Issues with the proposal. A phone call between President Joe Biden and israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, is said to have focused on the negotiations. Americas top diplomat Antony Blinken has arrived in Saudia Arabia at the start of a new trip to the middle east. Hes also expected to visitjordan and israel. Israels military says Aid Deliveries into gaza will increase in the coming days, as the un warns that palestinians are facing catastrophic hunger. The Israel Defense force chief spokesperson Daniel Hagari says aid going into gaza has increased in recent weeks. Lets listen to what he said. Over the last few weeks, the amount of humanitarian aid going into gaza has significantly increased. In the coming days, the amount of aid going into gaza will continue to scale up even more. Food, water, medicalsupplies, Shelter Equipment and other aid. More of it is going into gaza than ever before. Live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell. It is good to have you,
There injust under an hour. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent in edinburgh, lynsey bews. Good to have you. What is the latest you are hearing on these Resignation Rumours . We you are hearing on these Resignation Rumours . ~. ,. , rumours . We are expecting humza yousaf to make rumours . We are expecting humza yousaf to make a rumours . We are expecting humza yousaf to make a Statement Rumours . We are expecting humza yousaf to make a statement at rumours . We are expecting humza yousaf to make a statement at 12 l yousaf to make a statement at 12 oclock to the media. The media have been gathering here throughout the morning. Humza yousaf is expected to announce he is resigning as First Minister. That comes after he held a Press Conference here last thursday to announce the end of his Power Sharing Deal with the scottish greens. They have beenjunior partners in government with the snp following the 2021 election. Humza yousaf announced that was coming to an end and that was reall
Translation after reflection, we are all agreed that these critical attacks against innocent people political attacks, a Hate Campaign on the part of the right. It is itisi it is i think to destroy our national politics. Sound problems. Iam i am conscious of the fact that i have recognised a situation that really upset me. There are times. You are watching the spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announcing whether or not he will resign, we are monitoring that speaks volume now. And we will be giving you an update, apologies we are having some sound issues. But he began considering whether to step down last week, when i caught opened a Corruption Investigation into his wifebusiness dealings. That is why you may have been hearing some of the translation. He was talking about the impact this had on his family and his concerns around political campaigning that targets politicians families. He has been in office since 2018 and says it is politically motivated. That is what we have been hea
Long disputed territory. The state Department Says mr blinken made the remarks in a conversation with armenias Prime Minister, held in the past few hours. The region is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan but its population is mostly Ethnic Armenians, who ruled it as a Breakaway Republic for three decades. Earlier this week, an Azerbaijani Military operation routed the Ethnic Armenian separatists and azerbaijan has begun taking full control of the region. Now, Tens Of Thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city stepanakert, many of them gathering at the airport. They are coping with dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. The red cross has managed to deliver 70 tonnes of aid for the First Time Since hostilities ended. The organisations spokesperson, jason straziuso, said the shipments contained basic staples like wheat. Its an indication of how dire the situation is not enough food, not enough medical supplies. The convoy that we sentin supplies. The con
Samir puri is a lecturer in war studies at Kings College london. He says the commitment by the us to supply more weapons is significant. As the Army Tactical Missile System that the us has finally authorised the gifting to ukraine and it is about the range of the missiles they can fire. 190 miles, significantly further in the Storm Shadow Missile than the Storm Shadow Missile which is 150 miles range. The significance is this is something that ukraine and those supporting the arming of ukraine have really been asking for for months and months and months. Arguably creating the impression this is a war winning weapon whereas i think in reality, what this will do is give the Ukrainian Armed forces another tool to try and degrade the russian defensive positions but by no means guarantee actually breaking through and kicking the russian army out of all parts of ukraine. The missle strike on the Crimean Peninsula, this is an enormous achievement by the Ukrainian Armed forces because lets not