Our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson reports now on the growing pressures on israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, Israels Army says they were shot by hamas in a Tunnel Under Rafah as israeli forces battled above them. Almog seroussi, alexander lobanov, ori danino, eden yerushalmi, whose last words to her sister were, theyve caught me. And hersh goldberg polin, a 23 year old us israeli citizen, and carmel gat, a therapist who was described by other hostages as their guardian angel. Carmel s family said she and hersh were due to be released in a deal outlined in july. Her Cousin Today inconsolable. Its too late for us. Its too late for carmel. I will never hug her again. But 101 people can still hug theirfamilies. For them, make the deal. Save lives. As pressure on israels Prime Minister builds, today, he blamed hamas for the failure to free the h
On on this new hour, what happens to the remaining hostages in gaza . Hear from the father of one of them whose son has been held sap active since October 7th. Plus when it comes to Donald Trumps legal troubles, his game of delay is working. Lets do it. Lets do it. Today Hundreds Of Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of tel aviv. Demonstrators are threatening to shut down the country unless netanyahu finally agrees to a deal with hamas to release the hostages and israels largest Labor Union is calling for a general strike tomorrow. Many inside israel have reached a Boiling Point with netanyahu after the israeli military recovered the dead bodies of six hostages from gaza. They were identified as carmel g guy, alexander lobanoff, Master Sergeant Ori Denina And Hirsch goldberg polin, one of the american hostages found. The crowd erupted in chance of bringing them home. Its described spending nearly 11 months in an excruciating state of limbo where every day they hoped to not rec
Band of Snp Mps at westminster, took the Election Defeat on the chin. In this room we all know and understand that hiding from that harsh reality will fix nothing because the right response never lies in easy excuses, the only right response is rooted in reflection and responsibility. Flynn also attacked the new Labour Government in westminster, saying they were opposing austerity. He said the snp has to reroute itself in the priorities of the scottish people, priorities and we believe the party has moved away from. John swinney will take that on when he takes the stage, he also wants a less polarised national debate, claiming he wants to intertwine the Snps Independence Campaign with those priorities. Andrew kerr, Bbc News. We will hear that speech in full on the Bbc News channel at around 3 30pm. It is 10 32am. Injanuary, the uns top court, the international court ofjustice, ruled that israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in gaza, including public statements that c
London, where labour is making billions in cuts after promising an end to austerity. That is politics at its most cynical, total breach of trust with all of those who supported lab our. A Labour Party that promised change is delivering more of the same, the same dory debt row, the same tory cuts agenda. Labour hasnt delivered change, it is delivering the same damaging austerity as the tories , ~ , same damaging austerity as the tories , ~ , tories Thes Mr Swinney said his government tories Thes Mr Swinney said his government had tories Thes Mr Swinney said | his government had expanded childcare, ensured scots could afford university and Mid Welfare Payments to the prince families, but after a thumping and the general election, he said the party was focusing on why scotland should be independent is not how it should happen. My independent is not how it should happen. My promise to ou is should happen. My promise to you is that should happen. My promise to you is that i should happen.
Im stephen sackur. Wherever you live, however you live, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, is going to change your life in the next few years. Will it be for the better . Well, there are Tech Visionaries with very different views some benign, others, dystopian. But on one thing, the futurists can agree what will matter most to the outcome isnt The Machines, its the humans. My guest, neil lawrence, is a professor of Machine Learning who says we face a choice. Either we use alas a tool or we will become a tool for al. So, which is more likely . Neil lawrence, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. Its a great pleasure to have you. Now, you are a computer scientist, but it seems to me, as youve journeyed deep into the potentiality of Artificial Intelligence, youve also thought a great deal about Human Intelligence and what is so very special and unique about us humans. Can you try to put that into words . Yeah, i think, for me, what weve seen with a lot of the art