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Israel orders an inquiry after its
forces strike the last functioning
hospital in southern Gaza, killing at
least 20 people. Among them, five
journalists killed in a second strike as
they rushed to the scene in what
Israel's prime minister has called a
tragic mishap.
Also tonight, three people are killed in
a helicopter crash on the aisle of white
during a flying lesson.
Mounting pressure on the prime minister
over the small boats crisis as Nigel
Farage prepares to unveil his plans for
mass deportations. Plus,
>> more than a million people celebrate
Europe's biggest street party at the
Notting Hill Carnival.
And we'll take a first look at
tomorrow's front pages in our press
preview from 10:30 right through to
midnight.
Good evening. Israel's prime minister
says an Israeli strike on a hospital in
Gaza that killed 20 people, including
five journalists, was a tragic mishap.
Benjamin Netanyao says Israel values the
work of journalists, medical staff, and
all civilians and confirmed the military
is investigating the incident. The IDF
struck the Nasser Hospital, one of the
last remaining major medical facilities
still functioning in the territory
before hitting it again as journalists
and rescue workers rushed to the scene.
Our Middle East correspondent Adam
Parsons has this report.
This the scene around 15 minutes after
NASA hospital had been attacked by the
Israeli military. Rescue workers
scrambling and an Arabic TV channel
broadcasting live. And then
>> a second attack hits exactly the same
place, killing those who had come to
help. At least 20 people were killed
here in what is the only functioning
hospital in the south of Gaza.
Targeting civil defense workers is a
crime. It is another entry in the
history of Israel's war against us. It
is a war crime against our people and
against those who are simply trying to
provide humanitarian aid. Our mission is
clear. To save lives.
Among the victims, five journalists
whose work have been seen around the
world. Media workers regularly gather at
this hospital to get stories and to use
an internet connection. More than 200
journalists, almost all Palestinian,
have been killed in Gaza since the start
of the war. 19 of them worked for the Al
Jazzer network.
>> You're talking now about a a clear
strategy from the IDF and the Israeli
government to target local journalists,
try to silence the story. And we've been
talking about this since the beginning
of the war. The fact that no
international journalist is is allowed
to enter Gaza up until uh this time. And
the fact that a local journalist been
smeared, targeted, and killed is a way
and the strategy to silence the story.
>> Among the dead, photographer Mariam
Dhaka. Her camera recovered from the
scene. These were journalists who had
spent nearly two years documenting life
under attack in Gaza and some of their
work was very highprofile. This is one
of Israel's best known newspapers. And
this morning on the front page, there's
a photo from Mariam Dhaka. But within
hours of this being published, she was
dead.
>> Her bulletproof vest placed on a coffin.
It was no defense against such an
explosion.
The Israeli military has launched an
investigation. Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has described the attack as a
>> I would like to be clear from the start.
The IDF does not intentionally target
civilians.
The IDF makes every effort to mitigate
harm to civilians while ensuring the
safety of our troops.
Israel denies targeting media workers.
But a few hours after the attack on NASA
hospital, another journalist was killed,
shot in his tent in Carunis.
And while all this happens, so Israel
masses its military might, ready to
encircle and occupy Gaza City. Adam
Parson, Sky News, Jerusalem.
>> And Adam has more now from Jerusalem.
We've had today a couple of curious
terms of phrase. I mean, tragic mishap
uh does seem like a a rather odd way to
explain away uh a double strike on a
hospital that has killed 20 people.
Earlier, the IDF put out a statement
saying that it does not target
journalists as such. Uh and as you said
Benjamin Netanyahu saying it does value
the work of of journalists, medical
staff and all civilians. Uh it says
there's going to be a thorough
investigation. I think history shows
that quite often these investigations
despite the fact that earlier the IDF
said that it would have full
transparency. These investigations don't
turn out to be completely transparent
and very rarely get to the uh the full
facts of the matter or hold somebody
accountable. So we will wait and see uh
on this one. I I mean Benjamin
Nashanyahu ends that statement by saying
our war is with Hamas terrorists. Our
just goals are defeating Hamas and
bringing our hostages home. And
ultimately he will say that everything
that is happening is because of Hamas.
