Were infected with hiv or hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood between the early 19705 and early 19905. 3,000 people have already died, while others are still living with the ongoing impacts of infection. biv 0ur Correspondent 0ur correspondent, Rajini Vaidyanathan has been following the story and joins us live from the Methodist Central Hall in westminster, where the Report Findings were released. The conclusions of this report are devastating in so many different areas. ,. ,. , areas. They really are. One of the overriding areas. They really are. One of the overriding feeling areas. They really are. One of the overriding feeling is areas. They really are. One of the overriding feeling is has areas. They really are. One of the overriding feeling is has been areas. They really are. One of the overriding feeling is has been a i overriding feeling is has been a sense of vindication. People here who have said for years they have tried to raise concerns and raised the alarm abo
And so far we know that 3000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected Blood Products given by the nhs. 0verall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories. There are the people with rare genetic Blood Clotting Disorders such as the haemophiliacs, and there are people who needed Blood Transfusions after surgery, for example. So lets start with this first group, the haemophiliacs. People with Blood Clotting Disorders, they need a special protein called factor eight, Orfactor Nine injected which helps the blood clot. But by the 1970s the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these Blood Products and so they started to import from america but because america pays for blood plasma rather than it being donated for free, it came from a lot of high risk individuals, including prisoners, drug addicts and those most in need for money. And so with these donations came some deadly viral infections such as hepatitis c and hiv. In the late 7
Scouring the mountains of north west iran all night. Thick fog and heavy rain have hampered efforts, but in the early hours of this morning, this, a drone sent by turkey identified a source of heat. Footage shows an aerial view of a landscape at night and a Dark Blotch On what appears to be a hillside. When rescuers eventually reach the wreckage on foot, they found the helicopter which had been carrying irans president and the Foreign Minister was completely burned with no signs of life. And soon after, confirmation that both irans president Ebrahim Raisi and the Foreign Minister have been killed in the crash. The servant of the iranian people, president raisi, the president of the republic of iran was serving the people of the public of iran. President raisi, seen here on the left, had been visiting a dam project. This is footage of him earlier in the day travelling in a convoy of three helicopters. He became the president in 2021 and was responsible for tightening Morality Laws and o
Targets in the past day. This blast in gaza was shot today by cameras in southern israel. Palestinian Authorities Say homes were hit without warning. These pictures are from rafah, where locals pulled victims from the rubble of a house that was hit overnight. And these images are from khan younis, also in southern gaza. There were dozens of air strikes throughout the night some 100 metres from a hospital. The Israel Defence forces released this video of air strikes in gaza. We dont know when it was shot. Israel also says it mounted limited ground raids into gaza to attack hamas and find information about the 222 hostages being held. Further north, israel has also launched fresh air strikes against the iran backed hezbollah in lebanon. Hezbollah said one of its fighters had been killed. The head of the Main Un Agency Helping Palestinians in gaza says hundreds of truckloads of aid are needed every day, rather than the few dozen that have been allowed in so far. The trucks that have gone