violin plays. ceremonies are being held to mark holocaust memorial day to remember the millions of people persecuted and murdered by the nazis. and britain s alfie hewett and gordon reid secure theirfourth successive australian open wheelchair doubles title their 16th grand slam title together. hello and welcome. the chancellor, jeremy hunt will make a major speech shortly about where long term growth in our economy will come from. mr hunt is expected to dismiss gloom as he sets out plans to increase productivity in the uk. it s also thought he ll pledge a relentless focus on the key industries of the future. but it comes against the backdrop of a cost of living crisis and ongoing strikes about public sector pay. it comes in a week the government has faced accusations it has no long term plans for growth. according to advance extracts from his speech released by the treasury he will say. the government will offer a plan for long term prosperity based on british genius
germany. your speech suggests you don t acknowledge these things. if you cant don t acknowledge these things. if you can t see the problem, chancellor, why would voters believe you can chancellor, why would voters believe you can fix chancellor, why would voters believe you can fix it? you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit ri . ht! you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! | think you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i think you you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i think you are - bit right! i think you are completely wrong. my entire speech is about how we deal with the productivity paradox that is at the heart of why we haven t seen that growth in real incomes, if we don t invest in improvements in our education system, in our skills, if we don t find opportunities for the millions of people who could work and contribute to our economy back down at the moment, we are not going to s
in response, israeli warplanes targeted what they said was a rocket manufacturing site in gaza. it s been relatively calm now for a few hours and we knew that in advance, egypt, the un, others who are traditional mediators between israel and the militant groups in gaza were trying to act pre emptively to stop this from getting out of control, from any kind of escalation. and trying to preserve the shaky truce that exists in gaza. around 80 firefighters have spent the night tackling a two storey blaze at a church in north west london. the emergency services were called to st mark s anglican church, in stjohn s wood at around midnight, following reports that the building was engulfed in flames. the national churches trust described it as an architectural and historical treasure . celestina olulode reports. just before midnight, this is what some residents woke up to.
camp injenin to arrest members of the armed group, islamichhad, who they accuse of planning a major attack. our middle east correspondent yolande knell told us more it s a pattern that unfortunately we have seen before, when you have violence in the west bank or injerusalem very quickly, it spreads to the gaza strip. we know that the israeli operation injenin was targeting what it said was an islamichhad militant cell there and there was then a very angry reaction from islamichhad leaders in gaza who have a large rocket arsenal so what we think is that we had a total of six rockets fired from gaza at israeli cities and villages close to the gaza strip. israel s military used the iron dome missile defence system to bring down most of those and the other two landed without hurting anybody. in response, israeli warplanes targeted what they said was a rocket manufacturing site in gaza. it s been relatively calm now for a few hours
Israeli Air Force strikes Hamas facilities in Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire ANI | Updated: Dec 26, 2020 07:03 IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Israeli Air Force has conducted strikes at the rocket manufacturing site, underground facilities and a military post of the Hamas Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian exclave, the Israel Defense Forces said on Saturday.
On late Friday, air raid sirens sounded in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon and the areas near the border with the Gaza Strip. According to the IDF, two rockets have been fired from the exclave and both of them have been intercepted by the Iron Dome aerial defence system.