you're watching bbc news, with me catherine byaruhanga.ls "seriously betrayed" and abandoned" by the us government. paul whelan, who is also a british citizen, was detained five years ago on espionage charges. president putin said last week that moscow "hoped to find a solution" to the dispute over american citizens in prison in russia. both paul whelan and jailed wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich have been declared " wrongfully detained' by the us state dept. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford spoke to mr whelan from prison. this is where an american�*s holiday to moscow ended up. in a remote russian labor camp, convicted of espionage. the us government calls paul whelan wrongfully detained. he's always said he's a political hostage. how are you doing? you all right? i followed his story since he was arrested in moscow. but for five years, all negotiations to try to free him have failed. now speaking to me from prison, paul whelan says he feels abandoned by his government. you know, it's serious betrayal. it's ext

you're watching bbc news, i'm catherine byaruhanga. back now to our top story. tonight. rishi sunak has urged conservative mps to back the migration policy. we can see live pictures from the house. the former immigration minister robertjenrick is now speaking in the house of commons. in a post on x, formerly known as twitter, the prime minister said the legislation was the only way to "stop the boats". live now to central lobby inside parliament and our political correspondent, hannah miller, who has been watching the debate and talking to mp5. bring us up to speed on the debate so far. so far, we've heard primarily from the home secretary james cleverly making the case for this bill. he described it as an innovative and humane solution to illegal migration. he said that the government has previously been frustrated by what he described as a seemingly endless cycle of legal challenges and rulings from domestic and foreign courts. we then heard from the shadow home secretary, labour's yvette cooper. she is incredibly critical of this bill and the labour party hav

hello, you're watching bbc news, i'm catherine byaruhanga.in ipswich in 2006, has been arrested in connection with the death of 17—year—old victoria hall, who went missing following a night out in felixstowe in september 1999. robert townsend reports. the disappearance of victoria hall in 1999 sparked an extensive police investigation at the time. now, 2a years later, the convicted serial killer steve wright has been arrested in connection with the case. the bbc understands it's the second time he's been questioned over victoria's death — the first two years ago in 2021. he's now been released from police custody, back into prison, under investigation. wright is currently serving a whole—life sentence after he was convicted of murdering five women in ipswich in 2006. at the moment, at this moment in time, the spice girls. 17—year—old victoria was last seen on september the 19th, 1999, in the village of trimley saint mary, close to her family home. she was returning home from an evening out with a female friend at a nightclub in felixstowe. fi

hello, you're watching bbc news, with me catherine byaruhanga.p stories here on bbc news. scotland's first minister humza yousaf has branded david cameron "petty" and "misguided" over a threat to withdraw uk support for scottish ministers during overseas visits. the first minister responded to claims from the foreign secretary that he breached protocols by meeting turkish president recep tayyip erdogan without a uk official present. the snp leader dismissed the criticism from an "unelected lord", he said. lord cameron has also threatened to close scottish offices in uk embassies. the former prime minister, who returned to the cabinet as foreign secretary last month, said in a letter to the scottish government that ministers had failed to provide "sufficient advance notice" of the meeting with mr erdogan at cop28 in the united arab emirates. we are going to take you to a press conference by a group of conservatives called the erg and mark francois. thank you, i am chairman of the erg. i havejust finished chairing thank you, i am chairman of the er

you're watching bbc news with me catherine byaruhanga.into the child abduction of alex batty, who went missing from his home in oldham at the age of 11. the teenager, who's now 17 was found in france 10 days ago — and has been speaking publicly for the first time since his return to the uk. in an interview with the sun newspaper, he explained how he began to have doubts about his nomadic lifestyle a few years ago. he went on to say that he decided to return to the uk for a better future. the first few years when i was in spain, it was a vacation really. spending most days doing whatever i wanted — reading, going to the beach, spending time out. reallyjust being on a vacation. that was until around 1a, where i started needing to pick up my own slack. worked to help with food, rent, there was a lot of construction work, demolition work and decoration work, painting walls, renovation work. i had a nonexistent social life. to be honest, as much as i could i would try and play video games online, because i had a couple online friends. but you

