Good afternoon. In the last hour, Rachel Reeves has used her fIrst Labour Conference Speech as chancellor to promIse that therell be no return to austerIty. After weeks of warnIngs about the dIre state of the publIc fInances, she trIed to convey a brIghter message, sayIng she Is optImIstIc about the uks economIc future. She was brIefly heckled by one protestor at the start of her speech. Our polItIcal correspondent Helen Catt reports. As you can see behInd me, people are stIll fIlIng out from the Conference Hall where Rachel Reeves gave her speech In the last hour or so. A much traIled speech, very antIcIpated because, as we know, there has been crItIcIsm about the gloomy outlook that the chancellor and the PrIme MInIster have been talkIng about. So durIng her speech today, we had the Chancellor Attempt today, we had the Chancellor Attempt to Inject some optImIsm, talkIng about the brItaIn that she hoped to buIld for the future. There were some focus on what labour had already done In
FIghters and destroyIng thousands of houses, just hopIng at mIdnIght they have allowed aeroplanes. ThIs attack came wIth thIs context, all the attempts were faIled. The resIstance remaIned strong. ThIs Is the hIghest way of crImInalIty. ThIs Is the hIghest way of crImInalI. ~ u, crImInalIty. We wIll contInue to monItor crImInalIty. We wIll contInue to monItor because crImInalIty. We wIll contInue to monItor because I crImInalIty. We wIll contInue | to monItor because I suspect thIs Is goIng to go on for some whIle. We saId a lIttle earlIer that there were those reports of jets flyIng over that there were those reports ofjets flyIng over beIrut. Hugo pacheco put up the pIctures of the skylIne over that cIty, also confIrmIng that he can see and hear those jets flyIng at low altItude just as Hassan Nasrallah started gIvIng that speech. Let me brIng In James Landau and frank gardner. Just as a quIck asIde, frankly, we dont know the locatIon of thIs News Conference or address. There wIll be
Hello. A wArm welcome to the progrAmme. Im sAlly bundock. IsrAels prime Minister BenjAmin NetAnyAhu hAs Asked for forgiveness from isrAelis for fAiling to return six hostAges found deAd in gAzA on sAturdAy, As hAmAs wArned more could be returned to their fAmilies in shrouds if A CeAsefire Isnt reAched. His comments cAme As Intense Street Protests over his hAndling of negotiAtions entered A second night in isrAel. TrAnslAtion they murdered six of our hostAges in cold blood. So After this horrible murder, i dont believe thAt someone would come, someone serious would come, someone serious would come, someone serious would come And sAy, now mAke more concessions, you Are not serious hAmAs is serious. I cAnt believe this hAppened. I cAnt believe this hAppened. I cAnt believe this hAppened. I cAnt believe Anyone reAlly thinks thAt And i cAnt believe President Biden ActuAlly sAid thAt. Pressure Also mounted internAtionAlly As the uk suspended some Arms SAles to isrAel, citing A risk of equipm
Are still believed to be in gaza its thought that 33 are no longer alive. Hamas said more of them could be returned to their families in shrouds if a Ceasefire Isnt reached. Mr netanyahus comments came as Street Protests over his handling of negotiations entered a second night in israel. The demonstrators want a Ceasefire Agreement to secure the release of the remaining hostages. Heres Mr Netanyahus response. Translation they murdered six of our hostages in cold blood, so after this horrible murder, i dont believe that someone would come, someone serious would come and say, now make more concessions. You are not serious. Hamas is serious. I cannot believe this happened. I cannot believe anyone really thinks that, and i cannot believe President Biden actually said that. Lets speak to our diplomatic correspondent James Landale how much pressure is Mr Netanyhu under . If this doesnt push his government into a ceasefire deal, what will . Government into a ceasefire deal, what will . Well,
Our breaking news, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised the Uk Decision to suspend some Arms Sales to his country is shameful and misguided. Sales to his country is shamefuland misguided. In a series of posts on x, formerly twitter, he posted. Earlier prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked for forgiveness from israelis for failing to return six hostages found dead In Gaza on saturday. 97 hostages taken by hamas last october i still believed to be In Gaza. Its thought that 33 are no longer alive. The decision was taken because it was said that there was a clear risk. We are a staunch ally of israel, we remain a staunch ally of israel. Weve made this a legal judgment as a result of the process were required to follow. But our determination to stand with israel, to be part of the collective defence if they come under direct attack again as they have done before remains resolute and absolute. Lets speak to our correspondent James Landale who is injerusalem. This co