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 permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says 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 says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposalfrom presidentjoe biden who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7th style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place on sunday to discuss the re opening of the rafah crossing. let s look at some of the reaction. in the central city of deir al balah, where many have recently fled following israel s ground assault on rafah last month, people are living in tents with no running water. here s what some of them have said about the potential deal. translation: this proposal came late but bette
the economy, dealing with their waiting lists, getting british people back to work, setting up great british energy, those are the changes this country desperately needs. and i think so many people are yearning for change, if you want change, you have to vote for it. that was at the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer speaking a little earlier on today. their battle bus going off to essex to do more campaigning. that was launched this morning. the conservative party battle bus also lunch today. we can see the image of rishi sunak there. our correspondentjess parker is there. we can see the battle bus behind you. a lot more at the conservative party are offering throughout this election campaign. party are offering throughout this election campaign. yes, we ust the prime minister election campaign. yes, we ust the prime minister lunching election campaign. yes, we just the prime minister lunching effectivelyl prime minister lunching effectively the battle bus.
hello, i m anna foster. south africa s governing party has two weeks to form a coalition, after losing its outright majority for the first time in 30 years. with almost all the votes now counted from wednesday s election, the anc stands at around 40% a sharp drop from almost 58% in 2019. the anc has accepted the result and, as the anc, what is foremost now in our mind are two things. one is the fact that there is a clear protest from our people. our people are saying we love the anc, but the anc must self correct. we have already started that programme of organisation. i think we need to fast track that. we must no longer only speak about it, acting against corruption, we must be seen as doing that. we must be seen as giving our people the service. that is the message that our people have said to us and it s a message we have received loud and clear. catherine byaruhanga is injohannesburg. this really is going to be a shock for the anc, the fact that it is just one 40% of t
scientists into the spotlight with dr. anthony fauci becoming the trusted voice in fight to defeat the pandemic. this morning dr. fauci recounted what he was experiencing last march 11th with savannah guthrie on the today show. if i told you we would have 530,000 deaths in this country inside one year, would that number have shocked you and honestly, how would you have evaluated the response in light of that? well, i have to tell you, it would have shocked me completely. i knew we were in for trouble and you remember you go back, i said it then. we better be really careful. that day at a congressional hearing, i made the statement things will get much worse before they get better. that was at a congressional hearing a year ago today. it was march 11th, 2020. i said that. i did not, in my mind, think that much worse was going to be 525,000 deaths. when do you think we are going to see this country return to the normal that we re used to? well, i think it s going to b