Morning briefing Monday 11th August

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0:36This is The Times Morning Briefing on Monday 11th August. I'm Daryl Jackson. US ambassadors have condemned Israel's plans to take control of Gaza City, as the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists it's the best way to end the war. During a press conference, the Israeli leader said the planned offensive would move fairly quickly and would free Gaza from Hamas. He also claimed Israeli hostages held in Gaza were the only ones being deliberately starved and denied Israel was starving Gazans. Jamil Jaffa, a former advisor to President George W. Bush, told Times Radio Israel's plans threaten the safety of those hostages being held by Hamas.

1:18How does Israel expect to get those hostages back if not continuing to fight? That, I think, is the real core challenge here. And of course, Hamas continues to have thousands of fighters under arms, and that presents its own challenge for Israel's long-term security in a situation where they suffered almost a dozen, the equivalent, the population of just the equivalent of a dozen 9-11 attacks on October 7. A senior Al Jazeera journalist is among four killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. The Israeli defence forces confirmed the killings and claimed Anas al-Sharif was a terrorist who served as the head of a terrorist cell in the Hamas terrorist organisation.

1:53It's being reported that Ukraine and Europe have outlined a plan as to what they want from negotiations between the US and Russia. It comes after Donald Trump suggested Ukraine would have to give up some of its territories as part of any peace proposal. He's due to meet with the Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. More foreign criminals will be deported before their appeals have been heard as the government expands its Deport Now appeal later scheme. It allows the UK to deport offenders who've had a human rights claim against their approval rejected with any appeals heard from abroad over a video link.

2:29The Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, says foreign criminals have been exploiting the immigration system by remaining in the UK for months or even years while their appeal drags on. Drivers over the age of 70 could be banned from the roads if they fail compulsory eye tests under a radical overhaul of the UK's road safety laws. The measures are expected to be contained in a new road safety strategy due to be published in the autumn. Government sources say it would represent the most far-reaching reform since the Road Safety Act came under Tony Blair in 2006. It comes amid growing evidence that reductions in deaths and serious injuries on Britain's roads are rising after years of significant decline.

3:08The Times' Oliver Wright has more. The government are saying that really they haven't kept up the falls in the number of people that died on Britain's roads, which went down very, very steeply from 1979 to around 2010, but then have basically plattered out and in some cases got worse. Between 2000 and 2010, rogue casualties almost halved from 41 ,000 to 24 ,000. But since then, they've risen by more than 20%. And you can hear more on all of those stories throughout the day on Times Radio. This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PwC. AI is everywhere. In the news, in our hands, but return on investment, not so much.

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