hello and welcome to bbc news. the russian president says the sanctions imposed on his country because of the attack on ukraine are stupid and insane. vladimir putin said they had failed to work and said they were impacting the west instead. he denied that russia was to blame for the current crisis and for the spiralling inflation that has followed. he was speaking at an economic forum in st petersburg. translation: i reiterate, these are fundamental, truly revolutionary changes and it would be a mistake to think during these tumultuous tranch you can simply sit it out, that everything is going to get back to the way it was and yet it seems like the ruling elite of certain western countries are labouring under these precise delusions, choosing to accept the obvious. particular, they think the domination of western politics and economics is a constant but nothing is eternal. the british prime minister has announced that the uk will lead a major training programme for ukrainian
and you are looking in for every week and month that goes by, the dream of homeownership recedes further into the distance. the average age of first time buyers has been rising continuously. the proportion of young people who can afford to buy their own home has been falling. between 2005 2016, the proportion of 2534 year olds that owned their own home fell by 20%, whereas in most other countries, it has been rising. it is true that we still have higher rates of overall homeownership just ahead of france and just ahead of germany. and it is true that we are building more as fast as we can after a sustained decline in home ownership rates in the labour government, which is now starting to go back up thanks to our support forfirst time starting to go back up thanks to our support for first time buyers and also building more homes. last year, there were 400,001st time buyers of property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 first time
Strikes hitting buildings in the territory earlier. Israel has cut off fuel, water, and electricity supplies to more than two Million People in an effort to force hamas to release some 150 israeli hostages. Amid the destruction on the ground, the un also warns some 50,000 pregnant women in gaza are unable to Access Essential Health services or clean water. Israeli tanks were seen gathering thursday along the boundary with gaza signs of a possible ground invasion. Meanwhile, the confirmed death toll continues to rise. Gazas Health Ministry says at least 1,537 palestinians have been killed in israels retaliatory air strikes so far. That number includes some 276 women and 50 children. Another 6,612 palestinians have been wounded. And in israel, more than 13 hundred people have been confirmed dead from hamas surprise attacks over the weekend. Us secretary of defence lloyd austin is travelling to israel on friday, one day after Secretary Of State Antony Blinken s visit, to meet with Prime M
i will now share concrete evidence for hostages. one from the pole one from inaudible. after ruthlessly massacring and taking people hostage, the terrorists fled to al shifa hospital, they went to the hospital to hide. here you can see hamas terrorists drove back from the massacre. this is an israeli militaryjeep they brought into the hospital. i want to repeatjust brought into the hospital. i want to repeat just to brought into the hospital. i want to repeatjust to make everybody understand. they are bringing an israeli jeep, a militaryjeep, into the hospital compound. a place terrorists should not enter. they are entering with the militaryjeep. anotherjeep, another israeli military vehicle entering into the al shifa hospital, using the al shifa hospital, using the al shifa hospital, using the al shifa hospital is a human shield shelter, bringing military equipment to the vicinity of the hospital. click. this is 7th of october, 10:55am. the evidence i will share was sent by
in gaza city. the palestinian red crescent in gaza says israel has told them to evacuate al-quds hospital, but it said this was impossible due to patients being in intensive care units. israel hasn t confirmed the order, but a military spokesperson said that they had killed what he called dozens of terrorists during bombing of the territory including senior commanders of hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk, us and other governments. our international editor jeremy bowen is in southern israel and sent this report. people are living in the ruins in gaza. the israelis insist that they hit hamas targets, who use civilians as human shields. america said it has sent israel another reminder that hamas are legitimate military targets, and civilians are not. in gaza, the un fears civil order is breaking down. its food warehouses in the south were looted. the desperation comes from israel s siege, which the un says violates the laws of war because it s a c