defending his role at the inquiry which is looking at how political decisions were made. mr sunak has been accused by some of putting the economy before lives. the main criticism centres around his month long eat out to help 0ut scheme in august 2020. diners received 50% off meals out on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays, paid for by the government. it cost the treasury £840 million. at the time, rishi sunak said it would protectjobs in the hospitality industry and boost the economy. but one analysis suggests the benefit to the industry was comparatively small compared to other measures. the scheme started in august. you can see covid was on the rise from september but we don t know for certain why. people were mixing more, with schools and workplaces reopening too. here s our health reporter, jim reed. mine too. that and the yakisoba, depends on the mood i m in. back in the summer of 2020, the then chancellor brought his flagship policy to the table. eat out to help 0ut subs
around his month long eat out to help out scheme which ran in august 2020. diners received 50% off meals at restaurants on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays with the government subsidising the bill. here s our health reporter, jim reid. mine too. that and the yakisoba, depends on the mood i m in. back in the summer of 2020, the then chancellor brought his flagship policy to the table. eat out to help 0ut subsidised midweek meals in pubs and restaurants. it proved popular at the time. but critics say it fuelled a rise in infections. did you ignore the advice over cobit? did you ignore the advice over covid? earlier witnesses, scientists and ministers have said they were not consulted in advance about that eat 0ut consulted in advance about that eat out to help 0ut scheme. he was asked to respond. why would i raise it as a risk when i didn t believe it was because it was designed in a context of a safe reopening? the onus is surely on the people who now believed it was a r
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an explosion there, with news agencies reporting it was caused by an israeli air strike. meanwhile the palestinian militant group, the islamic jihad organisation, has posted this video, which it says shows fighting against israeli forces in the city. israel has warned people living in the area to move to safety aid agencies say there s a chronic and growing lack of resources to care for them. meanwhile, more details are emerging of the seventh october attack. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women in israel were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated by hamas. israeli investigators have gathered more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victims after the attack. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. a warning, her report contains some distressing details. out of the chaos and mass trauma of the hamas attacks, new stories are starting to emerge of rape and sexual assault. including graphic t
jails. israel says it still expects that to happen but not before friday and there will be a similar delay to the temporary halt in hostilities. hamas says there are still details to be finalised regarding the list of people to be exchanged. for now, the fighting continues there was a series of explosions in gaza through the night. israel defence forces say they targeted more than 300 parts of hamas s infrastructure. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will continue to fight hamas until absolute victory is achieved. aid agencies are extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in gaza. some trucks carrying supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. but pictures like these with people struggling to secure bottles of water in gaza highlight how difficult conditions there are. we begin our coverage with this report from our middle east correspondent yolande knell injerusalem a warning, it does include some distressi