Delegation from hamas, egypt, qatar, and The Americans talk about the stability of a six or seven week ceasefire in gaza. But israel decided not to send a delegation. Israels says the preconditions it insisted upon that hamas should provide a list of the hostages who remain alive, and those who might be exchanged in a prison swap, or hostage swap, with the palestinians, that wasnt forthcoming. So israel has decided not to send a delegation to cairo. That has been criticised in many parts of the israeli media, and the israeli public, as an understandable position. That isnt to say that had israel gone, there would be others stumbling blocks. Unsustainable position. Hamas wants the withdrawal of israeli troops from Populated Areas of gaza and the citizens of gaza to be allowed to return to their home areas in northern gaza. And those are significant issues that israel might have objected to. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in gaza is said to be increasingly dire. The israeli attack
The statement can not be independently verified. The Qassem Brigades named three of the hostages and said it would name the other four later. The Prime Minister has warned that the uks democracy is being targeted by extremists. In a speech outside downing street, rishi sunak also warned that George Galloway s by election win in rochdale was beyond alarming, as he accused the new mp of dismissing the hamas attacks on israel last october. President putins most outspoken critic, alexei navalny, has been buried in moscow as thousands of people gathered to pay their respects. There was a heavy Police Presence in the russian capital, and human Rights Groups say dozens of his supporters have been detained. On alternatives sides of the atlantic this week, we have had two elections, that were intriguingly similar. In michigan, in a democratic primary, the size of the protest vote surpassed all expectations, over 100,00 people withheld their votes from President Biden, and instead marked the box
Now the news with al tansley. The Prime Minister has confirmed hundreds of new licences will be granted to drill for oil and gas in the north sea. Rishi sunak, whos in aberdeenshire to announce funding for two new Carbon Capture projects, said it was vital to bolster Energy Security. A former miner from northumberland who killed his seriously ill wife is expected to be released from prison by august. David hunter was found guilty of manslaughter last week hes been sentenced to two years by a court in cyprus but theyve taken into account the time hes already been in custody. The president of the Royal College of emergency medicine has said nhs plans for the coming winter in england are inadequate and could mean thousands of people dying needlessly. The nhs says it will build on recent improvements in ambulance and a e services. And police have begun a Murder Investigation after a man in his 30s was shot dead in north london last night. The victim was found on White Hart Lane in tottenha
These eastern areas, brighter conditions further north and west but with really heavy showers, so we had some sunshine earlier on today in Northern Ireland, not been a bad morning here, but showers will work their way in right across Northern Ireland, Notjust Staying in western counties and across into Western Scotland too. Today, showers with hail and thunder mixed in, in orkney and shetland windy with gusts reaching 50 60 miles an hour, temperatures on the mild side, 8 12 degrees. Overnight tonight an area of low pressure and swinging a band of low pressure and swinging a band of rain and from the west. Ahead of the rain we are looking at cold and frosty conditions setting and particularly across scotland and Northern Counties of england, then into tomorrow, this area of low pressure could bring one or two issues because weve got this occluded front stretched across parts of North West England and Northern Ireland and its along that that we could see a spell of hill snow. The amount