Time the news of the day time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst. With polly middlehurst. Jacob thank you and good evening. Well, the main news tonight is that the israeli Prime Minister has been speaking within the last 15 minutes or so, addressing the nation, saying airstrikes in gaza are just the beginning. He compared hamas and the atrocities theyve committed as being on par with isis. Earlier, hamas threatened isis. Earlier, hamas threatened to kill hostages if israel continue retaliating without warning. More than 800 people have been killed in israel and 500 in gaza since the first attack on saturday. Israel today ordered a complete siege on gaza, cutting off food, power and fuel to the palestinian territory. But the un secretary general, antonio guterres, said the siege was a deeply distressing idea. Deeply distressing idea. The humanitarian situation in gaza was extremely dire before these hostilities only deteriorate exponentially. Deteriorate exponentially. Medic
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Wednesday 1st april. Also this morning the nhs reveals its losing more than a billion pounds a year in england through fraud. In sport, chelsea manager antonio co nte in sport, chelsea manager Antonio Conte criticises team. Good morning from Hastings Pier which won another award. You cant seat at the moment but it will soon as day breaks. Its beautiful. The same can be said of the in scotland. Slowly moving south over the course of the day. Ahead of it, when the fog lifts, we will get a bright day with some sunny spells andi a bright day with some sunny spells and i will have more on that in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. At least eight people have been killed and ii seriously hurt in new york city, in what officials have confirmed to be a terror attack. Eyewitnesses saw a white pick up Truck Driving at speed down a cycle path in Lower Manhattan, before it mowed into a number cyclists and pedestrians. The vehicle, continued for 20 blocks to chambers street where it sm
Converge on iowa with just eight days left before voters make the first choice of who should be the occupant of the white house. Nationwide fight over Voting Rights. In tonights the week ahead, we look aa court case over highly divisive voter identification laws. We begin tonight with the war in syria. Secretary of state john kerry spent the weekend trying to shore up the peace talks. Meetings were scheduled to begin tomorrow in geneva but a diplomat close to the negotiations now says it is unlikely they will get underway before wednesday. Delegates say kerry is pressuring them, so they can negotiate a halt to the air strikes, a precondition to their meeting. Russian air strikes have killed 1500 people in syria since those air strikes began in september. During a meeting with gulf leaders secretary kerry tried to give assurances for meeting a political solution. We are confident that with Good Initiative in the next day or so, those talks can get going. And that the u. N. Representativ