Good morning. For many of us today we are going to see sunny spells, variable cloud and the Odd Shower. But later, The Cloud will thicken in the west introducing patchy rain. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 24thjuly. Seven Labour Mps have been suspended from the party for six months, after they rebelled against the government over the two Child Benefit Cap. Its the first big test of Sir Keir Starmer S Authority as Prime Minister. Hes said its unaffordable at the moment to scrap the cap, but he was defied by a group of mps who backed a call from the Scottish National Party for it to be lifted. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. The ayes were 103, the noes were 363. So the noes have it, the noes have it. Unlock. Less than three weeks in power, the new government has had its first rebellion. It was small, but the Prime Minister has responded with his first show of force. Mps have been debating the Kings Speech, Keir Starmer s plan for his first m
..this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. presidentjoe biden has hailed the diplomatic breakthrough that allowed the first civilians to leave gaza after weeks of being trapped by the conflict. dozens of injured palestinians and hundreds of foreign nationals have been allowed to go. they entered egypt by the rafah crossing on the border, with the injured being treated at field hospitals there. the foreign office says the first british nationals have crossed and more will be taken out in stages over the coming days. people have been trapped in gaza since israel tightened its siege just over three weeks ago after it was attacked by hamas which is classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk and other governments. and in northern gaza, there s been another air strike onjabalia, a day after an israeli attack killed dozens of people at the refugee camp there. israel says its forces killed another hamas commander in the latest strike but un human
the us state department said real progress had also been made in negotiations to open the border to foreign nationals. we are also hearing reports from gaza s largest telecommunications provider saying that all communications and internet services have again been cut off. that news comes as israel confirmed that it carried out an air strike near the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza. the hamas run health ministry and a hospital director say at least 50 people were killed israel says its strike killed a senior hamas commander and caused the collapse of hamas underground infrastructure. bbc verify have located the exact position of the blast which you can see here and you can see how built up it is. more now from our international editor jeremy bowen. and a warning, his report contains images some may find distressing. israel says the destruction came from air strikes that killed a senior hamas commander and some of his men. it said hamas was using these civilians as huma
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