hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan with john berman in new york, and sara sidner is in jerusalem, and this morning israel is ramping up air strikes. they are coupled with raids thaz enter the quote, unquote next phase of the war the take out hamas. t this is some the video this morning of some the aftermath of the strikes in gaza. now, the humanitarian crisis is dire, and system of the aid is coming in through egypt. our crews have spotted a third convoy headed to gaza carrying food, water and medical supplies. overnight, the idf have upped the amount of people kidnapped in october 7th, and as many as 222 could be held hostage inside of gaza, and this would be the 17th day in captivity, presumably somewhere within the gaza strip. this morning u.s. officials tell cnn there are still 10 americans unaccounted for. it is not clear if all are hostages or not. the u.s. does not know the condition of any american hostages at this point. we will get right to the ground. our friend s
thick cloud and a mild westerly breeze across the uk, heavier rain in parts of the western isles and look at the temperatures, possibly up look at the temperatures, possibly up to 14 degrees in some places feeling relatively mild midweek. thursday into friday, a cold front sweeps southwards across the uk, opening up the gates to stronger and colder winds from the north, and these white blobs are wintry showers sweeping across the scottish hills but elsewhere, a case of crisp sunshine so a crisp end to the week with a cold air and temperatures around low single figures, maybe eight or nine in the south. thanks, tomasz. that s bbc news at ten. newsnight isjust newsnight is just starting with victory on babies too but now the prime minister says tax cuts are coming . when, how might that affect you, and will it mean the overall tax burden is going to come down in the short term or not? this parliament has seen the biggest tax burden in peacetime. rishi sunak claims he s a low t
or five years ago that the conservatives got a majority of 80 and they are now potentially heading into a labour landslide territory. is the ultra violent islamic state movement making a comeback around the world? the group started to gradually pivot towards africa, sub saharan africa, and they had branches in nigeria, drc, the sahel. and on a hot and stuffy day here in london, must we all get used to living with torrid heat? i mean, it s thought that there are going to be ten air conditioning units sold every second for the next 20 years, which is this astonishing number. tax hikes in. the british election campaign has been mercifully short, and we ll know the result in just a few days. politics in this country have been pretty chaotic since the day injune 2016 when people voted by a fairly narrow margin to leave the eu. boris johnson, liz truss and jeremy corbyn none of these were the kind of political leaders who would probably have emerged in more predictable times. but
record breaking fifth glastonbury headline set, with a few suprise guests. country star shania twain takes to the stage this afternoon, with r&b singer sizza closing the festival tonight. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to this edition of unspun world, here at the bbc s international headquarters in central london. if labour wins the upcoming general election here in the uk, could that become a poisoned chalice for them? where we clearly are is political volatility because it s only four or five years ago that the conservatives got a majority of 80 and they are now potentially heading into a labour landslide territory. is the ultra violent islamic state movement making a comeback around the world? the group started to gradually pivot towards africa, sub saharan africa, and they had branches in nigeria, drc, the sahel. and, on a hot and stuffy day here in london, must we all get used to living with torrid heat? i mean, it s thought that there
is infuriating the white house. heat records to shatter across the country today, millions of americans will see temperatures in the triple digits record setting, temperatures that are potentially life-threatening. sara is out today. i m john berman with kate bolduan and this is cnn new sec this our first witness in hunter biden s federal trial will return to the stand that witness, an fbi agent will be facing cross-examination hunter biden arrived at court last hour. we re showing you there an after that, fbi agents testimony, it is looking to be a very emotional day ahead. that s because the prosecution s next witness. he s expected to be a hunter biden s ex-wife prosecutors say she ll be able to testify to find him drugs and drug paraphernalia, numerous times. his public struggled with drug addiction it is part of the prosecution s case as they try to prove that biden illegally purchased a gun. because while battling addiction to do that, they re also using his own w