have been loud explosions heard in the early hours of have been loud explosions heard in the early hours of wednesday. have been loud explosions heard in the early hours of wednesday. we know there have been many strikes by israel, 100 sites hit the israeli military is saying. also reports there will be a ground operation, an impending ground operation starting in the middle of gaza as well. in his first interview since the war began, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, described the conflict as a grave crime against his people. all this comes shortly after the head of the israeli army warned that dismantling hamas could take many more months. graham satchell reports. night after night, for weeks now, the families of those taken hostage take to the streets of tel aviv. they re putting pressure on the israeli government to bring the hostages back alive and stop the fighting. they need to look at other options. the military pressure will continue. but we see they don t
pea be the answer to deforestation in the rainforest? scientists say they ve found a way to eliminate the taste of peas so they can be used instead of soya beans in plant based products. but will consumers be convinced? but first in the us, a deal on the country s debt ceiling took a step closer last night clearing its first procedural hurdle, despite a revolt from hard line conservatives. tonight it goes to a vote a make or break vote on the deal. without agreement, the us would hit its borrowing limit on monday. that would mean defaulting on its $31.4 trillion dollars worth of debt. in turn, that would mean federal and military workers would stop being paid, and the economy could fall into chaos. jordan weissman, who is washington editor of the political newsletter semafor. thank you for being with us. last night, thank you for being with us. last night, that thank you for being with us. last night, that deal thank you for being with us. last night, that deal
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the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin reports. another train strike and it s the biggest yet. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to fund raise for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant she had to make other plans to get there. so for me, this just blew everything apart. i couldn t even begin to think of how we would get there. so ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked, just worried about it. the red lines on this map are the only parts of the rail network which do have services today. where trains are running, they started a lot later than usual and they ll finish a lot earlier than normal as well. there are no trains running between london and some