Im Kasia Madera in london. In other news and as i was saying. Picking up where he left off Donald Trump returns to the very stage in butler, pennsylvania, where he survived an assassination attempt. And as mpox kills nearly 1,000 people this year, the drc launches its first Vaccination Campaign to fight the virus. And here in the uk, the prime ministers top adviser Sue Gray resigns from her position as downing Street Chief of staff. You are watching bbc news. This place turned into a slaughter a year ago. You can see the Memorial Site for nearly 400 young people, festivalgoers, who were murdered in the early hours of october seven. You can hear the 0ctober seven. You can hear the artillery still going off. This will be the Scene Tomorrow of an official commemoration to remember all those who lost their lives here and those who are still held hostage. In a moment we will speak to a photographer who is here that day who is also a survivor of the festival. But first, lets look at the late
And its the stuff of boxing legend. The glove that saved Muhammad Ali from defeat in a legendary match is about to go up for auction this month. Now, as the crisis in the Middle East deepens, we re taking a look back at the events of the past few weeks and asking how we got to this point and what the violence means for the future of the region. Bbc arabic S Beirut Correspondent Carine Torbey has this special report. Explosions. Ballistic missiles rain down on israel. An unprecedented response by iran after weeks of israeli escalation. Pushing the region to a dangerous new precipice. Explosions. This is the story of how the past few weeks brought the Middle East to a dangerous new moment. Translation the Status Quo cannot continue. This requires a change in the Balance Of Power on our northern border. Hezbollah launched the first attack against israeli positions last year on October The 8th in support of gaza. Israel retaliated. A year on from those exchanges of fire, the conflict has r
Now on Bbc News newscast. Today were going to talk about a lot about the Middle East. And we talked about it a little bit yesterday. But obviously its one huge big dominant News Story this weekend, notjust because its the anniversary of the terrible October The 7th attacks, but also because overnight lots of things have been hotting up still further with more strikes on the lebanese capital, beirut. Yes. Said to be the largest so far. So well get to that. And also ask, when this politics comes home, how will it influence this government, all on this Sunday Episode of newscast. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its laura in the studio. And paddy in the studio. And nick in the studio. Thank heavens youre here because theres this giant Middle East crisis, and its clearly going to have a big defining impact on this new labour government. Well, indeed. And it already has, because, as laura was saying on her show this morning, you know, you can directly say that labour lost five consti
The Prime Ministers top adviser Sue Gray has resigned from her position as downing Street Chief of staff. She said she was standing down because it had become clear that intense commentary around her position Risked Becoming A Distraction to the governments vital work of change. It had recently been revealed she earned more than the pm. In a written statement, Sir Keir Starmer thanked her for all the support she had given him, both in opposition and in government. Iain watson reports. This is how close Sue Gray was to the Prime Minister, Meeting President biden alongside Keir Starmer just last month. The Sue Gray report into Government Lockdown parties has just been published. She is probably best known as the Senior Civil Servant who drew up the partygate report, which hastened borisjohnson s departure from number ten. The conservatives were outraged when she traded her Whitehall Job for an influential role with labour. Since last september, she was Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff in op