Hostages. But doha is now also questioning whether the talks can succeed. The qatari leader saying efforts are being undermined, causing his country to reassess its role as mediator. Take a listen. Translation unfortunately, i mean, we have seen that theres been an abuse of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of this role. Were now at this stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how parties engage in this mediation. Tensions in the region remain high, with israels Prime Minister insisting his country will make its own decisions about how to respond to irans drone and missile attack. Israels western allies fear striking back against iran could trigger a broader war. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. Thank you for coming along. What kind of response when it comes to what you ranted to israel is israel considering . Apparently israel is about to strike on iran directly on monday,
As a mediator between israel and hamas, more than six months into the war. Qatar has had a key role, along with egypt and america, in trying to secure a ceasefire between israel and hamas and the release of israeli hostages. But doha says its efforts were being undermined by politicians seeking to score points. Take a listen to qatars Prime Minister. Translation unfortunately we have i seen that there has been an abuse | of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. We are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. European Union Leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehran s unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. The president of the European Council says its important to do everything to isolate iran. Tensions in the region remain high with israels Prime M
We have seen that there has been an abuse of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. We are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. European Union Leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehran s unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. The president of the European Council says its important to do everything to isolate iran. Tensions in the region remain high with israels Prime Minister insisting his country will make its own decisions about how to respond to irans drone and missile attack. Israels western allies fear striking back against iran could trigger a broader war. For more on qatars role in brokering a truce between israel and hamas, i spoke to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Qatar has played a key role along with egypt, with us inv
Alcohol and the sport . This morning the Champions League is now premier league less after Manchester City and arsenal both go out. Emma raducanu is on a roll. Shes beaten the former world number one and Ronnie Osullivan opens his Snooker Academy in saudi arabia. I wonder why that is. Its a beautiful start out there for many places and theres more sunshine to come this weekend, but before that happens there is some rain to talk about in the forecast coming up shortly. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on. Gb news. Breakfast on. Gb news. Now, i just wanted to , give now, i just wanted to, give a shout out to take that. Oh this morning. Theyre in trouble today, and i think its unfair. Why . Why . Because theyre doing theyre doing concerts and things again at the minute. And the sun is not happy. Yeah, because someone in the crowd has noticed that they they have a teleprompter at they they have a teleprompter at the bac
Seeking to score points. Take a listen to qatars Prime Minister. Translation unfortunately, i mean, we have seen that there has been an abuse of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. We are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. European Union Leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehrans unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. The president of the European Council says its important to do everything to isolate iran. Tensions in the region remain high with israels Prime Minister insisting his country will make its own decisions about how to respond to irans drone and missile attack. Israels western allies fear striking back against iran could trigger a broader war. For more on the role of qatar, i spoke to our middle east correspondent. Spoke to our