hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting in the israeli parliament, the knesset. they were protesting that the finance committee was sitting, deliberating while their children were still in captivity. shouting shame on you and demanding that committee members get up and act the families called for the government to do more, to secure the release of their loved ones. the protest highlights, growing domestic dissent in israel, about the war with hamas that s now in its fourth month. it comes as palestinians in southern gaza say, the israeli bombardment is the most intense they ve experienced, since the war began. the gaza health ministry says that one hundred and ninety palestinians have been killed in the past twenty four hours. earlier i spoke to our middle east
from £1,900 a year or so tojust £1,620 from april. that s a fall of more than £300 a year, or 16%. just a reminder, 0fgem sets this cap every three months, it s the maximum suppliers can charge per unit and these figures represent a typical bill if you use more, you pay more. we spoke to dr craig lowrey from cornwall insight and asked him why the situation in the middle east isn t pushing up energy prices. the situation we have is that the uk market and indeed the european market is being relatively well supplied by liquefied natural gas cargoes from america, so that is just coming straight across the atlantic and, as a consequence, what is occurring in the red sea isn t currently affecting uk or european suppliers. energy, of course, plays a big role in that basket of goods that adds up to inflation. this good news obviously, does this look like the cost of living is starting to ease now? can i tell my wife she can put the heating back on? well, certainly what we saw wh
this is rowan bridge in mold in north wales, where an amber weather warning for significant ice and snow could bring disruption through today. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. at least nine people have been killed in ukraine as the country has again come under sustained russian missile attack. there s been severe damage to parts of its energy infrastructure as well as residential areas. the mayor of kyiv says 40% of the capital s residents are without heating. shelling overnight in southern ukraine has damaged the only functioning power line used for electricity to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is occupied by russia. the ukrainian military said more than 80 mostly missiles were fired at areas, including these shown here. just under half are said to have been intercepted by air defences. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is what a cruise missile can do. a residential part of lviv in the far west of ukraine. homes turned to rubble, str
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following the lead of italy, the us and beijing s neighbours. the uk says it s reviewing whether to bring in restrictions. and the uk government says it will not be held to ransom by striking public sector workers, as it defends the use of troops to man border controls. members of the armed forces that have come to help out when the strikes are on are carrying out a very straightforward function and of course backed up by computer systems and scans that allow us to identify people of worry coming into the country. russia has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes on ukraine, in one of the biggest bombardments since the start of the war. the ukrainian authorities say about 70 missiles were launched from air and sea, with many of them intercepted. even so, towns and cities across ukraine have been hit 90% of lviv is without power, and 40% of the capital kyiv. but the head of ukrainian military intelligence has told the bbc that russia is running out of missiles. hugo bach