That if Hamas were to re release these
hostages then Israel would cease its uh
bombardment. that any kind of ceasefire
would have to be predicated on the basis
of releasing uh hostages. The flip side
of that is that there are plenty within
Israel who believes that the country
should stop this, that it should stop
the war, that that is the key to
bringing hostages home. And there are
even those certainly within the Israeli
military who are uncomfortable uh about
the plans for further military action
that the country is going through. uh
and certainly those who believe that
what happened today was an absolutely
appalling error uh that is going to cost
support. I mean ultimately
he may say this was a mishap but this
hospital is very well known. It's the
only functioning hospital in the south
of Gaza. It's also known as a place
where journalists gather to use uh the
internet and to to pursue stories. to
attack this hospital was very likely to
uh injure seriously injure journalists.
But I think the big question that people
want to know is why on earth this double
attack? It looks on the face of it
exactly the sort of tactic used by
Russia, used by Syria during the days of
of Assad. When you launch one attack,
you lure in rescue workers and then you
launch another attack. It is being
condemned by so much of the world and
tonight admitted by Prime Minister
Netanyahu. And this is not a man who
easily admits mistakes to having been a
mishap.
>> Three people have died in a helicopter
crash on the aisle of White. One person
was airlifted to hospital after the
aircraft carrying four passengers
crashed into a field during a flying
lesson. Skye's Dan Whitehead reports now
from the aisle of white.
>> It was a flying lesson that has ended in
the worst possible way. Three people on
board the helicopter died just minutes
after taking off. Operated by North
Umbrea helicopters, the aircraft
departed Sandown Airport on the aisle of
White at 9:00 a.m. just a mile and a
half from the crash site.
>> So, it's it's very difficult. I think
everyone's horrified. I mean that you
know the loss of any life is is just
devastating to people. Um when so when
something should be so safe and is
deemed to be so safe and then something
goes wrong it it's heartbreaking. I knew
the only from him coming here the
pleasure flights which he's been doing
for the last I think about 2 years. He's
an extremely professional experienced
commercial pilot as they all are. Um
which you know it's it's just
heartbreaking when these things happen.
Emergency services were called to
reports of a downed helicopter on
Shanklin Road at around 9:20. A major
incident was declared. This is as close
as we can get to the crash site. You can
see the investigation work is continuing
behind me. This is August bank holiday
weekend. The aisle of white is full of
tourists and the locals living here have
been telling me it was a miracle that
there wasn't a car traveling on the road
at the same time. There were so many uh
ambulances, fire engines, the coast
guard even bank came up this way. I knew
something had happened and then I had to
refer to social media to find out what
was going on. Then the police appeared
on coast off the road. We knew it was
really serious. Then
>> police are continuing to work to contact
the families of those who've died. The
fourth passenger airlifted to hospital
in Southampton remains in a serious
condition. Air accident investigation
branch officers arrived late on Monday.
Their work now begins to understand just
how this tragedy unfolded. Dan White is
Sky News on the aisle of White.
10 child protection organizations have
written an urgent letter to the home
secretary expressing deep concern about
the government's strategy to stop
violence against women and girls. And it
comes after Sky News revealed a leaked
home office document which said victims
of child sexual abuse will not be in the
scope of the plans. Skye's Molly Malone
reports.
>> VO is violence against women and girls.
If you take child sexual abuse out of
it, where are the girls? That was
Poppy's reaction after Sky News revealed
that child sexual abuse may not be a
prominent part of the government's
upcoming strategy to tackle violence
against women and girls. Poppy was
sexually abused and raped by her
grandfather when she was just 4 years
old. He was convicted and died in
prison. Now aged 20, she campaigns for
better protections for children, but she
has concerns. Children are once again
being left in the air with with no one
advocating for them at the moment.
>> Poppy's fears have been echoed by 10
child protection groups who've written
to the home secretary to raise their
concerns about child sexual abuse being
emitted from the strategy, saying the
government cannot truly tackle violence
against women and girls without tackling
the sexual abuse of children. Without a
a focus on child sexual abuse and
exploitation, it's the strategy will
really miss a golden opportunity. If the
government doesn't seize this
opportunity, then yet again the needs
and best interests of those girls will
be overlooked.
