is a good question. this is news that all around the world is dominating media. does constitutionally challenge monarchy? no. harry is not directly the heir to the throne. like many spears of the past, royal rivals, he is kind of harrowing verbal forms, if you like, across the atlantic, over to the palace here. in the past, that would have been an invasion of an attempted coup, here, it is

uncomfortable headlines. on that level it doesn't matter, but in terms of the reputation, and the pr for the palace, and the monarchy, this does pose a problem. the leaks have been, in some sense, beneficial to the palace, because rather than the narrative being set in the round by harry in the upcoming interviews, and then people reading the book, the leaks have made that people have seen these rather sensational nuggets of information, description of harry losing his virginity, the drug taking, and the killing of 25 taliban fighters, as well as description of him fighting with his brother, i think that it has now been leaked in his way perhaps undermines in some sense the broader, more important points that harry is raising, for example about

the palace briefing to the press, and of this toxic relationship between the palace and the press, which i think really is something thatis which i think really is something that is worthy of examination. that all said, the taser trailer of the interview at the weekend also suggests that harry is now looking for reconciliation and accountability. —— taser trailer. the challenge is do they respond? but to dry and extend a more generous open invitation for a reconciliation, talks, and to restate that harry is a member of the family, and perhaps then move behind closed doors to rebuild a relationship. i can imagine that could happen, buti relationship. i can imagine that could happen, but i do not think we are going to see, certainly any sort

of step—by—step, accusation by accusation rebuttal from the palace. as a royal historian you will have studied the interviews that prince charles and princess diana themselves gave, more than a quarter of a century ago. how do these revelations compare to those? the royals and interviews, it is an interesting subject. they never really end well for the monarchy. even though the royals themselves at the time think that they are managing the media. more recently the prince andrew interview also. this is significant, i think, in that it this is significant, i think, in thatitis this is significant, i think, in that it is all over the press, it is a sensational story. harry and meghan have an international profile. but it is not a charles and

diana situation, in the sense that harry is not here to the throne, it does not directly reflect on him. yes, it's question is perhaps the behaviour, the personality of william, the future king. but i'm not sure that that is something that necessarily matters. i think it is really important, and certainly as a historian, in the grand sweep of history, to put this in context. royal feuds come and go. history, to put this in context. royalfeuds come and go. the history, to put this in context. royal feuds come and go. the wars of the roses back in the 15th century, depicted by shakespeare, who harry describes apparently in the book is something that his father made him watch shakespeare plays. ironically thatis watch shakespeare plays. ironically that is about refusing brothers. i do not think this is a hugely historical moment as perhaps the

media frenzy suggests. it certainly feels shakespearean. thank you for giving as your thoughts. the prime minister has admitted the nhs is under "enormous pressure" as he reiterated his commitment to tackling waiting lists while once again blaming the covid—19 pandemic for the current challenges. rishi sunak was speaking to broadcasters during a visit to a school in london. the nhs is obviously under enormous pressure as we recover from covert, and i have enormous aspiration for all the people working incredibly hard on the nhs right now to help get us through that. we are supporting them with billions of pounds of extra funding, but in particular, this winter, what you want to do is make sure that we move people out of hospitals, into social care, into communities, that is one of the most powerful ways we can ease some of the pressures on a absences are to be waiting too long, if we can move people into social care. that is where you put money to doing that. we need to make sure that money reaches the front line and makes a difference. there is

where you put money to doing that. we need to make sure that money reaches the front line and makes a difference. the displays and initiatives we are ruling out that this week was to tackle nhs weights, i am committed to doing that. we are putting the extra money in and we need to make sure the initiatives that we put in place actually make a difference. . a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas. new nhs data shows more than 40 per cent of crews were forced to wait more than half an hour to hand over patients to hospital staff in the week up to new year's day. our health reporterjim reed told us more about these handover times it should be done in 15 minutes in england. last week, and these are the worst figures i have ever seen, at worst figure since records started ten years ago. 44% of ambulances had to wait at least half an hour. target is 15 minutes, had to wait at least half an hour. a quarter of all our blitzes had to

wait more than one hour. that is 30,000 patients per week. that is 55,000 hours lost. that is 55,000 hours that paramedics are waiting outside hospital, rather than being able to get back out on the road. you can see the real pressures. the other big pressure, getting people out of hospital who are well enough to leave. that has not changed too much over the last two weeks, 13,000 100,000 beds in nhs in england to take by people who are medically fit, but cannot leave, generally because a social care package is not available immediately. i'm joined now by louise walters from stevenage, who waited in an ambulance queuing outside a hospitalfor 18 hours, from new year's day evening, as paramedics tended to her seriously ill mum. what happens to you and your mum? mama developed a flu virus that is

going around at the moment. she had been struggling to breathe. we formed the paramedics. luckily they were with us quite quickly. i held the phone at the so they could hear mum struggling. they were there within seven or eight minutes. on the way to the hospital they did warn us that there would be a bit of a wait. when we got there they spoke to the arm is at the front of the queue, they had been there 14 hours. obviously, we knew it was going to be a long time. because they feared double pneumonia and sepsis on my mother we thought we might be shunted into the hospital quicker, because she was on oxygen and nebulisers. but she was not. we were there 18 hours in total, with her lying on a trolley, instead of a bed. ~ . lying on a trolley, instead of a bed. . ., ., ,, lying on a trolley, instead of a bed. ~ . . ,, how lying on a trolley, instead of a bed. . ., ., ,, how is lying on a trolley, instead of a bed. . ., ., , , how is she bed. what happened then? how is she now? she is — bed. what happened then? how is she now? she is feeling _ bed. what happened then? how is she now? she is feeling much _ bed. what happened then? how is she now? she is feeling much better- bed. what happened then? how is she now? she is feeling much better now. | now? she is feeling much better now. they have her on regular nebulisers,

oxygen, and steroids and antibiotics. and i have to say, that the paramedics were absolutely amazing. we were the first three shift changes. each time they were trying to keep our spirits up, they were keeping a close eye on her. we saw cars coming in, into the ambulance bay, people blaring their horns with those seriously people that are seriously ill people in the back of the car, one paramedic from each track seems to jump out to help. they were trying their hardest to make sure my mother was comfortable and felt safe. we have asked the nhs trusts for a response to what happened to you and your mum, they have said their emergency departments are seeing very high attendances of the past few weeks, they assess and treat patients in order of clinical priority, with frequent reassessment during the day and night, doctors

treat patients where they waited abbots as we are needed. what treat patients where they waited abbots as we are needed. what would ou sa to abbots as we are needed. what would you say to that? _ abbots as we are needed. what would you say to that? i _ abbots as we are needed. what would you say to that? i would _ abbots as we are needed. what would you say to that? i would say _ abbots as we are needed. what would you say to that? i would say it - abbots as we are needed. what would you say to that? i would say it is i you say to that? i would say it is true. it was like what i imagine field hospitals to be like. waugh in ukraine on new year's day. doctors were walking to administer medication, set up trips. at one point the mother had to go for a chest x—ray, they had to take it out of the ambience, into the rain, into the hospital, do the x—ray, then put her back again. everyone was very busy, and everywhere. how were you feeling? how worrying or fighting was it? how were you feeling? how worrying orfighting was it? or did you just have to accept that this was the reality of your situation, as unfortunate as it was? like i said, the paramedics looked after as. like i said, the paramedics looked afteras. because like i said, the paramedics looked after as. because she was receiving 121 care, in some ways she was in a better position than those waiting in a&e, at least she was lying down,

when she needed the oxygen it was there immediately. but i would say, around the 15 hour mark, both of us were becoming very uncomfortable. those abbots is a not particularly comfortable. and we were both hungry as well. my husband was bringing up food for hours. —— those ambulances are not particularly comfortable. the royal college of nursing has indicated it could be willing to accept a 10 per cent pay rise for its members, rather than its 19 per cent demand — which the government has dismissed as unaffordable. the union's general secretary, pat cullen, told a times radio podcast that the health secretary should "meet her half way". thousands of nurses in england,

wales and northern ireland went on strike twice in december, and more walk outs are planned. train passengers are facing disruption again today as rail workers in the rmt union begin their second 48—hour strike this week. only around 20 percent of britain's usual services are expected to run during the action. yesterday, ministers said they would introduce new leglisation, which would allow employers to sue unions if they didn't provide minimum levels of public service during strikes. the prime minister says the government wants to find a solution to the ongoing strikes. rishi sunak�*s also discussed his government's planned anti—strike legislation, which could see unions sued if they do not provide minimum levels of service in certain sectors. we have said we want to have a grown—up honest conversation with all union leaders about what is responsible, what is reasonable, what is affordable for our country when it comes to pay. we think that those conversations should happen. that is why we have invited everyone in travel stocks on monday. we look forward to those talks being constructive. i fully believe in the role of the unions in our society and the freedom of them to strike, but i also leave that should be balanced

with the right of ordinary working people to go about their lives free from significant disruption. that is why we are going to bring forward new laws, in common with countries like france, italy, spain, and others, that issue that we have minimum levels of safety in critical areas, like fire, ambulance, so even when strikes are going on, you know that your health is being protected. i think that is entirely reasonable, thatis i think that is entirely reasonable, that is what our new laws will do. speaking on the picket line at euston station in central london, mick lynch the general secretary of the rmt union gave our reporter hannah miller his response to the proposed new laws. this is a symbol of the government losing the argument. they have lost the argued on austerity, pea, and the argued on austerity, pea, and the state of our public services, instead to close that argument down closing down the and stopping us campaigning against badly funded services. will you comply with that? we do not know what it will say. that is a lot of path in the media. this is a set piece, we believe.

