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
minister says there will be no temporary truce until all the hostages are released. israel says its troops are involved in face to face fighting with hamas as they completely surround gaza city. scottish first minister s mother and father in law are among the british nationals to leave gaza today but the rafah crossing into egypt. in other news, heavy rain and flooding directly linked to the storm caused more than 13 deaths in western europe. in the so called crypto king sam bankman fried is facing decades in prison after being found guilty of fraud and money laundering. dozens of british and foreign nationals are expected to leave gaza today through the rafah crossing to egypt. among those british nationals who were on the list to leave, were the mother and father in law of scotland s first minister humza yousaf. and we ve heard they have managed to cross into egypt earlier. this is elizabeth and maged el nakla, from dundee. they had travelled to gaza to visit family before
in a keynote speech this morning, saying they can trust labour with the nation s finances, security and borders. but the conservatives say he has no clear plan. we re expecting to hear from the labour leader in the next few minutes he s due to give his first major speech of the campaign. let s speak to emma purnell, a political commentator who is currently a member of the labour party. emma, we are expecting search care to appeal to voters that they can trust him? care to appeal to voters that they can trust him? yes, this is clearly a seech can trust him? yes, this is clearly a speech aimed can trust him? yes, this is clearly a speech aimed at can trust him? yes, this is clearly a speech aimed at floating - can trust him? yes, this is clearly| a speech aimed at floating voters. 0n the thing about undecided voters is that they are considering labour, but they haven t yet made the final decision. so the speeches about reassuring any concerns they might have in areas whe
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per day, so we have the barge policy, that became operational this week, bibby stockholm, people are now being housed on the hour, not as many as they would like yet. the illegal migration bill, the government has got that through the commons after a back and forth with the house of lords. there is also the policy of deporting some asylum seekers to the lander whilst their claims are processed. that is currently stuck in the courts. it is a government policy on getting down that legacy asylum backlog of cases. there has been some success in doing that, government insisting they will meet their target. but the big question through all of this is will this be enough to deter people from making thatjourney across the channel? labour see that the government s policies are headline chasing, they see are headline chasing, they see a lot of this is unworkable, they say they would continue to house asylum seekers on barges in the short term. there is not