As a mediator between israel and hamas, more than six months into the war. Qatar has had a key role, along with egypt and america, in trying to secure a ceasefire between israel and hamas and the release of israeli hostages. But doha says its efforts were being undermined by politicians seeking to score points. Take a listen to qatars Prime Minister. Translation unfortunately we have i seen that there has been an abuse | of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. We are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. European Union Leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehran s unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. The president of the European Council says its important to do everything to isolate iran. Tensions in the region remain high with israels Prime M
We have seen that there has been an abuse of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. We are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. European Union Leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehran s unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. The president of the European Council says its important to do everything to isolate iran. Tensions in the region remain high with israels Prime Minister insisting his country will make its own decisions about how to respond to irans drone and missile attack. Israels western allies fear striking back against iran could trigger a broader war. For more on qatars role in brokering a truce between israel and hamas, i spoke to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Qatar has played a key role along with egypt, with us inv
dubai international airport warned of very challenging conditions and advised some passengers not to turn up due to areas being inundated by water. 300 flights were cancelled on wednesday with hundreds more delayed, after the uae experienced its largest rainfall event since records began 75 years ago. dubai is the busiest airport in the world for international passengers. more than 86 million international passengers passed through it last year. that s more than london heathrow, amsterdam and paris. nirupa george is among the many passengers still stuck at the airport. she arrived in dubai yesterday from cairo, and is trying to get back to new zealand. we came to the airport this morning, we had already been delayed about three hours, and it isjust absolute chaos in terms of the number of people around. the staff are doing their best to try and mitigate the bottlenecks but the sheer volume of people means that there is hardly breathing room
heavy rain has continued to batter the united arab emirates and parts of neighbouring gulf countries, a region usually known for its hot and arid climate. flash floods have now killed 20 people in oman and one in the uae. dubai international airport warned of very challenging conditions and advised some passengers not to turn up due to areas being inundated by water. 300 flights were cancelled on wednesday with hundreds more delayed, after the uae experienced its largest rainfall event since records began 75 years ago. joining me now is a new zealand traveller at dubai airport, nirupa george. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. just explain what has happened to you, what the situation is like there at the airport at the moment. ., ., , ., , ., ~ moment. hello, lovely to be on. we arrived yesterday moment. hello, lovely to be on. we arrived yesterday from moment. hello, lovely to be on. we arrived yesterday from cairo. - moment. hello, lovely to be on. we arrived yester