hi, katty. ken, it s so good to see you. how are you? i m very well. thank you. thank you for doing this. pleasure. and for inviting me to your lovely home. it is nice. finally. i ve been meaning to come many times, but now i ve finally made it here. well, you ve always had an open invitation. you re very sweet. i was thinking, actually, on my way up, that i have known you since i was 16 years old. were you really 16? i was, once upon a time, 16! i know that is hard to believe. but, yes, since i was at school with emanuele, your son. all of these books are by me. this is fantastic. how many? run through. give me the catalogue. well, there are 37 books, but of course, these are all the different translations and editions. and as you can see, it starts with eye of the needle. in german, that was die nadel. and comes up all the way to the armour of light. so, 37 books. yeah. in how many languages? a0 languages, altogether. total number of copies sold around the world? 191 millio
a senior un official has warned that half of population of gaza are now starving, as israel continues its assault on the territory. the world food programme s deputy director, carl skau, says nine out of ten people are not eating every day. israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the israel gaza war. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a statement, he condemns the american position as a flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values, and he holds the us responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip. the us envoy
in trafalgar square. i reckon this year s is better. feels a bit sort of plumper around the waist, which seems to be the more classic, conical christmas tree shape. anyway, that s about as much analysis as anyone wants on my christmas tree. the problem is, though, the mayor of london, sadiq khan, his visits are getting earlier every year. so you missed him last week. so, he s not here to hear that praise, which he ll be desperate to hear, no doubt. yeah. anyway, let s see what we ve got in store on this episode of newscast. hello, it s adam in the studio. and it s chris in the studio. and keeping us company this week are ayesha hazarika from times radio and former labour adviser. hello. hello, hello. do you have a christmas tree? i do. is it girthy? it s plump and full of girth! glad to hear. and also here is will waldon, who s former director of communications for borisjohnson. hello again. hello, everyone. hi, adam? and also when boris was mayor of london. so did you ever h
israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the israel gaza war. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a a statement, he condemns the american position as a flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values . and he holds the us responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip . the us envoy to the un said such a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. every other member of the council backed the resolution apart from the uk, which abstained. from jerusalem, hugo bachega sent this report and a warning it does conta
eating every day. israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas said the veto made the us complicit in what he described as war crimes against palestinians. the us envoy to the un said a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces, showing fighting in the jabalia refugee camp in the north of the strip, which is still surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say they ve been without food and clean water for several days. from jerusalem, hugo bachega sent this report and a warning it does contain some distressing images. at the nasser hospital in khan younis last night, there were so many