rishi sunak made a speech on tuesday, a set piece, they made this announcement on wednesday, we believe they have allowed these strikes to go ahead to frame this legislation announcement. they could have had these talks over christmas, they decided not to do that. if this legislation means you would risk a fine if you walk out on strike, would you risk a fine, to go on strike or smack they are saying they would sack our members that it did not go to work, they would constrict our members, we would have to name who would not go to work, if those members after a lawful ballot could be... we those members after a lawful ballot could be... ~ ., ., ., those members after a lawful ballot could be---— those members after a lawful ballot could be... we have to wait and see what the law — could be... we have to wait and see what the law says. _

the afp news agency says ukraine has reported fresh strikes by russia on an eastern city in the country — just hours after a russian ceasefire was due to start. this strike has yet to be verified by the bbc. president putin ordered the thirty—six hour pause in fighting, to coincide with the orthodox christmas. ukraine has rejected the move which is timed to mark the russian orthodox christmas holiday — and was requested by the patriarch of the church. president zelensky says russia is just trying to stop ukraine's military advances. translation: now they want to use christmas as a cover to bring equipment, ammunition. what will this bring? another increase in the death toll. everyone in the world knows how the kremlin uses respite in waugh to continue the waugh with renewed vigour. joining me for more on this is ben hall, europe editor for the financial times. what do you make of the proposal of this ceasefire, it is that it may not be holding. these reports that there has been fresh strikes in the east of the country. but what is the

aim? vladimir putin possibly had three aims with this unilateral ceasefire initiative. one, give his troops a much—needed morale boosting rest. it has been a long, grinding waugh. the second one, probably dry and gain some battlefield advantage, improve their positions on the front lines, move men and equipment round without ukrainian precision artillery strikes. ukraine has a very effective at hitting russian troop and materiel movements. third, this is part of russia's information waugh, an attempt to portray russia as the party of peace. we have seen repeated appeals for negotiation scope and of course russia is not restyling from its max must aims in this waugh. it is talking about bombarding ukrainian cities. this

talk from the russian orthodox patriarch, appealing for a ceasefire, which allows for the reputed to say he is protecting the interests of orthodox christians, and is fighting somehow a kind of religious waugh, him on one side, zelensky on the other side. we have heard this the rhetoric about the ukrainians being satanists as well as neo—nazis. the same time as an information waugh, this is partly about galvanising russian public opinion to fight what is going to be a long and protracted waugh. russian ministry of defence has said shelling continues, they are quoted as saying even though russian armed forces, russian troops are again... part of the propaganda waugh machine that you were hinting at. what does

it say about how much trouble that russian military are in that they need or want to have this pause in fighting? at the end of the day, 36 hour pause is not going save the russians from tactical defeat at the hands of the ukrainian military. but what this really tells you is not so much an assessment of the weakened state of the russian military after defeats earlier in the autumn, and then retreat from kherson, but really about a message that vladimir putin wants to send public opinion, not this is sally in the west, joe biden and an eu leader has said this is a

cynical and dishonest move, this gives the ukrainians some backing not to abide by it, but the russians want to appeal to other parts of the world, the global south, betray themselves, as i said, as a peace party here. —— portray themselves. but there were media reports of artillery fire in eastern ukraine. it suggests the russians themselves may be breaching their own ceasefire. there has also been a nationwide air raid alert in ukraine right now. whether that is a false alert, or by the russians are sending missiles in breach of their own ceasefire, we shall have to see. thank you for your thoughts and analysis. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. more sunshine today than yesterday.

showers become fewer in number. the strongest winds confined to orkney and shetland. the few showers dotted around. wales, the southwest. high clouds drifting in. most races will stay dry and bright. a mild night tonight. clouds and outbreaks of rain spilling in from the south and west. temperatures 5—11 c. i'll start to the weekend. rain pushing eastwards. it does not clear east anglia and the south—east until the afternoon. then it is sunshine, bands of heavy and thundery showers to the afternoon. strengthening winds in the west. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines in a series of sensational revelations —

prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family, including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales there has always been this competition between us. i think it plays into and is played by the heir spare. prince harry also revealed that he killed 25 people in afghanistan during his time as a helicopter pilot — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. he's giving a wrong impression when he makes _ he's giving a wrong impression when he makes those sort of comments. it's he makes those sort of comments. it's not _ he makes those sort of comments. it's not the — he makes those sort of comments. it's not the way the british army sees _ it's not the way the british army sees things. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime ministrer admits the nhs is under enormous pressure in particular, this winter, what we want to do is make sure that we move people out of hospitals, into social care, into community. russia state tv says a temporary ceasefire declared by president putin

has come into effect. ukraine has said it won't reciprocate. three days, 11 votes — and still no us house speaker as kevin mccarthy fails to win over conservative hardliners. sport now, and a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. we begin with the news that former italy and chelsea striker gianluca vialli has died at the age of 58. vialli won the fa cup, league cup and uefa cup winners cup trophies with chelsea before going on to become the club's manager. he'd had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. we'rejoined by sports news reporterjo currie. obviously very sad news today. for those who haven't been following this story, just bring us up to date on what's happened. vialli announced he had undergone radiotherapy and chemotherapy in

2018 having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer of the year before and was given the all clear in 2020 but in december 2021 he said that the cancer had come back and just three weeks ago he said he was taking a break from three weeks ago he said he was taking a breakfrom his three weeks ago he said he was taking a break from his coaching role with the italian national team to focus on himself and this morning we found out he had finally lost his battle with the disease. vialli had kept his diagnosis private when he got it in 2017 and said he felt great shame and he felt quite helpless but he talked about it in his books and that he wanted to help others in similar situations to give them strength and hope. obviously, he is art them strength and hope. obviously, he is part of — them strength and hope. obviously, he is part of premier _ them strength and hope. obviously, he is part of premier league - he is part of premier league folklore and i remember watching him in the 1990s. brilliant as a player, successful at chelsea but he was also well loved. tell us why he was so well respected and loved amongst football fans. fin so well respected and loved amongst football fans-— football fans. on social media today there are so — football fans. on social media today there are so many _ football fans. on social media today there are so many tributes - football fans. on social media today there are so many tributes to i football fans. on social media today there are so many tributes to those | there are so many tributes to those who knew and played with vialli on the one word that comes up is a

legend, notjust in terms of achieving so much as a player manager but also in terms of him as a person. as a striker who played 59 times for italy and created a name for himself playing in italy in the 80s and 90s and made 300 appearances for sampdoria before moving to juventus for what was then a world record fee of £12 million while at juventus he won the champions league before eventuallyjoining chelsea in 1996 as a player and became player manager in 1998. he was the first italian to manage in the premier league and during his time with chelsea led them to victory in the fa cup, the league cup, the uefa cup winners' cup and also went on to have a short spell managing at watford and was part of the coaching staff who helped italy win the euro 2020 title at wembley. he was a player with personality, known for his goal—scoring abilities. izierr; his goal-scoring abilities. very successful— his goal-scoring abilities. very successful and _ his goal-scoring abilities. very successful and reactions i his goal—scoring abilities. very successful and reactions have been coming in across the football world. what you think his legacy will be? it will be best summed up by the

teams he played for. juventus today said we loved everything about you, absolutely anything. your smile, a star, a lead at the same time on the pitch and in the dressing room. your adorable swashbuckling ways, your culture, your class. chelsea has added this as a truly awful day for chelsea football club. his legacy will live on at stamford bridge and his impact as a player, coach and most importantly as a player will be forever written across our clubs history. forever written across our clubs histo . . ~ forever written across our clubs histo . ., ,, ,., forever written across our clubs histo . . ~' ,. , forever written across our clubs histo . . ~' , . asjo mentioned tributes have been flooding in paying respect to gianluca vialli who was not only a well respected, but well—loved figure within the global football community. in the last hour we've had the following tributes on social media... his former team—mate and manager rudd gullit, who vialli actually replaced as the chelsea boss, said rest in peace. we will miss you. another former chelsea player frank sinclair — who won the league cup under vialli as the boss said the news was "devastating" and that he was "one of the nicest guys" he'd ever met. a great manager and team—mate.

