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ijust spoke to wck founder chefjose andres and expressed the deepest condolences of israel defense forces to the families and entire world central kitchen family. these people are heroes. they run into the fire, not away from it. - they show the best of - what humanity has to offer when the going really gets tough. they have to be protected. they need to be allowed to do that work unhindered, and it's incumbent on israel to make sure that they can do that. and we are asking israel to investigate what happened urgently, because clearly there are questions that need to be answered. seven aid workers have been killed by an israeli air strike on their vehicles in gaza.
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we'll ask why the attack happened and what it's like for a humanitarian volunteer working in a war zone. donald trump has lodged a $175 million bond so he can appeal against his $451; million fine for business fraud in new york. have the former president's money problems now gone away or is the worst still to come? mr trump probably never had to worry about paying for childcare. rishi sunak was in the north east of england outlining his government's new policy for funding time in a creche or nursery — is this a new definition of a nanny state? and can selfies be selfish? we'll reveal why fans of this former quarry in wales want social media snappers to take more care over what they leave behind. we start in gaza, where one of the key aid agencies supplying food to people there has suspended its operations after seven members of its team were killed
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when an israeli air strike hit their vehicle. the group of aid workers, mostly foreign nationals, were working for us aid organisation world central kitchen. these pictures show the aftermath of the incident. the charity says they were travelling in a "deconflicted zone" in branded armoured cars and had co—ordinated movements with israeli forces. the israeli military issued this statement about the incident. as a professional military committed to international law, we are committed to examining our operations thoroughly and transparently. i just spoke to wck founder chefjose andres and expressed the deepest condolences of israel defense forces to the families and entire world central kitchen family. world central kitchen, the charity organisation which has been delivering food and other humanitarian aid to gaza by boat, issued this statement.
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it said... it adds that... the team had just unloaded more than 100 tonnes of humanitarian food aid brought to gaza on the maritime route. they concluded that... the statement adds... world central kitchen has paused its operations in the region with immediate effect and is yet to decide about the future of its work there. so a lot of pressure on israel to explain why it acted as it did. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, who's recovering from surgery, issued this video statement. translation: unfortunately, i
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in the last day, there was a tragic incident of an unintended strike of our forces on innocent people in the gaza strip. this happens in war. we are checking this thoroughly. we are in touch with the governments and we will do everything for this not to happen again. here's what we know about the aid workers who were killed. three were british, and the others were australian, polish, palestinian and a us canadian citizen. lalzawmi "zomi" frankcom was 44 years old and lived in melbourne in australia. herfamily said she died doing the work she loved. damian sobol, shown here working for world central kitchen in cairo, was from poland. as well as his aid work in gaza, colleagues of his have also described how he took part in delivering aid to ukrainian refugees following russia's invasion of ukraine. damian is pictured here alongside the palestinian man who was killed in the israeli air strike. saif abu taha was originally from rafah in gaza.
