Hamas, palestinian authorities and other arab nations have blamed israel for the explosion which has triggered protests across the middle east. Meanwhile Britains Foreign Office is advising its citizens against all travel to lebanon due to the risks associated with the conflict between israel and the occupied palestinian territories. To discuss all this with me tonight is our panel Tom Peck A Political Sketch Writer for the independent and Amanda Renteria, a democratic policy strategist and former top Campaign Aide to hillary clinton. Us President Joe Biden has promised solidarity with israel but his trip is overshadowed with a the us President Joe Biden has today pledged solidarity with israel, during a whirlwind eight hour visit. But, his trip was overshadowed by last nights blast at a hospital in gaza. Which the Gazan Health Ministry says killed a71 people. It has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. Israel has maintained it was not responsible, saying the blast
Hello, welcome to the programme. We will be live injerusalem in a moment. First i want to take you through the latest images of what happened. Take a look at this. Air raid sirens these are the sirens blaring over jerusalem, you can see the explosions in the sky. 300 missiles and drones fired towards israel. Israel says that 99 of them were taken down. But it wasntjust over the airspace of israel, this is over jordan, allies including the us, france and uk helped to take objects out the skies. These pictures are from syria, the skies above damascus. Heading back to israel, it used its iron dome defences, they intercept missiles fired from the ground up into the sky to take out missiles and drones. As to the damage done to israel, the idf says there were no deaths, a Military Base suffered minor damage and a young girl was injured and in hospital. In iran, these were some pictures coming out of iran. These are government supporters celebrating the attack. Iran sees this as a response, r
Of care to the public. Matthew gordon had no transport manager and effectively flouted every regulation laid down to ensure safety. Peter woods signed off vehicles as safe when clearly they were not. As the evacuation of Eastern Aleppo continues, well be speaking to the head of the International Rescue committee and former foreign secretary, David Miliband. And, Prince Charles warns of the growing danger of religious persecution, comparing it to the dark days of the 1930s. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is the continuing investigation by German Police into the attack on the Christmas Market in berlin on monday evening, in which 12 people were killed and dozens injured. The chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said that she is hopeful of an arrest very soon. Police raids have been carried out across germany as they search for the main suspect, anis amri, a tunisian, whose Identification Papers were found in the lorry which was driven into shoppers. A europe wide warrant for the suspects arrest h
Live now to mehran kamrava, professor of government at georgetown university in qatar thanks for being with us. how much influence do the countries that antony blinken visiting at the moment, so say he s in turkey and jordan, how much influence they have on the situation in gaza? flat jordan, how much influence they have on the situation in gaza? on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot- on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot- it on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns out - on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns out that i awful lot. it also turns out that the united states itself doesn t have a lot of influence, or in some ways has taken itself out of the war in relation to israel, so it doesn t seem as if countries likejordan, turkey, can really influence the situation on the ground and exert meaningful influence on either
Mr blinken has touched down in doha for talks with the qatari emir. earlier i spoke to mehran kamrava, professor of government at georgetown university in qatar. it also turns out, as we see that the united states itself doesn t have a lot of influence or has, in some ways, taken itself out of the war in relation to israel. so it doesn t seem as if countries likejordan, turkey, qatar can really influence the situation on the ground and exert meaningful influence on either the israelis or hamas, for that matter. and what about any influence these countries may have on perhaps iran to rein in their proxies? well, qatar maintains cordial, although superficial, diplomatic relations with iran.