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
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hanging over the area, following the collapse of a week long truce. a spokesman for the israeli military said they were now hitting hamas targets all over the gaza strip. the hamas run health ministry said more than 180 people were killed during friday s airstrikes, with reports from khan yunis in southern gaza of some of the heaviest bombardments yet. the israeli military earlier dropped leaflets in parts of southern gaza warning people to leave and move even further south towards the egyptian border. meanwhile, hamas and other groups fired rockets at israel, which deployed its iron dome defence system to intercept them. each side accuses the other of breaching the ceasefire deal. a un official said much needed aid had stopped coming through the rafah crossing since the ceasefire ended. hundreds of trucks carrying aid were able to enter gaza during the pause in fighting but they were fewer in number than the roughly 500 trucks that entered gaza, every day, before the war.
around the world. we start in the middle east, where fighting has resumed in gaza. after the seven day temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas expired at 7am local time. the israeli military says it has struck more than 200 of what it describes as terror targets. hamas which is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by many western goverments says more than a hundred people have been killed. before the temporary ceasefire, israel s military had focussed on the north of gaza, including gaza city. this morning, israeli jets dropped leaflets close to the city of khan younis, telling people to evacuate immediately and go to shelters in rafah . in the south of the territory near the egyptian border. but israel s military has hit targets today both in rafah and khan younis. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from sderot, just across the borderfrom gaza. gaza awoke to this. a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah,