内容摘要：. The rebels say they fight for the rights of indigenous tribes and the rural poor, citing decades of state neglect and land dispossession.

. The rebels say they fight for the rights of indigenous tribes and the rural poor, citing decades of state neglect and land dispossession.

The reimbursement scheme was one of several initiatives Health Minister Mike Nesbitt announced to tackle waiting lists for planned operations, which are the highest in the UK.The cross-border element of the scheme means patients will get back the amount of money the operation would have cost in Northern Ireland, subject to approval.

When it was launched last month, the department said full details of the plan were yet to be outlined and the full range of eligible procedures covered by the cross-border scheme was not known.Those eligible for the scheme will be able to access a Health and Social Care online information hub giving guidance to patients on how to apply, eligibility criteria and access to the application form.The reimbursement scheme was included in a plan outlining how

Of that, there will be £85m for red flag and critical care, £80m for building up capacity within the system, and up to £50m to start tackling the backlog in care.The plan is to clear the four year waits for more than 3,000 patients on lists for hip, knee, hernia and colonoscopy procedures.

There will be mega clinics for an estimated 20,000 patients waiting for ophthalmology, orthopaedics, general surgery and ear, nose and throat (ENT) operations.

Waiting lists for gynae mesh, children's squints, children's feeding tubes and cleft lip will also be tackled."The United States did exactly what it was supposed to do and the Chinese are slow-rolling their compliance which is completely unacceptable and has to be addressed," Greer said.

China responded on Friday urging the US to "immediately correct its erroneous actions, cease discriminatory restrictions against China and jointly uphold the consensus reached at the high-level talks in Geneva".A spokesman from its Washington embassy said China had recently "repeatedly raised concerns" with the US over its "abuse of export control measures in the semiconductor sector". The US already has restrictions in place on technology exports to China, and on Wednesday paused more sales to China of chip technologies - crucial to semiconductors - and also paused exports of chemicals and machinery.

Pengyu Liu said both sides had maintained communication since the talks in Geneva on 11 May, which had ended on a positive note.However on Thursday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had said trade talks with China had become "a bit stalled".