Evening briefing Tuesday 14th October

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0:36This is the Times evening briefing for Tuesday 14th October. Israel says they'll delay aid entering into Gaza and keep border crossings shut for another day. Officials say it's after Hamas handed over the bodies of just four of the remaining 28 hostages. Meanwhile, the militant group has been reasserting control of the Strip. A video has emerged of Hamas gunmen executing seven people in a public square. Lord Owen, David Owen, the former foreign secretary who helped broker peace in Yugoslavia, told Times Radio the Arab world needs to step in to help govern Gaza. You bomb the hell out of this potential country.

1:12It's in a ghastly mess and there's nobody really who is in total control of it. We have to work with the Arab nations and we have to tell the Arab nations quite straightforwardly. If you want a proper democratic Palestine, you've got to work for it. An asylum seeker who came to the UK on a small boat has been jailed for five years for threatening to kill Nigel Farage Fayez Khan, an Afghan national who has a Kalashnikov tattooed on his face posted what's been described as a chilling video on social media The Times' chief news correspondent David Brown was in court Despite his extraordinary rant, it was extremely violent a lot of foul language He was let out of the dock He managed to kick open the door several times There was lots of screaming and banging Along with his protestations, I want to go back to Afghanistan to see my family.

2:06He is claiming asylum. Nigel Farage turned to me after the sentence and said he will never go back to Afghanistan. UK inflation is set to surge to the highest of any major economy this year and next. A new outlook from the International Monetary Fund predicts price rises of 3.4 % this year compared with 1.1 % in France. The IMF also suggests the UK will face the steepest long-term government borrowing costs in the G7. Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gurren-Chah says the global economy has been hit hard by Donald Trump's trade wars. The tariff shock is here and it is further dimming already weak growth prospects.

2:45This is clear even in the US. Growth is revised down from last year. The labour market is weakening and inflation has been revised up and is persistently above target. It signs that the economy has been hit by a negative supply shock. And the director, Sir Steve McQueen, has been telling Times Radio his dad's death saved his life. The Oscar winner launched a campaign today pressing MPs to introduce prostate cancer screening for those most at risk. He said, unlike his father, he was well off enough to be diagnosed early. My dad and people like that, the people we're trying to target the most, because they're the ones who are being affected the most, black men and white-class white men.

3:23They're more focused on getting the food on the table for their family. They're the ones who are unlikely to even take off a day sick because they can't afford it. You can follow The Times News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio Online.

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