indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposal presented by us president, joe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the reopening of the rafah cr
a new plan to end the war in gaza, unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposalfrom us presidentjoe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the re opening of the rafah crossing. speaking to the bbc earlier, the uk
of their third round match, but medvedev came back to win it after almost 3.5 hours. the world number two, aryna sabalenka, made sure of a place in the fourth round with a powerful performance against paolo badosa of spain. the two players are good friends and know each other s game styles well, but after a tight and entertaining first set, the two time australian open champion took advantage of a drop in badosa s form to win 7 5, 6 1 to reach the last 16. i don t know what actually gave me the advantage today. i was just tried to focus on myself, fight for every point. it was a really tough battle, i m really happy to get through this one. on court we are opponents, but off court we are friends. the 2022 wimbledon champion, elena rybakina, also won her third round match without too much trouble. rybakina beat the 25th seed,
fight for every point, is a really tough match. as we always say, we are good at separating things. 0n the court we are opponents, of the court we are good friends. usually it s a couple of minutes. the 2022 wimbledon champion, elena rybakina, also won her third round match without too much trouble. rybakina beat the 25th seed, elise mertens 6 a, 6 2 and looks to be in good form in paris. the fourth seed reached the quarter finals of the french open in 2021 but hasn t got past the third round since then. to golf and the us women s open the third round is well under way and the leading players are out on course on what is known as moving day . the us open is notoriously difficult with low scores a premium so there hasn t been a whole lot of movement. here is the leader board currently. to the dp world tour where there is set to be an intriguing final day s play
rybakina beat the 25th seed, elysia mertens 6 4 6 2 and looks to be in good form in paris. the fourth seed reached the quarter finals of the french open in 2021 but hasn t got past the third round since then. and that s all the sport for now. more now on the general election rishi sunak has pledged to give thirty towns across the uk twenty million pounds each if the conservatives are re elected. let s speak to our correspondent jess parker who has been following the conservatives on the campaign trail. where have you been? what have you seen? who have you spoken to? yes. seen? who have you spoken to? yes, aood seen? who have you spoken to? yes, good afternoon- seen? who have you spoken to? yes, good afternoon. we seen? who have you spoken to? yes good afternoon. we have been travelling quite extensively today. so we start the day off in red car. red car race course where the conservative party launched their battle bus, which we are now on. you