These feelings . It is expressing discuss as well at these feelings . It is expressing discuss as well at organisations like the bbc. We now know there was a pregnant woman who had her belly cut open, the belly removed from her stomach and beheaded in front of her, there is videos of this. This is unverified, we havent seen these videos your list of i know many people who have seen this. These videos are in existence, there are countless other examples that journalists sat through the other day, whether such denial at organisations like the bbc refused to call these terrorists terrorists. It allows obfuscation, it allows people to claim a freedom fighters. It isjust people to claim a freedom fighters. It is just indefensible and it is fuelling anti jewish hatred in this country would stop i wonder, do accept that people who support the palestinians and feel strongly about their plight have a right to march and have a right to Freedom Of Speech in this situation . 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Actually, i would like to hamas. I wonder, how do you take. Actually, i would like to make hamas. I wonder, how do you take. Actually, i would like to make the actually, i would like to make the point that those people who do not support hamas, there were protests in gaza this year a few months ago, which im sure many of your viewers will not have heard of because the protests, rallies that occur when israelis and jews are murdered compared to the protests or the crickets that happens when gazans go the street protesting against hamas and are arrested and because of it is the double standard that underlines the Anti Semitism that jews had israel release facing. 50 jews had israel release facing. So how jews had israel release facing. 50 how do you take the heat out of these discussions . In the end there will have to be some resolution. I wonder how you work towards that, by conversation, by engagement . There has to be honesty. Conversation, by engagement . There has to be honesty. First conversation, by engagement . There has to be honesty. First and has to be honesty. First and foremost has to be honesty. There are plenty of palestinian activists, plenty of peace activists, patio muslims Around The World who first and foremost acknowledge that hamas is a Terrorist Organisation, they are stealing from the people of gaza. When you talk about peace and ceasefire, who do you want at the other side of the table . How can you make peace with these people when it is in the declaration that they want to Annihilate Thejewish people, they want to commit genocide . They openly say this. Im not saying the Palestinian People and i dont want anyone to put any words in my mouth but the Hamas Charter says that. If hamas controls gaza dont understand. I hear of these empty platitudes and the slogans but unless anyone has any concrete ideas about how you deal with that, then i am at a loss. About how you deal with that, then i am at a loss am at a loss. Thank you very much forioining us thats all from us tonight. Goodbye. Breaking news from Around The World 24 Breaking News from Around The World 2a hours a day. This is bbc news. Foreign military troops here. It happens to be from india. It happens to be from india, but the point is we dont want any Foreign Military to be on the maldivian soil. The people of the maldives dont want any foreign Foreign Military presence to be in our country. And right now it happens to be Indian Military presence here, and thats exactly what we are trying to address, what the people of the maldives want to be addressed. And this is what the people voted me in for, and i promised to them, and im going to live up to my promise. Lets speak to the bbc� s World Service south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan. He spoke to the moldavia and president elect. You spoke to the maldivian president elect. What kind of an impact will his call for the withdrawal of indian troops have on relations between the two countries . Well, the victory is already seen as a setback for india, which has close ties to the Current Administration of president abraham. Now a call for withdrawing sentience troops is not going to be well received in delhi because india has about 75 troops there basically to maintain helicopters, it was donated by delhi some years ago and that was the reason why they were there to maintain and operate. If you listen to the clip there, he was very clearly saying that it is going to be his top priority. In fact, he won the election based on this sentience out campaign by the opposition and saying that basically the influence in the maldives needs to be reduced and bring back moldavia and sovereignty. You might wonder why india is so keen on the maldives. It is right in the middle of the sentience ocean. It has long been under indias spear of influence. It gives them a foothold in a very strategically located area where hundreds of ships pass through that area from the west to east, Southeast Asia all the way to china. That is why india wants a foothold. It gives them the ability to monitor the whole area, given that their rivalry with china is increasing. fin rivalry with china is increasing. On that point, he is backed by an alliance that favours closer ties to china. Does this mean he could spark tension between india and china on that front . It tension between india and china on that front . ,. ,. , that front . It is not only in the maldives can that front . It is not only in the maldives can sec