with industrial action, it's very hard to continue to meet these targets, but what i would say is we are making very good progress despite industrial action. up to 20,000 are now feared dead in libya — the un says most of those lives could have been saved with proper warnings and evacuations. we reveal how an raf surveillance plane had russian missiles fired at it over the black sea and why this world war ii war veteran is going over the edge at the age of 102. and on bbc london... coming up later in the hour, frozen out at manchester united. jadon sanchois out at manchester united. jadon sancho is made to train on his own because of escort discipline issue. —— ace scored discipline issue.

the prime minister has admitted it will be difficult to keep his promise to cut hospital waiting lists in england — saying that industrial action by nhs staff had made the situation worse. but the doctors�* union described that as a �*cheap shot�*. more than 7.5 million people are now waiting for an appointement — the highest number since records began. just under 400,000 have been waiting for more than a year. meanwhile the nhs in england is getting an extra £200 million to help it cope with the usual winter pressures — though that's just a tiny fraction of its budget. here's our health editor, hugh pym. no time to say hi, so i'll say thanks, thanks, thanks. you guys do a smashing job. in a hurry to tell staff about new money for the nhs. someone else is going to have to do this. the prime minister was at north devon district hospital announcing plans to cope with winter pressures. in the south west of england services last winter were under severe strain

with long ambulance delays. so what sort of, well, reception would rishi sunak get? local people have to wait years to get treatment. i've been waiting nearly three years. well, that's what, actually, that's the benefit of units like this, which kind of separate... one of mr sunak�*s key aims is speeding up treatment for patients. you go home today? that's fantastic. and are you going home home? are you still on course to hit your target of reducing waiting lists before the election? well, obviously that is challenging with industrial action. there's no two ways about it. we were making very good progress before industrial action. so is it possible that you'll miss that target? well, with industrial action it's very hard to continue to meet these targets. but what i would say is we are making very good progress despite industrial action. last year we virtually eliminated the number of people waiting two years. are you saying that without industrial action you would have met your target? yes, i'm confident that we would have, and that's what all our plans showed. but what's he doing about resolving the dispute?

it is not my view on what pay should be... but why, as prime, minister can you not... this is independent. ..get round the table with the doctors to try and find a way through this? why can't you initiate some talks? we have tried in the past and, actually, i'm really grateful to the over a million nhs workers, including all our nurses, who did do exactly as you describe, got round the table, worked it out with the government, came to a sensible resolution... but there have been no talks with the doctors for months, nothing at all. as i said, over a million nhs workers and half a dozen nhs unions did do exactly as you described. the doctor's union hit back after hearing those comments. well, that's a cheap shot, isn't it? blaming doctors for ten years of rising waiting lists. if we go back to 2013, 2.6 million people on a waiting list, no strikes. if we go to the beginning, prior to the pandemic, 4 million on waiting lists, no strikes. the end of the pandemic, 6 million on a waiting list. elsewhere in the south west,

tony is among those on a list for treatment. he's been waiting a year for a knee operation with no word when it will happen. everything i do takes dramatically longer because i can only move . relatively few inches - at a time using crutches. ijust can't walk down the street. i can't walk across the room. i have to use them whenever i move anywhere at all. - whether it's the south west or any other part of the uk, winter pressures are likely to make the task of cutting waiting lists even harder. the scottish government has done a pay deal withjunior the scottish government has done a pay deal with junior doctors and in wheels is a ballot process of a action by hospital doctors. in northern ireland there are no talks because there is no government. but in devon and right around england, as well as all the good bell winter pressures to come, there is

continuing disputes and the government showing no signs right now are being resolved. —— all the winter pressures to come. let's speak to our political editor chris mason who's at westminster for us. how significant are the pm's remarks? i think it significant for two reasons, one, how striking and direct he's been, in who he is choosing to blame, nhs staff who have been on strike. it is true to say that ministers for some time in the round have talked about the impact of strikes on getting waiting lists down but the prime minister went considerably further today. now, plenty of people acknowledge, of course the strikes have made a difference but let's unpack the politics a little bit here. because rishi sunak is saying that the pay offer that has been made to doctors is final and that won't change

