arriving at refugee camps in the south. talks continue to free the 240 hostages in gaza. the palestinian group islamic had released a hostage video. stills show hanna katsir, a woman in her 705, in a wheelchair. the second ho5tage, a teenage boy. both 5harply criticise i5rael 5 prime minister benjamin netanyahu, but it is not clear if they are reading from a script. the israeli army called it psychological terrorism. i spoke with our diplomatic editor. at this point, what more do we know about the video and the hostages that were featured in this video? this is a video released featured in this video? this is a video released not - featured in this video? this is a video released not by - featured in this video? this is | a video released not by hamas a video released not by hama5 but by one of the other palestinian factions, palestinian factions, palestinian islamichhad, a smaller group which is thought to be holding a number of hostages itself. there were two in the video
substantial slowdown in activity. on the other hand, we saw things like car building, engineering, putting on activity, so that helped balance things out. we on activity, so that helped balance thins out. ~ . , on activity, so that helped balance thins out. ~ ., , u, things out. we have been covering this a lot. are things expected to pick up? that is a really important question. it is important because the more active the economy is, the more wealth people are able to make by working harder and so forth. mast working harder and so forth. most forecasters working harder and so forth. most forecasters think working harder and so forth. most forecasters think we working harder and so forth. i’l if?3ii forecasters think we will not see any growth in the next few months or so. the bank of england recently said that there will be no growth until 2025, so, quite a long time before we see any growth in the economy, according to most commentators but, importantly, the bank of
cross border fire into in the west bank yesterday, cross borderfire into lebanon in the past few days and growing fears that yemen could be being pulled into this conflict as our international editorjeremy bowen reports. more palestinians left their homes moving along salah al din street, the road to southern gaza, after israel said they would not be attacked if they left the battle zone to the north. pauses in israeli combat operations were welcomed by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, for their plight. so did yagil yaakov, who s 13. hostage videos are usually made under duress, so the bbc is not broadcasting them. and across the west bank, the other side of the occupied territories, more palestinians
to influence last year s election. hello to you. and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the charity save the children has warned that planned reductions in british aid to syria could lead to hundreds of thousands of children losing their access to education. since the start of the conflict a decade ago, thousands of schools have been destroyed, in what the un says is a deliberate ploy by president bashar al assad and his allies to terrorise communities a charge the regime denies. the foreign office says no final decisions have been made but it is warning there are tough decisions ahead because of the pandemic. to be a parent in syria is to carry the world on your shoulders. forabu, his burden is constant vigilance. for years he s watched the sun set and rise from this hilltop, waiting for the next attack. he s a flight spotter, a one man early warning system, protecting the village below where his wife and five children live. at the end of anothe
For 30 hours before being rescued at sea is recovering in hospital in belfast. The family of guy hedger, who was shot by intruders at his home in dorset, have paid tribute to him athletes like Paula Radcliffe could lose their World Records under proposals to rewrite the record books in an effort to improve credibility over doping. Ode to a nightingale. How singers are trying to save the endangered songbird. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, World Snooker champion mark selby admits he is at the peak of his powers as he becomes only the fourth modern player to retain his title at the crucible. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has defended his Shadow Home Secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the partys plans to put an 10,000 extra Police Officers on the streets. Mr corbyn insisted he wasnt embarrassed in the slightest by Diane Abbotts difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election policies. The