Good afternoon and welcome to the Bbc News At One live from jerusalem. There are growing calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting between israel and hamas, so that more aid can be allowed into gaza. The un agency for Palestinian Refugees has warned its shelters in the gaza strip are overwhelmed with displaced people. It says the facilities are now holding 600,000 palestinians, which is four times their capacity. Israel has allowed limited food, water and medicine into the territory via the rafah crossing with egypt, but isnt allowing fuel supplies, over fears theyll end up in the hands of hamas. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Group by many western governments, including the uk. The United States said it would support a lull in the fighting, but not a full ceasefire, because it said that would only benefit hamas. The Hamas Health Ministry says more than 6,500 people have been killed so far in gaza in this conflict. Israel says the number of dead in the hamas attack more than two
Throughout the region, we have addressed that through additional sanctions, we have address it had through additional military force posture. Were obviously going to do what we have to do to protect ourselves and our troops. Nobody is at all turning away from that threat or their historic and sustained support for these terrorist groups. John, just a followup to what peter asked earlier, two questions, but one to drill down, i assume when the president said aid isnt getting fast enough to gaza that hes not critiquing our efforts to get it there. And without Hanging A Hook On who is responsible, is he saying that more can be done from our end . Is there more that can be done to get the aid to them . I think he was referring to actors in the region. And then the second question is many years youre going to meet with the Australian Government and they have supported the release of Julian Assange. Now, we havent done so saying there were National Security reasons, but for the reasons that
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challenges disappear overnight. there never was a shortage of fuel. the problem was getting it to forecourts quickly enough to meet demand. the crisis has thrown a harsh spotlight once again on the challenges facing what were once the uk s carefully tuned supply chains. theo leggett, bbc news. the rules on foreign travel have changed, with the old traffic light system scrapped. there will now be just one list of so called red countries , and anyone travelling to them will have to quarantine for ten days in a hotel when they return. but most fully vaccinated travellers coming from other destinations will no longer need to take a covid test before departure. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. going abroad just got cheaper, and a whole lot easier. the amber list has been scrapped. now there s just a red list of countries. those passengers still have to pay to quarantine in a hotel when they get home. but for everywhere else, there is only one pcr test when you get
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the chancellor announces half a billion pounds to help get people back to work after the pandemic, amid concerns over living standards. he says he will only consider cutting taxes when the economy is back on track. more revelations from the leaked pandora papers show how a second prominent donor to the conservative party was involved in one of europe s biggest corruption scandals. the military is called in to help distribute fuel to petrol stations as shortages continue in london and the south east. protesters clash with motorists as insulate britain cause more disruption across london. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. a decision on whether england s cricket team will play in this