And palestinian medics saying i9 people have been killed in israeli Air Strikes on tuesday. Among them were four day old twins who were killed while their father was at a local Government Office registering their births. The strike also killed his wife and the twins grandmother. 0ur middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. For four days, Mohammed Abu alqumsan was a father. This day will haunt him for ever. The day he left his newborn twins, ayssel and asser, at home with their mother, while he went to collect their birth certificates, and returned to find them killed in a strike on their building in deir al balah. Today, he prepared to bury them. A new parent, comforted like a child. I didnt even have time to celebrate them, he said. Gazas Health Ministry says 115 infants, including ayssel and asser, have been born and killed during this war. We asked the Israeli Army why the twins Family Home was bombed and are waiting for a response. Fighting has continued ac
Involving violent crimes against women or girls. The number being reported hasjumped 50 in just two years. Reports of Sexual Harassment have more than doubled in the same period, with Sexual Assault reports up 10 , too. Most women and girls have experienced incidents of Sexual Harassment and other types of non contact sexual offending on the Transport Network for a very long time. It isnt new to many women and girls that this is happening, but we also know perpetrators can target busy Transport Network times so that they can access women and girls in that way, as well. So we shouldnt be surprised that there are a huge number of perpetrators. There have been a number of campaigns encouraging women to report violence on the Transport Network. Like this app, railway guardian. Police say the increase in cases is not necessarily more crime, but could be a sign that more women are comfortable coming forward to report it. Were starting to see the impact, i think, of the public campaigns and t
Than a thIrd of women have been subjected to Sexual Harassment or sexual offences whIle commutIng by traIn or tube. Our Correspondent NIck Eardley has thIs report. BeepIng. Put your bags on the floor. ThIs Is the moment when Edgar JunIor was arrested by brItIsh Transport PolIce last year. The 50 year old had sexually assaulted a woman on a traIn. He admItted It and was sentenced to 20 months In prIson. But new fIgures show that thIs Is far from an Isolated case. BrItIsh Transport PolIce fIgures show an average of 31 Reports a Day InvolvIng vIolent crImes agaInst women or gIrls. The number beIng reported hasjumped 50 In just two years. Reports of Sexual Harassment have more than doubled In the same perIod, wIth Sexual Assault Reports up Io , too. Most women and gIrls have experIenced IncIdents of Sexual Harassment and other types of non contact sexual offendIng on the Transport Network for a very long tIme. It Isnt new to many women and gIrls that thIs Is happenIng, but we also know per
The RussIan MIlItary has been busy makIng slIck vIdeos, apparently showIng Its strIkIng back agaInst ukraInIan forces In kursk. RussIas Defence MInIstry claIms the ukraInIan advance has been stopped, but ukraInes presIdent says hIs forces march on. TranslatIon were expandIng our area of actIve operatIons In the kursk regIon. The Commander In ChIef reported that our Forces Control 7a towns and vIllages. I thank every SoldIer And Commander that has achIeved thIs. In kursk, People Queue for handouts of humanItarIan aId. Over 100,000 resIdents are saId to have been evacuated. Its a soberIng pIcture of how ordInary russIans are startIng to feel the Impact of thIs war. And In russIas neIghbourIng belgorod regIon, the governor saId a State Of Emergency has been declared due to shellIng. The sItuatIon Is very complIcated, saId vyacheslav gladkov, though no sIgns yet of an IncursIon. The aIms of ukraInes offensIve arent yet clear, but the LIghtnIng Advance of kyIv s troops has shaken the kremlI
But recent years have been a struggle. It has been tricky, especially since brexit and The Cost Of Living, the price of products have gone up quite considerably. I mean, for the Ice Cream, we reckon about 30 theyve gone up in the past three years. Weve tried to keep our prices so that its still obtainable to a lot of people, so weve put our prices up about 15 . So weve had to absorb some of the cost. The prices of Gas And Electricity are largely behind this uptick in inflatIon, but it was widely forecast and remains close to the Bank Of Englands long Term Target of 2 . So inflatIon has come down a long way since that huge spike We Saw at The End of 2022. Injuly, prices rose at 2. 2 and the Bank Of England expects them to stay around this rate until The End of the year. But, of course, inflatIon is made up of more than just that one headline figure. Lets look at the services sector. Things like hotel prices, Restaurant Prices thats been falling steadily but remains at 5. 2 . Too hot for