Tom shakespeare, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its great to be here. Its great to have you here. Now, in your personal life, in your professional life, everything has been intertwined in terms of your campaigning work, your academic work. I just wonder whether you ever for a moment considered going into something entirely disconnected from your own personal circumstances, Something Like accountancy, law, geology. And you know what . There are short people, restricted growth people, in all of those professions. There are farmers, teachers, solicitors, everything, who are short. But i didnt go that way. And so, as a social scientist, ive always been interested in what ive experienced. And so, obviously, disability has to be top of the list. Let me ask you about growing up, because your family has its own history, which is important, i think, to talk about. Your grandfather, it seems, experienced a mutation, a Genetic Mutation. My father. So he was born in 1927. William shakespeare unfo
Of fuel that aid agencies say is vital to Power Generators and other equipment. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has met israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as israel president isaac herzog in the last hour and expressed his solidarity with israel and also stated the need for humanitarian access. Lets ta ke lets take a listen to the Press Conference between Benjamin Netanyahu and rishi sunak. The fact ou came netanyahu and rishi sunak. The fact you came to netanyahu and rishi sunak. The fact you came to Israel Netanyahu and rishi sunak. The fact you came to israel tells netanyahu and rishi sunak. The fact you came to israel tells us netanyahu and rishi sunak. The fact you came to israel tells us a netanyahu and rishi sunak. The fact you came to israel tells us a lot. Netanyahu and rishi sunak. The fact you came to israel tells us a lot. I i you came to israel tells us a lot. I said to President Biden yesterday there is one more thing heart warming than standing with israel is
The Palestinian Ministry of health has said 370 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza. The israeli army also says more than 400 Palestinian Militants have been killed after infiltrating Southern Israel, with dozens more captured. Israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturdays attack. The number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the Israeli Embassy to the us, though some have been freed. In northern israel, his Brother Rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. The Un Security Council will meet later on sunday President Biden has vowed Rock Solid Support for israel in the last half hour israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said hes spoken again to President Biden and says he has again emphasised the us s full support. In the last half an hour also, the Israeli Defence force sp
Recently its warplanes have hit several multi storey buildings in the centre of gaza city. The barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. With the latest on this fast escalating conflict, heres our middle east correspondent yolande knell, and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. Israeli partygoers from an overnight rave running for their lives. Israels Nightmare Scenario armed Palestinian Militants at large in southern israel. It is thought that dozens entered, some cutting through the Perimeter Fence from the gaza strip. In the town of sderot, residents hid as fighters drove in. There was shooting and the israeli casualties began to mount. In a dramatic turn, videos were also shared of israelis being taken into gaza as hostages. The day had begun with intense barrages of palestinian rockets, some reaching a
At least 232 people have been killed and almost 2,000 wounded there in retaliatory israeli strikes recently its warplanes have hit several multi storey buildings in the centre of gaza city. The barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. Sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. With the latest on this fast escalating conflict, heres our middle east correspondent yolande knell, and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. Israeli partygoers from an overnight rave running for their lives. Israels Nightmare Scenario armed Palestinian Militants at large in Southern Israel. It is thought that dozens entered, some cutting through the Perimeter Fence from the gaza strip. In the town of sderot, residents hid as fighters drove in. There was shooting and the israeli casualties began to mount. In a dramatic turn, videos were also shared of israelis being taken int