the italian football federation adding "you will forever be remembered." that's all the sport for now. the prime minister has admitted the nhs is under "enormous pressure" as he reiterated his commitment to tackling waiting lists while once again blaming the covid—19 pandemic for the current challenges. the government says its supporting the nhs with billions of pounds of extra funding, but the service has seen a relentless increase in demand, both in primary care and in hospital care. bbc analysis editor ros atkins looks at the issue of how the nhs has been funded. the nhs is under severe pressure, and its funding is being scrutinised. this winter, ambulance and a&e waiting times are the worst on record, a report by mps has described the greatest workforce crisis in history in the nhs, and these challenges with staff and services are in part connected to funding. there's nhs facilities too.

we also have the consequences of years of underfunding our capital investment in hospitals. all of this is having an impact. there are warnings that between 300 and 500 people are dying as a consequence of delays and problems each week, and the prime minister doesn't dispute the challenges. health care professionals are still unable to deliver the care they want, and patients aren't receiving the care they deserve. the government says it's doing everything possible, and that includes more money. i will increase the nhs budget in each of the next two years by £3.3 billion. future funding matters, but so does funding in the past and present. let's work through the detail. first of all, here's a graph which shows spending on health care since 2000. now, it's normalfor spending to rise every year because of various factors including an ageing population. but look at the rate at which spending increased

from 2000 to 2010 under a labour government — the average increase was 6.6% a year. then in 2010 there was an election. both labour and the conservatives promised to reduce the rate of increase, and it was the conservatives who were the biggest party. they formed a coalition with the liberal democrats and a range of austerity policies followed designed to reduce the national debt. that meant the rate of increase in health spending dropped to 1.1%. more recently, between 2015 and 2020, the conservatives raised the increase to 2.2%. their current plans take it up further still. but as the british medical association notes, growth of funding over the past decade prior to covid was below the long term average and did not keep pace with demand. demand for services being driven by an ageing population, by covid, by difficulties discharging patients into social care. and the uk's approach since 2010 has been different to the richest

countries in the eu. now, there are various ways to make this comparison. we've looked at the average health care spend per person in the previous decade, taking into account the difference in costs in each country. and this is the average health care spend in the uk over that period. it's18% lower than the average for the eu's richest members, known as the eu14 and, as the charity the health foundation puts it, if the uk had matched eu 14 levels of spending per person on health, day to day running costs would have been £39 billion higher each year on average over the past decade. a £39 billion difference each year. but the government argues the conservatives got it right in the 2010s. it's because we took difficult decisions in 2010 that we could afford record funding increases for the nhs. funding now, though, has to contend with inflation. it spiralled upwards last year,

driving up the nhs's costs, and the opposition labour party is unconvinced by the government's plans. its leader, sir keir starmer, has been laying out what he would do. of course investment is required. i can see the damage the tories have done to our public services as plainly as anyone else. but we won't be able to spend our way out of their mess. it's not as simple as that. it's not as simple as just being about funding. all sides have ideas for reforming the system, too. but the daily telegraph's james bartholomew argues that's not enough, writing... and at the moment the politicians are focused on reform, not replacing the whole thing. and while these debates about the future play out, right now, in the words of the government, this is an unprecedented challenge for the nhs, and a leading industry body argues funding is part of that.

delivering a service that people want and need is a goal that all parties share. but this prime minister's ability to deliver that is impacted by decisions taken by some of his predecessors. joining me now is matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs confederation, a group which represents health service organisations and bosses. good to have you on the programme. ambulance delays in handing over patients have hit a record high. what are health care leaders saying to you today? i what are health care leaders saying to you today?— to you today? i think the situation is this. to you today? i think the situation is this- the _ to you today? i think the situation is this. the health _ to you today? i think the situation is this. the health service - to you today? i think the situation is this. the health service is i to you today? i think the situation is this. the health service is able l is this. the health service is able to make progress and has made

progress in critical areas. we reduce the number of people waiting a long time for operations and are on course to continue to reduce that and we've improved cancer diagnosis and we've improved cancer diagnosis and there was the vaccine programme, etc. we are able to make progress in ordinary times but we have a kind of inherent fragility as a system and that fragility is a reflection is there is 130,000 vacancies we've not invested enough in building, equipment or technology and what that means is when we go into winter we are going into winter in the hope that the demand we face is not overwhelming, and unfortunately what we've seen this winter is that that hope has proven for lawn, because we have seen the combination of flu and coveit have seen the combination of flu and cove it and what it has meant is the system simply has not had the resilience to be able to cope with that which is why the leaders i speak to everyday say it is the toughest winter they've seen in 20 or 25 years of working in the

service and as people know who experienced access in the health service in the last few weeks, we are not able to provide the level of care that we want to.— care that we want to. does not inevitably — care that we want to. does not inevitably mean _ care that we want to. does not inevitably mean people - care that we want to. does not inevitably mean people are i care that we want to. does not i inevitably mean people are dying? if you can't provide the care you want to and you are getting to people more slowly who are calling 999 and if ambulances are queueing up and people are waiting hours and emergency departments and you are expecting wards to take on extra patients beyond those that they would normally be able to handle, then yes, all of these things create risks and they create harm and the leaders i've been speaking to this week for example have said, look, what we are trying to do is make patients safety paramount. that is the one thing and we are saying essentially do what you need to do now to protect patient safety and what that means is we cannot hit the targets or standards we set and many leaders have said we have had to put

elective work on hold and chipping away for a long time, that's been put on hold during the winter weeks. rishi sunak reiterated today that the nhs is getting billions of pounds of extra funding and there was some debate or confusion earlier this week about how much extra funding they had had. in september the government announced it was providing an extra half £1 billion to free up beds and they repeated that on wednesday. the guardian said it was only £200 million that had been provided. what is the true picture? been provided. what is the true icture? ., , .,, been provided. what is the true icture? ., , ., ., picture? the money was allocated and this was money _ picture? the money was allocated and this was money specifically _ picture? the money was allocated and this was money specifically focused i this was money specifically focused on ensuring we can get people out of hospitals you don't need to be in hospitals you don't need to be in hospital so the statistics published this morning show there are nearly 13,000 people in hospital who do not need to be that's a big problem and a problem for those people because hospital is not a great place to be if you don't need to be there and you will tend and it's an awful

phrase, but you become de—conditioned and more dependent in hospital than you would be at home or in the community but it is of course if huge problem because the beds are then full and that's one of the reasons it goes through to people getting into the emergency department or to get a bed from the emergency department, so this is money for that. we welcomed it, but it was announced pretty late in september and not allocated until december and it has not got out. we spoke to leaders this week who have not had that money. the good news is the money will be there for next year and the year after and we have the opportunity to use the money more effectively next year. it should have gone out earlier this year and the problem has been building for a long time but we have the money forfuture building for a long time but we have the money for future years so already, although the leaders i speak to are exhausted and are dealing with a crisis they are turning to what we can do to make sure that we go into next winter in a less fragile, more resilient state than this winter.—

than this winter. matty taylor, thank you- _ in the us, kevin mccarthy has failed in his eleventh attempt to be elected speaker of the house of representatives. the republican majority leader has been unable to sway a hardline faction of his party. it's the longest delay in electing a speaker since before the american civil war. peter bowes reports. three days, 11 rounds of voting in the house of representatives is still deadlocked. kevin mccarthy has failed on every occasion to get enough votes to become the next speaker. and he is still being held back by this group of 20 members of his own party, on the right of his party, who are insistent that he will not be the next speaker. they have differences with kevin mccarthy. they don't believe he is conservative enough. they think he is too close to the mainstream. and that is why they are holding out for a different candidate. now, the house is now adjourned until later on friday. at the end of the day,

kevin mccarthy walked out of the chamber and he spoke to a group of reporters. and he certainly seems determined to continue with the process, and also confident that, eventually, at the end of the day, he will win. we have a five seat majority. so, it's not one side is going to get more than another, it's the entire congress is going to have to learn to work together. so, it's better that we go through this process right now, so we can achieve the things we want to achieve for the american public, what our commitment was. so if this takes a little longer, it doesn't meet the deadline, that's ok. because it's not how you start, it's how you finish. now, kevin mccarthy didn't give any indication as to how long he thinks this process will go on for. although some are already talking, assuming there isn't a breakthrough on friday, that it could go on well into next week. this is the longest time it's taken to choose a speaker in more than 160 years.

