you, sian hedges, played a secondary role. a participant in the assaults. you certainly bit alfie. and furthermore, you encouraged and assisted jack benham in his assaults. you were alfie's mother, and he deserved your protection. in a statement released earlier, alfie's family said, "they have never shown any remorse for what they did, and we will never know the truth about what happened to alfie. alfie was so cruelly taken from us that day. every day we are hurting." alfie's family also say only their memories of him and keep them going on their darkest of days. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in maidstone. israel has called on the international court ofjustice to reject the case, brought by south africa, alleging that it's committing genocide in gaza. 0n the second and final day of hearings at the un's highest court, israel's foreign ministry said south africa had presented a profoundly distorted picture of the situation. 0ur europe correspondent anna holligan is at the hague. explain the significance of this? israel has accused

hours after killing her own son, this was when sian hedges was arrested.nham, was also arrested. no, no, you can't arrest him. what about sian? the previous night, high on drugs, they'd both murdered alfie phillips, inflicting more than 50 injuries during what the judge today called "a frenzied attack." it must have taken some considerable time to inflict these injuries on alfie. the pain and fear that he must have suffered is almost unimaginable. alfie died in this squalid caravan in kent in november 2020. the court here heard that sian hedges and jack benham blamed each other for alfie's death. but the judge said they both lied and both had murdered him. alfie's father says it's been a painful three years. after a lengthy trial, we finally got what we deserve for that little boy. 23 years and a 19... 19 years. we've got the justice in our hearts. the judge said sian hedges should have protected alfie, and said benham had probably inflicted most of the injuries. alfie's family say he was someone who lit up every room, but will always be the boy who would

in 2020, jack benham must serve a minimum tum of 23 years, while sian hedges must serve a minimum terme. gb news south—east of england reporter ray addison is outside maidstone. maidstone crown court justice kavanagh said that neither benham nor hedges have ever been truthful about what happened that night, both claiming to not have been present. >> when little alfie received his injuries and then subsequently blaming each other, sian hedges cried as the judge detailed the myriad of terrible injuries that alfie would have suffered during what he described as a frenzied attack and then, as she was led from the dock, she screamed that benham had taken her son, ray addison gb news and a lawyer acting for the post office has apologised today for delays in the disclosure of documents to the disclosure of documents to the inquiry into the horizon it scandal. >> chris jackson told the inquiry that the post office does want to help to reveal the truth and facts about the scandal, which saw hundreds of people wrongly convicted of theft. former post office minister and the current liberal democra

sian hedges, seen here being arrested, will spend at least 19 years injail, while jack benham, also beingdges at the international court ofjustice to throw out a case brought by south africa, alleging it's committing genocide in gaza in its war against hamas. lawyers acting for israel argue that the case lacks any merit and that the truth is being distorted. south africa is also asking the court to order israel to stop its military offensive. here's paul adams. in khan younis this morning, the terrible, familiar story of this war unfolding yet again. members of this family, killed by israeli air strikes, prepared for burial. israel's military campaign in gaza is now more than three months old. the killing, the destruction, have not stopped. far away at the hague, israel stands accused by south africa of genocide. today, a chance to defend itself. but is there a reason these people are unworthy of protection? and remind the world how this war started, with murder and the taking of hostages. the absurd upshot of south africa's argument is this — under the guise of the allegation against isr

sian hedges, will spend at least 19 years injail, while jack benham, won't be considered for releasef washington in the us. heavy winds were causing waves to overwhelm the parking deck of the vessel. with only a few cars on board and no passengers, the ferry was able to maintain an upright position before heading into port. you're live with bbc news. israel has called on judges at the international court ofjustice to throw out the case brought by south africa alleging that it is committing genocide in gaza. on the second and final day of hearings at the un's highest court, one of the lawyers acting for israel argued that demands by south africa to end the offensive in gaza lacked any merit. when a population is ruled by a terrorist organisation that cares more about wiping out its neighbor than about protecting its own civilians, there are acute challenges in protecting the civilian population. those challenges are exacerbated by the dynamic and evolving nature of intense hostilities in an urban area where the enemy exploits hospitals, shelters, and critical infrastructure. on thursd

sian hedges, will spend at least 19 years in jail, while jack benham, won't be considered for releasesing in the north—western state of washington in the us. heavy winds were causing waves to overwhelm the parking deck of the vessel. with only a few cars on board — and no passengers — the ferry was able to maintain an upright position before heading into port. you're live with bbc news. israel has called on judges at the international court ofjustice, to throw out a case brought by south africa, alleging it's committing genocide in gaza, in it's war against hamas. lawyers acting for israel argue that the case lacks any merit, and that the truth is being distorted. south africa says self defence is no justification for genocide and has asked the court to order israel to stop its military offensive. here's paul adams. in khan younis this morning, the terrible, familiar story of this war unfolding yet again. members of this family, killed by israeli air strikes, prepared for burial. israel's military campaign in gaza is now more than three months old. the killing, the destruction, have n

alfie phillips suffered 70 injuries to his body at the hands of his mother, sian hedges , and her ex—boyfriendher ex—boyfriend jack benham. in 2020, benham's been jailed for a minimum time of 23 years, while hedges was given a minimum tum of 19 years. a lawyer acting for the post office has apologised for delays in the disclosure of documents to the inquiry into the horizon it scandal. chris jackson told the inquiry the post office wants to help reveal the truth and facts behind the fault, which led to hundreds of people being wrongfully convicted of theft. former post office minister and current liberal democrats leader sir ed davey says the company lied to everyone. allegations which the firm denies . firm denies. >> it all told me the same thing that the horizon system was working, that there weren't that many sub postmasters involved and it was clearly a conspiracy of lies and what's become clear throughout this , through itv's throughout this, through itv's programme and from others, is that the post office were lying to the sub postmasters, lying to the victims, lying to courts and judge

jack benham must serve a minimum terms of 23 years, while the mother, sian hedges, must serve a minimumand finally victims of the infected blood scandal say that they feel marginalised and that they feel marginalised and that they should get the same coverage as those that have been caught up in the post office scandal. the lawyers , scandal. the lawyers, representing 1500 victims say the government should react properly, objectively and fully to everyone who is wrongly wronged in such circumstance as that comes as the commons leader, penny mordaunt, said it wouldn't take another itv drama for compensation to the victims of the infected blood scandal to be resolved . i mean that that's be resolved. i mean that that's the latest from the gb newsroom for now. i'll be back in the next half hour for more. we're on tv in your car, on digital radio and of course on your smart speaker two now though, more from pip and . more from pip and. tom >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:08 and as we were saying, we have that exclusive television interview with the former home secretary suella braverman