that front . It is not only in the maldives can sec and that front . It is not only in the maldives can sec and other i that front . It is not only in the i maldives can sec and other parts that front . It is not only in the maldives can sec and other parts of south asia, for example, in sri lanka, bangladesh, where you see the rising have been competing for influence and the maldives is not an exception. Basically he is seen as someone who is backed by china and seen as someone who has a pro china candidate by many of his critics. In fact, the previous administration, he moved the maldives more closer into chinas orbit. He took hundreds of millions of dollars to double up Infrastructure Products projects, like the big bridge connecting the airport. In many of the structure projects like housing. And china also gave money. And now with him coming to power, that will be another tension between india and china as they play out their rivalry. In fact, the whole election process was seen by people outside as india china rivalry, whether it is going to be whether india is going to win or china is going to end, and that is what we are going to see more of, india and china battle in the maldives. We will leave it there. Battle in the maldives. We will leave it there. I battle in the maldives. We will leave it there. I thank battle in the maldives. We will leave it there. I thank you very much for putting that development into perspective. Now to new york where one of Donald Trumps former allies has told a court that his ex boss would � arbitrarily� inflate his net worth. Gfx Michael Cohen once served as the former president s lawyer and fixer. But the relationship dramatically soured over the course of the trump presidency. On tuesday he appeared as a witness at Donald Trumps civil fraud trial. He testified that the value of the trump companys holdings would be whatever number mr trump told us. Mr cohen said his responsibility was to reverse engineer assets to achieve the number. This is how the former president reacted after were not worried at all about his testimony. In the testimony they came up with. Was that everything was legit. With all the pressure they were under, they worked under tremendous pressure for years to Say Something else, but they didnt do that. Heres our North America correspondent nomia iqbal with her analysis. Donald trump and Michael Cohen havent seen each other in five years. Michael cohen cut off ties with him then and mr cohen has gone on to write these bestselling books. Hes become a bit of a Tv Personality and certainly a prominent political commentator who never misses an opportunity to criticise donald trump. So this was their reunion. And as mr cohen put it, after he had given testimony and there was a break time, he said, heck of a reunion. So thats probably definitely one way of putting it. But mr cohen actually gave evidence to a congressional probe back in 2019 which looked into Donald Trumps finances. And that was the impetus for this lawsuit that this investigation that letitia james, the new York Attorney general, brought forward. And as you outlined there, mr cohen has been talking about, hes been giving evidence in which he claims that he was told to inflate Donald Trumps assets. This is the accusation that hes been facing. There was a bit of a detour into sports. Basically, yhey spent a lot of time talking about the buffalo bills. Basically, they spent a lot of time talking about the buffalo bills. So for people who might not know, they are a big nfl team, and mr cohen was giving examples of how donald trump tried to inflate assets or how he was asked to inflate assets, and that donald trump wanted to buy the nfl� s team, the buffalo bills. He said they used Financial Statements with inflated assets to show trumps ability to purchase the team, but trumps bid for the bills was unsuccessful. So thats one of the examples thats been used in court today by by mr cohen. Our reporter in the us. Divers have been searching for crew missing from a British Cargo Ship which sank in the north sea earlier on tuesday. Seven people were on board, two of whom have been rescued, one has died. Its hoped the remaining four could be sheltering inside the sunken vessel, as Hywel Griffith explains. Searching from the air, every effort is being put into finding the verity� s four missing seamen. The British Cargo Ship was carrying steel towards the uk and left bremen in germany last night. Its route towards immingham in lincolnshire took it south of heligoland of the german coast, where its path crossed with another bigger vessel. The i90 metre long polesie was sailing towards spain with 22 people on board. Marine Tracking Data shows when they collided. The verity in the middle of the screen started to sink. Two of its sailors were rescued, one dead body was also recovered. Divers were sent to look for signs of life underwater, in the hope that the four others may have found an airlock. The search is taking place in treacherous conditions, but the German Authorities say they will keep going for as long as it takes. Hywel griffith, bbc news. Astronomers in the uk have made the biggest ever computer model of the evolution of the universe from the big bang to the present day using one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. The model was based on the accepted theories of physics. But when it was compared to how the universe actually looks there were significant differences. Our science correspondent, pallab ghosh reports. It