Jon Stokes News Today

Hello. This is bbc news. We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. In the past hours, weve heard that the heads of the us and Israeli Security agencies have met to discuss the hostage situation. The Israeli Prime Ministers Office said the cia and mossad bosses met on friday in efforts to advance another hostage deal. In cypius, final preparations are being made for the first aid vessel to use the sea corridor to gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, an...

Prime minister leo varadkar says it was a � comprehensive defeat�. We return now to the situation in the middle east. The us military says its ships and aircraft have shot down more than a dozen drones In The Red Sea after coming under what it called a sustained attack by iranian backed houthi forces in yemen. Us Central Command said the drones represented an imminent threat to merchant vessels, and us and coalition warships. Here� s david waddell. The singapore registered propel fortune i...

In the united kingdom. Voters there made a historic decision to leave the european union. Now, the movements leader says, theres no going back now. But that claim could be bogus if the shakeup in parliament isnt over. Nigel well, i have to say, youre not laughing now, are you . Sam brexit talks quickly turned into bashing in brussels. Nigel you, as a political project, are in denial. Sam as former Independence Party leader nigel farage basked in his movements victory. But farewell kisses aside, ...

But did the party put guns on the back burner when democrats were calling the shots on capitol hill . We cut through the claims and come up with just the facts, next on reality check. Sam brock and good evening, and thank you for joining us. Im sam brock. It has been a very turbulent last few weeks, from more Mass Shootings to political scandal and theater ahead of the elections. Lets get right to it. And were gonna start right now about 5,000 miles away in the united kingdom. Voters there made ...

A report from the field For reasons I’m not entirely clear on, I happen to be someone who often finds himself in wildly different social circles through Facebook groups, email lists, and IRL gatherings. And when I say “wildly different,” I mean woke media and academic types, so-called TERFs and th...

At the New York Encounter, recently held in Manhattan, panelists spoke about the challenges — and benefits — of artificial intelligence.

Strong and Stokes, technology journalist and technology entrepreneur, both agreed on one thing: generative AI will take the place of humans and result in the...

Options don’t have to narrow for the over-50s, but it pays to prepare the ground, says Camilla Cavendish for the Financial Times.

OPINION This year, a Christmas card arrived from an old friend telling us she’s had a bit part on TV. Formerly a teacher, she enrolled in drama school in her...

Labour, the Greens and liberal parts of the media have not adjusted to the fact that liberal and Maori are different things.