Live in east jerusalem. The United Nations and the us have expressed concern about israels plans for a military operation in rafah. The city, at the south western edge of gaza, has seen the arrival of hundreds of thousands of palestinians taking refuge from the fighting elsewhere in the strip. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. I think the consequences of a Ground Operation in rafah under the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. It would be catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic or around. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on rafah with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirb
his majesty goes on. a spokesperson booking is not revealed it, but said it is not prostate cancer. last week, the king was discharged from hospital following surgery for an enlarged prostate 7 a condition the palace had described as benign. he was last pictures yesterday at the sunday service at the church of st mary magdalene on the sandringham estate in norfolk. there he is with the queen consort. it was his first public outing since his three night hospital stay a week ago. he is up and about. there have been responses from westminster. let s ta ke let s take you to review. the prime minister the opposition leader said. the northern ireland first minister said. similar statement from sir geoffrey donelson, who said. the welsh first minister said. we can now speak to the historian and royal commentator gareth russell. good to have you on the programme. just looking back in history, can you remember a moment like this where the monarch, the head of state have been sidelined
targeted relentlessly by the russians, but refusing to give in. we will speak to the proud ceo of the ukrainian railways. tonight with the context, former conservative cabinet secretaryjustine greening and ian brzezinski, a former us deputy assistant secretary of defence for europe and nato under president george w bush. hello, welcome to the programme. just before the mini budget was announced two weeks ago, the former number 10 pollster jamesjohnston ran a survey in the red wall seats. respondents were asked to give their view, in one word, of how they perceived the new prime minister. strong , determined were the words thatjumped out. after two weeks of infighting, a bank of england intervention and a run on the pound, the wider view among members of the british public? not nearly as flattering. liz truss made her conference speech today, to restore the trust in her government that s been so badly damaged. whenever there is change, there is disruption. and not everybody
puts on track not just for a labour government, but a majority labour government, so this is hugely significant for the labour party. thousands of miles away, the prime minister, at a commonwealth meeting in rwanda, sought to brush off the defeats. yes, it s absolutely true that we ve i had some tough by election results and they have been i think- a reflection of a lot of things, but we have got to recognise that voters are going through a tough time at the moment. but the tory party chairman oliver dowden has resigned saying, we cannot carry on with business as usual . we ll bring you all the latest. and our other major story this evening: a decision that s rocked america its supreme court votes to outlaw a woman s legal right to abortion, causing despair and delight. it s so vindicating to know we can take tangible steps to lessen the violence of abortion. take tangible steps to lessen the violence of abortion. abortions will continue but violence of abortion. abo