Welcome back to bbc news. Stricter breaking news. A statement from Scotland Yard regarding mohamed fayed. They say they are aware of various allegations of sexual offences made against him over a number of years. The commander from the met said they are aware of the met said they are aware of the allegations made against the allegations made against the late Mohammed Alf fired which were reported to the mets. Each one was investigated and where appropriate advice from the Crown Prosecution Service was sought. No charges resulted from these investigations. We are committed, the statement goes on to say, that those who report them receive the best service possible from our offices and we have made progress in improving the quality of our investigations in recent years, including more than doubling our charges for rape since 2021. That is the statement just rape since 2021. That is the statementjust released rape since 2021. That is the statement just released from Scotland Yard because t
Joe lynskey, bbc news. ThIs programme contInues on bbc one. A genocIde and a declaratIon of war. So says hezbollah S Leader of the ExplodIng Pagers In lebanon. As Israel strIkes tonIght, Is It over for Peace Talks . And Im In control, says the PrIme MInIster durIng a messy week of DownIng Street feuds, leaks and expense rows. Is he . Good evenIng. Welcome to newsnIght for the best of late NIght Talk and takes. TonIght. ExplodIng pagers and walkIe talkIes In lebanon and a row over freebIes for the PrIme MInIster at home. Our Panel SIt on two sIdes of uk polItIcs. Labour grandee HarrIet Harman whos makIng headlInes wIth her advIce for her own party leader, and Robert Halfon one of the conservatIves who gave RIshI Sunak a headache when he saId hed quIt. Thank you both are comIng. We wIll also see NIck Watt shortly. Lets start abroad. The explosIons In Hand Held DevIces have been called an Act Of War by hezbollah s Leader SheIkh Hassan Nasrallah speakIng on tv. Over two days more than 30 w
Of ambleteuse and was driven Onto rocks where it came apart. The Rocky Shore made the french Rescue Effort difficult. Just yesterday alOne, around 800 migrants crossed the channel On 14 boats. For the very latest, lets cross live to our reporter SimOnjOnes Whojoins us from the french side of the channel. What more urban learning about yesterdays tragic events . This haened yesterdays tragic events . This happened in yesterdays tragic events . This happened in the yesterdays tragic events . Ti 3 happened in the very airy hours of this morning, just after midnight french time. A dangerously overloaded boats carrying around 60 people set off from the beach near here, and it actually didnt get very far. Because it ended up On the rocks, and they boats effectively broke up. Of the people On board, eight people lost their lives, the others were rescued. Some needed treatment here On the quayside, and some people were taken to hospital, including a ten mOnth old girl with hypothermia. And we
Since 2021 and nearly four times last years figure. The boat got into difficulties off the french town of ambleteuse and was driven onto rocks where it came apart. The Rocky Shore made the french Rescue Effort difficult. The channel has claimed more lives. This is what remains of the Flimsy Dinghy that took to the water in the early hours, with the aim of getting to the uk. Most of those On Board had no life jackets. Among the dead are people from eritrea, sudan, syria, afghanistan, egypt and iran. Translated the toll is devastating as we mourn the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux with 59 people On Board. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. Survivors were offered Emergency Treatment on the quayside near to the spot from which the boat had departed, dangerously overloaded with its human cargo. So far this year, at least 45 people have died attempting the crossing. Thats almost four tim