chief spokesman for israel s prime minister. amid all the accusations of war crimes and a charge of genocide, is israel s response to the trauma of october 7 serving its own best interests? mark regev injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the programme. as i said, we are more than 100 days into this war. you are inside the israeli government. is there any discussion inside your government as to whether the current strategy you re pursuing in gaza is working? so, the overall strategy, the goal remains what it was at the beginning, to destroy hamas s military machine, to have our hostages released, returned home, and to end this terror enclave, to end hamas s rule in the gaza strip. now, the way to achieve that is obviously flexible and depending on battlefield conditions and other conditions, as well. so the tactics in achieving that goal can be fluid, but the goal remains the same destroy hamas s military machine,
time for a look at the weather. a wet the un refugee agency says up to 500 people are still missing among them, large numbers of women and children after that overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants capsized in the mediterranean. there s claim and counter claim over the help or lack of it given to those on the boat. we ll talk to a man in kalamata, who s helping his friend search for his wife, and we ll examine the global migration crisis as well as bringing you a special report from the other side of the med, tunisia, where local fishermen constantly pull from the sea the bodies of migrants who tried to make the dangerous voyages. translation: the first time i was l afraid because i m not so tough. l i was afraid and then, step by step, i got used to it. after a while, getting a dead body out of my net is like getting fish out. and we ll ask the un official in charge of protecting refugees what can the world do about the millions of people on the move? england man
britain s government is accused of utter failure over its plans to stop migrant boats, but the prime minister insists they re the people s priority . and australia looks set to become the first country insists they re the people s priority . and australia looks set to become the first country in the world to totally eliminate cervical cancer. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the former soviet republic of georgia, where large crowds, as you can see here in the live pictures, have been protesting against new laws which critics say will limit freedoms. the biggest demonstrations were in the capital, tbilisi where police used water cannons and tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. stu n stun guns have also been used. the scene on the ground still pretty chaotic, as you can see there. our correspondent rayhan demytrie is in tbilisi and she sent us this update. every big moment in history has its iconic image this may
government and , blood grown in a laboratory has been given to people , in a world first clinical trial. the un secretary general antonio guterres has told a major climate conference that humanity has a choice: co operate or perish. over 120 world leaders are attending cop27 in egypt. we ve got lots of clips to play you. first this warning from mr guterres. the clock is ticking. we are in the fight of our lives and we are losing. greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. global temperatures keep growing. global temperatures keep rising. and our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will meet climate chaos irreversible. we are in a highway to claimant tell. with our foot still on the accelerator. with our foot still on the accelerator. cop is an annual event where governments meet to agree steps to limit global temperature rises. many of the world leaders here are from developing countries demanding greater accountability from the richest, most polluting nations. abs