the world health organization has described the al shifa hospital in gaza as a death zone after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site, and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, deny they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qa
an hour at the site, and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire, and say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the israeli military has surrounded and occupied the hospital for days; last week, they claimed they d found a hamas command and control centre beneath it. that s been denied by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot, making their way through israeli armoured vehicles. 25 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. among them are 32 babies in critical condition. the who says it s now drawing up plans for their evacuation. meanwhile, the hamas run health authority, says at least 80 people have been killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp. they say one hit a un run school that was being used as a shelter. the prime minister of qatar has said the challenges of reaching a deal on releasing so
chancellor, what are you going to do about the turmoil in the markets this morning, sir? a tax cutting mini budget caused chaos. i won t make any comment now. the government s budget watchdog worried about inflation. it warned of a big drop in living standards over the next two years, the sharpest since records began. last month the chancellor said it wasn t time for tax cuts. we must grow the economy, be more efficient in how we spend money, then we can start to bring down taxes. now, though, jeremy hunt thinks things are changing. price rises are slowing. the bank of england s interest rate hikes have seen to that, and we are year, perhaps less, from an election so his priorities are shifting, he is now considering tax reductions. i will only do so in a responsible way. i m not going to sacrifice the progress we ve made bringing down inflation. if you re saying today, i m not going to do anything that will fuel inflation, our viewers can hear you pretty clearly hinting th