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translation: we were sitting in our homes peacefully - and all of a sudden a missile hit and destroyed my house, my neighbour s house, the whole neighbourhood. my children are displaced now, we don t know where to go. have mercy on us, help us. it s a devastating situation. people are sleeping on the streets. in rafah, now gaza s most densely populated city, according to the un, there s no let up in the bombardment. children were killed here, 26 people were killed here. i m terrified. i m scared and the thought of me being killed or my other brother being killed, it s just crossing my mind repeatedly. i already lost my older brother, i can t lose my younger brother. and this is what egypt s ceasefire proposal is up against an expanding military operation in gaza and a continuing barrage of hamas rockets into israel. a delegation of hamas members is in cairo now for further discussions, but there is no guarantee that either side is going to agree to this. and if they d ....
security council have spent the day trying to come to an agreement over the wording of a resolution calling for a humanitarian pause in fighting in gaza. they have delayed the vote multiple times in the last 2a hours to try and come to an agreement that will avoid a us veto. in the last hour we have heard it has been delayed until tomorrow. remember, the us was the only country to vote against the last security council resolution calling for a cease fire. we have heard from the state department in the last hour or so. in a statement, they said the us would welcome a resolution that supports addressing humanitarian needs of gaza, but the details of any resolution matter. let s take a look at the language in the resolution that the us state department is referring to. first, the wording originally proposed by the arab states called for an urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access . that was replaced with this. the us ....
democrats at this time. the whistleblower doesn t make committee rules, sir. that happened. jim jordan s weaponization of government hearing goes off the rails. his so-called fbi whistleblowers are getting paid by a trump supporter and recently had their security clearances revoked. that s just one example of how toxic the republican brand has become as speaker kevin mccarthy allows the most extreme members of his caucus to run wild. also tonight, the rapidly growing field of republican presidential candidates and the misplaced perception that any of them can take the nomination away from donald trump. i m michael steele in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with the republican party. the party of abraham lincoln, ronald reagan, the party i chaired for two years. the face of so many losses, you would think that maybe just maybe the party would take a beat and reconsider the brand. alas, the modern maga republican party looks failure in the face and says, please, ....
4.5%. risen by a quarter of a percent, that is from our economics editor, faisal islam, who has tweeted that. just getting that information in that, as expected, interest rates in the uk are now at 4.5%, up from 4.25%, a quarter rate rise. 0ur cost of living correspondent is watching these developments for us, kevin, news that will impact on so many people s lives for their mortgages and make life just that bit more difficult as they have seen those rate rises so many times, for the 13th time in a row? it many times, for the 13th time in a row? , ., . many times, for the 13th time in a row? ,., ,, many times, for the 13th time in a row? , ,,, row? it is not a surprise, but clearly the row? it is not a surprise, but clearly the impact row? it is not a surprise, but clearly the impact is - row? it is not a surprise, but clearly the impact is still - row? it is not a surprise, but| clearly the impact is still very real. it will make borrowing more expensive for many, m ....
the labour run council is struggling to pay off a huge bill for equal pay claims that dates back more than a decade. it has also had major issues with a new it system. our midlands correspondent navteonhal is there. the first thing to say is that the city council here has not stopped functioning, it has a legal duty to provide certain services and they will continue, but this is a signal to government ofjust how dire the financial situation is here, and admission that the council here cannot pay its bills. the people i have spoken to around birmingham say they are worried about what the future may hold. but for those who have been watching the saga closely, in some ways today has felt inevitable. the pressure on this city s finances has been rising and rising, and europe s biggest local authority is now in big trouble. the news that their council is, in effect, declaring itself bankrupt has left many people living in birmingham shocked and angry. oh my god, i ve never h ....