jimmy, thank you very much. hour two of fox & friends started seven seconds ago. [laughter] lawrence: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. at least 10 more hostages are expected to be released today as the cease-fire between israel and hamas is extended until wednesday. ainsley: for the last two hours smoke clouds have been filling the gaza skyline. this comes as we receive new images reunited with their family. brian: nine children released bringing the total to 51 over the last four days. steve: trey yingst is live in tel aviv where it is 2:00 in the afternoon. trey? yeah, hey, guys. good morning. it is day five of the cease-fire between israel and hamas. it is expected to be extended for at least another day. and just last night 11 more israelis were released. they were flown here to the hospital in tel aviv. nine of them are children. all of them still have fathers being being held inside gaza. the israelis were taken hostage from a small community that s
ukrainian people and they should continue to have our support for as long as it takes. fix, continue to have our support for as long as it takes. long as it takes. a few weeks ago, the world cringed long as it takes. a few weeks ago, the world cringed at long as it takes. a few weeks ago, the world cringed at the long as it takes. a few weeks ago, the world cringed at the prime - the world cringed at the prime minister s fawning welcome for elon musk and this time, they are fleeing his platform on the latest vile outburst. what exactly is the prime minister thinking he might learn from an unelected super rich individual who had taken over a once successful organisation and plunged it into a death spiral? mr successful organisation and plunged it into a death spiral? it into a death spiral? mr speaker, it s a striking. it into a death spiral? mr speaker, it s a striking. from it into a death spiral? mr speaker, it s a striking. from the - it s a striking. from the
of the economy, chancellor? jeremy hunt has some good news he wants to trumpet. the bank of england has driven inflation down it s halved this year. so now the chancellor says it s time to try to get the economy growing. in today s autumn statement for growth, our choice is not big government, high spending and high tax, because we know that leads to less growth, not more. instead, we reduce debt, cut taxes and reward work. he announced, under the triple lock, the state pension will go up by over 8% next year, and many benefits up by more than 6%. i m going to go further and cut the main rate of employee national insurance by two percentage points, from i2%, to 10%. it mean someone on a salary of £35,000 a year would save over £450. to encourage businesses to invest, he is making a temporary scheme permanent it allows the cost of any upgrades, computers, machinery and the like to be deducted from profits before they re taxed. i will today make full expensing permanent,
why have birth rates declined dramatically and how much does it matter? stephen shaw, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. let s start with a basic fact. the world s population is still rising. at some point later this century, it s going to get to about 9.7 billion. and we can see the immense strain that our planet is already under in terms of resources, in terms of fragile ecosystems. and yet you seem to be saying that we as a species need to focus on having more babies. why? well, just to be clear, the reason the world s population is still growing has got nothing to do with births. births peaked in the planet around ten years ago, at around 143 million. today, that s down to around 135. we re already past peak birth as a planet. so, why is, confusingly, this total population increasing? it s because, thankfully, people are living out their lives. people are not dying the way they would have done before particularly in poorer, less developed parts of the world