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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 ....
being diagnosed with terminal cancer, but he says he will resist it for as long as he can. good afternoon. the public inquiry into the post office it scandal has been hearing from the investigator who s work led to criminal prosecutions of some sub postmasters and postmistresses. yesterday, the government announced plans for a new law to exonerate and compensate hundreds of post office staff wrongly accused because of the faulty horizon it system. well, this morning, this man post office investigator stephen bradshaw told the public inquiry he hadn t known there was anything wrong with the horizon system. and he denied a claim that he and other investigators behaved like mafia gangsters using threats and lies to collect their bounty. ben boulos reports. it s a big day forjanet skinner, a former sub postmistress wrongly convicted and jailed for theft in 2007 but later cleared. it convicted and jailed for theft in 2007 but later cleared.- 2007 but later cleared. it ha ....
be there in the inquiry room, listening to this investigator. we should reiterate, he isjust one of several investigators, stephen bradshaw, but he is being called a significant witness by this inquiry. in terms of what else we are going to be hearing about, there is going to be hearing about, there is going to be hearing about, there is going to be a very important week next week when we hear from fujitsu. to be a very important week next week when we hearfrom fujitsu. that is the company that was responsible for designing and implementing this horizon it system. there will be executives giving evidence. that will be incredibly important because, clearly, there has been a lot of questioning aboutjust how accountable is this company now for what has been going on? is there possibly. some people have been calling for financial sanctions against the company. and there have been, you know, a lot of questions about what fujitsu knew about the system. frankly, just how open, ....
they told the international court ofjustice in the hague, that the three months of bombardment violated the genocide convention of 191i8. south africa also alleges, that israel had a genocidal intent against palestinians in gaza, nurtured at the highest level of state. israel has dismissed the case as atrocious and baseless. its lawyers will begin their response on friday. south africa is calling for an immediate halt to the israeli military operation. in court, lawyers outlined the case against israel. the material confirms the rights and issues and their violation. that israel has committed and is committing acts capable of being characterised as genocidal. you have heard from ms hassim about direct extermination of thousands of people and children of the palestinian population in gaza since the 7th of october last year. and south africa and the world together stand witness to the forced evacuation of over 85% of the population of gaza from their homes. and the herdin ....
not accept theft. i challenge the recommendations of the barrister and persuaded him that a trial would be necessary as the reason given by the defendant, horizon integrity would have a wider impact on the business of the trial didn t go ahead. i was sent that a new trial date should be fixed because there was issues regarding the horizon system, he agreed with me and the judge accepted the points and fixed a new trial date. it seems from your own appraisal that you saw it as career boosting to press on with that case of miss mcdonald. because of problems with the horizon system having a wide impact on the business, do not accept that? the issue was business, do not accept that? twe: issue was being discussed business, do not accept that? twe issue was being discussed with business, do not accept that? tue issue was being discussed with the prosecution barrister, as you are aware, when you are filling in one to one things, there is always a flamboyant way of putting the words ....