the uk had hottestjune since records began, with heat killing fish in rivers and threatening insects. sport and for a full round up, let s go to the bbc sport centre. i want to show you these pictures first because these are the pictures from the israel gaza border and you can see the fires that are burning and young men carrying out their protests as the unrest spreads after that launch of the israeli military operation in the refugee camp at the start of the day. already we have been seeing the pictures from inside the camp and we know from the palestinians, they say they targeted what they described as seven palestinian militants. palestinian officials say eight have been killed and 50 wounded and have been describing it more as an invasion rather than a military operation. that phrase from one palestinian official talking to the bbc in the last couple of hours. but the unrest clearly spreading as of that operation continues. we will have more on that which is our main sto
looking to boost foreign investments as its own economic engine slows down. earlier eyes spoke to mattie of the ink comp word o connor s intelligence unit who described what economists are finding of not being in china for nearly three years. i being in china for nearly three ears. ~ being in china for nearly three ears. ~ ., ., years. i think one of the reasons years. i think one of the reasons this years. i think one of the reasons this meeting i years. i think one of the l reasons this meeting and years. i think one of the - reasons this meeting and kind of the streams of executives and world leaders we have seen returning to china in the last few months since the surprisingly abrupt exit of zero covid and china s opening there has been a perception gap thatis there has been a perception gap that is only widened in the three years china was closed. wattimena is the perception of china from outside, even those who have businesses here and have teams here, for whom c
the princess of wales is recovering following abdominal surgery, the operation a success, remaining in hospitalfor operation a success, remaining in hospital for october fortnight, buckingham palace has announced king charles will visit hospital next week to be treated for an enlarged prostate. iran s foreign minister says houthi attacks on the red sea will only stop when the war ends. translation: if the genocide in gaza stops, then it will lead to the. - the end of other crises and attacks in the region. rishi sunak faces a crucial vote on his plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda after two resigned. time for a look at the business news now. we start in china where the latest official figures say the economy grew by 5.2% last year. now that s slightly higher than beijing s target of 5% but one of the lowest levels in china outside of the pandemic for decades. the post lockdown bounce back for the world s second largest economy has struggled against a property se
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the scene. not for him the hanging around to accept his punishment and the verdict of his peers. he was such a coward when it came to this, that he would quickly was out of his seat and beyond the clutches of this parliament. but almost unbelievably, there are some who still hanker for this notion, this fantasy that he will have some sort of route back to elected politics. it is hard to imagine a situation or a setting when that would be allowed in this house. i think we can conclude today that he is toast and thank goodness he is gone. but i have to come back to the party opposite and some of the responses of honourable gentlemen and ladies about boris johnson because they knew everything about him. he is a serial person who was sacked. the very places he worked in that he was sacked from, yet they made him prime minister. i made most maiden speech the same day as borisjohnson and i actually followed him from these benches the day he made his maiden speech. even at that poin