An mp in the ruling likud party. To israelis, to palestinians, to the outside world, this feels like a moment of maximum danger. Where will it end . Danny danon in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me, stephen. We are having this conversation some two and a half days after hamas launched that unprecedented, brutal assault on israel. Youve had a little bit of time to reflect. I just wonder how you are feeling and how you would characterise the mood of israel right now. Stephen, we are in pain. We are in deep pain when we are actually still counting the number of casualties. We are not even burying the dead yet. The numbers are beyond imagination. We are talking about almost 800 people who were killed, massacred. The barbaric terrorists went into the villages, communities, and during a morning of a quiet holiday, they committed a horrible massacre. And today, we actually seeing those pictures and we are in deep pain. At the same time, we are regrouping. We realise that
At the Cricket World Cup in india. Good evening from jerusalem, on a night where the israeli goverment has ordered a complete seige of the gaza strip and started to amass tanks on its border. It follows the attack by hamas militants, which has so far claimed more than 800 israeli lives many of them, ordinary citizens. Israel has cut electricity, food, fuel and Water Supplies to gaza, it says it has hit 2,400 hamas targets. The Palestinian Health authority says so far, 560 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 wounded. Thousands of palestinians are now fleeing for their lives, but safety is hard to find. And hamas continues to fire rockets into israel. In tonights programme, we will be reporting from jerusalem, 0n the latest military responses. We will also be in re im, the city close to the gaza border where artillery and vehicles have started to amass ahead of a potential ground operation. We will also be in ashkelon. And well look at the situation for the more than 100 israelis k
Neighbouring properties. Families of the missing and eyewitnesses have been speaking about their experiences. Translation we dont know anything. We are waiting for news to see whether some of our Family Members have come out alive. Translation i think we left 30 seconds or one minute before the alarms went off and all the lights went out, and there were screams saying there was a fire. I was in a place where i could get out, but five Family Members and two friends are still missing. Our correspondent in spain, guy hedgecoe, gave us this update a little earlier. Well, the death toll has just been increasing throughout the day. We are told there are still people who are missing and the big task now is to try and identify the bodies of those who were killed in the fire and whose bodies have been taken out of the nightclub. I should say there are actually three night clubs which were burned in this fire. It started in one and then the fire spread to two other nightclubs next door to it. Th
And spread to neighbouring properties. Families of the missing and eyewitnesses have been speaking about their experiences. Translation we dont know anything. We are waiting for news to see whether some of our Family Members have come out alive. Translation i think we left 30 seconds or one minute before the alarms went off and all the lights went out, and there were screams saying there were a fire. I was in a place where i could get out, but five Family Members and two friends are still missing. Our correspondent in spain, guy hedgecoe, gave us this update a little earlier. Well, the death toll has just been increasing throughout the day. We are told there are still people who are missing and the big task now is to try and identify the bodies of those who were killed in the fire and whose bodies have been taken out of the nightclub. I should say there are actually three night clubs which were burned in this fire. It started in one and then the fire spread to two other nightclubs next
This is the end of the tour, so it is the last day. Its been a really insane, intense run. Im sure when i go on stage itll be fine, but, like, wow, i feel really, really anxious. Like, my hearts just racing. Usually, i have one of those gel packs that athletes, you know, take, the sugar packs, before i go on and then in, like, ten minutes time itll kick in and itll be. Itll be good. Venues, please take note. And put tampons in your toilets. Crowd cheers since Rina Sawayama broke out into the music scene in 2017, she has been doing it her way. Shes campaigned to change rules for the brit awards, landed a hollywood role, come out as pansexual, and has been hailed as the future of queer pop music. And ive come to ask her how she got to this point and whats next. Youre preaching even though im dead like the first time im in my prime how come you dont expect me to get mad when im angry . Youve never seen it done. Rina sawayama, welcome to in conversation. Thank you so much forjoining us. Th