the gmb union says about 1000 workers havejoined friday.pe and the us over a pay dispute. unions say this is the biggest day of action in the firm's history. you're live with bbc news. ambulances have been placed on standby in northern india as the operation to rescue 41 workers trapped by a tunnel collapse moves closer to what officials hope will be its final stage. the teams trying to reach the trapped group with a pipe wide enough for them to be say that about ten metres of rock are still separating them from safety. structure is fitted with wheels will be used to roll them out via the pipe once the rescuers break through. it was hoped the drilling would be finished on thursday the problems with the machinery have again delayed the rescue. our south asian correspondence samira hussain is at the scene of the rescue in uttarkashi in northern india. rescue operations have again hit a snag. it is the same issue they have faced before. when the machine is drilling through the debris inside the mouth of the tunneljust behind me, they sometimes

members of the gmb union are locked in a dispute with their employer over pay and conditions.re also taking place in europe and the us. unions say it is the biggest walkout in amazon history. amazon said the industrial action would not affect customers. speaking of black friday, earlier this hour we heard from emma simpson who was on oxford street, one of britain's busiest shopping areas. let's chat more about this shopping phenomenon. i'm joined now by consumer affairs expert harry kind from which? how are you expecting black friday to go today? will it be a big day? we are hearing early reports that may be able not be quite as big as it has been in the past, that is partly because we are saying black friday getting longer and longer. it is a whole black friday week, maybe even a lot of november, and we are seeing rival sales days, like amazon prime day, theyjust mean today is a whole black friday week, maybe even a lot of november, and we are seeing rival sales days, like amazon prime day, theyjust mean today isn't quite so special. when we look at there are good deals aroun

the gmb union says more than 1,000 staff at the coventry warehouse are expected to take part in the walkoutr pay and conditions. amazon says customers will not be affected. china will temporarily exempt citizens from several countries, including france, germany and italy, from needing visas to visit the world's second—largest economy. from the 1st december and for a period of a year citizens of those countries entering china for business or tourism will not require a visa. china has been taking steps in recent months to revive its tourism sector following 3 years of strict covid—19 measures that largely shut its borders to the outside world. europe's largest economy, germany, shrank slightly from july to september compared with the previous three months. final figures confirm the economy shrank by 0.1% over the period. germany has been among the weakest economies in europe this year as soaring energy costs and high interest rates taken their toll. a leading uk cruise ship company is being accused of planning to fire more than 900 staff members if they do not accept new terms and conditions

the gmb union says 1000 workers joined the strike in coventry.s are taking place across europe and the u.s. over a pay dispute. the unions say it is the biggest day of industrial action in the firm's history. the world's biggest icebergs on the move after more than three decades stuck to the ocean's floor. it's almost 4000 square kilometers in area. that is almost twice the size of greater london. it initially split from the antarctic coastline in 1986, but quickly grounded, essentially becoming an ice island. those are some of the other stories we have been taking a look at in the newsroom. you're live with bbc news. the 24 hostages released today are just a fraction of the 240 israelis who were seized by hamas. many of their relatives and friends have been the last seven weeks been gathering in tel aviv, gaining strength from each other. clive myrie is there, too, and sent this report. clive: israel is a place of forced absences, of missing faces staring out on cardboard and paper, and t-shirts. and it's here in what's been described as hostage

the gmb union says about a thousand workers have joined the strike in coventry.urope and the us over a pay dispute. unions say it is the biggest day of industrial action in the firm's history. the world's biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years stuck to the ocean floor. �*a23a' is almost 4,000 square kilometres in area, that's more than twice the size of greater london. it initially split from the antarctic coastline in 1986, but quickly grounded in the weddell sea, essentially becoming an ice island. it initially split from the antarctic coastline in 1986. let's return to some of the diplomacy and negotiations that have allowed the release of hostages and prisoners on both sides of this conflict. we know the first group of hostages have left gaza and are now backin hostages have left gaza and are now back in israel as part of a 40 cease—fire deal between israel and hamas. this was the moment when 24 hostages who had been held by hamas which moved across the border into egypt by the international red cross. earlier i spoke to scott walker, a hosta

