welcome to bbc newsroom live. i m annita mcveigh. sir philip green, the billionaire owner of some of the biggest brands on the high street, says he categorically and wholly denies allegations of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour . it comes after labour peer lord hain named him in parliament, as the businessman behind an injunction to stop the claims being published. keith doyle reports. he s the retailer whose business dealings made him rich and famous. but his attempt to stay out of the headlines through a court injunction hasn t worked. the daily telegraph was prevented by the courts from naming sir philip green, who it accuses of sexual and racial harassment against staff members. but, in the house of lords, former cabinet minister peter hain used parliamentary privilege to name him. later, lord hain defended his actions. well, there s been some criticism on social media, but i ve had overwhelming support, particularly from women. but another former cabinet minister q
tonight, the uk appears to be on the brink of taking military action with the us against houthi rebels who ve been attacking ships in the red sea. could parliament be recalled to discuss any uk military response? tonight we ll guide you step by step through this latest international crisis with our defence editor mark urban and our political editor nick watt. also tonight. breathtaking testimony from a fraud investigator employed by the post office to examine shortfalls at branches across the country his evidence helped wrongly convict multiple subpostmasters he investigated this ex branch manager who was suspended by the post office after shortfalls and fraud accusations. you have been told there was a growing body of cases and that in itself was not sufficient for you the question the reliability of the horizon system. because i am not technically minded. i would expect that to come from people above. shazia saddiq was with us last night and is back tonight. she was at th
the government is preparing a new law to swiftly exonerate and compensate post office branch managers who were convicted over horizon it scandal. over a 15 year period until 2015, more than 700 people were wrongfully convicted of fraud, theft or false accounting, because the it system had produced shortfalls in their accounts. so far, only 93 have had their convictions overturned. mr sunak said it was the biggest miscarriage in british history and government would quickly right the wrongs of the past. here s our political editor chris mason. four nights of drama on the telly after two decades of injustice. and, just one week later. we come to questions for the prime minister. the most high profile moment of the week at westminster. the start of prime minister s question time. and rishi sunak said. mr speaker this is one of the greatest miscarriages ofjustice in our nation s history. today i can announce that we will introduce new primary legislation, to make sure that those c
warned the us secretary of state antony blinken of catastrophic repercussions of the continuation of israel s military campaign, during his tour of the middle east. the secretary of state is now in qatar for talks with the emir. meanwhile, at a cabinet meeting, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pledged to continue the war in gaza until all of their goals are achieved. translation: we are not stopping until victory. - the war must not be stopped until we achieve all of its goals the elimination of hamas, the return of all of our hostages, and ensuring that gaza no longer poses a threat to israel. i say this to both our enemies and ourfriends. this is our responsibility and this is our commitment. every other consideration must be set aside and we must continue until total victory. i asked our correspondent injerusalem, wyre davies, to put mr netanyahu s comments into context. yes, some interesting points in that statement by benjamin netanyahu, a message both to ou
my life. and that s life lost, with the kids, everything, theyjust don t know what they ve done to people. post office minister, kevin hollinrake, has been speaking to bbc breakfast and says the inquiry is important to make sure those responsible are held to account. where evidence has been established people should be prosecuted. that s my view. and i think you and other people i ve spoken to, i certainly feel people within the post office and possibly further afield should go to jail. let s speak now to richard moorhead, who s been writing about the legal ethics surrounding the post office scandal for several years and is also a member of the horizon compensation advisory board. the minister said in his opinion people should be prosecuted and go to jail. do you think that is likely to jail. do you think that is likely to happen and will the next stage of the inquiry go towards that?- the inquiry go towards that? people in the post office the inquiry go towards that? peopl