Show two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment tonight. The labour party and union chaos after the news headunes union chaos after the News Headlines and sam francis. Headlines and sam francis. Very good evening to you and welcome to the latest news headunes welcome to the latest News Headlines from gb news. Its 9 00 and we start with the top story of the night that the iranian president and foreign minister are missing after their Helicopter Crashed in the mountains in the north of the country this afternoon. Ibrahim rac was travelling in a convoy of three aircraft following a visit to azerbaijan when it went down. The area of the crash site is now covered in severe fog. We understand which is causing trouble for the search and rescue efforts there in the last houn rescue efforts there in the last hour, though there have been conflicting reports, with some suggesting the president s crashed helicopter has been found, state tv telling the Reuters News Agency it was dis
Most of them in a strike on a House In Nuseirat in the central gaza strip. We can go live tojerusalem and our correspondent danjohnson. I correspondent dan johnson. I wondered correspondent danjohnson. I wondered if we could start with a meeting Jake Sullivan is having with mr netanyahu. You are still trying to get some form of ceasefire . Yes to get some form of ceasefire . Yes, or at least a to get some form of ceasefire . Yes, or at least a guarantee to get some form of ceasefire . Yes, or at least a guarantee that to get some form of ceasefire . 1 1 or at least a guarantee that the Military Operation around raffle will remain restricted in order to limit the threat to palestinian lives. We know that the Military Offensive there has been intensifying over the last almost two weeks now and that has put nearly 800,000 palestinians back on the move in search of safety. The us has settled israel that if it conducts an all out assault on rafah it would seize certain Weapon Shipments to i
£i. I their waiting lists as part of a £1. 1 billion drive to provide an extra 40,000 appointments each week. Shadow Health Secretary wes streeting has also promised to protect whistleblowers to and cut the nhs reliance on Migrant Workers , £1. 1 billion paid for workers, £1. 1 billion paid for by clamping down on tax avoidance and also closing non dom loopholes as well. And that will enable us to put £1. 1 billion directly into the pockets of nhs staff to deliver those extra appointments the evenings and weekends, using an approach thats been tried and tested at the london hospital. I can literally see out of my Office Window in westminster and therefore an approach we need to see available to patients right across the country, not just in london. And that does come with a cost. And thats why weve made this commitment as our first step on the journey to busting the tory backlog and cutting nhs waiting lists. Cutting nhs waiting lists. Wes streeting. Theyre speaking to gb news ear
Out tomorrow. The scandal has been the subject of the biggest ever Public Inquiry in the uk, after tens of thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood. The chancellor has vowed to compensate victims with a £10 billion package. Jeremy hunt has claimed it was part of fulfilling a promise he made to a constituent who died after contracting hepatitis c. Well, one of the victims, joan edgington, has discussed the effect its had on her. All have different and various physical, but its the mental, the anguish. Of what were going through. And that in itself is a support. If you have a, you know, the friends support , but also, as mentioned, that the red cross are there at the heanngs the red cross are there at the hearings and we can now go for counselling and a lot of people i know, go for counselling have just, its the uncertainty of your future , and what its done your future, and what its done to you, and it stability of your mind in a way. Mind in a way. Weve heard today th
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