Across the bbc, as she wrote to us after watching the lunchtime news. Meanwhile, some wider issues have also been exercising newswatch viewers over the past weeks and months. Phehmie forder emailed us earlier in the summer to say. And Sandra Hume added. The bbc has asked Huw Edwards to return the £200,000 he earned after being arrested in november, but he has not yet done so. Should he, though, have been sacked at that time . Director general Tim Davie was asked about that at a house of lords Communications Committee Hearing last week. The police were, you know, giving us very clear instruction to keep confidential, as is, again, well documented and well reported. We knew the category, we had no knowledge at all of the specifics. And, you know, the decision which i stand by, by the way, was made in terms of to remain with the suspension. Tim davie added in an interview this week that there was shock and a lot of upset within the bbc over Huw Edwards, and that people across the organis
Anniversary of the second World War Operation known as Market Garden an attempt by allied troops to capture key bridges in the netherlands. Now on bbc news, slavery at sea. The men youre about to meet are all recognised victims of modern slavery. They came to work as fishermen in the uk in search of a better life. Instead, they say they were mistreated, exploited, trafficked. For the first time, they tell their stories. One in three Uk Trawlermen are Migrant Workers from around the world. Often, these workers have families to support back home workers like joel. Joel was an experienced fisherman. In 2012, he secured a job through an agency in the philippines working aboard a Scallop Boat for a Fishing Company in scotland. Joel would bejoined at the company by other filipino workers with similar ambitions. But you had no Experience Fishing or at sea at all . 0nlyjoel had fished before, yet here they all were, recruited through agencies, ready to go to sea. The men travelled months apart
Targets in lebanon. These are live pictures from the region. Hezbollah says it has fired new waves of rockets in northern israel. Reuters video shows rockets coming from Southern Lebanon being intercepted by the Israeli Military. There are also reports of heavy israeli strikes in several areas of Southern Lebanon. In the last half hour, Lebanons Health Ministry have said 37 people were killed in yesterdays israeli Air Strike on beirut. Israel said it was targeting a top hezbollah military commander, who also died during the attack. It says it killed, in their words, 16 terrorists. Asa as a reminder, hezbollah is designated by a Terrorist Organisation by several western states. The organisation says many of those killed were including women and children. From beirut, Hugo Bachega reports. As morning broke, the destruction became clear. An israeli Air Strike hitting dahieh, hezbollah s heartland in southern beirut, its conflict with israel returning with force to a place they considered
Targets in lebanon. These are live pictures from the region. Hezbollah says it has fired new waves of rockets into northern israel. Reuters video shows rockets coming from Southern Lebanon being intercepted by the Israeli Military. There are also reports of heavy israeli strikes on several areas of Southern Lebanon. Israel says its Hit Thousands of rocket launchers. Lebanons Health Ministry says 37 people were killed in yesterdays israeli attack on beirut. Israel said it was targeting a top hezbollah military commander, who also died during the attack. It says it killed, in their words, 16 terrorists. Hezbollah says those many of those killed were included women and children. From beirut, Hugo Bachega reports. As morning broke, the destruction became clear. An israeli Air Strike hitting dahieh, hezbollah s heartland in southern beirut, its conflict with israel returning with force to a place they considered safe. Many here were still incredulous. Translation people were walking, going.
Hello, im azadeh moshiri. As fears grow about an escalation of the Middle East conflict, saturday has seen a string of Cross Border attacks between israel and the iranian backed lebanese group, hezbollah. And the iranian backed lebanese these are live pictures from the region. Israel says it has Hit Thousands of Rocket Launchers in lebanon. Hezbollah says it has fired new waves of rockets into Northern Israel. Reuters video shows rockets coming from Southern Lebanon being intercepted by the Israeli Military. The Health Ministry has said that 37 people were killed in yesterdays israeli attack on beirut. Those are new numbers. Israel said it was targeting a top Hezbollah Commander who also died during the attack will stop it says it killed, in their words, 16 terrorists. The us national Security Adviser said he was worried about escalation between israel and lebanon. When he was asked about the israli Strike Targetting Hezbollah Commanders. He said its a good outcome when people are brou