record high, and the office for budget responsibility says it would represent the largest fall in living standards since the 19505. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. these reforms will save around two million self employed people an average of £350 a yearfrom april. better than nothing. tuning into the autumn statement at walthamstow market. a good place to test the mood. pensioners seemed happy. him increasing pension, that s good for me. and young workers like the rise in the minimum wage too. 10% more i m going to win i m going to earn. yeah. who wouldn t like it? but other workers said the cut to national insurance isn t enough. not with the way things are at the moment. the cost of living is too expensive. £450, divide that by 12, divide it by the family that you ve got. is it enough? i don t think so. here are the key details. first, that national insurance cut. it s going from 12% to ten for all employees from january. the self employed will see a
thousands of lives at risk through, what it called, the direct and repeated targeting of the hospital. the israel defense forces have not commented specifically on any operation involving the indonesian hospital, but says it continues to target what it calls terrorists and terrorist infrastructure . also the israeli military has released video, which it says supports its claim that hamas was using gaza s biggest hospital al shifa. it released cctv images, which it says show two hostages being taken by hamas into al shifa, after they were abducted from southern israel on the 7th of october. one is injured and wheeled in on a trolley. the bbc has not been able to verify the video. the idf also released video which it says shows a 55 metre long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex. hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments has denied using al shifa as a base. 31 surviving premature babies were evacuated from al shifa, in a joint op
arriving in north east scotland later. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 20th of november. our main story. it s the start of a big week for the covid inquiry, which will hear evidence from the high profile doctors and scientists who helped to shape and explain the government s response to the pandemic. the former chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, whose diaries from that time accused boris johnson of chaotic leadership, will appear today, followed by professor sir chris whitty, jonathan van tam and damejenny harries over the coming days. our health reporter jim reed reports. patrick, over to you. thank you very much. numbers are increasing and they re increasing across europe and in the uk. sir patrick vallance was up there at the downing street podium in some of the darkest days of the pandemic. we re also recommending increased social distancing. that s the phrase that you hear. already the inquiry has heard extracts from his priv
from jerusalem. the weather is changing, conditions will worsen for the hundreds of thousands displaced inside gaza. there have been reports of an israeli airstrike on an indonesian hospital, the hamas run health ministry says the number is 12. israeli forces have not commented on a specific operation but maintain their forces are targeting what they say are terrorists and terrorist infrastructure. in another development of the last few hours the israeli defence forces have released sets of videos which they believe will bolster their argument that hamas have been using the largest hospital al shifa hospital as a command centre. it released cctv images, which it says show two hostages being taken by hamas into al shifa, after they were abducted from southern israel on the 7th of october. one is injured and wheeled in on a trolley. the bbc has not been able to verify the video. the idf also released video which it says shows a 55 metre long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex
now. just a few days ago, the rma said they were considering postponing and now they have said it is definitely cancelled. and you talk us through what changed? yes, i think they have said they considered absolutely every option to try to get the open championship to be played. ultimately, they found a com plete played. ultimately, they found a complete and utter roadblock. they couldn t see a way forward. i think it is worth bearing in mind that the build of the infrastructure, the temporary stands that would have been erected at royal st george s, that would have started this month. that was the schedule and obviously that would have proving extremely difficult. and then as you multiply through and go into the demands of the rest of the golfing calendar, particularly in a ryder cup year, where there is an awful lot of anxiety to get that played in september. ultimately they couldn t wine find a way through. i think they would have been all sorts of further implications at p