crimes and a charge of genocide, is israel s response to the trauma of october 7 serving its own best interests? mark regev injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the programme. as i said, we are more than 100 days into this war. you are inside the israeli government. is there any discussion inside your government as to whether the current strategy you re pursuing in gaza is working? so, the overall strategy, the goal remains what it was at the beginning, to destroy hamas s military machine, to have our hostages released, returned home, and to end this terror enclave, to end hamas s rule in the gaza strip. now, the way to achieve that is obviously flexible and depending on battlefield conditions and other conditions, as well. so the tactics in achieving that goal can be fluid, but the goal remains the same destroy hamas s military machine, end their rule of gaza, and get all the hostages home. do you think it s wor
this will give the sheikh hasina her fourth consecutive term as prime minister, and herfifth overall. the election was boycotted by bangladesh s main opposition party, the bnp, which said the process was a sham. for more analysis we will speak to the head of the thomas law school. what does this election actually mean 21 considering the controversy around? $5 a the controversy around? as a matter of the controversy around? as a matter of background, - the controversy around? sis . matter of background, since independence the conduct of free and fair elections in bangladesh has proven to be contentious issue. there has been a sense of great mistrust amongst major political parties in the country with respect to conducting free, fair and impartial general elections. and it is for this reason in 1996 the two major political parties of the countries including the ruling party and the bangladesh national party reached a consensus which led to the incorporation of the system of n
he was visiting idf troops in gaza. as we ve been hearing, the hostages are being freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also all women and children. 39 of them, we are told, being released today. 39 of them, we are told, being released today. here they are being welcomed back in the west bank on saturday. our correspondent hugo bachega has this report. translation:, our translation: , our brave translation:, our brave combatants are doing everything possible to bring our people home, and ultimately we will bring them home. we have three main objectives, to eradicate hamas, bring back the hostages and ensure the gaza strip will no longer be a threat to the state of israel. i will no longer be a threat to the state of israel. state of israel. i am here with these combatants state of israel. i am here with these combatants who - state of israel. i am here with these combatants who have l state of israel. i am here with i these combatants
southern england and perhaps evenis southern england and perhaps even is in wales but so many away from the fog they will be weak spells of winter sunshine and areas of clouds, thickest at the east, top ten temperatures between two and five celsius, so feeling cold but even colder still in exposure to the brisk north easterly winds and that will always feel strongest was the south. it will feel subzero for most of the day. heading three tuesday, there is little more of a breeze was the south, the wind is picking up, there should be more sunshine and maybe some showers towards the southwest of england and through the channel islands would otherwise it is looking dry. they will be somewhat weaker winter sunshine on offer and temperatures between its two and five celsius but we did chill again. two and five celsius but we did chillagain. more two and five celsius but we did chill again. more cloud on wednesday and moisture and slightly less cold feeling air perhaps, most of the cloud will