them and things were self evident such as medical reports. both said it would be unacceptably long to see full and final compensation and were saying one or two years. shortly we will hear from the current chief executive of the post office, nick reed and henry staunton, who was sacked as chair of the post office. if you want to continue following that story, we are streaming it nonstop today on the bbc iplayer. just navigate to the news channel page to see our live streams on the post office scandal. mps are questioning the compensation paid to victims and we are also streaming today the covid inquiry sitting in cardiff looking at how the pandemic was handled in wales. you can watch both of the streams on your tv, online or on the bbc iplayer app. just bringing you a line of breaking news we are getting, on the investigation into huw edwards, the bbc presenter suspended lastjuly bbc presenter suspended last july after allegations bbc presenter suspended lastjuly after allega
funerals are being held for the 2a soldiers killed in israel s deadliest day since the war began in gaza. there has been intense fighting around khan younis, israel says it has surrounded the southern gaza city. could i hostage deal close, though? reports that israel has proposed a two month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with himars. the us and uk carry out joint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. hamas. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and director greta gerwig miss out. time for a look at the business news now with lu kwesa burak. it afternoon, lukwesa. could afternoon. good afternoon. we start here in the uk with the government s finances because the amount it had to borrow last month was far less than expected. that has raised hopes the chancellor, jeremy hunt, may have extra room to cut taxes when he announces his spring budget in march. a lot of it is down to lo
i really think this is time now for everybody, our country to come together. we want to come together, whether it is republican or democrat or liberal or conservative, it would be so nice if we could come together and straighten out the world and straighten out the world and straighten out the world and straighten out the problems and straighten out the problems and straighten out all of the death and destruction we are witnessing, practically never been like this. that is just so important and i want to make that a very big part of our message, we should come together and it will happen soon. mr trump went on to talk about the state of us cities and how he wants to tackle law and order. we are going to rebuild our beautiful washington, dc and we will take control of it and we are going to make unbelievably harsh penalties for people that go around shooting, last week they shot three people and every night something happens. it is so sad and likewise we will rebuild our citie
bars, have not said anything and we think it is time they broke their vow of silence and tell us what was known by who and when, whether they feel a moral obligation at least, to contribute to a compensation bill of hundreds of millions of pounds. his committee also wants to know when the victims will get their full and final compensation, as well as a deadline for when justice will finally be done. emma simpson, bbc news. live now to charlie rose outside the post office inquiry in central london. what are we going to hear today? london. what are we going to hear toda ? , , ., ., today? this inquiry into what has been described today? this inquiry into what has been described as today? this inquiry into what has been described as their - today? this inquiry into what has been described as their biggest l been described as their biggest miscarriage ofjustice this country has seen appears to finally be building up a head of steam. today we are hearing from the japanese tech
breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. no. iran does not want a war with us. indistinct question. i think they are. were the strikes.? yes. i don t think there s any civilian casualties, that s another reason why it s a success. uk prime minister rishi sunak was visiting ukraine today, announcing a new aid package to ukraine. he also commented on the uk s involvement in the strikes on yemen s houthis, stressing the strikes were in self defence. our aim is very clear. it s to de escalate tensions and to restore stability to the region. and that s why allies over the past few weeks have issued several calling on the houthis to desist. and that s why allies over the past few weeks have issued several statements of condemnation of what s happening, calling on the houthis to desist. indeed, just this week, we ve seen a un security council resolution condemning what s happening and saying that states have a rig