Will nail down date for a visit to washington then after the call ukrainian official andre your mac tells us diplomats once we have a date will call for a press briefing announcing among other things barista and election meddling in investigations bryza is the gas company linked to the son of former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden the Text Messages released by house investigators show u. S. Diplomats and trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani continuing to pressure ukraine to draft a statement announcing an investigation but none was released then in late august the ukrainians learned of trumps decision to withhold nearly 400000000. 00 in u. S. Military assistance the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine bill taylor appeared incredulous texting i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a Political Campaign the response came from ordered sunland a wealthy hotelier and trump donor who was appointed ambassador to the e. U. I believe you are incorrect about president trumps int
By an explosion last night at a hospital in gaza city. The Health Ministry says a71 people were killed. Israel and hamas are blaming each other for the blast, which has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. Israel says the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the Palestinian Militant Group islamichhad. A senior us official says its high confidence that israel did not do it. But hamas, palestinian authorities and other countries blame israel for the explosion. The bbc is trying verify the claims from both sides. After talks with benjamin netanyahu, President Biden warned israel not be consumed by rage and to learn from mistakes the us made after 9 11. Israels Prime Minister called biden a true friend and commended his Deeply Moving decision to visit israel during a time of active war. He also said he would not block Aid Deliveries from egypt to gaza where food, water and fuel are running out after nine days of total siege. Well have the very latest on a day of di
Further eight in the evening. And coming up at the end of the houn and coming up at the end of the hour, should the uk adopt a texas style Justice System that would mean sending fewer non violent criminals to prison, making them clean up graffiti instead. A good idea. Get in instead. A good idea. Get in touch. Send us your thoughts on touch. Send us your thoughts on gbviews gbnews. Com or send me a message on our socials. Were at message on our socials. Were at gb news. But first, lets get the News Headlines with elizabeth. Elizabeth. Good afternoon. Its a few minutes past 1 00. Im Elizabeth Callahan in the newsroom. Im callahan in the newsroom. Im the United Nations are warning hospitals in gaza full of wounded people that they could run out of fuel and supplies within the next two days. Israeli army say its allowing safe evacuations for the people in northern gaza as the israeli Prime Minister tells his troops , Prime Minister tells his troops, the next stage is coming. Its the next
Commonwealth games . It looks like an early Christmas Present for birmingham. They are set to be confirmed as the hosts for the 2022 games as long as they dont mind paying for it with a price tag of £750 million. I will have more at 2 30pm. Thanks, holly. And tomasz has all the weather unfestive weather. It is. Look at the gloomy picture behind me. As we go from Christmas Day into boxing day, it might turn colder but mild is the word. Thanks, tomasz. Also coming up prosecco and perfume for Pampered Pets owners spend more than ever before on Christmas Gifts for theirfurry friends. Hello, this is afternoon live. The metropolitan police is reviewing 30 Sexual Assault cases, and investigating scores of others. The announcement follows the collapse of a second rape trial in just a few days after vital evidence wasnt made available by the police. The met say the same officer worked on both cases. Disclosure, as its known, means that police have a duty to hand over any relevant evidence to d
At this point to go live to british Prime Minister theresa may. Shes speaking to the house of commons liaison committee. We believe we can achieve that in the overall relationship and we have put forward some ideas as to how that can be. Done. Were able to discuss those specific ideas. This is about no physical infrastructure. Surely Prime Minister, if it doesnt cover all goods, those that are excluded would then of necessity subject to checks and your commitment that you have given to there being no hard border, no checks, no controls could not be delivered. Either everything is in or everything isnt in. Its a very simple question about how this would work. It is a very simple answer. What we are going to deliver is no hard border. No physical infrastructure at the border. So then you cant confirm what it would cover. Can i move on now to timing. Now the Eu Commission has published this morning has said that the transition arrangement should last no longer than the 31st of december 20