gaza through the rafah crossing. the number of people allowed in is very small but we understand that egypt will keep the rafa crossing border open until they evacuate 7000 people. rishi sunak is giving a news conference now saying that like minded countries had reached agreement on testing new artificial intelligence models before they are released. more than all of those headline stories in a moment. firstly, let s get the business news from the day. ben thompson is here. hello, matthew. we will start with news here in the uk. uk interest rates have been left unchanged for a second consecutive month remaining at their highest level for 15 years. the bank of england held rates at 5.25%. up until september, the bank had raised rates 14 times in a row to tame soaring inflation which has been squeezing households. it has led to increases in mortgage payments but also higher savings rates. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, warned of the risk of energy instabi
this incredible project. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. israel s prime minister says the country s troops are now advancing into gaza city, after pushing through hamas s front lines in the north of the gaza strip. the bbc understands that five different battles have been taking place in northern gaza, with the biggest in the north west of the strip, but this can t be independently verified. in a statement, prime minister benjamin netanyahu says, we re at the height of the battle. we ve had impressive successes and have passed the outskirts of gaza city. israel s intense bombardment of gaza has also continued. the hamas run gaza health ministry says 27 people have been killed in an israeli strike near a un school, the third deadly strike in as many days on the densely populated jabalia refugee camp. it says more than 9,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the seventh 0