Of gaza, he has utilised all of the tools of his government to conduct this attack, he has failed the people of gaza miserably, and we are going to destroy him and his capabilities. Hello, im ben thompson. Children are among those who killed in gaza in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles carrying people from the north of the territory yesterday. Along a route designated by the israelis. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says 70 people died the Israeli Military says its investigating what happened. A week ago today, hamas, classed as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed more than 1,300 people in israel and took dozens hostage. Israeli commanders are thought to be preparing a Ground Offensive in gaza. The Defence Force says the next phase could include combined and co ordinated strikes by land, sea and air. Theyve warned the 1. 1 million civilians in the north to move south beyond the wadi gaza here. The authorities in gaza say more than 2,200 p
Girl has been injured so far and that light damage was caused to a Military Base but we do not have details of which base. The idf s Spokesman Says the 10 Year Old Girl who was injured by schrapnel from Falling Debris is being treated by paramedics. Lets take a look at the worlds response to the attack the United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres released a Statement Saying i strongly condemn the serious escalation represented by the large scale attack launched on israel by the Islamic Republic of iran this evening. I call for an immediate cessation of these hostilities. I am deeply alarmed about the very real danger of a devastating region wide escalation. I urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid action that could lead to Major Military confrontations on multiple fronts in the middle east. That from the chief of United Nations. In the us, President Biden posted this picture on x, formerly twitter, saying that he just met with his National Security team for an
gaza through the rafah crossing. the number of people allowed in is very small but we understand that egypt will keep the rafa crossing border open until they evacuate 7000 people. rishi sunak is giving a news conference now saying that like minded countries had reached agreement on testing new artificial intelligence models before they are released. more than all of those headline stories in a moment. firstly, let s get the business news from the day. ben thompson is here. hello, matthew. we will start with news here in the uk. uk interest rates have been left unchanged for a second consecutive month remaining at their highest level for 15 years. the bank of england held rates at 5.25%. up until september, the bank had raised rates 14 times in a row to tame soaring inflation which has been squeezing households. it has led to increases in mortgage payments but also higher savings rates. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, warned of the risk of energy instabi
Publicly owned Energy Company in every part of the uk. National grid, railways and Bus Companies are to be nationalised. Well, im joined byjack blanchard, the mirrors Political Editor replete with a copy of this thing. And with our own Political Editor, nick watt. Just to be clear, jack, what you have there is a print out. Its not a typeset, formalised version . Im afraid not. No cover, no glossy feel. It is a dodgy, leaked document. But it does have their draft measures. Give us some of the eye catching ones. Theres a lot in there. As you mention, there is the plan to bring a big part of the Energy Industry back into public ownership. There is a Huge Investment plans for the nhs, £6 billion extra a year, which will be funded with new taxes on people earning more than £80,000 a year. Theres Council Houses to be built every year, tuition fees abolished entirely. We kind of knew that anyway. And then the creation of new whitehall departments, a ministry of labour, a department for hous
hello, i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. the united states is making a major push to pause fighting in gaza, with diplomatic efforts taking place both in the region and at the united nations. the un security council endorsed a ceasefire proposal for gaza on monday. it is the first time the council has passed a resolution demanding a stop in fighting, after eight months of war. the resolution urges both hamas and israel to fully and quickly implement the three phase plan. 1a countries voted in favour, and russia abstained. us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield says the resolution shows hamas that the international community is united. colleagues, today this council sent a clear message to hamas. accept the ceasefire deal on the table. israel has already agreed to this deal and the fighting could stop today if hamas would do the same. i repeat, the fighting could stop today. our north america correspondent, nada tawfik, has been following the de