Surf is up. Hello and welcome to todays verified live. Downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the Conservative Partys biggest donors about the mp diane abbott. The guardian reports that during a Business Meeting in 2019, frank hester said diane abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. Mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude. Mr hester has issued a statement saying that at the meeting in question, he said he abhorred racism. Diane abbott has also released a statement responding to his alleged comments. She said. Government ministers have faced questions from the media and they called his comments unacceptable but stopped short of calling them racist. Well, its clear that what he said was inappropriate. He has, as i understand it, apologised for those remarks. I think the Critical Point here is i dont think what he was saying was a gender based or a race based comment, b
Gaza. The bbc has seen evidence that doctors, nurses and other Hospital Staff were detained, beaten and prevented from carrying out vital medical duties when Israeli Forces overran the Nasser Hospital In Gaza last month. Weve also heard accusations that some detainees were stripped and kept in Stress Positions for several hours. Or had muzzled dogs set upon them. Israel said it occupied nasser believing it was used by hamas and several released israeli hostages have said they were held there. Wyre davies reports and you might find some parts of wyre s report distressing. Not for the first time in this war, Israeli Soldiers have been filmed standing over stripped and kneeling detainees in gaza. But these are medical staff, detained after the israeli army overran the Nasser Hospital in khan yunis. Most of them are still held captive. For weeks, the medics had witnessed israels military advance closing in around their hospital. The fighting in khan younis was fierce. Thousands of people w
damaged, water systems, electricity. welcome to the programme. we will have all the very latest from we will have all the very latest from . .,, we will have all the very latest from . , ,., , from jenin including those reports from jenin including those reports from the israeli from jenin including those reports from the israeli army from jenin including those reports from the israeli army that - from jenin including those reports from the israeli army that they i from jenin including those reports| from the israeli army that they are withdrawing we have not intimately confirmed that, but that is what we are working on over the next couple hours, we ll bring you the latest details as we get them. tonight on the panel the trade economist rebecca harding, and the writer and broadcaster chris morris. we will say hello to both and just a moment. also on the programme tonight: the metropolitan police is reopening an investigation into breaches of covid regulations at a
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