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the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has arrived in cairo for talks on a fresh ceasefire. israels president has said his country is now ready for what he calls another "humanitarian pause". nearly 20 thousand people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 1,200 were killed and 240 taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. the un security council is about to start discussing a new draft of a gaza resolution and a vote could take place any minute now. the whit...

just as mr hunt was on his feet. his opponents claim the changes to pensions hes bringing in are a bung for the mega rich. why are we bringing the pensions relief in for the wealthiest in society next month, but those who are really, really struggling with the cost of living now have to wait until next april? and living standards for everyone are still on the slide. yet theres a chipper mood among ministers these days, so we have one big question this morning — are there signs that t...

I think there is a basic principle there. but the reason why we brought this forward now is because of the particular pressure for senior public sector workers who we need to make sure we deliver some of the governments core priorities. hagar governments core priorities. how man of governments core priorities. how many of the _ governments core priorities. how many of the million _ governments core priorities. how many of the million people that have £1 million in the pension are public—secto...

Saying for months they wouldnt be much money for match because what has happened to the finances of the country, you found a few billion pounds to give some of the richest people in the country money towards their pensions. now why are you doing that when we are also as a country, people watching this programme, facing the biggest fall in living standards for decades and decades and decades? weill. in living standards for decades and decades and decades?— in living standards for decades and de...

Sacrifice, what are our core priorities? thats a healthy debate were going to have. >> then lets talk about that. i feel like everything were discussing is about whether were going to spend or not spend, about the programs we want to fund. but im hearing very little about pay-fors. were hearing almost nothing about closing tax loopholes, right? there is not a lawmaker i speak to that ever says, oh, i really like the hookups for the private equity industry, the hookups for the real estate industr...

The budget director, he said yes, authorize but not appropriate. that means the actual money. >> the wall has been authorized since 2006 when they came together and said well build the wall. they just never put the money up and democrats see it as colossal waste of money. >> not just democrats. >> and it is something thats taking away from their core priorities. so it is a symbolic thing, as you pointed out, to say youll authorize it or support the wall. it gives trump a rallying call. it could ...

Very small trailers and they are child friendly spaces. designated supervised areas for children to play and just be children and thats been one of our core priorities at open doors is developing these spaces so kids can just be kids in the midst of what is going on and were providing trauma counseling and basic food supply -- >> on that score, a year ago we were reporting on the desperate situation with thousands of christians fleeing isis who were out there destroying their homes or villages. ...

Shutdown. 40 points, congressman. maybe your district likes it and the supporters like it, but by 40 points americans do not like what you are doing. arent you hurting your party? >> i would say a couple things. if i was asked about a government shutdown i dont want the government shutdown either. we have a slow down where nonessential folks are not working. we have continued to try to fund all of these core priorities. we passed individual bills to fund the department of veteran affairs and cli...