Whether to cut Interest Rates from five percent. Hello, im martine croxall. We begin with the latest in the Middle East, following two days of explosions in lebanon. The united states says its involved in intensive diplomatic efforts to prevent the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah escalating further. The comments come after explosions triggered in pagers and Walkie Talkies used by hezbollah killed at least 32 people and injured thousands. The leader of hezbollah, which some western states have designated a terrorist organisation, is expected to address the events in a speech later today. Israel hasnt confirmed it was behind the blasts, yet the Defence Minister Yoav gallant has said its opening a new phase in the war, with the centre of gravity shifting to the north. Our reporter simonjones has more. A funeral in Southern Lebanon is about to be interrupted. Explosion an explosion, injuring a hezbollah soldier, causing panic and fear. Screaming in beirut, another blast caused by a w
In four years. The bbc has been told that Sir Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff received a Pay Rise after the election which means she is now paid more than the Prime Minister. Sue gray asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 £3,000 more than the pm and more than any cabinet minister. 0ur political correspondent, henry zeffman, has more. I knew that there were tensions at the top of government and this Storys Existence in some way from Chris Mason and me attests to those, but my phone has practically blown up in the hours since we published this story yesterday, with people across Whitehall And Westminster who are furious at Sue Gray, keir starmer s Chief Of Staff. And let me explain why. It is not necessarily about her salary in absolute terms. There will be people out there who think that not only Sue Gray as prime Ministers Chief of staff, but the Prime Minister himself ought to be paid a lot more. Im sure they could earn lots more in the private sector or certainly in parts of t
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[background noises] [background noises] welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing pursuant to house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person and let me first remind ereveryone that pursuant to the latest guidance on the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Numbers werefa not wearing a may facemask will not be recognized and let me also make a few reminders for those numbers appearing in person, you will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when you are speaking is what is known in web acts as active speaker you. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. Members appearing remotely i know youre all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will see each person speaking during the hearing whether in person or remote as long as yous have your web acts set t