the gmb union says about 1,000 workers havejoined the strike in coventry.dispute. you're live with bbc news. and we will turn now to the humanitarian situation in gaza as more aid trucks are able to cross through the rafah crossing. live now to geneva where we can speak to tommaso della longa, the spokesperson for the international federation of red cross. iam i am grateful for your time, i am gratefulfor your time, it must be a very busy time at the moment. could you please tell us about the ceasefire, the pause, what difference that makes to work the red cross is able to carry out in gaza? , ., ~ i. ., red cross is able to carry out in gaza? , ., ~ ., ., gaza? yes, thank you for having me toda . i gaza? yes, thank you for having me today- i would _ gaza? yes, thank you for having me today. i would say _ gaza? yes, thank you for having me today. i would say that _ gaza? yes, thank you for having me today. i would say that there - gaza? yes, thank you for having me today. i would say that there are - today. i would say that there are two or three main point

the gmb union says about 1,000 workers havejoined the strike in coventry.nd the us over a pay dispute. unions say this is the biggest day of action in the firm's history. the world's biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years stuck to the ocean floor. a23a is almost 4,000 square kilometres in area — that's more than twice the size of greater london. it initially split from the antarctic coastline in 1986, but quickly grounded in the weddell sea, becoming essentially an ice island. you're live with bbc news. south african paralympic champion 0scar pistorius has been granted early release from prison on parole a decade after he killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world. pistorius was serving 13 years for murder. in an impact statement read to the parole board, the victim's mother, june steenkamp, said she was not convinced he had been rehabilitated. at his trial, the sprinter said he shot her through a toilet door at his home, mistaking herfor a robber. the parole board said pistorius will be released injanuary. ro

the gmb union says about 1,000 workers havejoined the strike in coventry.a pay dispute. unions say it is the biggest day of industrial action in the firm's history. the world's biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years stuck to the ocean floor. a23a is almost 4,000 square kilometres in area — that's more than twice the size of greater london. it initially split from the antarctic coastline in 1986, but quickly grounded in the weddell sea, essentially becoming an ice island. those are some of the other stories we have been taking a look at here in the newsroom. you're live with bbc news. the 24 hostages released today are just a fraction of the 240 israelis who were seized by hamas. many of their relatives and friends have in their relatives and friends have in the last seven weeks been gathering in tel aviv, gaining strength from each other. the bbc�*s clive mhairi is their too centres this report. israel is a place of forced absences — of missing faces staring out on cardboard... ..and paper... ..and t—shirts. and it's here, in what has been

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as black friday begins, gmb union members are locked in a pay gmb union members are locked in a pay disputend on the picket line outside the firm's coventry site, strikes and demonstrations will also be taking place in europe and the us, which unions say is the biggest day of action in the firm's history. amazon said the industrial action would not affect customers . those are not affect customers. those are the headlines . you can, of the headlines. you can, of course, get more on all of those stories just visit our website gbnews.com. now it's back to ellie and . pip ellie and. pip >> thanks, tamsin. violent protesters rioted in dublin city centre last night after five people, including three children, were injured in a knife attack outside a school. more than 400 police officers responded to the situation. >> well, a clean up operation is underway in the city centre after a night of rioting and clashes with police. cars were set alight, shops were looted and a number of police officers were injured in the riots . were injured in the riots. >> although the authorities have ruled out terro

the gmb union says about a thousand workers have joined the strike in coventry.e world's biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years stuck to the ocean floor. �*a23a' is almost 4,000 square kilometres in area — that's more than twice the size of greater london. it initially split from the antarctic coastline in 1986, but quickly grounded in the weddell sea, essentially becoming an ice island. those are some of the other stories we have been taking a look at. you're live with bbc news. the top diplomats of the united states, japan and south korea haven condemned north korea's recent launch of a spy satellite — with the state department confirming a call took place among the group on friday. on tuesday, north korea said it had placed its first spy satellite in orbit. it released these pictures on state media, showing a gigantic rocket blasting off. north korea's leader kim jong—un celebrated the launch — saying it propelled the country into a new era of space power. south korea says it's not yet clear if the satellite is actually functioning. us state d

we always guide to 3% to 4% and the percentage of gmb.came up at 3.8, the higher side of that range all in all, we've done really well there's not one thing that stands out this quarter. what we really did well is executed and executed relentlessly and the fruit of our labor is visible and we'll absolutely try to continue the same thing on and on and on. >> is it a comment on the consumer and the way in which they are viewing how to pay for things is it a signal of household balance sheet stress >> no. i don't think it's a signal of balance sheet stress but inc. it's a sign of consumer preference as you know, we launched our long-awaited debit card last quarter in a big way and we saw fantastic growth last quarter, again we're showing strong demand from the consumer side for this way of buying it's a new product doesn't really exist anywhere else but at affirm a debit card, you're in total control. you can buy now, pay later or just buy with your bank account. that functionality speaks to this new -- the need we see in the market from peo

