We start this hour in the middle east, where the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has asked for forgiveness from israelis for not being able to bring back alive the six hostages who were found dead in gaza on saturday. We were very close, he said. We were nearly there. But in a televised address, mr netanyahu remained defiant in his demand that israeli troops must continue to control the philadelphi corridor in the south of gaza, something hamas has rejected. The philadelphi corridor along the egypt gaza border has emerged as a primary sticking point in gaza ceasefire talks. Mr netanyahu said it s a lifeline for hamas, their oxygen and it will determine israel s future. Immediately agree a ceasefire deal to ensure the remaining hostages are freed. President biden has said that a final deal for the release of hostages held in gaza is very close, but he told reporters that he didn t think benjamin netanyahu was doing enough to secure an agreement. Meanwhile, britain will immed
The government is to suspend 30 Arms Export licences to israel out of over 300. In a statement to mps, the foreign Secretary David Lammy said the suspensions were for items which could be used in the current conflict in the Middle East and that they would have no impact on israels security. Lets go straight to our political editor Chris Mason in westminster. A clear as it is a significant one . Yes, good evening. This is parliaments first day back after the summer break. The government had informed israel privately of what it was doing and then announced it publicly. For certain uk Arms Exports to israel, for certain uk Arms Exports to israel, there does exist a clear risk that israel, there does exist a clear risk that they might be used to commit risk that they might be used to commit or risk that they might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law. Labour said it asked for this work to be done as s
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Over Tomas Mahach winning in an hour and 44 minutes. Draper is guaranteed to face an australia next either the tenth seed Alex De minaur orjordan thompson. Earlier, there was a bit of a surprise in the womens draw when the unseeded Karolina Muchova knocked out the fifth fifth seed jasmine paolini. Muchova, whos back from a long injury lay off, made use of her strong serve to beat the French Open and wimbledon finalist 6 3 6 3. Despite the defeat, paolini was happy with a year where she also won the olympic doubles. This year went really good, but this moment, its both the finals. Of course, happy moments, the Gold Medal as well. I think im really proud of all of this kind of moments. I really enjoyed. Its day five of the paralympics in paris and it started with a flurry of Triathlon Medals a day later than planned after a drop in the Water Quality for the swimming in the seine forced a postponement. But it was better late than never for Home Favourite jules ribstein, who took gold in t