catherine burns, bbc news.to tell you that in the next few minutes we are expecting to hear from the leader of the militant group hezbollah. he leader of the militant group hezbollah-— leader of the militant group hezbollah. , , . ., hezbollah. he is expecting to seak hezbollah. he is expecting to speak very — hezbollah. he is expecting to speak very shortly _ hezbollah. he is expecting to speak very shortly after - hezbollah. he is expecting to speak very shortly after 37 i speak very shortly after 37 people, is the latest figure, 37 people died after those attacks on pagers and walkie—talkies in lebanon. thousands of people have been injured. hezbollah has blamed israel. there are fears the conflict has spread. these are the scenes on the lebanese border. israel has said a new phase of the war with hezbollah is about to open. we are going to be hearing from the leader of hezbollah very shortly. we will bring you that here on bbc news. do stay with us. hello there. good afternoon. well, it's still warm and dry

catherine burns, bbc news.ak of the recent flooding today, with warnings that the country's third—largest city, wroclav, is at risk. this is wroclav, where as you can see, local residents have been working to fill sandbags, which will be used to try to control the river 0der. it has already gone past the level at which flood warnings are issued by what's described as a significant amount. elsewhere, in south western poland, you can see how the floods have already caused damage near rivers. around 10,000 members of the military have been deployed to help with the emergency operations, and helicopters have been sent to help evacuate some stranded people. and these pictures give an idea of the sort of devastation the flooding has caused. this is klodzko, where the noosa river burst its banks. local reports suggest the floods surged to two metres above the height of the river banks. poland's prime minister, donald tusk says the authorities have not yet been able to establish how many buildings have been destroyed i

catherine burns, bbc news. a lot to pick up on in the report there.h correspondent, nick triggle. this is being described as a scathing report. we heard some of the elements in it. apparently three big shifts will be necessary, according to wes streeting. point to the critical for us to know.- critical for us to know. this re ort critical for us to know. this report was _ critical for us to know. this report was commissioned i critical for us to know. ti 3 report was commissioned by the governments just after the election. lord darzi was tasked with identifying the failings, not the solution is. now it will be the task of the government to come up with some ideas and solutions to turn the nhs around. later we will hear keir starmer talk about three key things. they will be moving care out of hospitals and into the community, helping to prevent ill—health so people don�*t need hospital care. a digital revolution. lord darzi�*s report says the nhs is years behind the private sector. it also needs scanners as well as buildings. as i think you heard, we w

catherine burns, bbc news.th correspondent nick triggle, who's with me now. we have had so many different reviews into wear maternity services have failed. truth? services have failed. why hasn't anything _ services have failed. why hasn't anything change? | services have failed. tree'iy hasn't anything change? just over the last few years we have heard about major failings at shrewsbury and telford maternity unit and east kent where investigators found that poor care could have contributed to the deaths of babies and others being left with life changing injuries and consistently maternity care is one of the key reasons for clinical negligence claims made against the nhs. talking to the royal college of midwives, they point to staffing shortages. around one in ten posts are vacant and that has been pretty consistent for the past few years. this report by the care quality commission also talks a lot about buildings and equipment. we know from that report last week into the wider nhs, there is ageing infrastructu

catherine burns, bbc news.f teamsters, has declined to issue a us presidential endorsement for the first time since 1996. the union, which boasts around 1.3 million members across the us and canada, said it's received "few commitments on top teamsters issues" from either democratic nominee kamala harris or republican nominee donald trump. the move is a major blow to the harris campaign's efforts to win over working—class voters and the former president was quick to tout it as a major it isa it is a great honour. they are not going to endorse the democrats, that is a big thing. and this is the first time, i think, in 50 or 60 years this has not happened. i was at 60% or more and it is a great honour. i mean, i had a lot of teams work for me, a lot of the trucks are built all these villas you see in new york city, the teamsters. live now to los angeles where we can speak with drexel heard, democratic political strategist and former executive director of the los angeles democratic party. is this a big blow for kam