itself about, i mean, i don't know what from one week to the next point of for example, the head of the gmbort gas of overseas with a higher carbon footprint. he says it's absolutely vital that big oil and gas companies are able to provide investment in the future. that gas companies are able to provide investment in the future.- investment in the future. that is wh we investment in the future. that is why we are _ investment in the future. that is why we are working _ investment in the future. that is why we are working with - investment in the future. that is why we are working with the i investment in the future. that is i why we are working with the a-list why we are working with the a—list —— energy industry to make sure what it is our plan, with a new nuclear or the renewable energy revolution we need in the country, will cut bills and create jobs, we need in the country, will cut bills and createjobs, well—paid jobs in areas that have suffered massive deindustrialisation and lots of good jobs in industry and also give britain its energy security back so not as exposed to the winds an

. >> gmb community unite >> the gmb community and unite unions the unions have condemned the upcoming the tata steel plant in port talbot. that's one the uk's biggest that's one of the uk's biggest steelworks works over the last seven months, the metropolitan police has recorded 987 crimes relating to ulez cameras that includes 220 reports of cameras being stolen and 767 being damaged. >> only five people have been arrested over for criminal damage relating to those cameras since the london mayor announced the expansion of the clean air zone. >> the city of edinburgh council is set to declare a housing emergency with a homelessness figure reaching a new high. there's also a severe shortage of socially rented homes and private rental costs . private rental costs. >> and as anybody going to do anything about the lack of housing in this country, absolutely disgusting. surely it is a moral, responsible city. surely it is a human right. and prince william, of course , when prince william, of course, when he he talks about eradicating homelessness and how long? >> ten years was it? >> ten y

and of course a lot of the trade union movement, particularly the gmb , movement, particularly the gmb, they really want these licences because thousands of their members work in the oil and gas industry and even the climate change committee itself, the government's in—house green watchdog says we're going to be using oil and gas for at least half energy needs by 2040. half our energy needs by 2040. so use our own oil and gas. do you if import lng, you know if you import lng, liquefied natural gas from the us and use that rather than using north sea gas? it's six times more carbon emissions using us to compress it and ship it. so you know, let me use a technical term, right, as an ofcom regulated economics expert to not use your own oil and gas is nuts . yeah, itjust is nuts. is nuts. yeah, it just is nuts. it doesn't make any sense at all because we need oil and gas at least until 2050, according to the climate change commission. >> and liam hints quickly of a brexit bonus. the world's fastest growing economic bloc, the cptpp . the cptpp. >> yeah, if i'm if i'm going to be limited, i'

but the gmb union don't like that. but the gmb union don't like that .rs that. the labour party's funders . a lot of people in scotland don't like that oil and gas is scotland's biggest industry centred on aberdeen and labour needs scotland if they're going to get the keys to downing street. so what's what starmer has done has allowed sunak to put a wedge between the various parts of labour's coalition, if you like, because you've got the trade unionists who want these drilling licences and you've got the sort of johnson university town , well—heeled labour voters , town, well—heeled labour voters, the islington tendency, if you like, they don't want any of this , they're the eco zealots. this, they're the eco zealots. >> but is there any sort of meat on the bone of what they're actually offering as an alternative we've heard about alternative? we've heard about this, this green energy plan, about new energy about new labour's new energy plan. they keep promising loads more green jobs, but we don't seem detail about how seem to get any detail about how w

sunak is highlighting the fact that he isn't doing much for the oil and gas industry and indeed the gmberful union under gary smith, very canny operator there saying that they want these new drilling licences because they have thousands of workers , tens have thousands of workers, tens of thousands, in fact, who work across the oil and gas industry. but you're tom, just but you're right, tom, just broadening out, here are broadening this out, here are some on uk high some figures on the uk high street which don't make great reading. so retail sales were up 2.5% in october compared to october 2022. that sounds okay, but they are up 2.7% in september. so that's a reduction. and the average increase in retail sales across the last 12 months compared to the last 12 months compared to the same month the previous year has been 4.2. so you can see retail sales are slowing down and at the same time, in inflation is 6.7. so the increase in retail sales is less than inflation. so as we say in real terms post inflation, retail sales are actually down. now this may counter what a lot of gb news vie