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i am catherine byaruhanga in london.s the cop28 continues in dubai, a cardinal has delivered a message from the pope on the need to tackle climate change. the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, is expected to apologise to the covid inquiry next week — while acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic. and the bbc has been speaking to the stars of the crown about the latest episodes of british royal family drama. iam here i am here in southern israel where the renewed bombardment is entering its second day, after the collapse of a week—long truce. this is live looking across at northern gaza. a spokesman for the israeli military said they were now hitting hamas targets all over the gaza strip. we've had reports of heavy smoke hanging over the area. also the sight and sound. you can hear often the sound of machine gun fire which is happening across in gaza at the moment. let's just talk about what has been happening over the last 2a hours or so. israeli air strikes have hit areas

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.ys it's in response to an attack on the erbil airbase that injured three us military personnel — one of them critically.

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.ikes in iraq against what it called �*iranian—sponsored militias'. the strikes, authorised by president biden, were in response to an attack on the erbil airbase that injured three us military personnel, one of them critically. pictures of the attack have been posted on social media — the bbc has not yet verified these videos. baghdad denounced the us strikes in iraq as a �*hostile act�* that

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has said he is grateful to his airforce for a missile attack that badly damaged a russian warship in the black sea. the novocherkassk was hit during an attack on the port of feodosiya in russian—occupied crimea overnight. local officials say at least one person was killed. ukraine said the ship was destroyed. president zelensky wrote on telegram: �*the occupiers will not have a single peaceful place in ukraine'. the uk's defence secretary also commented on the incident. he wrote on x that: this latest destruction of putin's navy demonstrates that those who believe there's a stalemate in the ukraine war are wrong. they haven't noticed that over the past four months 20% of russia's black sea fleet has been destroyed." and he goes on to say that russia's dominance in the black sea is now challenged and the new uk and norway—led maritime capability coalition is helping to ensure ukraine will win at sea. live now to james waterhouse. it isa it is a si

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.ensky has said he is grateful to his airforce for a missile attack that badly damaged a russian warship in the black sea. the novocherkassk was hit during an attack on the port of feodosiya in russian—occupied crimea overnight. local officials say at least one person was killed. ukraine said the ship was destroyed.

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.ranian—sponsored militias�*. the pentagon says it�*s in response to an attack on the erbil airbase that injured three us military personnel — one of them critically. pictures of the attack have been posted on social media — the bbc has not yet verified these videos. in a statement, us defence secretary lloyd austin said

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.in netanyahu says his troops are going to quote "deepen the fighting" in gaza in the coming days. he made the comments after visiting israeli forces currently stationed in the gaza strip and comes after one of the deadliest nights in the ii—week—old battle between israel and hamas. at least 70 people are thought to have been killed in an air strike in the al—maghazi refugee camp. the gaza health ministry says the number dead is likely to rise with body bags seen piled outside the nearby al—aqsa hospital where many of the victims were taken. israel says

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. us armed forces have carried out air strikes in iraq against what it called �*iranian—sponsored militias�*. the strikes — authorised by president biden — were in response to an attack on the erbil airbase that injured three us military personnel — one of them critically. pictures of the attack have been posted on social media — the bbc has not yet verified these videos. baghdad has denounced the us strikes in iraq as a �*hostile act�* that violate iraqi sovereignty. in a statement, us defense secretary lloyd austin said that military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on kataib hezbollah and affiliated groups in iraq. he added, we are committed and fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and ourfacilities. shahin modarres is the director of the iran desk at itss verona, an independent think tank. he told me about the possibility of the war between israel and hamas escalating into a wider regional conflict. it is possible that the war b

