Morning briefing Monday 22nd September

0:00This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PwCWC. Staying competitive means getting ahead, not just keeping up. So how do business leaders cut through the noise and focus on what really matters. PwC takes you further with tech, from optimising the systems that put your data to work, to scaling AI from proof of concept to competitive edge. PwC helps you meet tomorrow's tech demands, so you can compete at a speed that rewrites the rules. Discover more at pwc.co.uk This is a Times Morning Briefing on Monday the 22nd of September. I'm Daryl Jackson. Other countries are expected to formally recognise a Palestinian state when world leaders gather for a major UN meeting in New York later.

0:48The move was taken yesterday by the UK, in which Sir Keir Starmer insists keeps alive the two-state solution. The Prime Minister says Hamas must have no role in governing. Professor Chuck Furlich, a former Deputy National Security Advisor, told Times Radio that it's seen as diplomatically symbolic rather than something that will force change on the ground. The primary symbol that is here is Hamas launches a massacre. And what's the outcome? Leading countries in the world, countries which to a certain extent are the voice of international morality, recognize Palestine. It should be an incentive for the Palestinians to reach an agreement with Israel and the carrot that they get after doing so.

1:33Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that a Palestinian state will not happen and claimed the move endangers their existence and constitutes an absurd reward for terrorism. The widow of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk has told a memorial event in Arizona she forgives his killer. On the cross our Saviour said, Father forgive them for they not know what they do. That man, that young man, I forgive him. The controversial podcast host seen as a galvaniser of the Republican youth vote was shot dead earlier this month. Gatwick Airport's£2.2 billion second runway plan has been given the go-ahead by the Transport Secretary.

2:28Heidi Alexander says it will enable about 100 ,000 more flights a year. The airport says its plans will create£1 billion per year in economic benefits and generate an additional 14 ,000 jobs. The Green Party has called the decision a disaster. And nearly twice as many people see artificial intelligence as a risk to the economy rather than an opportunity. Polling suggests that 39 % of Britain see AI as a threat and 20 % as an opportunity. It comes after the Prime Minister signed a new tech deal with Donald Trump last week as he looks to make Britain a world leader in AI. Sakhir Starmer wants to spur on its adoption across Whitehall in a drive to improve productivity and good costs.

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