good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. two people have been released on bail after police removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes from a funeral directors in hull. detectives say they re investigating a truly horrific incident and families are understandably distraught and heartbroken. they ve had more than 1,000 phone calls from concerned members of the public. 0ur correspondent nick garnett has been speaking to one of the families affected. my mum was a beautiful, loving person. would give anybody anything she had. susan stone was 78 when she died. herfamily paid for her to be cremated, but now they ve been told it never happened. they cremated my mum the same day, or the next day, waiting for a slot. but obviously she didn t get cremated. heartbroken. anger. disgraceful. humberside police are still searching this building owned by legacy funeral directors and others the company owns. 120 officers are involved and police say they found 35 bodies and what they th
hello, i m anna foster live injerusalem. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin with a special report because. the bbc has seen evidence that doctors, nurses and other hospital staff were detained, beaten and prevented from carrying out vital medical duties when israeli forces overran the nasser hospital in gaza last month. we ve also heard accusations that some detainees were stripped and kept in stress positions for several hours. israel said it occupied nasser believing it was used by hamas and several released israeli hostages have said they were held there. wyre davies reports and you might find some parts of wyre s report distressing. not for the first time in this war, israeli soldiers have been filmed standing over stripped and kneeling detainees in gaza. but these are medical staff, detained after the israeli army overran the nasser hospital in khan yunis. most of them are still held captive. for weeks, the medics
surf is up. hello and welcome to today s verified live. downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the conservative party s biggest donors about the mp diane abbott. the guardian reports that during a business meeting in 2019, frank hester said diane abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot . mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude . mr hester has issued a statement saying that at the meeting in question, he said he abhorred racism. diane abbott has also released a statement responding to his alleged comments. she said. government ministers have faced questions from the media and they called his comments unacceptable but stopped short of calling them racist. well, it s clear that what he said was inappropriate. he has, as i understand it, apologised for those remarks. i think the critical point here is i don t think what he was saying was a gender based
at the emirates. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the conservative party s biggest donors about the mp, diane abbott, during a business meeting in 2019. the guardian claims that frank hester said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot . this morning diane abbott has called the alleged comments frightening . mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude , but his spokesperson has said this is not a confirmation of the quotes in the guardian. henry zeffman has the story. some people who give millions to political parties have high public profile is. frank hester didn t. until now. this is what the guardian says mr hester told staff at the health care software company he built from scratch at a meeting back in 2019. it s like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you just wan
we start with a special report from gaza where medical staff have told the bbc they were detained, beaten and prevented from carrying out vital duties after a raid at their hospital last month. they ve said, that some detainees were stripped, kept in stress positions for several hours, or had muzzled dogs set upon them. israel said, it occupied the nasser hospital site believing it was used by hamas and that severalfreed israeli hostages have said, they were held there. you might find some parts of this report by wyre davies distressing. not for the first time in this war, israeli soldiers have been filmed standing over stripped and kneeling detainees in gaza. but these are medical staff, detained after the israeli army overran the nasser hospital in khan yunis. most of them are still held captive. for weeks, the medics had witnessed israel s military advance closing in around their hospital. the fighting in khan younis was fierce. thousands of people who d sought refuge in t