that's a bugbear of mine debate . fiery gmb debate. >> andrew.fiery debate. and it was an author. i can't even bother reading headline, reading this whole headline, but do fiery debate? reading this whole headline, but do it's fiery debate? reading this whole headline, but do it's too fiery debate? reading this whole headline, but do it's too long! debate? >> it's too long. >> it's too long. >> too long. it basically >> it's too long. it basically was was anna magnin. was it was anna mae magnin. mangan arguing mangan whatever was was arguing with karina. something on one of these shows. i don't watch kanna these shows. i don't watch karina white and it was and they were saying should were saying whether you should have restaurant or have children in a restaurant or not. the talking not. and apparently the talking tokyo, can't say words. tokyo, i can't say words. there's a restaurant in georgia that you should have an that thinks you should have an adult on the menu for adult surcharge on the menu for adults that are unable to parent, i.e. they th

members of the gmb over pay. coventry site will walk out for three days and again on black friday at the end of the month. the union announced around 1000 workers will be on strike after criticising a pay offer. it said was worth £1 an hour. the and a breakthrough drug is being offered to thousands of women in england to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. the nhs says around 300,000 post menopausal women in england who are at moderate or high risk will be offered. the drug anastrozole trials have shown the drug reduces breast cancer cases by 49% over 11 years. among eligible women . this is gb among eligible women. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on your digital radio and car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to stephen and . pip stephen and. pip >> 1:06 now with his speech this morning, king charles has put fonnard rishi sunak's agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session. but many would say t

members of the gmb union at the onune members of the gmb union at the online giant's coventry site will end of the month. the union announced around 1000 workers will be on strike after criticising a pay offer it said was worth £1 an hour. criticising a pay offer it said was worth £1 an hour . and a was worth £1 an hour. and a breakthrough drug is being offered to thousands of women in england to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer . the developing breast cancer. the nhs says around 3000 300,000 postmenopausal women in england who are at moderate or high risk will be offered. the drug anastrozole . trials have shown anastrozole. trials have shown the drug reduces breast cancer cases by 49% over 11 years. among eligible women , petrol among eligible women, petrol theft has risen sharply in britain and it could be down to systematic criminal activity data from the rac found there were almost 40,000 incidents between july and september this yean between july and september this year. it's estimated these incidents are costing station ons an average of 10,500 pounds each year. most

that's a bugbear of mine debate . fiery gmb debate. >> andrew.fiery debate. and it was an author. i can't even bother reading headline, reading this whole headline, but do fiery debate? reading this whole headline, but do it's fiery debate? reading this whole headline, but do it's too fiery debate? reading this whole headline, but do it's too long! debate? >> it's too long. >> it's too long. >> too long. it basically >> it's too long. it basically was was anna magnin. was it was anna mae magnin. mangan arguing mangan whatever was was arguing with karina. something on one of these shows. i don't watch kanna these shows. i don't watch karina white and it was and they were saying should were saying whether you should have restaurant or have children in a restaurant or not. the talking not. and apparently the talking tokyo, can't say words. tokyo, i can't say words. there's a restaurant in georgia that you should have an that thinks you should have an adult on the menu for adult surcharge on the menu for adults that are unable to parent, i.e. they th

and as you can see behind me, a good turnout from gmb as well to here protest this pay gmb as well tog to executives over the last few years as including over £1 million in bonuses. the last few years as including over £1 million in bonuses . and over £1 million in bonuses. and this is the company that is publicly owned and has come under fire quite significantly in the last few months for the amount of sewage and issues that are going into the scottish water after all, it would have been on their watch . now the been on their watch. now the scottish lib dems have been perhaps most vocal about this with alex cole—hamilton saying that it's utterly shameful for the government owned water company with executives pocket bumper bonuses while our rivers and coastlines are destroyed . and coastlines are destroyed. and just, you know, just to give you an idea of 50 of scottish 89 bathing waters have now got an acceptable levels of toxic waste in them. so and sewage . so it in them. so and sewage. so it would appear that here today in glasgow, the first of four consecutive days of strikes and

members of the gmb union at the online giant's coventry site will walk out for three days and again onth. that is black friday. oh which will be trouble for amazon . amazon. >> i mean, they'll get paid nothing. they work far too hard. they're on schedules and timetables all day. so so there you are. that's a strike. but it won't suit you. you won't like it, you won't be supporting it. but let us know your views this morning . sports last night, morning. sports last night, tottenham against chelsea . well, tottenham against chelsea. well, have you got some honey and lemon? >> oh , the main thing is, how >> oh, the main thing is, how did spurs get down to nine men? >> that was that was the right the boss decided at. >> surely it absolutely is. the spurs lost 4—1 to chelsea. i mean this is just this is the first few minutes. there we are. there's pochettino making his return there with ange postecoglou . that's the first postecoglou. that's the first red card there, right. >> what sort of reception did pochettino get? >> mixed, you expect . >> mixed, as you might expect. mixed as you migh

