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good afternoon. the government will set out its plans for cutting legal migration this afternoon. latest figures showed it hit a record high last year, with almost three quarters of a million more people arriving in the uk than leaving. the prime minister rishi sunak has been under pressure over the issue and today in the commons, his new home secretary james cleverley is expected to announce the minimum salary for skilled workers coming from overseas will be significantly increased. our political correspondent ione wells reports. the population grew by about 1% last year, the fastes...

down and manage expectations that labour would suddenly be able to change that in a matter of weeks. there is a concern among some in labour that the excitement from some would quickly turn to disappointment when that realisation hits. i think what we know from what labour have said about the speech is keir starmer will say the uk faces huge constraints on public spending. and that anyone expecting a labour government to quickly turn on the spending tops will be disappointed. and hanging heavy in the air here in westminster is that election next year, is the prospect of that. and kno...

his past. new allegations coming just minutes before today's vote. the ex-congressman leaving before the vote was finished, getting into a car. the sign and locks already changed on his door. the israel-hamas war and cease-fire shatters after seven days. hospitals filled with the wounded. what that means for the more than 130 hostages, including some americans, still held by hamas. the renewed fighting coming after a stunning report surfaced, claiming israel knew about plans for the hamas terror attack more than a year ago. matt gutman in israel. here in the u.s., the disturbing ...

and his war cabinet this morning. the us, along with the arab states, is pushing for a further two day extension, the question is, how much leverage do they have. the united states certainly has the ability to have leverage over israel — they have yet to exercise that, and that is why we are just now seeing very loud cries within us domestic policies spaces for restrictions on us aid to israel. as i'm sure you are aware, in the past, we have never placed restrictions on aid to israel — and therefore, we have tied our own hands and not been able to exercise leverage. it is an extr...

from jerusalem. the weather is changing, conditions will worsen for the hundreds of thousands displaced inside gaza. there have been reports of an israeli airstrike on an indonesian hospital, the hamas run health ministry says the number is 12. israeli forces have not commented on a specific operation but maintain their forces are targeting what they say are terrorists and terrorist infrastructure. in another development of the last few hours the israeli defence forces have released sets of videos which they believe will bolster their argument that hamas have been using the largest h...