that is what people deserve. 0k, mr ashworth, we have to leave it here.anded an apology from president trump after he reportedly used a crude term to describe nations on the continent. it was apparently made during an oval office meeting on immigration with members of congress. the union, which represents 55 african countries, expressed its "shock, dismay and outrage" and said the trump administration misunderstood africans. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. it has been an extraordinary week, even by donald trump's standards. it ended with a medical, a routine checkup that all presidents undergo and word from mr trump's doctor that the commander in chief is in excellent health. but the past two days have seen the president mired in controversy, as donald trump arrives in florida to spend the weekend at his golf resort, the international community is still fuming over his alleged use of crude language to describe african countries. as the african union we were quite appalled and infuriated, outraged, by the comments. and for a country li

ashworth. it is always a delight to see the minister, but the secretary of state for health should be here defending his crisis, not pleading for a promotion in downing street as we speak. mrely predictable and entirely preve nta ble. predictable and entirely preventable. when you starve the nhs of resources, when you cut beds by 15,000, when you cut district nurses, when walk—in centres close, where we have vacancies for a0,000 nurses, when you fragment the nhs at a local level and drive private asian, when social care is savaged, is it any surprise we have a winter crisis of this severity? over 75,000 patients, including many elderly and frail, stuck in the back of ambulances for over 30 minutes in the winter cold this december and january. a&e so log jammed, forced to turn away patients 150 times. in the week before new year's eve, 22 trusts were completely full for up to five days and then we have the blanket cancellation of the elective operations, meaning people waiting longer in pain, distress and discomfort. we've had children's wards handed over to treat adults, and of course we don't know the full scale of the crisis because now nhs england refuses to publish the