>> The government told us its violence
against women and girls strategy will
include action to tackle child sexual
abuse. that they recognize the issues
overlap, but they also say they'll set
out a distinct program to address it
specific crimes. It's this internal home
office document that we obtained. It's
titled draft definition of vorg, that's
violence against women and girls. It
then goes on to say the strategy
recognizes the links between child
sexual exploitation and abuse and
violence against women and girls, but
says it's not explicitly within the
scope of the strategy. My message to the
government is that if you're going to
make child sexual abuse a separate
thing, we need it now.
>> In a statement, the government said
they're working tirelessly to tackle the
appalling crimes of violence against
women and girls and child sexual
exploitation and abuse. We're already
investing in new programs and
introducing landmark laws to overhaul
the policing and criminal justice
response to these crimes. It's estimated
there are half a million children like
Poppy in England and Wales who are
sexually abused every year. Campaigners
and charities that support them are
clear. They need to be at the center of
any plan to tackle violence against
women and girls. Molly Malone, Sky News.
>> Time now for a look at some of the day's
other top stories. And the man who was
wrongfully deported to El Salvador by US
officials could now be sent to Costa
Rica or Uganda. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was
brought back to face human smuggling
charges which he denies. The 30-year-old
has become a symbol of Donald Trump's
hardline immigration policies.
The only survivor of a lunch made with
poisonous mushrooms, says he's felt half
alive since his wife's death, but says
he forgives the woman who killed her.
50-year-old Erin Patterson was found
guilty last month in Australia of
killing three relatives with a beef
Wellington two years ago.
Members of the National Guard patrolling
the streets of Washington DC have begun
carrying guns in an escalation of a
directive issued by the US defense
secretary last week. The development
comes as President Donald Trump
considers expanding the deployments to
other Democrat-led states and cities.
Sakir Starmer faces mounting pressure
over the small boats crisis after
protests outside asylum hotels continued
over the bank holiday weekend. Reform
leader Nigel Farage has once again
attacked the prime minister's handling
of the issue tonight as he prepares to
unveil his plans for mass deportations
in a speech tomorrow. More on that in
just a moment. But first, here's our
political correspondent Liz Bates.
The boats just keep coming. With 212
people arriving yesterday, taking the
figure for this year to over 28,000.
And as more people arrive, there's more
pressure on the prime minister to deal
with this problem that has now sunk
successive governments.
>> After another summer of riots in the
streets focused on asylum hotels, some
are asking, is it time to suspend our
legal obligations, including the
European Convention on Human Rights? One
of the problems are international
treaties. So we need to withdraw from if
we're not going to do that then this uh
problem is going to continue for the
next three or four years. I don't think
we should be giving them asylum. We
should be uh checking properly and
giving asylum. Sorry I'm not being very
clear. And giving asylum where we decide
to give asylum. This is a government and
a prime minister that promised voters it
would tackle illegal migration, but
they've been in office for over a year
and the tide is turning against them
with criticism now coming from all sides
including a former Labor home secretary
Lord Blunkett who is urging them to get
a grip and new polling which shows that
70% of the public believe that they are
handling this issue badly. Here at the
Home Office, there's been lots of
announcements, none of them yet paying
off. And MPs have been feeling the heat
this summer with many speaking out over
the increase in abuse and threats
they've been subject to over illegal
migration.
>> In the 10 years I've been involved,
things have got a lot worse. People are
more emboldened because of social media.
I think especially under Elon Musk the
way that X went um that the algorithm
changed and sort of people just do this
for glory and likes whereas you know
there's human beings MPs who should
never live in fear of doing their job
but this won't stop political opponents
trying to capitalize with reform leader
Nigel Farage calling for mass
deportations adding his voice to the
mounting calls for action and piling
more pressure on the prime minister as
parliament prepares has to return next
week.
>> And Liz joins me now in the studio. Liz,
lots of problems facing the prime
minister when it comes to immigration.
And now Nigel Farage is set to add to
them.
