said they want the opportunity to do. but that humanitarian pause, to allow for extra time to get into, for aid to get into gaza is in line with what the us are calling for as well. i think it s achievable. not only is it achievable but i think it is essential so that we can alleviate that suffering, get more aid in and make sure that we don t see children as the innocent victims of this conflict. live now to westminster and our political correspondent damian grammaticas. just talk to us about imran hussain s position in the comments he has been making. 50. hussain s position in the comments he has been making. he has been making. so, what was interesting he has been making. so, what was interesting is he has been making. so, what was interesting is this he has been making. so, what was interesting is this came he has been making. so, what was interesting is this came out - he has been making. so, what was interesting is this came out late i interesting is this came
the hamas stronghold from the north and south. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk. us presidentjoe biden says he has asked israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for a pause in the fighting in gaza. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. flares hanging in gaza s night sky are ominous warnings of incoming israeli fire. but, increasingly, the israeli prime minister s being pressed for a pause in fighting. i did ask him for a pause yesterday. this is a key moment. israeli troops are now said to be in the heart of gaza city, closing in on the stronghold of hamas, ministers say. but the destruction in gaza is already immense, with entire neighbourhoods flattened. the civilian death toll is rapidly mounting. the world health organisation says an average of 160 children are killed here every day. nothing justifies the horror being endured by the civilians in gaza. people in gaza are dying in their thousands and those alive are suffering from trau
good afternoon. the g7 group of nations, including the us and the uk, are calling for humanitarian pauses in the fighting in gaza, to allow more aid in and more civilians to leave. the united states has also said israel should not re occupy gaza after the war is over. on the ground, israel says its troops are now in the heart of gaza city, fighting hamas which is classified as a terrorist group by the uk government and which killed more than 1,400 people in israel a month ago. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says israel s bombardment there has now killed more than 10,500 people. live now to yolande knell injerusalem. yolande. soa so a lot is happening diplomatically this lunchtime and also inside gaza, where the israeli military extended for an extra hour its four hour window where it allows people from the north to head to the south. because so many people have been making thatjourney because so many people have been making that journey today. because so many people
Mobility adviser chose to step down. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. All the members of the board of the governments social Mobility Commission have resigned tonight in protest at what they say is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. In a Resignation Letter seen by the observer newspaper, alan milburn, the former labour minister who led the commission, said he had little hope theresa mays government was capable of making the changes necessary to deliver a more equal society. His three fellow commissioners, including the former conservative cabinet minister, baroness shephard, also walked out. Im joined by our Political Correspondent alex forsyth. What has been going on . A series of newspaper reports which carried the story. The observer had the most detail which carries the full Resignation Letter from alan milburn in which he said he doesnt believe the government has enough bandwidth to tackle the social injustices in society and says it is preoccupied with brexit, unde
Judicial review in general. At about ones personal feelings about a case, ministers should not choose a legal challenge that has no reasonable prospect of success. It is right that public bodies can be held to account for their actions through due process of law and are specificallyjudicial review. There has been significant public debate about the possible basis for a legal challenge in a case like this. It has been speculated there are two grounds open for me to challenge such a decision. It was one of which no board could reasonably have taken that they were significant failings a nyway that they were significant failings anyway that the decision was taken. The barfor a judicial anyway that the decision was taken. The bar for a judicial review to succeed is very high. The test for deciding if a decision it is unreasonable as not simply that the decision makers, in this case the pa role decision makers, in this case the parole board, could have made and turn the decision. But that no