Chain stop . Number 10 does the buck stop . Where does the chain stop . Number10 downing street, some people are saying. Are we now an international laughing stock. A symbol of our decline, broken britain, strong was coming in condemnation. But what do you say . Get in touch and tell us. I look forward to talking to you. Do get in touch and you can call or text us. Defence secretary grant shapps says this could create a Fantastic Levelling Opportunity from diverting funding to other projects. Rishi sunak s expected to announce in his Party Conference speech today that the birmingham to Manchester Leg of the rail line will be scrapped, while setting out plans for other transport projects in the north of england and wales. Officials in venice say at least 21 people, including two children, were killed when a bus fell off a bridge onto a railway line and caught fire. The governor of the venice region has described the crash as a tragedy of enormous proportions. Large parts of britains rai
Will be talking about oil prices today. They have reached their highest level in almost a year, approaching 95 a barrel for the First Time Since august 2022. Production cuts by russia and saudi arabia are partly to blame. And reserves at an important Storage Facility in the us hit their lowest levels in july last year. Facility in the us hit their lowest levels injuly last year. The price of oil is a factor in the rise in inflation which has been a driving of the cost of living crisis Around The World and the price could go above 100 a barrel again soon. I asked and above 100 a barrel again soon. I asked an ,. Above 100 a barrel again soon. I asked an ~. ,. , above 100 a barrel again soon. I asked an. . ,. Above 100 a barrel again soon. I asked an . ,. Asked and saudi arabia were so much ca aci asked and saudi arabia were so much capacity could asked and saudi arabia were so much capacity could loosen asked and saudi arabia were so much capacity could loosen its asked and saudi arabia
Can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. Ourfirst report is from our north america correspondent will vernon. Its been just over 2a hours since iran came under attack. Us Officials Say israel fired at least one missile into iranian territory, no major damage or casualties were reported. This was a relatively small scale strike by israel. Earlier, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken would not comment on reports the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. The United States has not been involved in any offensive operations. What we are focusing on, what the g7 is focusing on and its reflected in our statement and in our conversation is the work to de escalate tensions. And this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. Last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. The fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. And there is hope too that the
Israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, vowed to Crush And Destroy Hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. In the war that has followed the 7th Of October attacks, gazas Hamas Run Health Ministry says more than 33,000 people have been killed there. On sunday, Tens Of Thousands of protesters in israel called for the Israeli Government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen has been reflecting on six months of the war, and sent us this special report. 0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine, caused by israels siege. The un calls it a betrayal of humanity. Kibbutz nir oz, right on israels border with gaza, feels like a time capsule stuck in the horrors of the 7th Of October. Hamas broke in at dawn. They killed and took Hostage A Quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived h
rishi sunak, now prime minister, then chancellor, had launched the eat out to help out scheme to get people back into restaurants and pubs over that first summer of covid in 2020. but he had not consulted them before launching that. clearly, they made it clear, they took something of a dim view of that. that was last week, that was the science, this week we are back with the politicians. today, starting this morning with sadiq khan, mayor of london, and we also have mayors from the north west of england, steve rotherham, liverpool, greater manchester, andy burnham, couple of elements there, remember, there were restrictions brought in on a hot dry basis initially in the autumn of 2020 to effectively try to play wacko mole as hotspots popped up. that then gave way to a more structured tiers system which was supposed to solve some of the regularities and standardise the procedure across the country. i suspect we will get into a lot of that, plus other questions like sadiq khan