Than 200 rare diseases all of which are treatable, and in some cases curable, if caught early. We can start with some breaking news. Itsjust coming into we can start with some breaking news. Its just coming into us from the West Bank that reuters News Agency, where the Israel Defense forces are saying may have conducted A Strike on the city of saying at least 14 people have been killed in that strike. No more information on that at the moment, but reuters are saying that the palestinian Health Ministry are reporting that at least 14 people have been killed in an israeli strike on the West Bank. Israels military fighting effectively on three fronts in gaza. Lebanon and the West Bank. We will bring you more as we get more details. President biden says he is talking with israel about the Possibility that it could attack irans energy sector, in retaliation for tehran s Missile Barrage on israel this week. His comments led to an immediate spike in the price of Oil Brent Crudejumping as much
Not doing enough to secure that deals and the United Kingdom has announced a partial suspension of Arms Exports to israel. Victory for germanys afd whove become the first far right party to win a regional election since World War ii. Also coming up on the World Today the mystery of the whale that some have said was spying for the Russian Navy and thats now been found dead. Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. The israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ask for forgiveness from israelis for not being being able to bring back the hostages for that we were very close, he said, we were very close, he said, we were nearly they Are. But in a televised address a News Conference where he took questions from Journalists Mr Netanyahu remained defiant in his demand that israeli troops must continue to control the key Philadelphia Corridor in the south of gaza. Something hamas has rejected. The Philadelphia Corridor runs along the egypt gaza border. It has em
Floornoi and they discussed china russia and iran as well as intelligence. This is half an hour. [ applause ] good afternoon, everybody, and marcel, thank you for that warm introduction and thanks to the sponsors for pulling such an Amazing Group of professionals together this afternoon, and it is truly an honor for me to share the stage with the general and he was a fantastic colleague and a wonderful role model of this servant leader for all of us who were in government. You served as u. S. Socom and as commander of Central Command during probably the busiest time ever for our armed forces in the middle east. You were an avid and regular consumer of intelligence, and if youd start by giving us a war fighters frank assessment of the intelligence support you received. How were you doing . What were the strengths and the weaknesses and the gaps . Let me add my thanks to the leadership here and to all of you for being here and thanks for joining us here today for this panel. Youre right,
Talking earlier about how there are already many groups coming out to say that this is absolutely the wrong thing for the government to do to broaden this definition , to name and this definition, to name and shame groups that they deem to be extreme list. Weve had muslim groups saying that the government is seeking a problem or seeking a solution to a problem that does not exist. Weve had Civil Liberties groups talking about free speech are. And heres michael gove. And heres michael gove. Yes. Yes. Yes. In the governments strategy to counter extremism and to build Greater National resilience and social cohesion, the United Kingdom is a success story. A multinational, multi ethnic, multi faith democracy is stronger because of our diversity, but our democracy and our values of inclusivity and our values of inclusivity and tolerance are under challenge from extremist groups, which are radicalising our young people and driving greater polarisation within and between communities to further
silicon valley bank s collapse on friday has sent shock waves around the world. it s forced central banks and regulators to act. on friday, california banking regulators closed down svb financial group the largest bank failure since the global financial crisis. since then, two other regional banks have also gone bankrupt silvergate, signature bank in new york while first republic was also forced to reassure investors after its shares plunged 60% in pre market trading. in a bid to stem contagion across the industry, the us government stepped in, effectively guaranteeing deposits across the entire banking system, ensuring all account holders will be able to retrieve any funds they have on monday morning. a statement by the us treasury and federal reserve said the plan will ensure the resilience of the broader us banking system. meanwhile here in the uk, hsbc has acquired silicon valley bank uk forjust one pound. the uk govt also said customer deposits will be protected an