>> Yes, this is probably the last thing
that Skarmmer wants a press conference
by Nigel Farage, but he's going to get
one anyway. One thing we know about the
reform leader is that he has very good
political instincts and I think his
instinct is telling him that this is the
moment to really go hard and offer an
alternative uh particularly on this
issue of illegal migration. We know this
is something he has campaigned on now
for decades. This is his issue now. He's
going to have the press conference
tomorrow um but he has written in the
telegraph as well this evening. So we
have a pretty good sense of the kind of
detail that he's going to unveil. Let me
just read an extract of this to you. Uh
in uh what he's written in the
Telegraph. In 2029, a reform government
will leave the ECR, repeal the Human
Rights Act, and pass the illegal
migration mass deportation bill. As the
title says, the aim of this new
legislation is mass deportations. And
the bill opens with a blunt obligation
that will create a legal duty for the
Home Secretary to remove illegal
migrants. Failure to do so will mean
breaking the law. Under these new plans,
if you come to the UK illegally, you
will be ineligible for asylum. No ifs,
no buts. This strips the home office,
the immigration tribunals, and the
higher courts of any jurisdiction to
consider uh claims. So, you see there,
look, we've heard Nigel Farage talk
about this issue many times, but real
policy detail there and um this
particular duty on the home secretary to
remove illegal mult. What he's trying to
do is take the politics out of this and
change the entire approach of government
from the home office to force the home
office to change its approach um to
illegal migration. Now whether that
would be possible, we don't know. We'll
be able to question him um on those
issues and many more uh tomorrow. He's
um as I say laid a lot of this stuff out
before, but I think we're getting way
more detail than we ever have. And uh
we'll get a real sense um tomorrow when
he's questioned whether all of this
stands up. Yeah, it'll be interesting to
see what he says. For the moment, Liz
Bates, thank you.
Well, staying with immigration, the
non-Britishborn population of
Bournemouth has risen by nearly 50% in a
decade. The seaside town has a complex
relationship with migration. It needs
migrants to work in the tourist
industry, which is vital for the
economy, but the influx in people has
had a mixed reception with residents.
Our community's correspondent, Lisa
Holland, has visited the town and has
this report.
>> A snapshot of Britain in the 80s.
Beachgoers in the seaside town of
Bournemouth, a place which has always
been a magnet for holiday makers and
seasonal workers.
Fast forward to the final days of this
summer, and the change is undeniable. In
the Bournemouth area, between the 2011
and 2021 censuses, the non-Britishborn
population went up by 47% and
immigration everywhere has risen
significantly since then. On the
seafront, we find immigration is
something white British people want to
talk about, but not openly and not on
camera.
The whole atmosphere of the place has
changed and it's strange to hear foreign
languages spoken so frequently in our
country.
>> Does that make you feel uncomfortable?
>> It does.
>> Is it the number of migrants that's
coming? What What is it?
>> Reportedly. So, and visually that seems
to be the case. I mean, we all look at
we see what we see.
>> What do you see?
>> I don't see many,
I suppose, white British people around.
Why does that trouble you?
>> Sorry, I can't actually can't answer
that question.
>> The woman we're talking to asks for a
minute to gather her thoughts. It's a
question at the heart of Britain's
tortured relationship with migration and
for some can be uncomfortable to
consider.
>> It's like a sensitive emotional I
remember how it was. I remember the
community. I'm worrying that our society
as Brits is being undermined by the
people who are coming in.
>> For decades, Britain has wrestled with
the thorny issue of migration. Who
should be allowed into the country and
from where. Migration to the UK has
changed since Brexit, but not in the way
people who voted to leave Europe might
have expected.
Nine years ago, I visited Bournemouth to
talk to people about migration ahead of
the referendum. We've come back to the
Cumberland Hotel. The EU flag no longer
flies. It's a hotel where a decade ago
the majority of the workforce were
non-British EU citizens, many from
Eastern Europe.
Sha Nell is the general manager and has
worked at the hotel since before Brexit.
>> Morning. A lot of our workforce were EU
nationals and obviously Brexit a lot of
them have have left they find other work
other than hospitality. Uh a lot of our
workforce what we're seeing now that we
can recruit from is probably South Asia.
The staff gathered together for their
own breakfast after the morning service
tells the story of where most of the new
recruits now are coming from.
