Theyre exhausting every possible, every possibility regarding negotiations. An israeli official described the proposed deal as softened and said it was a ruse intended to make israel look bad. Hamas claims it meets several demands, including the return of displaced people and a prisoner swap. It comes after israel ordered the evacuation of parts of rafah ahead of a large scale military offensive. Theres been no successful agreement on a ceasefire in gaza since a week long pause in november. Rishi sunak says hes determined to fight, and the general election is not a foregone conclusion. The Prime Minister is calling for unity among tory mps after saying that he believes britain could be heading for a hung parliament. The conservatives lost hundreds of Council Seats and the West Midlands mayoralty results rishi sunak described as bitterly disappointing. But he bitterly disappointing. But he says hes not giving up what the independent Analysis Shows that whilst of course this was a disapp
It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
Know im telling me a lot of people, thanks for joining us. How much delegation is in cairo for more talks with the, with us egyptian and category mediators on a sci fi and gaza Egyptian State media said that significant progress is being made. But the key stumbling block remains is really plans to attack the Southern Gaza city of rafa. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly vouch to assault, how much force is in the city, whether or not, and the truth is reached at the despite repeated warnings from the us and u. N. And others that an attack would spell disaster for the more than 1000000. 00 palestinians taking refuge that since the october 7th attacks the relatives of hostages came out to buy. How must have been fighting to keep their focus on getting their loved ones home. For the for months, Prime Minister, netanyahu confirming has been under immense pressure to bring the hoss to this back. It is known about the feet of the around 130. 00 cost. It is still headed in garza,
Beaten up while contain the i am eddie micah junior and you welcome to the program. Talks asset to resume on sunday between negotiates this trying to strike a cx 5 deal for the war in gaza. The how mazda negation met on saturday with us junction on guitar. Immediate is, is it shows the media has said that significance progress is being made. But the key stumbling block remains. Is there any plans to attack the solvent guys on the safety of dropbox from it is southern. I mean its, you know, has repeatedly filed at west salt on last fall so, so lets see whether or not they choose is reached, got to despite repeated warnings from the u. S. U, n, and novice that on that topic. Whats abilities asked us for the more than one meeting at a senior, im just thinking the refuge that since the october 7th attacks the relative, so possibly just getting up by almost having fighting to keep the focus on getting the life ones cool for the for months Prime Minister netanyahu government has been under i
The big message from the local ballot boxes so far is that The Conservatives remain in deep electoral trouble. Hi, good evening, its friday night, and we have a top Newsnight Panel for you tonight. Polling guru professor sirjohn curtice. Our own Political Editor nick watt. Emma barr, former conservative special advisor. And stephen bush from the financial times, who is an expert on labour. Now four of the five biggest vote swings in by elections from conservatives to labour have happened in the last year under sir keir starmer including Blackpool South yesterday. However not one further conservative mp has publicly called for rishi sunak to go, despite his party being, according to the experts, in deep electoral trouble. It was a very good night for labour, but theres an acknowledgement that some voters have deserted the party over its stance on gaza. All that and more to come. First, nick, pollsters say these results are bad for The Conservatives. Where does it leave rishi sunak . fi