to six and then five and then four. we know who we re dealing with. we re dealing with a ruthless - and fanatical terror organisation. we saw the sort of violence - that they committed against innocent civilians on october 7th. and just tonight in the people | released i ve received the list, there are two three year old twins. yes? who kidnaps three year olds? only a brutal, ruthless terrorist organisation. | so we have few illusions - about who we re dealing with. but as president biden| said on friday, he said, hamas understands one thing and that s pressure. - thank you for coming on the programme. external pressure building from the us and un for a longer extension. mark expects ten hostages for everyday letters but i wonder the longer this goes on the harder it becomes for the israeli government. it’s harder it becomes for the israeli government- harder it becomes for the israeli covernment. , . , , government. it s a pretty impossible situation. good government
beijing does not want to unseat the united states as the world s superpower, but xi jinping tells president biden china s absorption of taiwan is inevitable. we will take you this hour to san francisco where the asia pacific countries are sitting down for a working lunch. in the uk rishi sunak s government will present new legislation to set aside the supreme court s ban on sending asylum seekers to rwanda. but backbench mps want assurances from number ten the bill will be tight enough to prevent future legal challenges. and what about labour. a party of government or a party of protest. the shadow front bench staged a mass rebellion last night, over keir starmer s stance on a ceasefire in gaza. we will get the thoughts on all of that from our panel tonight. with us labour sjohn mctiernan, formerly tony blair director of political operations. also here tara setmeyer, former communications director for the republican party, and now a resident scholar at the university of vir