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Thank you for having me again, stephen. Ambassador danny danon in new york, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me again, stephen. Its a pleasure to have you on hardtalk. Now, israel is currently fighting a multi—front war. How much pressure, both military and diplomatic, would you say israel is under right now? stephen, a year after october 7th and israel is still under attack, not only from hamas in gaza, but also from lebanon, yemen, iraq, iran. We have seven fronts, and unfortunately...

States have sued the social media platform, accusing it of helping to drive a mental health crisis among teenagers. A bipartisan group of 1a attorney generals from across the country allege the company uses addictive features to hook children to the app. They also claim its intentionally misled the public about the safety of prolonged use. Tiktok has called the lawsuit disappointing. The platform is already battling a law passed by congress in april that would ban it from the us unless a chinese...

5,500 additional gigawatts of renewable capacity to come online between now and 2030. Thats more than the current power capacity of china, the european union, india and the united states combined. China is leading the pack, responsible for 60% of the additional output. And solar is winning the renewable race, making up 80% of the forecasted growth. But electricity infrastructure is not keeping up. Up to 10% of renewable energy is going to waste because its not able to be stored at times when mor...

Recent years. We are also preparing for the international investment summit next week, bringing hundreds of global ceos to the uk and unlocking the impact of pounds in investment. Full stop this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and additions to these i will have other such meetings today. Will have other such meetings toda. U, will have other such meetings toda. _,. , :: :: today. The commitment of £400 billion of funding _ today. The commitment of £400 billion of ...

Illegally crushed its competition in online search any landmark ruling back in august. The case centres on google accounting for 90% of such inquiries in the united states, which is similar to other countries. One of the crucial ways it does so well is the more than $26 billion in annual payments it is thought to make two smartphone makers to make two smartphone makers to beat their default search engine. The advertising around the search meant its latest results, alphabet reported a profit of $...

The us state of florida is bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in a hundred years. There are huge trafficjams across the state as more than five million people respond to evacuation orders ahead of hurricane milton — which is expected to hit tonight. Flights between the uk and florida have been cancelled, with the foreign office urging britons already in the state to follow instructions from local authorities. Its moving across the gulf of mexico, where warmer waters have contribu...

The us government says it is considering breaking up google because of its dominance in online search. And charging up for the future, the international energy agency says renewables will make up nearly half of the worlds energy use by the end of the decade. Hello, could the company behind the internet search giant google be forcibly broken up? that is the very real prospect facing alphabet over at their dominance of online search, in a court filing the us department of justice says that is one ...

Could be too late. Joining me tonight on the panel we will get to our panel shortly, but before we do that, lets get to the latest bbc news. President biden and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, have held a telephone conversation in which theyre thought to have discussed israels response to irans missile attack last week. In israel today, two people were killed by his brother rockets in the northeastern town of kiryat shmona. The israeli military said it had struck more than 180 ta...

Saying that it should be restarted. He also discussed the imperative of getting people back to the north of gaza. We told you in the last hour theres a huge operation on the ja palyer refugee camp. They agreed to remain in close contact over the coming days. Most directly through their national security teams. That was interesting because were waiting for that response to the iranian ballistic missile attack. Note mentioned that in the readout from the white house. Youre up to speed with that. I...

Storm of the century. Benjamin netanyahu speaks with president biden as a senior israeli minister says this countrys response will be precise, deadly and surprising. And a record—breaking day forjoe root as he becomes englands top test match run scorer ever. On newsnight at 10. 30pm tonight — well bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day, with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters — and of course, look at what the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Good evening...