Later tonight, us President Joe Biden will announces plans for the us military to construct a port in gaza to get more humanitarian aid into the territory by sea. Is this a sign of american frustration over israel boiling over . Well speak to a senior british diplomat and the relative of one of the israeli hostages still being held by hamas. Also tonight. Pressure grows on the science secretary Michelle Donelan to personally foot the bill for the legal damages that the uk taxpayer has picked up after she falsely accused an academic of promoting extremist ideologies. Well discuss with one of the academics on the same group that she had in her sights. And the woman who accused this man, christian homer, the boss of f1 team red bull, of Inapproprioate Behaviour is herself suspended. We will ask two female motorsport experts, does motor racing have a wider problem . Good evening. In his annual state of the Union Address in a few hours time, the us President Joe Biden will announce that the
refugee camp on sunday. it comes as humanitarian aid entered gaza directly from israel for the first time in more than two months. at another crossing on egypt s border, some aid deliveries were mobbed by palestinians desperate for food. also on sunday, a funeral was held for one of the three israeli hostages shot dead by israeli troops in gaza after being wrongly identified as a threat. alon lulu shamriz was abducted by hamas during the october 7 attacks. he and the other two hostages were shot dead while holding a white cloth. they had also painted an 505 sign written with leftover food. officials have admitted that killing the men who were holding a white flag was a breach of the rules of engagement . the white flag is an internationally recognised sign of protection. israel s own manual on the rules of warfare states that its forces should not attack a prisoner of war who is asking to surrender or waving a white flag as a sign of surrender. our correspondent lucy will
mayor already in financial and legal trouble, now owes money to two georgia election workers. the powerful storm making its way up the east coast likely bringing power outages and travel delays. the awful news out of gaza. the israeli military accidentally shooting and killing three hostages. these are the sites and the sounds of the holiday shipping season. we will show you how gifts get to where they need to go on t time. and in time to ship them is running out. it gave me joy helping pe people. it felt good giving something instead of getting something could a really their joy, that s the gift to you. norah: good evening, i am norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us on this friday night. we begin with breaking news about the man once known as america s mayor. rudy giuliani tonight ordered to pay a staggering amount of money, nearly $150 million to two former georgia election workers. a federal judge ruled donald trump s then personal lawyer def
mayor already in financial and legal trouble, now owes money to two georgia election workers. the powerful storm making its way up the east coast likely bringing power outages and travel delays. the awful news out of gaza. the israeli military admitting to accidentally shooting and killing three hostages. these are the sites and the sounds of the holiday shipping season. we will show you how gifts get to where they need to go on time. and your time to ship them is running out. it gave me joy helping people. it felt good giving something instead of getting something i really changed my heart. norah: and we are on the road was santa s helpers spreading holiday cheer. their joy, that s the gift to you. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west. i am norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us on this friday night. we begin with breaking news about the man once known as america s mayor. rudy giuliani tonight ordered to pay a staggering amount of mone
hamas. they are waiting desperately for any news of any kind of deal. we have no confirmation of any deal at all but senior israeli officials have been talking to the bbc saying at least 50 hostages could potentially be released in any deal. 12 every day. we re also hearing in the last couple of hours the security bodies in israel are in favour of this deal, a pause in the fighting. as for the politics of this benjamin netanyahu had previously said before in meetings there had been progress on a potential we ve been working on this intensively for weeks. as you all know. i ve spoken recently about it to benjamin netanyahu and amir qatar. my team down in the region shuffling between cabinets. we re now very close, very close. we could bring some of these hostages home very soon. but i don t want to get into any details of things because nothing is done until it s done. in when we have more to say, we will. but things are looking good at the moment. to get more on this, i spoke