let s get down to business. as promised, we have more for you on the nato summit that will be getting under way in a few hours time. where, as you ve been hearing, finland and sweden have joined the alliance after turkey dropped its opposition against their membership. so, two of the hot topics at the summit are deciding whether russia or china is the biggest threat to world stability currently, and how to share the combined costs of defence security. members are expected to meet the nato target of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defence. the uk presently spends 2.1% of its gdp on security, but there have been calls for an increase after russia s invasion of ukraine. michael rowe is vice president of aerospace and defence at frost & sullivan. good morning to you, michael. first of all, finland, sweden joining nato. what does that mean in money terms? good morning- mean in money terms? good morning. when mean in money terms? good morning. when you - mean in money
Courts previous orders. Detailing inter alia. South africa then rushed to submit another request for provisional measures, its forth, for fear that hamass last significant stronghold would fall. Hamas itself has repeatedly rejected every offer for a ceasefire. On the 25th of april 2024, 18 states called upon hamas to release immediately the hostages still being held in gaza. They said, and i quote, we emphasise that the deal on the table to release the hostages would bring an immediate and prolonged ceasefire in gaza that would facilitate a surge of additional necessary humanitarian assistance to be delivered throughout gaza and lead to the credible end of hostilities. Wattle days ago, on the 13th Of May 2020 for the United States National Security adviser noted in the same vein that, and i quote, there could be a ceasefire tomorrow if hamas simply released women, wounded and elderly hostages. Israel put a forward leaning proposal on the table. The world should be calling on hamas to c
It was very different to the first trip we had to al aqsa. We didnt see a huge amount of trauma. We did some trauma cases, but the amount of trauma was much, much worse before. But what we did see were the most appalling effects of the malnutrition that were seeing across gaza. Severe malnutrition prevents Wound Healing and will prevent these patients from recovering from injuries that otherwise they would recover easily from. And you get this vicious cycle where they really rapidly deteriorate in their health. They will then die of that if theyre not treated. But these are often very young people who under normal circumstances, would recover fairly well from their operations. But because they have such severe malnutrition, their wounds will not heal properly at all. One of my patients, lhama, was an 18 Year Old Girl who had significant explosive injuries. Theres no doubt in my mind she would have survived these injuries if she had not been malnourished. Very sadly, she died the day we
Reaching out to absolutely everyone in the area. Plus weve learnt that girls as young as nine are seeking surgery on their vagina because they are distressed by its appearance. Some critics say it is similar to fgm, but not everyone agrees. Female genital mutilation is clearly not a procedure that we can support in any way, shape or form. Procedure that we can support in any way, shape orform. To even use it in the same sentence as libya Plaster Surgery is not only unhelpful, but it is unfair. Labia Plaster Surgery. The law is very clear. I see it is the same thing. We should not be mutilating bodies for cultural reasons. Our full exclusive reporter after half nine this morning. Hello, welcome to the programme were live until 11. Throughout the morning, the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later in the programme well hear from a woman called laura, who was a victim of the rochdale paedophile and grooming ring from the age of 13 until she was 17. She has never spoke