he argued it was in america s interest to defeat those who, he said, sought to annihilate a neighbouring democracy. more than 100 trucks with humanitarian supplies are waiting on the egypt side of the rafah crossing. it s hoped the first 20 will start moving into gaza today, but it is still unclear when. the entry of aid trucks was part of an agreement president biden brokered. during the night, israel continued its aerial bombardment of gaza. the united nations has warned that the initial supply of aid trucks would be nowhere near enough to help the more than a million displaced palestinians. it says at least 100 will be needed each day, because supplies of food, fuel and water are running dangerously low. let s go straight to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. we keep saying about this terrible humanitarian crisis inside gaza. so many injured people with the continued aerial bombardment, and those aid trucks are tantalisingly on the other side of the crossi
the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, is pledging to invest more than seven billion pounds, to try to unlock further funding from the private sector. meanwhile, the conservatives say labour s policy of banning new licences for oil and gas in the north sea will cost billions in lost tax. labour says its plans to close loopholes in the windfall tax on energy companies, that it says will raise llions. in about an hour, reform uk will release its election manifesto which the party is calling a contract with voters. we ll have more on that in a moment. the liberal democrats are having a day at the beach. while calling for an expansion of fuel duty relief for rural motorists. leader sir ed davey visited a south devon beach taking off his shoes and socks and building sand castles with children and their parents. as we said, nigel farage will launch reform uk s election manifesto in the next hour which the party is calling a contract with voters. reform is promising a freez
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Torrid time for the government with claims of sleaze, lockdown parties and a rebellion from backbenchers over new covid regulations. four young children have died in a house fire in south london. the city s fire commissioner says the incident has left everyone numb. nightclubs to close and a return to social distancing in the workplace, as wales introduces tougher covid restrictions after christmas. with fears over the spread of omicron, the chancellor rishi sunak returns from a trip to the us to hold emergency talks with business leaders. and coronavirus is also wrecking havoc with the premier league. another five games have been cancelled ahead of this weekend, including manchester united s match with brighton, plus more in the english football league. and thanks to high pressure, a dry and settled story today and over the weekend. i will be back with the details.