as london s mayor presses ahead with expanding the low emissions zone, even though the labour leadership appears opposed to that, critics say it s just one more example of where the party could afford to be more radical. we ll hear views for and against the idea that keir starmer should be defining a bolder agenda for the next election. also tonight. we report from tunisia, the country where the arab spring began and was once a beacon of hope. but now galloping inflation and the strains of migration have set protestors once again against a hardline repressive regime. in their minds, democracy rhymes with anarchy. i think what s going on actually is going to lead us to become a failed state. and as the european space agency is about to burn up a retired satellite in the atmosphere, are we starting to clean up the space debris that endangers the orbital communications we all rely on? good evening. london s low emission zone will expand following a victory today in court for the
translation: the action of the (nsf is motivated by the sole desire - to preserve our beloved homeland in the face of the continuous deterioration of the security situation of our country. the fallen authorities have failed to give a real solution to the crisis and have provided poor economic and social governance. our bbc correspondent chris ewokor has been following the developments from niger s neighbouring country of nigeria. the coup has been condemned by both the regional and international community, although it s gotten the support and backing of the wider military hierarchy in niger, as well as some of the citizens who had come out to demonstrate and show their support for the action of the soldiers. niger, a landlocked country rich in uranium but one of the poorest in the world, has joined three other countries that have been under military rule to become the first country that have been under military rule to become the fourth country in the west african subregion u
to have been killed. a doctor at a nearby hospital said it was unable to cope with the number of injured. helicopters and boats were also involved in the attack. the two israeli hostages, fernando marman, who s 60, and louis har, who s 70, are said to be in good condition and you can see them reunited with loved ones at a medical center in israel. it s thought to be only the second time israel has carried out a successful military operation to rescue hostages. edan begerano is a relative of the two hostages rescued. let s hear him after he reunited with them at the hospital. we were a bit shocked. we haven t expected it. we saw them. the heart was beating on 200 maybe, maybe more. a lot of tears, hugs, not many words, just being together, surrounded by the family and surrounded by our beloved people that were without us for so long, more than four months. we were so happy to see them. i don t know what is the real situation that they are mentally. they look ok, physically, th
the dutch foreign minister, hanke bruins slot, said there could be many civilian casualties , describing the situation in rafah as very worrying . whilst saudi arabia warned of very serious repercussions if rafah was stormed. it comes as people living in the isolated north of gaza have told the bbc that children are going without food for days, as aid convoys are increasingly denied permits to enter. the united nations has warned that acute malnutrition among young children in the north has risen sharply, and is now above the critical threshold of 15%. mahmoud shalabi from medical aid for palestinians says the situation there is dire. when it comes to the flour, people are actually using animal feed. however, even the animal feed is starting to get scarce in the market, and people are not finding it. when it comes to canned food, there is nothing left in the market, literally. what we had was actually from the six to seven days of truce that we had at the beginning of thi
mr blinken said there s a lot of work to be done to reach a hostage release deal between israel and hamas. more than 100 israeli hostages are still held in gaza after hamas attacked israel on october 7 and killed more than 1000 people. the secretary of state also met palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. talks have focused on the latest proposal for a new ceasefire in gaza. here s some of what secretary blinken had to say. while there are some clear non starter is in hamas s response, we do think it creates space for agreement to be reached, and we will work at that relentlessly until we get there. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, was defiant. he said hamas s demands were delusional and that total victory was possible within months. translation: i m here to tell ou one translation: i m here to tell you one thing. translation: i m here to tell you one thing, tonight. - translation: i m here to tell you one thing, tonight. we rel you one thing, tonight. we re on o