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with widespread disruption for passengers. the un secretary general meets ukraine's president for talks — he says he's gravely concerned about safety at a nuclear power plant that's now in russian hands. joe fraser becomes the first british man to take gold in the european gymnastics final. and coming up on the bbc news channel. ben stokes helps limit the damage — as england claw back wickets on the second day of the 1st test against south africa at lords, following a disappointing first innings. good evening. there's been delight but also disappointment on results day for hundre...

hostages under a temporary truce agreement with hamas will not happen before friday. the deal was agreed last night by israel and hamas — which is designated a terrorist organisation by some western governments. it could also mean a delay to a four—day temporary ceasefire and the release of 150 palestinian women and teenagers from israeli prisons. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports — and there are distressing images from the start. a reminder of how all this began on october 7th, hamas gunmen storming across the borderfrom gaza, hunting israelis to kill ...

of the economy, chancellor? jeremy hunt has some good news he wants to trumpet. the bank of england has driven inflation down — it's halved this year. so now the chancellor says it's time to try to get the economy growing. in today's autumn statement for growth, our choice is not big government, high spending and high tax, because we know that leads to less growth, not more. instead, we reduce debt, cut taxes and reward work. he announced, under the triple lock, the state pension will go up by over 8% next year, and many benefits up by more than 6%. i'm going to go further and cut ...

including access to free prescriptions and legal aid, cut off. mr hunt said businesses are set to benefit from his announcement that he is to making "full expensing" for businesses permanent. it means that for every £1 that a business invests in it, machinery and equipment, they can claim back 25p in corporation tax. hunt says this will cost £11 billion a year and represents the "largest business tax cut in modern british history". the national living wage will rise by £1.02 to £11.44 from april, with the policy extended to cover workers aged 21 and over for the first time, rathe...

good evening from hull. we are at the streetlife museum, which celebrates this great port city's economy and transport. we've been listening here to the chancellorjeremy hunt in his autumn statement unveiling his tax and spending plans for the year ahead — including measures affecting the take—home pay and household budgets of millions of people. we'll hear from our political editor chris mason and our economics editor faisal islam, and our cost of living correspondent colletta smith is here in hull with me. but first, let's look at some of the measures announced. there'll be tax...