un aid workers warn they will have to end their operations tonight, if they don t get more fuel. and the situation on israel s northern border with lebanon remains tense. hello, i m lyse doucet. welcome bbc news, live from jerusalem as we report on the top headlines israel gaza crisis. this is a 19 pin group. today, the emphasis from united nations agencies and from countries around the world for a humanitarian pause in the fighting israel hamas seven desperately needed aid can be let into gaza. israel has allowed food, water and medicine into the territory, but isn t allowing fuel supplies , over fears they ll end up in the hands of hamas. hamas is designated as a terror organisation by many western countries including the united kingdom. the united nations is repeating it was michael s not only humanitarian pause also for desperately needed fuel tanker. all the while, the images coming from the while, the images coming from the gaza strip where israel says it to target ham
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. we start here in the uk. defence secretary grant shapps said it would be irresponsible to carry on pumping money into the h52 high speed rail line if costs had spiralled and there was a perfectly legitimate question about its sequencing. mr shapps, the uk s former transport secretary, told the bbc s victoria derbyshire that costs had increased significantly, citing inflation as having been part of that. he stressed that hs2 was not the be all and end all for northern transport projects. on hsz, we do have to respond to the budgets on hsz, we do have to respond to the budgets that have been hit not only by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine i by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine. ithink by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine. i think any responsible government looks at that and says, does this government looks at that and says, does this still stuck up for what the country requires in
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. it s been described as the new high speed railway that will form the backbone of britain s transport network. but there are now questions over the future of the h52 project which had planned to connect london, the midlands and the north of england. the uk government says it would be crazy not to review the project given soaring costs due to the war in ukraine and a rise in inflation. defence secretary, and former transport minister grant shapps told the bbc the government would need to make serious decisions on how affordable it is. the hs2 project was originally due to link london with manchester and leeds, via birmingham. there is speculation that the link between birmingham and manchester may be under threat as costs have increased significantly. the line to leeds has already been scrapped. with more, here s our political correspondent, jessica parker. hsz hs2 is this enormous rail project, and they actually already scrapped a bit of the
but there are now questions over the future of the h52 project which had planned to connect london, the midlands and the north of england. the uk government says it would be crazy not to review the project given soaring costs due to the war in ukraine and a rise in inflation. defence secretary, and former transport minister grant shapps told the bbc the government would need to make serious decisions on how affordable it is. the hs2 project was originally due to link london with manchester and leeds, via birmingham. there is speculation that the link between birmingham and manchester may be under threat as costs have increased significantly. the line to leeds has already been scrapped. for more, here s our political correspondent, jessica parker. hs2 is this enormous rail project, and they actually already scrapped a bit of the leg of the line that would run up to leeds in the north of england, in yorkshire, and now there is also lots of speculation building that the gove