Hostages in gaza. He s asked for forgiveness, but ruled out new concessions to hamas to secure the release of those still being held. His comments came as intense street protests over his handling of negotiations entered a second night in israel, including these demonstrations outside his office injerusalem. Lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. Israel s protesters and their prime minister are old acquaintances. Calls for a hostage deal have brought long established opponents onto the streets, but the shooting of six hostages in a gaza tunnel last week has broadened this movement, they say. And the mass demonstrations in tel aviv last night were a turning point. I think the news of the six hostages, the fact that they were alive and murdered right before they could have been saved, that broke it. After last night s mass protest, people are back on the streets again. There are growing public and political demands on israel s prime minister to make a deal, but benjamin netanyahu, prot
And another vaccine, developed by us manufacturerjohnson johnson, is the latest to prove effective in phase three trials. In other news primary schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term, though the nationwide lockdown will continue. Thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the Vaccine Roll Out will be prioritised for a jab. Hello to you, welcome to bbc news. The European Union has introduced Export Controls on Coronavirus Vaccines. Individual Member States will decide whether to allow exports of vaccines produced in their territory. A European Commissioner said it was being introduced to enhance transparency and to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. A European Commissioner, valdis dombrovskis, made the Announcement A little earlier this afternoon. The protection and safety of our citizens is a priority. And the challenges we now face left us with no other choice but to act. Vaccines are key to the recovery, and to bringing the pandemic under cont
Heres susan powell. Increasingly cold in the days ahead, and along with the cold, we will also see a greater risk of some disruptive snow, particularly come the weekend. Here we are at the moment, with the coldest air sitting across scotland. But look what happens in the days ahead. There is a little bit of a battle there on friday with a milder air from the continent. Saturday and sunday, though, that Colder Siberian Air sinks all the way across the uk. This evening and overnight, snow largely confined to scotland, to the hills and mountains, some at lower levels but more a mixture of rain or sleet here. Some snow working further south into the pennines, quite wet across Northern England and for Northern Ireland. A widespread frost for scotland and Northern Ireland, but notably milder to the south of the uk. Through thursday, more snow across scotland. It tends to retreat from the pennines, which looks quite wet across Northern England, a further risk of flooding here, more rain for N
Spending was bipartisan. The big difference, of course is inflation, the shock to the world economy. Real wage growth was slow or stagnant for most American Workers from 2017 to 2019. Average Hourly Earnings rose 14. 8 during biden s first three years in office, but it doesnt cover the cost of the weekly inflated shop. And that perhaps is what colours people view of how the economy has been handled. 0ur panel, leslie vinjamuri, Brian Stelter and joe walsh. That is the challenge, we have set it out, lots of other things, housing, jobs, creation, wage growth, lots of areas that you can look at, but broadly speaking, his handling of the economy has been pretty good. Handling of the economy has been pretty good pretty good. Christian, such great stuff, and when pretty good. Christian, such great stuff, and when you pretty good. Christian, such great stuff, and when you look pretty good. Christian, such great stuff, and when you look at pretty good. Christian, such great stuff, and when you
to death in nottingham say they ve been let down by police after their killer is given a hospital order for three counts of manslaughter by diminished responsibility. russia says missile fragments and black boxes have been found at the sight of a plane crash which has said to have killed tens of ukrainian prisoners of war. nhs consultants reject a new pay offer with 51% of union staying with the issue of capital punishment and according to amnesty international, the number of executions is rising globally, despite many countries abolishing the use of capital punishment. according to the latest figures, in 2022, 55 countries had the death penalty. one of those is japan, where a man has been sentenced to death following a deadly arson attack on an animation studio in kyoto in 2019 which killed 36 people. shinji aoba had previously admitted setting the building on fire. his lawyers had sought an acquittal on the grounds of mental incompetence, but the judge rejected that a