Will to avert a National Calamity . Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Alwa s a welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Always a pleasure. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Always a pleasure. It welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Always a pleasure. It is welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Always a pleasure. It is great always a pleasure. It is great to have you always a pleasure. It is great to have you back always a pleasure. It is great to have you back on always a pleasure. It is great to have you back on the always a pleasure. It is great l to have you back on the show. Always a pleasure. It is great i to have you back on the show. I want to begin with words you said one week after october seven, after the hamas Attack On Southern Israel and at the very beginning of israels massive Military Response you that point we do not want to be here in lebanon on a Bargaining Chip in a bigger geopolitical game. Isnt that precisely what your country has become . , ~. ,. , become . You know me for my honesty and
for getting the rwanda bill through parliament. he told bbc breakfast that as a former member of the right wing european research group, he is well placed to help allay their concerns. i was deputy chairman, in fact, of the erg for a number of years. so i know the concerns, the strong concerns that there are that marc and other colleagues have. but myjob is to listen respectfully, to understand their concerns, and then to explain how this bill is going to work. because, it will work. what this does is it addresses those very concerns that the supreme court set out last month. it will deem rwanda as safe, notjust because we say so, but on the basis of a legally binding international treaty with our respected international partners in rwanda. that s what the home secretary went across to rwanda to sign last week. the bill was then tabled last week, and that s what we re going to be debating this afternoon. opposition leader keir starmer told the bbc why labour mps will vote aga
i m anna foster. a convoy of humanitarian aid has crossed into gaza for the first time since thursday, after a week long truce collapsed. palestinian red crescent said it received the convoy. fighting restarted on friday morning as the two sides blamed each other for the collapse of the agreement. this is live looking across at northern gaza. you across at northern gaza. can probably hear in the background you can probably hear in the background the renewed sound of outgoing fire. a spokesman for the israeli military said they were now hitting hamas infrastructure all over the gaza strip. we ve had reports of heavy smoke hanging over the area. there have been israeli air strikes in north western gaza and khan younis in the south where hundreds of thousands of people fled earlier in the war to escape fighting. the hamas run health ministry said about 200 people have been killed and more than 600 people injured since fighting restarted in gaza yesterday. reports indicate khan
bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. today s hostage handover included ten israeli citizens, and two thai nationals. in return, israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians mostly women and teenage boys who have so far been released from israeli jails since the truce began on friday. the original four day pause in fighting was extended by two days to allow for more hostages to be freed. about 160 are still being held in gaza, and its believed the youngest of those is just ten months old, as orla guerin reports from tel aviv. it s a nerve racking wait for hostages to come home, among them a baby. the truce is due to last until tomorrow. these are anxious hours. will baby kfir bibas be freed? he is the youngest hostage, just ten months old. israel has taken him to its heart. kidnapped with him, his brother, ariel, who s four and loves his batman costume. their mother, shiri, held them in her arms, trying to pr
hostages all of them women and children will be released. if successful, it will be the first break since the beginning of the war. in a statement, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said: at least 50 hostages women and children will be released over four days, during which, a pause in the fighting will be held. the release of every additional ten hostages will result in one additional day in the pause. earlier, israel published a list of 300 palestinian prisoners that could be released under the deal. that is crucial because it gives scope for an instant for an extension, and it includes the names, ages and defences of those eligible. but only7150 detainees?are expected to be released at first. in its own statement, hamas which is considered a terrorist group by many western governments says the 50 hostages will be released in exchange for 150 palestinian women and children being held in israeli jails. we are in hostages plaza in tel aviv. this has re