war cabinet has said the military will move into the overcrowded city of rafah unless hamas releases all hostages by the 10th of march. speaking at a conference injerusalem, benny gantz said, the world must know, and hamas leaders must know if by ramadan our hostages are not home, the fighting will continue everywhere, to include the rafah area. it comes as refugees have continued to crowd into rafah, where around 1.5 million people are now seeking safety, close to the border with egypt. the us has repeatedly warned that any ground assault on rafah should not happen without a plan to evacuate civilians first. paul adams explained more from jerusalem: you mentioned two places in your introduction. one was nasser hospital. well, the situation there is very unclear. the israeli troops have been in there since early thursday morning, conducting searches, arresting members of staff who they believe are associated with hamas and looking for evidence that hostages were being
nbc news here in los angeles. welcome to alex witt reports. developing for you this hour concerns over national security growing this weekend in the wake of a bombshell new report on those documents seized from mar-a-lago. nbc news confirms some of those classified documents in trump s possession included intelligence regarding iran and china. this is according to two people familiar with the matter. then the revelation comes as trump faces new pressure on another front, of the january six committee, formally sending the former president a subpoena. trump has been ordered to submit documents by november 4th and appear for a deposition on november 14th. in an exclusive interview with msnbc, president biden waiting in on his presidency as legal challenges. i m not going to comment on what he should do, but i think the committee has handled it very well. what would you say to the american people if he didn t testify, do you think? well a portion of them, they would say tha
we start today with the problem staring at us every time we go to the shops and look at our bank balance: the cost of living crisis. today we ll get the latest estimate of inflation here in the uk for the month of may. we ll go back to april to set the scene: inflation that month was running at 9%, the highest rate here in the uk for a0 years. looking into the future, the bank of england has warned inflation might exceed 11% later this year as the prices of fuel and food put pressure on household budgets. the response by the bank of england has been to raise the cost of borrowing. rates have recently been increased from 1% to 1.25%, the fifth consecutive rise, pushing them to the highest level in 13 years. our business correspondent, emma simpson, has been speaking to the chairman of the supermarket chain asda, lord stuart rose he told her that his customers have been cutting back on their shopping. if you haven t got the money, i cannot eat. iii if you haven t got the mon
we ll bring you a live report from the scene. and in ukraine, last remaining fighters inside that steel plant are surrendering leaving russia in control of the key port city after months of fighting. and in washington for the first time in 50 years, lawmakers are holding a hearing on ufo sightings that have stunned officials at the pentagon. and we begin the hour with a primary under way in a key swing state, pennsylvania, and what has been an eventful series of races full of twists, turns and surprises. on the republican side, an extremely competitive three-way race for the senate nomination will put former president trump s influence to the test as dr. oz seeks to come out on top against conservative commentator kathy barnette and hedge fund competitive david mcccormick. and on the democratic primary, john fetterman is recovering after suffering a stroke forcing him off the campaign trail in the 11th hour of this race against conor lamb. and joining us now, dasha burns