to a withdrawal of israeli forces and an end to the war in gaza. that is the framework of talks ongoing. but right now it bears no reality to the situation on the ground. palestinians in gaza have been sheltering from intense bombing and shooting today in the city of khan younis. 190 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. that s according to the hamas run health ministry. in the last hour, we have been hearing from one of the families of those still held hostage in gaza, who are urging prime minister neta nyahu to negotiate. i asked for his reaction to this report of a proposed two month pause in the fighting. hopefully. it s news to me although i ve heard of the few offers or deals today, but i ve heard at the last few weeks also. so all this ongoing, all the feet dragging, it s horrible for us. it s just every single day is another day that my father and his friend are nearing their end, and we feel like we don t have this time to check exactly what the negotiation w
one thing we ve been consistent in saying is, ok, if stormont comes back, so be it. but let s not pretend that a border in the irish sea is a good thing. let s not gloss things. let s be honest about, well, there s brexit and there s this happened and the other thing happened and this is the situation that we re in and we have to manage it. but we re quite clear editorially about that, that a barrier to internal uk trade is a bad thing. i grew up overlooking belfast lough. there were ships coming in and out when i was a child. i remember it clearly. all my life that s been the situation. it was unthinkable. you could see scotland on a clear day. it was unthinkable in my lifetime that there would be any significant barrier or checking on that route. and that s a big deal that there now is. i think really this is now a test of sir jeffrey s authority. he has to bring his party with them. he has to go in and sell that deal and face down his internal critics. an academic sees a m
regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the national security act that your parliament enacted lastjuly, you know? you created a lot more new offences. our national security law enacted by beijing is nothing compared to what you have. what you have is far more stringent, comprehensive and draconian. well, i think a lot of it depends on the implementation, doesn t it? and when your territory uses the laws that you have through the national security legislation to lock up opposition politicians, pro democracy activists, to eliminate i
from £1,900 a year or so tojust £1,620 from april. that s a fall of more than £300 a year, or 16%. just a reminder, 0fgem sets this cap every three months, it s the maximum suppliers can charge per unit and these figures represent a typical bill if you use more, you pay more. we spoke to dr craig lowrey from cornwall insight and asked him why the situation in the middle east isn t pushing up energy prices. the situation we have is that the uk market and indeed the european market is being relatively well supplied by liquefied natural gas cargoes from america, so that is just coming straight across the atlantic and, as a consequence, what is occurring in the red sea isn t currently affecting uk or european suppliers. energy, of course, plays a big role in that basket of goods that adds up to inflation. this good news obviously, does this look like the cost of living is starting to ease now? can i tell my wife she can put the heating back on? well, certainly what we saw wh
and three european champions cups. there was plenty of drama on day nine of the australian open. sixth seed alexander zverev had to win a fifth set tie break in his match against britain s cameron norrie to make the quarter finals. the german will face number two seed carlos alcaraz who lost just eight games as he beat miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. it is great to find this level, to play this level in the matches, on the court, i am feeling better and better every day, i m feeling better every match that i am playing, coming into the quarterfinal with a lot of confidence. a shock at the africa cup of nations on the cards, as the hosts ivory coast could be heading out following their 4 0 hammering at the hands of equatorial guinea. emilio nsue s double helped them to a famous win that saw them top group a and qualify for the knockouts. ivory coast need other results elsewhere to go their way. earlier, nigeria had to rely on an own goal to beat guinea bissau 1 0