Of visits in the region, taking in egypt, turkey and qatar over the next few days. Meanhwhile, us President Joe Biden has wrapped up his visit to israel, and offered his support to the country, during a day long visit, and later unveiled a deal to allow the first humanitarian aid trucks to enter the gaza strip. Our correspondent in los angeles, david willis, has more on President Biden s visit. President biden s trip to israel was always a gamble, seeking to support israels war effort, on the one hand, whilst at the same time looking to ease the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza, but its a gamble that appears to have paid off. Mr biden has rung agreements from both israel and egypt to allow the passage of humanitarian aid into gaza. 20 lorry loads to start with, with additional shipments to follow, if the first ones dont fall into the hands of hamas. He has also succeeded in underlying the United States s unwavering support for its key ally in the middle east, israel, whilst remindin
understands their needs and the level of despair that they have been going through in recent days. been going through in recent da s. ,, days. staying in the united states, tropical days. staying in the united states, tropical storm - days. staying in the united l states, tropical storm hillary has brought record breaking flooding and rainfall in california. it has now been downgraded to a post tropical cyclone and its heading north. the latest pictures from cathedral city just outside palm springs. you can see the devastation, with many cars being abandoned as the floodwaters recede. and it s notjust abandon cards. just floodwaters recede. and it s not just abandon cards. just a few hours ago when these pictures came into us, at least two people were stuck in the mud in an r v, calling for help. as you can see, they are isolated in the outskirts of cathedral city. in palm springs, the california
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policy making and those, like andrew bailey, the current governor who has beenin bailey, the current governor who has been in the financial services authority before the bank of england, who are signed up to this agenda and this approach to handling the economy and how independent central bank can be in the future? there are two things, tension with the bank of england is no bad thing, you could argue. considering quite a lot of the situation we are in has been partly down to mishandling and the runes by the bank of england. yes, there has obviously been a geopolitical shock this year, but energy prices were predicted to go up energy prices were predicted to go up a year ago, inflation was predicted to go up off the back of covid and off the back of a decade of easy money. the covid and off the back of a decade of easy money- of easy money. the fed in united states faces of easy money. the fed in united states faces the of easy money. the fed in united states faces the same of e
leaders actually putting kinds of attacks from russia. and g7 leaders actually putting on kinds of attacks from russia. and g7 leaders actually putting on a - kinds of attacks from russia. and g7 leaders actually putting on a united l leaders actually putting on a united front, saying they ll stay the course with ukraine. but here is a grim, brutal example of moscow s superiority in terms of weaponry, resources and so on. it is certainly a flecks of resources and so on. it is certainly a flecks of the resources and so on. it is certainly a flecks of the muscles, resources and so on. it is certainly a flecks of the muscles, if- a flecks of the muscles, if you will, from putin. and certainly this tactic is not new for russia we ve seen targeting of civilians within this conflict before, and we ve also seen this kind of targeting of civilians in previous operations that russia has conducted in syria and chechnya, particularly when these conflicts had a point where it is more co