One is first of all, to some degree this has already been a victory for donald trump because this has delayed the start of the trial by jack smith and as a result has put him in the middle of a political campaign. We have a highly divisive electorate, highly divided with republicans on one side, democrats on the other cheering for their respective squads and as a result, it has energized president trumps base. The campaign reported that they had raised nearly 6 million over a fiveday period leading up to this weeks event. There has already been a victory for him in this. My suspicion is the Biden White House is saying we want him to be held to some level of responsibility for actions that he took while in office but not as the president of the United States. But on the other hand he also like the fact that they are out there able to campaign whether as an explicitly political candidate or campaign as the president in his official capacity and talk about the things they want to talk abo
state, antony blinken, is back in tel aviv as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. antony blinken talked about israel s right to defend itself, but also the need for concrete steps to minimize harm to civilians in gaza. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has spoken in lebanon. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas attacks and said, the possibility of total war is realistic . one other important line to update you on more foreign nationals have been getting out of gaza at the rafah crossing point into egypt. 124 british nationals are on the list of people, who are being allowed to leave. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says, more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since october the 7th after hamas killed 14 hundred people, in the attacks in southern isreal. the us seretary of state antony blinken held talks with the israeli war cabinet a closed door gathering. he also met the
Sums as a brexit bill. And this is the scene on centre court, whereJohanna Konta is aiming to become britains first female Semi Finalist since 1978. Currently, its on serve in the first set. Theresa may has ordered a uk wide inquiry into the use of contaminated Blood Products in the nhs in the 19705 and 805. 2,400 people have died as a result of what the Prime Minister, described as an appalling tragedy which should never have happened. The Health Secretaryjeremy Hunt will meet families of the victims before deciding on the style of the inquiry. Many of those were haemophiliacs who contracted hepatitis c and aids related illnesses. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said the inquiry should have the potential to trigger prosecutions. Jane Frances Kelly reports. For decades, the families of those affected by this scandal have fought for justice. During the 19705 and 805, haemophiliacs and others were infected with hepatitis c and hiv from imported Blood Products. Now, after pressure from mp5
A government commissioned report. The un says almost 3000 civilians remain trapped in the iraqi city of mosul, despite claims of victory over good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. An appalling tragedy that should never have happened thats what the Prime Minister called the contaminated Blood Scandal of the 19705 and 805. The government today announced an inquiry into the worst Treatment Scandal in the history of the nhs. At least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses such as hepatitis c and hiv, after being given Blood Products by the nhs. Our Health Editor huw pym reports. Its been called the worst disaster in the history of the nhs. Patients trusted the service to deliver safe treatments, including haemophiliacs needing blood clotting treatments, but they were given products tainted with life threatening viruses. These are medications for hiv. I take one of those in the morning and one of these, both morning and night time. Andy has had a life o
A private UPDF soldier Yasin Jerwa who was found with live pangolin and scales of four pangolin species has today been sentenced to a fine of five million shillings or a five-year prison term.