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everybody, and martha maccallum and this is the story . breaking right now, in the white house says that a president biden does not back unilateral recognition of a palestinian state after a vow from a three of our allies that they will do exactly that. this is a huge development today, and one that benjamin netanyahu says rewards tear. so we will be covering that today terror. and a couple of other really big security stories that we are covering for you right now. also the white house defending president biden s latest round of enormous debt forgiveness for people who have student loans. canceling more than $7 billion more on top of the pride programs today, again as student debt. that brings the total to $167 billion, or almost 5 million bolivars. republicans of calls this move reckless, and that it makes taxpayers pick up the tab for others who have not paid their debts. here is the white house and back and forth, just moments ago, watch this. we have been very ....
let me bring you two new lines coming in in the last few moments. reuters news agency reporting that alerts are being sounded in more towns in northern israel. warnings of incoming aircraft, i say aircraft, the thought is we are talking about drones. that is happening in the north, alerts in more towns in northern israel with warnings of incoming aircraft. we are keeping an eye on that, we have been talking to our correspondent on the borders with lebanon so we ll get the latest on that line. and diplomatically the afp news agency reports that china has urged, quote, an immediate ceasefire in a call with palestinian officials. that is coming from the foreign ministry in the last few seconds. if there are more details we will obviously return to those. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. thank you, matthew. we will look through some of those top business stories right now. economies around the world are assessing the potential fall out of the conf ....
this is the scene live now in gaza. we ll have the very latest on the situation from our correspondent there and in israel. and the other news here this lunchtime. a major fire at luton airport there are no flights in or out, and part of the car park where the blaze began has collapsed. the children still being taught online, as schools try to deal with unsafe concrete. and, the first team gb athletes are announced for next year s olympic games, in paris with ten sailors selected. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. wayne rooney is back in english football. the former england and manchester united striker is the new birmingham city manager on a three and a half year contract. good afternoon from the israeli border. we are here in southern as welljust a few miles from the gaza strip were tensions continue to rise. wejust heard the sirens going and you can test explosions in the air. the iron dome has been in action for hours this morning and is arti ....
ona i am in antarctica. on a journey across interest coldest. the windiest. and surely, the one of our most awe inspiring continents. look at that. just over 105,000 tourists visited antarctica in 2023. it was also the hottest year on record, with potentially disastrous global consequences. oh, it is a calving. a massive bit of ice falling off. we oh, it is a calving. a massive bit of ice falling off. bit of ice falling off. we see ice shelves bit of ice falling off. we see ice shelves melting, - bit of ice falling off. we see ice shelves melting, more i ice shelves melting, more carving, that s why we have more icebergs in the water. figs more icebergs in the water. as more icebergs in the water. as more people embark on these adventures, what can we learn about this, the most pristine place on the planet? my my journey starts myjourney starts in argentina, the southern most city in the world. it s one of five gateway cities for expeditions to antarctica. there are ....
we see ice sheets melting, ice shelves melting, we have more carving. that s why we also have more icebergs in the water. as more and more people embark on these adventures, what can we learn about this, the most pristine place on the planet? myjourney starts here in ushuaia in argentina, the southern most city in the world. it s one of five gateway cities for expeditions to antarctica. there are lots of antarctic tourists here, the brand new jackets and backpacks are a bit of a giveaway, all of them doing their last minute preparations. as a journalist, i ve covered the exploits of people who travel in extreme environments, and for me, this is the ultimate adventure. i m getting really excited now. there s a genuine chill in the air, perhaps a sign of things to come. we haven t even left port and the weather s kicking in. it s part of the point of coming to the antarctic you want to feel the elements. 0h! here it is the ms fridtjof nansen. i m joining about 400 pas ....