Children and adults are now starving to death, and that more than half a million palestinians are on the brink of famine. Ceasefire talks between israel and hamas have stalled after initial hopes that a deal could be reached by the start of ramadan this weekend. Desperately needed aid is being hindered by Rampant Lawlessness in gaza, the uns Emergency Relief Coordinator says, as the world body pushes for additional entry points and supply routes to the territory. Meanwhile, the us has continued to air drop food to gaza. The pentagon says it delivered more than delivered more than 11,000 meals by air already an effort criticised by aid agencies as insufficient. Reports emerged that five palestinians were killed friday after being hit by a airdropped package that failed to deploy its parachute. The bbc has not been able to independently verify the claims of Civilian Casualties, which come from a gaza doctor and the hamas run health ministry. However, this social media footage, verified b
another embarrassing vote on the horizon, the speaker may take some solace in the fact that you can count on the support of at least one man, donald trump. here he was yesterday, expressing his gratitude for the disgraced ex president. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me for the beginning, somebody wrote the before he was there and he was all in. he would call me and he would call others. and he really was i, was just talking to him tonight, helping get those final votes. so during the four-day speakership spectacle that we just witnessed, trump lobbied hard for the man he once referred to as quote, my kevin. trump worked the phones, attempting to get members of his maga base behind mccarthy. in fact here you can see marjorie taylor greene during one of those votes trying to pass the phone to congressman matt rosendale. the screen shows the initials d t in green later confirmed trump was in fact o
good evening and welcome to bbc news. it s been a tough day that s how the chancellor began his speech to the party faithful at the conservative party conference this afternoon. it follows a dramatic u turn this morning when the government suddenly dropped its plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. only yesterday, the prime minister had insisted the tax cut would stay except in scotland. but now kwasi kwarteng says criticism of the measure had become a huge distraction that had drowned out other measures announced in the government s so called mini budgetjust 10 days ago. his change of heart followed mounting opposition among tory mps to the tax cut. our political editor, chris mason, reports. first thing this morning, things are moving. and fast. the planned tax cut for the highest paid is being junked. the government has blinked. it was an ambitious plan, and we talked to lots of people up and down the country. i saw the reaction. we considered what to do w
avoids assassination. # there is a star man waiting in the sky. and the hand written lyrics to david bowie s 1972 hit, starman, go up for auction later this month. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. china has warned it ll take counter measures unless the united states revokes a $1.1 billion arms deal with taiwan. it comes amid rising tensions between washington and beijing over the island. the deal includes anti ship missiles, air to air missiles and support for taiwan s surveillance radar programme. our north america correspondent peter bowes joins me now. what more do we know about what is in this deal? is in this deal? we know that this is a very is in this deal? we know that this is a very big is in this deal? we know that this is a very big package - is in this deal? we know that this is a very big package of. this is a very big package of measures. 1.1 billion dollars, it includes now to air missiles, and the major investment in taiwan s
humphrey. there was a rather interesting statement put out today by the chinese state news agency. it wasn t long ago they were talking about the us threat, but now we have this lengthy article published in english about the enduring strength of mr xi s for americans and includes him sitting in a tractor. maybe there is some feeling to be done tomorrow. to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders are to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders are coming - to be done tomorrow. christian, i think both leaders are coming to | think both leaders are coming to this summit looking for a little bit of breathing room. if you look at the situation in china, it s still feeling the effects of the pandemic. when you look at the economic growth, it s been quite sluggish. if you look at the situation in the united states, 2024 is a presidential election. joe biden w