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at his funeral, which was held today, a friend said, "he was happy to work with an organisation that provides "humanitarian aid to the displaced." let's hear now from the leaders of some of the countries whose citizens were killed. the truth is that this is beyond any reasonable circumstances, that someone going about providing aid and humanitarian assistance should lose their life. they are doing fantastic work in the bringing alleviation —— they're doing fantastic work bringing alleviation to the suffering that many are experiencing in gaza. they should be praised and commended for what they're doing. they need to be allowed to do that work unhindered, and it's incumbent on israel to make sure that they can do that. and we are asking israel to investigate what happened urgently, because clearly there are questions that need to be answered. we were outraged to learn of- an idf strike that killed a number i of civilian humanitarian workers| yesterday from the world central
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kitchen, which has been relentless . in working to get food to those l who are hungry in gaza and, - quite frankly, around the world. the us will continue to press israel to do more as well to ensure - the safety of humanitarian workers |and we'll continue to do all we cani to deliver this assistance - to palestinian civilians in gaza. joining me now is richard makepeace. he is a trustee for medical aid for palestinians. he is also the former british ambassador to sudan and the united arab emirates. his last posting was as consul general injerusalem. thank you very much forjoining us. your reaction to what we have seen today? it’s your reaction to what we have seen toda ? �* , . your reaction to what we have seen toda ? �*, . your reaction to what we have seen toda? today? it's an absolute appalling event, today? it's an absolute appalling event. and _ today? it's an absolute appalling event. and it— today? it's an absolute appalling event, and it is _ today? it's an absolute appalling event, and it is frankly _ today? it's an absolute appalling event, and it is frankly just - today? it's an absolute appalling event, and it is franklyjust more of the same. this now brings to over 200, the number of humanitarian workers who have been killed in this conflict, which the un say is more than has ever happened in the single conflict in the course of 12 months. there have been multiple attacks
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which appear to have been directly targeted against humanitarian convoys and locations clearly notified to the idf as humanitarian ones, and this includes an attack backin ones, and this includes an attack back injanuary on a location occupied by medical aid for palestinians in the international rescue committee, and it was only by providence that a few people were wounded, many could have been killed. ~ ., ., . , killed. when one works in any conflict zone _ killed. when one works in any conflict zone and _ killed. when one works in any conflict zone and in _ killed. when one works in any conflict zone and in particular| killed. when one works in any i conflict zone and in particular in this part of the world, how much coordination is there for humanitarian agencies? coordination is there for humanitarian aencies? , , ., humanitarian agencies? everybody on the humanitarian _ humanitarian agencies? everybody on the humanitarian site _ humanitarian agencies? everybody on the humanitarian site is _ humanitarian agencies? everybody on the humanitarian site is extremely - the humanitarian site is extremely careful to co—ordinate for obvious reasons. we have a duty to our staff. and we want the a to get through to the beneficiaries we are trying to reach. in the case of the
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medical aid for palestinians incident, this was agreed with the israeli authorities that this was a humanitarian location, and i think was actually notified by the un, i think by the us as well, and by the british government, and yet the location was attacked. and this is not some location, not some area where there is not a sophisticated command and control, sophisticated weapons, sophisticated intelligence, there is absolutely no excuse for what's becoming notjust a war on gaza but the war on humanity. find gaza but the war on humanity. and et the gaza but the war on humanity. and yet the israelis _ gaza but the war on humanity. and yet the israelis have said they are obviously very regretful that this has happened and that they are launching an inquiry into what's happened. mistakes, tragic mistakes do happen in war zones.— do happen in war zones. that's true, but there is — do happen in war zones. that's true, but there is a — do happen in war zones. that's true, but there is a story _ do happen in war zones. that's true, but there is a story circulating - do happen in war zones. that's true, but there is a story circulating in - but there is a story circulating in the israeli press, particularly
