however, for me, being an activist and fighting and campaigning for the british national health servicee some of society's most vulnerable members. if you have a diagnosis of terminal cancer, you have got a tough time ahead. and we are meant to have a cradle—to—grave health service in this country funded by taxpayers, so that everybody in need receives high—quality health care. that's a defining principle of the country. interestingly, palliative care isn't entirely funded by the nhs. indeed, probably only a third of it is funded by government. absolutely. the rest of it is funded by charity, which i guess tells you something about the priorities put on palliative care. exactly. but more generally, i believe that every government — i don't care what political party they are — every government should honour those founding principles of the nhs and should be honest about what the nhs is achieving orfailing to achieve, and what is needed in terms of funding and resources. can you go too far? just a couple... a quote from you on twitter, i think we took it from. "everything is falling apart

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health workers. the british national weather service has confirmed 2022 was the hottest year on record in the u.k.hey reported the average temperature for the year was 10 degrees celsius, adding that human induced climate change was responsible. e-commerce giant amazon says it is cutting more than 18,000 jobs, citing current economic uncertainty and rapid hiring from the pandemic. some terminations will take place in europe according to amazon, which announced 10,000 job cuts in november. the mother of gio reyna has revealed she reported the national team's coach for a historic incident of domestic abuse. he's under investigation by the u.s. football federation after revealing his shameful behavior towards is now-wife. the incident exposed a rift plaguing the u.s. team at the recent u.s. cup, where reyna, one of the star players, only had a limited role. reporter: they have known each other for decades, but the family friendship became a family feud during football's most important tournament. >> obviously this is not a positive time for soccer in this country and for our men's national team. it i

thank you for nearly 3 quarters of a century, the british government is provided mostly free health care for all britons and the national health services won't be in the country's most revered institution. in fact, ranking 1st and a 2016 survey, but the n h s is now at breaking point. hospitals are running beyond that capacity . ambulance weights are at record highs and stress staff are striking over pay and working conditions. nutty baba looks at the debates on the future of the system. i will strike spreading and talk of a system on its knees is britain's reverence for its national health service blocking much needed reform such a job? it certainly think so. the conservative form a health secretary and finance minister wrote recent levy 75 year old model of the n a chest is unsustainable. jeff, it's suggested people could pay for consulting, a family doctor and praise island system where patients must pay around $81.00 to access the equivalence of the case accident and emergency departments and eat unless referred by the doctor. now that's the sort of idea. most british politicians run away from because it means scrapping the doctrin

the british government says it is doing "everything possible" to resolve pressures on the national health serviceaits for emergency care. downing street said the nhs was facing an "unprecedented challenge", and that ministers had been "up front with the public" about what would be "an extremely challenging winter." rail passengers in the uk have been facing a day of disruption — as thousands of union members began the first of two 48 hour strikes on tuesday. the government urged organisers to "get round the negotiating table". union bosses have accused the government of blocking a deal to end the dispute. to brazil now, where thousands of people have lined the streets to say their final farewells to the football legend pele as his funeral procession made its way though the city of santos. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson has been watching events. as the wake drew to a close, the last few people raced to see pele's coffin and say their last goodbyes. pele was a huge soccer player here in brazil, and we love soccer, but he was also a huge human being. he supported a hospital in our city

british prime minister rishi sunak has called on health leaders to take "hold and radical" action to reduce the extreme pressures on the national health servicehe called the meetings in downing street "highly valuable", but the opposition labour party called it "just another talking shop". kevin mccarthy has been sworn in as speaker of the us house of representatives after 15 rounds of voting. a small group of republican rebels had derailed each previous attempt. the new speaker says it was the influence of former president trump that helped him secure the position. now on bbc news, extreme conservation: turkey. i'm michaela strachan, a wildlife presenter who is passionate about conservation. my work has taken me all over the world, and in that time i have seen huge changes, many due to climate change. in extreme conservation, we meet inspirational people who have dedicated their lives to protecting the natural world. this time, i am in turkey. this country's stunning forest are facing devastating losses. but it is notjust the trees that need saving, it's also the creatures. i'm meeting the remarkable people trying to save honeybees. you are

british prime minister rishi sunak has called on health leaders to take "bold and radical" action to reduce the extreme pressures on the national health serviceparty called it "just another talking shop". kevin mccarthy has been sworn in as speaker of the us house of representatives after 15 rounds of voting. a small group of republican rebels had derailed

the british prime minister rishi sunak has been outlining the government's key priorities over the next year. he has pledged to make changes to improve: the national health service union is now recommending travel controls on visitors from china, where covid infections have exploded. the guidance includes passengers having a negative covid—i9 test before they depart from china, random tests on arrival, and wearing face masks on flights. they also want aircraft wastewater tested for the virus. it comes as the world health organisation accused officials there of understating the true impact the recent surge in covid i9 infections is having on the country's health system. professor yanzhong huang, a senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations told me how effective he thinks these travel restrictions will be. it may be able to delay the spread of the virus to europe but certainly it is not going to contain the spread, we know that china, when they're implementing zero were implementing zero covid—i9 measures, that the most draconian policy of imported cases and still we imposed passengers from south africa when omicron and that did not work a

national health service. also tonight... following the discovery of classified documents at president biden�*s home, an independent investigation is launched. iran releases an alleged confession of spying by a britishnian man who's facing the death sentence — he says the confession was forced. the social media personality andrew tate investigated in relation to organised crime, we investigate his popularity with young people. and the brit award nominations are out — with a notable absence of women in the category of artist of the year. and stay with us here on bbc news channel for continuing coverage in analysis with our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. ambulance response times in england and waits in accident and emergency departments have reached the highest levels on record. the latest figures have exposed the alarming state of emergency care in the national health service. for some emergencies, including suspected strokes and heart attacks, the average wait was over 90 minutes. the target is 18 minutes. more than a third of patients waited more than four hours to be assessed after arriving at the a&e department and last month over 5a,000 patients waited over