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
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
The us House Of Representatives has passed a bill that would require the tiktok owner bytedance to sell its stake in the Social Media Platform or face a total ban in the country. During the debate, lawmakers repeatedly said that tiktok has links to the Chinese Communist Party Something denied by both tiktok and bytedance. Party something denied by both lets hear some of the debate in congress. Our intention is for tiktok to continue to operate, but not under the control of the Chinese Communist party. I want to emphasise this bill does not ban tiktok. It simply would require the Chinese Communist Party Affiliated bytedance to sell tiktok and divest their interests. Live to washington and our correspondent nomia iqbal. Nomia, given what has happened, how likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . I likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . Likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . I would be staggered banned in the us . I would be staggered if banned in the
White to make with the problems with automation and pictures. We start with Breaking News in gaza with more details emerging of an explosion at a Un Relief Agency warehouse, in rafah in southern gaza. The Hamas Run Health Ministry says, five people have been killed, with more wounded. These are pictures verified by the bbc filmed at a nearby hospital, where casualties were taken. Israel has not commented so far on the incident. It comes as the us and others continue to urge israel not to launch a full scale assault on rafah where over 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, a lot of the images are too graphic to broadcast. Unrwas Director Of Communications isjuliette touma. Welcome to the programme. Tell me what you know. Welcome to the programme. Tell me what you know welcome to the programme. Tell me what you know welcome to the p
Apologies for problems with the automation and pictures there. We start with Breaking News in gaza, with more details emerging of an explosion at a Un Relief Agency warehouse, in rafah in southern gaza. The Hamas Run Health Ministry says, five people have been killed, with more wounded. These are pictures verified by the bbc, filmed at a nearby hospital, where casualties were taken. Israel has not commented so far on the incident. It comes as the us and others continue to urge israel, not to launch a full scale assault on rafah, where over 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. Those were the pictures from inside. A lot of the images are too graphic to broadcast. Lets speak to unrwas director of communicationsjuliette touma. Welcome to the programme. Tell me what you know. Welcome to the programme. Tell me what you know welcome to the programme. Tell me