We re were taking them to the town of lewiston were taking them to the town of lewiston in maine. There was a shooting at two locations in lewiston. There was a shooting at two locations in lewiston. There is a lockdown there. Locations in lewiston. There is a lockdown there. And locations in lewiston. There is a lockdown there. And the locations in lewiston. There is a l lockdown there. And the Gunman Locations in lewiston. There is a. Lockdown there. And the gunman is very very active right now. This is one of the streets where weve seen a lot of activity. We have seen a police drone going up there. 38,000 people, all on lockdown. People have been told to stay at home and businesses are shut as well. Police have named Robert Carter was a0 years old is a person of interest. Saying he is Armed And Dangerous as well. The latest from the police as they are going to be having a Press Current Conference in about three hours time which will be bring you here on bbc news. They have actually
Are their options . Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. I want to start with something personal. You will come your family, is from the south of gaza. When you heard of the murderous attack that hamas had launched on israel on october seven, did you immediately realise that this was going to put your family and so many others in gaza in extraordinary danger . Others in gaza in extraordinary dancer . , others in gaza in extraordinary daner . ,. ,. , danger . Yes, absolutely. Not onl m danger . Yes, absolutely. Not only my family danger . Yes, absolutely. Not only my family but danger . Yes, absolutely. Not only my family but all danger . Yes, absolutely. Not only my family but all people | only my family but all people in gaza and my entire nation, because i knew israel well instrumental eyes this in the most horrible way possible and this is exactly what happened. Trying to link hamas to the Palestinian People and then link hamas to isis and then link hamas to isis and then link th
Husam zomlot, welcome to hardtalk. Husam, i want to start with something personal. You yourfamily is from the south of gaza. When you heard of the murderous attack that hamas had launched on israel on october 7, did you immediately realise that this was going to put your family and so many others in gaza in extraordinary danger . Yes, absolutely. Not only my family, but all people in gaza and my entire nation, because i knew israel will instrumentalise this in the most horrible way possible. And this is exactly what happened, trying to link hamas to the Palestinian People, and then link hamas to isis, then linking the Palestinian People to isis, in preparation for this horror we are witnessing right this moment. Surely, the message israel was making and was bound to make was between hamas and unbelievable levels of barbarity and violence . And what they had to do was commit to destroy hamas. We have to listen to what the israeli officials and politicians and fanatics have been saying f
Husam zomlot, welcome to hardtalk. I want to start with something personal. Your family is from the south of gaza. When you heard of the murderous attack that hamas had launched on Israel On October 7th, did you immediately realise that this was going to put your family, and so many others in gaza in extraordinary danger . Yes, absolutely. Not only my family, but all people in gaza and my entire nation, because i knew israel will instrumentalise this in the most horrible way possible. And this is exactly what happened, trying to link hamas to the Palestinian People, and then link hamas to isis, then linking the Palestinian People to isis, in preparation for this horror we are witnessing right this moment. Surely the message israel was making and was bound to make was between hamas and unbelievable levels of barbarity and violence . And what they had to do was commit to destroy hamas. We have to listen to what the israeli officials, and politicians, and fanatics have been saying for yea
welcome to the programme. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel s second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. in his first comments since the war began on seven october, hamas s leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says: we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners. of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy in exchange for the release of all prisoners with the resistance. it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. israel said the