of ensuring political violence does not derail the progress that this country has made so far. ., that this country has made so far. . ., ~ , ., , far. irene khan, thank you very much for far. irene khan, thank you very much for coming far. irene khan, thank you very much for coming on far. irene khan, thank you very much for coming on the - much for coming on the programme. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will meet arab leaders on the second full day of his middle east trip, as he tries to prevent the conflict in gaza from spreading. he ll meet king abdullah ofjordan in amman and then head to qatar for talks with the emir. qatar has been a key player in negotiations with hamas to release hostages captured during the attack on israel in october. this is what mr blinken had to say before he left forjordan. we have an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading and a big part of the conversations we ll be having over the coming days with all of our allies an
the us secretary of state meets the leaders ofjordan and qatar as fighting continues in gaza, where the israeli military says it s broken hamas s military command structure in the north. the head of the us transport safety board says no passengers were seated next to where part of a plane fell off mid flight. a warning that more properties will flood in the coming days because of increased river levels in some parts of england. and, a week into january, have you kept to your new year s resolutions? we ll be finding out what the residents of one care home have promised to do this year. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. polls have opened in bangladesh after a day of violence on the eve of the country s
parties are boycotting the election, in which the current prime minister is expected to win a fourth consecutive term. the election has seen a wave of violence across the country, with 1a polling stations being set on fire before voting began. the us secretary of state antony blinken is holding more talks in a bid to end the conflict in gaza he s meeting the leaders ofjordan and qatar today. fighting continues in gaza, where the israeli military says it s broken hamas s command structure in the north of the territory. the head of the us transport safety board says no passengers were seated next to where part of a plane fell off mid flight. meanwhile, the american airline regulator has ordered the grounding of 171 boeing 737 max 9 jets after the incident, while inspections take place. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody.
second, we will be looking at what we can do to maximise the protection of civilians, maximise humanitarian assistance getting to them, and also to get hostages out of gaza. as the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan yunis in southern gaza. the official palestinian news agency reported many dead and wounded. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid onjenin. the israeli army says its completed what it claims is the dismantling of hamas s command structure in the northern gaza strip. a spokesman said hamas fighters could operate only sporadically in the area. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. thank you for coming in. let s go with the latest claim about
to come inside and set about the cumbersome and obstacle for the cumbersome and obstacle for the trucks to go in because of the trucks to go in because of the testing and scrutinising the testing and scrutinising the containers so it takes a long process so as pressure to let more inside more aid inside that and part of mr blank and s visit. his visit according blank and s visit. his visit according to blank and s visit. his visit according to the - blank and s visit. his visit according to the state - according to the state department he came to turkey, greece now and jordan.- department he came to turkey, greece now and jordan. then go to qatar, saudi greece now and jordan. then go to qatar, saudi arabia greece now and jordan. then go to qatar, saudi arabia uae, - to qatar, saudi arabia uae, israel west bank and egypt, a long one from four 11 january, he will focus as he said in the clip on releasing hostages, more aid inside gaza and the most important thing, containing