Of aljazeera today, seizing its broadcast equipment. If you are watching this pre recorded report, then aljazeera has been banned in the territory of israel. This was one of its final broadcasts from jerusalem before the police arrived. The government accused the qatar based tv channel of incitement to terrorism, calling It A Mouthpiece for hamas. Its bureau chief called it a dangerous move. Israel cannot claim all the time that it is a democracy, and at the same time they are cutting, and preventing the journalists to do theirjob. Meanwhile, down on the gaza border, close to rafah, a deadly rocket attack by hamas, on the very crossing point through which it was hoped more aid could flow into the territory. It has since been shut. At least three Israeli Soldiers were killed. Today, israels embattled Prime Minister reacted to the demands for a permanent ceasefire and an israel withdrawal from gaza. The state of israel is not willing to accept this, he said, capitulating to the demands o
A sudden attack by hamas. Several israelis injured, at least one critically. The wounded evacuated to hospital. The Israeli Military showed this Drone Footage ten projectiles fired before the Israeli Air Force destroyed the launcher. America and britain have been urging israel to open this crossing to aid. For now, its shut again. Today, israels embattled Prime Minister reacted to hamas s demands for a permanent ceasefire and an israeli withdrawal from gaza. The state of israel is not willing to accept this, he said, capitulating to hamas s demands would be a terrible defeat for israel. This afternoon, Israeli Police raided the offices of the tv channel aljazeera within hours of a unanimous cabinet decision to shut down its operations in israel. If youre watching this pre recorded report, then aljazeera has been banned in the territory of israel. The government accused it of being a mouthpiece for hamas. Its Regional Bureau chief called this a dangerous decision. Israel cannot claim al
It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
A fascinatingly close result. Richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 224,000. The majority, despite there being more than half a million votes, wasjust 1508, thats reflected in the percentages. 37. 8 for labour, 37. 5 for the conservatives. One interesting thing to point out is independents 12 , that was a candidate critical of labours policy on gaza. Still didnt stop them winning, just. Have a look at how the rates have changed. The conservative vote went right down. Labours vote went down as well but the fact the conservative vote went down by so much was what got labour over the line. There is the swing. Conservative to labour, 4. 6 . That was the big result from last night but there was another really important result yesterday in the capital, london. Here it is. Sadiq khan comfortably beating the conservative susan hall, 275,000 votes in it this time, a lot more. This is what the swing looked like and is why labour won. A 3. 2 swing from the conserva