the bank of england cuts interest rates by quarter of a percentage point. shooting at an adult education centre as an "inferno" — in a fresh social media post, president trump says:

after 15 months of war. earlier this week when he suggested that palestinians to egypt and jordan — even though those countries have said "no". trump's statement.

he's saying gaza will be turned over to the us by israel at the end of the war, israel would expel all the palestinians, and the us would then become the occupying power. gaza post—the—war is one that probably hasn't really been answered. i mean, president biden had envisioned a two—state solution, but not giving too many details. who is still here in dc, he's meeting republicans will not go for this proposal, he has opened up that by saying he doesn't believe in nation building. so this is why it's

really vague. and also, he hasn't really answered the question dislodge hamas from gaza? that is the question that the arab nations want if that is what mr trump is wanting them to do, presuming that is what he wants them to do. and remember, mr netanyahu has said that hamas mr trump also wants peace, by the way. so there's so many contradictions here. as i said, there's a lot of details that and just if you can clarify that reference to chuck schumer, which might be confusing some people why that is in there? yes. him and donald trump have always had this very sort

mr netanyahu last year. now, chuck schumer is someone who is, he has a very close relationship with israel. but he was critical of mr netanyahu. and it's just led to mr trump making the sort criticism of mr netanyahu, because he's talked about a two—state and what's interesting is that the way that he's just mentioned, chuck schumer, it's almost like he's using the word palestinian as some sort of insult to mr schumer, which i think, iqbal and without reference to schumer was reference to chuck schumer was the original social in the original truth social

post. dr sara husseini is director of the british president trump's statements over the past of palestinians, and the most explicit denial of palestinian rights of any us administration. the us will occupy gaza is obscene. plans or will carry out these so—called plans, which obviously you've heard from recent statements, in washington, benjamin netanyahu, who is wanted ethnic cleansing plans and denial of palestinian rights for decades and his predecessors before him for the best part of a century. this, the whole way through, has been enabled by governments like the us and the british government, who have not only failed in their international responsibilities and legal

duties_ render aid or assistance to israel's unlawful military occupation, and failed of international law. 0k. benjamin netanyahu and others would, i'm here is ethnic cleansing, and the way around two million people there, given the enormous destruction there, is it not better as marco rubio suggested overnight,

because we're seeing the images of enormous destruction. yeah, well, that's quite a long question, but i'll start these accusations of ethnic cleansing, of genocide, first and foremost. he's talked about cleaning out gaza. building a riviera, a holiday riviera, the riviera of the middle east. imagine being a palestinian from gaza who has

and social life destroyed, buried, many of them, under the 42 million tons of rubble has been able to get to one of dehumanisation of palestinians. dr sara husseini, director of the british palestinian giving me her committee giving me her earlier. he told me he supports proposals to relocate palestinians from gaza, providing its done on a voluntary basis. of the gaza strip.

of october, there was a high motivation among the life in gaza is terrible under hamas. hamas has taken every dollar they got and at the expense of their own society. in gaza due to the war and the motivation to and i think that in this sense, what's happening, the fact who want to go out go out. that's terrible. you know, in ukraine, eight million people left. nobody blocked the border. nobody told them

they cannot go out. but for some reason, the west thinks it can decide for the gazans what their future will be. and i think we have to create the terms really don't want to live in gaza to get out. we are hearing from... that they do want to any palestinian groups saying that that is likely. some people, of course, have fled the violence. of the critics of this idea. yeah, well, it's a new idea. i think that israel really needs to learn and understand it seems to me that

president trump maybe but i think that at this stage, we are now in the midst to the next step. i think many things are going to happen in gaza, i can tell you... i think that is creating a very big leverage they understand that they need to bring back the hostages, that they need to lay

down their weapons, and they need to get out of gaza. the trump suggestion is at all plausible? have a lot of imagination. i mean, you know, every single big thing that and cannot be done. leave the gaza strip should be let out. egypt must open its border. and if they don't do that, other options of enabling people to get out should be created, whether it's the sea, air, or any other way. why should egyptjust open its borders? rift with israel.

