Amendment put forward by canada that corrects these glaring omissions. It is straightforward and an object of old. It calls on us to condemn hamas s terrorist attacks on october seven, and it calls for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages. It should be easy. This is the bare minimum that we would hope to see in this resolution. We urge all Member States to vote yes on this amendment. The General Assembly most send a clear message to the world that we stand against all acts of terror, and that we stand with all those who are being held hostage. We believe the un Security Council, a body charged with maintaining International Peace and security, must send this same message. And that is why this week we put forward a Security Council resolution that garnered the support of the majority of the council. In drafting this text, we solicited input from all council members, including russia and china, and the product of our consultations was a balanced and strong resolution. That
Killed in the strip. The un is warning that the last remaining services are collapsing due to a lack of supplies, as israel continues its siege and bombardment. Hundreds of Armed Police Officers continue to hunt for a gunman in the us state of maine, after 18 people were shot dead yesterday. The suspect, robert card, is an Army Reservist and is considered dangerous. Lets ta ke lets take lets update you on what is happening in gaza. A new figure from the hamas run Health Authorities in gaza saying that the death toll is now 7326. With hospitals in the gaza strip either shut or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. One of them a journalist Called Jumana Has made a video diary of her experiences. Shes been speaking to bbc arabic s dalia haider. They speak arabic a precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. Translation im about to deliver any time soon. I hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully
pre tax profits ringed in at $7.7 billion in the third quarter. now, this is all driven by rising global interest rates feeding into their balance sheets. but there have been questions before that these high rates were not being passed on to savers. joining me now is the independent banking analyst, frances coppola. nice to see you, doing rather well. i imagine those paying higher mortgage rates and everything it is a bitter pill. tell us more about the numbers? it is yet tell us more about the numbers? it is yet more tell us more about the numbers? it is yet more profits from their very healthily inaudible it has shrunk ever so slightly in this quarter but it is still way above where it was last year and that does reflect the fact that they have passed on interest rates to lenders much more quickly than they have to savers, which i think some people might get quite cross about. ~ . ., , , about. wanted we are seeing, is we are seeing about. wanted we are seeing, is we are