Two hostages have been released by hamas. They are Yocheved Lifshitz and nurit yitzhak, two elderly women, according to a source. A Release Falling Mediation By Cutter and egypt. They were taken out of gaza by the red cross. The source telling nbc news that they are in good health. One of the hostages was in dire need of medication. You can see here, according to the times in israel, she was a founder of the of some of the most horrific violence that was inflicted upon israelis and the terrorisattack of october 7 by hamas. Lifshitz is his Peace Activist who readily transported patients from gaza for medical treatment inside israel. Her husband is believed to still be held captive i hamas. The release of two hostages comes days after two americans, judith and natalie were free from hamas on friday. This is where we start the hour with josh letterman. Former cia director, Senior National kersey as, john brennan is back. And then we have john hudson with us. With us at the table, Executiv
With not enough young people prepared to take up the craft. We start here in the uk with a warning that soaring Interest Rates could be increasing social inequality and widening the gap between the haves and have nots. Thats according to one of the bank of englands Policy Makers who has been speaking exclusively to the bbc. Dr Swati Dhingra has been on the Banks Monetary Policy Committee since august of last year, and has voted against raising Interest Rates at seven of its last nine meetings. It comes as official figures out shortly are expected to confirm the Uk Economy Stagnated in august, after a surprise decline onjuly. Dr dhingra suggests the steep rise in Borrowing Costs could be pushing the uk into recession as she explained to our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. The reason why the rates have been raised is because of the kind of price increases we are seeing which is energy and food. Those will typically contact poorer people more and the Interest Rate also typ
Preparing will hold a News Conference shortly. He will likely be asked about the Bombshell Decision on abortion out of it arizona will bring that to you as it happens. Also, breaking this hour, the former financial chief at the Trump Organization who admitted to lying to prosecutors he is getting jail time will go out alive to that as well. Plus, we are live in mississippi courtroom, were six former Law Enforcement officers, members of a selfdescribed goon squad will soon be sent since for brutally torturing to menn and Severe Weather to tell you about flaring up across the deep south, we have those pictures will go live to that in just a few moments as well. So stay with us for that. But first, the president and first lady are hosting an official Arrival Ceremony for japans Prime Minister and his wife. It comes ahead of the two liters bilateral meeting and Joint Press Conference being held in the coming hours over at the white house. You can see the secretary of state, secretary of de
reserve. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. if you ve just joined if you vejustjoined us, if you ve justjoined us, here s a if you vejustjoined us, here s a quick if you ve justjoined us, here s a quick update if you vejustjoined us, here s a quick update on the latest development over the israel gaza war. fighting between israel and hamas continue in gaza and this just in that israel says it s carrying out a precise and covert operation against hamas in a specified area the biggest hospital that al shifa hospital. they said the intent is, quote, no harm is caused to civilians being used by hamas as human shields, however thousands of people including patients and medical staff are said to be sheltering around the hospital. the israeli military says idf was include medical teams and arabic speakers trained specifically to operate in this complex environment. israel says the al shifa hospital compound conceals an underg
To hold talks wit the main parties in Northern Ireland at downing street. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. She has done it us Interest Rates rise to their highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis but now what . Overall we continue to expect that the economy will expand at a moderate pace over the next few yea rs. Moderate pace over the next few years. And it is crunch time in the bidding warfor years. And it is crunch time in the bidding war for toshibas chip years. And it is crunch time in the bidding warfor toshibas chip unit but wary as japan, which has traditionally stood behind its troubled companies . Hello, welcome to Asia Business report. Despite lacklustre growth the American Central Bank has taken steps to cool the Worlds Largest economy, forging ahead with the second Interest Rate rise this year, signalling another is on the cards in 2017. The fed reserve, led by the chair, janet yellen, had plans to shrink the Bond Holdings and massive