Plenty more from the situation in the middle east, but we will pause and get an update on the sport. Defending champions england have suffered a shock defeat at the cricket world cup, losing in delhi to afghanistan who in turn have registered the most significant one day win in their history. Afghanistan batted first and after an opening stand of 108, eventually made 284 a total that proved too much for the holders. England lost wickets regularly throughout the chase. And were bowled out for 215. 69 runs short, leaving them with two defeats out of their three games so far. From one world cup to another england are also in action at the Rugby Union World cup against fiji in the quarterfinal in marseille, where theyre deep into the second half. Fiji reduce the arrears. England cord and 2a points to 17. Leading. 13 minutes remaining and as i speak, fiji touchdown for another try. If that is converted, it will be 2a try. If that is converted, it will be 24 24. Sundays second quarterfinal sees south africa take on france in paris. The defending champions south africa finished second in pool b to set up a meeting with the tournament hosts in the last eight. Everyone is four years older, so bodies are taking a bit longer to recover, etc but bodies are taking a bit longer to recover, etc but i think we had a very good week. We prepared to the best of our ability and i think all the talking has been done. We will have to deliver on that. Sirjim ratcliffe� s ineos group wants to take control of the Football Operations side of Manchester United as they look to buy a 25 stake in the club with an offer worth an estimated 1. 7 billion. The british billionaire is thought to be increasingly is thought to be increasingly confident of securing what he hopes will be the first stage of an eventual buyout of the glazer family. The bbc� s been told that his principal rival qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has withdrawn from the bidding process, having failed to meet the glazers� valuation of more than 6 billion and growing frustrated with their demands. Qualifying for next years European Football Championship continues on sunday. The likes of belgium, france and portugal have already made it to germany, while scotland can join them without kicking a ball thats if norway fail to beat spain. Its much trickier for wales, who play croatia. They remain three points off second place in group d in a four way tussle for qualification, but wales will move in to second if they win in cardiff. Manager rob page insists speculation about his future wont affect him, with pressure mounting after a disappointing qualifying campaign so far. Ive not spoken to anyone about it so i cant ive not spoken to anyone about it so i cant tell you if its true or not so i cant tell you if its true or not i so i cant tell you if its true or not. I signed a four year deal in the Long Term Plan is to start introducing Young Players into this Group IntroducingYoung Players into this group. But theres got to be a little group. But theres got to be a little bit group. But theres got to be a little bit of perspective as well and the little bit of perspective as well and the Bigger Picture is we are planning and the Bigger Picture is we are planning for the future. Manchester city are top of the Womens Super League after a 5 0 victory over bristol city. Jill roord and khadija shaw both scoring twice. Elsewhere, Manchester United and leicester drew 1 1. Two goals in stoppage time Saw Arsenal Snatch Victor against aston villa. Spurs lead at brighton having gala goal down. Its everton to lead by goal down. Its everton to lead by goal to zero. Its been a good weekend in the Motogp Championship for ducatis franceso bagnaia. He won the indonesian grand prix to restore his lead in the Motogp Championship. His title Rivaljorge Martin moved to the top of the standings on saturday by clinching the sprint race, but he crashed out in lap 1a. One riders pain meant another� sjoy as bagnaia fought back from 13th to seal his sixth victory of the season. He now leads martin by 18 points. That was converted, christian. 2a points to zero with 24 24 with ten minutes to go. Back to you. Ill tell you, i am following you on my computer just ill tell you, i am following you on My Computerjust in case as a rugby fan. A couple of things to tell you from the middle east. In the last few minutes. First of all, we had a report from the Un Peacekeeping force in lebanon. Its called you in ifi l. Its been a tense situation. Today with fire being exchanged by both sides. Unifil saying their Headquarters Hit by rocket. We understand the us president has has a conversation with the president abbas. They are talking with partners in the region to try to get supplies into gaza. Hes with the Prime Minister rishi sunak about the situation in israel and gaza. Hes on a European Tour at the moment. Hes trying to rally international support. Rishi sunak is he is standing firmly by israel as a mark of the first week since that attack and southern israel. These are life pictures we just had. An and southern israel. These