Ministers held an emergency cobra meeting this morning to address the escalating crisis in the middle east. The government is pushing for a pause in fighting, rejecting calls for a full ceasefire to facilitate aid reaching palestinians and in gaza, people are searching for bodies after another night of israeli airstrikes. The Health Israeli airstrikes. The Health Ministry in the hamas controlled territory saying the death toll has now passed 7000. They say that includes almost 3000 children since october seventh. And irans foreign minister has weighed into the conflict today, claiming hamas is ready to release hostages and the world should support the release of 6000 palestinian prisoners. And 6000 palestinian prisoners. And that development coming as the arab nations released a joint statement condemning what theyre describing as the forced displacement and collective punishment of palestinian lines. Israel, for its part, maintains its only targeting the terrorist group hamas. But the
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And good evening to you. Well, the mp chris bin blunt, has been arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances. The controlled substances. The member for reigate identified himself on social media this afternoon as the man Surrey Police had detained in horley yesterday morning. And Surrey Police confirmed the man was released on conditional police bail pending further enquiries. Bail pending further enquiries. Mr blunt has been removed from the conservative party and asked to stay away from parliament. The former minister said hell cooperate fully with the Ongoing Investigation in and he says hes confident he wont be charged. Meanwhile, the uks charged. Meanwhile, the uks border force is in egypt today with the Prime Minister confirming officers are ready to help british nationals escape gaza when the border reopens as well. Cabinet ministers held an emergency cobra meeting this morning to address the escalating crisis in the middle east. The governments curr
Government is pushing for a pause in fighting there, rejecting calls for a full ceasefire, saying it will only help hamas. The Prime Minister says they want to create a safer environment for citizens trying to leave the bombarded strip and allow aid to reach palestinians as its after israel launched its biggest incursion into gaza with tanks temporarily entering the territory and fighter jets hitting over 250 targets, the Health Ministry in hamas controlled enclave says the death toll from israeli strikes has passed 7000. That includes almost 3000 children were told. Arab nations have released a joint statement condemning what they described as the forced displacement and collective punishment in gaza. Israel punishment in gaza. Israel maintains its targeting the terrorist group, but Palestinian Foreign minister riyad al maliki says the bombardment wont stop until the whole strip is destroyed. Destroyed. This time , the war that this time, the war that israel is waging is different. Th
Leaking pipes, leaking cash. And now parasites leaking into the water supply. Can anyone fix the Water Industry . The Water Companies were passed into the private sector debt free, but with the public now revolting against a tide of effluent in our rivers and seas will they now have to pick up the bill . Also tonight, the godfather of Artificial Intelligence Geoffrey Hinton has a warning for humanity. My guess is in between five and 20 years from now. Theres a probability of about a half that well have to confront the problem of them trying to take over. And does that potentially lead to extinction level threats . Potentially, yes. And the new members of Generation Rent the Growing Number of pensioners stuck in the private rental sector. I expected that there would be consideration for when i was older. It seems that nobody cares. Theyjust dont care anymore. Water should be a simple business. Everyone needs to buy it. The companies that provide it all have regional monopolies. The key