But when will it be ready . Hello. Welcome to The Programme. Im Lewis Vaughan jones. We start in russia, where ukrainian forces have destroyed a strategic bridge in the kursk region, cutting a supply route, as they continue their incursion into russian territory. In his nightly address, ukraines president zelensky said we see that the occupier is suffering losses, and this is useful, very useful for our defence. Hes described the territory captured by ukrainian forces since they launched their incursion 12 days ago as an Exchange Fund, implying they could be swapped for ukrainian regions occupied by moscow. From sumy, near the border with russia, heres our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. Ukraine isntjust targeting russian troops, but their Supply Lines too. A missile makes light work of a major bridge in russias kursk region. It was a counteroffensive which surprised just about everyone. Apart from the ukrainian paratroopers whove released this footage. Complete with dramatic m
Accused the Security Council of not doing enough, and urged those present to impose sanctions on israel. Israel does not care about your condemnations. Let me repeat. Israel does not care about your condemnations. It dismisses your resolutions, it does not even listen to your debates. Meawhile, israels Representative Accused Hamas of using civilians as human targets, and demanded more action be taken on iran. The most unbelievable thing is your inaction to condemn and stop the biggest Danger And Threat to the entire region, iran. Right now, as we speak here now, millions of israelis are preparing for a direct iranian attack. As weve been hearing, President Biden believes the best way to prevent that attack is by reaching a Ceasefire And Hostage swap. Listen to this exchange between the american president and a reporter. Well see what iran does and well see what happens with preventing an attack. But im not giving up. Do you have the understanding that iran could cease or stop growing d
Newly released PolIce Bodycam Footage from last Weekends VIolence In LIverpool whIch saw more than 90 offIcers Injured. TonIght the streets are calm after eIght nIghts of protest and rIot. But what lIes behInd the vIolent dIsorder of the past week . And as Kamala HarrIs and her VIce PresIdent Ial PIck Head to mIchIgan has she overtaken Donald Trump In the presIdent Ial race . Hello and welcome to newsnIght the home of IntervIews and IllumInatIng InsIghts. If government Is as much about optIcs as actIon, a lot has changed In a week. VIolence and dIsorder have been replaced by yet another Cobra MeetIng chaIred by the PrIme MInIster and swIft and very vIsIble Court ActIon wIth sentencIng, unusually, televIsed. TonIght were lookIng at whats behInd what happened and what we can learn wIth our panel. The Former brexIt party mep, Presenter Alex phIlIps and marvIn rees, Former Labour Mayor of brIstol. Also here Is hannah rose, who researches extremIsm at the InstItute For StrategIc DIalogue. B
Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. We start here in the uk, where more than 100 people have been arrested after demonstrations organised by the far right descended into scenes of violence in towns and cities across england and Northern Ireland on saturday. Skirmishes broke out at far right rallies in locations including liverpool, manchester, bristol, and hull, as well as belfast. Rioters threw missiles at police, injuring a number of officers, and in some places looted shops or set them on fire. Tensions have escalated since the murder of three young girls in southport nearly a week ago. Senior Police Leaders say theyre ready to deploy thousands more officers, in expectation of further violent protests. Charred remains of stolen goods, smashed windows and day be still strewn across the streets. This how in the aftermath of Last Nights riots. It was a night of violence the city had never seen before in recent times. Fireworks were thrown, cars were set on Fire And Police officers were injur
In response to growing threats from iran and iranian backed fighters. The announcement came after a Funeral Ceremony in qatarfor the hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in iran on wednesday. Hamas and iran have vowed revenge for the strike that targeted mr haniyeh. Although iran and its allies have blamed israel, the country has not claimed responsibility for his death. The threat of Retaliation is causing Unease And Tension in Israel Asjenny Hill reports from Tel Aviv they are uneasy, they know that potentially outstanding on the brink of a much wider regional conflict. Its worth pointing out that there have been a number of similar moments since israel launched its War On Gaza following the attacks of october 7. When its look as though that war could explode into a much wider conflict. But this is without doubt a very dangerous, very significant moment, and we understand that urgent diplomacy is going on, most of it behind the scenes, to try to defuse the tension.