and on that occasion, there were 133 ballot rounds over a period of two months. census data has for the first time revealed the size of england and wales's lgbt+ populations. it found nearly three quarters of a million people say they are gay or lesbian, and more than a quarter of a million people identified with a gender different from their sex registered at birth. i'm nowjoined by nancy kelley. she is the ceo at stonewall, a lgbtq+ rights charity in the uk. what do you make of the figures? firstly it's an incredibly exciting day. we've been collecting data on the census for over 200 years and never counted lgbtq+ people and we should be counted, so it's very exciting to have the data. and the

second thing is we are seeing mostly what we would expect to see. it's around 3.2% of the population, 1.5 million people, and they have a sexual orientation that is not straight, and around half a percent of the population is trans—, or gender diverse, so they have a gender diverse, so they have a gender identity that is not written on their birth certificate. and we can see that trans— and lgbtq+ people are living in cities, towns and villages all over england and wales and this data is going to be really important in responding to the needs of communities. i was auoin to the needs of communities. i was going to ask. — the needs of communities. i was going to ask, are _ the needs of communities. i was going to ask, are you _ the needs of communities. i was going to ask, are you seeing i going to ask, are you seeing the figures reflected in the work you do and the people coming to you? i'm guessing they are not really a surprise. i guessing they are not really a surrise. ~' ., ,., surprise. i think there are some important _ surprise. i think there are some important figures _ surprise. i think there are some important figures here - surprise. i think there are some important figures here but i surprise. i think there are some i important figures here but maybe not surprising. a couple of things i would really .2 is the percentage of people, the percentage of the

population that identify as bisexual is pretty high, but we tend to not talk or think about bisexual people and the discrimination they face as much as they —— we should. we can see it's nearly as many people who are bisexual as lesbian and gay and we should think about their mental health needs and their needs for protection in terms of things like hate crime and domestic abuse where we know there are big, big risks. with the trans— population, this is just the first time we have had the data and that is so important. we have a national conversation about trans— people that has got a little bit out of control. being able to see that this is a small but important population is part of returning to a more inclusive and sensible evidence—based national conversation about their lives. hope conversation about their lives. how do ou conversation about their lives. how do you hope _ conversation about their lives. how do you hope the — conversation about their lives. how do you hope the government will use the figures when it comes to informing their work on inequality and tackling discrimination? fist and tackling discrimination? git local level, if you are a local

authority with a lot of lgbtq+ people, you should know and should be looking at things like investment in mental health services, some around twice the rate of mental health problems in our community. at a national level, we can see the size of the population and we know, for instance, how much gender affirming healthcare might be needed to support the wider trans— community, so it gives us this critical information to be responsive in terms of policy, in terms of commissioning services and in terms of how we do our politics. nancy, really interesting to talk to you. thank you. nancy, really interesting to talk to you- thank you-— nancy, really interesting to talk to you. thank you. thanks so much for havin: you. thank you. thanks so much for having me- — back to our main story now. more leaked details have emerged from prince harry's book, spare, in which he says he took cocaine aged 17, urged his father not to marry camilla, and describes a physical attack by his brother, william. our royal correspondent daniela relph has been speaking to andrew morton — who wrote a biography of princess diana. he says this was not the future

she had planned for her sons... this is a once in a decade opportunity to read about the inside workings of the royal family. when diana, her true story, was first out, there were members of parliament suggesting i'd be sent to the tower of london. i don't think anybody�*s going to suggest that with prince harry, but he's going to get a huge backlash. do you think a book like this will help people sympathise with harry, hearing his view, his memoir, his version of events? we have heard a lot from harry and meghan in recent weeks. we've heard an awful lot from a couple who desperately need their privacy. and they've spoken for about six or seven hours about their relationship, about their marriage and shown intimate pictures of their children. i mean, in this moment, watching how harry has presented himself, you must draw the parallels with how his mother felt at that time. are there similarities that you see? well, harry's spoken a lot about his similarities to his mother, and how he makes his decisions based

on what she would have thought. and certainly, there was a recklessness about diana, and there's a recklessness about harry. and there's a courage there. you know, there's a kind of raw courage in in doing this. can you see any hope of a reconciliation between prince harry and the rest of his family, particularly, i suppose, his brother and his father? well, speaking today, you wouldn't want them in the same room. and they're a family at war, there's no doubt about that. it seems to me that the much maligned tabloids have got it roughly right. the kind of conflicts between the two brothers, the conflicts between harry and the system. and he fell out, not with his wife, as diana fell out with her husband, but he's fallen out with the system. and he's never really been inclined towards the system anyway. i think he would have much enjoyed — preferred — his life to have been in the army, where he spent ten years, rather than undertaking royal engagements.

do you think this book is going to be very damaging for the royalfamily? well, we're just absorbing the contents of this book. i think it will have damage, because remember... diana always used to say to me that harry was the back—up to william in the nicest possible way, that that's the reason why she had two boys. and she wanted harry to be william's wingman, not, as we've seen, his hitman. and i think that, you know, it's a real conundrum for the royal family going forwards. there's been a daring rescue operation taking place off the coast of chile — but maybe not what you'd expect. firefighters and navy diving teams were deployed after a dog became stranded on a rock. tim allman has the story.

it is a grey, bleak, january day in the stormy waters of the south pacific. look carefully at this black rock and the moving object scampering across its surface. a dog has somehow got stranded, as the wind and rain lashes down around it. rescue teams look on as the animal is slowly forced into the water. once there, as it paddles for its life, one of the rescuers approaches from behind, trying his best to soothe and reassure. finally, he is able to grab hold of the dog, and, eventually, it is pulled up into one of the floats. mission accomplished, although it wasn't entirely straightforward. translation: the rescue was a little complicated due to the rocks. - because of the steepness. but thank god, we could do it successfully. once back on dry land,

the dog, a she, by the way, was taken to a navy base and given a little tlc. who she belonged to, and how she got out on her own, remains a mystery. she will now be put up for adoption. her new home will hopefully be a little bit more hospitable and a lot less damp. tim allman, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor ahead of more wind and spells of rain this weekend, today one of the windows of quieter weather that we have got. most places staying dry, the odd isolated showers into the afternoon, but it will stay mild emissions antrim, here is the one dimension, clear skies in between. an area of low pressure, as it moves through shetland it will bring strong winds, the rest of scotland with lighter

and the rest of scotland with lighter a few more showe eglin, and a few more showers in northern eglin, wales and the south—west later in the day. in eglin, wales and the south-west later in the day.— later in the day. in the sunshine turns hazy _ later in the day. in the sunshine turns hazy as — later in the day. in the sunshine turns hazy as we _ later in the day. in the sunshine turns hazy as we go _ later in the day. in the sunshine turns hazy as we go through i later in the day. in the sunshine turns hazy as we go through the afternoon but most places staying dry and with eight to 12 celsius as the high we are three or 4 degrees above average forjanuary. a mild night with southerly winds touching gale force and lots of cloud spilling and outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west. heaviest across western areas late in the night, clearing away from northern ireland as we head into the morning but temperatures not dropping much, between five and 11 degrees as we start saturday. i'll start to the weekend but not a wash—out but it will be a windy weekend and still some wetter moments to be had. saturday first of all, most widely wet on saturday across england, wales and south—east scotland and the outbreaks of rain move east lingering longest in east anglia and the south—east but most places will brighten up the sunshine and a scattering of heavy and thundery showers coming through in bands. winds are strengthening across the west late in the day and temperatures down a degree or so and

it will feel cooler, especially as in the winds pick up later. it's due to the area of low pressure which saturday to sunday, much like sunday works into northern scotland, so a windy start to sunday and we will see frequent showers in the north—west of scotland and lots of showers in the south of england and wales and some heavy and thundery and there is the potential for more persistent rain through the english channel getting close to southern counties and that's one thing we will have to watch but it will be another windy day s across the west with gales and places and temperatures down a little bit on saturday's values between seven and 9 degrees, so a little bit closer to where we should be at this stage of the year. the cool night will follow but a dryish day on monday before more wet and windy weather arrives on tuesday and temperatures back on the rise again. take care.

this is bbc news. the headlines. in a series of sensational revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. there has always been this competition between as. prince harry also revealed that he killed 25 people in afghanistan during his time as a helicopter pilot — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. he talks about security, then he says he has killed, i don't know how

many people. 25. exactly. where is your brains? a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime ministrer admits the nhs is under enormous pressure. in particular this winter we want to move people out of hospitals, into social care, into communities. russia state tv says a temporary ceasefire declared by president putin has come into effect — ukraine has said it won't reciprocate. and — former italy and chelsea player manager gianluca vialli has died at the age 58 from pancreatic cancer. more revelations from prince harry's autobiography have emerged — including accounts of drug—taking, details of his time in the army, and a claim that he and prince

william urged their father, king charles, not to marry camilla, now the queen consort. the revelations come from his book, spare, due to be published in the uk next week. copies have gone on sale in spain, and some newspapers also got hold of it in advance. other claims come from interviews prince harry has given to promote the book. in the book, prince harry makes a number of accusations about his family. there are also details about intimate moments of his private life. and as reported yesterday, a claim that he was physically attacked by his brother, prince william. despite the accusations, in an interview due to air on itv this sunday, prince harry says he would like to "get his father back" and "have his brother back". but kensington palace and buckingham palace have both said they will not comment on the book. in the last hour the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said he won't comment on issues surrounding the royal family either. our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. war in the house of windsor,

as we've been talking about all morning, has gone absolutely nuclear. across the commonwealth, it's prince harry's book which has been leading morning bulletins. and in the country harry now calls home, the us, his claims are also filling the airwaves. so, wow. yeah. wow. damning new claims from prince harry, now accusing his brother prince william, the future king, of physically assaulting him. the publishers had hoped to keep the book under wraps until next tuesday, but in spain, copies were mistakenly put on sale. harry's words were now in the public domain with more to come in three tv interviews. there's a fair amount of drugs, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine, i mean, that's going to surprise people. but important to acknowledge. i want reconciliation. but first there needs to be some accountability. throughout the book, harry shares intimate details about his family and himself. that he lost his virginity to an older woman in a field behind a pub.

