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Israeli tanks push further south in Gaza as Palestinians launch general strike in West Bank
Israel’s tanks are pushing further into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, searching for Hamas leaders, warning residents to flee from the city centre.
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Sunak defends Eat Out to Help Out as Tories fight over Rwanda policy
Opposing factions of Conservative MPs are meeting tonight in separate rooms, deciding if they will back Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda Bill when it comes in front of the Commons tomorrow.
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Rishi Sunak faces Tory rebellion over Rwanda policy
Rishi Sunak is facing a tough week ahead. Tomorrow he will start giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry. Then on Tuesday comes a high stakes parliamentary vote on his emergency Rwanda plan. And with both liberal and right-wing Tories expressing concern about the bill, it threatens to leave his leadership hanging in the balance.
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Gaza: Israel orders civilians to flee “difficult fighting” in centre of Khan Younis
Civilians in Gaza keep moving, but the fighting and bombing keeps following them, as Israel pushes on with its offensive against Hamas – which many countries consider a terror group. The Hamas-run health ministry says around 18 thousand people have now been killed in the Strip, and almost 50 thousand injured.
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Israel-Hamas War: US criticised after veto on UN ceasefire vote
Israeli airstrikes have continued to bombard parts of the Gaza strip, as the UN chief warned that humanitarian support was now on the brink of collapse – sparking fears of “devastating” consequences for the whole region. The death of a 25-year-old Israeli hostage has also been confirmed – after reports that a rescue operation by…
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UNWRA: UN relief agency in Gaza ‘on verge of collapse‘, says director of communications
We’re joined by the Director of Communications at the UN’s relief agency in Gaza, Tamara Alrifai.
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Israel-Hamas war: UN Security Council to vote on ceasefire resolution
Delegates at the UN security council will vote later tonight on the ceasefire resolution – but the United States has already said it would not support an “immediate truce”, saying Hamas “has no desire to see a durable peace” for both Israelis and Palestinians.
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Sunak tells party to get behind Rwanda policy as he faces potential revolt
Rishi Sunak is facing a potential revolt from both flanks of his party – over his emergency legislation declaring Rwanda a safe destination to send asylum seekers.
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Immigration minister Robert Jenrick resigns after Sunak’s emergency Rwanda bill – reports
In the last few minutes, reports say Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister over the Rwanda migrant bill, as Labour accused the Government of ‘total chaos’.
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UK ‘doing everything’ it can to help countries impacted by climate change, international development minister Andrew Mitchell says
We talked to international development minister Andrew Mitchell, who’s just been announcing £100 million to support climate vulnerable countries at COP28, and began by asking him for his reaction to Grace’s story and the plight of Tuvalu.
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Israel surrounds Khan Younis on ‘most intense day’ of Gaza war
The Israeli Defence Forces say they have engaged in “the most intense day” of fighting since their offensive in Gaza began, as troops encircle the southern city of Khan Younis.
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UK households ’10 per cent poorer than in France’, Resolution Foundation says
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned that the party won’t “quickly turn on the spending taps” if they win the next general election – insisting that economic growth must raise living standards in every community.
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‘In a normal country, Netanyahu would have resigned on October 8th’, says former Israeli Prime Minister
We spoke to the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and began by asking him how he thinks Benjamin Netanyahu is handling the crisis.
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‘This is the biggest number of casualties I’ve seen’, says Gaza hospital volunteer
We spoke to Mansour Shouman, a Canadian Palestinian who has opted to stay in Gaza to document the war. He’s also been volunteering at hospitals there.
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Israel expands ground offensive into ‘all areas’ including south of Gaza Strip
The Israeli military says it’s expanding its ground operation into “all areas” of the Gaza Strip – as its forces push further south.