There are also interesting developments at sea where since the collapse of a major agreement last month that allowed ukraine to export grain through an agreed route through the black see it then announces humanitarian corridor without any kind of acknowledgement from russia which has continued to target commercial vessels. Yet we have a cargo ship leave the port of edessa this morning. It had been trapped there since before the invasion, and it continues to make its way south towards turkiye. There are some in the insurance and Shipping Industry that are rightfully nervous about this because russia enjoys quite a lot of dominance on the southern ukrainian coast. It uses its vessels to blockade ukrainian ports. And yet this vessel seems to have made its way through. More could follow but there is a big if here on whether russia decides to leave the vessels alone and it is a big if because it continues to strike ukrainian ports with drone strikes. As the war in ukraine continues, a bbc i
coming up on the programme israeli forces step up their assault on southern gaza s main city, khan younis, after intense air strikes and street fighting. it comes as differences emerge between the us and israel over what happens once the war ends. israel s pm benjamin netanyahu has dismissed the idea of a palestinian state. with 2,800 jobs to go at tata steel s plants in the uk, we ask where this leaves britain s steel industry and take a look at the environmental arguments which the company says have driven the losses. and fans sue madonna for showing up to a gig more than two hours prince harry dropped his libel claim. good evening. we begin with the situation in gaza and growing concerns for the safety of hundreds of thousands of palestinians in the south of the territory as israeli forces stage a renewed offensive against hamas. tanks have been pushing deeper into the territory s second biggest city, khan younis. this is the eighth day of a communications blackout
watched metric because if consumers believe inflation will fall they will already adjust their spending patterns in anticipation of what is to come. those consumer expectations happened to jibe pretty closely with what economists expect for the latest inflation figures. they will likely show that inflation went up slightly month over month but it will drop year over year. month but it will drop year overyear. numbers month but it will drop year over year. numbers like that will be encouraging for the us federal reserve as it debates whether or not to make a change to interest rates. the us central bank started increasing the rate of borrowing aggressively last year. authorities have hiked rates ten times since marking the fastest tightening cycle since the 19805. expectations are high that this time it may pause. i spoke with a market strategist earlier who gave us her outlook for the us federal reserve. , . ., ., , ., her outlook for the us federal reserve. , ., ., reserve.
hasjust begun. these are live pictures from gaza. this is the seen live. it is of course night time. the agreement brokered by egypt follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people all but one of them palestinians. there has been no comment from israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since reports of the truce came out. we hope to be live in gaza later in the programme. but so far it is a quite night across gaza city. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, is only one day visit to italy. he s been meeting italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni who affirmed that italy would remain a solid ally, and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed. prime minister meloni also stressed that the conflict would only end when russia stopped its aggression and withdrew from all ukrainian territory, adding that any other outcome would jeopardise peace in all of europe. mr zelensky then had a private audience with pope fra
crowds are building across central london. millions around the world will watch on screens, mobiles and pcs, but fora screens, mobiles and pcs, but for a select number, front seat action, seeing the royals up close is the most important thing this weekend. on the mall, many have camped for days through all weathers. some have just arrived ready for this special day. just a matter of hours before the coronation, the crowds were rewarded with a special visit. the crowds were rewarded with a specialvisit. from the crowds were rewarded with a special visit. from the gates of buckingham palace, the royal entourage emerges. the car ascends the mall. police spring into action. camera crews appear. the crowds lining the mall, a magical moment, a visit from the king, and the prince and princess of wales. i the king, and the prince and princess of wales. princess of wales. i can t believe princess of wales. i can t believe it! princess of wales. i can t believe it! i princess of