As a whole and hamas, who had carried out murderous attacks on ordinary israeli families and young people at a music festival. One viewer who wrote in to newswatch wished to put a complaint in about the news channel at 11 25 am saying, the protesters in london were hamas supporters. That was a disgrace. They were showing support for the palestinian people. Maggie gardiner said, this is not only factually incorrect, it is extremely offensive and dangerous and disrespects all the protesters who were there to call for peace. Apologise and do better. And the bbc did. On monday afternoon, the Bbc News Channel issued this apology for the mistake. Now, before we go, earlier on bbc news, we reported on some of the pro palestinian demonstrations at the weekend. We spoke about several demonstrations across britain during which people voiced their backing for hamas. We accept that this was poorly phrased and was a misleading description of the pro palestinian demonstrations. On tuesday, there was
President biden said hamas and putin both want to annihilate a neighbouring democracy. He says he is sending an urgent israel and ukraine aid request to congress on friday. Lets have a listen to what President Biden has been saying. History has taught us that when terrorists do not pay the price for terror, when dictators do not pay a price for aggression they cause more chaos and death and more destruction. They keep going and the cost and the threats to america and the world keep rising. If we were walkway from Ukraine Or Turner Backs on israel, It Isjust Walkway from Ukraine Or Turner Backs on israel, it is just not worth it. That is why tomorrow i will send an urgent Budget Request to congress to fund americas massive security needs to support our critical partners including israel and ukraine. During his address from the oval office, President Biden also expressed support for palestinians. The United States remains committed to the Palestinian People and their right to dignity a
Is the normal midterm blues, but on steroids. What were seeing here is partly because of that mood of the nation, partly because the brand, the tory brand, the conservative party brand was damaged in September 2022 and earlier through partygate as well, and that is still feeding through into the public psyche. So, yes, to some degree, theres a pattern and its feeding through to the by elections. But patterns can also be broken by unexpected events. All change in a land normally wary of the new. Tories will be hoping there will be limits to these new habits. Thats all from us. Im back on monday. Until then, have a good weekend. Goodbye. Breaking news from Around The World 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. Rabbi meir hecht knows bothjudith and Natalie Raanan personally. He spoke to me just after the news of their release. Judith prays every week in our congregation, for every sabbath, every holiday, and we miss her and shes been a part of our congregation in such an important way, and as
And European Council president , charles michel, for the 27th eu us summit at the white house later today. At the summit the eu is expected to try to lessen the impact of the us Inflation Reduction Act and its subsidies for electric vehicles. Theres also expected to be focus on ways to tackle global overcapacity of steel and aluminium and to promote Sustainable Production in a move against chinese steelmakers. Also on the agenda will be the Global Clean Energy economy, secure and resilient supply chains, digital infrastructure, ai and economic resilience. There is a lot for them to discuss. Joining me now from brussels is ian lesser, Vice President and executive director, at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. A warm welcome to the programme. Quite a significant agenda for those three leaders. First off, could you take us through the Inflation Reduction Act . ~. ,. , act . Well, the Inflation Reduction Act . Well, the Inflation Reduction Act act . Well, the Inflation Reducti
Well as you can probably see a major Rescue Operation is still under way behind me, iam Rescue Operation is still under way behind me, i am a stones throw from the riverside there, which burst its banks and led to the evacuation of dozens of people from their home, thatis dozens of people from their home, that is very much an ongoing operation, police have told me they have still been taking calls from people who have been be trapped or unable to leave their homes. Now, over the last ten or so minutes we have been moved further up the street and that is because the water levels are rising. Again a further red Weather Warning has been issued for parts of scotland covered by yesterdays warning, which means we can face further treacherous conditions, more rain and wind. We know this storm has sadly proved deadly. A 57 year old woman was swept to her death in a nearby river yesterday and a 56 year old man died when a tree fell on his van in a nearby town. As you can probably tell, the rain