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bowen joins us from jerusalem. your assessment, jeremy, after the last few hours of what we might expect in the coming hours and days? well, hamas say that they are fighting against israeli troops and tanks in the northern part of the gaza strip, that there are some big battles going on there. one big question, is this the invasion people have been talking about for the last three weeks? i think what the last three weeks? i think what the israelis seem to be doing is to cut off one northern part, one slice, one tranche, if you like, and then perhaps, i don t know, move on from that. a lot of reaction coming in. the palestinian authority, which is the rival palestinian group to hamas, is absolutely condemned what israel is doing as unhinged aggression, which is significant, because there are some people who hope that if israel removes hamas from power, then the palestinian authority might be tempted to take overin authority might be tempted to take over in gaza. at the w ....
of 2020 with cut price meals and has since been blamed for increasing covid deaths. our health correspondent ellie price has the story. katsu curry. it was a don t give up the dayjob moment. his dayjob at the time was chancellor of the exchequer. he didn t give it up, but ended up eventually getting promoted to the topjob. the eat out to help out scheme was his department s brainchild and it s something that keeps coming up at this inquiry. rishi sunak has repeatedly said the government followed the scientific advice, but. i think there were definitely periods when it was clear that the unwelcome advice we were giving was, as expected, not loved. this is exactly encouraging what we ve been trying to suppress and get on top of in the last few months. so it didn t feel sensible to me. it would have been prudent, let s put it that way, for them to have thought about discussing it before it was launched. oh, my golly, that s fantastic! the idea behind it, giving us all up to a te ....
northern scotland could see a shower, one or two down the north sea coast as well, but otherwise dry with plenty of sunshine. feeling pretty chilly outside, six and seven is pretty commonplace, well below average for the stage of november. into the second half of the weekend, this weak area of low pressure moving on from the west, bringing subtle changes to our weather. another cold and frosty night then damp weather pushing into northern ireland, wales and west in england. ahead of that, after a cold and frosty start, temperatures slow to rise, but turning mild in western areas. otherwise, it called a feeling day, temperatures are around five or 6 degrees, the cold weather staying with us for next week. and that s bbc news at six. the news continues here on bbc one with the news where you are. in terms of timings and it does not need much to do this which is why i have always exercised or urged caution here because both sides have theirfingers caution here because both ....
and celine dion on the illness that s kept her away from the stage and how she s determined to sing again. i ll be on stage. i don t know when exactly, but trust me, i will. and the fans start preparing early before scotland kick off tomorrow against germany at the start of the euros. and coming up on bbc news scotland fans are ready on the eve of the opening game of euro 2024 against hosts germany. we ll have the latest from the camp. good evening. sir keir starmer has unveiled labour s plan for government if they win the election. their manifesto promises that wealth creation will be the party s number one priority. there were no policy surprises with previously announced details including 40,000 more nhs appointments each week in england, and the recruitment of 6,500 new teachers as well as the launch of a new border security command to tackle gangs organising small boat channel crossings. sir keir promised not to raise personal taxation or vat, except on priva ....
particularly with penrith in scotland where it will also be windy and cool. temperatures around 10 12 full stop otherwise for the rest of the uk it is a day of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be heavy with some hail and thunder and those temperatures are still pretty poon those temperatures are still pretty poor. the average is around 17 for the time of year so it is another cool day. more of the same into the weekend. but this time there will be some heavy rain working into eastern scotland and some stronger winds working into southern england. showers again will be widespread with some thunderstorms developing into the afternoon. the temperatures not changing a great deal. perhaps a bit cooler for parts of eastern scotland. more showers in the forecast for sunday. but briefly next week we might see temperatures get back to average stop it doesn t last long. cooler showery weather returns later in the week. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six. now ....