Live in east jerusalem. The United Nations and the us have expressed concern about israels plans for a military operation in rafah. The city, at the south western edge of gaza, has seen the arrival of hundreds of thousands of palestinians taking refuge from the fighting elsewhere in the strip. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. I think the consequences of a Ground Operation in rafah under the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. It would be catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic or around. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on rafah with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirb
minimum numbers to work during a strike. the sunday times front page says an nhs ambulance trust has been caught covering up evidence about deaths linked to mistakes made by paramedics. one to one help for all pupils that s the education secretary s pledge on the front of the sunday express. wagatha christie on the front of the sunday mirror featuring a confident statement from coleen rooney, saying it s in the bag . so let s begin. if we start first of all with the observer, the pm to sacrifice top official over partygate to save himself. is simon case a big enough sacrificial lamb, joe? he himself. is simon case a big enough sacrificial lamb, joe? sacrificial lamb, joe? he probably is if it means sacrificial lamb, joe? he probably is if it means boris sacrificial lamb, joe? he probably is if it means boris johnson - sacrificial lamb, joe? he probably is if it means boris johnson sales| is if it means borisjohnson sales in hisjob. he is the head of the civil servi
last christmas, scotland s health secretary michael matheson went on a week long holiday to morocco. he brought along his ipad, which was issued by parliament, and while he was there he racked up a data roaming bill of almost £11,000. this is a breakdown of his ee usage, which was released by parliament, and it shows that he used more than six gigabytes of data while on that trip. he assured staff that the ipad was being used for parliamentary business, and of that business the parliament said that they would cover the bill, but that £3,000 should come out of the expenses budget from mr matheson s office. it then transpired that the sim card in the ipad should have been updated a year earlier, and that mr matheson had been made aware of that information by e mail. so, on that basis, he has since agreed to pay the bill in full, but there are still questions about how exactly he managed to use such a huge amount of data. the opposition scottish conservatives have pointed out