role in gaza. hamas will not be entirely eradicated. there will still be hundreds, if not thousands, of gunmen wandering around. there will have to be some sort of international force. i think we can rule out the un after the sort of anaemic, feckless role that they have played in lebanon, allowing hezbollah to rearm intervention of un security council resolution 1701. i don t think israel would deign to accept the un. let s get a bit of analysis and length if he were we are and what happens next. we can bring in the panel for the first time. leigh ann caldwell, washington post live anchor. tim montgomerie, founder of the political website conservative home. looking to you both. things are coming on the programme. let s start with the us playing a key role clearly. the language from the us seems to be shifting slightly. what is your take? it seems to be shifting slightly. what is your take? is your take? it has shifted slightly- is your take? it has shifted slightly. the
consensus was that there is no documented asymptomatic transmission therefore policy was based on the assumption that covid transmitted as source. i had by this stage a significant amount of anecdotal evidence and hence i have gone over the sand over this and over this in my mind. if i had just said the science is different, that would not have carried the system with me because i m not representative of the people, if you like, as the secretary of state and the scientific advice was very clear to the contrary. what i could have done was said you know, that may be the formal scientific advice, i am overrunning it and say instead marvellous and asymptomatic transmission, that would have had risks on the other side of assuming spread for it may have been unlikely to happen and but with hindsight of course i wish i had done that hence it is my single biggest regret but what i am trying. mr it is my single biggest regret but what i am trying. . . what i am trying. mr hancock, er
at edinburgh zoo the tale of two pandas picked for love, who just didn t get on. on bbc london the burning building, the black smoke, and on newsnight at 10:30pm. we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories. plus a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. a 21 year old woman who was kidnapped from the supernova music festival in israel on seventh october has tonight been reunited with her mother, as a temporary truce between israel and hamas continued for a seventh day. mia schem was one of eight hostages freed by hamas today, in return for the expected release of more palestinian detainees from israeli prisons. but as one family celebrates the return of a loved one, another is facing fresh anguish. this is shira bibas and her two young sons hamas claims they died in an israeli missile attack on gaza. tonight, the organisation, designated a terrorist group by the uk government, released a hostage video of her husb
there, not from the place where he, works from another, country but he is gone to ireland to work in ireland. he works actually in this very nice restaurant in double and, it is called coincidently this is a restaurant that has been in the press here in the united states recently, it just got a rave right up in the new york times. an article called adventures on dublin s culinary trail. new single out this restaurant in dublin for its ambiance and hospitality, and it s food. but this young man who works there, he is 17, and he is from france, he is not irish. he has come over from france to go to ireland to work at this restaurant. he has an intern job in the kitchen. and this past week on thursday, our thanksgiving day here, this young man 17 years, old who was on his way to work, he is about 1:30 in the afternoon, and he happened upon a man with a knife who was in the middle of attacking someone and the kid jumped into the fray, he was armed with absolutely nothing at all
of the economy, chancellor? jeremy hunt has some good news he wants to trumpet. the bank of england has driven inflation down it s halved this year. so now the chancellor says it s time to try to get the economy growing. in today s autumn statement for growth, our choice is not big government, high spending and high tax, because we know that leads to less growth, not more. instead, we reduce debt, cut taxes and reward work. he announced, under the triple lock, the state pension will go up by over 8% next year, and many benefits up by more than 6%. i m going to go further and cut the main rate of employee national insurance by two percentage points, from i2%, to 10%. it mean someone on a salary of £35,000 a year would save over £450. to encourage businesses to invest, he is making a temporary scheme permanent it allows the cost of any upgrades, computers, machinery and the like to be deducted from profits before they re taxed. i will today make full expensing permanent,