Well hear from the former Prime Minister matteo renzi, whos told me why he forced the current crisis. Politics means make choice. I decided to open that crisis, and now there is a government better than in the past. And which celebrity does he look like . The burnley manager tells us what we are really missing in this pandemic is a game of looky likey. Hello. Im Laura Trevelyan in new york. Christian fraser is in london. There was encouraging news for britains government today. First came a preliminary report that the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus by two thirds. Until now, there had been no real data on that. And the very same study found that delivering a second dose after 12 weeks, rather than three, made the vaccine more effective. The report hasnt been Peer Reviewed but seems to vindicate the uk governments strategy. The other extraordinary news was that by following that strategy, the uk has now vaccinated 10 Million People. 15 of the population has bee
In other developments, a hamas delegation is expected to attend ceasefire talks in cairo on sunday, following an invitation extended by egyptian mediators. Israels war cabinet is reportedly set to discuss whether to send a delegation, whilst a British Royal navy ship is sailing to the Eastern Mediterranean to support the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the gaza strip. Our first report this hour is from hugo bachega injerusalem. In tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. It has been six months since palestinian gunmen stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100 israelis remain in captivity. People are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas for hostages to be freed, and they also want their Prime Minister to go. He should resign after what happened. Six months ago the war start, and hamas and everything. He claimed that he wants to go to war and make hamas go away and bring all the hostages home, back home. For one israeli family, the hope is over elad k
good afternoon. for the first time, there is a global climate agreement which calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels. delegates at the un climate summit in dubai reached the deal after negotiating through the night. the president of cop28 said it s an agreement that sets the world in the right direction. but many had wanted a stronger form form of words that called for the phasing out of coal, oil and gas. the latest now from our climate editorjustin rowlatt who s in dubai. justin. well, yes, this is the, some people are disappointed this is a compromise, i have to say these deals always are. we have 198 countries trying to agree on an issue which touches almost every aspect of their society. every country has a different perspective and we are looking for a compromise that charts a course through it. the overall reaction here is that this is an ambitious deal, this deal does make progress, it has got that commitment to transitioning away from fossil fu
released on the sixth day of the temporary truce between israel and hamas. 12 more hitters were released from gaza early on tuesday, some shown here. the total number is now more than eight fred. the hostage handover tuesday included ten israelis and tutor hostages. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians, mostly women and teenage boys, who have so far been released from the israeli jail since the truth began on friday. the originalfour day truth began on friday. the original four day poison fighting was extended by two days to allow for more hostages to be freed. more than 160 are still being held in gaza. tal heinrich, spokesperson for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. she told me there were really to release donna cottages. should there be another extension? we certainly hope so and thank you for having me on tonight. i can confirm at this hour that israel has received another list of potential hostages who may be released tomorrow. we have received the list. we are n