Civilian lives. James cleverly also told the conference that efforts need to be made to prevent an escalation in violence. As we have a duty, a duty to Work Together to prevent instability from engulfing the region and claiming yet more lives. We must Work Together to lives. We must Work Together to prevent the tragic situation in gaza becoming a regional conflict, gaza becoming a regional conflict , because that gaza becoming a regional conflict, because that is exactly what hamas wants. The exactly what hamas wants. The trucks carrying humanitarian aid have now reached Southern Gaza. Have now reached Southern Gaza. Its after the rafah crossing on the border with egypt was opened for the first time in two weeks. Israel imposed a blockade preventing the delivery of food, water and fuel. After the hamas terror attack. Meanwhile israels Prime Minister has vowed to continue to fight until all hostages being held by hamas are freed. Its after two are freed. Its after two american citizens
Chosen topic. Then were all chosen topic. Then were all piled in and eventually agree that benjamin is wrong. And of course we want to know your views on all the topics as well. Get in touch by email and gbviews gbnews. Uk. Com get in touch by email and gbviews gbnews. Uk. Corn and dont gbviews gbnews. Uk. Corn and dont forget your chance to flummox the five with two hours. Again this week. So get your questions in now for the end of the show. Nothing is off limits. Everything from leos dress sense to tory election prospects though both may be equally dire. But before we start tearing each other apart , its your saturday other apart, its your saturday night news with lisa hartle. Night news with lisa hartle. Im lisa hartle in the newsroom. The uk is calling on israel to show military restraint in its war with hamas. Restraint in its war with hamas. Addressing a peace summit in egypt, the foreign secretary said hes spoken to the Israeli Government about its duty to respect International
Lets start in the eu, where Three Tech Giants the social media platform x, Tiktok Owner Bytedance and the travel website booking. Com, are waiting to find out whether they could face an Antitrust Crackdown under the eus new digital antitrust rulebook. The Eu Commission has until the end of today to decide whether those three companies would qualify as so called gatekeepers under the new Digital Markets act. The aim of the act is to help competition in the Technology Sector and to try to break down the stronghold of Big Tech Companies. Well, someone who knows a lot about this, because she co negotiated the eu ai act in her previous role in the German Federal chancellery, is kirsten rulf who now is partner and associate director at boston consulting group. A warm welcome to bbc news. Good to see you again. Good to see you again. Greg manning good to see you again. Greg manning 50 good to see you again. Greg manning. So lets good to see you again. Greg manning. So letsjust good to see you
Donald trumps former lawyer has taken the stand today at the former president s criminal trial in new york. Michael cohen is testifying about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair with the Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels. Mr trump denies falsifying Business Records to reimburse his then lawyer and fixer for the payment on the eve of the 2016 president ial election prosecutors say his motive was to avoid political damage. Lets speak to our correspondent, nada tawfik, who is live for us in new york. He is the star witness in this trial. What has he said in the first hour or so . Trial. What has he said in the first hour orso . Prosecutors trial. What has he said in the first hour or so . Prosecutors have already covered a lot of ground, starting first with how Michael Cohen came to work for donald trump, and they are trying to establish that Michael Cohen, yes, wanted to please donald trump, that he was on Top Of The World when he took care of ma
It has been the wettest 18 months on record since 1836, one of the wettest winters in decades that many farmers can remember. It has had a huge impact on the ability to grow crops and it has been quite sudden. In 2022 we were talking about extreme heat and drought and farmers not being able to get crops out of the ground because it was baked too hard. This winter they have not been able to get them in the ground because it has been too wet, waterlogged and soft, basically. That means that the amount of wheat and winter barley, oilseed rape were likely to harvest this year will be down a third, and looking across all the farming sectors, fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and dairy, eggs, that will be enough to drive an 8 reduction in the headline self sufficient and seen when, Self Sufficiency when measured by volume. Around 86 over the period btween 2018 and 2022 to 78 this year or thats what we estimate. Egypts economy has been struggling with the burden of high debts and an overvalued