of palestinian statehood. the rejection was approved unanimously in a cabinet vote put forward by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and the latest talks on a ceasefire between israel and hamas have been described as not very promising. qatar s prime minister, who made the comments, said, time is not in ourfavour. we made some progress in the last few weeks, yet the last few days have not been progressing as expected and i believe there are still differences in place. let s speak to the bbc s abdelbassir hassan, who is in cairo. welcome to you. thank you for being with us. what do we understand those main differences to be? yes. with us. what do we understand those main differences to be? main differences to be? yes, so far we cannot main differences to be? yes, so far we cannot confirm main differences to be? yes, so far we cannot confirm there main differences to be? yes, so far we cannot confirm there are - main differences to be? yes, so far we cannot confirm th
it says it has credible evidence hostages have been held there. a setback for two of the world s biggest economies the uk and japan fall into recession. and on that might verify today, we ll be looking at how the uk recession compares with other countries and what it means living standards. and fly me to the moon again a us rocket could make the first lunar landing in more than 50 years. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. centuries from rohit sharma and ravindra jadeja have india in the ascendancy against england in the third test in rajkot. india made 326 with the loss of fivewickets after day one. sharma struck 131 before he was caught by his opposite number, the england captain ben stokes, from the bowling of mark wood, in the last session of the day. wood with four wickets, on his impressive return to the test team, including taking advantage of confusion involving sarfaraz khan, run out on debut. jadeja s stellar innings saw him f
the data from the office for national statistics shows the economy shrank by 0.3% in the final three months of last year. the chancellorjeremy hunt has blamed high inflation labour says the government s economic record is in tatters . it is thought that the dip may not last long, because the uk jobs market and wage growth remain strong. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. it was a damn end of the year. from construction to manufacturing and retail, the biggest cost of living crunch in decades, and the higher interest rates deployed to combat that took their toll on spending, profits and output, pushing the economy further into reverse. what most would term a mild recession. we are all managing but it is hard sometimes, yes, as pensioners, everything sometimes, yes, as pensioners, everything is going up, but you just have to everything is going up, but you just have to live everything is going up, but you just have to live it to your means. we r
gathered, there was no escaping the fact that the man at the helm, christian horner, is under investigation following recent allegations against him which he completely denies. for me, it s business as normal, i m focused on the season ahead. and of course, it is a distraction for the team but the team are very together, they re focused on the season ahead, and have been from initially supportive. tremendously supportive. given you ve said it s a distraction, would it be better if you step aside while the investigation ran its course? well, no, becausei deny anything any of the allegations that have been made. so for me, it s oppositely business is normal, focusing on preparing for the season ahead. absolutely business as normal. horner was bullish today that the working environment he s presided over here at the team s space in milton keynes is a healthy one. but this case has prompted to scrutiny over the culture within the team. over the course of several hours
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