that he first tried the drug cocaine as a 17—year—old during a shooting party weekend. and that in afghanistan, while serving as a helicopter pilot, he killed 25 taliban fighters. "it wasn't a statistic which filled me with pride, "but nor did it leave me ashamed," he writes. adding, "they were chess pieces, removed from the board. "bad people eliminated before they could kill good people." if the king had hoped his wife, the queen consort, would be spared, he would be disappointed. harry writes that both he and william begged his father not to marry her, fearing she would be a wicked stepmother. and his brother, prince william, is branded his arch nemesis. a label to be explored further on american television. there is a quote in this book where you refer to your brother as your beloved brother, and arch nemesis. strong words. what did you mean by that? there has always been this

competition between us, weirdly. i think it really plays into the roles played by the heir, spare. it is the accusation that william physically attacked him in 2019 that is perhaps the most explosive. i talk about the red mist that i had for so many years. i saw this red mist in him. he wanted me to hit him back but i chose not to. a one—sided account, it may be, but it does reveal the extent to which the relationship between the two brothers has fractured. diana always used to say to me that harry was the back—up to william in the nicest possible way. that's the reason why she had two boys. and she wanted harry to be william's wingman, not, as we've seen, his hit man. after prince philip's funeral, charles, according to harry, pleaded with them both to stop fighting, saying, "please, boys, "don't make my final years a misery."

this book is harry's version of events. in response to his claims, his family continue to say nothing. sarah campbell, bbc news. the latest revelations in harry's book have of course made headline news here and across the world — here's the view of some people around buckingham palace this morning. if he wanted to leave, that is fine, but he should not be airing his dirty laundry. i think they should have kept it privately — privately. everybody has got their own opinions. as long as he is happy, i guess. opinions. as long as he is happy, i cuess. ~ . , , , opinions. as long as he is happy, i cuess. . , , , ., guess. whatever it is best for him. i believe guess. whatever it is best for him. i believe they _ guess. whatever it is best for him. i believe they are _ guess. whatever it is best for him. i believe they are only _ guess. whatever it is best for him. i believe they are only doing i guess. whatever it is best for him. i believe they are only doing it - guess. whatever it is best for him. i believe they are only doing it for| i believe they are only doing it for the money, to be honest. certain things. _ the money, to be honest. certain things. he — the money, to be honest. certain things, he could have done without mentioning. he talks about security, then he _ mentioning. he talks about security, then he tells he has killed i don't know_ then he tells he has killed i don't know how— then he tells he has killed i don't know how many people. 25. exactly.

where _ know how many people. 25. exactly. where is _ know how many people. 25. exactly. where is your brains? copies of prince harry's memoirs are already on sale in spain. the bbc�*s guy hedgecoe is in madrid — where he's been up all night reading the book. i have spent much of the last 2a hours reading this copy in spanish, speed reading, i should say. i haven't read every single word. obviously there are a lot of revelations in there, a lot of headline stories in there. about the drugs, losing his virginity, his relationship with his brother. all of that. many things which you might expect. but also, having read this book, some of the things it goes into are the causes of some of the relationships that seem to have gone wrong in harry's life. for example, with his brother. and also, in particular, with the media. he talks a lot in this book about his antagonism

towards the media, what he sees as the media's antagonism towards him. prince harry has revealed that he killed 25 people in afghanistan during his time as a helicopter pilot. he served in the british army for 10 years and did two tours of afghanistan. this is the prince speaking in helmand back in 2012. when you fire a missile, the whole aircraft shudders a little bit. but, yeah, it's take a life to save a life. that's what we sort of revolve around, i suppose. you know, if there's people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, then we will take them out the game, i suppose. it's not the reason i decided to do this job. the reason i did this job was to get back out here and carry on with a job. harry says he thought of the 25 he killed as chess pieces rather than people and that he is neither proud nor ashamed of the deaths. colonel richard kemp, former commander of british forces in afghanistan said the manner harry speaks about fighters in his book is not reflective of how

the british army trains soldiers to treat them. those people he killed were bad people, who should have been eliminated before they can kill good people or ordinary people. but i think he is wrong when he says in his book that insurgents were seen just as being virtually unhuman, subhuman perhaps, just as chess pieces to be knocked over. that's not the case at all. and it's not the way the british army trains people, as he claims. the british army trains their soldiers, to differentiate between civilians and military and fighters, really. but fighters are also to be treated with respect, particularly after they've been captured or killed, wounded. and the geneva convention requires them to be treated with that respect. so i think he is giving a wrong impression when he makes those sorts of comments.

that's not the way the british army sees things. our royal correspodent nick witchell said a "fair minded" assessment of this book would raise questions on his judgement. we shouldn't overlook the fact that there are a good many people out there who are supporters of harry and meghan and who are saying on social media, good for you. you tell your story in the way that you think is appropriate and right. and there are a good many people, mostly younger people, and they are right behind him. questions about his judgment. he is invading his own privacy, that is up to him if he wants to do that. he's also invading the privacy of other members of his family. that creates all these issues about betrayal of trust and so on, and so forth. in particular in relation to what he said about his tours let's talk to royal historian ed owens, he's also author of the family firm: monarchy, mass media and the british public, 1932 to 1953.

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prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales. tributes have been paid to former italy and chelsea striker gianluca vialli, he had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. 0n social media today there are so many tributes to those who knew and

played with macro too. as a striker he played 59 times for italy. he created names for himself. he made over 300 appearances for sampdoria, before moving tojuventus over 300 appearances for sampdoria, before moving to juventus for what was a then road record fee of £12 million. such event as he won the champions league, hejoined chelsea in 1986, he became player manager in 1998. became the first italian to manage in the premier league. during his time at chelsea he led them to victory in the cap in a scrap, uefa cup. he had a short spell managing at watford. he was part of the coaching staff air in euro 2020 for

italy. chelsea has said, this is an awful day for chelsea football club. his impact and legacy will live on. let us hear some more of those tributes coming in for gianluca vialli on social media. his former team—mate and manager ruud gullitt said, rest in peace, we will miss you. the italian football federation said, you will be forever remembered. that is all the sport for now. more on our website.

the prime minister has admitted the nhs is under "enormous pressure" as he reiterated his commitment to tackling waiting lists while once again blaming the covid—19 pandemic for the current challenges. rishi sunak was speaking to broadcasters during a visit to a school in london. the nhs is under enormous pressure as we recover from covid. the nhs is under enormous pressure as we recoverfrom covid. i have enormous admiration for all the people working incredibly hard in the nhs right now to help us get through that. we are supporting them with billions of pounds of extra funding. in particularthis with billions of pounds of extra funding. in particular this winter what we want to do is make sure that we move people out of hospitals into social care, into communities. that is one of the most powerful ways we can ease some of the pressures on a&e departments, ambulances that are waiting too long, if we can move people into social care, that is why we need to make sure that money reaches the front line. there are various other initiatives we are rolling out that will also help to ease some of the burdens. people should rest assured, one of the

promises that i made this week, was to tackle nhs waits. we are committed to do that. i'mjoined by miriam deakin, director of policy and strategy at nhs providers — the membership organisation for nhs trusts in england. what are you members seeing about what is happening on the ground in hospitals? what is happening on the ground in hositals? . , , ., hospitals? latest performance fi . ures hospitals? latest performance figures are _ hospitals? latest performance figures are out _ hospitals? latest performance figures are out today. - hospitals? latest performance i figures are out today. underlining what we know nhs staff and patients are experiencing, and care system and any system facing unprecedented strain. rising demand for all services. we have seen a particular spike in hospital admissions because of the flu. higher numbers are going to hospital than we have seen perhaps for the last five years. as was alluded to a new piece, we are

experiencing a lot of difficulty in discharging patients when they are medically fit to go home, perhaps some additional support, that is because we need to invest more in social care and other community health based services. it is a system under strain. more people than we want are waiting longer for an ambulance, for transferring to hospital, and the busy emergency departments. very difficult working conditions. we still hear some great stories about the care that patients and families are receiving from dedicated nhs staff. are difficult working environments, and all of this against the shadow of the potential for more industrial action and strikes later this month so all of this leading to unnecessary deaths? deaths ? safety is deaths? safety is front of mind for all nhs leaders at the moment, and they are taking difficult decisions in difficult circumstances, and making some choices that they would not have made in previous years, for

example, hospitals are increasing of beds that they are caring for, using extra space, including corridor care, that is very much based on a risk—based decision about safety. the decision that it is safer to do that with limited staffing numbers, than to leave people waiting in the community who might need hospital care. certainly safety is front of mind for nhs trust leaders, we do not want to see patients waiting as long as they are for some critical care responses, but the service of any stretched at the moment, with demand at the highest levels we have seen. we have the prime minister said this morning that the nhs is under enormous pressure. he once again blamed the covid pandemic for the current challenges. is blamed the covid pandemic for the current challenges.— current challenges. is that fair? i think during _ current challenges. is that fair? i think during covid _ current challenges. is that fair? i think during covid we _ current challenges. is that fair? i think during covid we were - current challenges. is that fair? i i think during covid we were learning about that by this as it unfolded. i am sure that with the benefit of hindsight we are going to look back and look at how things could have

been done differently by government, and by the nhs nationally, and at a local level. at the time the nhs was following scientific guidance and medical guidance to protect people from an environment where they might get an infection, protect people from coming into hospital unnecessarily, that is why elective care was postponed during the early days of the pandemic. but the nhs is on track in terms of its recovery plan for planned care, plant operations, they have a ready virtually eliminated the number of people who are waiting over two years, and is doing well to bring down those long waits of 18 months. they are on track to deliver, which the prime minister alluded to there. thank you. sarah scobie is deputy director of research at nuffield trust, a think tank focused on health policy — shejoins me now. thank you for being with us.

