the us conspiracy theorist alexjones is ordered to pay nearly $50 million in damages, afterfalsely claiming the sandy hook school shooting was a hoax. in the uk, the two candidates trying to become the next prime minister set out their plans to deal with forecasts of an economic downturn. chinese fighter jets fly close to taiwan s coastline, as bejing halts co operation with the us on key issues including climate change. hello, welcome to the programme, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we are going to star in the middle east. we are going to star in the middle east. israel says it s arrested 19 members of the palestinian group, islamichhad, in raids across the west bank. this is after carrying out air strikes against targets in gaza yesterday. the raids killed 11 palestinians, including a commander of islamichhad and a child. in retaliation, islamichhad militants fired dozens of rockets into israel from gaza. azaday moshiri reports. gaza s sky lights up a
Is in a conservative way of lowering the tax burden, not giving out hand outs. so, that appears to rule out, really, any direct financial assistance for people, which some argue is the only real way to help people in the short term with the cost of energy bills which simply aren t going to be met with tax cuts and economic reforms. more of a longer term aim there. so it will be interesting to see how she perhaps expands on that position and what rishi sunak counters it with. he has said he would cut vat on fuel bills, perhaps more help to come too. thanks to jonathan for that. china is halting co operation with the us in several key areas including climate change, military issues and international crime. this is after a trip to taiwan by the senior us democrat nancy pelosi. china views the visit as a challenge to its claims of sovereignty over the island . but taiwan s foreign minister defended pelosi s visit, and says taiwan would continue to invite politicians from around the worl
12 people who have been killed and 33 who have been injured, a number of them seriously injured. the polish prime minister has said that these people, the passengers, were on their way to bosnia herzegovina to a very popular in poland, a roman catholic pilgrimage site in a small town there which has been famous since the 1980s after reports of apparitions of the virgin mary. and lots of polish people make their way to that small town in bosnia herzegovina in the summer months. also, the polish prime minister has said that the country s health minister and a deputy foreign minister, as well as a team of medics, are on their way to the crash site to try and help with the operation there. thanks to adam for that update. ukraine and russia have blamed each other for the shelling
Into a recession and keeping taxes low was the best way to avoid a downturn. our political correspondent jonathan blake says what to do about the economy remains the key issue both candidates can t agree on. the economy still the big dividing line, as you say, but i think both candidates took their message to a new level, if you like. rishi sunak doubling down on his warning that if liz truss gets in, then the conservatives will lose the next election in his words, we can kiss goodbye to winning. and liz truss, on the other hand, with a different tone saying that although the forecasts we have heard this week from the bank of england are bad, they are not destiny and we should not be talking ourselves into a recession, as she put it. so, i think what we heard from the candidates last night really reinforces the two contrasting messages that we have had from both of them throughout. the problem for rishi sunak is,
From the military, us and china, cancelled. and, crucially, it includes even climate change talks. so the impact of this visit from nancy pelosi to taiwan has definitely been felt. there is no doubt that we are in a state of increased tensions, and the danger is it s going to be hard to put back from here, that us, that taiwan, that china, don t really know how to sort of pull things back to a more sort of peaceful, more reasonable state, and that we could be in for a period now increased tensions for quite some time. thanks for that from stephen. much of europe is struggling to cope with what s being described as the worst drought on record. high temperatures and a lack of rain have led to serious problems in several countries. people are being told to conserve water and the forecast says more hot weather is on the way. the bbc s tim allman reports. in this part of south east france, these fields are usually