markets. meanwhile, ministers continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last friday - continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last friday to - act really quickly last friday to give people confidence on energy. in give people confidence on energy. in the afghan capital kabul a blast targeting students preparing for exams kills at least 19 people. record numbers of nurses are quitting the nhs in england with more than 40,000 leaving in the last year. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in ukraine, 23 civilians have been killed in the southern city of zaporizhzhia after a russian missile struck a convoy of vehicles. that s according to the governor of the province. initial pictures that have started coming in show ambulances arriving at the scene. 0ur correspondent who s just arrived there reports that
rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, is there and they promise they will bring back the rate of interest tax to fund nhs staff. other news this afternoon. a moment of history in italy georgia meloni looks set to become its first far right leader since the second world war and its first female prime minister. a school shooting in russia has left at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be to save the planet. welcome to bbc news, very good to have your company and it is going to be a busy afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. of course, that had come too late for their trading week on friday. at one stage, sterling plunged to around $1.03, before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises the cost
For new homes in pockets that are underdeveloped in towns and cities and the prospect of some new towns as well. Keir starmer s speech is just after lunchtime tomorrow. Time for a look at the weather. Translation i assure you, dear citizens, at the end of the campaign, all our enemies will know that it was a terrible mistake to attack israel. Explosion what is done to our enemies in the coming days will resonate with them for generations. As israel pounds targets in gaza, hamas threatens to kill israeli it says it will murder its is really hot hostages if more bombs drop without warning. Well be asking our israeli guests whether theres any alternative to the new siege of gaza announced today. And from here in liverpool, where we are covering the Labour Party Conference, well be discussing how the attack on israel impacts both israel and gaza, and if it is likely to lead to a wider conflict in the middle east. Well be joined by the palestinian representive to the uk, who learned this af
israel says its ground forces have now reached the centre of khan younis in the south of the territory to which many palestinians had previously fled on israel s instructions. israel urged civilians to leave the city s centre and move to safe zones. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees has described gaza as hell on earth. meanwhile, civilians living in the other palestinian territory the west bank have had their rights and freedoms severely curtailed by israel since october 7th. our international editor jeremy bowen reports now on the situation on the ground in both the west bank and gaza. at al nasser hospital in khan younis, they laid out the wrapped bodies of people killed in the night by israel. at the end of the line was a baby killed on the day she was born. laid across the bodies of her mother and her father. don t cry , he told theirson, mohammed. they are in heaven. gaza has been turned into a living hell for civilians by israel s offensive.
in kigali, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to talk to you. ijust wonder, would you accept the basic proposition that in the last.almost three decades, rwanda has become one of africa s great success stories? yes, there is some achievement in development in our country, but the development that the people praise the administration of kagame to have achieved is only in kigali, the capital. it is really the cleanest city in the country and with beautiful buildings. but in rural areas, we have the poverty. the people live in abject poverty. i understand what you re saying, that, of course, one can get a false impression looking at kigali and all of the new development. but look at the words, the words that come from former us president bill clinton, who hailed paul kagame as one of the great leaders of our time. look at the words that come from the world bank, which over recent years has consistently given your country, rwanda, a stamp of appro