To mr netanyahu s demand that israel maintain a military presence in the philadelphi corridor. That s a small buffer zone between gaza and egypt s sinai desert. Mr netanyahu said israel is committed to destroying hamas and bringing the hostages home. He warned of the potential consequences should israel relieve its military pressure on hamas. Our middle east regional editor mike thomson has more on the prime minister s comments from jerusalem. Tonight, mr netanyahu doubled down on his insistence that israeli troops will not be withdrawn from the philadelphi corridor. That is the strip of land that separates southern gaza from egypt. He said it is absolutely vital that they stay there to stop hamas smuggling weapons from egypt into gaza. He said, if we let this happen, we could have another october the 7th all over again. Interestingly though, he had talked in the past about them not moving for at least 42 years. This evening he was referring to 42 days only, so there may be some wriggl
Bring them all out because we have to set the stage for november. 0ur North America correspondent Gary 0donoghue is in iowa. Ive been speaking to him and started by asking him whether the bad weather is likely to impact voter turnout. I think theres a lot of concern among the campaigns that it will. I think outside here, were just inside the door here at this Bbq Joint where one of the candidates has been giving a speech, but outside, its sort of in the 25 celsius region, and it could be a lot lower than that tomorrow, monday, when the caucus takes place, possibly up to 35, 40 with the wind chill factor. Now, the people of iowa are pretty hardy, theyre used to cold winters theyre not really used to it this cold. So if you think that itll be dark when they caucus at 7pm, Dark And Icy driving home, thats going to be a disincentive to some people, but they do cherish their place in the process of nominating for the president ial candidates in this state and some of them
year olds have done this. just how this new term in this new year will pan out looks anything but certain. jayne mccubbin reporting there. an american woman whose technology company collapsed after it emerged that a blood test to diagnose a range of diseases didn t work, has been convicted of defrauding investors. elizabeth holmes was cleared on four other counts of defrauding patients. at one point, herfirm, theranos, was worth more than $8 billion. here s 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes. this is a very mixed verdict. yes, she has been found guilty on four counts of fraud and conspiracy but also not guilty on four of those counts as well and the jurors couldn t reach a decision on a further three charges. it s evident that these jurors, for some seven days during their deliberations, struggled with these decisions and i think that is symptomatic of how difficult