was the situation preventable, with this now gridlock, as record number of abbots askew at a and e? what this now gridlock, as record number of abbots askew at a and e? what we are seeinu of abbots askew at a and e? what we are seeing this _ of abbots askew at a and e? what we are seeing this winter _ of abbots askew at a and e? what we are seeing this winter is _ of abbots askew at a and e? what we are seeing this winter is in _ of abbots askew at a and e? what we are seeing this winter is in some - are seeing this winter is in some ways familiarfrom many are seeing this winter is in some ways familiar from many winters before covid. we need to bear in mind that capacity of the nhs to deal with demand was in trouble, even before covid. waiting lists, waiting times at a&e, were all increasing before the pandemic. there was a lot of disruption during covid. but we are now seeing some of the familiar issues that we might see the typical winter. this year we had flu, that peaked at the end of december, along with covid. latest data from 0ns indicates that one in

20 people had covid in england. at the moment with a combination of things with different pressures, along with the very difficult year that the nhs has had. typically during the summer months the nhs took a chance to recover and catch up took a chance to recover and catch up with elective care, but there has been very high demand for emergency services throughout the second half of 2022. the hospitals and services, community services, primary care, are all going into this winter period already very stretched. the main issue is the 12,000 medically fit patients who are stuck in hospitals, and able to free up those beds for people who need them. the government has committed half £1 billion to three at those beds to enable people to leave hospital and get the care they need elsewhere. is

that many getting through? that money has _ that many getting through? that money has only _ that many getting through? trust money has only recently been allocated, i understand, to local authorities. whether they have been able to put in place changes to support people who need social care, clearly they have not had a lot of time for that yet. is that a feeling by the government, that that money has only been allocated, and they talked at it months ago?— allocated, and they talked at it months ago? allocated, and they talked at it months auo? , ., months ago? the sooner it gets out there, the sooner _ months ago? the sooner it gets out there, the sooner local— months ago? the sooner it gets out there, the sooner local authorities i there, the sooner local authorities can make use of it. they will already i am sure be working closely with nhs partners to address care needs in the community, but we need to bear in mind it is notjust social care, it is also a need for community health services as well, which perhaps we need to know more about what kind of services are

available there and increase capacity for those services as well, so that rehabilitation, for example, is an important area. thank you. you can check how long people are waiting at your local hospital service using the bbc�*s nhs winter tracker. wherever you are in the uk just put in your postcode to see the latest published information on waits in a & e, routine operations and ambulances. explain how this works. people can simply put in their postcode, it will give them a selection of the hospital trusts nearest to them, and will then detail how those hospital trusts are performing. there is three measures it looks at. ambulances. in england people can't find out how many ambulances, how often abbots askew

outside ent, the very thing we have just been talking about, in terms of the growing numbers of ambulances delayed when they had over the patient ce and e staff. they can also find out about for our e and ee waits, how often that is being met, and also waiting lists, how many patients are being seen within targets time for routine operations such as knee and hip replacements. people in scotland, northern ireland, wales, can also find out about services provided by health boards they are. ambulances, they can find out about abbott's response times to emergency calls, because in those nations we do not get as much detail about ambulance hand over queues as we do in england. how useful is this when you need an ambulance? i don't think patients will be checking then, but what they can do is have a look atjust how badly

their local services are affected by general winter pressures, which we do see quite a lot of variation across, in terms of performance. take the four hour a&e weight. there are some hospitals where over half of patients are waiting longer than four hours in a&e. in other places it is closer to one in ten that are waiting longer than four hours. that is a degree of variation, this will help patients understand just how acute pressures are at their local services, because nhs is in the grip of what is its most difficult winter for a generation. and the situation likely to get worse before it gets better, unfortunately. yes, the pressures, certainly that last week of 2022, were really bad. we've had a lot of reports this week from the front light. staff warning they had endured the most difficult shifts. patients let these on trolleys because of lack of beds.

nhs data today, first real hard evidence of how bad it was. unprecedented ambulance queueing outside a&e. 0ne chink of light is that the admission rate for flu and covid, this is the numbers of new cases coming in, has started to drop. there is some caution, uk health security agency has said regarding the state out there can be lags in reporting. numbers of new cases may not be going up as fast, that provides some hope that overall numbers in hospital will soon start coming down also. here is the weather. more wind and more rain. large waves on our coasts. that'll be a feature of the weather for the weekend. a lull

today. winds are starting to ease off. we have had a few showers. but the rain is going to pile in across northern ireland and western areas later in the afternoon. as this rain pushes in the winds were once again start to escalate. we are looking at a spell of deals once again across southern and western coasts. wet weather migrating eastwards. later in the night potentially that rain clearing away. lowest temperatures will be this evening. for most as it be mild. tomorrow, that rain statically away. showers come in behind. strong to gale force winds. more to come on sunday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. in a series of sensational revelations,

prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales there has always been this competition between us. i think it plays into and is played by the heir—spare. prince harry also revealed that he killed 25 people in afghanistan during his time in the army — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. he's giving a wrong impression when he makes those sort of comments. it's not the way the british army sees things. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas — as the prime ministrer admits the nhs is under enormous pressure in particular, this winter, what we want to do is make sure that we move people out of hospitals, into social care, into community. russia state tv says a temporary ceasefire declared by president putin has come into effect — ukraine has said it won't reciprocate. three days, 11 votes —

and still no us house speaker as kevin mccarthy fails to win over conservative hardliners. the afp news agency says ukraine has reported fresh strikes by russia on an eastern city in the country — just hours after a russian ceasefire was due to start. this strike has yet to be verified by the bbc. president putin ordered the thirty—six hour pause in fighting, to coincide with the orthodox christmas. ukraine has rejected the move which is timed to mark the russian orthodox christmas holiday, and was requested by the patriarch of the church. president zelensky says russia is just trying to stop ukraine's military advances. translation: now they want to use i christmas as a cover to at least i briefly stop the advance of our guys in donbas and bring equipment, ammunition and mobilise men closer to our positions. what will this bring? just another increase in the death toll. everyone in the world knows how the kremlin uses respite at war to continue the war

with renewed vigour. ben hall is the europe editor for the financial times. i asked him what vladimir putin is trying to achieve with the temporary ceasefire. well, i think vladimir putin possibly had three aims with this unilateral ceasefire initiative. one was to give his troops a much needed morale boosting the rest and it's been a long, grinding war and the second one is probably to try to gain some battlefield advantage, improve their positions on the front lines, move men and equipment around without ukrainian precision artillery strikes as ukraine has been very effective at hitting russian troops and material movements. and then the third thing i think is that this is part of russia's information war and an

attempt to portray russia as the party of peace. we've seen repeated appeals for negotiations when russia really is not resigning any way from its maximalist aims in the war and still bombarding ukrainian cities and this choreography around the patriarch, the russian orthodox patriarchate appealing for a ceasefire which allows vladimir putin to say he is protecting the interests of orthodox christians and is fighting somehow a religious war, him on one side under president zelensky on the other and you have heard this rhetoric, the absurd rhetoric about the ukrainians being satanists as well as neo—nazis, so at the same time as the real military gains, he's also fighting an information war that is partly about galvanising russian public opinion to fight what will be a long and protracted war. what does it say about how much trouble the russian military are in. about how much trouble the russian military are in-_

military are in. that they need or want to have _ military are in. that they need or want to have this _ military are in. that they need or want to have this pause - military are in. that they need or want to have this pause in - military are in. that they need or l want to have this pause in fighting. well, i think, want to have this pause in fighting. well, ithink, at want to have this pause in fighting. well, i think, at the end of the day, 36 hour pause is not going to save the russians from tactical defeats at the hands of ukrainian military. but clearly what this really tells you is not so much an assessment of the kind of weakened states of the defeats in the kharkiv region and the retreat from kherson. but more about the messaging that putin wants to send to the world to try and play to public opinion, maybe not in the west, but it was interesting thatjoe biden and supported the ukrainian response to the ceasefire move as cynical and dishonest, so that gives the ukrainians some backing to not abide ljy ukrainians some backing to not abide by it. the russians are playing

