'No beds, not enough doctors': UK healthcare crisis laid bare

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As nurses went on strike on Wednesday, with its focus on low pay, the extent of the crisis facing patients in the UK's state-run National Health Service (NHS) is being laid bare. According to NHS England, a record 54,532 people in December waited for more than 12 hours once arriving at A&E. Darrel Wilson, 54, from Stockport, says nurses told him he would not have survived had his wife not driven him to hospital herself. He called an ambulance one night in October at around 10:00 pm after suffering shortness of breath and chest pains. Wilson said nurses told him he "wouldn't be alive" if he had waited for the ambulance.
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China's assertive foreign policy under President Xi

Bolstered by China's economic and military rise over the past decade, President Xi Jinping has swerved decisively away from his predecessors' low-profile foreign policyBeijing (AFP) – A senior Chinese diplomat's scuffle with protesters in Britain as well as a recent victory at the United Nations have put the spotlight back on China's more assertive foreign policy under President Xi Jinping. "It became gradually more difficult to raise difficult issues with Chinese diplomats, especially on issues related to the treatment of minorities... freedom of expression and so on." China's foreign policy is devised by elite groups within the Communist Party -- groups that "unlike his predecessors, Xi directly controls", said Jennifer Hsu from the Australian think tank Lowy Institute. - 'Territorial expansionism' -Under Xi, China has taken a distinctly more muscular approach when it comes to territorial claims. "China's territorial expansionism has coincided with the ascension of Xi," James Char from Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies told AFP.

3 months ago France 24

Guinea junta agrees return to civilian rule in 2 years

Guinea's ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years, after facing sanctions over its original plan for a three-year transfer of powerConakry (AFP) – Guinea's ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years, after facing sanctions over its original plan for a three-year transfer of power, the West African bloc ECOWAS said Friday. The bloc had given the junta one month to present a "reasonable and acceptable" timetable for the return to civilian rule, an ultimatum that theoretically expires this weekend. Colonel Doumbouya has since appointed himself president and vowed to restore civilian rule within three years. By that time, they would have been in power for more than three-and-a-half years since overthrowing the elected civilian president in August 2020. In the face of military authorities, the bloc has duly increased its summits and country missions while ramping up pressure to shorten the transitional periods back to civilian rule.

3 months ago France 24

Farmers in US Midwest struggle amid prolonged drought

The drought has attracted grasshoppers, which threatened the flowers the Tuckers also grow -- until they brought in praying mantises to control the winged pests. If the American West has been suffering through water shortages for years, the Midwest has not seen conditions this bad since 2012. Dwindling groundwaterDrought has hit the three major US crops: wheat, corn and soybeans, and the US Department of Agriculture recently had to lower its nationwide yield predictions. High levels of water usage have led to "pretty dramatic declines" in aquifers across western Kansas, Buchanan said, adding that farmers in some areas "have really struggled." Though Buchanan says that "there’s certainly an awareness (among farmers) about climate change," despite the political sensitivity of the subject in the United States.

3 months ago France 24

Adidas ends partnership with Kanye West over antisemitic comments

Adidas ended a partnership that helped make the artist formerly known as Kanye West a billionaire and lent the German sportswear an edgy appeal, but ultimately couldn't survive a mounting outcry over the rapper's offensive and antisemitic remarks. “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech,” the company said in a statement Tuesday. Adidas has stuck with Ye through other controversies over his remarks about slavery and COVID-19 vaccines. But Ye's antisemitic comments stirred up the company's own past ties with the Nazi regime that the company had worked to leave behind. Universal Music Group, which owns the Def Jam label, said Tuesday in a statement that Ye’s music and merchandise contracts ended last year.

3 months ago France 24

Live: Russia and Ukraine preparing to fight 'heaviest of battles' in Kherson

Advertising Read more4:12am: Ukrainian official: Russia digging in for 'heaviest of battles' in Kherson"In Kherson, the situation is clear. Asked by reporters whether he thinks Russia is preparing a "dirty bomb" attack that it would then blame on Ukraine, Biden said: "Russia would be making an incredibly serious mistake were it to use a tactical nuclear weapon." Russia has repeatedly warned that Ukraine could use a so-called dirty bomb on its own territory. "If Russia were to employ nuclear weapons or a dirty bomb, there would be consequences," spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder told journalists, without providing specifics. Read more analysis on the war in Ukraine © France Médias Monde graphic studio(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and REUTERS)Daily newsletterReceive essential international news every morning Subscribe

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Leaders Madrid drop points at home in Girona draw

Madrid (AFP) – A below-par Real Madrid dropped points in the title race with a 1-1 draw at home against Girona on Sunday in La Liga, with Rodrygo having a goal ruled out late on. Reigning champions Madrid took the lead through Vinicius Junior in the 70th minute but Cristhian Stuani levelled with a penalty after Marco Asensio handled in the area. Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos was sent off in stoppage time after earning a second yellow card for a foul from behind on Aleix Garcia to cap a frustrating afternoon for Carlo Ancelotti's team at the Santiago Bernabeu. Ancelotti took action by switching holding midfielder Eduardo Camavinga for Asensio and soon Madrid broke the deadlock. Fede Valverde, in sparkling form, placed a tempting low ball across the face of goal for Vinicius to turn home.

2 months ago France 24

NASA returns to Moon with Artemis 1 mega rocket launch

NASA's new moon rocket sits on Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B on November 15, 2022, hours before a planned liftoff in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA was readying to launch its new mega Moon rocket early Wednesday from Florida, but technical issues threatened to play spoilsport a third time. It will be the first launch of the 32-story tall Space Launch System rocket, the most powerful ever built. The takeoff is scheduled less than a week after the passage of Hurricane Nicole, which the rocket weathered on its launch pad. 'Extremely excited'About 100,000 people were expected on the coast to watch the launch, with the rocket promising to light up the night sky.

2 months ago France 24

Five World Cup favourites, from Neymar’s Brazil to title-holders France

WORLD CUP 2022Will the World Cup in Qatar deliver back-to-back wins for France, a record sixth title for Brazil, a perfect send-off for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, or none of the above? While “Les Bleus” rank among the tournament’s hot favourites, they will be well aware that recent World Cup history has been unkind to title-holders. France: title holders weakened by injuriesFour years after their triumph in Moscow, France go into the World Cup as the defending champions and the bookmakers’ second favourites after Brazil. Argentina are also the only team to have recently defeated a fellow World Cup favourite, prevailing over Brazil in the 2021 Copa America final. The former include Mario Gotze, Manuel Neuer and the indefatigable Thomas Muller – all three veterans of Germany’s 2014 World Cup triumph.

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