for immediate and long term security, for the israeli people, it falls well short, because there s no discussion, at least in the plan, about, other than a statement that those responsible for 0ctober7th, israel still has the right to pursue those and bring them to justice so that implies their intelligence services and special operations forces probably continuing to pursue. but there s a major security gap that will be created by the withdrawal of israeli forces with no security replacement inside of gaza, starting with the major urban centres and then ultimately, if you go to phase two, where you see the withdrawal of israeli forces. so i can certainly appreciate the concern expressed by those within the israeli populace, and even here in our own country, in terms of, if the us is saying that hamas is an international terrorist organisation,
an end to the fighting in gaza. and a lawyer for donald trump tells the bbc that nothing will change in the former us president s run for the white house, despite his criminal conviction. hello, i m carl nasman. south africa s election looks set to bring the biggest political change to the country in decades. with almost all votes counted, the ruling african national congress has lost its outright majority and will now have to find coalition partners for the first time since it won power as apartheid ended in 1994. while the anc is the oldest liberation movement on the african continent, many voters blame the party for high levels of crime and corruption and a lack of basic necessities, like water and electricity. results from wednesday s election show the anc winning around 40% of the vote, while former president
the peace proposals are backed by the israeli opposition and mediating countries. hamas reacted positively to the plans. the united states, egypt, and qatar released a joint statement on saturday urging the two sides to reach an agreement. the uk s foreign secretary, lord cameron, told the bbc his thoughts on the deal. i think what the deal contains is a staged process for the release of hostages in the first phase and a pause in the fighting, and then it goes on to a second stage with a longer pause, with more israeli withdrawals and the release of further hostages, then going on to a third stage, hopefully without any return to fighting, when you get on to the rebuilding of gaza. now, of course, all these plans are incredibly difficult to put in place. but fundamentally why i think this is a moment we should seize to try and bring this conflict to an end permanently is that, you know, it s one thing to call for a ceasefire, but of course, if you can t put
on saturday urging the two sides to reach an agreement. the uk s foreign secretary, lord cameron, told the bbc his thoughts on the deal. i think what the deal contains is a staged process for the release of hostages in the first phase and a pause in the fighting, and then it goes on to a second stage with a longer pause, with more israeli withdrawals and the release of further hostages, then going on to a third stage, hopefully without any return to fighting, when you get on to the rebuilding of gaza. now, of course, all these plans are incredibly difficult to put in place. but fundamentally why i think this is a moment we should seize to try and bring this conflict to an end permanently is that, you know, it s one thing to call for a ceasefire, but of course, if you can t put in place the conditions that make a ceasefire sustainable, then it won t last. and this is an attempt to start to put those conditions in place, because we all know you ve got
for an end to the fighting in gaza. and a lawyer for donald trump tells the bbc that nothing will change in the former us president s run for the white house, despite his criminal conviction. hello, i m carl nasman. south africa s election looks set to bring the biggest political change to the country in decades. with almost all votes counted, the ruling african national congress has lost its outright majority and will now have to find coalition partners for the first time since it won power as apartheid ended in 1994. while the anc is the oldest liberation movement on the african continent, many voters blame the party for high levels of crime and corruption and a lack of basic necessities, like water and electricity. results from wednesday s election show the anc winning around 40% of the vote, while former presidentjacob zuma s