another game where they want to appeal to other parts of the world, the global south and portray themselves as a peace party here. as you say, the afp reported earlier on that there was artillery fire inbound and outbound from eastern ukraine, so suggests that the russians might be breaching their own ceasefire and there could be a wide—ranging ceasefire in ukraine alert right now. so whether that's a false one and whether they are sending missiles in breach of their own ceasefire, we have to see. the former italian football star, gianluca vialli, has died, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. the striker, who was 68, won league titles with sampdoria and juventus in italy. he finished his playing career in london with chelsea, winning several cups as player and manager. we're joined now by italian football pundit and journalist nima travallaey, who's also the host

of the italian football podcast. thanks for being with us. really sad news today. he had been ill for some time. tell us a bit more about him as a football player and a manager. as a player, he is one of the greatest italian football strikers, players of all time. his peak, his career peak was when italian football and italian league football literally ruled the world. he was also, as a player, he was one of the first, one of the first of a different kind of italian football striker. he was a strong, physical player but also incredibly technically gifted and incredibly had fantastic vision, creativity and versatility on the pitch which meant he could play in pretty much every attacking role. he played as a winger, second striker, number ten, number nine, which was his preferred role and sometimes when needed he

would play in midfield as well. he was, his ability to make other players better around him was also a fantastic trait of his, not to mention his intelligence and creativity. as a player. and again, just look at what he did. winning league titles with sampdoria. this cannot be stressed enough, if you win a title in italy with any team, any club that is not into milan, milan orjuventus, that is a fantastic feat. i remember interviewing sven goran eriksson and he was talking about his time at lazio with the then owner, and asking him at some point that may be, shall we try to win the title again and he told him, no, no, once is enough. one league title with lazio is worth ten titles with milan, juve, and into. it's

hyperbolic, but it's not hyperbole to say there is some truth to that because the difficulty for any club outside of the big three to win a league title and a small club like sampdoria, from genoa, a smaller club, to do that and win as many titles as they did, both nationally in italy as well as on the european stage. remember, they made it cup two cup winners' cup finals in a row and they won one and then lost the european cup after becoming italian champions at wembley to barcelona with that iconic ronald koeman goal. so that sampdoria side, and jan luca vignali, he was an integral part of that. —— vialli was an integral part of that. that. -- vialli was an integral part of that. ., ., . ., of that. you met him once, and i understand _ of that. you met him once, and i understand he _ of that. you met him once, and i understand he was _ of that. you met him once, and i understand he was someone - of that. you met him once, and i | understand he was someone that everybody in football like. he understand he was someone that everybody in football like. he was a ve kind everybody in football like. he was a very kind person — everybody in football like. he was a very kind person and _ everybody in football like. he was a very kind person and everyone - everybody in football like. he was a very kind person and everyone who| very kind person and everyone who has ever met him he was, i was at a friend, and i not by any stretch of

the imagination he was very kind and i remember my colleague called him once to schedule an interview and they had never spoken or met before and he ended up speaking to him for 15 or 20 minutes, which is very rare, i can tell your viewers, 15 or 20 minutes, which is very rare, i can tell yourviewers, in this day and age of footballers and managers being that warm and kind as he was. ., ~ managers being that warm and kind as he was. ., ,, i. managers being that warm and kind as he was. ., ~' ,, , . managers being that warm and kind as he was. ., ,, i. , . ., managers being that warm and kind as hewas. ., ~ , . ., he was. thank you very much for your thouuhts he was. thank you very much for your thoughts on — he was. thank you very much for your thoughts on gianluca _ he was. thank you very much for your thoughts on gianluca vialli _ he was. thank you very much for your thoughts on gianluca vialli who - he was. thank you very much for your thoughts on gianluca vialli who has i thoughts on gianluca vialli who has died today. train passengers are facing disruption again today as rail workers in the rmt union begin their second 48—hour strike this week. only around 20 percent of britain's usual services are expected to run during the action. yesterday, ministers said they would introduce new leglisation, which would allow employers to sue unions if they didn't provide minimum levels of public service during strikes. the prime minister says the government wants to find a solution to the ongoing strikes. rishi sunak�*s also discussed his government's planned anti—strike legislation, which could see unions sued if they do not provide minimum levels of service in certain sectors.

what we have said is we want to have a grown—up, honest conversation with all union leaders about what is responsible, what is reasonable and what is affordable for our country when it comes to pay. we think those conversations should happen and that's why we've invited everyone in to have those talks on monday and i'm hopeful that the talks can be constructive and we find a way through. ifully believe in constructive and we find a way through. i fully believe in the union's role in our society and the freedom for them to strike, but i also that that should be balanced with the right of ordinary working people to go about their lives, free from significant disruption, and thatis from significant disruption, and that is why we will bring forward new laws, in common with countries like france, italy, spain and others that ensure that we have minimum levels of safety in critical areas like fire, ambulance, so even when strikes are going on, you know that your health will be protected. i think that's entirely reasonable and thatis think that's entirely reasonable and that is what our new laws will do.

speaking on the picket line at euston station in central london, mick lynch the general secretary of the rmt union gave our reporter hannah miller his response to the proposed new laws. what this is a symbol of his the government losing the organ. they've lost the _ government losing the organ. they've lost the argument on austerity and pay in _ lost the argument on austerity and pay in the — lost the argument on austerity and pay in the state of our national services — pay in the state of our national services and instead they want to close _ services and instead they want to close the — services and instead they want to close the argument down by closing down _ close the argument down by closing down the _ close the argument down by closing down the unions and stopping us campaigning against poverty and badly— campaigning against poverty and badly funded services. 30 campaigning against poverty and badly funded services.— campaigning against poverty and badly funded services. so will you coml badly funded services. so will you comply with _ badly funded services. so will you comply with it? — badly funded services. so will you comply with it? we _ badly funded services. so will you comply with it? we don't - badly funded services. so will you comply with it? we don't know i badly funded services. so will you i comply with it? we don't know what it will say yet- _ comply with it? we don't know what it will say yet. there _ comply with it? we don't know what it will say yet. there is _ comply with it? we don't know what it will say yet. there is a _ comply with it? we don't know what it will say yet. there is a lot - comply with it? we don't know what it will say yet. there is a lot of i it will say yet. there is a lot of path _ it will say yet. there is a lot of path in — it will say yet. there is a lot of path in the _ it will say yet. there is a lot of path in the media they have put out. this has— path in the media they have put out. this has all— path in the media they have put out. this has all been a set piece, we believe — this has all been a set piece, we believe. rishi sunak made a set peach— believe. rishi sunak made a set peach speaks on monday i made the announcement on wednesday and we think we _ announcement on wednesday and we think we they have allowed the strikes — think we they have allowed the strikes to go ahead to frame this legislation announcement. they could have had _ legislation announcement. they could have had these talks over christmas and they— have had these talks over christmas and they decided not to do it. so if this legislation _ and they decided not to do it. so if this legislation were _ and they decided not to do it. sr f this legislation were to mean you would risk a fine, say, for the union, if you walk out on strike and take your members out, would you risk a fine to go out on strike? what they are saying is they will sack the — what they are saying is they will sack the members if they don't go to work and _

sack the members if they don't go to work and will can script our members. we have to name who will go to work— members. we have to name who will go to work and _ members. we have to name who will go to work and if— members. we have to name who will go to work and if those members in a lawful— to work and if those members in a lawful ballot do not want to cross the picket— lawful ballot do not want to cross the picket line, they can be dismissed individually and the union can be _ dismissed individually and the union can be fine, — dismissed individually and the union can be fine, so we will see what the law says _ thousands of cancer patients in the uk could receive personalised vaccine treatments, as the result of an agreement between the uk government and german pharmaceutical company — biontech. the aim is to accelerate research using the same technology found in current covid vaccines. our medical editor fergus walsh has this report. if you've had a covid booster, it will have been a messenger rna vaccine. these work by prompting the immune system to recognise and attack coronavirus. cancer vaccines work along the same lines, unmasking tumour cells so they can be destroyed. but cancer is a much tougher nut to crack than covid. early trials by several companies look promising, but it may be years before we know how well these personalised cancer vaccines work.

