the palestinian/israeli conflict that we are experiencing today, you ve seen it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. for the jews, jerusalem is where solomon built the holy temple. for christians, this is the place where jesus was crucified. for muslims, jerusalem is where the prophet muhammed made the night journey. people who are said to have conquered the world have swept through this city. no other individual changed the landscape in the way that herod the great did. saladin was determined to take on the christians and throw them out of jerusalem. at a time of ottoman/islamic rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. the main case of the arabs is against the british government policy in palestine. we are the only people in the world homeless and stateless. for israelis, the creation of the state of israel is seen as a miracle. and of course for the palestinians, it s a great disaster. the history of jerusalem, a very comp
more than half of them will pretend to be a christmas parcel delivery. i ll look at how you can spot the real ones, from the fakes. on a dramatic night of league cup football, liverpool stage a late fight back against leicester, to eventually reach the semi finals in a penalty shoot out. good morning. it isa it is a cloudy start to the day. some rain around, they heaviest of what is coming in from the west. but for most of us it will be unseasonably mild. details coming later. good morning. it s thursday, the 23rd of december. our main story. the omicron variant may cause milder illness than delta, according to two early studies, with patients less likely to need hospital treatment. scientists say the research is good news to a degree , but a big wave of infections in unvaccinated people could yet overwhelm the health service. the government says it is continuing to monitor coronavirus data. here s our health correspondent, katharine da costa. early data from south africa, a
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me again is broadcaster and author penny smith and home affairs editor of the evening standard, martin bentham. welcome back to both. we ve got a few more titles in. the financial times reads that the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, and the bank of england are working together to head off the cost of living catastrophe . the daily mail focuses on the same story. they say that energy bills are likely to soar by £650, which will put pressure on struggling families. the daily telegraph also leads on the story, saying that sunak is to loan billions to energy firms and plans to cut council tax for the poorerst. to cut council tax for the poorest. the metro reads putin gives boris a buzz , which refers to the raf intercepting four russian planes ahead of a phone call between the prime minister and the russian president. the daily express also focuses on the story. the pm told the