regardless of future industrial action. now, labourare making regardless of future industrial action. now, labour are making the argument that they think the government and the prime minister our scapegoating nhs workers and ought to get around the table and discuss a pay deal with doctors, though it's not precisely clear what labour would do in government in order to pacify doctors. what is, though, cleartonight order to pacify doctors. what is, though, clear tonight is that rishi sunak chose to make a big and bold promise at the beginning of this year, getting waiting lists down, the truth is the opposite is happening and so he is having to acknowledge that promise looks likely to be broken.— up to 20,000 people may have died in the floods in libya — after buildings were swept out to sea when two dams burst during a storm on sunday night. 5,000 are confirmed dead

but thousands more are still missing after entire blocks of flats were swept away along with the people inside them. derna is the coastal city that was hardest hit, with its population of around 100,000. you can see from these satellite images the port area before the storm hit, the road compeltely obliterated. and another satellite image here — a football pitch in the middle of a residential area. absolute devastation. the un says most of those lives could have been saved if there had been proper weather warnings and evacuations carried out. in the dead of night they seek sentry from rising floodwaters. this woman with her three sisters and younger brother flee to the seventh floor of their apartment block in derna. the rising torrent is creeping up the stairs of their building. hersisterfilms creeping up the stairs of their building. her sisterfilms the panic. 0utside buildings around them collapse. they thought this would be their last moments arrived. it

almost was but this is their building now, still standing. the family survived. she recounted to us by phone the nightmare they endured. the men of our building, our neighbours, they were screaming and yelling, they told us we have to get on the roof because the water started getting higher and higher. as we were on the roof we were able to see other people in other buildings' ref�*s and they were waving phones and flashlights, and then suddenly the building collapsed. and at that moment we realise that actually we might die. a wall of water as high as seven metres thundered through derna, crossing and obliterating much in its path. some1 million tonnes of its path. some1 million tonnes of it came crashing down on the city after two mountain dams failed.

everywhere there are bodies. the isolated port city has been overwhelmed by grief. and for days they have been left to pick up the pieces alone. no turkish emergency teams are among the first to arrive in derna —— back now, turkish emergency teams are among the first arrive. we emergency teams are among the first arrive. ~ , , , ., . ., ,. arrive. we set up search and rescue teams, arrive. we set up search and rescue teams. we — arrive. we set up search and rescue teams. we have _ arrive. we set up search and rescue teams, we have treated _ arrive. we set up search and rescue teams, we have treated trauma - teams, we have treated trauma patients continuously here throughout the day. this libyan catastmphe _ throughout the day. this libyan catastrophe has _ throughout the day. this libyan catastrophe has deep _ throughout the day. this libyan catastrophe has deep roots. - throughout the day. this libyan l catastrophe has deep roots. after the nato backed ousting of muammar gaddafi in 2011, the country fell into chaos. promises of western help to rebuild vanished. it has two rival governments, one in the east and one in the west of the country. a pair of failed states. neglect is widespread. this is one of the dams that failed. in mid libya's political chaos, warnings it was in urgent need of repairs went

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in to the russian communications that could have resulted in their own deaths. the british spy plane was on a surveillance mission over the black sea in september last year. it was unarmed and flying in international airspace. two russian fighterjets were sent to intercept it. when the russian jets approached they received a command from the ground telling them they were approaching their target. one pilot wrongly interpreted that as permission to fire. he launched a missile — but it failed to lock on to its target. it missed. a row then broke out between the two pilots. the other russian jet did not believe they'd been given permission to fire. but the rogue pilot then released another missile. that one just dropped from the wing. but if one of the missiles had hit the target, it could have sparked a much wider conflict.

