Been killed after houses in the central area of the gaza strip were hit. Israel has also sent tanks north of there after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments. From jerusalem, paul adams reports. One by one, the people of rafah are leaving. Outlying parts of the city now all but deserted. I wasnt planning on going, hassan says, but since no one is left here, i decided to leave. I have to find out where my wife and daughter are. The un says 300,000 people have left already. Thats almost a quarter of those sheltering in rafah. Most are heading for the coast, to places barely able to sustain the un says 300,000 people have left already. Thats almost a quarter of those sheltering in rafah. Most are heading for the coast, to places barely able to sustain life, where exhausted, hungry people fend for themselves. Zainab and her children have brought their makeshift tent to the beach. Translation they dropped leaflets on us four times. After the fourth time, we came here. When i arri
So if you are just tuning in a slightly different look for a saturday morning, dont worry, it is saturday. I know normally in on a monday, but few people off sick and various other staffing issues. Weve stepped into the breach, havent we, martin . Yes. Delightful to be back here with you. Likewise. Well, our top story this morning. Were leading with the economy. Its good news. Its grown at the fastest rate in two years, outpacing both america and the eurozone. And that means that the uk is officially out of recession, with many hoping for tax cuts over the next few months. And this comes after the former labour leader, lord kinnock, has claimed that voters in britain are not in love with sir keir starmer, with some concerns emerging of a shock result in the upcoming election. Yeah, if you recall, back in 1992, neil kinnock was thought to have lost an election that was deemed unusable. Was deemed unusable. Well, joining us now is political commentator peter spencen political commentator
Person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those that went in there had firearms and loaded firearms in that case. Well, weve heard today that the uk is officially out of recession, with the latest figures showing the economy has grown by more than expected. The office for National Statistics estimates gdp rose by 0. 6 in the first three months of the yeah the first three months of the year. Predictions were suggesting 0. 4. The Prime Minister says the figures show the uk economy, he says, has real momentum. The shadow real momentum. The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, claims people are worse off since rishi sunak came to power. If you look at this Prime Ministers record since rishi sunak became Prime Minister, the economy is still £300 worse off per person in the country. So per person in the country. So this these numbers today are not deserving of the victory lap that rishi sunak and jeremy hunt seem to want to go on. A psychotic ex prisoner
Per person in the country. So this these numbers today are not deserving of the victory lap that rishi sunak and jeremy hunt seem to want to go on. Rachel reeves there, speaking earlier this afternoon. Well, in other news, a psychotic ex prisoner who attacked and killed a grandfather has been handed an indefinite hospital order at the old bailey today. Thomas ohalloran was riding his mobility scooter in west london when lee byers stabbed him. The 87 year old suffered multiple stab wounds to his neck, his chest and his abdomen. Police say the motiveless attack has left his family shocked and horrified. Weve heard tonight that in northern ireland, a 37 year old man has been arrested in connection with what police have called a barbaric attack in the town of bushmills. Its after another man in his 20s was found nailed to a fence, leaving him with potentially life changing injuries. Police say the suspect has been detained under the terrorism act, and that their investigations are ongoing.
Your News Headlines. Ben. Thank you. Good morning. Ben. Thank you. Good morning. Its 10 01. Im sophia ben. Thank you. Good morning. Its10 01. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. As the us in the gb newsroom. As the us says, israel may have broken International Law in its use of american supplied weapons in gaza. American supplied weapons in gaza. The state Department Says gaza. The state Department Says its reasonable to assess that theyve been used in ways that are inconsistent with israels obligations. It stopped short of a definitive assessment, saying the chaos of war made it difficult to verify alleged violations. The document also noted hamas uses civilian infrastructure for military purposes and civilians as human shields. The findings come as israel warns residents in rafah to evacuate more areas of the city. A Police Officer has been shot in the leg with a crossbow in buckinghamshire. The officer in buckinghamshire. The officer was responding to reports of a stabbing in high