Are truly horrifying. I want to express my absolute solidarity for the people of israel now is not a time for equivocation , and not a time for equivocation, and i am unequivocal. Hamas and the people who support hamas are fully responsible for this appalling act of terror , for the appalling act of terror, for the murder of civilians for and the kidnapping of innocent people, including children. Ive just spoken with Prime Minister netanyahu to assure him of the uks steadfast support. Uks steadfast support. Well , Lieutenant Colonel well, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht is the idfs international spokesperson. He described the scene on the ground. Ground. The visuals are isil visuals. In a way, this is our 9 11. This is our 9 11. And, you know, even more than that, i mean, it wasnt it crashing into a building. Its also much building. Its also much oscillating and attacking a party that was happening around the Gaza Strip Nature Party , the Gaza Strip Nature Party, attacking civilians ,
My leadership, the United Kingdom will always stand up for our interests, deter our enemies and defend our values. Now, as my enormous pleasure to introduce general stoltenberg, the nato secretary general. Jens, thank you for joining us today. Jens, thank you for joining us today. Over to you. Today. Over to you. Thanks so much, Prime Minister rishi, it is great to be here in poland together with you today. The United Kingdom is highly valued and staunch and essential nato ally, contributing greatly to our shared security in so many different ways. As you lead nato different ways. As you lead nato forces in estonia, british jets help guard the skies over our eastern flank. The royal navy helps keep critical sea lanes open. Helps keep critical sea lanes open. The United Kingdom is also open. The United Kingdom is also at the centre of the exercise. Steadfast defender currently underway and involving more than 16,000 British Military personnel. And we are today here personnel. And we are
The European Court ofjustice decides that the taxi hailing app, uber, should legally be considered a transport company. It means that the firm should be subjected to tighter eu regulation in the countries in which it operates. And we are spending more on ourFurry Friends operates. And we are spending more on our Furry Friends at christmas than ever before, with clothes and toys for pets. Good morning. Its wednesday 20th december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The metropolitan police is launching a review of all current sex offence investigations, after the collapse of a second rape case in a week. The prosecutions were halted because of the late disclosure of evidence. Scotland yard confirmed the same officer was involved in both investigations. In the last hour, the metropolitan police have said around 30 cases that are about to go to trial will be reviewed with the crown prosecution service. I think it is important to draw a distinction between the two reviews. The
But markets are down. Hello and welcome to business live. We will get the inside track on how you stop winter flu. The boss of one of the biggest Vaccine Companies in europe will talk to us about how healthy. With toys r us on the brink of collapse, we want to know, do you buy your toys online or in a shop . Let us know. Welcome to the programme. With just over a year to go until brexit as we speak, the eu is publishing a draft of the brexit treaty that will specify the terms of the uks departure. But for business and investors theres still a huge amount of uncertainty. One of the key issues it covers is Northern Irelands land border with the republic of ireland. In 2015 3. 1; billion worth of goods were traded across it in both directions. On tuesday, the Uks International trade secretary liam fox reiterated that the avoidance of a hard border in Northern Ireland is of crucial importance. Thats something the republic of ireland agrees with. But businesses on both sides want to know wh
Luxembourg. And its 60 years to the day since the first man made satellite sputnik one was launched by the russians, marking the start of the space race good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In the next half an hour theresa may is expected to tell her party to shape up when she addresses the conservative conference in manchester. She will set out her vision for the uk, while emphasising the need to improve the lives of ordinary working people. Other speeches are going on at the conference. We will bring you that speech live when it begins. The leader of catalonias devolved government has told bbc news that his region will declare independence from spain in a matter of days. The dispute over Catalan Independence from spain escalated on sunday with violence and protests as voters went to the polls for a controversial referendum. Our correspondent jon donnison reports. In barcelona last night a show of strength in numbers. Hundreds of thousands of catalans protesting the central gov