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that s enough to fill an olympic swimming pool two and a half million times. now, we re not short of water, but the vast majority is ocean saltwater. and less than 100th of 1% is carried in lakes and rivers. you know, there is enough for all of us, but we don t all enjoy equal access. so what are the consequences for societies facing water scarcity? it depends on what else is happening. what other pressures are on, what other stressors are there. but water scarcity, which we could translate as drought, for example, will lead to famine, it will lead to migrations, it will lead to warfare, all sorts of things. so water scarcity is just the beginning of a long list of things that could end in societal collapse. well, there s a stark warning. you know, around the world today, one in four of the world s population lives in a region facing extremely high water stress. it means they regularly use up almost their entire available water supply. so let s take a look at those coun ....
you re watching the context on bbc news. after a three week power vacuum, the us house of representatives chooses mike johnson as its new speaker. let s go straight to mr trump, who is speaking, and we will have a listen in. ~ h, , is speaking, and we will have a listen in. ~ , a, , a, listen in. also, it is a statute that is never listen in. also, it is a statute that is never used. listen in. also, it is a statute that is never used. it - listen in. also, it is a statute that is never used. it was - listen in. also, it is a statute l that is never used. it was only listen in. also, it is a statute - that is never used. it was only used for trump. this is a very unfair thing, and other businesses are watching it and they ve moved to new york. as far as the speaker is concerned, he is a fantastic gentleman, and i think it will do a greatjob. mikejohnson, louisiana, he will do a greatjob. greatjob. mike johnson, louisiana, he will do a great job. he will do a great ....
the idf saying it has kill a senior ma ma a hamas commander in an overnight airstrike, ramping up attacks with troops and is heavy armor on stand job by. joey: the idf also dropping leaflets over northern gaza that read your presence north of gaza puts your life in danger. whoever chooses not to leave north gaza a to the south might be identified as an an accomplice in a terrorist organization. pete: israeli forces also carrying out strikes and raids in the west bank capturing another 27 hamas terrorists. rachel: this comes as the pentagon notifies more u.s. troops to be ready to deploy. defend secretary austin also announcing additional missile defense systems that are being sent to the region. joey: and the idf hitting several terror hubs overnight near the lebanon border as more than a dozen communities across northern israel are now under evacuation orders. pete: hezbollah saying it is right in the heart of the battle alongside hamas. hamas officials have warned if ....
major market reaction, and like you say we ve seen prices up over 4% fuelled by the conflict in the middle east and it comes after oil prices suffered the biggest weekly drop since march last week which was reversing a lot of the price action we have been seeing betweenjune and september this year which of course was because of supply constraints from saudi arabia and russia but this increase in geopolitical risk is providing a major tailwind to oil prices today and the big question really is the market is wondering whether there is iranian involvement in the attack which is something that has been alleged by the israeli authorities because if they are, the tensions are likely to have a more longer lasting upward impact if it were to negatively impact oil surprise and supplies in terms of pushing prices higher so it depends on that.- pushing prices higher so it depends on that. 0k, we have the sense depends on that. 0k, we have the sense of depends on that. 0k, we ....
who will set out his economic plans in next month s autumn statement he has said tax cuts are virtually impossible at present. live now to manchester to speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley. the focus will be on the economy today and tax cuts and some people asking for higher wages as well. good morning. there will be higher wages for a lotta people because the government is confirming today the national wage will go up to £11, not a huge surprise because the government follows the recommendations it gets pretty much every opportunity. you are also right tax continues to be a debate within the conservative party, different wings calling for different wings calling for different things. the chancellor saying steady as she goes for the moment, some of the allies of liz truss, they are still around and making those arguments, saying we need to go faster and be bolder with tax cuts and one man involved in drawing up the policy on this is the chief secreta ....