let's speak to our north america editor, sarah smith.plane was already in the air when this explosion and this blast took place. how does that change the dynamic of the conversations he was going to have with regional leaders here? it has made the situation much more complex and joe biden is due to leave the white house any minute now and will be setting off very shortly heading for tel aviv. this is an extraordinary trip which was a very high—stakes gamble even before the news came in of this hospital bombing and it is a visit with two purposes, and both of those got a lot more difficult today. firstly, he wants to go there to demonstrate what he calls his ironclad commitment to israel and its right to defend itself and that is a position thatjoe biden has had for over 50 years now. but it is a position which is much more uncomfortable to defend tonight than it was even this morning. the other thing he wants to try to achieve is to get israel to allow emergency humanitarian aid into gaza and to put in place some kind of measures to prot

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. _ 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, is live in washington.released are american citizens, and tonight we've heard from the white house? president biden has put out a statement saying he is overjoyed at the release of these two americans and he has in fact spoken directly to theirfamily here in and he has in fact spoken directly to their family here in the and he has in fact spoken directly to theirfamily here in the us. he has mentioned working around the clock to try and secure the release of all the american hostages. there has clearly been a lot of activity. this bit of good news comes at the end of a week of extraordinary diplomatic focus on the middle east from america. we had that dramatic trip to israel from president biden on wednesday, and an unusual live televised address from the white house last night. i think it is really important and interesting to note, asjeremy really important and interesting to note, as jeremy was really important and interesting to note, asjeremy was alluding to, that every time we hear from president bide

let's speak now to sarah smith. sarah, more international pressure on israel.een said. yes, the pressure is cominu has been said. yes, the pressure is coming publicly _ has been said. yes, the pressure is coming publicly from _ has been said. yes, the pressure is coming publicly from the _ has been said. yes, the pressure is coming publicly from the united - coming publicly from the united nations, as you say, and privately from the biden administration here in washington. administration officials say they don't want to comment on all of the details of israel's military operations, but they will say that they continue to supply them with munitions and they have not imposed any red lines on what israel can do. but, behind—the—scenes, they are asking very tough questions about what israel's strategy is and how they see this ending. because the real fear here in washington is that a ground offensive won't achieve what israel says it is setting out to do to eliminate hamas, but that by causing even more civilian casualties it could provoke a wider war across the re

a met year old sarah smith.ing of more flooding as a yellow weather warning for heavy rain has been issued in areas which are still recovering from those terrible storm weathers. this includes the east midlands and yorkshire. the warning remains in place until £0.04 pm . this is gb news until £0.04 pm. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now let's get back to mark and . pip ray. and. pip ray. >> thanks and welcome back to the live desk with 85 year old joshua describing her ordeal being led through that spider's web as described of tunnels being released then by hamas last night. well, it marks the first release by hamas since october the seventh attack. but little comfort, perhaps, to the families of more than 200 others still trapped inside gaza. >> analysts are now questioning what hamas is expecting in return. for the latest hostage release. our security editor mark whyte reports from tel aviv on the latest developments . on the l

well as i mentioned the un security council has been holding america editor sarah smith.'s bombardment of gaza by a un refugee agency — what more has been said? he gave a very passionate briefing to the security council about the situation as he sees it in gaza. he said the tragedy unfolding is unbearable. the level of destruction, he said, is unprecedented. he said that in his opinion, palestinians in gaza are being subjected to forced displacement and collective punishment. he said that civil order is breaking down, accelerated by the communications blackout over the weekend and that if it continues this way, the un simply won't be able to do its work in trying to assist some of the palestinian refugees. he was talking about the un buildings in which hundreds of thousands of refugees are sheltering, very short of clean water and he said no place in because i will say. he was giving a very stern warning about the conditions and said in terms, and immediate humanitarian ceasefire is required, otherwise millions, he said millions of lives are at risk. around the same time

security council expressed optimism they will be able to get aid into gaza. 0ur north america editor sarah smith the president's trip. this is an extraordinary trip, which was a very high—stakes gamble, even before the news came in of this hospital bombing. it's a visit with two purposes, really, and both of those twofold missions got considerably more difficult today. firstly, he wants to go there to demonstrate what he calls his ironclad commitment to israel and to its right to defend itself. now, that is a position that joe biden has had for well over 50 years now, but it is a position that is much, much more uncomfortable to defend tonight than it was even just this morning. the other thing he wants to try to achieve is to get israel to allow emergency humanitarian aid into gaza and to put in place some kind of measures to try to protect innocent civilian lives. thatjust looks a lot more difficult now as well, because you've got the american president, flying into a situation where the hamas leader says it's the fault of the us, that this hospital bombing has happened, because america gives

more from our north american editor now, sarah smith.aordinary strip which was a high—stakes gamble even before news came in of this hospital bombing. it is a visit with to make purposes really and both of those to make formations got considerably more difficult to date. firstly, he wants to go there to demonstrate what he calls his ironclad commitment to israel and to its right to defend itself. that is a position thatjoe biden has had for well over 50 years now. but it is a position that is much, much more uncomfortable to defend tonight that it was even just this morning. the other thing he wants to try to achieve is get israel to allow emergency humanitarian aid into gaza and put in place some kind of measures to try to protect innocent civilian lives. that just looks a lot more difficult now as well. that's because you have got the american president flying into a situation where the hamas leader says it is the fault of the us that this hospital bombing has happened, because america gives israel coverfor because america gives israel

