Applause. 45 minutes, prime minister benjamin netanyahu speaking to a joint session of the us congress, interrupted throughout by raucous applause, particularly from the side of the chamber, filled with republicans who had invited him here to speak, and it was an impassioned and forceful defence of israel s military campaign in gaza. In an address that lasted much longer than the previous addresses he has made to congress. He urged the lawmakers to congress. He urged the lawmakers to give them the tools to finish the job faster, pay tribute to the men and women of the idf, introducing some webbing and wooded, and almost at the outset. And almost at the outset of the speech, the prime minister made a point of thanking president biden, with whom he has had deep disagreements over the past ten months. Our world is in upheaval. In the middle east, iran s axis of terror conference america, of terror confronts america, israel, and our arab friends. This is not a clash of civilisations, it s
Industrial oxygen is now having to be used in hospitals. Government borrowing hits the highest level since the end of world war ii with hundreds of millions spent supporting the economy during the pandemic. On its way to wembley england is given an extra euro 2020 match, as dublin misses out. Hello, good afternoon. 39 former subpostmasters who were convicted of theft and false accounting because of a defective post office accounting system have been cleared by the court of appeal, after the uk s most widespread miscarriage ofjustice. Some had gone to prison, and many sawjobs, marriages and reputations ruined after being wrongly accused of financial irregularities. The court heard that a computer software system called horizon had problems from the beginning of its installation. The post office has apologised for the impact the scandal has had on the men and women who were convicted. Katie prescott reports. Unsure whether to laugh or cry. After year of being labelled criminals, some
farcical. all he s got to do is answer a very simple question, which is who answer a very simple question, which is who paid, answer a very simple question, which is who paid, initially, for the redecoration of your flat? i don t think there s redecoration of your flat? i don t think there s anything redecoration of your flat? i don t think there s anything to - redecoration of your flat? i don t think there s anything to see - redecoration of your flat? i don tl think there s anything to see here or to worry about, but what we are doing is focusing on the stuff that really matters. and lift off the first part of china s permanent space station blasts into orbit. we begin in russia, where we vejust had the first glimpse of kremlin critic alexei navalny since he ended his three week hunger strike. here he is, close shaven and a lot thinner than the last time we saw him. he was appearing in court via video link to appeal a defamation conviction in february. he was foun
but i think he s done a lot - of good things as well. also tonight. the australian open is about to begin without the defending men s champion. novak djokovic has been deported from australia after losing his bid to stop his visa being cancelled. serbia says he s the victim of a witch hunt. the culture secretary says the bbc licence fee will be abolished in five years time. how our roads are becoming more dangerous, as the number of dedicated traffic police declines. and another batting collapse as the ashes end with england losing the fifth test. good evening. the labour leader accused the prime minister today of presiding over industrial scale partying in downing street and of breaking the law. sir keir starmer said there was no need to wait for the report into a series of alleged rule breaking events. the conservative party chairman says this is not a resigning matter for borisjohnson, but that the culture in no 10 should be addressed. here s our political correspondent
borisjohnson after days of political pressure, boris johnson says after days of political pressure, borisjohnson says rolls around mps extra job should be tightened up. the suspected terrorist who died when a homemade device went off in a taxi in liverpool. police say it could be weeks before they fully understand what happened. ajobs bonaza a record number of vacancies in the uk, ajobs bonanza a record number of vacancies in the uk, but businesses struggle to fill them. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, we head live to cardiff, where there s still plenty at stake for wales in theirfinal world cup qualifying group game. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the former yorkshire county cricketer, azeem rafiq, has given harrowing and at times emotional evidence describing the racist abuse he says he experienced at the club. he told mps that the way he was treated was inhuman and said he felt isolated, humiliated at times. more