catherine burns, bbc news.e it suffered a catastrophic failure killing all five on board. rebecca morelle has more. the remains of the titan submersible, in pieces, lying 3,800m down on the floor of the atlantic ocean — the footage released by the us coast guard, who are trying to establish exactly what went wrong. this is a full—scale model of oceangate's submersible. the wreckage came from the back section of titan. you can clearly see the tail cone. this is largely intact. it housed the onboard electronics. the footage shows the discovery of the rear dome. it was covered by the tail cone. next to that is the titanium end ring. itjoined the dome to the hull, which was made of carbon fibre. it's the part of the sub where the passengers were. they were on a journey to see the titanic that turned into tragedy. those who died were british explorer hamish harding, suleman dawood and his father, british pakistani businessman shahzada dawood, french diver ph nargeolet and stockton rush, oceangate's ceo. good morning

catherine burns, bbc news. until the us presidential election and our correspondent is talking to voters. we will be back with her in just a few moments. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. we will be in philadelphia because we have 5a days until the us presidential election and our correspondent is talking to voters. we will be back with her in just a few moments. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. in a big election. in this battleground state, politics are never far from the surface. too big, too small orjust right? including forjames and tracy lamb, who run evolution candy. thank you. harris is the obvious candidate, is the smart candidate. i don't even like saying the other guy's name, he's a convicted felon. how is he even allowed to be on on the ticket? amid the afternoon after school sugar rush, tracy tells us she believes there's only one choice in this election. we've obtained certain rights over the years, and i believe that they're slowly being taken away with thi

catherine burns, bbc news.ly poorer than other countries on health outcomes like surviving cancer and life expectancy, there are fewer doctors and nurses but a higher bed occupancy. in the pandemic, it cancelled more routine care than any other comparable health system, from 2019 until 2020, knee replacements fell by 20% during 68%, compared to 20% on average elsewhere. 20% during 68%, compared to 2096 on average elsewhere.— 2096 during 6896, compared to 2096 on average elsewhere.— on average elsewhere. there are challenges. _ on average elsewhere. there are challenges, and _ on average elsewhere. there are challenges, and the _ on average elsewhere. there are challenges, and the pandemic. challenges, and the pandemic was a huge shock, once in a sensory event that disrupted services and lead to longer waiting times in all of these countries, so there are similar challenges, but the scope is arguably greater in the nhs, notjust in england, but across the uk. that is largely because the uk. that is largely becaus

catherine burns, bbc news.er who took a trip on titan a year before it suffered a catastrophic failure as it dived to see the wreck of the titanic, killing all five pople on board. 0ur science editor rebecca morrelle has more. it was a journey to see the titanic that turned into tragedy when the titan submersible exploded. five people died. at the public hearing, somebody from the support ship was asked how the passengers were as they left for the dive. we saw five were as they left for the dive. - saw five people smiling, looking forward to theirjourney. they were just very happy to go. that is the memory i have. nobody was nervous, they were excited about what they were going to see, make sure you have your camera, that type of thing. have your camera, that type of thin. ,, ., have your camera, that type of thin _ ,, ., ,., have your camera, that type of thin. ,, ., ., ., have your camera, that type of thing. she had paid for a place on the sub herself _ thing. she had paid for a place on the sub herself to _

catherine burns, bbc news.non—professional astronaut to do a space walk. jared isaacman funded the five—day mission, which blasted off in the crew dragon spaceship belonging to space x and elon musk. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has the story. historic words for an historic moment. out comes the first private sector astronaut to walk in space. silhouetted in eric's or paid billions of dollars for this experience —— silhouetted on the planet earth's orbit. the capital has no error logs of the entire spacecraft is in the vacuum of space once the doors open. then the all—important checks to make sure the spacesuits don't leak. they have been upgraded for the spacewalk, stronger and more flexible. the helmets have a heads up display so they see how well their bodies are coping. the air is taken out of the capsule so the pressure inside matches what is outside. the hatch opens, and isaacman exits the spacecraft. there is not much to do outside apart from testing the suit, so he floats around and enjoys the