28-year-old Shardell Thomas is from
Delhi and works part-time at the
Cumberland Behind the Bar. He did a
master's in sports management and like
many others came to the UK on a student
visa. He says post Brexit trade
agreements with India opened up new
opportunities for South Asians.
>> After Brexit, the Europeans were less.
So we get we were able to get good jobs.
It's good about like people
coming for good life, getting good life,
upgrading their life.
>> When I first came to the Cumberland
Hotel, Margaret Cubic from Poland was
the assistant restaurant manager.
>> We enjoy breakfast, ladies.
>> 9 years later, we tracked her down.
>> So, the first roundabout we do nice and
easy, left first exit.
>> We discovered she's left the hospitality
industry to work as a self-employed
driving instructor.
When we've meet nine years ago, we as
the Polish people, we were very much
accused of taking the jobs from English
people. Yes. And then now we are
replaced by the South Asian people. Now
they start at the bottom.
>> In Bournemouth, just like many other
towns in the UK, protests have sprung up
outside hotels housing asylum seekers.
The hotels have almost become a focal
point for wider concerns about
migration. We find the subject isn't as
difficult to discuss amongst a crowd of
like-minded people.
>> We don't know who they are. We don't
know who these people are.
>> Who are they?
>> It makes you feel
it's not England anymore.
>> Refugees are welcome here.
>> The asylum Hotel protests are generally
countered by groups who are more
sympathetic towards migrants. Do you
feel the fabric of your town, if you
were born here, has changed
significantly because of migration?
>> No, because it's always been a a um a
place where foreign language students
visit. I think this lot down the road,
they need somebody to hate. Now it's the
Muslims, now it's the refugees. 10 years
ago, it was the Poles, the Eastern
Europeans. With more councils vowing to
launch legal challenges over the
government's use of asylum hotels, the
immigration protest movement shows no
sign of abating. And Bournemouth, like
so many other places, continues to
wrestle with its identity. Lisa Holland,
Sky News, Bournemouth.
Police say this year's Notting Hill
Carnival has seen far fewer incidents of
serious violence than in recent years.
It's estimated more than a million
people have enjoyed the last day of the
carnival in West London. Organizers say
the celebration of Caribbean culture is
one of the world's greatest festivals,
though more than 400 arrests were made
over the two days. Here's our
correspondent Shaman Freeman Powell.
Draped in flags and adorned in jewels,
the sun shone on Notting Hill this bank
holiday as more than a million carnival
goers gathered to celebrate Caribbean
culture. Great food, loud music, and
dancing mandatory. For one weekend out
of the year, it's the people and the
sound systems that own these streets.
>> That is at the heart of it. I've I play
a lot of reggae um here on Jamaica
Corner and all the derivatives that have
come out of reggae. The food is Jamaican
along here and in essence is always
Jamaican flags and it's just to promote
Jamaica as an island because it's a a
very special island to me.
>> Running for nearly 60 years, Notting
Hill Carnival has only grown in
popularity and is now considered
Europe's biggest street party. And of
course, with an event this size, there
has to be a huge police presence. With
around 7,000 officers on duty over the
course of the bank holiday weekend,
organizers highlight that with more than
a million thought to be in attendance,
crime is relatively low and shouldn't
overshadow the vibrant spectacle which
is bursting with color and sound and a
celebration born out of resistance to
racism.
>> Well, carnival is about a struggle. It's
not just about the fun side, but
obviously the fun side comes from having
to live through a struggle. So, I think
carnival is a coming together of people.
It's a celebration, I think, of the wind
rush and all that that's done to help
this country. Um, and sometimes that
gets forgotten about,
>> but it's an event that almost never
happened. Despite generating millions of
pounds each year, it still faces
challenges for funding and concerns over
security. So when the streets empty and
the music stops, the struggle to secure
the carnival's future may well continue.
Shiman Freeman Powell, Sky News.
>> Well, that was Sky News at 10. Coming
up, we'll take a first look at
tomorrow's papers in the press preview.
Tonight, we're joined by the broadcaster
and commentator, Alexandra Andreo, and
the chair of the Women's Business
Council, Mary Mloud. Welcome both. And
among the stories we'll be discussing
this on the front of the Guardian, the
headline, global condemnation after
Israel bombs the same Gaza hospital
twice. We'll be right back.