i think this is a great example of how tactical mistakes can have strategic consequences. what we're talking about here is negligent, highly dangerous russian activity, very poorly controlled, running the risk of a major escalation. the ministry of defence immediately requested an explanation from the russians. the then defence secretary described it as potentially dangerous, but accepted moscow's explanation. the reply by the russian ministry of defense on the 10th of october stated that they have conducted an investigation into the circumstances of the incident and say stated it was a technical malfunction of the su 27 fighter. but the pentagon later described the incident in starker terms. leaked us intelligence documents called it a near shoot down. one official said the incident was very, very scary. it's not the only time russian pilots have displayed unprofessional, reckless behavior.

earlier this year, a russian fighter jet forced a remotely piloted us drone to ditch. it was also flying a surveillance mission over the black sea. despite this near shoot down, raf surveillance aircraft continue to fly missions over the black sea. though now they're being escorted by typhoon jets armed with air to air missiles. this incident was a narrow escape that could have easily escalated. thank you. downing street has refused to guarantee that the hs2 rail line will run as far as manchester as planned, after reports the prime minister and chancellor are in talks about scrapping it. when asked whether the north—western leg of the scheme between birmingham and manchester could be shelved in the face of spiralling costs and delays, numberten the face of spiralling costs and delays, number ten said the ministers would need to balance the

interests of passengers and taxpayers. greater manchester police officers, staff and contractors have been hacked in a data breach. the identity badges were taken in a cyber—attack on a third party company which supplies the force, which has more than 8,000 staff. judith moritz is outside greater manchester police headquarters for us. judith, what more do you know? the police federation, which represents rank—and—file officers, says that particularly given the dangerous and difficult nature of the work the police do, that tonight there will be officers who are particularly anxious and concerned about this. we don't know, for example, whether any undercover officers have had their data taken. it's happened after a ransomware attack were malicious software is used to steal information. but that happened at a company which produces id cards and word badges for the force, and also id cards for other companies and organisations around

the uk. the information commissioners office is investigating and said today that organisations had a particular responsibility to safeguard that kind of information, where its breach could have a particularly significant impact, and the national crime agency is leading the criminal investigation into this. it's the third time in recent months that police officers may have had data stolen following breaches at both metropolitan police and the police service of northern ireland. the time is 6.15. our top story this evening. the prime minister admits it will be difficult to keep his promise to reduce nhs waiting lists in england as they hit near 7.7 million. and coming up... she was the woman putting her hand out and i didn't even know. in sportsday. ..

parity for scotland �*s women, they strike a deal with the sfa over pay and conditions when playing for the national team. the labour leader sir keir starmer says people smuggling gangs should be treated like terrorists to try to reduce the number of people crossing the channel in small boats. he has been in brussels to discuss closer co—operation with europe to tackle the issue. here's our home editor mark easton. in the last week, almost 1,500 migrants arrived in the uk, having crossed the channel more having crossed the channel, more than 23,000 now this year. today labour revealed its plan to stop the boats if they win the next election. the hague in holland was selected as the place for sir keir starmer to launch his policy. a carefully constructed picture opportunity to project the labour leader as a statesman, ready, as he puts it, to lead europe's efforts on smashing the smuggling gangs.

this is a vile trade and that's why i'm here at europol saying how can we have a better agreement to share intelligence, havejoint operations and take these gangs down? europol is an eu policing body which britain left after brexit, but labour now wants to negotiate a new agreement, giving british police faster and greater access to europol�*s real time data bases and intelligence. labour believes that securing britain's borders requires a closer, not more distant relationship with europe, for instance. with europe, for instance, a new party pledge to end the use of hotels for asylum seekers, some reckon would require a deal with the eu that would mean britain had to accept 100,000 more migrants. i don't think it is credible that he really wants to grip this problem and his plans today seem to amount to saying that we might one day accept up to 100,000 eu migrants every year. that does not seem like