300,000 palestinians went through egypt and left. and went to turkey. and during the war, at the beginning, when they let people get out, more than 100,000 people left. that we've had in the last couple of days has and they do not want to leave. policy is very clear. want to leave. of gaza, i would assume they will let them stay. want to leave. the chance to do so? or this is the only

place in the world where people are blocked and nobody asks them and they don't let them leave, which seems to me unreasonable. 0k. just finally, you think a lot of things are going to happen. i think you said, what are you anticipating? ceasefire won't hold for the next couple of stages? challenging one, because at this step, basically the demands are to bring all the hostages to get out of gaza. how can you achieve that without military pressure or changing completely the way we distribute and then the question is, what the hell is all about?

the control of hamas over this society. amir retired israeli brigadier general speaking to me short time ago. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

here in the uk, the bank of england has cut the cost of borrowing — lowering interest rates by to close to 4% later this year due to higher water bills and energy costs. the previous forecast. colletta smith reports. one, two, three... facing a rise in your mortgage is never easy, and recently this family had been

facing a bill of more any decrease would take a little bit of the strain off. and even if it was 50 quid off your mortgage payments, it's a lot of money for anyone. for a family of four. have reduced their long—term mortgage rates from those dizzying heights that we've seen over and today's cut from the bank of england direction is coming down.

for today's reduction. for those on a variable rate, so a tracker, then a reduction would mean more than two thirds of the savings market is in variable rate products, which typically reduce after a base rate cut. that means that for antonia and her nine it would be nice to plan. got lisas, we've got normal savings accounts.

will get the economy moving. colletta there. the prime minister sir keir starmer has interest rates cut. he was speaking to our political editor, chris mason. the rate is very welcome, that's the third cut interest rates since wirnteire’stirates since july in interest rates sincejuly last year which means people := e; "firewall ray.” wthirsiwill haveimore in if] their ihtheirpocket 7 th their gsctet’a'na ’ ' th their man be money in their pocket and be better so again, for people watching, their wage but on the growth figures, look, we've got more to do. we were never going to turn this around in six or seven months. so thatjust spurs us on. is very, very important. and so you can expect to see more of the

scientists from the eu say the world temperatures last month were 1.75 degrees celsius above known as la nina. you can see it on this chart here, how much monthly temperatures are above pre—industrial levels. now the grey ones here, these are all the years since 1950. and then, here you can see the last two years, 2023 and 202a. it really has been significantly hotter. the level from last year.

so why is this interesting climate scientists? would mean that temperatures didn't rise as much this year. so the basic reason we're until we stop doing that and until we get to net zero,

were so warm, there are other elements involved there. we're trying to pin those down. than the 19th century is because of carbon dioxide. this january was so hot. was it just natural variation? i "%:’: ilie? there_ s§tif§i 11 people died in the massacre in the city of 0rebro, including the gunman, who local media have named rickard andersson.

at a news conference this morning police indicated that he probably turned the gun on himself. in sweden's history. lunchtime described scenes that are really grim. with smoke rising. and they say that the perpetrator, the person he shot himself? yeah. and just in terms of the victims who he shot, do we have a range of their ages? can say about them? i don't have the age. when will you be releasing that?

yes, yes. how are they? it's horrific. and of course, it's very tough. of the perpetrator. we ourselves have not been able to verify this. the perpetrator until at least a few days' time,

now, the syrian embassy here in sweden is also describing that that is the case. kasia madera there. let me leave with some comments reported by the afp tfimmfiflfl mammal ssfhfiéff ’ agency saying hamas say truvmpr 7 7 7 trump remarks a the trump remarks are a declaration of intent to occupy and they are for declaration of intent to occupy urgent:hey are for declaration of intent to occupy urgent arab|re for declaration of intent to occupy urgent arab summit for the plan. stay with us here on bbc news. i'm back soon and, a--- is “p i'm back soon and, a--- is up next. hello there. temperatures below the seasonal norm. but with some cloud

and a bit of rain moving up will be so cold. so a strong area of high pressure dominating the scene but today doesn't look too bad at all. plenty of sunshine around. temperatures in single digits. so as we head through tonight, we start to pick up more of an east—northeasterly breeze across england and wales, but another cold and frosty one further north and west where we have clearer skies. is what's making it windy. up stronger easterly winds and the weather front

mainly over the hills in the south. towards more northern and western areas. so large parts of scotland, northern ireland faring best with the sunshine. into the weekend the wind begins to turn a bit light. limited spells of sunshine. again, probably the best of it in the north west. more sunshine around for england and wales. again, there will be some rather grey and cold spots, should be a little bit lighter and temperatures may be coming thanks to high pressure.

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from using deepseek. and the boss of oil giant equinor tells the bbc he's confident about a controversial new oil field in the uk north sea, as the company pledges to cut back on rewnewable investments. welcome to business today, live from new york. we start here in the us where markets have steadied after a volatile week driven by the on—and—off—again tariff regime of the trump presidency. across the pond in the uk, the bank of england has cut