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who have fled their homes. the uk foreign secretary lord cameron says he s deeply concerned about the prospect of a military offensive and again called for an immediate pause in the fighting to get aid in and hostages out. the dutch foreign minister said there could be many civilian casualties , describing the situation in rafah was very worrying . while saudi arabia warned of very serious repercussions if rafah was stormed. the israeli army has already been launching intensive airstrikes on rafah city since friday night. the gaza health ministry says 112 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours, bringing the total to 28,176 palestinians killed in gaza since october. our correspondent barbara plett usher has been speaking to the un humanitarian coordinator for the occupied palestinian territories, jamie mcgoldrick, who has recently returned from gaza. she asked him how the united nations would respond if israel launches an offensive into rafah. very difficult t
and israel is facing growing international warnings over its planned offensive in rafah the city in southern gaza where more than half the territory s population is sheltering after fleeing their homes elsewhere in the strip. the uk foreign secretary lord cameron says he s deeply concerned about the prospect of a military offensive and again called for an immediate pause in the fighting to get aid in and hostages out. the dutch foreign minister, hanke bruins slot, said there could be many civilian casualties , and described the situation in rafah as very worrying . while saudi arabia warned of very serious repercussions if rafah was stormed. the israeli army continues to target rafah with shelling and air strikes, which are reported to have killed more than a0 people in the last day. gaza s hamas run health ministry says 112 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours, bringing the total to 28,176 palestinians killed in gaza since october the 7th. on saturday i
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than the news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. faith and politics shouldn t mix, many argue. but not my guest this week. shabana mahmood, the most senior muslim labour mp and now labour s shadowjustice secretary. in the weeks since october the 7th, she and so many people she represents have found the events in gaza particularly painful. but what has made it particularly difficult for her is channelling the anger, the sense of frustration, that many muslims feel that keir starmer isn t saying what they want to hear said. shabana mahmood, welcome to political thinking. thank you. you have found yourself at the centre of arguments about how britain, how the labour party, should respond to the awful events now in gaza. how has it felt personally for you? a very good question. i have to say i feel uncomfortable talking about the personal side of it, if i m
to be quickly converted into homes. he s been speaking to the bbc s laura kuenssberg . let us start by giving the audience a real picture of what is going on with some statistics. let us have a look at this, you can see there how much the prospect of owning your own home is changed, earnings have doubled since 1977, house prices having creased for .5 times. ten years ago, we can show people the impact that has had on social housing. 4.5.180,000 of them have been lost while the conservatives have been in charge. that has resulted in such huge pressure being put on, if we look at the next statistics, that means we have more and more evictions, just over 6020 22, last year a significant increase to more than 9000 people losing their rented homes through so called no fault erections. the no corn to temporary accommodation is a huge increase, you can see 50,02013, now more than 100,000 people in temporary accommodation. the knock on to temporary accommodation. you yourself s