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that is for life and death situations intending to make people stop and take protective action, whether evacuating a fling to a safe place. it really will be used as necessary so i really would encourage people not to be too worried about the intrusion into their lives. it is really designed as a public good and, as i was saying before, ithink as a public good and, as i was saying before, i think the media has a very important role to play in helping to sensitise people as to why this is so important.- helping to sensitise people as to why this is so important. thank you very much. why this is so important. thank you very much. do why this is so important. thank you very much, do stick why this is so important. thank you very much, do stick with why this is so important. thank you very much, do stick with is - why this is so important. thank you very much, do stick with is now- very much, do stick with is now here. our reporter alexander mackenzie is in glasgow. ....
it is it is being reported the army in sudan is ready to extend the cease fire 72 hours. we ll try and confirm that in the next hour. the british government says the evacuation is dependent on whether it holds. we will talk to those who have got out and to those still waiting. a shareholders revolt at bp. some of the uk s biggest pension funds are expressing deep frustration with the company s revised climate strategy. and after 2000 years, women finally get the vote. hope francis is women and laypeople will be given greater responsibility in the running of the catholic church, starting in october. we will hear from catholic church, starting in october. we will hearfrom one catholic church, starting in october. we will hear from one of 0ctober. we will hear from one of those who campaigned pope francis says women. we are going to start with gambling. the british government has set out today a much delayed review of the rules governing its $18 billion gambling indust ....
jessica elgot and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. we start tonight here in the uk, where immigration minister, robertjenrick, has announced plans to move away from using hotels to house asylum seekers. instead the government intends to use disused military bases in the southeast and east of england in essex and lincolnshire, and a separate site in east sussex. the government s plans are aimed at reducing spending on hotels and detering small boat channel crossings. according to research by bbc news, 395 hotels are currently being used to accomodate more than 51 thousand people. the uk says it is spending £6.2m a day on hotels for asylum seekers. mrjenrick told the house of commons that the government is also exploring the possibility of using vessels at sea. but the refugee council has described the proposals as entirely unsuitable . let s listen to some of what the immigration minister had to say today in the comm ....
caroline modarressy tehrani and seb payne, director of the centre right think tank, onward. welcome to the programme. the us secretary of state antony blinken, has urged israel and the palestinians to take steps to calm tensions during a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. in the latest incident, just hours before mr blinken was due to arrive in israel palestinian health officials say israeli forces shot dead a palestinian man at a military checkpoint in hebron. the violence was sparked on thursday, when ten palestinians were shot dead in the occupied west bank by israeli forces. then on friday, seven israelis were killed when a palestinian gunmen opened fire outside a synagogue in east jerusalem. secretary blinken has already met prime minister benjamin netanyahu and will also meet the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abas. from the moment mr blinken s plane touched the tarmac he made it clear that addressing the violence of the las ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far the markets seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. and other stocks are up too. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add further volatility to the situation. earlier our business presenter sally bundock explained why the situation at credit suisse was notjust important to the financial community but to all of us: a real worry about credit suisse. if that bank, which is 160 odd years old in switzerland, were to fail, it could have the same effect that the lehman brothers collapse had in 2008, which is it brings a huge amount of fear within markets about the stability of other banks. so people therefore act very q ....