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haaretz, that in fact the back story to this is that there was an armed man in somewhere near the warehouse and a decision was taken that the armed man might be on the convoy and therefore everybody should be killed. if there's any truth in this at all, obviously it's an absolutely appalling way of behaving. irate at all, obviously it's an absolutely appalling way of behaving. we will have to leave _ appalling way of behaving. we will have to leave it _ appalling way of behaving. we will have to leave it there. _ appalling way of behaving. we will have to leave it there. richard - have to leave it there. richard makepeace, thank you very much indeed. . ~ , ., down the street has confirmed rishi sunak spoke to benjamin netanyahu and said he was appalled by the killing of aid workers, including those three british nationals in gaza —— downing street. with me is our tipple medic correspondentjames our tipple medic correspondent james landale. our tipple medic correspondentjames landale. we have seen an unprecedented level of tipple medic messages, haven't we, today —— diplomatic. it messages, haven't we, today -- diplomatic— messages, haven't we, today -- dilomatic. , , , . diplomatic. it has been pretty much one voice. those _ diplomatic. it has been pretty much one voice. those countries - diplomatic. it has been pretty much one voice. those countries with - diplomatic. it has been pretty much one voice. those countries with the | one voice. those countries with the nationals affected have been pretty unanimous in making it very clear that not only do they condemn the attack, and they are pretty
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horrified by it, but also their demanding not suggesting, but demanding not suggesting, but demanding of israel a quick, transparent investigation with what they call full accountability. 0n they call full accountability. 0n the british side, we havejust seen the british side, we havejust seen the british side, we havejust seen the british prime minister has spoken to the israeli prime minister, and what's interesting, he said there, far too many aid workers have lost their lives in gaza and then he says, the uk expects to see immediate action by israel to end restrictions on humanitarian aid, so again not asking, not suggesting, but expects. the israeli ambassador in london has been summoned to the foreign office and given a preformed dressing down, similar messaging there. similarthings dressing down, similar messaging there. similar things have happened in australia and poland, ministers talking to each other, so i think the israeli are left in no doubt as to the anger and concern amongst countries who are their allies stop with this light of the prime minister reiterated, that israel present rightful aim of the fitting hamas would
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drawing an interesting line, isn't it, from the uk perspective? they are making that message felt. but what's are making that message felt. elf what's interesting is that the british as well as others have been making these kind of points and these arguments for some time now. “p these arguments for some time now. up until this moment, israel does not seem to be listening to them, let alone when the united states, its chief ally, makes similar expressions of opinion of israel at the moment seems to say no. the military imperative of taking the fight to hamas in the way they're doing it trumps different medic niceties. i think this incident is causing a little bit of rethinking out and i think the tone from the israeli response, both from the israeli response, both from the israeli prime minister and the military spokesman, apparently the israeli ambassador was of the one where i had used was controlled, there was no defiance when she met there was no defiance when she met the deputy foreign minister andrew
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mitchell earlier today —— diplomatic niceties. there was no sense of trying to paper over what has happened. ln trying to paper over what has happened-— trying to paper over what has ha ened. , ., , happened. in terms of where this takes uk - _ happened. in terms of where this takes uk - israel— happened. in terms of where this takes uk - israel relations, - happened. in terms of where this takes uk - israel relations, therej takes uk — israel relations, there is no question of this leading to a withdrawal of support at this stage. there is been a lot of talk about whether the us would consider that, if israel went into rafah, but it is an important day? l if israel went into rafah, but it is an important day?— if israel went into rafah, but it is an important day? i think if israel went into rafah, _ an important day? i think if israel went into rafah, without - an important day? i think if israel went into rafah, without taking i an important day? i think if israel. went into rafah, without taking heed of the humanitarian consequences and the americans withdrew their support, the brits would do so as well. there is a very life issue on the table here in the uk, which is whether or not the uk should continue selling arms to israel. a lot of mps are saying the time has come for that to end and assessment is taking place at the moment. israel is well aware that britain is not the only country who is making similar assessments of whether or not israel is or is not abiding by
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international humanitarian law at the moment, so that is a live debate within quite a few allies.— within quite a few allies. 0k, james landale, within quite a few allies. 0k, james landale. thank _ within quite a few allies. 0k, james landale, thank you _ within quite a few allies. 0k, james landale, thank you very _ within quite a few allies. 0k, james landale, thank you very much - within quite a few allies. 0k, james i landale, thank you very much indeed. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.
