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oh, i have a shellfish allergy. one prawn. very good. did i say chicken wrong? tired of people not listening to what you want? it s truffle season! ah that s okay. never enough truffles. how much are they? it s a lot. oh okay - i m good, that - it s like a priceless piece of art. enjoy. or when they sell you what they want? yeah. the more we understand you, the better we can help you. that s what u.s. bank is for. huge relief. yeah. hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining us. i m fredericka witfield in atlanta where it s 1:00 eastern time alongside wolf blitzer in tel aviv, where it is 8:00 p.m. we re continuing to follow breaking news in israel s war with hamas. moments from now israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other officials will hold a news conference as israel s defense minister says the idf has moved to a new phase in the war. new video shows the siege under way in gaza. massive plumes of black smoke were rising from the enclave just ....
years in parliament. but he says he s now concluded, there comes a moment when you know it s time to leave, that a new generation should lead. rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. but as rishi sunak toured the titanic quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. among more than 100 other mp5 standing down, the former prime minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. while the conservatives are now seeing more mp5 walk away than in 1997, labour s losses are less substantial. keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. after mps lined up to mark the close of parliament last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential prime ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. hannah miller, bbc news. join ....
we reported that there was a possibility they would call and go this summer but after the local election results which were very bad for the tories, i had thought as most people did, why would they go now? it looks like it would be so terrible. and lots of mps think it s absolutely crackers to go now even the tories are 20 points behind but here we are. notjust here we are, here we are. notjust here we are, here we are. notjust here we are, here we go. here we are. not ust here we are, here we go. newscast by the bbc. hello, it is here we go. newscast by the bbc. hello, it is laura here we go. newscast by the bbc. hello, it is laura and here we go. newscast by the bbc. hello, it is laura and paddy. - here we go. newscast by the bbc. hello, it is laura and paddy. and i hello, it is laura and paddy. and so, this has been for rishi sunak it is fair to say a not good getting out of the traps and i think he s tucked away what should be a first move or advantage. he s ....
a number one priority. here is our political correspondent helen catt. here is our political correspondent helen catt. the labour leader arriving at a football club in the west midlands, here to put the boot into the tories economic record and to explain what a labour government would do. stability now is change it s strange to say that in 2024 but a stable economy has to be the first step of an incoming labour government and that is what we will make an absolute priority if we are privileged enough to come in to serve. it comes at a leading think tank, the ifs, urged both labour and the tories to be open about the tough choices they will face over the country s finances if elected. for rishi sunak, a low key visit, a cuppa with veterans in the north of england. he answered some gentle concern about his drenching in downing street. it was wet. the amount of people that gave me an umbrella over the last couple of days. but no questions from journalists instead a t ....
an escalation in gaza in the wake of that terror attack that left 1,400 israelis dead. you re looking at live pictures. widespread reports of sirens and exploegs. the israeli defense forces saying today they are stepping up their ground operations. take a listen. their ground forces are expanding their ground up aerations. idf is operating at all dimensions in order to achieve the goals of the war. we will continue to attack in gaza and its surrounding, and we keep calling upon the people living in gaza and iran that south from there the idf did not say troops have entered gaza though it s worth noting israeli tanks have temporarily entered gaza over the last two days. all of this while the fate of the 200 hostages held by gaza is unknown. back channel negotiations are ongoing in the midst of the conflict. just a few hours ago repeated explosions were seen in the israel-gaza border. a few miles away on the ground in gaza near total darkness that was interrupted on ....