Good morning. It is october the 10th. Israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned his country will use enormous force against the Hamas Militant Group as the conflict enters its fourth day. It comes as israels Defence Minister ordered a complete siege of the gaza strip, cutting off food, electricity and water supplies. Almost 690 people have lost their lives on the palestinian side while around 900 people have now died in israel. Hamas insurgants are now threatening to start killing hostages, if israel carries out more strikes without warning. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen reports. Inside gaza, it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of Israeli Military power. Israel says hamas is responsible for the suffering of gazas civilians. And its retaliation for the hamas attacks has onlyjust begun. Hamas has threatened to start killing its israeli hostages. The air strikes rolled on, hour after hour. Palestinian armed groups, undeterred, kept up thei
From a crucial scottish by election. What will it tell us about the prospects for labour and the snp . Stand by your Election Night coverage starts here. Party strategists at labour and the snp will be burning the midnight oil, working what todays crunch vote in scotland tells them about the next General Election. Nicks there and has read the runes. Both horses in this two horse race agree on the winner labour. Now a new race is under way Expectation Management. Snp and labour mps are with us to discuss whether labour is indeed about to carry this off. Also tonight, 51 people are killed in a strike that hit a cafe in kharkiv, while president zelensky meets european leaders gathered in spain. Are ukraines western allies still committed to the fight . We must not allow putin to destabilise any other part of the world and our partners in order to ruin europes power. We speak to the exiled Opposition Leader of belarus. And americas greens agonise about Mining Lithium for car batteries. Is
Back the project further would be a mistake. Mr sunak is due to speak at around 11 40. As talk to our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Whats the atmosphere like here . We are heading a major speech from the Prime Minister, a speech that will focus on Notjust Policy but also the personality of the politician delivering it. Its but also the personality of the politician delivering it. Politician delivering it. Its a Hue Politician delivering it. Its a huge moment politician delivering it. Its a huge moment for politician delivering it. Its a huge moment for the politician delivering it. Its a huge moment for the prime j politician delivering it. It s. Huge moment for the Prime Minister, because we have been chatting all week on bbc news about whether rishi sunak had got a lift off that he needs to try and make up some of the ground in the polls. I think the answer so far is frankly no stop ive been chatting to tory mps, Texting Tory Activists about their reaction and i think they al
Ahead of a general election expected next year. Heres some of his speech i am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. Applause. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands, across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham in blue is already under construction and will be completed. But the length in red, stretching further north from birmingham to manchester, has now been officially scrapped. A separate eastern leg to leeds marked here in purple had already