it s friday the 8th of december. the home office has told mps that the uk has given rwanda a further £100 million as part of the government s plan to relocate some asylum seekers there. the funding is in addition to the £140 million paid to kigali last year. legal challenges have so far prevented any asylum seekers from being sent to rwanda. our political correspondent peter saulljoins us now. we will have more on this story laterfrom our we will have more on this story later from our political correspondent to see exactly how the money has been spent so far, what we have been told so far by the prime minister when it comes to spending on the silent deal with rwanda. let s talk to peter saull in westminster. good morning. that s it, the explanation needed in terms of what we have been told. we thought £140 million had been told. yesterday we had from the prime minister, ain t no money has been spent on this deal, talking about the amendments now being proposed to the
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
reportedly killed over a four week period than in any conflict in at least three decades. more united nations aid workers have been killed than in any comparable period in the history of our organisation. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has more from southern israel. and a warning that some images may be distressing. israel promised mighty vengeance. it thundered across beach camp in gaza city. israel s justification is defending the living, as well as avenging its dead. palestinians call this genocide. this girl from jabalia camp is asked what happened to her. she says a missile came down on us. bricks fell on us. i asked, where s my dad and where s my mum? she is asked where were you? i was here, in the house. we were at home, and the roof came down on us. we looked in on the war this afternoon from sderot, the closest israeli border town. israel has refused an american request to pause military operations to allow time for humanitarian convoys, or talks to f