Hello, im geeta guru murthy, thanks forjoining us. The stoppage is a day after the Israeli Army says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages who were taken during the attacks of the 7th of october. That led to mass Demonstrations Injerusalem and Tel Aviv on sunday. Organisers are calling on Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate a deal with hamas to bring home the estimated 100 remaining hostages. Sundays protests were largely peaceful but some crowds broke through police lines, blocking a major highway in Tel Aviv. Our correspondent is following the story. After the biggest protests in israel since the start of the war in gaza with hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating across the country, today a general strike. So thousands of businesses Will Be closed, some schools, universities, government ministries, banks, some bus networks, so we are expecting a major hit on the Economy Today in israel. The outrage against hamas is a given but these protests are not about that, they are aga
Since he government scrapped Winter Fuel payments for millions of pensioners. And the conservatives will start voting on chosing their next party leader. Lets speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. I dont know whether the Prime Minister himself got a Summer Holiday, he had to scrap its plans. But he is facing a big political autumn with a lot of legislation to push through and a Budget which he has signalled very firmly is going to be tough. He has signalled very firmly is going to be tough to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday at to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday at all to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday at all having l Summer Holiday at all having postponed his Summer Holiday to deal with the riots taking place across england, he cancelled it in The End altogether. He certainly might be hoping he managed to rest at some point when he starts to think about the things he will confront as Pa
Thanks for being with us. Trade unions and groups representing the families of israeli hostages are holding a General Strike to press the government to reach a deal to free those still held by hamas. Its already affecting some flights at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, and business, schools, and other forms of transport have also been hit. The stoppage is a day after the Israeli Army said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages who were taken during the attacks of seventh 0ctober. That led to mass Demonstrations Injerusalem and Tel Aviv On Sunday with the organisers calling on prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate a deal with hamas to bring home the estimated 100 remaining hostages. Sundays protests were largely peaceful, but some crowds broke through police lines, blocking a major highway in Tel Aviv. 0ur Correspondentjon Donnison has been following the story. After the biggest protests in israel since the start of the war in gaza, with hundreds of thousands of people dem
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christmas day level of service. in other words, christmas day level of service. in otherwords, if christmas day level of service. in other words, if you need emergency care then you will get treated. but although the small routine operations that people are waiting for, they will simply not happen over the next few days. jan over the next few days. jon donnison- we can turn to another strike with rail passengers in england facing more disruption today and on saturday as guards and station staff begin a fresh round of air strikes. the long running action over pay, jobs and conditions is affecting 14 train companies in england and some services running into scotland and wales. national rail says passengers should expect large areas of the rail network to have little or no service. the uk s competition watchdog. the uk s competition watchdog is calling on supermarkets to make their pricing systems clearer to help shoppers find the best deals. but it says it hasn t found evidence that we