he sobs. sirens wail. he sobs. in response to that report, the israel defense forces said any claim that we intentionally target red crescent or medical workers is baseless and untrue. we act in accordance with international law and take feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm in our operations. and if you re in the uk, you can watch gaza 101: emergency rescue the full film by bbc arabic. it s available to watch now on bbc iplayer, online and on the app. senior officials from the united states, qatar, egypt and israel are expected to hold talks in cairo, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire in gaza. the meeting is happening as israeli forces prepare to launch a ground offensive against hamas in rafah. these are live pictures of that area now. more than a million people are sheltering in the overcrowded city. earlier, president biden said the displaced palestinians were exposed and vulnerable, and called for their protection let s speak to abdelbassir h
he sobs. sirens wail. in response to that report, the israel defense forces said, any claim that we intentionally target red crescent or medical workers is baseless and untrue. we act in accordance with international law and take feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm in our operations . and if you re in the uk you can watch bbc arabic s full film gaza 101: emergency rescue that s available now on bbc iplayer, online and on the app. president biden has appealed for the more than one million palestinians sheltering in rafah in the southern gaza strip to be protected, once again urging israel not to carry out a big assault without a credible plan for the safety of civilians. he was speaking after meeting thejordanian monarch, king abdullah, in washington. the king has repeatedly pushed for a full truce to end the conflict that started when hamas attacked israel on october 7th. on monday morning, a series of israeli airstrikes there killed at least 70 people, with
just to go initially back to the situation in rafah, how likely is it that israel won t listen to the warnings coming from its closest allies? it warnings coming from its closest allies? . , warnings coming from its closest allies? ., , ., , , allies? it remains to be seen. the statement allies? it remains to be seen. the statement from allies? it remains to be seen. the statement from prime allies? it remains to be seen. the statement from prime minister i statement from prime minister benjamin netanyahu seemed suddenly very urgent asking for the plan is to be drawn up by the israeli defence forces to prepare for a ground invasion but we haven t seen mobilisation are very much detail on those plans, we ve seen lots of international reaction and we haven t seen ground operations in the north of the gaza strip when leaflets have been dropped and sms text messages are sent to palestinians urging them to evacuate so there is a debate in estoril about whether there is an im
talk. do you think right now ukraine is facing the toughest times it has seen since those early weeks after the full scale russian invasion? it s yes and no. yes because we have entered a new stage where the effects are very different and we have to find a new modus operandi both inside and outside the country. but, the very first hours and days were exceptionally difficult and i m proud that both my people and my leadership have done their best. ., . , my leadership have done their best. ., , ., my leadership have done their best. ., . , ., my leadership have done their best. ., , ., ., best. how closely do you follow the front line best. how closely do you follow the front line fighting? - the front line fighting? because i guess if you do you must have deep concerns about what is happening in the east, particularly around one of the major cities where it seems after months of hugely costly fighting, ukrainianforces after months of hugely costly fighting, ukrainian forces
what do you think is happening to jobs and wages in the uk? i m excited to see the numbers today. on the surface, it looks like a tie market and a healthy market but underneath is really what the question is and i think there s a couple of things going on. the waters are pretty murky right now for employers. you ve got political and economic uncertainty and that will be in the job numbers as well. you are getting a lot of cross currents. we are definitely seeing a pull back in hiring, pretty broad based across the economy but at the same time you see hiring numbers increasing. there is a lot of hiring going on in skill short areas and people are continuing to go after the skills they need. and after this there s a couple of areas where we are seeing wages come down, there s always a couple of months lag in wages from the inflation rates so we ve been seeing that as we would expect. say you are suggesting there is no wages headache the bank of england? i no wages headache the