funerals are being held for the 2a soldiers killed in israel s deadliest day since the war began in gaza. there has been intense fighting around khan younis, israel says it has surrounded the southern gaza city. could i hostage deal close, though? reports that israel has proposed a two month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with himars. the us and uk carry out joint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. hamas. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and director greta gerwig miss out. time for a look at the business news now with lu kwesa burak. it afternoon, lukwesa. could afternoon. good afternoon. we start here in the uk with the government s finances because the amount it had to borrow last month was far less than expected. that has raised hopes the chancellor, jeremy hunt, may have extra room to cut taxes when he announces his spring budget in march. a lot of it is down to lo
for the latest. and remembering the victims of grenfell five years on from the grenfell tower fire in london where 72 people were killed, events are being held across the city. i m victoria derbyshire, we are here throughout the day talking to people deeply affected by the events of that night and what has happened since. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda will leave from an undisclosed location in the uk this evening, after campaigners lost a court battle to prevent it. they had hoped to stop the plane taking off before a full hearing next month on whether the policy is lawful. dozens of asylum seekers were originally due to be on the flight, but most won appeals against deportation. it s not know how many people will be on tonight s flight, but it s thought to be about seven or eight people, and some of those have hearings today to determine whether they will be on board. the cost of charter
we ll have the latest developments. also on the programme tonight. appeal courtjudges rule the first flight to take migrants arriving illegally in britain to rwanda can take off tomorrow. fears for the uk economy as figures show it shrank in april for the second month in a row. a judge rules that treatment should stop for this 12 year old boy who s been in a coma since he was found unconscious at his home. and how a british athlete picked up a pen during lockdown and landed himself at the prestigious royal academy summer exhibition. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. a 650th test wicket forjimmy anderson as england look good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has just published legislation changing northern ireland s post brexit trading arrangements a move the eu says may breach international law. the proposals seek to override parts of the existing protocol, agreed with the eu in 2020, which allows for extra checks on some goods moving
Pushed back their vote on health care reform. Donald trumps not happy. With zero democrats to help, and a failed, expensive and Dangerous Obamacare as the democrats legacy, the republican senators are working hard they are working hard but they arent agreeing. If they did, there would be no delay. The republicans have a majority in the senate. But eight senators are opposing the bill. One is rand paul, who says the reforms dont go far enough. Another is susan collins. She says its unfair to poor and elderly people. The game changer here seems to have been this report from the cbo the congressional budget office. Its concluded that this bill will mean 22 million americans will Lose Health Insurance over the next ten years under the plans. If you are looking at the republicans having problems on this issue, you may be getting deja vu, because they have problems the first time round a couple of months back. Katty kay has talked me through it. They came up with a bill that has been incredi
Pushed back their vote on health care reform. Donald trumps not happy. With zero democrats to help, and a failed, expensive and Dangerous Obamacare as the democrats legacy, the republican senators are working hard they are working hard but they arent agreeing. If they did, there would be no delay. The republicans have a majority in the senate. But eight senators are opposing the bill. One is rand paul, who says the reforms dont go far enough. Another is susan collins. She says its unfair to poor and elderly people. The game changer here seems to have been this report from the cbo the congressional budget office. Its concluded that this bill will mean 22 million americans will Lose Health Insurance over the next ten years under the plans. If you are looking at the republicans having problems on this issue, you may be getting deja vu, because they have problems the first time round a couple of months back. Katty kay has talked me through it. They came up with a bill that has been incredi