now on bbc news: inside the saudi sporting machine. it s the country transforming the sporting landscape, from signing top stars to a revamped football league to an upheaval of professional golf and the staging of boxing s biggest fights. saudi arabia s investment in sport has gone into overdrive. the country now set to host the 2034 world cup, too. but there s also controversy among fears that one of the world s richest oil states is using sports to distract from its human rights record and its impact on the environment. i travelled tojeddah for a rare opportunity to speak on the environment. i travelled tojeddah for a rare opportunity to speak to one of the key figures behind the country s remarkable sporting revolution. there seems no end to the number of sports you are investing in. are we at the high point now or are we just beginning the journey? there s a lot, as you said. our ambition is to host the best events around the world in the kingdom for the people of the kin
in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have mobbed and looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel kept up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has dismissed growing international calls for a sustainable ceasefire . but the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a new ceasefire and hostage release but still disagree over details. our correspondent lucy williamson has more. the target for israel in gaza is hamas, for palestinians it is survival. the ra
this is bbc news. it s newsday. you re watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in gaza where, in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation, crowds of people have scrambled for food from aid trucks entering the besieged strip, through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid agencies have only been able to access the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel says the three hostages it mistakenly killed in gaza on friday used leftover food to write signs pleading for help. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a ceasefire, but still disagree over details. our
now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. what s in store for 202a? another year of struggle for the global economy. but are things about to get brighter? how much we spend in the shops, jobs and interest rates as well as elections and war are all on the agenda for the next 12 months. but what will it mean for our cost of living? i m going to tackle those questions with these two, there they are, the chief economist atjp morgan, one of the world s biggest banks, who tells me why the us is still leading the way, but europe is the big worry. and the boss of the world s biggest recruitment firm, randstad, is going to give me the lowdown on what might change in the world of work. plus, coming out of the clouds, the head of the global airline body, iata, tells me why the cost of flying is one thing that won t be getting cheaper next year. wherever yo