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this is bbc news. we are of course for new coverage of today's events in israel, gaza, with that attack that killed a number of aid workers, and... the israeli newspaper haaretz is reporting more alleged details about the strike. the headline reads, "idf drone bombed the world central kitchen aid convoy three times, targeting armed hamas member who wasn't there". the article goes on to say the convoy travelled along a route approved by the israeli army and the target of the strike, an armed man thought to be a terrorist, never left the warehouse with the cars. let's speak to anshel pfeffer, a correspondent at israeli newspaper haaretz and the author
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of the benjamin netanyahu biography bibi: the turbulent life and times of benjamin netanyahu. thank you very much indeed for joining us. haaretz has published more details about what they understand happen. could you give us any more information on that, or tell us how that was sourced in any way? l tell us how that was sourced in any wa ? . ., , tell us how that was sourced in any wa?. . ., tell us how that was sourced in any wa?. ., ., ., way? i certainly cannot tell you how it was sourced, _ way? i certainly cannot tell you how it was sourced, but _ way? i certainly cannot tell you how it was sourced, but our _ it was sourced, but our correspondents have been breaking news on this story throughout the day, and from what they have learned, what we've learned so far, it's that there does seem to have been a lack of coordination amongst different idf units and commanders who were observing the scene. there's no question that trinitarian convoy was —— humanitarian convoy was coordinating. the israeli forces were aware of it, having contact
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with the organisation. at the same time, there was no air force operating in the area which apparent he was not aware and was not taking the correct precautions, and they were the ones who directed the strike which killed the aid workers. obviously a tragic event for all those who lost their lives as the tragedy to neues to unfold in the region. how has today affected, do you think, the standing of benjamin netanyahu? l do you think, the standing of ben'amin netan ahu? ., ., ~' you think, the standing of ben'amin netan ahu? ., ., ~ , netanyahu? i do not think this is directly connected _ netanyahu? i do not think this is directly connected to _ netanyahu? i do not think this is directly connected to the - netanyahu? i do not think this is l directly connected to the standing of netanyahu, because netanyahu has not been that active in directing the military operations in this war. he has been more noted in his absence and his lack of decision—making, decisive decision—making, decisive decision—making, and wanting we really learned to date —— one thing we really learned today is how the idf does not have a clear directive from the political level in israel on key issues, including
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humanitarian aid, and that's one of the reasons i think that it was not clear to all the units, all the commanders in the field of the importance of being on the lookout for these humanitarian convoys, which seems to be one of the main reasons for what happened last night. obviously, with this international attention on what has happened with the convoy and the fact that this has brought such condemnation from the american administration, from britain, from other western countries, is going to force netanyahu to take a bit more interest in the humanitarian issue, which is something he has largely ignored until now.— which is something he has largely ignored until now. what would you sa his ignored until now. what would you say his public— ignored until now. what would you say his public appeal _ ignored until now. what would you say his public appeal is _ ignored until now. what would you say his public appeal is at - ignored until now. what would you say his public appeal is at the - say his public appeal is at the moment, because obviously we have seen protests from families of hostages, we have seen calls around the world for benjamin netanyahu to be replaced as the israeli leader? we have seen in the polls already,
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nearly six months, from the very being of the war, he has lost the trust of the israeli people, over 70% in some polls, over 80%, think he is responsible for the failure of strategy and intelligence on october the 7th, when hamas attacked, and he should be paying the ultimate price for that and resigning from office. the problem is it's not that easy to just remove a prime minister from the office civilly because he has lost the trust of the public. there is a political process which has to work out —— simply because. netanyahu still has a majority coalition behind him, because if he falls, they fall with him, so it's not that easy just to say, well, netanyahu should go. that is obvious to most israelis, but it won't happen unless he is willing to or if part of his coalition rebelled against, and was doing nothing that happened yet. —— we still have not seen that happen yet.
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happened yet. -- we still have not seen that happen yet.— seen that happen yet. anshel pfeffer, correspondent - seen that happen yet. anshel pfeffer, correspondent at - seen that happen yet. anshel - pfeffer, correspondent at macklin newspaper, thank you very much indeed. —— haaretz newspaper. want to bring you some news from the met police, who are talking about the investigation into a stabbing in wimbledon. this involves the television presenter on persian television presenter on persian television who was attacked, police say that they have looks at three suspects, they believe three people were involved, and they have since recovered a vehicle in that attack. but it seems as though the men have absconded, they have not been able to find them, so this is the stabbing of the international journalist, outside his home. the police saying they believe the three suspects are believed to have fled the country within hours of that attack. scotland yard saying detectives have established the
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victim was approached by two men individual don't in the residential street and vehicle was driven by a male —— in a residential street. the texans have located the vehicle, it has been examined by forensic experts, but searches continue, and the police team have established that after abandoning the vehicle the suspects travelled directly to heathrow airport and left the uk within a few hours of the attack. so thatis within a few hours of the attack. so that is a police update we have just had. let's go to the us now. donald trump has posted a $175 million bond in his new york civil fraud case. in february, he was found to have fraudulently inflated property values. it means he can now proceed with his appeal against a $451; million fine without the possible seizure of his assets.
