over the elgin marbles. it follows prime minister mitsotakis repeated position that the parthenon marbles, as they re known in greece, should be returned. welcome back. plenty of news on ukraine today, notably a statement from the nato secretary general that ukraine willjoin nato alliance after subject to reforms. it s too early to say exactly what will be the decision at the washington summit. all of us agree that, in the midst of war, full membership is not possible. but, of course, we will continue to look into address how we can move ukraine and nato even closer together as we prepare for the washington summit. what decision we make has to be addressed at a later stage when we are closer to the summit. but that does have implications for the way the war might end. would russia be prepared to negotiate a ceasefire knowing that, as part of any truce ukraine was about to join the alliance, putting nato s borders even closer to moscow? not that there is any sign the russians
islands of normality in a vast distorted world. in gaza city, the dead have been cut off from the living by weeks of fighting. among them this man s father and nephew, he returned to find them lying dead in front of their house. translation: my father and nephew| were murdered 14 days ago, when the truce came i was able to bury my father. the truce his first chance to return and bury them. translation: what did we do? we are neither hamas nor fattah and we have never held a weapon in our lives. food and fuel are being trucked into gaza during the pause in fighting, but everyone in the southern city of khan younis many are struggling to find enough to eat. translation: the situation in khan i younis is catastrophic as you can l see. people are waiting in lines for three days to get flour and after we finished the line for that we go to stand in line for gas. in this town few buildings have been spared. this brief window on to gaza s new landscape may be closing soon. the prese
chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt has described his autumn budget statement. 27 million workers will see their main national insurance contributions cut from 12% to 10% from january. and a tax break for companies that invest in new equipment will be made permanent, which mr hunt claims is the biggest business tax cut in modern history . also announced the news that from april, universal credit and disability benefits will go up by 6.7 percent. but those on welfare will have to take a work placement within 18 months or risk losing their benefits. the state pension will go up by 8.5% to 221 pounds 20 a week. the minimum wage for those aged 21 and older will go up to 11 pounds 44 an hour. pouring some cold water on all this however, a report out from the uk s independent spending watchdog, the office for budget responsibility. it warns that despite the new cuts, overall tax as a percentage of national income will soon be the highest since the second world war. here s our p
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