swap planes in mid air. tonight with the context, political sketch writer at the independent tom peck and lanhee chen candidate for california state controller and republican strategist. hello welcome to the programme. as borisjohnson boarded a flight for india last night there might just have been a nagging doubt in his mind, as to whether this was the wisest moment to step away from the helm. in 1990 a former conservative leader margaret thatcher made a very ill timed trip to paris, overconfident she had shored up support at home. how wrong she was. and within hours of borisjohnson leaving the country last night his plans for today s vote in parliament seemed to be unravelling. in front of the house, was labour s motion for a parliamentary inquiry into whether borisjohnson had lied to the commons. last night the government filed an amendment to that motions that would have delayed a vote until sue grey s investigation into partygate was completed. it was also widely tho
under way on bbc two, the news continues here on bbc one , as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. across france, protests, riots and looting run into a fourth night. president macron closes transport networks, blames social media but what can he do to end the unrest? one further fatality reported tonight after violence sparked by a police killing of teenager of north african origin in the french suburbs on tuesday. we ll hear from someone who knows her way round the activist movement. also tonight. rwanda is being condemned by the un, the us and the eu for supporting the m23 rebels in the democratic republic of congo. the last time this happened, the uk pulled aid to rwanda. the conservative aid secretary responsible for that 2012 decision tells newsnight the uk approach to human rights atrocities risks being downgraded. we speak to the former un assistant secretary general for
many thousands of people, perhaps tens of thousands of civilians sheltering at the al shifa hospital along with some localjournalists. the world health organization says 20 hospitals in gaza are now non operational. people around al shifa hospital report intense fighting. and in the early hours of friday, there was the sound of a large explosion. there was panic and confusion in the hospital courtyard following the explosion. israel s military says it is investigating reports that the areas around the hospitals have been struck. it s previously said its forces were operating close to shifa hospital, which it says is above hamas headquarters. this in other developments, reuters news agency is reporting agency is reporting that the palestinian authority is ready to assume responsibilities in the gaza strip once the war has ended. territory the pa president, mahmoud abbas, said it would be part of a comprehensive solution for the occupied territories and gaza. also, president
israeli military. the gaza with advance warning from the israeli military. israeli military. the israeli defence israeli military. the israeli defence minister - israeli military. the israeli defence minister says - israeli military. the israeli defence minister says the | defence minister says the humanitarian poses of an order for people to access food and water and would not interfere with israel s military objectives. the pauses are in some areas of gaza city, we understand in some areas around the salah al din road, two humanitarian corridors being set up, which hundreds of thousands have already used to head south, as well as on the coastal road. many of the people heading out of gaza city are having to do so on foot. they have left their homes and are heading to refugee camps in the south of gaza. talks continued to free more than 240 hostages still being held in gaza. the palestinian group islamic jihad released a video of hostages it claims to be holding. the hama