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If you have a disability . A Human Rights Watch dog has accused the uk and irish governments of failing to tackle problems like welfare benefits. Good evening. He made it look easy, the Late Night Television interview, and he made it an art. But now sir michael parkinson, a giant of british culture, has died at the age of 88. A big part of his success was the fact that his chat show was never an opportunity for him to show off, but for his guests to always take centre stage, allowing space to reveal a deeper truth about themselves. Its a humility borne of his humble roots, as the son of a yorkshire miner. Michael parkinsons work spanning almost seven decades is a catalogue of memorable moments, including no less than four interviews with muhammad ali. One of the first with George Michael after his arrest in los angeles for lewd behaviour. And his chat with madonna, whom he finally convinced to appear on his show after a 20 year wait. Our media and arts correspondent, david sillito, has
Bbc news. We begin in westminster, where the Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist and wrong frank hester has apologised for making what he called rude comments about britains first black female mp. The row dominated Prime Ministers questions as labour has called on the conservatives to give the money back. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . I the Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept, and i would give that money back. I have to give you my view, rather than what the party should do, but ive tho
funerals are being held for the 2a soldiers killed in israel s deadliest day since the war began in gaza. there has been intense fighting around khan younis, israel says it has surrounded the southern gaza city. could i hostage deal close, though? reports that israel has proposed a two month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with himars. the us and uk carry out joint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. hamas. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and director greta gerwig miss out. time for a look at the business news now with lu kwesa burak. it afternoon, lukwesa. could afternoon. good afternoon. we start here in the uk with the government s finances because the amount it had to borrow last month was far less than expected. that has raised hopes the chancellor, jeremy hunt, may have extra room to cut taxes when he announces his spring budget in march. a lot of it is down to lo