Hello, youre watching the context on bbc news. Its been revealed that Keir Starmer s top adviser, Sue Gray, now earns more than the Prime Minister. Weve been told that shes now on a salary of £170,000. More than 100 charities and Aid Agencies have urged sir Keir Starmer to protect foreign Aid Spending amid fears the budget could fall to its lowest level since 2007. The unease comes ahead of the Budget Set to be unveiled by the chancellor in october and with increasing aid being spent here in the uk, To Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers. The previous government had counteracted this adding £2. 5 billion to the foreign Aid Budget, as a Top Up to compensate for the money being spent in britain. But where does the uk stand internationally . The un target for foreign Aid Spending is 0. 7 of a countrys gross national income. That figure is widely accepted among the international community and the uk made a legal commitment to it in 2015. But in reality according to the oecd, just 5 count
florence pugh at a screening of her new film the wonder. the daily mail focus on health and a new nhs diet to beat diabetes. the mirror looks at the new covid surge with the headline boosterjab crisis with only one in five over 50 boosted. and the telegraph leads with of the sacking of conor burns with the headline minister sacked in new tory sleaze row. the guardian also goes with that story, going with minister sacked for serious misconduct welcome back to you both, let s start with that story in the guardian of conor burns. before we go into the details, let stress that conor burns is fully cooperating with the probe and intends to clear his name. ~ ,,., , , with the probe and intends to clear his name. ~ , , , his name. absolutely, this is the comment he s his name. absolutely, this is the comment he s issued, his name. absolutely, this is the comment he s issued, he - his name. absolutely, this is the | comment he s issued, he intends his name. absolutely,
players. she calls them enablers and collaborators. surging nikki haley picks up a major endorsement. charles koch-backed group group backing nikki haley. good wednesday morning. right now the final hours of the truce between israel and hamas are ticking away and as we speak negotiators in the white house are waiting to extend it. hamas released another round of hostages yesterday with more to come today. we just heard from secretary of state blinken at nato headquarters as he prepares to head into the war zone and travel once again to israel. we d like to see the pause extended because what it has enabled first and foremost is hostages being released, it s also enabled us to surge humanitarian assistance to the people of gaza who so desperately need it. new this morning, the family of the youngest hostage 10-month-old, they ve been notifyd that the baby and his 4-year-old brother will not be freed today. hamas did allow an outside journalist to witness yesterday
kat. i could probably open for brian. brian: that hurts. bret: thank you. good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the house has just in the past few minutes approved a $14 billion plus stand alone israel aid package. just happening there on the floor. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is on capitol hill tonight with the very latest. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. this was the first big legislative and political task for the new house speaker mike johnson. and i will tell you that he passed this today in somewhat of a bipartisan fashion because this vote wound up being 226 to 196. they lost two republicans that we were expecting marjorie taylor greene and thomas massie. but they gained a whopping 12 democrats at the final moments of this vote. that is surprising, bret, because there was quite some serious intense whipping going on on the democratic side. not only from leadership, but also the white house. that came after the senate major
now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. hello again and welcome to tuesday in parliament. what does global britain look like? the prime minister unveils his plan. stronger, safer and more prosperous, while standing up for our values. so why, mps ask, is he cutting aid spending? when will the prime minister understand that full tummies, economic opportunity and stable governments create the stronger, safer and more prosperous world that he wants? also in this programme, the government s mental health ambassador on why we should all mind our language. using words like lost generation and catch up is, ithink, - hugely potentially- damaging to young people. and a cabinet minister sparks conflict on the committee corridor. the way you just spoke to me is beneath your office and beneath how we should be speaking to each other as mps. but first, borisjohnson has unveiled his blueprint for the uk s future foreign, defence and security policy. the prime minister told mps that afte