Its affecting some flights at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and business, schools, and other forms of transport have also been hit. The stoppage is a day after the Israeli Army said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages who were taken during the attacks of 7th october. Alastair burt is a former conservative mp who served as Minister Of State for the middle east. He gave me his reaction to developments. The scale of protests is certainly unprecedented. There has been thousands of people demonstrating regularly against prime Minister Netanyahu firstly for internal political reasons, then post October The 7th lately in terms of his handling of the crisis, but the scale of the protest and the sense that the prime Ministers Strategy after October The 7th of seeking total victory of the elimination of hamas and the recovery of the hostages has proved to be a failure because it was impossible. He was advised that you couldnt do both and that advice has been borne out by experience and
The uk government says it will strengthen the regional test and trace system as it cuts 6000 contact tracers in england by the end of the month. Lebanons president has asked the countrys government to stay on temporarily after all its ministers resigned amid mounting anger over last weeks massive explosion that devastated parts of beirut. Excuse me. Oh. This was the moment President Trump was led away from a live news briefing by Security Officials after an armed man was shot close to the white house. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Employment in the uk has seen the largest fall in over a decade as the coronavirus pandemic hits the jobs market. Thats according to new figures for april tojune from the office for national statistics. Responding to the figures, chancellor rishi sunak said hes always been clear, that he is unable to protect every job affected by coronaviru
As powerful and as far reaching as Harvey Weinstein, is actuallyjust described, you could not get him into a courtroom, and we need to acknowledge that. We also need to understand the legal system has never served survivors. In this country. Cautious solutions once a bus and we need to understand that. Rape and Sexual Assault have the lowest arrest and conviction rates for a reason. We are clear that moments like this why the movements are necessary, and we have a movement. This is why the work has to keep happening and why we keep going. Almost seven years ago, because these brave women, in this case, broke their silence, because these brave women, in this case, broke theirsilence, millions and millions and millions of others found the strength to come forward and do the same. That would always be the victory. This doesnt change that. And the people who abuse their power and privilege to violate and harm others would always be the villains. This doesnt change that. We have spent decad
Game last night. Uefa have opened Disciplinary Proceedings and marseille have opened an internal investigation. Ben has all the weather. Eyes to the skies this weekend, fireworks displays across the country. Tonight is soggy. Colder weather in subsequent nights. All the details later on. Thanks, ben. Also coming up a parting gesture the twitter employee who took down Donald Trumps account on his last day at work. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im rebecca jones. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn is under pressure to explain why he promoted the mp Kelvin Hopkins into his shadow cabinet, a few months after hopkins had been reprimanded, following allegations that hed sexually harrassed a young activist. The mp for luton north has now been suspended while an investigation is carried out. He was suspended last night while the claims made by Ava Etemadzadeh are investigated. Mr hopkins has not commented but labour says it takes such complaints extremely seriously. Meanwhile, sir Michae
Ta ke i can connect with my children and take them to my friends Birthday Parties and go on the old claygate every now and then and actually be present in my childrens lives. Playdate. From today, bigger businesses will have to reveal how much they pay their male and female staff and if theres a gap between their wages. Im looking at the rules and what they hope to achieve. In sport, eden hazard scores twice to keep chelsea at the top of the Premier League. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A chilly start. For many of us, a fine day with sunshine and variable amounts of cloud. Through the next the days, by sunday, it will be warmer than it has been. More in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Supreme Court will rule today on whether parents can take their children on holiday in term time, without Breaking The Law. Its considering the case ofjohn platt, who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter to florida for a week in 2015. The decision could have far