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. us armed forces have carried out air strikes in iraq against what it called �*iranian—sponsored militias�*. the strikes, authorised by president biden, were in response to an attack on the erbil airbase that injured three us military personnel, one of them critically. pictures of the attack have been posted on social media — the bbc has not yet verified these videos. baghdad denounced the us strikes in iraq as a �*hostile act�* that violates iraqi sovereignty. in a statement, us defense secretary lloyd austin said that military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on kataib hezbollah and affiliated groups in iraq. he added, we are committed and fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and ourfacilities. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is injerusalem — she's been giving us the latest from there. we know that this is the latest in what has been an escalation in strikes and targeting of us facilities, both in iraq and in syria. this time, i

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hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his troops are going to quote "deepen the fighting" in gaza in the coming days. he made the comments after visiting israeli forces currently stationed in the gaza strip and comes after one of the deadliest nights in the ii—week—old battle between israel and hamas. at least 70 people are thought to have been killed in an air strike in the al—maghazi refugee camp. the gaza health ministry says the number dead is likely to rise with body bags seen piled outside the nearby al—aqsa hospital where many of the victims were taken. israel says it is investigating the incident. since early october, at least 20,600 people have been killed, and over 5a,500 people have been injured. in the past hour reports are emerging that an israeli air strike outside the syrian capital damascus has killed a senior adviser in iran s revolutionary guards. more on that later in the programme. but first — our correspondent shaimaa khalil is in bethlehem and sent u

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war.he israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says israel is working with egypt and qatar to try and secure the release of hostages held by hamas. relatives of the hostages staged a big rally in tel aviv on saturday night. many carried placards bearing large pictures of their loved ones. they said the current policy of using military force wasn't working. mr netanyahu insisted that the military campaign would continue, but said israel is working for a possible deal. hamas, which is deemed a terrorist organisation by the us, uk and other western governments, says it will not agree to another deal for the release of hostages, unless what it calls the aggression against palestinian people stops "once and for all". meanwhile, the world health organisation says it has delivered crucial medical supplies to gaza's al shifa hospital which has been working under much reduced capacity following israel's military offensive. the organisation said the team supplied medicines, surgical and other me

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.med forces have carried out air strikes in iraq against what it called �*iranian—sponsored militias. the pentagon says it's in response to an attack on the erbil airbase that injured three us military personnel — one of them critically. pictures of the attack have been posted on social media — the bbc has not yet verified these videos. in a statement — us defence secretary lloyd austin said that military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on kataib hezbollah and affiliated groups in iraq. he added, "we are committed and fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and ourfacilities." live now tojerusalem and our correspondent shaimaa khalil. thank you forjoining us on the programme. what more do we know about this us air in northern iraq? we know that this is the latest in what has been an escalation in strikes and targeting of us facilities, both in iraq and in syria. this time, it was the erbil air base which resulted in three injuries of

i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start with the israel—gaza war, and the qatari television network aljazeera has said one of its cameramen has been killed in gaza as the result of an israeli strike. aljazeera said that samer abu daqqa was wounded either by shrapnel or in a drone strike on a school in khan yunis, in central gaza. he bled to death when rescue workers failed to reach the school. this comes as hundreds of people gathered in tel aviv on friday night to call for the israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas. the israeli military has admitted it killed three israeli hostages in gaza city, after they were "mistakenly identified as a threat." the israeli defense forces have expressed deep remorse over the incident, which is now under investigation. from jerusalem, here's our correspondent, lucy williamson. israel's army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in the norther

i am catherine byaruhanga in london. the former prime minister, borisjohnson is expected to apologise to the covid inquiry, acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic and the bbc has been speaking to the stars of the crown about the latest episodes of british royal family drama. iam i am live in southern israel where authorities seem to have blocked humanitarian aid from entering the gaza strip after a week—long truce collapsed. fighting re—started yesterday, as both sides blamed each other for the collapse of the agreement. one consequence appears to be the lack of any humanitarian aid article entering the gaza strip through the rafah crossing. this is seen looking at northern gaza. there have been many air strikes overnight. israeli military have been hitting targets all over the gaza strip. again heavy pulls of smoke rising over gaza. we had the regular sound of outgoing fire. it air strikes have also hit areas in western gaza and also in khan yunis and the south. that is where

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