Good evening. This is 18 year old itay regev and his sister maya they were kidnapped by hamas from the Music Festival in israel last october and held for sa days. They were both shot when they were seized. Itay has been describing in detail what happened to him, his sister and his best friend, after they were taken hostage. His friend is still being held along with more than 100 others. Itay has been talking to our special correspondent lucy manning. Itay regev is free, but all he thinks about are the hostages he left behind. The teenager was at the nova Music Festival with his sister maya and friend 0mer when hamas attacked. Translation we started hearing shooting. The terrorists were surrounding the whole party area. Lots and lots of people started running in all directions. I hear shooting going past my head. I heard people screaming. I saw people falling down. A lot of bodies. We were confronted by a van of terrorists spraying our car with bullets without any mercy. I got shot in m
And on newsnight at 10. 30pm well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. The Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester, who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist but that mr hester s apology for making rude comments should be accepted. This evening, diane abbott attacked both the conservatives and labour for their response to the controversy. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . The Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept and i would give tha
Last night on truth social the former president said joe biden had turned the United States into a third world country. Here he is after securing the nomination. We will not take time to celebrate. We will celebrate in eight months when the election is over. Novemberfiftf, i believe, will go down as the most important day in the history of our country, so start thinking about it, start thinking about your vote, because this vote would be the most important vote youve ever cast. Im sparing a thought for the people in the seven Battleground States who will be also altered from here to november by ads, surrogates, the nominees, it would be a long stretch. ,. ,. , stretch. That is what it is about, the battleground stretch. That is what it is about, the Battleground States stretch. That is what it is about, the Battleground States where l stretch. That is what it is about, i the Battleground States where it could go either way, the map is pretty much drawn and theres been much redistricti
Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. More details are emerging of an explosion at a Un Relief Agency warehouse in rafah in southern gaza. At least five people were killed, with more wounded. This includes unrwa staff member. These pictures have been verified by the bbc filmed at a nearby hospital, where casualties were taken. Israel has not yet commented on the incident. The us and others continue to urge israel not to launch a full scale assault on rafah, where more than a million palestinians have taken shelter in recent weeks. Let me show you pictures of the warehouse itself that were talking about, these taken in the immediate aftermath. This, the scene inside. Some of the images are too graphic to broadcast. Unrwas Director Of Communications isjuliette touma. She told me the location of the warehouse had been shared with israeli authorities. Its yet another very sad day for unrwa. What we do
But hopes to be fit for next weeks game against finland in cardiff. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has told the commons that alleged comments made by Tory Party Donor frank hester were wrong and racist. Mr hester is reported to have said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate all black women, and should be shot. At Prime Ministers questions in the last hour, The Labour Leader sir keir starmer asked rishi sunak if he was proud to be bankrolled by a someone using racist and mysoginist language. Heres our Political Correspondent damian grammaticus. Will correspondent damian grammaticus. You give the minister . Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . Iii} will you give the money back, Prime Minister . . ,. , minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of money minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of money and minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of money and a minister . £10 million, is a hugei amount of money and a politi