the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is on another diplomatic tour of the middle east his fifth visit to the region since the conflict erupted between israel and hamas. he will be visiting saudi arabia, israel, egypt, qatar and the occupied west bank. mr blinken s trip follows days of air strikes by the united states against iranian linked targets in iraq, syria and yemen. ahead of his arrival, a drone attack killed six us backed kurdish fighters at an american base in eastern syria. mr blinken is also expected to discuss boosting aid to gaza, as well as a possible ceasefire and hostage deal between israel and hamas. the israeli prime minister has warned he will not accept the demands of hamas over hostages still held. the un has warned of an impending famine in gaza affecting more than 2 million people. our correspondent, barbara plett usher, explained the main aim of mr blinken s visit. that possible ceasefire deal, which would involve the release of some of the isr
england trail by 393. another cricket line to bring you. leg spinner rehan ahmed has been added to england s men s squad for the next ashes test on wednesday at lord s. the 18 year old took 7 wickets on his test debut against pakistan in december, he replaces all rounder moeen ali, who struggled with a finger injury during the dramatic first test, which australia won by two wickets. top seed carlos alcaraz is back in action later, for the quarterfinals at queen s in london. he s up against grigor dimitrov. cameron norrie, the british number one, is on before him. also happening now is the birmingham classic, jelena 0stapenko is through the semifinals after beating magdalena frech in three sets. 0stapenko beat venus williams on thursday and will play the winner of britain s harriet dart against anastasia potapova. also happening now is the birmingham classic, jelena 0stapenko is through the semifinals after beating magdalena frech in three sets. 0stapenko beat venus williams o
ireland. then we will see that rain working south, mixing with the hot air, turning things thundery and lively overnight friday into the start of the weekend. for those of you that don t like the heat, that should see things cooling off as well. all change this week. we stop fairly ambivalent, hot up, and by saturday, back to square one. mice saturday, back to square one. nice for some but saturday, back to square one. nice for some but not saturday, back to square one. nice for some but not for saturday, back to square one. nice for some but not for everybody. susan, thank you. a reminder of our top story: the prime minister says changes to the rules on goods crossing the irish sea will be easy to implement. the eu says it could break international law.- the eu says it could break international law. ., ., , ., international law. not a big deal. we can fix international law. not a big deal. we can fix it international law. not a big deal. we can fix it in internat
Mostly foreign nationals were working for us Aid Organisation world central kitchen. The charity says they were travelling in a deconflicted zone in branded armoured cars, and had co ordinated movements with israeli forces. Those who died were australian, polish, british, palestinian, and a dual us canadian citizen. 44 year old Lalzawmi Zomi frankcom was among those killed. Her family say she was a kind, selfless, outstanding human being. We can now listen to benjamin netanyahu. Translation unfortunately, in the last day there was a tragic incident of an unintended strike of our forces on innocent people in the gaza strip. This happens in war. We are checking this thoroughly. We are in touch with the governments and we will do everything for this not to happen again. 44 year old Lalzawmi Zomi frankcom was among those killed. Her family say she was a kind, selfless, outstanding human being. The australian Prime Minister paid tribute, but also demanded answers. The truth is that this is