Joe lynskey, bbc news. ThIs programme contInues on bbc one. A genocIde and a declaratIon of war. So says hezbollah S Leader of the ExplodIng Pagers In lebanon. As Israel strIkes tonIght, Is It over for Peace Talks . And Im In control, says the PrIme MInIster durIng a messy week of DownIng Street feuds, leaks and expense rows. Is he . Good evenIng. Welcome to newsnIght for the best of late NIght Talk and takes. TonIght. ExplodIng pagers and walkIe talkIes In lebanon and a row over freebIes for the PrIme MInIster at home. Our Panel SIt on two sIdes of uk polItIcs. Labour grandee HarrIet Harman whos makIng headlInes wIth her advIce for her own party leader, and Robert Halfon one of the conservatIves who gave RIshI Sunak a headache when he saId hed quIt. Thank you both are comIng. We wIll also see NIck Watt shortly. Lets start abroad. The explosIons In Hand Held DevIces have been called an Act Of War by hezbollah s Leader SheIkh Hassan Nasrallah speakIng on tv. Over two days more than 30 w
Later tonight, us President Joe Biden will announces plans for the us military to construct a port in gaza to get more humanitarian aid into the territory by sea. Is this a sign of american frustration over israel boiling over . Well speak to a senior british diplomat and the relative of one of the israeli hostages still being held by hamas. Also tonight. Pressure grows on the science secretary Michelle Donelan to personally foot the bill for the legal damages that the uk taxpayer has picked up after she falsely accused an academic of promoting extremist ideologies. Well discuss with one of the academics on the same group that she had in her sights. And the woman who accused this man, christian homer, the boss of f1 team red bull, of Inapproprioate Behaviour is herself suspended. We will ask two female motorsport experts, does motor racing have a wider problem . Good evening. In his annual state of the Union Address in a few hours time, the us President Joe Biden will announce that the
Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. First this hour a deadline set by the west African Regional bloc ecowas for the militaryjunta to reinstate nigers ousted president Mohammed Bazoum expires later on sunday. Ecowas gave the coup leaders a week to restore the president or potentially face Military Action. Meanwhile, france says it will support efforts by ecowas. Nigers Prime Minister has been in paris saturday, meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the niger embassy. He has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in his country. With the deadline only hours away, our correspondent chris ewokor reports from sokoto, North Western nigeria, close to the border with niger. They are bracing for the worst. Many of them were born here in nigeria but they have never been cut off from their roots in niger. The coup has caught them unawares. With the border is closed and the current political crisis, they are now separated from their families. This man lives here b
He failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office from 2018 to 2022. The verdict means he is not allowed to hold Public Office forfive years, with pakistan just months away from a general election. Our correspondent, caroline davies, reports. Sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Minister imran khan. The judgement came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. The court said hes dishonest. So this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. Imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. Outside court, shouts of your show is over, khan. Minutes later, we heard hed been arrested. This was what happened last time mr khan was arrested. Protests, some violent. Mr khan was released, but his party faced a dramatic crackdown. Many of his senior Party Leadership were arrested, then annou
Thank you forjoining us. The former pakistani Prime Minister imran khan has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, after he was found guilty on Corruption Charges and sentenced to three years in prison. A Court In Islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. The verdict means he isnt allowed to hold Public Office for the next five years pakistan is just months away from a general election. From islamabad, Caroline Davies reports. Sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Minister imran khan. The judgment came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. The court said he is dishonest. So this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. Imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. Outside court, shouts of, your show is over, khan. Minutes later,