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A reminder of the breaking news this hour. Apologies for the departure of our camera. Israel has told the United Nations that more than a million palestinians must leave the Northern Gaza Strip further blasts have been heard overnight in gaza, as Israeli Forces aim to eradicate the Hamas Militant Group in the wake of saturdays attacks. This is the scene live in gaza where it has just gone 7 30 in the morning. The un said the order by the Israeli Military also applied to all of its staff and those sheltered in un facilities, including schools, Health Centres and clinics. An hamas official, quoted by the reuters newsagency, said that the Relocation Warning from israel was fa ke propaganda. That is the life seen over gaza as we entered the seventh day of this conflict. At other points we have seen fresh plumes of smoke over the area, indicating fresh rocket fire coming into the area. We have had heard so many humanitarian issues, shortage of supplies and hospitals. We will return to any b
as scrutiny of western powers arms exports to israel intensifies, the world central kitchen charity calls for an independent investigation into the strikes that killed seven members of its team in gaza. lord cameron rules out western boots on the ground in ukraine. he tells the bbc: allies need to step up or risk the war being lost. and a major medical trial begins to learn whether blood tests can spot the early signs of dementia. returning to one of our main stories this hour and a special ceremony has been held to mark the 75th anniversary of the nato alliance. as the war in ukraine continues, the alliance has agreed to start planning for a greater role in co ordinating military aid to the country.foreign ministers led by the alliance s secretary general, jens stoltenberg have met today to discuss how they can best support ukraine in the future. let s speak to xavier bettel, he is luxembourg s deputy prime minister and foreign minister. welcome to you and thank you
At the end of the 2000s, the banking and financial crisis linked to the
“subprime” crisis had resulted in a drastic reduction in military budgets in most Western countries. So it will not have been the same as that caused by the pandemic.
Thus, according to figures put forward by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute [SIPRI], total defense spending worldwide amounted to $ 1.981 billion in 2020. This value increases in real terms of 2.6% per year compared to the previous year when they had already reached their highest level since the end of the Cold War. And this, in an economic context marked by a drop of 4.4% of world GDP, according to projections made last October by the International Monetary Fund [IMF].