That israel maintain a military presence in the philadelphi corridor. That s a small buffer zone between gaza and egypt s sinai desert. Mr netanyahu said israel is committed to destroying hamas and bringing the hostages home. He warned of the potential consequences should israel relieve its military pressure on hamas. Our middle east regional editor mike thomson has more on the prime minister s comments from jerusalem. Tonight, benjamin netanyahu double down on his insistence that israeli troops will not be withdrawn from the philadelphia corridor. That is the strip of land separating southern gaza from egypt. Is that it is absolutely vital that they stay that to stop hamas smuggling weapons from egypt into gaza. He said, if we let this happen, we could have another october the seventh all over again. Interestingly though, he had talked in the past about not moving for at least 42 years. This evening he was referring to 42 days early so they may be some wriggle room there. But he has s
To mr netanyahu s demand that israel maintain a military presence in the philadelphi corridor. That s a small buffer zone between gaza and egypt s sinai desert. Mr netanyahu said israel is committed to destroying hamas and bringing the hostages home. He warned of the potential consequences should israel relieve its military pressure on hamas. Our middle east regional editor mike thomson has more on the prime minister s comments from jerusalem. Tonight, mr netanyahu doubled down on his insistence that israeli troops will not be withdrawn from the philadelphi corridor. That is the strip of land that separates southern gaza from egypt. He said it is absolutely vital that they stay there to stop hamas smuggling weapons from egypt into gaza. He said, if we let this happen, we could have another october the 7th all over again. Interestingly though, he had talked in the past about them not moving for at least 42 years. This evening he was referring to 42 days only, so there may be some wriggl
Welcome to the World Today, an hour of international news from the bbc. We begin here in london. In June 2017 a debit sitting fire broke out at the Grenfell Tower. 72 people died and dozens more were Injured. For more than seven years, families and survivors have been waiting to find out what went wrong and today they finally got answers from the public inquiry. It says the people killed in the fire were failed it on the Server Level by successive governments, companies and the authorities, through incompetence, honesty and greed. All of the debts were avoidable to now the families of those who died wantjustice. All the deaths were avoidable. 0ur Report is from tom symonds. It includes images of Grenfell Tower on fire. There have been seven years of mornings over grenfell with no definitive answers to the question, why did this happen . Today was different. But this is how it all began. A fridge caught fire, the owner called 999 then got out, then turned on his camera. 31 minutes later
Nippon steels 14 Billion bid to acquire united States Steel has been caught in the cross hairs of an Election Year and in the crucial Swing State of pennsylvania where Us Steel is based. Us president Joe Biden has long pledged that the iconic american company, headquartered in pittsburgh, should remain domestically owned and run. Presidential nominees Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have also both committed to keep Us Steel american, though any move to block the deal could potentially be subject to litigation. Proponents of Nippon Steels bid say the us shouldnt reject a bid from a company based in an allied country such as japan, especially one that could create an entity with the scale to compete with china. If the deal is successfully blocked, the fate of Us Steel is unclear. 1 Million or more to 28 instead of president biden s 39. 6 proposal. The Vice President told supporters in New Hampshire she would also push for a 50,000 Tax Deduction for new small businesses which would be a ma
Welcome to bbc News Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. We start in the us where four people have been killed and nine others injured in a shooting at a school in georgia, 50 Miles North east of atlanta. Police have named a M Year old Colt Gray as being the suspect of killing two of his fellow students, and two teachers, at apalachee high school. One eyewitness who lives across from the school described what he saw. Crazy, like it, it looked like. I didnt really pay attention at first, i was like those sound like they were at school, and i look over and the alarm started going off. The School Alarms and people were going out around the school. Like, they were doing like the drill, the fire drill stuff. I knew something was seriously wrong then. You dont hear about that happening. You hear about it happening all around the world, but it shows that it can happen anywhere, you know . The local sheriff, jud smith, spoke at a News Conference earlier about how the inciden