Answering force with force. A rocket launched by Israels Iron Dome Defence System over haifa bay. Intercepting hezbollah s latest missiles fired from lebanon and across the border. Smoke rises after fighterjets strike what israel says are hezbollah targets. Hundreds have been killed and many more wounded, including children. Is truly terrifying, says doctor mohammed dawood. Hospital staff are overwhelmed. At the Un General Assembly, the uk isjoining the us Led Push for a three week truce. I call on Israel And Hezbollah to stop the violence, step back from the brink. We need to see an immediate ceasefire to provide space for a diplomatic settlement, and we are working with all partners to that end. But so far, israel has rejected the calls from its allies. Its military has been told to continue fighting with full strength. At the moment, that means an aerial campaign, but plans just as it has with the gaza ceasefire effort. And In Gaza, war continues to take its toll. Displaced families
To be rising with a lot of damage in southern lebanon. So this is fire data, which has been compiled by aurora tech. Theyre a german based company who use satellites, which have special Infrared Sensors that monitor for Temperature Anomalies and help detect wildfires, which they then usually report to Forestry And Firefighting services. In this case, theyre using the very same tech to analyse the situation in lebanon. And here are those areas in lebanon for the 23rd of september, latest weve got, which indicate possible damage caused by israeli strikes as well as fires down in israel near the sea of galilee. Now, its important to note we havent independently verified that strikes took place at all of these locations. But if we take this data and we use it as a guide, we can start to pick out individual areas and zone in on satellite imagery. So, 12th of september, before this really got started, in a small town of about 7500 people, and this is the same place on the 24th of september,
Spending around ten or 20 lower in real terms than it was in 2010. Other parts of the Public Sector are spending more. Finally we need to note that demand for services are going up with the population getting older and growing. Many people have needs they have to have where councils have to provide services. In a sense it has reduced resources and greater demand. And in the end some way will have to be found in National Politics to change the Local Government funding model or get Local Government doing less. To Local Government funding model is very different in other countries. It certainly is. In other countries you have a local income taxes. In scandinavia, famously, norway, sweden and denmark, local income taxes. Even in the united states, more local taxes are available so local decisions are made. Thats another issue. What Local Governments spend is heavily constrained by Central Government, and Central Government has wanted Local Government to cut its spending over time and that
the king speech, mps and lords will come together was minister hauled to hear from the new monarch and a special ceremony. i am here at st. charles cathedral in edinburgh, where the king will hold a vigil with members of the royal family. good morning from above that national park in kenya. 70 years ago, her majesty came here, a princess and returned to britain a queen. in parts of the commonwealth, morning is accompanied by fresh questions of the royal of the monarchy. the prime minister of antigua saying that he intends to hold a referendum on that country becoming a republic in the next few years. another sign for jamaica and other nations who may well follow suit. in other news, this morning, the only light in the darkness, ukraine accuses retreating russian military of attacking a power station, causing a blackout in kharkiv. good morning from buckingham palace palace, king charles iii will lead a procession alongside his mother s coffin, later, as it s mov