Attack on october 7. Israel says he was rescued in what they are calling a complex operation. Lucy williamson sent this report from the soroka medical centre in southern israel. Surrounded again by sunlight, by the sound of hebrew. Farhan alkadi, a 52 year old bedouin israeli, snatching a second chance at life. Crouched on the floor of a military helicopter, after 326 days in captivity, a smile. The start of his journey back home. At israel s soroka hospital, his last few moments in hiding. A wall of israeli soldiers shielding him from the world he left ten months ago. From a tunnel in gaza to an israeli ambulance in a couple of hours. His family racing the last few metres to greet him. Thin and pale, but staff said in a good and stable condition. Translation: it s difficult to explain how it feels. It s better than having a newborn. We thank god and we thank everyone, and hope to see him healthy. We re very happy, very happy. Israel s prime minister called to welcome him home, keen to
live from our studios in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion s ballot counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favor ofjoe biden over then president donald trump. one of dominion s lawyers, justin nelson and ceo james poulos spoke after the settlement. the truth matters. lies have consequences. over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and
the financial markets react to the emergency takeover of switzerland s second biggest bank. in 20 years as the us led coalition invaded iraq to topple saddam hussein, we take a look at the legacy. the un secretary general antonio guterres has hailed a major new report on climate change as a survival guide for humanity . climate scientists from intergovernmental panel on climate change said clean energy and technology can be exploited to avoid the growing climate disaster. but they also warned a key global temperature goal will probably be missed. they say the world is expected to warm above one point five degrees centigrade by the early 2030s. secretary general antonio guterres has been speaking at the launch of the ipcc report and said everyone needs to work together quickly to achieve the climate change goals.. today i am presenting a plan to supercharge efforts. it starts with parties immediately hitting the fast forward button on the net zero deadlines to get to global z
it is bbc news. the headlines. as the prime minister fights for her political life, the new chancellor admits mistakes were made in rolling out the new economic policy and that some taxes will rise. we out the new economic policy and that some taxes will rise. some taxes will rise. we are going to take some some taxes will rise. we are going to take some tough some taxes will rise. we are going to take some tough decisions, - some taxes will rise. we are going to take some tough decisions, not| to take some tough decisions, not just on spending but also on tax because we have to show the world that we have a plan that adds up financially and that is the way that we will get stability back in the situation. but there is more bad news for the government, the bank of england says interest rates may have to go up higher than predicted. we interest rates may have to go up higher than predicted. interest rates may have to go up higher than predicted. we will not hesitate to r
of grain from occupied areas of ukraine as some countries grapple with shortages. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in birmingham and damaged at least three others. former prime minister sirjohn major is giving evidence at a public inquiry looking into how thousands of people were infected with hiv or hepatitis c through contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s. suffered incredibly bad luck. and in sport we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament is under way. novak djokovic is on centre court now and he ll be followed by emma raducanu. and then andy murray. welcome to the programme. good afternoon and welcome. the leaders of the g7 group of nations have promised they will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes as they announced they would step up sanctions on russia. president zelenskyjoined the summit remotely, and told the leaders he needed more weapons and air