liz truss is expected to start appointing her new cabinet later today. one of the most pressing issues she will face is how to deal with soaring energy bills. details are beginning to emerge of a plan that could see energy bills frozen at their current levels for 18 months. we ll hear from voters about what they want from the new prime minister. i feel like there needs to be somebody who is a little bit more honest, a bit more transparent, and has a goal which is going to be to make the world a better place for this generation, because as a mother, i m really worried, with the cost of income with everything. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rafa nadal is out of the us open after losing to american frances tiafoe in the spaniards first grand slam defeat this year. good afternoon from downing street. in the last half hour, liz truss has met the queen at balmoral and been formally appointed as the country s new prime minister. this afternoon she will address the nation fro
Close to 10,000 wounded. Half a million are displaced grid 64 is merely 64 Israeli Soldiers are dead. First, an update on the humanitarian crisis in gaza. Many tens of thousands of people, in the facilities right now, probably do not have homes to go back to. Those lucky enough to have homes to go back to may have those that are no longer on the water or electricity system. Those have been badly damaged. All that and more is coming out. Welcome to democracy now. Democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The 72 hour ceasefire has entered its final 24 hours. No detail has been reached at this broadcast. Palestinian officials are in egypt, but they have not held facetoface negotiations on a lasting ceasefire. Nearly 1900 palestinians have died, most of them civilians. A total of 64 Israeli Soldiers were killed in gaza have a three civilians in israel. Un secretary general ban kimoon called for israel and the palestinians to negotiate a lasting peace. Course, we cannot r