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mr trump claims it's all a political witch hunt. of course, this is just one of several court cases he's facing, with others being criminal cases, with the potential for trump being jailed if convicted. as a reminder, let's look at the four criminal cases which the former president is facing. there's the new york hush money case concerning a payment made to the adult film actress stormy daniels shortly before the 2016 election. mr trump is facing 3a counts of fraud under campaign finance laws and has pleaded not guilty to all of them. meanwhile in georgia, donald trump and some 18 other defendants are accused of criminally conspiring to overturn his very narrow defeat in the state of georgia in the 2020 election. this case involves a huge racketeering investigation and mr trump was facing 13 criminal counts, three of which have been dismissed by a judge. again, mr trump has entered a plea of not guilty. another case involves allegations that mr trump pressured officials to reverse the 2020 election results, knowingly spread lies about election fraud and sought to exploit the capitol riot on 6january 2021 to delay
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the certification of mr biden's victory and stay in power. he's been charged with four criminal counts and denies any wrongdoing. finally, there's the classified documents case, concerning whether the former president mishandled files by taking them from the white house to his mar a lago residence after he left office. there are eight individual counts, all of which mr trump has pleaded not guilty to. all of this comes to a total of 91 criminal charges across the four cases. but let's turn to that civil case, which of course does not involve criminal charges and was brought in a lawsuit by new york attorney general letitia james. the case was brought using a law that gives the state's attorney general broad power to investigate allegations of persistent fraud and illegality in business dealings, and we'll be able to get into that with our next guest. joining me now is sarah krissoff, former prosecutorfor the southern district of new york. sarah, just give us more details
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about the civil case that mr trump is facing. about the civil case that mr trump is facina. . ~ ., , is facing. yeah, the attorney general used _ is facing. yeah, the attorney general used what _ is facing. yeah, the attorney general used what is - is facing. yeah, the attorney general used what is in - is facing. yeah, the attorney general used what is in her l is facing. yeah, the attorney - general used what is in her power to do, very broad statutes in new york to prosecute these crimes, to charge the former president, family members and the company itself with fraud in connection with how they represented their value to banks, from whom they are getting loans. find their value to banks, from whom they are getting loans-— are getting loans. and mr trump has osted this are getting loans. and mr trump has posted this $175 — are getting loans. and mr trump has posted this $175 million _ are getting loans. and mr trump has posted this $175 million bond, - are getting loans. and mr trump has posted this $175 million bond, but i posted this $175 million bond, but he has not had to post the higher number. can you just talk us through why that has happened? yes. number. can you just talk us through why that has happened?— number. can you just talk us through why that has happened? yes, so trump has appealed — why that has happened? yes, so trump has appealed the _ why that has happened? yes, so trump has appealed the decision _ why that has happened? yes, so trump has appealed the decision of _ why that has happened? yes, so trump has appealed the decision of the - has appealed the decision of the lower court, so the proceedings before the court was a bench trial, it was not a jury trial, which meant thejudge made the it was not a jury trial, which meant the judge made the decisions it was not a jury trial, which meant thejudge made the decisions here. the former president has appealed that to the next level court in new
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york, and in doing so, he has asked the court to hold off on pursuing his assets, pursuing the judgment against him, and there was essentially a negotiation about what the president would put up, what he would post as a bond while this appeal was pending, and ultimately they decided that the appeals court allowed him to post a bond of $175 million, much less in thejudgment against him. million, much less in the 'udgment against him.— million, much less in the 'udgment auainst him. ~ . . ,, , , against him. what happens with this case next? 50. _ against him. what happens with this case next? so, the _ against him. what happens with this case next? so, the appeals - against him. what happens with this case next? so, the appeals process| case next? so, the appeals process has to play — case next? so, the appeals process has to play out. _ case next? so, the appeals process has to play out. so _ case next? so, the appeals process has to play out, so there _ case next? so, the appeals process has to play out, so there will - case next? so, the appeals process has to play out, so there will be - case next? so, the appeals process has to play out, so there will be a l has to play out, so there will be a number of months for the president to perfect his appeal, finishes appeal, the appeals court will make appeal, the appeals court will make a decision and depending on that, it could be appealed even further up the courts, to the court of appeals, which is the highest court in new york. .. . which is the highest court in new york. . , ,u ., york. ok, sarah krissoff, former prosecutor— york. 0k, sarah krissoff, former prosecutor for _ york. 0k, sarah krissoff, former prosecutor for the _ york. 0k, sarah krissoff, former prosecutor for the southern - york. 0k, sarah krissoff, former. prosecutor for the southern district of new york, thank you very much for
