to post brexit trading arrangements. let s speak to our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, who s in belfast for us this lunch time. charlotte. northern ireland has changed enormously over the past 25 years and, thankfully, the political violence that claimed the lives of thousands of people is now very rare. there are still threats. we saw police last week warned that dissident republicans were planning attacks. but really what is overshadowing the good friday agreement anniversary at the moment is the lack of a functioning government at stormont. it is essentially mothballed with the democratic unionist party refusing to go back over their concerns over post brexit trading arrangements. rishi sunak has said it is his priority to get stormont back up and running and he referenced those people who negotiated the good friday agreement, saying, those
israeli occupation that shows no signs of ending. number two, you ve got i a palestinian authority that has lost credibility, - particularly among young palestinians on the streets. three, you ve got hamas, palestine islamichhad - in new formulations, lion s den and al aqsa brigades, who are operating injenin - and nablus, traditionally areas that |are outside of palestinian authorityj purview, planning attacks on israel. and finally, you have the most right wing, fundamentalist - and extreme government in the history of- the state of israel. we can speak tojoel greenberg of bbc monitoring, who s injersualem. i m pretty confident and tentative outline there of what has happened so far but looking to the future, what happens next? what attempts are being made now for this diffusion of the situation and where are those coming from? i the situation and where are those coming from? coming from? i think first of all the americans coming from? i think first of all the americans have
than 60 palestinians including militants and civilians have been killed. and tensions are high because of political change in israel, too. it has a new far right government with the return of prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has signalled even tougher actions against palestinians. so there are a lot of contributing factors. this former us state department official sums it up. i think you ve got a perfect storm brewing, and it s been brewing for several years. number one, you have a 56 year old israeli occupation that shows no signs of ending. number two, you ve got i a palestinian authority that has lost credibility, - particularly among young palestinians on the streets. three, you ve got hamas, palestine islamichhad - in new formulations, lion s den and al aqsa brigades, who are operating injenin - and nablus, traditionally areas that |are outside of palestinian authorityj purview, planning attacks on israel. and finally, you have the most right wing, fundamentalist
for more information how to help the earthquake victims, cnn.com/impact. find a list of organizations working on rescue and relief efforts. the u.s. military along with syrian and democratic forces conducted a helicopter raid in eastern syria early saturday, capturing an isis official. u.s. central command says the official was involved in planning attacks on detention centers and manufacturing explosives. scent com says no one was killed or injured. it comes two days after a senior isis leader was killed and four u.s. troops injured in another helicopter raid. ukraine is urgently requesting more ammunition from its allies to fend off a wave of attacks from russia. now in the east, russian troops and mercenaries are claiming they captured a village near bakhmut, but the ukrainian military says its forces are still fighting to repel that offensive, which they acknowledge has been a tall order.