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and so far we know that 3000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected blood products given by the nhs. 0verall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories. there are the people with rare genetic blood clotting disorders such as the haemophiliacs, and there are people who needed blood transfusions after surgery, for example. so let s start with this first group, the haemophiliacs. people with blood clotting disorders, they need a special protein called factor eight, orfactor nine injected which helps the blood clot. but by the 1970s the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these blood products and so they started to import from america but because america pays for blood plasma rather than it being donated for free, it came from a lot of high risk individuals, including prisoners, drug addicts and those most in need for money. and so with these donations came some deadly viral infections such as hepatitis c and hi ....
hepatitis c. after they were given infected blood products by the national health service here in the 19705 national health service here in the 1970s and 1980s. many of them have since died and others online in the onto their partners who also died. victims and their families have spent decades looking for answers to their questions and fighting for compensation. we begin our coverage with this explainer. oh, it is known as the biggest treatment disaster in nhs history. and so far we know that 3000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected blood products given by the nhs. 0verall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories. there are the people with rare genetic blood clotting disorders such as the haemophiliacs, and there are people who needed blood transfusions after surgery, for example. so let s start with this first group, the haemophiliacs. people with blood clotting disorders, they need a special protein called factor ....
thick fog and heavy rain have hampered efforts, but in the early hours of this morning, this, a drone sent by turkey identified a source of heat. footage shows an aerial view of a landscape at night and a dark blotch on what appears to be a hillside. when rescuers eventually reach the wreckage on foot, they found the helicopter which had been carrying iran s president and the foreign minister was completely burned with no signs of life. and soon after, confirmation that both iran s president ebrahim raisi and the foreign minister have been killed in the crash. the servant of the iranian people, president raisi, the president of the republic of iran was serving the people of the public of iran. president raisi, seen here on the left, had been visiting a dam project. this is footage of him earlier in the day travelling in a convoy of three helicopters. he became the president in 2021 and was responsible for tightening morality laws and oversaw a ruthless repression and we ....
most have moved to areas along the coast or north towards khan younis, another city in gaza already devastated by earlier bombardment. the head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, said all were having to do so without any safe passage or protection and were fleeing to areas with little water or sanitation. more aid is starting to arrive in gaza. local officials say that as many as 150 trucks a day are now coming through rafah from egypt, after the crossing point, which was closed when israeli troops advanced, re opened. and humanitarian supplies delivered via the us built pier are being taken to communities in the north of the territory. the volume of aid is far short of that that was getting into gaza before the war began. meanwhile, fighting continues across gaza. these pictures were filmed near the northern perimeter with israel. the israeli military says it hit more than 70 targets with air strikes on saturday and that 50 militants were killed, and dozens of tunnel shafts ....
says more than 800,000 people have now fled rafah in southern gaza. many have been forced to head northwards to areas which the un says have little clean drinking water or sanitation as the israeli offensive continues. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams sent this report. street battles injabalia. israeli forces have been fighting here for days. gunfire. hamas, they say, is back, and needs to be dealt with. this is dangerous urban warfare, at close quarters. the israelis were here months ago and moved on. these, some warn, early signs of an insurgency that could last for months. israel has been attacking from the air too. scenes today reminiscent of the war s terrifying early stages. buildings flattened, bodies trapped under the rubble. gunfire. more street battles, this time in the south. the israeli army still advancing on rafah, the only city yet to experience a full scale assault. but 800,000 palestinians have already fled the area, to the coast or to other deva ....