Nearly 1600 were wounded after the retaliatory action into the gaza strip. Dozens of Israeli Soldiers and civilians are being held hostage, as part of an unprecedented attack by Palestinian Militants on israeli territory. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is at war. His government says the Palestinian Militant Group hamas launched more than 2,000 rockets into the country, killing at least 100 people, ani and wounding nearly a thousand. Officials in the gaza strip say at least 198 people have been killed there, in retaliatory israeli strikes. an12 in retaliatory israeli strikes. The barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. With the latest on this fast escalating conflict, heres our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. Israeli partygoers f
poised as he is, to fastrack aid into gaza should the temporary truce come. and we will speak to the director of medicins sans frontieres, a charity in mourning tonight for two of its doctors, killed in a strike today on the al awda hospital, in northern gaza. good evening. a deal to release hostages taken from israel by hamas could be closer than ever tonight, with the israeli war cabinet meeting these last few hours to sign off on the final terms agreed in qatar. according to the white house that deal would secure the release of 50 women and child hostages, in return for a li s day pause in the fighting. earlier, a hamas leader said the group was close to reaching a truce agreement. the pause would give the group time to gather hostages who are in gaza, some of them held by other groups, and in return for each hostage they release, sources say the israelis would be expected to free three palestinian prisoners who they are holding in israeli jails. khaled mashal, the polit
we re out with police, tackling illegal electric motorbikes, tearing around at up to 70 miles an hour. and the terraces move to the streets, as thousands say a final farewell to sir bobby charlton. on bbc london. five people from the same family, including three children, die in a house fire in hounslow. we hear from locals, upset and in shock. hello. with a general election widely expected next year, rishi sunak is circling the wagons with a major reshuffle of his cabinet. the new faces include an old face, the former prime minister david cameron, out of parliament for seven years, but now foreign secretary. lord cameron as he now is says although he disagrees with some individual decisions made by rishi sunak, like the cancellation of part of h52, he believes the prime minister is a strong and capable leader. so who s been chopped from the cabinet? well, most notably, suella braverman, sacked as home secretary, following days of speculation over her future, after ange
the greens priorities. our manifesto lays out a bold but simple plan to bring our water companies, our railways and the big five retail energy companies into public ownership. this would end the rip off of rising bills, appalling service and shareholders trousering millions. we would restore our ailing high streets, too urban and rural and recognise their value to the communities they serve by investing in support of small and medium sized businesses. we would overhaul our tax system to make it fairer. at the heart of this would be a tax on the very richest, the top 1% of people, requiring them to pay a bit more into the pot. now let s talk to our panel. evening to you all once again. jenny, the green party at laying out some really key issues and when we have all talked about particular when it comes to the power of the water companies themselves. i wonder though what difference or what power the greens have to make a difference in this? is itjust about getting us tal