the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is on another diplomatic tour of the middle east his fifth visit to the region since the conflict erupted between israel and hamas. he will be visiting saudi arabia, israel, egypt, qatar and the occupied west bank. mr blinken s trip follows days of air strikes by the united states against iranian linked targets in iraq, syria and yemen. ahead of his arrival, a drone attack killed six us backed kurdish fighters at an american base in eastern syria. mr blinken is also expected to discuss boosting aid to gaza, as well as a possible ceasefire and hostage deal between israel and hamas. the israeli prime minister has warned he will not accept the demands of hamas over hostages still held. the un has warned of an impending famine in gaza affecting more than 2 million people. our correspondent, barbara plett usher, explained the main aim of mr blinken s visit. that possible ceasefire deal, which would involve the release of some of the isr
through tax cuts. now, this is coming from sustained criticism in recent weeks, the proposal because giving support for people with the cost of through tax cuts doesn t target the hardest because low paid parents, pensioners do not pay the kind of taxes that she s talking about cutting. it is very ill conceived idea of counterproposals made which are all about how you target this money on those most affected by energy bills and it really is people and low salaryjobs, pensioners who really need this extra support and for thoseis need this extra support and for those is going to be existential. but the story from the guardian adds another dimension into the criticism and proposals, which original analysis by the guardian suggests actually, the tax cut sheets promising the be around £30 billion, £50 billion and it is a huge amount of money and it s not going to age the staff if you re interested in economic growth, makes more sense to give support to the least affluent househo
chancellor of the exchequer, backed up chancellor of the exchequer, backed up by chancellor of the exchequer, backed up by jacob chancellor of the exchequer, backed up byjacob rees mogg. john redwood describes liz truss as a breath of fresh air he was running the policy at number ten when margaret thatcher was in her pump. fix, bit policy at number ten when margaret thatcher was in her pump. thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past for thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past for our - thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past for our viewers, | blast from the past for our viewers, hearing john redwood s name. not someone often spoken about in today s politics, but still an mp and one who is well respected in parliament. of course, liz truss has spent a long time trying to avoid these parallels between her and ma
south east england and east anglia. what we have, we have this waving weather fronts, what we have, we have this waving weatherfronts, that what we have, we have this waving weather fronts, that is the dividing line between that warm and humid air in the south east and the fresh conditions for the north west. if you are stuck underneath that are slow moving front today, it s probably quick pretty cloudy. areas like south west england, wales, up to was east yorkshire for instance, outbreaks of rain under this waterfront, eitherside outbreaks of rain under this waterfront, either side of that, more sunshine breaking through the rest of the afternoon. a bit breezy across the north, pressure conditions and ten which is about 15 to 22 degrees in the north and but further south and east we are looking at the mid to high 20s, we could even see 30 celsius this afternoon. as we head through the evening hours, this initial band of rain will start to become a little lighter, bit more pa
have a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. the taliban are celebrating the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan but not everybody is cheering, especially women and girls. here as flash floods hit cornwall, the text alerts that will give you a direct warning about severe weather and other life threatening events. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk has become the first country to approve what its manufacturers are calling a next generation covid vaccine. the uk s medicines regulator has approved a new version of moderna s coronavirus vaccine the first to target both the omicron variant as well as the original strain of the virus. ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign. our medical editor fergus walsh is here with more details. this is the start of a new era of covid vaccines. until now, they ve all been designed against the original form of the virus which emerged in wuhan in china at the end 2019. t