one of the investigators, he signed a witness statement expressing full confidence in the horizon system. he was asked why did you write that? and he said because it was written for me by lawyers and i signed it. and he was asked how he felt about that, that he had signed that statement and he said it was wrong, looking at it now, it was wrong. he was pushed on that point. what was put to him by the council was that those statements led to people being put in prison. there were sub postmaster is sent to prison on the basis of statements expressing full confidence in the horizon system. the other thing he was questioned about this morning was his conduct in those interviews that he held with sub postmasters who he was investigating. because those sub postmaster is over the years have been claiming, alleging, that they were subject to intimidating, threatening and at times cruel interrogation by these sub postmasters. .. interrogation by these sub postmasters. by these sub post
baseless. they claim to be acting in self defense due to the attack by hamas on the seventh. they re calling for an immediate halt to israel s military operations. this report for a diplomatic respondent. for three months the world has looked on in horror at the scenes from gaza, the huge numbers of palestinian civilians killed orforced to move, the shear level of destruction. south africa says this is evidence of genocide. no one is spared, not even newborn babies. israel has killed more than 23,000 palestinians. more than 300,000 housing units have been damaged or destroyed and around 85% of the population has been displaced. people have to relocate for their children people have to relocate for their children and in places where they had been children and in places where they had been told to evacuate to. and the entire had been told to evacuate to. and the entire multi generational families the entire multi generational families will be obliterated. and more fami
come face to face with some of the sub postmasters he investigated. at the public inquiry, which resumed this morning, he denied claims that he and others behaved like mafia gangsters when looking into losses at branches. stephen bradshaw, who was questioned all day, said he was not technically minded and was not equipped to know if there were bugs or errors in the horizon computer system. our business correspondent emma simpson was listening to his evidence. her report contains some offensive language. it s a big day forjanet skinner. she s on her way to come face to face with the man who interrogated her, which led to her going to prison. she lost herjob, her house, and her health. over the past few days, i think it s becoming more anger. it doesn t make me nervous. i d like to be put under pressure like i was under pressure when i was questioned. i haven t seen him since 2006. what do you want him to say today? apology? yes, that would be a good start. she s not the on
i had little input into that inquiry. i was there on the day of the interview but any pre or post work would have been by the person in charge of the inquiry. i5 person in charge of the inquiry. is a you had nothing to do with endorsing the content of the report? no. , ., endorsing the content of the report? no. , . , ., , no. diane matthews told the inquiry that she was no. diane matthews told the inquiry that she was shocked no. diane matthews told the inquiry that she was shocked when - no. diane matthews told the inquiry that she was shocked when janet . that she was shocked when janet skinner was charged with theft. where you? this skinner was charged with theft. where you? skinner was charged with theft. where ou? a , where you? as i say, miss matthews is the one who where you? as i say, miss matthews is the one who sourced where you? as i say, miss matthews is the one who sourced it. where you? as i say, miss matthews is the one who sourced it. i - where you
us military these strikes are in direct response to unprecedented houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the red sea, including the use of anti ship ballistic missiles for the first time in history. in the last few hours, uk prime minister rishi sunak also released a statement, saying: we urge them to cease their attacks and take steps to de escalate. the houthi s leadership has already responded, warning that the us and uk will pay a heavy price for this blatant aggression . joinine me now is barbara starr, long time pentagon correspondent here in washington, previously for cnn2. always good to have you on. tell us more about what we know about these targets. why are these? ~ . , ., about these targets. why are these? ~ ., , ., ., these? well, what you are talkin: these? well, what you are talking about these? well, what you are talking about our - these? well, what you are talking about our targets l these? well, what you are i talking about our tar