a credible plan to me to stop the boats. yeah, but that's nonsense. that is embarrassing nonsense from the government and they know it. if they hadn't lost control of the borders, some of what they say might have some credibility. but i think if you look at the last few years, almost every decision they've taken on this issue has led to the problem getting even worse than it was before. some will hope this visit is a sign a labour government might one day rejoin the eu. others will fear the party is ready to betray brexit. sir keir and shadow home secretary yvette cooper say it's neither. but if elected it's clear labour would seek a much more active role on the european stage and that might come at a cost. mark easton, bbc news, the hague. the family of a colombian man who's believed to have taken his own life at a heathrow immigration removal centre earlier this year says he had begged for help and was willing to leave the uk. the 39—year—old died within a month of being locked up even though according to his family he had no existing

mental health problems. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. 5000 miles from london, a family is in mourning. translation: ., ., ., translation: he wanted to return to colombia to continue _ translation: he wanted to return to colombia to continue his _ translation: he wanted to return to colombia to continue his work. - translation: he wanted to return to colombia to continue his work. he - colombia to continue his work. he was a civil engineer, a professional.- was a civil engineer, a professional. was a civil engineer, a rofessional. , , ., professional. the sister and brother-in-law _ professional. the sister and brother-in-law of _ professional. the sister and brother-in-law of frank - professional. the sister and i brother-in-law of frank ospina professional. the sister and - brother-in-law of frank ospina are brother—in—law of frank ospina are bewildered by his death in a british immigration detention centre, but they are sure he wasn't an asylum seeker. translation: ,., . ., ,.,, translation: he said he could pay his ticket out _ translation: he said he could pay his ticket out but _ translation: he said he could pay his ticket out but they _ translation: he said he could pay his ticket out but they said - translation: he said he could pay his ticket out but they said he - his ticket out but they said he would stay there for months. he was in the uk to — would stay there for months. he was in the uk to visit _ would stay there for months. he was in the uk to visit his _ would stay there for months. he was in the uk to visit his mother- would stay there for months. he was in the uk to visit his mother before l in the uk to visit his mother before studying in spain, but he was caught working illegally and sent to the detention centres at heathrow. the family believe his mental health was fine when he went in but it went rapidly downhill. translation: �* ., , translation: he didn't ask for help, he be ued translation: he didn't ask for help, he begged for — translation: he didn't ask for help, he begged for help. _ translation: he didn't ask for help, he begged for help. and _ translation: he didn't ask for help, he begged for help. and he _ translation: he didn't ask for help, he begged for help. and he was - he begged for help. and he was begging for help not only to us but also to the people there, like the guards. fin

also to the people there, like the auards. ~ ., . guards. on the 26th of march, he was found dead- — guards. on the 26th of march, he was found dead. family _ guards. on the 26th of march, he was found dead. family have _ guards. on the 26th of march, he was found dead. family have been - guards. on the 26th of march, he was found dead. family have been told . guards. on the 26th of march, he was found dead. family have been told hej found dead. family have been told he took his own life. they believe a critical factor was being took his own life. they believe a criticalfactor was being detained. immigration removal centres are like prisons, with one difference, no set release date. although detainees can get bail. home office says detention should be as short as possible, but thenit should be as short as possible, but then it has also promised to stop then it has also promised to stop the boats. the government has toughened the law, one change, it will be removing more migrants who use deception to come to the uk. small for example. it says these centres are essential to that policy, so they will be filling up. but pressure is already starting to tell. in one of the heathrow removal centres two days after the death of frank ospina there was a protest involving what appeared to be a coordinated suicide attempt according to reports by custody officers obtained by human rights journalists at liberty investigates and the charity medical injustice.

