welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the british government has been plunged into fresh chaos after the resignation of its home secretary, suella braverman, and accusations by some members of the governing conservative party that they had been manhandled into supporting the government in a vote in parliament. in her resignation letter, ms braverman accused the prime minister liz truss of pretending there had been no mistakes and hoping everything would magically come right . later two ministers in charge of party discipline were rumoured to have resigned but it was later announced that they are to remain in post. here s the bbc s political editor chris mason. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest level in government don t even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointe
the us and the uk have condemned iran after it executed a british iranian citizen accused of spying. washington says it s horrified by the execution, while british prime minister rishi sunak said the hanging of alireza akbari was callous and cowardly and would not go unpunished. the uk has imposed sanctions on iran s prosecutor general because according to the government he s at the heart of iran s use of the death penalty. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. news of the execution came on state run television early this morning, despite repeated last minute appeals from the uk. alireza akbari is thought to have acquired british citizenship after investing here and to have lived in the country for several years. his brother told bbc persia he had been enticed back to iran by his former boss, under whom he once served as deputy defence minister. the government responded swiftly, the prime minister saying he was appalled by a callous act carried out by
But there has been Widespread International concern over the fate of the more than one million palestinians sheltering there. Our correspondent anna foster is injerusalem. Welcome to you, and weve been talking for more than a week about the latest round of talks and it seems there is increasing pressure on hamas to reach a deal. Yes. Seems there is increasing pressure on hamas to reach a deal. On hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the on hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the same on hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the same stage on hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the same stage where an. Are at the same stage where an israeli deal has been put on the table and was described at the start of the week by the us Secretary Of State as extraordinarily generous and it seems to be that in this latest iteration of the deal there have been some movements in terms of potentially agreeing to talk about a permanent ceasefire. From israels Point Of View its priority is trying to e
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Palestinians sheltering there. Our correspondent, anna foster is injerusalem. I asked her about increasing pressure on hamas to reach a deal. Yeah. Were at the same stage samantha where an israeli deal has been put on the table. It was described at the start of the week by the us Secretary Of State, antony blinken, as extraordinarily generous. And it seems to be that in this latest iteration of the deal, there had been some movement in terms of potentially agreeing to talk about a permanent ceasefire. Now, from israels point of view, of course, its priority at the moment is trying to ensure the release of all the remaining hostages that are being held in gaza. One of hamas s key priorities is to try and get some sort of agreement towards a permanent ceasefire rather than a temporary one. So while it seems that the two sides are moving closer together, there is still a disconnect, i think, on that point. And i think also on the number of hostages to be released. Now, originally we were