urged the israeli prime minister to halt a pre emptive strike against his brother forces in lebanon, days after hamas militants, launched the october seven assault on southern israel, warning that such an attack could spark a wider regional war. this was the view across the israel lebanon border earlier today, where we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky as hostilities continue in that border area. let s start this hour by hearing from israel s prime minister. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false reports that claimed the united states has prevented us from operational activities in the region. this is not true. israel is a sovereign country. our war decisions are based on our operational considerations
security council have spent the day trying to come to an agreement over the wording of a resolution calling for a humanitarian pause in fighting in gaza. they have delayed the vote multiple times in the last 2a hours to try and come to an agreement that will avoid a us veto. in the last hour we have heard it has been delayed until tomorrow. remember, the us was the only country to vote against the last security council resolution calling for a cease fire. we have heard from the state department in the last hour or so. in a statement, they said the us would welcome a resolution that supports addressing humanitarian needs of gaza, but the details of any resolution matter. let s take a look at the language in the resolution that the us state department is referring to. first, the wording originally proposed by the arab states called for an urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access . that was replaced with this. the us sugge
allegations and remains suspended by the conservative party and won his seat back in 2005 and retained it ever since. seat back in 2005 and retained it eversince. back seat back in 2005 and retained it ever since. back in 2019, he had an majority of 18 and a half thousand. 0ver majority of 18 and a half thousand. over 30% of voters voted to sign the petition, about the requirement 1a for him to lose his seat, so there will be a by election, the 20th by election, apparently, iam will be a by election, the 20th by election, apparently, i am told, to be held in this part parliament. we will have more on that later in the programme. left a support centre and catherine has a sport. the nottingham forest manager steve cooper had been living on thin ice with just one win in the last three months. they had been difficult to beat at home this season, but not in recent weeks and defeat to tottenham at the city ground last friday night proved to be cooper s last game in charge. the form
manager steve cooper. the club are 17th in the table, five points ahead of third bottom luton and have picked upjust one point from their past six games. cooper was a popular figure among forest fans having brought the club up from the championship in 2022 and he kept them in the premier league last season. but he has gone and this is the man who is favourite to replace cooper, the former wolves and tottenham boss who has spoken to nottingham forest about the job and he was sacked by saudi pro league club al etihad last month having won the league title there the previous season and more reaction to this breaking news on the bbc sport website. the english and european champions manchester city are hoping to add the club world cup to their impressive trophy haul in 2023. they re playing japanese side urawa red diamonds injeddah on tuesday for a place in the final against the copa libertadores winners fluminese. city are boosted by the return of key player kevin de bruyne, fina