Technology boss frank hester who donated £10 million to the Party Last Year is said to have made the comments in 2019. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made comments that the Prime Ministers spokesperson has described as Racist And Wrong. Its like trying not to be racist. But you see diane abbott on the tv, frank hester is reported to have said in 2019, and you just want to hate all black women because shes there, and i dont hate all black women at all, but i think she should be shot. Mr hester has apologised and said that he abhors racism. In a statement he said that he accepts that he made comments that were rude about diane abbott, but said his criticism had nothing to do with her
expected sales in china, where a real estate collapse and rising youth unemployment is hitting demand for apple s gadgets. erin delmore reports. for apple, a big gadgets. erin delmore reports. forapple, a big highlight gadgets. erin delmore reports. for apple, a big highlight the first revenue growth in a year. they reported a 2% rise in overall fiscal first quarter sales, taking a year of declining sales. it s thanks to sales of the iphone 15 which hit stores in september. but a low light does make a decline in sales in china, to the tune of 13%. apple is missing out on one of its key markets. the world s second economy is grappling with a slowdown thanks to a property market crisis, slow growth and high unemployment a young people which is weighing on iphone sales and, increasingly, chinese consumers are opting for phones made by huawei which are powered by chips made in china. apple is on the verge of releasing its vision pro headset, meanwhile. this is apple s entry int
is to travel to israel, egypt and the west bank to urge israel and the palestinians to de escalate tensions. that s after israeli forces killed seven palestinian fighters and two palestinian civilians during a raid. the raid happened here in a refugee camp in the flashpoint town ofjenin. an elderly woman is reportedly among the dead. this is an eyewitness. we heard gunshots that we fled into the cloud and we stayed under siege there for three hours. the army beseeched us in the club and we heard the sounds of the classes after about an hour, military destroyed cars on both sides on the road bulldozers. a new wave of violence hit the region last spring this is the deadliest single israeli raid intojenin since then. this is the aftermath you can see the extent of the damage. the israeli defense forces say they wanted to arrest members of the armed group, islamichhad. they ve accused the group of planning and executing multiple major terrorist attacks on israeli civili
after the queue was closed temporarily, it has now reopened, but the waiting time is more than 2a hours. among the mourners was the former international football star david beckham, who had queued all night to pay his respects. later this evening, the queen s four children will hold vigil around the coffin in westminster hall. also on the programme: ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside izyum, a city that was recently recaptured from russian forces. as retail sales in the uk dip sharply, the pound falls to a 37 year low against the us dollar. and the women s super league in england starts tonight, with clubs enjoying record ticket sales off the back of the lionesses success in the euros. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the premier league resumes this evening after its postponement of matches as a mark of respect following the death of queen elizabeth ii. good evening. king charles has been on his first official visit to wales, bringing to a conclusio
all of those buried here, but they expect to be digging at more sites like this in areas recently taken back from the russians. orla guerin, bbc news. india s prime minister, narendra modi, has told the russian leader, vladimir putin, that now is not the time for war . the two men have held face to face talks in uzbekistan on the sidelines of a regional summit. mr modi stressed the importance of democracy, diplomacy and dialogue . the russian leader responded that moscow was doing everything it could to bring the conflict to an end: translation: i know about your stance on the conflict in ukraine. | i know about the concerns that you voice constantly. we will do everything for it to stop as soon as possible. unfortunately, the leadership of our opponents, ukraine, has stated that they refused to hold talks and that they want to reach their goals militarily, or as they say, on the battlefield. drjenny mathers is an expert on russian politics and security at the department of