have been killed. an attack by hamas and other palestinian armed groups in israel on october 7th killed more than 1,100 people. mr biden said the israeli proposal is now with hamas. he called on the group to accept it, while urging israeli leaders to stand behind the proposal in what the us president says is a decisive moment. i know there are those in israel who will not agree with this plan and will call for the war with this plan and will call for the war to continue indefinitely. some, some are even in the government coalition. and they ve made it clear they want to occupy gaza. they want to keep fighting for years and the hostages are not a priority to them. well, i ve urged the leadership in israel to stand behind this deal despite whatever pressure comes. after the speech, israeli prime minister benjamin negotiators to present a gaza truce deal. playback hamas also released a statement. playback hamas also released a statement- statement. this also comes as the to s
shattered dreams, still people s lives and their futures. and for 25 years, families have worked every single day to search and seek out the truth, and to get some justice for loved ones who they lost on that terrible day. and for so many hundreds of people who were injured, yesterday, even though it was 25 years later, you could still feel the pain, the emotion, the frustration, anger in the air. it was a beautiful service, it was a lovely tribute in memory of all those who suffered and lost their lives on that terrible day, but people felt it yesterday, and i was speaking to michael gallagher, father of aidan gallagher who died in the bomb, and stanley mccool who lost his wife, and both of them said to me, it feels like yesterday, and we still feel that pain. and emma little pengelly, from your point of view as well, there is no resolution, because nobody is convicted, fully convicted of this
government and the irish government and the other parties to convene a review of the institutions to ensure that we end this cycle of politics and ensure no singer parties and all the people of northern ireland to ransom. the dup will no doubt claim they are exercising leverage over negotiation between the eu and uk and that is clearly not true. what they are doing is punishing the most vulnerable people in northern ireland ponder we have already seen services being cut but we have seen rural community transport and the threat and receipts holiday hunger payments being scrapped. that s not placing pressure on the prime minister or the european commission, it s hurting people in northern ireland i think it s time we all accept that the negotiations are over and got back to work. emma little-pengelly. over and got back to work. emma little-pengelly, some over and got back to work. emma little-pengelly, some people - over and got back to work. emma little-pengelly, some people will li
sorry to interrupt, i want to pick up sorry to interrupt, i want to pick up eoin tennyson on that, are you trying to ignore unionism? absolutely not. that is completely ludicrous assertion and i take exception to it. or not be lectured by emma little pengelly or anyone in the dup equality or consensus when emma s vote in the assembly comes more than mine on key issues and that a fundamental inequality at the core of the institutions. when the good friday agreement was signed 25 years ago we had a majority minority situation and very few people is designated as other, that as utterly changed and just as society evolves and changes so should the structures of the agreement. let and changes so should the structures of the agreement. of the agreement. let me put that to emma little-pengelly, of the agreement. let me put that to emma little-pengelly, the of the agreement. let me put that to| emma little-pengelly, the structures emma little pengelly, the structures need to change, it is
we can speak now to emma little pengelly, a former mp and mla for the democratic unionist party. thanks forjoining us on bbc news and we appreciate your time today. just give us an overview of what do you be sitting? you be sitting? they have had a disappointing you be sitting? they have had a disappointing election - you be sitting? they have had a disappointing election were - you be sitting? they have had a disappointing election were not| you be sitting? they have had a i disappointing election were not as bad as some had predicted. before the election dup had been on 28 seats and there had been a leadership issue within the dup and they had lost one of those seats in north down and he s stood as an election and got elected so there were 27 seats from the 28 they ran last time. in this election it looks likely they will lose at least two seats, possibly three. the interesting thing is that is not a huge movement of seats but on the union aside there has been a factoring effect d