Good morning. It is a cold start in some parts of the north of the country, temperatures close to freezing. For many, it will cloud over with scattered showers developing and some of those will be heavy and thundery. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its tuesday 21st may. Rishi sunak says the government will pay whatever it takes to compensate the victims of the the Infected Blood Scandal. Details of the scheme are expected to be announced later today. Its been described as the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs. Yesterday a Public Inquiry highlighted a catalogue of failures over many years, which it said had catastrophic consequences. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Cheering and applause. A moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger. Sir Brian Langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the Infected Blood Scandal. Outside, some of them reflected
good evening. there are violent scenes in dublin tonight, following a knife attack near a school earlier in the day. three children and a woman were stabbed in an incident that police said was not terrorism related. crowds later gathered in the area with flares and fireworks thrown, and vehicles were set on fire. the police commissioner described tonight s disorder as caused by a faction driven by far right ideology . sara girvin is in dublin tonight. there is still a massive policing operation going on here, as you can see behind me. lots of police presence further on down that road as well. after this afternoon s stabbing, a multiple stabbing that involved three children, crowds filled this area and police say the resulting violence, the resulting riots, are a result of far right ideology engaging in serious violence and misinformation on social media. tonight, dublin has been witness to violent classes between rioters and police. vehicles have been set alight. smoke seen
welcome to the bbc news at six. thirteen hostages kidnapped in the 7th october attacks in israel are to be released tomorrow. the group, all women and children, are just a fraction of the nearly 240 people abducted by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. they re due to be freed from gaza tomorrow afternoon, with a four day ceasefire scheduled to begin in the morning. there were hopes they would be released today. a number of palestinian prisoners will also be released from prisons in israel. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv this evening. orla. israel has received a list of names of those who are due to be freed tomorrow, and theirfamilies have been informed. they don t know what condition their loved ones will be in. when they are brought back eight israel, they will be brought directly to hospital for medical checks. six hospitals are on standby, with specialist teams and social workers. standby, with spec
anthony albanese and li qiang met in a ceremonial welcome on the forecourt of parliament house. just on the outskirts, though, protesters gathered during the 19 gun salute, some holding chinese flags, while human rights advocates protested against the visit. the two leaders have agreed across a range of non binding agreements to stabilise their relationship, from climate change to trade and even panda diplomacy. here s what albanese had to say after their round table talks. he also exchanged views today on our region and the world, building our understanding of our respective positions and perspectives. australia advocates that we should all work together to promote original valance when a country dominates and the country is dominated original balance. i ve made it as nations with different histories, political systems and values, we will co operate with china where we can, disagree where we must and engage in the national interest. let s speak to ryan neelam, director of
australian writer are likely to be on the host s agenda. li is china s top ranked official after president xi jinping. his four day visit marks a stabilisation in relations between the us security ally and the world s second biggest economy, after a frosty period. on sunday, mr li s visit began with some panda diplomacy at the adelaide zoo, during which mr li said he ll be sending australia two new pandas. for australia, the chinese premier is the first person holding that position to come to this country since 2017. so there s symbolism in premier li simply stepping off the plane in australia. plenty of symbolism, too, visiting those two pandas at adelaide zoo, suggesting this soft diplomacy that s at play there. also significant that he went to a winery, given that the wine trade in australia was one of those industries hard hit by china s economic sanctions that it imposed on a range of australian commodities, beginning back in 2020. but significant challenges lie ahead. w