Secretary general, Antonio Guterres , has urged all parties guterres, has urged all parties to allow humanitarian aid in to help trapped palestinian orphans. The humanitarian situation in gaza was extremely dire before this hostilities. Now only deteriorate exponentially. Deteriorate exponentially. Medical equipment and food, fuel and other humanitarian supplies are desperately needed , along are desperately needed, along with access for humanity , un with access for humanity, un personnel relief and entry of essential supplies into gaza must be facilitated and the un will continue efforts to provide aid to respond to these needs. Aid to respond to these needs. And i urge all sides and relevant parties to allow united naļ¬ons relevant parties to allow United Nations access to deliver urgent humanitarian assistance to Palestinian Civilians trapped and helpless in the gaza strip. And helpless in the gaza strip. Un chief speaking a short time ago. Well, scotlands first minister says his
Kent beaches. Good afternoon. In the next good afternoon. In the next few moments, we are set to hear from shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves as the Labour Party Conference continues in liverpool. Well , she is expected to well, she is expected to announce much on planning and indeed borrowing. Lets go indeed borrowing. Lets go straight to liverpool and john. Our business and economics editor. Liam halligan , who is editor. Liam halligan, who is there, and liam , in terms of the there, and liam, in terms of the borrowing, of course, its got this current government into problems , but shes indicating problems, but shes indicating only borrow to invest which was Gordon Browns watchword. His golden rule. Golden rule. Thats right. Shes very much trying to present herself as as an iron chancellor, as gordon brown did. The trouble is that Rachel Reeves has got a much tougher wicket to bat on, if you like , to use a cricketing like, to use a cricketing analogy. Why is that . Thats because borrow
Tice. And amid reports Prince Andrews a lost soul and fergie is trying to land a tv deal to keep him afloat. Should king charles forgive his brother and ang charles forgive his brother and bring him back into the royal fold . Lady victoria harvey and ingnd fold . Lady victoria harvey and Ingrid Seward go head to head in the clash. As always, youll get the clash. As always, youll get a first look at tomorrows newspaper front pages and Kelvin Mackenzie is uncancelled. Later in the show , a blockbuster, two in the show, a blockbuster, two hours to come. First the news and polly middlehurst. East mark, thank you. Well, the top story tonight is that the israeli Prime Minister has been speaking this evening and he said the airstrikes in gaza are just the beginning. Speaking a short time ago, Benjamin Netanyahu compared the hamas atrocities of the weekend as being on par with isis. And earlier, hamas threatened to kill hostages if israel continued retaliating without warning. More than 900 pe
And. Well, what happens next . But before we get started, lets get your latest news with tatiana sanchez. Gnaana. Thank you. The top stories this hour. Up to 50 migrants were rescued in a dramatic race against the tide after their boat ran aground on after their boat ran aground on a sandbank off the kent coast. Gb news captured this exclusive video of the migrant arrivals. The small boat ran aground this morning on goodwin sands. No one is believed to have been injured. The incident comes as gb news can reveal the numbers crossing illegally from france have now passed 7000 for the yeah have now passed 7000 for the year. So far, at least five small boats have made it to uk waters so far today , carrying waters so far today, carrying more than 250 migrants. Humza yousaf is said to be asking leaders of other parties to find Common Ground with him, as he ianes Common Ground with him, as he invites them to talks at his official residence to see how they can work with his minority governmen
The Prime Minister says the first flight carrying Asylum Seekers to rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks time come what may. He says an airfield is on standby and charter planes are booked. Rishi sunak had originally promised the first flight would take off this spring, but his timetable now suggests a delay until the summer. He says peers and mps will have to sit through the night tonight if necessary to pass the governments controversial rwanda legislation. Our political correspondent, helen catt is in westminster. Helen. New statistics out this morning show one of the reasons why rishi sunak might be so keen to get those flights off soon, last Year Parliament passed a law that said that some asylum cases could only be dealt with by being removed from the uk. But they cant go to rwanda because the Supreme Court ruled it was unsafe and there are now nearly 52,000 Asylum Seekers whose claims simply cant be dealt with here. So what the government did to try and get around this last year