for seven and a half days. more than 7000 people are now known to have died and that number is expected to rise and not focuses on getting aid to the thousands who have survived. also in the programme, the new family of the victim was legally stabbed says that her death is of the massive hole in their lives. officials have been explaining more about the series of objects that have been shot down from their airspace. three were shut down this past week and we have just been hearing from the white house sink have not been able to identify with these objects are. but they maintain that this balloon which was shot on the 4th of february was a suspected spy the 4th of february was a suspected spy balloon from china. his national security spokesperson speaking in the last few moments stability were able to determine that china does have a boon for this intelligence collection that is connected to the people s liberation army. it was operating during the previous administration but
just tell me what i did to you. i just tell me what i did to you. liust just tell me what i did to you. liust don t just tell me what i did to you. ijust don t like you know more and we speak to colin farrell and brendan gleeson about their new film about the end of a friendship. the former british prime minister borisjohnson and the ex chancellor rishi sunak, have held face to face talks about the conservative leadership race, though neither has formally declared their intention to stand. penny mordaunt, the leader of the house of commons, was the first to formally declare, on friday. mr sunak has the public support of over a hundred conservative mps the threshold required for the leadership contest this time. some of mrjohnson s former cabinet colleagues have warned against his return to downing street, barely three months after a series of scandals forced him out. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been following events. are you running for the leadersh
the white house. joe, what will we hear from the president tomorrow in this big labor day appearance? he s really kicking off the start to the mid-term cycle. reporter: you know one thing that is very clear and that is the president, jim, is definitely interested in getting out there and showing his stuff, as it were. he s going not only to wisconsin. he s also going to pittsburgh. and later in the week he s going to columbus, ohio. that, of course, is going to be essentially a groundbreaking for a microprocessor plant that he s been promoting. labor day, around labor day, is the time of year where campaigns really start bearing down. it s also a time, very important to say people start looking more closely at the candidates. of course joe biden s name is not on any ballots. just the fact he s getting out to the three major battleground states does tell you that the biden people are thinking carefully about the president and his posture. you know it was just a few weeks ago
Two Wind Turbines onshore, which begs plenty of questions many from within the Conservative Party itself aboutjust how committed this Prime Minister is to the uks climate agenda. Today, the pressure finally told. The government caved to a backbench rebellion, announcing that it would relax Planning Permission for new onshore wind farms. Those changes will come into force immediately and will scrap a previous rule that allowed just one objection to a Planning Application for a new onshore development. The new measures will also allow communities to apply to their local council to have Wind Turbines in their area, although elected councillors will still make the final decision. Rebecca windemer is an expert on Onshore Wind Planning for the Energy Market Insight Company regen. Thank you very much for being with us. Theres been plenty of discussion within industry today about how far this goes. Is it likely to give industry enough confidence to start new investments . Frankly, no. The chan
an atrocity that shook israel and the world. israel says more than 1,400 people were killed in the raids by hamas, a group designated a terror organisation by western governments, including the us and the uk. many of those who lost their lives were young people, killed at a music festival near the border. another 2a2 israelis were taken hostage. israel hit back immediately, with massive air strikes that have reduced much of the gaza strip to rubble. the hamas controlled health authorities in gaza say more than 10,000 palestinians there have been killed, and today, israel s bombing raids have intensified. more than 20 people are reported to have been killed, in khan younis and rafah, in southern gaza. here s some of what mr netanyahu had to say this evening. translation: i spoke to the president of - the international red cross and i asked them to immediately work in such a direction that they will release all the hostages. it is a war crime. and i ve also asked them to immedi