four day strike following a pay and grading dispute around 500 workers from the unite a unison and gmbrike action as part of the rail. the unions have planned 48 additional strike days over the next three months. first minister humza yousaf says he hoped the strikes could have been averted and unite branded talks a waste of time . thousands talks a waste of time. thousands of households will receive a £300 autumn cost of living payment from today. around 840,000 households who received tax credits and no other qualifying benefits will receive their autumn cost of living payment to help with everyday bills. the hmrc is making the payments between now until the 19th of this month . the rac says 19th of this month. the rac says the number of breakdowns due to potholes has reached a record high due to some standard roads. the car services company received nearly 6000 call outs caused by poor road surfaces between july and september. that's the most for that period since records began in 2006. it's estimated it would cost £14 billion to bring local roads in england and wales up to scratch .

and the top story from the gmb newsroom is that several un aid agencies have issued a joint statement in gaza, saying enough is enough. >> that comes as israel says it's hit 450. >> hamas targets in the last 24 hours. >> they've been targeting tunnels. >> they say terrorists and military equipment. >> well, the hamas run health ministry in gaza says dozens of people have been killed in those strikes . and the aid agencies strikes. and the aid agencies joint statement calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. >> israel says, though , that >> israel says, though, that won't happen until the more than 240 hostages held by hamas are released . released. >> meanwhile, boris johnson is urging western leaders not to forget the extreme brutality and torture used by hamas in their attack on israel on the 7th of october. >> the former prime minister was speaking exclusively to gb news after touring some of the areas in israel devastate gutted by last month's attack. he says there needs to be a stop to what he's calling a crazy moral equivalence. look at what happened. >> remember , for thi

now, today, i spoke to lots of members of the gmb union who were out here picketing in the early hours fog, you know, and talking about the way talking to them about the way that feel that scottish that they feel that scottish power, water, sorry, power, scottish water, sorry, has bypassed the has completely bypassed the traditional collective bargaining methods used for this pay bargaining methods used for this pay deal that was proposed by scottish water. will they propose 8% if they would agree to this new grading system , to this new grading system, which unfortunately would see the lowest earners at scottish water lose up to £5,000 per year? is now humza yousaf, scotland's first minister. he came under quite a bit of pressure in qus yesterday and asked to explain the situation, but he defended that the extremely high salaries and the bonuses for these executives at scottish water saying that they needed to offer high salaries in order to attract the best talent for those positions. he also then went on to explain that the welsh water salary, the ceo of that company makes about 100

must be all cuddly and net zero, but then you get like the hard core of the labour movement, like the gmb up in scotland, in aberdeen, want these oil aberdeen, they want these oil and gas licences . and actually and gas licences. and actually stephen, a lot of sort of thoughtful, analytical people are also saying, well , we need are also saying, well, we need oil and gas. even the climate change commission, the government's in—house sort of energy says oil and energy watchdog says oil and gas, which is currently 75% of our energy needs, by the way, is still going to be 50% of our energy needs on the best scenarios by the middle of the next decade, as well next decade, we might as well use oil and gas because next decade, we might as well usyou oil and gas because next decade, we might as well usyou ship oil and gas because next decade, we might as well usyou ship inyil and gas because next decade, we might as well usyou ship in liquefieds because next decade, we might as well usyou ship in liquefied naturalse if you ship in liquefied natural gas from america by the time you've turned it i

outskirts of glasgow , there was outskirts of glasgow, there was quite a sizeable contingent from the gmbm friday to monday every week for the next 12 weeks. now, this is over a proposed pay increase from the bosses here at scottish water, which came with quite a sizeable caveat, and that was that if they also needs to accept a new grading system, but that grading system would see some of the lowest paid workers lose upwards of £5,000 a yeah workers lose upwards of £5,000 a year. so now humza yousaf was questioned quite direct about this at first. ministers questions yesterday. so let's maybe have a quick listen as to what he had to say. >> remuneration i had mentioned of course, that scottish water does have to be competitive if looked for at example, the salary is of course a high salary is of course a high salary , £245,000. salary, £245,000. >> compare that to welsh water where the base salary is £341,000 or united utilities, where the base salary is £971,000. >> now, the reason why i mention thatis >> now, the reason why i mention that is because these are from salary comparison tabl