are life Pictures Wejust had. An important ally for the uk, jordan. Weve also heard in the last hour from Antony Blinken, who is leaving cairo. Hes now en route to aviv. Hes been Holding Discussions with president al sisi. The way that israel does this matters. Needs to do it in a way that affirms the shared values that we have for human life and human dignity, taking every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians. Affirming shared values. Talking about the rules that israel needs to abide by. Rules that they share. Israel has to take every precaution. Couple of interesting things. That statementjust again couple of interesting things. That statement just again advising couple of interesting things. That statementjust again advising the israelis to take caution. Also as a friend, news that because of the american involvement, the water has been turned on south of the gaza river in the southern part of the strip. The americans trying to ensure that they keep the wider region on side. Reassuring them. Absolutely. Everyone had to net over them. Absolutely. Everyone had to get over the them. Absolutely. Everyone had to get over the shock them. Absolutely. Everyone had to get over the shock of them. Absolutely. Everyone had to get over the shock of the them. Absolutely. Everyone had to get over the shock of the events i them. Absolutely. Everyone had to get over the shock of the events a | get over the shock of the events a week ago. Being to bearfruit, i think pressing israel not only the right thing to do is look after this situation. Also recognising that hamas was trying to bring this retribution down on the people of gaza. If israel takes a path of vengeance without managing two mitigate, its playing in thomass hands. Thats a mistake you can argue that the us made after 9 11 in hamass hands. Israel almost facing that same parallel. The risk of playing into hamass hands, creating the engine from g hot in destabilisation. Destabilisation. They always say dont do what destabilisation. They always say dont do what your destabilisation. They always say dont do what your enemy destabilisation. They always say| dont do what your enemy wants destabilisation. They always say i dont do what your enemy wants to do. Weve heard confirmed reports and a number of reports unconfirmed that hamas is firing from the north. Its a very confused picture. But you can see why the americans are trying to keep a handle on it, speaking as Antony Blinken has 26 different countries. The speaking as Antony Blinken has 26 different countries. Speaking as Antony Blinken has 26 different countries. The position of two urous different countries. The position of two grouns in different countries. The position of two grouns in the different countries. The position of two groups in the mediterranean i two groups in the mediterranean deployed to the eastern mediterranean. A very strong show of strength. This is a deterrent measure. Indicating the us is poised and ready to mediate that situation. Try and keep balance here. You would exect try and keep balance here. You would exneet some try and keep balance here. You would expect some sabre try and keep balance here. You would expect some Sabre Rattling try and keep balance here. You would expect some Sabre Rattling from try and keep balance here. You would expect some Sabre Rattling from the l expect some Sabre Rattling from the iranians. Its pretty serious when you think of the force that hezbollah has at its disposal. Do you think the arrival of the Eisenhower Star Group is there to put pressure on tehran . Eisenhower star group is there to put pressure on tehran . Theyre the eole put pressure on tehran . Theyre the peeple behind put pressure on tehran . Theyre the people behind all put pressure on tehran . Theyre the people behind all this put pressure on tehran . Theyre the people behind all this arguably. People behind all this arguably. Moscow has a presence in the region because of the intervention in syria and long standing relationships there. There is a complicated nexus between those nations. I think thats the immediate nation. It could be moved towards the gulf relatively quickly. The question becomes is iran absolutely serious . Is hezbollah absolutely serious about striking israel . Or is it a degree of bluff . No one is clear on this. Im not sure the iranians know fully whether they would commit to a conflict. They have worked through proxies and improved their relationships with arab nations. Im not sure iran absolutely wants to go all in on this. That is the great unknown. All in on this. That is the great unknown all in on this. That is the great unknown. ,� ~ j unknown. Antony blinken said theyre t in to unknown. Antony blinken said theyre trying to find unknown. Antony blinken said theyre trying to find him unknown. Antony blinken said theyre trying to find him mechanism unknown. Antony blinken said theyre trying to find him mechanism so unknown. Antony blinken said theyre trying to find him mechanism so that| trying to find him mechanism so that the un, israel, the United States and egypt