the memorandum of understanding between the government and biontech is non—binding, but the company says the uk is an ideal partner. we have seen in the covid—19 pandemic, with the fast approval of vaccines in the uk, that the regulatory authority is exceptional. and then there is the genomic analysis capabilities in the uk. the uk is one of the leading nations in that regard. the hope is to recruit up to 10,000 cancer patients here by 2030, including those with melanoma, bowel and head and neck tumours. some trials are already under way, but recruitment will accelerate in the coming months. cancer research uk welcomed the news but said delays in diagnosis and treatment means staff are increasingly overstretched and may be unable to find the time

needed to set up clinical trials. if this continued, it would mean slower progress towards new treatments. fergus walsh, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... in a series of sensational revelations — prince harry airs a number of grievances and accusations towards the royal family — including his relationship with his brother the prince of wales prince harry also revealed that he killed 25 people in afghanistan during his time in the army — where he refers to the taliban fighters as chess pieces. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units in england over christmas, as the prime ministrer admits the nhs is under enormous pressure census data has for the first time revealed the size of england and wales's lgbt+ populations. it found nearly three quarters

of a million people say they are gay or lesbian, and more than a quarter of a million people identified with a gender different from their sex registered at birth. earlier i spoke to nancy kelley— the ceo at stonewall, a lgbtq+ rights charity in the uk. i began by asking her what she thought of these new figures. firstly it's an incredibly exciting day. we've been collecting data on the census for over 200 years and never counted lgbtq+ people and we should be counted, so it's very exciting to have the data. and the second thing is we are seeing mostly what we would expect to see. it's around 3.2% of the population, 1.5 million people, and they have a sexual orientation that is not straight, and around half a percent of the population is trans or gender diverse, so they have a gender identity that is not written on their birth certificate.

and we can see that trans and lgb people are living in cities, towns and villages all over england and wales and this data is going to be really important in responding to the needs of communities. i was going to ask, are you seeing the figures reflected in the work you do and the people coming to you? i'm guessing they are not really a surprise. i think there are some important figures here but maybe not surprising. a couple of things i would really point to is the percentage of people, the percentage of the population that identify as bisexual is pretty high, but we tend to not talk or think about bisexual people and the discrimination they face as much as we should. we can see it's nearly as many people who are bisexual as lesbian and gay and we should think about their mental health needs and their needs for protection in terms of things like hate crime and domestic abuse where we know there are big, big risks.

with the trans population, this is just the first time we have had the data and that is so important. we have a national conversation about trans people that has got a little bit out of control. being able to see that this is a small but important population is part of returning to a more inclusive and sensible evidence—based national conversation about their lives. how do you hope the government will use the figures when it comes to informing their work on inequality and tackling discrimination? at local level, if you are a local authority with a lot of lgbtq+ people, you should know and should be looking at things like investment in mental health services, so around twice the rate of mental health problems in our community. at a national level, we can see the size of the population and we know, for instance, how much gender affirming healthcare might be needed to support the wider trans community, so it gives us this

critical information to be responsive in terms of policy, in terms of commissioning services and in terms of how we do our politics. the prime minister has admitted the nhs is under "enormous pressure" as he reiterated his commitment to tackling waiting lists while once again blaming the covid—19 pandemic for the current challenges. the government says its supporting the nhs with billions of pounds of extra funding, but the service has seen a relentless increase in demand, both in primary care and in hospital care. bbc analysis editor ros atkins looks at the issue of how the nhs has been funded. the nhs is under severe pressure, and its funding is being scrutinised. this winter, ambulance and a&e waiting times are the worst on record, a report by mps has described the greatest workforce crisis in history in the nhs, and these challenges with staff and services are in part connected to funding. there's nhs facilities too. we also have the consequences

of years of underfunding our capital investment in hospitals. all of this is having an impact. there are warnings that between 300 and 500 people are dying as a consequence of delays and problems each week, and the prime minister doesn't dispute the challenges. health care professionals are still unable to deliver the care they want, and patients aren't receiving the care they deserve. the government says it's doing everything possible, and that includes more money. i will increase the nhs budget in each of the next two years by £3.3 billion. future funding matters, but so does funding in the past and present. let's work through the detail. first of all, here's a graph which shows spending on health care since 2000. now, it's normalfor spending to rise every year because of various factors including an ageing population. but look at the rate at which spending increased from 2000 to 2010 under a labour government — the average increase was 6.6% a year.

then in 2010 there was an election. both labour and the conservatives promised to reduce the rate of increase, and it was the conservatives who were the biggest party. they formed a coalition with the liberal democrats and a range of austerity policies followed designed to reduce the national debt. that meant the rate of increase in health spending dropped to 1.1%. more recently, between 2015 and 2020, the conservatives raised the increase to 2.2%. their current plans take it up further still. but as the british medical association notes, growth of funding over the past decade prior to covid was below the long term average and did not keep pace with demand. demand for services being driven by an ageing population, by covid, by difficulties discharging patients into social care. and the uk's approach since 2010 has been different to the richest countries in the eu.

now, there are various ways to make this comparison. we've looked at the average health care spend per person in the previous decade, taking into account the difference in costs in each country. and this is the average health care spend in the uk over that period. it's18% lower than the average for the eu's richest members, known as the eu11i and, as the charity the health foundation puts it, if the uk had matched eu 1a levels of spending per person on health, day to day running costs would have been £39 billion higher each year on average over the past decade. a £39 billion difference each year. but the government argues the conservatives got it right in the 20105. it's because we took difficult decisions in 2010 that we could afford record funding increases for the nhs. funding now, though, has to contend with inflation. it spiralled upwards last year, driving up the nhs's costs, and the opposition labour party is unconvinced by the government's plans.

its leader, sir keir starmer, has been laying out what he would do. of course investment is required. i can see the damage the tories have done to our public services as plainly as anyone else. but we won't be able to spend our way out of their mess. it's not as simple as that. it's not as simple as just being about funding. all sides have ideas for reforming the system, too. but the daily telegraph's james bartholomew argues that's not enough, writing... and at the moment the politicians are focused on reform, not replacing the whole thing. and while these debates about the future play out, right now, in the words of the government, this is an unprecedented challenge for the nhs, and a leading industry body argues funding is part of that.

delivering a service that people want and need is a goal that all parties share. but this prime minister's ability to deliver that is impacted by decisions taken by some of his predecessors. some breaking news that the reuters news agency say that the welsh ambulance workers will go out on strike for two days this month. there's been a daring rescue operation taking place off the coast of chile — but maybe not what you'd expect. firefighters and navy diving teams were deployed after a dog became stranded on a rock. tim allman has the story. it is a grey, bleak, january day in the stormy waters of the south pacific.

look carefully at this black rock and the moving object scampering across its surface. a dog has somehow got stranded, as the wind and rain lashes down around it. rescue teams look on as the animal is slowly forced into the water. once there, as it paddles for its life, one of the rescuers approaches from behind, trying his best to soothe and reassure. finally, he is able to grab hold of the dog, and, eventually, it is pulled up into one of the floats. mission accomplished, although it wasn't entirely straightforward. translation: the rescue was a little complicated due to the rocks. - because of the steepness. but thank god, we could do it successfully. once back on dry land, the dog, a she, by the way, was taken to a navy base and given a little tlc.

who she belonged to, and how she got out on her own, remains a mystery. she will now be put up for adoption. her new home will hopefully be a little bit more hospitable and a lot less damp. tim allman, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. ahead of some more wind and spells of rain, today is one of the windows of rain, today is one of the windows of quieter weather. we have got most places staying dry and the odd isolated shower in the afternoon but it will stay mild and with some sunshine. clearskies it will stay mild and with some sunshine. clear skies in between, but the sunshine will turn hazy as the next one approaches in the area of low pressure as it moves through shetland will bring strong winds that the rest of scotland with lighter winds and fewer showers compared to this morning. and a few more showers

in northern england, wales and the south—west later in the day. in the sunshine turns hazy as we go through the afternoon but most places staying dry and with eight to 12 celsius as the high we are three or 4 degrees above average forjanuary. a mild night with southerly winds touching gale force and lots of cloud spilling and outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west. heaviest across western areas late in the night, clearing away from northern ireland as we head into the morning but temperatures not dropping much, between five and 11 degrees as we start saturday. a mild start to the weekend but not a wash—out but it will be a windy weekend and still some wetter moments to be had. saturday first of all, most widely wet on saturday across england, wales and south—east scotland and the outbreaks of rain move east lingering longest in east anglia and the south—east but most places will brighten up the sunshine and a scattering of heavy and thundery showers coming through in bands. winds are strengthening across the west late in the day and temperatures down a degree or so and it will feel cooler, especially in the west as the winds pick up later. it's due to the area of low pressure

which saturday to sunday, much like last night works into northern scotland, so a windy start to sunday and we will see frequent showers in the north—west of scotland and lots of showers in the south of england and wales and some heavy and thundery and there is the potential for more persistent rain through the english channel getting close to southern counties and that's one thing we will have we will have to watch, but it will be another windy especially across the west with gales and places and temperatures down a little bit on saturday's values between seven and 9 degrees, so a little bit closer to where we should be at this stage of the year. a cool night will follow but a dryish day on monday before more wet and windy weather arrives on tuesday and temperatures back on the rise again. take care.

today at one — more startling details from prince harry's memoir, including on the death of the queen, his role in the army in afghanistan, and his feud with his brother in a new clip released by itv, the prince spoke more his allegation that he was physically attacked by prince william. what was different here was this level of frustration. and i talk about the red mist that i had for so many years. i saw this red mist in him. with the memoir being prematurely published in spain, we'll bring you all the latest in what's proving to be a set of sensational allegations. also on the programme... the extent of the gridlock in hospitals over christmas is revealed, with data in england showing record numbers of ambulances delayed dropping off patients at a&e.