joining me now is our political correspondent, leila nathoo and our health correspondent, catherine burnsre staggering, £37 billion shortfall for buildings and that sort of thing. you talk through some of the facts from it? , ., , h, from it? yes, that is something that really _ from it? yes, that is something that really set _ from it? yes, that is something that really set out _ from it? yes, that is something that really set out to _ from it? yes, that is something that really set out to me - from it? yes, that is something that really set out to me when l that really set out to me when i got the report yesterday. £37 billion that you are talking about, this is what lord darzi said should have been spent on nhs capital, buildings if we had had that, we would have had enough money to build the gp practices and hospitals that we had been promised and update the kettles of that is just one of the findings. what lord darzi was asked to do, he was asked to diagnose the health of the nhs and he has really spent the nhs and he has really spent the last nine weeks going into some detail. he sa

our health correspondent, catherine burns, reports.ing with a sick patient medics can treat the obvious symptoms barrister. but to actually find a cure, they need to diagnose exactly what is wrong. that is what the government asked this man to do for the nhs. a respected surgeon and former labour health minister. his diagnosis is grave. health minister. his diagnosis is rave. ,, . , health minister. his diagnosis is rave. ,, ., , ., ., is grave. nhs as we have heard is grave. nhs as we have heard is broken _ is grave. nhs as we have heard is broken by — is grave. nhs as we have heard is broken by completely - is broken by completely reversible. the vital signs are stable. wejust reversible. the vital signs are stable. we just need to put the right investment in the nhs. we need to engage our amazing doctors, nurses, community, staff and pathways of care and look at the whole pathway as we have done before from the cradle to the grave. what does it mean to the patients? what can we do to improve both the safety of care, quality of care

catherine burns, bbc news.es from 5%. the decision, expected at midday, comes after inflation, showing the rise in consumer prices, remained at 2.2% last month. the central bank in the united states lowered interest rates by half a percentage point yesterday — the first cut for more than four years. air pollution, high temperatures, and risk factors, such as obesity and high blood pressure are driving global increases of people who suffer stroke, research suggests. although strokes are preventable and treatable, latest figures estimate there are 12 million cases and more than seven million deaths each year. there are 21% fewer nursing students starting courses at universities across the uk than three years ago. there was a rise in admissions in 2020 and 2021 but the figures have now fallen to pre—pandemic levels. the royal college of nursing has called the situation critical. thousands of pharmacists across england, wales and northern ireland are to be balloted on whether to reduce services and cut opening hour

, keir starmer says there would be no extra money without reform, as our health correspondent catherine burns explains. i think diagnosis goes, this one is serious. the patient is in a critical condition. the bodyis in a critical condition. the body is under huge strain. but it can be saved. vital signs are strong. that is the professional opinion of this man, lord darzi, he used to be a labour health minister and has spent the last couple of months assessing the state of the nhs. his report talks a lot about waiting, in busy corridors, and amd, to see a gp. the cancer care, he says that long waits have become normalised some things out for him. ':: i: i: i: i: . normalised some things out for him. if i: i: i: i: . ., him. 100,000 children of adolescents _ him. 100,000 children of adolescents waiting - him. 100,000 children of- adolescents waiting for mental health services from woman one year. that was truly shocking. elderly patients lying on trolleys for 12 hours, above a certain age, shocking news. the re ort is certain age, shocking news. the report is particularly damning about the phys

our health correspondent, catherine burns, has more.hen dealing with a sick patient, medics can treat the obvious symptoms first, but to actually find a cure, they need to diagnose exactly what's wrong. that's what the government has asked this man to do for the nhs. lord darzi, a respected surgeon and former labour health minister. his diagnosis is grave. nhs, as we've heard from secretary of state, is broken. but it's completely reversible. as i said, the vital signs are stable. we just need to put the right investment in the nhs. we need to engage our amazing doctors, nurses, community staff in pathways of care and look at the whole pathway as we've done before, from the cradle to the grave. what does it mean to the patients? waiting is a big theme of this report. waiting in busy corridors in a&e departments, to see your gp, the list goes on. waiting for mental health services, for routine surgery, for cancer care. lord darzi points out that the uk has worse survival rates for cancer than many other countries. the report is particula

