inflation reduction act. would it were that simple. another bad memory from the 1980s, the threat to kill the author sir salman rushdie, came close to being fulfilled. liberals are relieved he survived, but have they helped to fuel intolerance? to discuss all that, in the studio are maria margaronis, a documentary maker who, among other projects, has charted the crises, financial and environmental, which have afflicted greece. henry chu is part of the editorial team at the los angeles times as well as being its london correspondent. abdel bari atwan is a specialist in the politics of the middle east and runs the news website rai al youm. hello youm. to all of you and will be to have hello to all of you and will be to have un the studio with me once again. let s start with the uk. maria, you have reported on how the nation can be atomized by the extraordinary impact of rising inflation and people s efforts of the surviving dented and often because of forces well beyond their c
Tanks are massed on the border with Southern Gaza. Thousands of palestinians are on the move from the eastern part of rafah with the ports throughout the day of more explosions. Not the full invasion, not yet, but it is starting to feel like it is imminent. President biden has now acknowledged on camera that he has caused one shipment of arms bound for israel and he signalled that more will be held back at this goes ahead. Civilians have been killed in gaza as a consequence of those bonds and other ways in which they go after population centres. I have made it clear that if they go into rafah, they have not gone into rafah yet, but if they go into rafah, im not supplying weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah, to deal with the cities, to deal with that problem. We are going to continue to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to attacks like came out of The Middle East recently. It has prompted fury in israel. The far right minister Itamar
To give its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. The cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Now, the Sticking Point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. It believes the remaining four Group Battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Military want to go in and finish thejob. Now, a Ceasefire Deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah Military Operation altogether. But hamas are taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they dont give up ho
And world athletics announces it will become the First International federation, to award prize money at the olympic games. Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. We start with the breaking news from gaza about three sons of the hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and three of his grandchildren have been killed in an israeli air strike in gaza. That information is coming from the Hamas Affiliated news agency. We had brought you the breaking line about the three sons a little earlier but the three sons a little earlier but the same News Agency Tweeting in the last little while about the death of three grandchildren too, so six people in total. The hamas leader not based in gaza, he is based in Qatar Markussen 2023. That information coming in to us all the while. Lets go live tojerusalem and speak to our middle east editor sebastian usher. These are early reports, but what are you hearing where you are . We reports, but what are you hearing where you are . Where you are . We hav
the israel defense forces have announced the beginning of a new ground operation in southern gaza, just north of the city of khan younis. israel continued its renewed bombardment of gaza for a third day, having told more palestinians to leave areas in and around khan younis immediately. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organsation by the uk government. this is the scene live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis an area that has been under frequent assault. the scenes both inside and ouside the hospital are traumatic. these pictures were shot today. children are among those being driven to the hospital carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to hospital was too late. a senior adviser to the israeli prime mininister has insisted israel is doing all it can to minimise the deaths of civilians in gaza, after