all began with a big bang. Gas clouds clumped together to form the first stars and galaxies which now fill the cosmos. But one of the scientists who came up with the theory of how stars and galaxies then spread Across The Universe says that there might be something wrong with his original ideas. Ive spent all my life developing a particular theory of the universe, and now that theory is being questioned. I welcome that because thats how we move forward. Thats how we make progress in science. Thats because a powerful superComputer Simulation has challenged carloss theory. Its taken 30 years to get to this stage, and this is what they found the orange branches are a mysterious invisible substance called dark matter, and the bright dots are the galaxies we see in space like jewels on a vast cosmic web. But the exact details arent the same as the data gathered by nasas james webbs Space Telescope and other observatories. The current theory beautifully explains how galaxies evolve, but there is a problem it predicts that theyre 7 more closely clustered together than they actually are. The new Computer Simulation is much more detailed, and it takes into account the role of super massive black holes, but thats not right either, its still 5 more clumpy. So, if the best Computer Simulation ever created cant get the right result, there are two possibilities, either the measurements from the telescope is wrong or the cherished theories of physics might be incorrect. It could be something as big as questioning the basic tenet of our modern understanding of the universe, which is einsteins theory of relativity. There are currently more questions than answers in astronomy, so many that scientists believe the stage is set for the biggest shake up in our understanding of How The Universe Works since albert einsteins ideas about gravity more than 100 years ago. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. More of those fascinating details on our website as well as all the other top stories. Do logon. Do log on. Thats all for now stay with bbc news. Hello. The outlook is a mixed bag. Were expecting rain most days, but it wont be raining all the time. Theres certainly some sunshine in the forecast, and wednesday will bring exactly that. Lets have a look at the big picture, though, across the atlantic and europe, and you can see this perpetual low pressure around our Neck Of The Woods pushed by this jet stream. In fact, another area of low pressure towards the end of the week. So, a really unsettled picture, a typical autumn, really. And if we have a look at the Rainfall Accumulation over the next five days, i think all of us are in for further rain, typical colours there. So those sort of darker blues around 30 a0 millimetres. But some parts of the country, for example, Eastern Scotland, over a period of five days, could see close to 100 millimetres of rain, but thats only going to be in a few spots. Again, that rainfall will be spread out over a much longer period of time compared to what we had in recent stormy weather. This is the end of the night, then. Three celsius in glasgow, double figures on the south coast. It would have been quite a wet night, i think, across the south. Damp in Eastern Scotland too. But Northern Ireland will wake up to some sunshine. Itll be bright through the afternoon, and in fact, the central part of the uk will have the best of the weather. All along the north sea coast, generally cloudy, the south fairly cloudy too. And towards the evening hours, we are expecting this next Weather Front to sweep in some rain to the west country to wales, the irish sea, Northern Ireland will get the rain eventually too. And basically its quite a damp, and for some of us, wet night wednesday night into thursday, and then heres thursday itself. Its that mixed bag i was talking about earlier on, so, some sunny spells, but also occasional showers. If youre popping out for any lengthy period of time, raincoats or brollyjust in case, and the chances are it will rain. So heres a look at friday again. Quite damp here in the northeast of the uk. Further showers swept in by quite a strong, quite a fresh wind there in the southwest. And the temperatures, you know, most days its going to be about the same Ii I2 Celsius in the north, about 15 celsius in the south of the country. The temperatures are fairly stable at the moment. Its just that same Atlantic Air Mass thats coming our way. And most days weve got at least a rain icon or a shower icon. So an unsettled picture. Bye bye. This is bbc news. Well have the headlines an for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In war, not all soldiers are fighting on or for their own soil. Thanks to the internet, it has become easier than ever before for foreigners to immerse themselves in conflicts very farfrom home. My guest today is a young british man, aiden aslin, who has a remarkable story. Hejoined the ukrainian army. He was captured, tortured and sentenced to death by putins forces. He survived thanks to a prisoner swap. But why did he risk everything in someone elses war . Aiden aslin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. It is just over a year since you were released from captivity after being held by the pro Russian Forces in occupied donetsk. Looking at you, your physical scars have healed. What about your mental scars . Erm, definitely my physical scars have definitely healed or im now a lot bigger compared to when i was released. Im sure everyone would remember the images