Israel has admitted that it carried out the airstrike in Gaza Last Night that killed seven people working for the food aid Charity World central kitchen, including three british nationals. The bbc has learned their names arejohn chapman, James Henderson and james kirby. The Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, said Israeli Forces had caused Unintentional Harm to innocent people and called it a tragic incident this despite the charity having coordinated its movements with the israeli military. The strike has been condemned by governments around the world and raised fears that the already fragile system of delivering aid to starving palestinians could collapse completely. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza claims nearly 33,000 people have been killed there since the war began in october. From jerusalem, our correspondent Lucy Williamson reports. Hey, this is zomi. Were at the Deir Al Balah kitchen. They came from australia, poland, the us and the uk. Their mission to feed people, one o
of england andrew bailey dismissed any hopes of an interest rate cut in the near term. speaking at a conference hosted by the central bank of ireland in dublin earlier today, bailey said that it s too early to talk about a rate cut, given the continued risk of inflation. also today the international monetary fund warned that rapid wage growth in the eurozone will also keep inflation higher for longer. the imf urged the european central bank to hold interest rates at or near record highs through next year to keep a lid on price pressures. here s one economist we spoke to earlier. i think the imf is very much in tune with what the european central bank has been saying, which is that although the headline inflation rate has come down a lot, the labour market is still strong, wage growth has been quite strong. and it s going to be a very difficult and slow process to squeeze out that last bit of inflation from the system. so, i mean, we re thinking interest rates are likely to
Welcome to the programme. After weeks of fevered speculation, a republican memo has been released alleging political bias in the Us Justice Department and fbi. It was cleared by President Trump in spite of strong opposition from democrats and many in the Intelligence Community who say it misrepresents highly sensitive information. Nick bryant reports from washington. In washington, the feeling of deja vu with the day beginning as it often does, with an attack from the white house on the Russian Investigation. But this has intensified the big chill between the president and his senior Law Enforcement officials. Thats the main accusation of a secret republican memo which the president authorised the public release of. It alleges an anti trump bias amongst top Law Enforcement officials. I think its a disgrace whats happening in our country and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things whats going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves, and much worse tha
Welcome to the programme. After weeks of fevered speculation, a republican memo has been released alleging political bias in the Us Justice Department and fbi. It was cleared by President Trump, in spite of strong opposition from democrats and many in the Intelligence Community who say it misrepresents highly sensitive information. Nick bryant reports from washington. In washington, the feeling of deja vu with the day beginning as it often does with an attack from the white house on the Russian Investigation. But this has intensified the big chill between the president and his senior Law Enforcement officials. Thats the main accusation of a secret republican memo which the president authorised the public release of. It alleges an anti trump bias amongst top Law Enforcement officials. I think its a disgrace whats happening in our country and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things whats going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves, and much worse tha