and cheryl woods and sarah smith from caerphilly have been named as the mother and daughter who werend daughter who were killed in a five vehicle crash on friday dunng a five vehicle crash on friday during storm babet. meanwhile the met office is warning of more bad weather or a yellow alert has been issued for south east england from 6 pm. until 10 am. tomorrow morning . you'll 10 am. tomorrow morning. you'll find more on all of those stories on our website, gb news.com stories on our website, gbnews.com . for stunning gold gbnews.com. for stunning gold and silver coins you'll always value. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . now let's take a look at report. now let's take a look at today's markets. >> the pound will buy $1.2178 and ,1.1480. price of gold £1,613 and £0.67. that's per ounce. £1,613 and £0.67. that's per ounce . and the ftse 100 is at ounce. and the ftse 100 is at 7376 points. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , a . well, it financial report, a. well, it could be all go politically. >> all right. so we saw today t

today, cheryl woods and sarah smith from caerphilly . and sarah smith from caerphilly.ther and daughter were involved in a five vehicle collision on the m4 last friday. well, the met office is warning of more bad weather to come this evening with a yellow weather warning now in place. an alert for heavy rain and that's been issued for the south—east of england from now until 10:00 tomorrow morning. we'll keep you up to date on the effects of possible flooding across the uk on that one right here, gb news. across the uk on tv in your car. on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is gb news, britain's news. this is gb news, britain's news channel . news channel. >> thanks for that, polly. our michelle dewberry with you till 7:00 tonight alongside me. till then, communications officer at then, communications officer at the institute for economic affairs reem ibrahim and the former editor of labourlist , former editor of labourlist, peter edwards. good evening to both of you. you know the drill, don't you, as well, on this programme. it's very

now, two women who died in a crash have been named by police as cheryl woods and sarah smith from caerphillyother and daughter were involved in a five vehicle collision on the m4 last friday. involved in a five vehicle colliaon on the m4 last friday. involved in a five vehicle collia man| the m4 last friday. involved in a five vehicle collia man who m4 last friday. involved in a five vehicle collia man who died ast friday. involved in a five vehicle collia man who died after'iday. involved in a five vehicle collia man who died after hisr. involved in a five vehicle collia man who died after his car and a man who died after his car was swept away in water near aberdeen also been named as aberdeen has also been named as peter pelling. at least seven people are now thought to have died during storm babet this is gb news across the uk on tv , in gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> good evening . well, yet more >> good evening. well, yet more i'm uncovering from the natwest b

now, two women who died in a crash have been named by police as cheryl woods and sarah smith from caerphillyother and daughter were involved in a five vehicle collision on the m4 last friday. involved in a five vehicle colliaon on the m4 last friday. involved in a five vehicle collia man| the m4 last friday. involved in a five vehicle collia man who m4 last friday. involved in a five vehicle collia man who died ast friday. involved in a five vehicle collia man who died after'iday. involved in a five vehicle collia man who died after hisr. involved in a five vehicle collia man who died after his car and a man who died after his car was swept away in water near aberdeen also been named as aberdeen has also been named as peter pelling. at least seven people are now thought to have died during storm babet this is gb news across the uk on tv , in gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> good evening . well, yet more >> good evening. well, yet more i'm uncovering from the natwest b

women who died in a crash as a result of the storm have been named by police as cheryl woods and sarah smithphilly in wales . smith from caerphilly in wales. the mother and daughter were involved in a five vehicle collision m4 last friday. collision on the m4 last friday. and a man who died after his car was swept away in floodwater near has also been near aberdeen has also been named pelly . at least named as peter pelly. at least seven people are now known to have lost their lives because of storm babet out on tv online dab+ radio and the tune—in app. this is gb news, britain's news channel . channel. >> if keir starmer makes it into number 10 next year, he may be a victim of the old adage be careful what you wish for. if you think the tories are divided compared to labour in government , they'll look like the von trapp family. in the sound of music. i can see michael gove in a dress made of curtains. there are cracks and fault lines across the entire party of labour's policy agenda , most labour's policy agenda, most recently with starmer's admirable stand on israel defending its right to

well, two women who died in a crash have been named by police as cheryl woods and sarah smith from caerphillythe mother and daughter were involved in a five vehicle collision on the m4 last friday because of the storm. and a man who died after his car was swept away in floodwater in aberdeen has also been named as peter pelling. at least seven people are now thought to have lost their lives during storm babet last year with gb news across the uk on tv. in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . this is britain's news channel. >> the government is set to begin terminating contracts with hotels housing migrants across the united kingdom. the plans should see about 50 hotels out of 400, having their contracts ended. this regime currently costs you about £3 billion per annum as 175,000 migrants await their asylum application to be processed. the policy originates from the asylum act of 1999. another legacy of the blair years. it requires the government to house asylum seekers, but it's come at a great financial cost and a socia

smith, bbc news, in east london. that's all for me for now. christian is up next. now here's the weather with sarah keith—lucas.'s going to be all change. next day or so, still largely dry with sunny spells and some frost around. but midweek onwards, a real change to increasingly windy weather with some heavy rain as well. and that's all courtesy of our second named storm of the season, storm babet, which has formed close to the canary islands. it's pushing its way now — you can see on the satellite image — towards the bay of biscay. and as we head through the middle of the week, this low pressure system merging with another one from the atlantic is going to bring increasingly wet and windy weather, especially across parts of scotland. but we're all going to be seeing some heavy rain widely between about 30—50 millimetres, but it's this zone across central and eastern scotland, you can see on the rainfall accumulation map here, we could see between 150—200 millimetres of rain from wednesday to saturday, enough to cause some flooding issues, there'll also be strong winds and big waves, too. now for the rest of t

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