time coming but we re finally getting some detail.- time coming but we re finally getting some detail. yes, we are exectinu getting some detail. yes, we are expecting the getting some detail. yes, we are expecting the company, - getting some detail. yes, we are expecting the company, british l getting some detail. yes, we are - expecting the company, british steel owned by the chinese group to announce plans to close blast furnaces. these are energy emission and labour intensive ways of making fresh veg and steel. and replace them with two electric arc furnaces which is electricity to generate the high temperatures involved and use recycled scrap steel as the input to bring steel out the other side. they want to do this over the next couple of years. in a way to bring down emissions and make it greener but of course that labour intensive bit, it s much less labour intensive and it s much less labour intensive and it s thought that up to 2000 jobs could be up to risk in the
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live from southern israel, this is bbc news. the un warns civil order may be breaking down in gaza as thousands of residents break into warehouses for food and other basic items. people are getting frustrated, they are getting hungry. as the three week long siege continues. israel is continuing with its military operation, moving more tanks and infantry into gaza. i m lukwesa burak in london. our other main story: matthew perry, one of the stars of the hit tv show friends, is found dead at his home in los angeles. welcome back to southern israel. you are live with bbc news. i am anna foster, looking out on gaza where we have been seeing and hearing the continuing sights and sounds of the intensified military operation on gaza. you can hear the sound of mortars and artillery fire, as israel has described this as the second stage of this more than three week old war now. we have also heard from the united nations agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, who say they are worried
breaking down in gaza as thousands of residents break in to warehouses for food and other basic items. people are getting frustrated. they re getting hungry as the siege, the three week long siege, continues. our other main story matthew perry, one of the stars of the hit tv show friends, is found dead at his home in los angeles. more now on the situation in the gaza strip, where the united nations relief agency for palestinians has warned that civil order is starting to collapse. unwra says thousands of people have ransacked warehouses containing basic supplies. it comes as the world health organization says it is deeply concerned about reports of israel ordering the evacuation of the al-quds hospital in northern gaza. the head of the who said it was impossible to evacuate hospitals without endangering lives. israel says egypt and the united states are expanding humanitarian aid into gaza. ten trucks have been allowed in from egypt today. but cairo says hundreds more are
interest rates have been held at 5.25% for the seventh time in a row by the bank of england, despite the rate of inflation hitting the bank s target level of 2% for the time in three years. of 2% for the first time in three years. economists have predicted that interest rates, which are currently at a 16 year high, won t be cut until august. with more, here s our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. ok, so it s four bedrooms. first time buyerjames has his eye on his dream home in coventry. but getting the keys to the door has been more challenging than expected as higher mortgage rates have made the first rung of the housing ladder harder to grasp. we definitely had to make some cutbacks as a couple and look at our financial plan to see if we could afford the mortgage. with the rates being high, we ve had to save for effectively another year to come into line with that. it s also understanding, yeah, the term of the mortgage, you know, from looking at it, it s now