hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i m sally bundock. it s a big day ahead for the chancellor kwasi kwarteng as he delivers the keynote speech at the conservative party conference later in birmingham. the new finance minister is expected to insist the government will stay the course on his tax cutting growth plan despite the swift and turbulent reaction on financial markets. this time last week, the pound hit an all time low against the us dollar and days later, the bank of england was forced to take emergency action to protect pension funds. i m joined by dr roger barker director of policy at the institute of directors. how will kwasi kwarteng do today? what are you hoping chancellor will say? i’m today? what are you hoping chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor will chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor will reiterate | the chancellor will reiterate his commitment to taxcutting p
Vaiews gbnews. Uk com. But first, lets get a news bulletin with. Tamsin with. Tamsin elly, thanks very much and good morning from the gp newsroom. Its 931 is rail has told the United Nations the 1. 1 million residents of gaza city should move to the south within the next 24 hours. The un says such a move is impossible without devastating humanitarian consequences. It says israel should rescind the order to avoid turning tragedy into calamity. But the Foreign Office in the uk is advising people to follow the advice. The siege of gaza continues , with Palestinian Gaza continues, with palestinian authorities saying more than 1500 people have now been killed. Israel is retaliating against the Hamas Terror Group after an unprecedented wave of attacks at the weekend. The group killed 1300 people and took over 100 hostages, including british nationals. Meanwhile, the nationals. Meanwhile, the Israeli Defence forces continue to amass tanks and soldiers near the gaza strip border with a Ground
Us democrats have laid out their plans to either get President Trump forcibly removed from office this week, or start the process of impeachment. The speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, is again urging the Vice President mike pence and the cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment of the us constitution, to declare mr trump unfit to hold office. If that fails, there could be a vote on articles of impeachment, accusing the president of inciting last weeks violence at the capitol building, by mid week. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. President trump has been widely blamed for inciting the violence behind last week assault on the us capitol, egging on his supporters. And insurrection at the heart of american democracy. Mr trump has one and a half weeks of his term in office remaining but democrats and some senior members of his own party want him out house the house of representatives is to vote on a resolution urging the Vice President mike pence under
A Campaign Launches today asking drivers to report those which are damaged or obscured. And in sport boxing fans are already calling for the newly crowned World Champion tyson fury to fight anthonyjoshua. It would be the biggest since england well won the world cup. Its monday the 24th of february. Our top story theres growing concern that the world is facing a coronavirus pandemic, as authorities in italy try to control what is now europes worst outbreak. In the uk, four people have tested positive for the virus after being brought back from a cruise ship injapan. It brings the total number of cases here to 13. Sean dilley reports. Around 50,000 people are confined into northern regions of italy as the country contains the coronavirus spread. Cities close to milan and venice have been particularly impacted. The venice carnival has been cut short by two days and other areas where crowds gather have been closed. Among them, schools, museums and sporting events. These Police Officers in
President trump has approved emergency medical help for the states of new york, california and washington all hot spots of Coronavirus Infections in the United States. In a white house news briefing, mr trump said americans were enduring a Great National trial. The extra money he said would go to fund field hospitals offering thousands of extra beds and more more tests. A navy ship being sent to los angeles will provide additional medical services. In addition to large quantities of supplies, ive also directed fema to supply the following four large federal medical stations with 1,000 beds for new york, eight large federal medical stations with 2,000 beds for california, and three large federal medical stations and four small medical stations with 1,000 beds for the state of washington. This action will give them maximum flexibility to safeguard against the virus without having to worry about costs or liability and freeing up state resources to protect the health and safety of the peop