Our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports now on the growing pressures on israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu. Hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, israel s 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, they ve 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. It s too late for us. It s 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 israel s prime minister builds, today, he blamed hamas for the failure to free
Brands barbie, fisher price and moi, that is mattel to find out how his company s fortunes are being revived. Wherever you are joining around the world, once again hello and welcome to the programme. It is a billion dollar industry driven by creativity and innovation with a global reach and a diverse market. The toy industry is forecast to reach $302 billion in sales by 2030 and that estimate is at the conservative end of the scale. But falling birth rates and some of the highest inflation rates we have seen in decades have created challenging conditions for manufacturers and retailers and signal more tough times to come. While the covid pandemic boosted sales of toys and games temporarily, big name companies reported sales have started to slip back once again. Let s look at some of those numbers. Local toy sales reached $108. 7 billion in 2023, a 2% drop compared to 2022 with toy companies calling it a normalisation process after that exceptional growth linked to the pandemic. But acr
Due this autumn, will be painful because of what he called a black hole in the public finances, inherited from the previous administration. More than 3,500 current and former workers at next have won a six year legal battle for equal pay. An Employment Tribunal said store staff, who are predominantly women, should not have been paid at lower rates than employees in warehouses, where just over half the staff are male. Police in india have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters marching in the eastern city of kolkata. They are demanding the resignation of a state minister, following the rape and murder of a Junior Doctor at a City Hospital earlier this month. It is an extremely rare occurence that a Military Operation to free and rescue a hostage ends successfully. But the family of Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a 52 year old Bedoin Israeli abducted on october 7th, are celebrating tonight, after he was freed by israeli commandoes from a tunnel in Southern Gaza. Mr alkad
Heres stav da naos. Good afternoon. What a wet night it was for some others, Standing Water and localised flooding in places. The rain will be easing, snow in the north petering out, leaving a legacy of patchy, light rain and cloud. Some areas quite cloudy but sunny spells breaking out, like for the east, southeast quadrant, the southwest and northern scotland. Not as mild in the south as yesterday, a colder day for scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north of england. This cold air drifts overnight, showers for North East Scotland and north east england. This new area of rain pushing from the south west will bring persistent downpours, maybe localised flooding, increasingly turning to snow as it bumps into the cold air. Milder across the South West Verses across the north. This weekend, turning colder, we will see some rain, sleet and snow. Cold air across the north of the uk for the last few days will push southwards, we will have a low pressure pushing from the south west, like i
He won the nations hearts with the simplest of ideas, to walk 100 laps of his garden for his 100th Birthday. It triggered a remarkable Fundraising Campaign for nhs charities, but it also united the country. Captain sir tom was a humble yorkshireman, a Second World War veteran, but more than anything, a family man. As his Daughters Hannah and lucy said, the last year of our fathers life was nothing short of remarkable. He was rejuvenated and he experienced things he only ever dreamed of. I was fortunate enough to be a small part of that amazing year and in this special programme, captain sir tom, we salute you. In less than four weeks, captain sir tom moore raised more than £32 million for nhs charities, found himself number one in the charts on his 100th Birthday and received Tens Of Thousands of birthday cards. Captain tom, we meet at last. Where did you come from . Ive been lurking down the bottom of your garden. Have you . How are you, sir . Fine, thank you. How about you 7 im real