In his first major interview since becoming Prime Minister of the Uk Keir starmer has told the bbc the government is going to have to be unpopular. Speaking on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he said the only way to change the country was to do difficult things now even though he Knows they are unpopular. Our political correspondent Georgia Robertsjoins us. The decision to end Winter Fuel parents is among the earliest of those difficult decisions this government has taken. Mps will vote on this next week and we Know several are planning to make their unhappiness Known but this morning Keir Starmer defended those plans on Winter Fuel. Lets hear him talking about that. About that. This is really tou h, about that. This is really tough. I about that. This is really tough. I do about that. This is really tough, i do get about that. This is really tough, i do get to about that. This is really tough, i do get to staff. | about that. This is really| tough, i do get to staff. I Know tough, i do g
At the King Hussein Allenby bridge crossing. The victims are thought To Have been private Security Personnel. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking about what happened. Translation we are surrounded by a murderous Ideology Led by Irans Axis of evil. In recent days, terrorists have murdered six of our hostages in Cold Blood as three israeli police officers. The killers do not distinguish between us, they want to murder as All until the right one, right and left, secular and religious, dues and non jews, what protects as is the strength of the state of israel and the strength of the israel and the strength of the Israel Defense forces. The shooting comes amid high regional tension. Overnight, there were Missile Exchanges between israel and the lebanese militant group, hezbollah with a number of projectiles being fired from both directions across the border. Our correspondent Mike Thomson told us more about whats been happening. It certainly does mark quite an escala
Nasdaq leading gains but european equities hold near the flat line and oil outperforms. Shares of altice soar after news of the buy out of the giant and delist the shares. Rio tinto ceo resigns after destruction of two aboriginal sites and unrest at the miners fallout. Welcome to street signs. Happy friday lets take a look at european markets and how we are trading we have a little mixed picture now. The dax down 0. 2 . The cac around flat line, the ftse mib down. Yesterday, we saw european markets retreat. We did miss that big drop off in the u. S. Session that took place after european markets closed. A little momentum coming off the lower wall street session yesterday. Lets look at the sector weve got Household Goods up. 7 health care, real estate tell come and food and bef a bit of a defensive tilt. In contrast, oil and gas down 1 the worst performing part of the market 5 , insurance, industrials sterling has come under pressure as stalling negotiations erodes trust out of europe a
Than fourteen times while they were together. And thanks and respect forjack charlton, one of englands world cup football heroes as crowds line the streets for his funeral. Hello and welcome. President trump has used his first Coronavirus Briefing in weeks to warn that the situation will get worse before it gets better. Tens of thousands of new cases are identified every day in the us, and more than 140,000 people have died. Speaking at the white house, mr trump urged americans to wear face coverings when they could not maintain social distancing an apparent change in tone from his previous reluctance to wear or recommend masks. Everybody that. When you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask. Get a mask. Whether you like the mask or not they have an impact, they will have an effect, and we need everything we can get. Donald trump has said the us has conducted nearly three times as many tests as all of the other countries in the western hempishere. Per capita, the us is conducti