our health correspondent, catherine burns, reports. pregnant, picking out outfits for her baby, but her daughter, aliona, never lived to enjoy any of this. things that i made for her, birth announcement pictures. fiona went into labour at home, her waters broke and she was worried because she didn't think her baby was moving as much as normal. she should have been assessed then. she wasn't. when she was in hospital, her baby had an abnormal heart rate. this should have been assessed. it wasn't. baby aliona was pronounced dead within half an hour of birth. when they came over and said my name, ijust turned around to them and went, she's dead, isn't she? and... ..and they said, yes. and this primal scream is probably the only way i can describe it, itjust came out of me with no sort of control over my body. a tiny piece of her hair. leeds teaching hospitals has said it's sorry that the care it provided was not at the standard it would expect, and that it has learned lessons from what happened. but stories like fiona's are happening too o

lining up against the familiar catherine to burn it from switzerland in the 1500 metres was always goingint mode on the bell, there was chaos on the track, a crash leaving two riders out of contention. kinghorn was in the mix as they went into the last 200 metres but her swiss opponent was too strong. a silver for kinghorn, her second of the games. great britain has excelled in para— equestrian previous games and in paris in the grand setting of versailles, natasha baker was aiming for her seventh gold. she had a year out of the saddle following the birth of her son and said the persistent rain in the city was her worst nightmare. the cold affects her disability. she was happy with a bronze medal and she credited it to the performance of her horse. in the pool there are more medal chances for gb tonight with several swimmers through to the final. faye rogers was an olympic hopeful in 2021, a car accident left her with permanent damage to her arm. now she is competently at herfirst damage to her arm. now she is competently at her first paralympic games, going into the s—10100 metres butte

coming into cnn, an update regarding the health diagnosis for princess catherine of wales and out in california, wildfires burned over 20,000 acres since thursday. why officials say the fire is still zero plus one of 2024 is most crucial swing states just missed its deadline to send out absentee ballots. cnn's dianne gallagher he's going to tell us why it's becoming harder and harder to vote by mail this year the 2024 election should be underway but a bit of a shaky start in this swing state, the latest on the legal limbo for absentee ballots in north carolina and why it was already going to be an uphill battle for voters the pros i have i got news for you? >> a pretty yeah what are the kinds we could run on the news before? >> and never happened if i got news for you, premier saturday at nine on cnn and streaming next day on mac when life spills, heartburn how do you spell relief or aids? rolaids do active formula begins to neutralize acid on contact rolle's spells relief tukey swamp, i'm sorry, there is a long line at the thai place at the southside like, oh, floors with a man i wish the future isn't scary, no

there, a person not from the time of catherine, it's none of your business mishkina, maybe we'll work together and tell me , is it possible to reveal a crime by burningces, fingerprints are available, a criminal he was wearing gloves with fingers, everything was done poorly, very competently, the only puncture , look, he stepped in the blood. a basketball shoe of a large size for you, petrovich, by the way, it is about your height, show me your sneakers, i have already washed mine, where is this one and where are you? my lev abramovich is here, what about the surveillance camera, yes, half of the footage from the surveillance cameras was confiscated, and the visit log was stolen, so, so i will talk, i will go to the secretary, i hope she has already put on makeup, and you, lev abramovich, together with the five-meter, a frivolous and dandy. in general, with all of them you are going to hospital to the chief, okay, we're working, yeah, i got an order to take you and go to work, yes, let's go, we've worked together for so many years, and i don't even know this security guard's name, his name was nikolai. he's good, he's very honest, decent, have you no

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