With sofia. Darren. Thank you. Good afternoon. Its 12 02. Im sophia wenzler afternoon. Its12 02. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. The dutch act has been newsroom. The dutch act has been kicked out of Eurovision Song Contest grand final. The European Broadcasting Union says us klein wont compete, while Swedish Police investigate a complaint of inappropriate behaviour by a female member of the production crew. Meanwhile security has been tightened ahead of tonights show following pro palestinian demonstrations. Demonstrators have been rallying against israels participation in the event , with the countrys eden event, with the countrys eden golan qualifying for tonights show. Shes among the leading show. Shes among the leading contenders to win, but bookmakers have placed croatias baby lasagna as favourite. Baby lasagna as favourite. Heres what some of the fans had to say i understand it, i personally disagree with their involvement and a lot of the stuff thats happened in the past 2
Time the news of the day time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst. With polly middlehurst. Jacob thank you and good evening. Well, the main news tonight is that the israeli Prime Minister has been speaking within the last 15 minutes or so, addressing the nation, saying airstrikes in gaza are just the beginning. He compared hamas and the atrocities theyve committed as being on par with isis. Earlier, hamas threatened isis. Earlier, hamas threatened to kill hostages if israel continue retaliating without warning. More than 800 people have been killed in israel and 500 in gaza since the first attack on saturday. Israel today ordered a complete siege on gaza, cutting off food, power and fuel to the palestinian territory. But the un secretary general, antonio guterres, said the siege was a deeply distressing idea. Deeply distressing idea. The humanitarian situation in gaza was extremely dire before these hostilities only deteriorate exponentially. Deteriorate exponentially. Medic
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Scotlands first minister says his wifes parents are trapped in gaza after visiting family humza yousaf , who unequivocally humza yousaf, who unequivocally condemned the hamas attacks at the weekend, says hes not sure if his parents in law will make it through the night. Speaking after a cobra meeting today, the foreign secretary, James Cleverly said hamas hamass attack rather, is unprecedented i we reaffirmed our support to israel in its self defence against this terrorist attack perpetrated by hamas against unarmed civilians. In many unarmed civilians. In many instances , ive been speaking instances, ive been speaking with Foreign Ministers from around the region and beyond the Prime Minister has engaged with the israeli Prime Minister and will be engaging with our allies. This is an ongoing situation and of course we will be reviewing our support to israel and of course, british nationals in israel as the situation progresses. Situation progresses. James cleverly there, speaking earl
With one notable exception can you guess who is the princess of unpopularity and passengers on a British Airways flight have been forced to disembark before takeoff at bermudas Main International airport after a bomb threat. 7 thats all coming bomb threat . Thats all coming up in your next hour. Bomb threat . Thats all coming up in your next hour. Welcome to up in your next hour. Welcome to the show. Hope you have a fantastic bank holiday. Well, for a bank holiday, it is not a quiet news day. Loads to talk about politics. What next for the conservative party that we know . General election coming early. Well, why would they for vote christmas . These turkeys seem to be struggling. Must they go to the right . Must they stay where they are . Can they avoid wipe out . Plus, well be live wipe out . Plus, well be live from dublin. A huge protest already amassed the biggest in dublins recent history. Thousand of thousands of ordinary working class people mums, dads , parents, mums, dads, par