not to government is doing to urge israel not to proceed on blockade gaza, to comply not to proceed on blockade gaza, to comply with international law and protect comply with international law and protect innocent lives? comply with international law and protect innocent lives? pointing out that all sides protect innocent lives? pointing out that all sides must protect innocent lives? pointing out that all sides must abide protect innocent lives? pointing out that all sides must abide by - that all sides must abide by international humanitarian law, that ultimately there cannot be a military solution to pull it problems in the middle east, clearly the terrorist group her weight we hope not have a political row representing the palestinian people, but de escalation and peace must come first. i but de-escalation and peace must come first- but de-escalation and peace must come first. ., ,, ~ , ., come first. i thank the minister for answerin: come first. i thank the
record high, and the office for budget responsibility says it would represent the largest fall in living standards since the 19505. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. these reforms will save around two million self employed people an average of £350 a yearfrom april. better than nothing. tuning into the autumn statement at walthamstow market. a good place to test the mood. pensioners seemed happy. him increasing pension, that s good for me. and young workers like the rise in the minimum wage too. 10% more i m going to win i m going to earn. yeah. who wouldn t like it? but other workers said the cut to national insurance isn t enough. not with the way things are at the moment. the cost of living is too expensive. £450, divide that by 12, divide it by the family that you ve got. is it enough? i don t think so. here are the key details. first, that national insurance cut. it s going from 12% to ten for all employees from january. the self employed will see a
temporary halt of hostilities. hamas says some details have yet to be finalised. the fighting has continued these pictures show a series of explosions in gaza overnight. it s also likely to resume at some point, even if it is paused israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that his country will continue to fight against hamas, until absolute victory was achieved. aid agencies had already been voicing concerns about the situation in gaza. some trucks carrying humanitarian supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. but pictures like these showing people struggling to secure bottles of water in gaza indicate how difficult conditions there are. we ll bring you the latest on all of these developments in this programme but we start with this report on the delay to the hostage and prisoner exchange deal from our middle east correspondent tom bateman. well, the sense we had all day was that according to the agreement, the ceasefire would start a
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