Humanitarian reasons. Around 200 hostages are still being held in gaza, and israels airstrikes and total siege of the territory, cutting off food, water and medicines, will not end until all of them are freed. Desperately needed humanitarian aid has still not reached the besieged people of gaza. Emergency aid trucks stocked with supplies sit on the border with Egypt Waiting to be let across the Rafah Crossing as part of a deal to allow in limited aid. Lets bring you more now on the fate of those two american hostages freed by hamas. Us President Joe Biden spoke with the two women, telling them that their government will fully support them as they recover and heal. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher brings us more from inside the halls of the State Department. The release of the hostages disrupted the day here at the State Department. We were sitting down for the Daily Briefing and then we were told that it would be delayed for two hours because of Breaking News. Now, they didnt say
Bringing heavy rain and winds to the north and east of uk and this shows the storm moving northwards on wednesday, parking itself across the north of the uk on friday but low pressure is close by and brings further heavy rain even further south so it will be a very unsettled week for the rest of the week and into the weekend and rainfall totals mounting up, you can see on the scale, the brighter echoes in Eastern Scotland and North East England is where we have concerns for the risk of localised flooding but because of the heavy rain which we have seen in scotland in the past week or so, the ground is saturated so the met office have an Amber Warning in force but this could be extended further south but that caters for the persistent heavy rain and the risk of localised flooding. Heading through tonight, many places will be dry, central, northern and eastern areas have a strong outhwaite south easterly wind. Temperatures, no problems with frost, 9 12 point we start the day on a fine no
from permits to making sure you have the right structure to begin with. it s hard to make the numbers work, but vacancy rates are at an all time high, and as landlords struggle to find tenants, they re being forced to think outside the box. michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. microsoft has made a fresh bid to buy gamemaker activiison blizzard in what would be the biggest deal of its kind in the gaming industry. it s been a tumuloutous 18 months try to get the purchase of the company behind titles such as call of duty and candy crush over the line. the original 69 billion dollar deal split regulators around the world, including being blocked in the uk. microsoft s president said the new offer was substa ntially different and should be approved. the british authorities have said they will make a call by 18 october but this is not a green light . and that s it for this edition of asia business report. thanks for watching.
18 october. the treasury secretary s caution comes after the senate fails to put forward a deal to suspend the federal debt limit. fears of another government shutdown in the us could hit business and consumer confidence. the fuel situation in the uk, it is starting to improve, so says prime minister borisjohnson as he urges motorists to fill up their cars in the normal way. he said the situation at fuel stations was stabilising and people should be confident to go about their business after days of cues and pump closures. labour says the government has led the country crush from crisis to crisis. regulations of gene editing in agricultural research could be eased in england following a public consultation. rules would largely be aligned with conventional breeding methods for research and development into plants. although scientists will still be required to notify the government on any research trials. you are with bbc news.
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