officers said it was... madness, residents were tying things to railings and trying to jump. fiee residents were tying things to railings and trying to jump. railings and trying to “ump. five of them were — railings and trying to “ump. five of them were trying — railings and trying to “ump. five of them were trying to — railings and trying to jump. five of them were trying to climb - railings and trying to jump. five of them were trying to climb over- railings and trying to jump. five of| them were trying to climb over the barriers _ them were trying to climb over the barriers level two. staff them were trying to climb over the barriers level two.— barriers level two. staff prevented in'uries. a barriers level two. staff prevented injuries. a detainee _ barriers level two. staff prevented injuries. a detainee representing i injuries. a detainee representing those involved told us they were angry that... this doctor has overseen assessments of 66 detainees. 13 overseen assessments of 66 detainees-— overseen assessments of 66 detainees. ., ., , , . detainees. 13 had attempted suicide. throu~hout detainees. 13 had attempted suicide. throughout clients, _ detainees. 13 had attempted suicide. throughout clients, that _ detainees. 13 had attempted suicide. throughout clients, that kind - detainees. 13 had attempted suicide. throughout clients, that kind of- throughout clients, that kind of sudden nature of detention and the indefinite nature of detention can really be a crisis in their mental health and really can cause a great deal of stress and exacerbation of any current mental health problems. the home office, but incidents of self—harm are treated very seriously and every step is taken to try and prevent incidents of this nature. our staff are rigorously trained to ensure the safety of residents. but the family of frank ospina believe that if the government is locking up

someone who wants to leave britain, something may have gone wrong. tom symonds, bbc news, harmondsworth. now a look at some other stories making the news today. a lawyer representing the relatives of sara sharif who were arrested at gatwick airport last night says that the police have begun questioning them. sara's father, stepmother and uncle are being held on suspicion of her murder. they returned from pakistan yesterday having flown there the day before the ten—year—old's body was found. four metropolitan police officers will face disciplinary proceedings over the strip—search of a 15—year—old schoolgirl known as child q. there were protests after the teenager was wrongly accused of carrying cannabis at her school in east london in 2020. it's claimed the girl who was on her period was discriminated against because of her race and sex. the metropolitan police

has paid damages to two women who were arrested at the clapham common vigil for sarah everard in 2021. patsy stevenson and dania al—obeid took legal action against the force, following their arrest at the gathering that was held during covid restrictions. the law firm representing the two women described the sum paid as "substa ntial". here's our special correspondent lucy manning. a picture that shocked. a woman pinned down, handcuffed by met police officers at a vigilfor sarah everard — murdered and raped by a met officer. patsy stevenson was arrested that night. dania al—obeid was also arrested at the vigil for breaking covid restrictions. today, the met has agreed to pay the women damages and says it regrets what happened. we were blamed for, you know, going there, for the arrest itself, our motivations were constantly questioned, we were told that we hijacked the event. so, to get some sort of recognition,

that we are allowed to be angry for the murder and rape of a woman by a serving officer, is kind of like, ok, we actually feel seen and heard somewhat and it gives us that sense of validation and our sanity back. hundreds of women gathered in march two years ago on clapham common to remember sarah everard. but the police claimed lockdown restrictions meant they had to clear the area. sirens sound. too abusive, claimed women there. shame on you! i was putting a candle down for sarah. a woman held her hand out and asked me to come up to the bandstand to help. the police were very heavy—handed with a lot of women. we just didn't expect to be arrested. ijust wanted to show my support for other women. sounds like it's still really distressing for you to talk about. yeah. i think it's been a huge part of my life for the past two—and—a—half years. as dania listened, she realised

she was the woman who patsy was describing trying to help as police moved in. i just found out, she was the woman putting her hand out and i didn't even know. i didn't know that it was you. oh, my god! you said it there and it clicked, you'd never really spoken about it? we didn't know each other. before the vigil. i held my hand out and we grabbed each other's arms and she climbed over with me, and then we put our arms around each other. and you've onlyjust realised now? just realised, yeah. yeah. we'd never really spoken about it because we hadn't been allowed to, so... but despite the payout, the women still feel that met hasn't properly apologised, just expressing regret, and it says its officers acted in good faith. lucy manning, bbc news. that's a lot, yeah. a collection of shirts amassed by a mystery former england

