development on a story which has dominated the headlines for the past week thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has announced new legislation, to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters were given criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting over a period of around 16 years after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison. many were bankru pted. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over. you re the only one. that was a lie, actually, because. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence. fewer than 100 sub postmasters have had their wrongful convictions overturned and there s pressure to clear more names and pa
Could be suspended if a deal emerges to free the hostages still held by hamas. Israel katz said their freedom was a top priority. Hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel and omri miran, both identify themselves. While the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. Its the second such video that hamas considered a terror group by the uk and us governments has published in the past few days. Our correspondent, anna foster, sent this update from tel aviv. Omri miran s father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. When he got up on the stage, he talked about the moment, he said he was sitting having coffee with someone and talking about his grandchildren when the man he was talking to held his phone and said, look, they have released a video of omri. What was also interesting was as the crowd were gathered here tonight, is they showed that video in fu
development on a story which has dominated the headlines for the past week thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has announced new legislation, to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters were given criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting over a period of around 16 years after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison. many were bankru pted. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over. you re the only one. that was a lie, actually, because. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence.
coughing somalia is struggling right now, but it is worth remembering that before this last drought, dahirand his family were doing 0k. they had fields and crops and six cows and some goats. they were middle farmers. suddenly, left destitute, bankrupted, by drought, by climate change. inside their heart, the girls slump. do you worry about yoursisters, dahir? he says yes, he does. what do you worry about? we are straying here towards painful memories of dahir s brother. i just want my sisters to get better. he says it three times. coughing an exhausted fatouma joins her daughters on their blanket. one family in a nation
welcome to bbc news. i m gary barlow. our top stories: the united nations is warning half a million children under five are at risk of death by the middle of next year. we meet one family dealing with the direct impact of climate change. before this last drought, he and his family were doing ok, they had fields and crops, they had six cows and some goats. they were middle class farmers. suddenly left destitute, bankrupted suddenly left destitute, bankru pted by suddenly left destitute, bankrupted by drought and by climate change. i m karishma vaswani reporting live from bali, where the g20 summit is officially under way.