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 we have casualties. Israelis are dying from those rockets, but we are determined, we are determined to win this war. We realise we dont have any other choice, and that is why we have seen that we moved forward both In Gaza and with hezbollah. You know, we are a peaceful nation. If you would have asked me a year before that what we are doing now will happen, i will tell you, no way, because we have no desire to be in any conflict, not with hamas, not with iran, not with hezbollah. And all those a
Kamala and i will be there for as long as it takes to rescue, recover and rebuild. President biden sending a message of support to floridians as Hurricane Milton barrels towards the state with landfall expected in just the next few hours. Plus, biden condemned the un the quote unquote, unamerican misinformation about the federal Storm Response calling out Trump And Marjorie Taylor Greene by name for dispensing those lies. And trumps attempt to deny the Bomb Shell reporting that he sent Covid Tests to putin was unbelievably thwarted by the friends and the kremlin himself who said, yep, he did that. We begin tonight with Hurricane Milton barrelling towards the West Coast of Florida And Set to make landfall in the next few hours. This is a Nightmare Scenario for more than 3 Million people who live in the Tampa Bay area. Which could see widespread destruction. 15 florida counties that are home to more than 7 Million people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Local officials have been pr
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, welcome to the Bbc News at ten. Hurricane milton is now only hours away from reaching the West Coast of florida, but ahead of it high winds and torrential rain have already caused damage and destruction. President biden s calling it the worst storm for 100 years and its forced more than 7 Million people out of their homes and into shelters or safer areas. From space, this is from space, this is what it looks like what it looks like as captured in these as captured in these images filmed from the images
Weather closes in. Meanwhile, there have been further airstrikes on hezbollah targets in the lebanese capital, beirut. Whilst the iranian backed group fired more than 100 rockets into israel on monday. Most were intercepted. Lets hear some of Mr Netanyahus televised speech. Translation we are not to tiered. We have stood strongly together to defend and protect our homeland. Whatever strength was needed we defined what the objectives of this war was, we want to eradicate the hamas and bring our hostages home whether alive or not. We must thwart any future threat on the state of israel and bring the residents of the North And South into safe to their homes. As weve been hearing, israel is continuing to exchange fire with hezbollah and hamas, and more Air Strikes have been carried out On Gaza and beirut. With this report from israels northern border, heres our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson. The gaps in israels defences are still being tested. A rocket fired from lebanon landed
Of british Toddler Madeleine Mccann has been acquitted of unrelated Sexual Abuse charges by a court in the german city of brunswick. Christian brueckner has been formally identified as a suspect in the case of maddie mccann, who disappeared from her bedroom in 2007 during a Family Holiday in portugal. He denies any involvement. Lets speak to our correspondent Damien Mcguiness in berlin. What happened in court . Judges have announced what happened in court . Judges have announced they what happened in court . Judges have announced they have have announced they have acquitted Christian Brueckner of these current charges. He had been accused of five separate cases of Rape And Child abuse. Judges said this morning that there is not enough evidence to say he is guilty of these charges. A lot of the evidence that was presented in court was testimonies from people who have said they had heard things from Christian Brueckner And videos that witnesses said they had seen, but havent been present