Inside. Also tonight, storm babet is battering ne scotland, with over 8 inches of rain expected in 2a hours. There is a red Weather Warning in place, we will get the latest from our teams on the ground. Good evening, the United Nations says it is hearing reports that palestinians are going back to areas in northern gaza, that israel had told them to evacuate. Without aid, and without proper shelter, the un says some are returning home from areas in the south that were supposed to be safer. Today there was an air strike in khan younis half way down the strip where many had taken refuge, with children and un workers among the wounded. The uns agency for Palestinian Refugees, who we will speak to tonight, says aid that is promised, 20 trucks currently waiting at the rafah crossing, will barely scatch the surface. Gaza they said is on the brink. Injerusalem, the british Prime Minister told Benjamin Netenyahu the uk will stand full square behind israel and its right to defend istelf against
Looking a lot drier, and we remain in the warm conditions. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its monday the 9th of october. Good morning. More than 1,000 people have now been killed in israel and gaza after a Massive Attack by hamas militants that began at dawn on saturday. There are reports that israel has struck more than 500 targets in gaza overnight, my more than 125,000 palestinians i displace. President biden has ordered extra military assistance for the israelis, promising them rock solid and unwavering support. Israeli troops are still hunting down insurgents after one of the bloodiest attacks. 0ne down insurgents after one of the bloodiest attacks. One of the worlds most advanced military is taken by surprise by hamas, a military group kept behind barriers that were supposed to stop this happening. Their attack as brutal as it was brazen. Hundreds killed. For israel that has included scores of unarmed civilians as well as soldiers. Already the largest loss of
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Going on, replace concerns in factors might have an reflects uncertainty as to what various governments might do anything aftermath of these horrific attacks. As you mentioned, it is not because oil is produced in israel and gaza, for example, it is because in this region, about a third of the worlds oil comes from The Middle East, and the question now is what will israels responsibly to these attacks . Will it be limited, how long will it go on for . Is that the risk of this spiralling . We have keep your political players around this region and central to that is a run. We have had potential uranian involvement in the these attacks. Iran is important because they control the state of tom boyd with millions of barrels of oil is passing through it every day. Even iranians Oil Shipments have been up to a five year pipe in the past five years. Will the United States allow this to continue if uranian involvement is proved. Continue if uranian involvement is roved. , ~ continue if uranian
Territories are oil producers, but because the middle east is such a huge oil producer as a region, about a third of the worlds oil comes from this region it is what people call the wall risk premium. You have all these interconnected players, pieces of the puzzle, the question is now whether israels response of these attacks can be limited, how long will it last, is going to dragon diplomatically other regional players, so that is really what is contributing to the volatility. A lot of talk about iran, that critical to a chokepoint. Reports of uranian involvement in these attacks. Iranian. It should be pointed out Antony Blinken has said there is no evidence to suggest any iranian involvement so far but it plays into this atmosphere of uncertainty and basically not really knowing what happens next. And that really is reflected in things like the price of oil. find really is reflected in things like the price of oil. And very briefl , like the price of oil. And very briefly, were like