footballer during the 1990 world cup is going up for auction and is expected to fetch upto £300,000. the eight shirts were collected during england's seven games in the tournament, which saw the team defeated in the semifinals by west germany. a signed yellow shirt worn by goalkeeper peter shilton during the penalty defeat is among those for sale. a 102—year—old war veteran has been attempting to break the world record for the oldest person to abseil down a building. colin bell flew bombing missions over germany during world war ii. this afternoon he stepped off the edge of a 17—storey building in london, as felicity baker reports. taking in the view. as a former raf pilot, colin bell flew perilous missions over nazi germany. now he's taking risks of another kind. he's aiming to become the oldest person to abseil down a building. it is part of a series of challenges

this 102—year—old veteran has set himself to raise money for charity. i shall look around and enjoy the view. i hope i shall understand how to lower myself down. i'm sure somebody will tell me. and i shall try and get down as quickly as possible. he began with a six—mile sponsored walk that he had to do in stages. i gather you've got a very full schedule in the next week or two! seeing him off from cambridge was one of his biggest supporters, sir winston churchill's great—grandson. you and your fellow airmen have really done us proud, and what you're doing for their memory is absolutely fabulous. colin carried out 50 bombing raids over germany during the second world war. this latest mission was a solo one. to feel that at 102 i can still do something for my country, i am a great patriot, i'm proud to be able to do it.

we are about a mile in now, how are you feeling? oh, i'm feeling fine. just at my age i have to walk slowly. it's not the distance that matters, it's the speed. supposing i let go of it altogether...? i've got you on this rope. colin laughs. i will have you the whole way. 17 storeys up, time to step off. the royal london hospital's helipad is the highest in europe. a potential new world record in the making. colin has also raised over £14,000 for charities including the london air ambulance. are you ok? yeah, i'm just catching my breath. down below, supporters and passers—by had gathered to watch colin make his descent. his feet firmly back on the ground, he had one thing in mind. applause. what was it like when you were coming down? oh, i'd like a gin and tonic, actually! laughter.

still breaking new ground at 102, but for now, colin says all he wants is to get a good night's rest. felicity baker, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. from that report we saw it was clearly quite sunny in london. it was not like that everywhere, the weather was variable depending on where you were. in fact the outlook suggests some rain continuing across northern parts of the uk over the next few days whereas in the south it is quite warm. a weather front is slicing the country more or less in half at the moment. to the south of it we have very warm hour coming in from the mediterranean across france, so, a dose of summer once again, not as hot as it has been recently. here is that where the front, it is raining overnight in northern ireland, through to the lake district and the north—east of england, and quite a contrast in the temperatures. in rural spots of scotland, may be down to 5 degrees,

in the south, up to 1a celsius. here is the weather front, some rain in the south, up to 1a celsius. here is the weatherfront, some rain in the borders, eventually reaching the lowlands of scotland, but the north of scotland stays sunny and many parts of england and wales tomorrow, a beautiful day, very warm, 25 or 26, but look at the contrast, in glasgow or edinburgh, around 1a degrees, a and other difference over this weather front, which degrees, a and other difference over this weatherfront, which is degrees, a and other difference over this weather front, which is still over us during the course of saturday and sunday so we will keep that big contrast in the temperatures. the winds are coming in from the north, almost north—east are so fairly cool on the north sea coast. only about 1k for newcastle on saturday, but in the south, 26 or 27 with that warm air coming in from the south. today, not abada but on sunday we are expecting low pressure to come out of the bay of biscay, this is done back rain which could bring frequent lightning and gusty winds. quite a change for some of us

on sunday, still hanging onto some of the