hello, and welcome to bbc news. we begin with some news which has been breaking out of somalia over the last couple of hours, where security forces say they ve ended a siege that had lasted over 30 hours at the hayat hotel in the capital, mogadishu, where islamist gunmen were reported to be holding hostages. there s been no independent verification, and no official statement from the somali government. our reporter emily brown has been following the story and joins me now. emily, what is the latest? we know this first began on friday evening, wendy al shabaab group were known to have detonated at least two bombs outside the hayat hotel in the capital. when the al shabaab. dozens were evacuated from the building, said to be popular with politicians and journalists. we know the siege is said to have lasted 30 hours, with government having held hostages inside. we have some footage in which you can hear the gunshots. frame. this was an intense battle for frame. this was an
Infrastructure. New Drone Footage Shows what idf strikes have done so far, and for the roughly 2 million palestinians trapped in the enclave, half of whom are kids. Hunger is mounting. Israels complete resource blockade of the strip is now in day four. One woman sheltering with her husband and 2yearold told nbc news Over Whatsapp the only food that they have left are some chick peas, and that she says its not going to last more than a day. Officials in israel say the number of those kidnapped by hamas and are being held there in gaza is between 100 and 150. That does include american citizens. Here with Secretary Of State Antony Blinken in tel aviv a short time ago. The families of the missing, theres an unrelenting agony of not knowing the fate of their loved ones. Something that i dont think most of us can truly understand, truly contemplate if youre not in their shoes. No one should have to endure what theyre going through. Were doing everything we can to secure the release of the h
Of Jewish Community leaders. We will bring it to you live when they get underway. And communities in Southern Israel seems to be under relentless fire. Nbc news caught this barrage of rockets in ashkelon, near total darkness, as the sole power plant there has run out of fuel. Israel has been amazing soldiers near the border. The scenes comes out of gaza strip, will be, quote, different to understand and cope with. Ahead, a more devastating stages of wart, Benjamin Netanyahu and benny gantz, have announced an Emergency Government to put it on a wartime footing, even as the recallis are coming to grips with the heinous nature and scope of the Terror Attacks heres what one soldier tells nbc news. I never saw in my life. Its something that we used to imagine as or grandfather and grandfather who grew up in other places. Complicating israels war efforts, the harrowing Hostage Situation. At least 150 men, women, children have been kidnapped by hamas. Hamas is threatening to execute them one
the chancellor says we ve turned a corner, but is the uk now in a cul de sac? i now call the chancellor to make the autumn statement, jeremy hunt. jeremy hunt trumpets a two percentage point cut in national insurance, and an almost 2% rise in the living wage, but the uk tax burden is still the heaviest since world war ii, and growth forecasts are down, so will the cost of living crisis still be a cost of living crisis next year and the year after? nick s been out gauging reaction injeremy hunt s patch. ijust i just worry that this is a government that is running out of good ideas. government that is running out of good ideas- government that is running out of aood ideas. , ., ., , , good ideas. they are doing the best the can good ideas. they are doing the best they can under good ideas. they are doing the best they can under the good ideas. they are doing the best they can under the circumstances. l they can under the circumstances. they they can under the circumstanc
Coming up at 9. 15am. And the Us Government is turning up the heat on russia over its support for syrian president assad. Americas top diplomat is in moscow for talks with his opposite number. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Also coming up later, we have an exclusive report on how Cambridgeshire County Council failed to protect a 15 Year Old Girl from being sexually abused by her teacher, despite warnings. The victims commissioner, baroness newlove, tells us that teachers and social workers should be prosecuted if they fail to flag child sexual abuse concerns to stop cases like this. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Police in germany say theyre investigating a possible islamist link to last nights attack on the Borussia Dortmund Football Teams bus. Three explosions hit the bus, which was taking the clubs playe