the bowlers then took over with a clinical performance as afghanistan were all out for 139 in reply. we know that every game is a tough game. afghanistan today was no different. you know, we obviously started off pretty well but there was moments in the game there where, you know, we were kind of battling a little bit and it was kind of on a knife edge for a while so it was nice to get to a score, i guess, the partnership between tom and gp was massive for us and then, you know, the pressure of the new bowl always helps. we know afghanistan are a quality side and they showed that the other day. manchester united s hopes of a first appearance in the group stage of the women s champions league were ended by defeat to paris st germain in the second round of qualifying. marc skinner s side came into the second leg in the french capital optimistic of getting past the two time finalists after having come back to draw 1 1 in last week s first leg at leigh sports village. but despite
more than i palestinian territory, where more thani million people need food, water, as well as medicines, and a short while back, egypt did confirm that it will open what it called a sustainable aid corridor through the rafah crossing into gaza. the announcement comes after a visit to israel by the us president, and whatjoe biden called a very blunt negotiation, to get as many aid trucks into gaza as possible. president buys and is now on his way back to president biden is on his way back to the us in a short while ago he spoke about his phone call with the egyptian president. he agreed that what he would do is open the gate to do two things one, let up to 20 trucks through to begin with. satterfield, my ambassador, is down there. not down there, in cairo now. he s going to co ordinate this. he has my authority to do what is needed to get it done. they re going to patch the roads. they have to fill in potholes to get these trucks through and that s going to occur. they
won t get in the way of food, water and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. mr biden says they are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. this has been a very blunt negotiation i have had, so we want to get as many of the trucks out as possible. there are a 150 or so there. not all will go. the first tranche, if there is a second tranche, see how it goes. let s look at some of the other top headlines from the war at this hour. protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the al ahli hospital in gaza tuesday that left at least a71 people dead. arab states and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to blame israel for the explosion, even as mr biden backed israel s claim that it had nothing to do with it. and the united states vetoed a un security council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in gaza, a move that was condemned by other members including russia, china and
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as soon as possible. on wednesday, us presidentjoe biden and egyptian president abdel fattah al sisi agreed to open up the rafah crossing, to allow up to 20 trucks of aid into gaza. but president biden has warned the shipment is not likely to cross until friday, because repairs to the road are needed. of course, our website has a live page updating all the time if you wish to give across that news. now on to business and we start with netflix its shares have been surging, after the streaming giant said it signed up almost nine million new subscribers in the last three months. that s way more than expected and the best quarterlyjump since the early days of the pandemic when we were all stuck at home. so what s going on? it s mostly down to a crackdown on people sharing their passwords and now netflix is putting up prices basic subscribers in the uk will pay an extra pound the premium plan has gone up by £2, to £17.99. michelle fleury has more. it has been less than