as for pouria zeraati himself, well, he s a really high profile tv presenter for iran international. that s a persian language tv news station. it s based in london, but it s available all around the world, including in iran. and i should add, iran denies any involvement in this attack but previously it has said it considers iran international a terrorist organisation. and pouria zeraati is now out of hospital and he and his wife are said to be in a safe place under the police s supervision. but clearly, the whole story raises broader questions about the safety of iranian journalists. and we ve got one of them with us here. sima sabet used to be a presenter on iran international. she s also worked on the bbc world service. thank you so much, sima, for coming on the media show. thanks for having me on your show. you re very welcome. i wondered first, in terms of your situation, what impact did friday s attack on mr zeraati have on you personally? what s your current situation?
he s a really high profile tv presenter for iran international. that s a persian language tv news station. it s based in london, but it s available all around the world, including in iran. and i should add, iran denies any involvement in this attack but previously it has said it considers iran international a terrorist organisation. and pouria zeraati is now out of hospital and he and his wife are said to be in a safe place under the police s supervision. but clearly, the whole story raises broader questions about the safety of iranian journalists. and we ve got one of them with us here. sima sabet used to be a presenter on iran international. she s also worked on the bbc world service. thank you so much, sima, for coming on the media show. thanks for having me on your show. you re very welcome. i wondered first, in terms of your situation, what impact did friday s attack on mr zeraati have on you personally? what s your current situation? pouria was attacked around 4:45, 2:4
three of the dead are british nationals, including james kirby, from bristol who was a7, and whose family today told the bbc that all seven were heroes. the head of the isreali military says it was a grave mistake due to misidentification, and an investigation is now under way. we ll analyse what happened in the air strike and get the latest on the ground in gaza, but first, dan johnson has been speaking to the family ofjames kirby. humanitarian aid relies on people like this, the three british men killed providing security advice in gaza. he has died a hero. you know, they all have. james kirby s relatives share the grief that s reached bristol and six other aid worker families around the world. for him to lose his life in that situation, it s just heartbreaking that, you know, he s lost his life doing that. but he knew the dangers. he was selfless in that regard and he just wanted to help people. their cars were hit by israel s military as they returned to their base af
good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says there ll be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election. but the prime minister did signal that she would scrap a pledge, not to raise income tax or national insurance. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has also promised not to raise vat. he said labour would protect middle income earners and end what he called tax giveaways to the rich . our political correspondent ben wright reports. so, this will be a law. this is a guarantee, because i know what needs to be done. it was a startling policy, a solemn promise made days before the 2015 general election. david cameron said that three key taxes, vat, income tax and national insurance, would not go up for a five year parliament, so will theresa may repeat that pledge in her manifesto? we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear that i don t want to make specific proposals on taxes unless i am sure that i can deliver on those. a