Hello, good morning. Coming up on todays show, iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones toward israel, its firstever direct attack on the country. Richie sumac says iran moves more raf jets to the region. Scottie scheffler leaves going into the final rounds of the masters. The fivetime winner, tiger woods, shoots his first worst round ever in a major. Sirens blared across israel as the skies were lit up by the countrys air defense system. The raf and u. S. Military were both deployed, supporting israels defense. U. S. President joe biden will could being leaders to coordinate a diplomatic response to what he called a brazen attack. Also, australia in shock with police still unsure of a motive behind the Stabbing Attack that killed six people in sydney. Australians are likely to try to deal with the shock and trauma that will come with what has occurred. In sports, Manchester City went top of the Premier League with both of their title rivals playing today. Hello, thanks for joini
there was a risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian system that he anticipated a complete breakdown of public order. and he laid out in stark terms the desperate situation in gaza, that there was no protective protection of civilians, there. that they were running out of food, at risk of starvation, that the health system was collapsing, most of the population displaced and more than 17,000 palestinians have been killed. so here we saw the majority of the council supporting that call by the secretary general, but despite that, the united states again cutting an extremely lonely figure in the council, raised its hand to block this draft resolution to veto it. live now to steven simon, former united states national security council senior director for the middle east and north africaa vote for a ceasefire would have what is your reaction? i what is your reaction? i am not surprised what is your reaction? i am not surprised by what is your reaction? i am not surpr
humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. every other member of the council backed the resolution, apart from the uk, which abstained. palestine condemned the result as a terrible day for the council, but israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas - which is classed as a terror group by many western governments, including the uk a chance to regroup. our correspondent hugo bachega reports. in gaza, there is no safe place, says the un secretary general. the healthcare says the un secretary general. the healthca re system says the un secretary general. the healthcare system is collapsing, hospitals have come battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter or anything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday, in the aftermath of an israeli abstract, as the military pushes ahead with its against hamas. hours later, the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and how did this warning. there is a high risk
with a funding gap of £500 million. the result has been a series of budget cuts, the latest of which hit the news division on wednesday. although more money is being put into digitaljournalism and some broadcast services are being expanded the news at one doubling in length to an hour, for instance elsewhere, savings are being made. newsnight is losing half its staff, shortening its duration, and instead of the current magazine format with filmed reports and investigations, will become an interview, debate and discussion show. gabriel gatehouse, a former correspondent on the programme, had this response. but viewer david wright pointed out. while terry pearson questioned the thinking behind this week s changes. well, we ll be discussing the logic behind wednesday s announcement in a moment. but first, if this is the end of newsnight as we know it, what exactly is being lost without any dedicated correspondents and i should say, i was one of them in the 1990s or a bud
eventually, city awoke from their hibernation. one touch from erling haaland set them on their way before phil foden twisted and turned the game around. now city were cruising and it was julian alvarez who added the party piece. from 2 0 down, the holders march on. katie gornall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s elizabeth rizzini. thank you, if you think it is cold at the moment, things are about to turn a lot colder as we head through the rest of the week with plunging temperatures once more. they could be some winter it on the way including the likes of aviemore, even potentially some lower levels as well, some regulating snow the inquiry was tasked with learning lessons for the future but is the focus more on the politics and less on the pandemic? we ll bejoined by charlie rowley, michael gove s former special adviser. professor carl heneghan, professor of evidence based medicine at oxford university. and tracy brown, the director of sense about science. mo