Let me bring you two new lines coming in in the last few moments. Reuters news agency reporting that alerts are being sounded in more towns in northern israel. Warnings of incoming aircraft, i say aircraft, the thought is we are talking about drones. That is happening in the north, alerts in more towns in northern israel with warnings of incoming aircraft. We are keeping an eye on that, we have been talking to our correspondent on the borders with lebanon so well get the latest on that line. And diplomatically the Afp News Agency reports that china has urged, quote, an immediate ceasefire in a call with palestinian officials. That is coming from the Foreign Ministry in the last few seconds. If there are more details we will obviously return to those. Time for a look at the Business News now with ben thompson. Thank you, matthew. We will look through some of those top Business Stories right now. Economies around the world are assessing the potential fall out of the conflict between isra
This is the scene live now in gaza. Well have the very latest on the situation from our correspondent there and in israel. And the other news here this lunchtime. A major fire at Luton Airport there are no flights in or out, and part of the car park where the blaze began has collapsed. The children still being taught online, as schools try to deal with unsafe concrete. And, the first team gb athletes are announced for next years olympic games, in paris with ten sailors selected. Coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. Wayne rooney is back in english football. The former england and Manchester United striker is the New Birmingham city manager on a three and a half year contract. Good afternoon from the israeli border. We are here in southern as welljust a few miles from the gaza strip were tensions continue to rise. Wejust heard the sirens going and you can test explosions in the air. The iron dome has been in action for hours this morning and is artillery has continued to
Right here to cnn news central. Right now republican candidates seeking to be the next House Speaker are facing a divided conference. More moderate republican members are calling for a change to the powerful tool that matt gaetz used to oust Kevin Mccarthy. Currently the rule allows for a single republican member to offer up a resolution that would remove the speaker. Now a growing course of moderates say they dont want that chaos seen on the house floor yesterday to happen again. Lets take you live to capitol hill with cnns manu raju. So far two republicans have officially thrown their names up for consideration, Steve Scalise and jim jordan. What are they saying about some of the most divisive issues theyll need to deal with almost right away if they become speaker. Reporter right now theyre trying to say they can unify this badly divided congress, culminating in the historic note yesterday. Unprecedented removal of the House Speaker by his own colleagues after Kevin Mccarthy lost hi
Congress. Not only will i be exonerated, but it will also be new jerseys senior senator. Norah terrifying moments on a flight to Fort Lauderdale as severe turbulence sends eight people to the hospital. The new details. Emotional return to lahaina, to see what is left of their homes for the First Time Since the maui wildfires. At least a dozen people return home today, many discovering scenes like this. They are upside down. Norah nightmare in wonderland as riders at an Amusement Park are stuck upside down for nearly 30 minutes. If you have driven the nations interstates who have probably seen Something Like this, a big rig parked along in offramp. There are big safety questions being raised about where those big rigs should park. Loving him was red norah and taylor swift is seeing red. The swift reaction after she attends a Kansas City Chiefs game. If we play like this every time taylor is in the building, then she needs to be here every week. Norah good evening to our viewers in the w
The fight between americas Biggest Car Companies and the uaw over pay and Better Benefits is playing out in a key Battleground State in the 2024 president ial election. That is michigan. So this visit by President Biden is no accident. Hes trying to turbocharge the market for Electric Vehicles. That is part of his policy to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. His signature legislation, well, its known as the inflation reduction act, and it includes billions of dollars in incentives to get more clean cars on the road. But republicans, including biden s likely president ial opponent, donald trump, who is also visiting michigan on wednesday, well, theyve argued the shift to Electric Vehicles will kill jobs because after all, it takes fewer people to make a battery than a combustion engine. And many of the new Battery Plants are being built in states that are hostile to organising. Add to that biden s push for clean energy, well, it hit another roadblock on monday. That is after ford said it