as predicted, harry styles is one of the night s big winners. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go take a look at what s on the show. the cities that went to sleep for the pandemic are waking up, but how much are the world s great metropolises bouncing back and can they ever get back to where they were? with hybrid and remote working still in place in much of the world, what is the impact on our great cities, their restaurants, economies and property prices? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. dr megan walters, global head of research at allianz real estate, and julian metcalfe, the big boss of the asian food chain itsu. plus, i sit down with yuriko koike, the governor of tokyo to get her view on how one of the world s great capitals is faring after the olympics and the pandemic. and if that wasn t enough, we ve got
On the strip 12 days ago. It means the Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza is the only way to get vital supplies in. A warning this report from wyre davies contains images you may find distressing. Two weeks after the start of this war, the first signs of limited progress and relief entering gaza on the back of a truck. Some 20 tracks in total, not nearly enough according to aid agencies, bringing in basic supplies, food, water, and medicine. There have been an unprecedented number of israeli strikes against hamas related infrastructure, but palestinian Authorities Say 4,000 people have been killed in gaza, many of them children. A small but significant breakthrough as us israeli mother and daughter were freed from hamas captivity in gaza, though 200 hostages remain. At an emergency summit in cairo, the Foreign Secretary criticised hamas s murderous actions, and reminded israel of its obligations. I have spoken directly to the Israeli Government about their duty to respect internatio
Provisions to feed 11,000 people for one month. Washington is urging israel to do more to provide a sustained humanitarian access, and says it is deeply concerned about reports of imminent famine. Officials who called for the Rafah Crossing to be reopened as soon as possible. Egypt stopped allowing in supplies. The two countries have blamed each other for its continued closure. The us concern over the amount of aid getting into rafah has been echoed by the un. They are aid chief warmed that vernon is now an immediate threat and that un staff were struggling to help people displaced by the Israeli Offensive on the Israeli Offensive on rafah. We dont need to be a scientist to see the consequences of that lack of food. Forfamine there see the consequences of that lack of food. For famine there are a lot of medical care and nutritional care, which is the precursor to simon, kills for a disease, as well as hunger. Kills for a disease, as well as hunaer. , hunger. Our correspondent is in jer
Speaking at a news conference, the White House Press secretary, karine jean pierre, said more was needed to be done. So this level of aid remains insufficient, and we want to continue to press israel to increase the level of assistance moving into gaza. We understand what ijust laid out is not sufficient. We want to get more in. We are continuing to have those conversations with israel, and we have seen some progress. We need to get more in. On thursday, us troops anchored a long awaited Floating Pier which will soon enable aid to enter gaza by sea. Hundreds of tons of aid has arrived in cyprus, where screening takes place before being loaded on to ships for delivery to the pier. But the pentagon stressed this would not be enough to meet the needs of people in gaza. The purpose of this temporary pier is to deliver critical humanitarian assistance to the palestinian people. The pier is temporary, and not meant to replace land routes into gaza. And last, this is an internationally backed
Ofjustice is being exploited by south africa. It says biased and false claims that relied on hamas sources had been presented to the court. It insisted that israel acted in accordance with International Law and its humanitarian obligations. South african lawyers told the court in the hague that israel had intended from the beginning to destroy palestinian life. They said palestinians needed protection from genocide. Meanwhile, us concern over the amount of aid getting into rafah has been echoed by the un. Their aid chief warned that famine is now an immediate threat and that un staff were struggling to help people displaced by the Israeli Offensive on rafah. The Facts On The Ground tell us, we dont need to be scientists to see the consequence of the removal of food. Also, forfamine, particularly the removal of medical care and nutritional care, which is the precursor to. Famine kills through disease, as well as hunger. The israeli Prime Minister has doubled down on the importance of a