Last resort, according to Health Secretary, sajid javid. The president of south africa pays tribute to desmond tutu as the spiritual father of our new nation. And the archbishops daughter also spoke movingly at his funeral. We say, thank you, daddy, for the many ways you showed us love, for the many times you challenged us, for the many times you comforted us. Today is officially the hottest new years day on record with temperatures reaching 16. 2 degrees in st james s park in central london. The actor, comedian and movie legend mel brooks talks to the bbc s alan yentob about his life. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Leading figures in the uks Battle Against Covid 19 are among more than 1,200 people to be recognised in the new year honours list. Knighthoods have been given to the uk governments chief medical advisor professor chris whitty and his deputyJonathan Van Tam, as well as the chief medical officers for wales and scotland. Theyre
Good evening. This is 18 year old itay regev and his sister maya they were kidnapped by hamas from the Music Festival in israel last october and held for sa days. They were both shot when they were seized. Itay has been describing in detail what happened to him, his sister and his best friend, after they were taken hostage. His friend is still being held along with more than 100 others. Itay has been talking to our special correspondent lucy manning. Itay regev is free, but all he thinks about are the hostages he left behind. The teenager was at the nova Music Festival with his sister maya and friend 0mer when hamas attacked. Translation we started hearing shooting. The terrorists were surrounding the whole party area. Lots and lots of people started running in all directions. I hear shooting going past my head. I heard people screaming. I saw people falling down. A lot of bodies. We were confronted by a van of terrorists spraying our car with bullets without any mercy. I got shot in m
And on newsnight at 10. 30pm well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. 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 but that mr hester s apology for making rude comments should be accepted. This evening, diane abbott attacked both the conservatives and labour for their response to the controversy. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . 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 tha