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
to egypt, as international condemnation grows over the attack on their aid convoy. the head of the israeli military says it was a grave mistake due to misidentification . an investigation is now under way. more than 100 people are missing in road tunnels and mines following a powerful earthquake in taiwan. at least nine people are known to have been killed and more thani,000 injured. it was the island s most powerful quake for a quarter of a century a proposal put forward by the nato chiefjens stoltenberg for a ioo billion euro five year fund for ukraine has met with a mixed response at talks in brussels. the long term military aid plan was welcomed by ukraine allies such as poland and the baltic states but there s reported to be some scepticism among other nations. a state of emergency in haiti is due to end today with the country still in a state of limbo after the prime minister was forced to resign, leaving an interim government in place. businesses are still being attac