by the americans. all this raises the ghosts of 1948 for palestinians, when more than 700,000 of them fled or were expelled byjewish troops as israel won its independence. israel never allowed them home. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos. hanna katsir blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, for their plight. so did yagil yaakov, who s 13. hostage videos are usually made under duress, so the bbc is not broadcasting them. and across the west bank, the other side of the occupied territories, more palestinians were killed as armed groups fought israeli raids. the gaza war is igniting the west bank. the israeli army s reprisals included the destruction of roads and infrastructure. existing tension and hatred have been deepened. the danger remains of the war spreading across the middle east. in yemen, the houthi regime, an ally of iran, posted more videos of attacks on israel with missiles and drones. so far, they ve all been intercepted by american and israel
And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News the best manager in the world Claudio Ranieri is honoured by fifa for taking leicester to the Premier League title. Good evening. An honest discussion is needed about the way people use accident and Emergency Departments in englands hospitals. Thats the message from jeremy hunt the Health Secretary as hospitals Report Unprecendented demand during the winter months. Hes also suggested that patients with less Serious Problems might no longer be covered by a commitment to be seen within four hours. But he has denied suggestions from the red cross that the nhs is facing a humanitarian crisis. Our Health Editor hugh pym has the latest. Whatever the intense pressure on the nhs theres a commitment for hospitals to assess or treat almost all patients within four hours of arriving at a e. But at a time when the service in england is creaking under the strain thats been thrown into doubt. Secretary jeremy hunt. The Health Secretary jeremy into doubt. Secret
despite these concerns, there is still no big, independent international investigation that the united nations, amongst other people, have been calling for. that is upsetting to a lot of survivors. the two survivors we saw in my report, they said they are really disappointed in the way that this disaster has been responded to. they said, for example, they found out what had happened with the titan sub, they compared to the reaction to to what happened in our case, they would like people to go and try and find the ship that sank in the mediterranean. they say it is not just a vessel, it is where their loved ones are now. the actor kevin spacey has appeared in the witness box at southwark crown court to begin his defence against sexual abuse charges. the 0scar winner and former artistic director of the old vic denies i2 counts against four men, dating between 2001 and 2013. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley
since the media here continues to either discredit yevgeny prigozhin but he is still at large and by all accounts still in russia despite the original deal that he would have to leave russia and go to belarus. that raises all kinds of questions, for example does yevgeny prigozhin have very powerful backers as has vladmir putin been weakened by all this and will there be anything further from the kremlin, yet, we don t know, but stay tuned for the next inevitably bizarre episode of putin and prigozhin. brute bizarre episode of putin and prigozhin- bizarre episode of putin and priaozhin. ~ .., ., ,, ,., let s take a brief look at some other stories making the news today. a witness has told a jury at southwark crown court how the hollywood actor kevin spacey allegedly drugged him and sexually assaulted him as he slept. the 0scar winner is on trial, accused of historic offences against four men. mr spacey denies all 12 charges. the jury in the trial of the nurse, lucy letby, has been sent
immigrants to rwanda or another safe country to stop people smugglers in the channel. the court of appeal ruled that the policy was unlawful, with two of the three judges saying rwanda couldn t be regarded as a safe country. the civil case brought by the duke of sussex and others against the mirror group newspapers over phone hacking and unlawful information gathering continues. it is the second day of actor kevin spacey s trial at london s southwark crown courty. the 0scar winner has been accused of 12 charges including sexual assault and indecent assault between 2001 and 2013. a jury was sworn in on wednesday and opening statements will begin today. spacey has denied all charges. a bbc investigation has found tiktok is not removing many videos that deny the existence of man made climate change, despite a promise in april it would do so. the social media giant announced it was updating its misinformation policy to target any content that undermined well established scientific cons