There is crucial for the success of the war. In other developments, israels military says three soldiers were killed, and several injured after hamas fired rockets from an area in southern gaza, near the rafah crossing. Israel responded by closing the karem shalom border point. Peace talks in cairo have ended no progress on a Ceasefire Agreement was made. The Israeli Government has also forced the News Network Aljazeera to shut down its operations in israel calling It A Mouthpiece for hamas. Frank gardner reports from jerusalem. In a country that prides itself on free speech and democracy, Israeli Police shut down the offices of aljazeera today, seizing its broadcast equipment. If you are watching this pre recorded report, then aljazeera has been banned in the territory of israel. This was one of its final broadcasts from jerusalem before the police arrived. The government accused the tv channel of incitement to terrorism, calling It A Mouthpiece for hamas. Its bureau chief called it a
record high, and the office for budget responsibility says it would represent the largest fall in living standards since the 19505. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. these reforms will save around two million self employed people an average of £350 a yearfrom april. better than nothing. tuning into the autumn statement at walthamstow market. a good place to test the mood. pensioners seemed happy. him increasing pension, that s good for me. and young workers like the rise in the minimum wage too. 10% more i m going to win i m going to earn. yeah. who wouldn t like it? but other workers said the cut to national insurance isn t enough. not with the way things are at the moment. the cost of living is too expensive. £450, divide that by 12, divide it by the family that you ve got. is it enough? i don t think so. here are the key details. first, that national insurance cut. it s going from 12% to ten for all employees from january. the self employed will see a
to help free up officers to deal with crime. good evening from jerusalem. for the first time since the war between israel and hamas began, dozens of injured palestinians and more hundreds of foreign nationals have been allowed to leave gaza. they ve entered egypt by the rafah crossing on the border, with the injured being treated at field hospitals there. the foreign office says that british nationals will start to be taken out in stages over the coming days. people who ve been trapped in gaza for weeks began crossing the borderfrom late morning, after the territory was besieged by israel, after hamas attacked it over three weeks ago. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk government. and in northern gaza, there s been another air strike on the jabalia refugee camp, a day after an israeli attack caused heavy casualties at the refugee camp there. our international editor jeremy bowen has our first report which contains material that you may find upsetting. at l
the kind of set pieces so actually it is a good time to do some questions that people want answers to. yeah, so you ve sent in the questions. we re going to brainstorm the answers. crosstalk well, i don t know. some of these, i think, maybe are slightly more discursive rather than, like, right or wrong answers. right, question one is from phil, and he says. oh, this isjust basically what we ve just been saying. is there such a thing as election fatigue? and if so, how might campaigns track and consider this? do they work to time key announcements early to try and avoid policy commitments not landing with voters? so i think there s two things that seem contradictory there. one, yes, there is such a thing as people going, oh, my god, i want it over, just get on with it. there is also, however, the fact that there are lots and lots of voters who don t really tune in properly until the very last minute, because guess what people have got better things to do than obsess ab