Middlehurst. Middlehurst. Nigel. Thank you. And good evening to you. Well, the top story tonight from the gb newsroom is that the Prime Minister says hes going to be urging his israeli counterpart to show restraint following irans drone and missile attack on israel. Rishi sunak told the commons that hell be speaking to Binyamin Netanyahu later on today to both reiterate the uks solidarity with israel, but also to discuss how to prevent an escalation of violence in the region. There was condemnation of irans military offensive against israel from both sir keir starmer and rishi sunak. Today, our aim is to support stability and security because it is right for the region and because, although the middle east is thousands of miles away, it has a direct effect on our security and prosperity at home. There can be no doubt that the attack perpetrated by Iranian Forces this weekend has left the world a more dangerous place. It targeted innocent civilians with a clear intent to destabilise the
Sir keir starmer speaking earlier on today, now , in other earlier on today, now, in other news, 534 migrants were intercepted while crossing the engush intercepted while crossing the English Channel yesterday. That makes it the highest number of crossings on a single day so far this year. And it means the number of small boat arrivals this year now stands at a provisional total of 6265. It comes as the governments flagship rwanda policy returns to parliament, as you heard, with mps debating the latest amendments by peers this evening , a judge ordered today that prince harry must pay 90 of Home Office Legal costs after losing a case over his personal security. The duke of sussex had security. The duke of sussex had argued the court should reduce the amount he was required to pay by the amount he was required to pay by more than half. He launched legal action against the home office for cutting his Police Protection , after he Police Protection, after he stopped being a full time worki
And destroy hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. In the war that has followed the 7th Of October attacks, gazas Hamas Run Health Ministry sayys more than 33,000 people have been killed there. On sunday, Tens Of Thousands of protesters in israel called for the Israeli Government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. Earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent injerusalem, hugo bachega, about idf troops withdrawing from khan younis. The israeli authorities are saying their mission in khan younis has been accomplished and that these troops are now being prepared for future operations in gaza. I think the israelis are under a lot of pressure, especially from the americans, to de escalate the conflict. I think the big question here is about what will happen in rafah. Because the israelis have been saying that it is essential to launch a major offensive
And destroy hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. In the war that has followed the 7th Of October attacks, gazas Hamas Run Health Ministry sayys more than 33,000 people have been killed there. On sunday, Tens Of Thousands of protesters in israel called for the Israeli Government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. Earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent injerusalem, hugo bachega, about idf troops withdrawing from khan younis. The israeli authorities are saying their mission in khan younis has been accomplished and that these troops are now being prepared for future operations in gaza. I think the israelis are under a lot of pressure, especially from the americans, to de escalate the conflict. I think the big question here is about what will happen in rafah. Because the israelis have been saying that it is essential to launch a major offensive
And destroy hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. In the war that has followed the 7th Of October attacks, gazas Hamas Run Health Ministry sayys more than 33,000 people have been killed there. On sunday, Tens Of Thousands of protesters in israel called for the Israeli Government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. Earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent injerusalem, hugo bachega, about idf troops withdrawing from khan younis. The israeli authorities are saying their mission in khan younis has been accomplished and that these troops are now being prepared for future operations in gaza. I think the israelis are under a lot of pressure, especially from the americans, to de escalate the conflict. I think the big question here is about what will happen in rafah. Because the israelis have been saying that it is essential to launch a major offensive