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joining us. of new york, thank you very much for 'oinin: us. . ., of new york, thank you very much for 'oinin: us. . ~ i. of new york, thank you very much for joining us-_ you _ of new york, thank you very much for joining us._ you are - joining us. thank you. you are watchin: joining us. thank you. you are watching the _ joining us. thank you. you are watching the context. - much more on what is going on in gaza, we are also going to bejoined in 30 minutes by our panel to take offence document a look at events in the us and across the world. much more online on all our stories. stay with us. i will be back injust a online on all our stories. stay with us. i will be back in just a few moments. hello there. there was some sunshine here and there today. this was rural essex earlier on. but we are seeing more cloud and some more rain arriving as well. you can see how the cloud has been racing across the atlantic and then pushing up from the southwest. and these areas of cloud are areas of low pressure and their weather fronts which are bringing
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the rain up. and we're seeing rain at the moment moving up from the southwest across england and wales. and these outbreaks of rain will continue to affect england and wales for the next few hours and then head northwards into northern ireland and across scotland, where it's going to turn increasingly wet here. now, we do have some colder air across the far north of scotland, so a little bit chilly here overnight, but otherwise milder than last night. and in the south, temperatures could start at 10—11 early in the morning. further north, we've got the rain in northern england. that is moving northwards and it will get wetter across much of scotland and also northern ireland. some heavier rain and some heavier showers will follow that rain in northern england. further south, fewer showers. most places will be dry and there may be a bit more sunshine around than today. so again, we'll see those temperatures getting up to around 15 celsius. but if anything, in northern ireland and in scotland, it may be a bit colder than today thanks to a north easterly wind. for many parts of the uk though, we've got the winds coming
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in from the atlantic, the south—westerly winds bringing one area of low pressure after another. and on wednesday night, we've got some rain moving mainly to england and wales that should then pull away during thursday. so things will turn a bit drier, maybe a bit brighter as well. but there's more rain to come in the southwest during thursday afternoon. where the sun does come out ahead of that, it could be pleasantly warm, but it's still cold for the north where we've got the cloud in northern ireland and also in scotland. that northeasterly wind, it's going to be a feature of the weather in scotland over the next couple of days. further south, we've got the south—westerly winds — that of course is bringing in milderair. but this is where all the rain is coming from. and the next area of low pressure is moving a bit further north actually on friday. and that's going to take some wetter weather across northern ireland and into scotland, where briefly there could be some snow over the mountains. we'll see some showery bursts of rain for england and wales. windier weather out towards the west, not quite so windy in the east. there'll be a bit more sunshine here. so temperatures could reach 17 celsius, and those temperatures slowly rising in northern ireland. could be quite windy to start the weekend, but it should be warm
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in the sunshine.
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hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. you're watching the context on bbc news. the charity world central kitchen holds operation in gaza after the death of three workers.-
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holds operation in gaza after the death of three workers. these people are heroes- — death of three workers. these people are heroes. they _ death of three workers. these people are heroes. they run _ death of three workers. these people are heroes. they run into _ death of three workers. these people are heroes. they run into the - death of three workers. these people are heroes. they run into the fire. - are heroes. they run into the fire. not away from it. they show the best of what humanity has to offer when the going really gets tough. they have to be protected. catch up the sport. that they very much indeed, geeta. burnley are unbeaten in three and are still dreaming and survival. if they win, they could be one point off safety. it also depends on how nottingham forest and everton get on. everton are three up at half—time. silva made three
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