and it is still chilly out there but today for some of you a little bit more clout and one or two rain showers. i will have the four for forecast and detail later on. it s wednesday the 10th of january. the prime minister will face questions in parliament today over the post office horizon it scandal which saw hundreds of innocent sub postmasters wrongly sentenced for fraud and theft. the former post office boss paula vennells yesterday bowed to public pressure to give up her cbe but more questions remain over the number of government contracts that are still being awarded to fujitsu, which supplied the faulty it system, and the delays in quashing convictions and awarding compensation. our political correspondent peter saull has the latest. it was an announcement that added insult to their injury, depicted in the recent itv drama. paula vennells has got the cbe. joking! but now the former boss of the post office has agreed to hand back her honour, adding that she was truly so
our business correspondent in new york, is erin delmore. if you re in the crypto world or curious about getting into it, then a spot bitcoin etf has been on your radar. it allows people to bet on bitcoin s gains and losses, even if they do not own bitcoin themselves. us regulators are widely expected to approve the new exchange traded funds this week. so, when a tweet was posted from the sec gov account, saying essentially that, it was noteworthy. it was also wrong. the sec and its chair, gary gensler, quickly posted on x that the sec account was compromised and the regulator had not yet approved the listing in trading of spot bitcoin exchange traded products. the erroneous tweet also included graphic with a quote from chair gensler, a second tweet that also said $ btc . bitcoin s ticker symbol was also posted but was then almost immediately deleted. for bitcoin s value, a bit of a ride. the cryptocurrency climbed to nearly $48,000 on the false news and fell back down to $45
At a refugee camp in the centre of the palestinian territory killed at least 20 people. Benny gantz, a member of the war cabinet has threatened to withdraw his centrist party from the coalition unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets out a post war plan for the gaza strip. In response, Benjamin Netanyahu said implementing his demands would amount to defeat for israel. First lets hear those comments from benny gantz. Translation something has gone wrong. Essential decisions were not taken. Acts of leadership required to ensure victory were not carried out. A small minority has taken over the Command Bridge of the israeli ship and is leading it towards a wall of rocks. While Israeli Soldiers are displaying incredible bravery on the front, some of those who sent them to battle are acting with cowardice and a lack of responsibility. Security will remain in our hands only. We will not allow any outside power, friendly or hostile, to impose a Palestinian State on us. Earlier, i spoke t
Cabinet has threatened to withdraw his centrist party from the coalition unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets out a post war plan for the gaza strip. In response, Benjamin Netanyahu said implementing his demands would amount to defeat for israel. First, lets hear those comments from benny gantz. Translation something has gone wrong. Essential decisions were not taken. Acts of leadership required to ensure victory were not carried out. A small minority has taken over the Command Bridge of the israeli ship and is leading it towards a wall of rocks. While Israeli Soldiers are displaying incredible bravery on the front, some of those who sent them to battle are acting with cowardice and a lack of responsibility. Security will remain in our hands only. We will not allow any outside power, friendly or hostile, to impose a Palestinian State on us. Earlier i spoke to our Correspondent Danjohnson who is in jerusalem. He provided context to the fallout between president netanyahu and be
Party from the coalition unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets out a post war plan for the gaza strip. Its part of an ongoing rift between the two. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent danjohnson, who is injerusalem, about splits in the israeli government. They have been working together in Coalition Since the hamas attacks of the 7th of october. But thats been a fragile, delicate coalition that was perhaps always potentially in jeopardy and in the last week has dropped into open criticism of the Prime Minister. And its notjust coming from benny gantz. Earlier in the week, the defence minister, yoav galant, made similar comments, but a similar challenge to Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that a clear plan needed to be laid out for what happens after the fighting ends when the Military Campaign concludes. What next for gaza and its people . How to rebuild the infrastructure in that territory, how to represent the palestinian people, how to rebuild, how they will be governed for the f