which is really the linchpin in terms of aid that they can all exchange views. There seems to be a standoff that western governments arent going to open the wrath of crossing the egyptians unless the aid goes the other way. Thats one of the very complete data factors in play. We talked about how this is effectively a bit of a safety valve to the pressure built up safety valve to the pressure built up in gaza. Obviously, egypt is equally worried about the flood of people crossing and they reinforced their border with gaza. Obviously very concerned. Any opening in the crossing at the moment noises that threat to egypt and something they want to mitigate. Theyre talking about the aid is one of the factors with the balancing a lot more behind the full � s global conversation happening. The full scope. Egypt certainly is the route and to support those people in the southern part of the gaza strip. Longer term question is how far does israel finish in gaza city . Hamas will still exist because theyve been able to move to that area as everyone else. Will israel seek to keep going. Then what happens to the population. Keep going. Then what happens to the oulation. , � , keep going. Then what happens to the oulation. � ,. ,. Population. Thats a concern for e t. It population. Thats a concern for egypt it builds population. Thats a concern for egypt. It builds to population. Thats a concern for egypt. It builds to such population. Thats a concern for egypt. It builds to such an population. Thats a concern for. Egypt. It builds to such an extent that you have Tens Of Thousands of refugees flooding across the border into the sinai whether there is in the water. There is the needs to look after the population. Ihla the water. There is the needs to look after the population. No notice to brina look after the population. No notice to bring things look after the population. No notice to bring things with look after the population. No notice to bring things with them look after the population. No notice to bring things with them and look after the population. No notice | to bring things with them and people havent been able to move from gaza. Egypt very concerned about this. It needs a lot of international focus. We put a lot of focus on israel because they are the power in the region and they are now obviously seeking to get rid of hamas, and in thatjob, they must try seeking to get rid of hamas, and in that job, they must try and seeking to get rid of hamas, and in thatjob, they must try and protect the population. But i also want to put the focus on hamas. We talked to markjoffrey on the top of the programme. He is a man from a kibbutz who fought for the rights of the palestinians. We had a lot of interactions. Those that theyve spoken to were jailed for seven months for talking to them. That tells you about the pressure hamas puts on the population not to engage and not to move from gaza city. They would prefer that they were around them and making this much more difficult for the Israeli Defence force to operate. Difficult for the Israeli Defence force to oerate. ~ ,. Force to operate. Absolutely. Hamas has alwa s force to operate. Absolutely. Hamas has always hidden force to operate. Absolutely. Hamas has always hidden behind force to operate. Absolutely. Hamas has always hidden behind the has always hidden behind the population of gaza. They are currently marred during the civilian population to an extent. They knew thered be retribution for the offence carried out on the scale they did. They knew what they would bring down in the population. There were certainly credible examples of hamas trying to prevent people fleeing. Cynically because they want to see. And its long been that trend. They have obviously permeated for civilian society to a huge incident. Paying for example if peoples houses are destroyed by israelis, they are paid for that. If you are linked to hamas, you will be paid more. Thats allowed them to operate in a way they have an theyve placed their defensive networks in the striking. The entrance to these tunnels are not in the middle on the street. Its not conveniently in an open area thats ready to be targeted with more civilians nearby. Thats how you build these networks. Thatsjust designed it cynically because that is that hamass advantage as a Terrorist Organisation that can hide in the Human Terrain in the way it can. Theyve massively exploited that advantage. Goo can. Theyve massively exploited that advantage. Can. Theyve massively exploited that advantage. Thats| can. Theyve massively exploited that advantage. Thats one that advantage. 500 km . Thats one ofthe that advantage. 500 km . Thats one of the claim that advantage. 500 km . Thats one of the claims. No that advantage. 500 km . Thats one of the claims. No one that advantage. 500 km . Thats one of the claims. No one is that advantage. 500 km . 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Live now to aberdeen, and our Political CorrespondentDavid Wallace lockhart. Thank you for being with us. Challenging period for the snp. Theyve just lost a key by election. How is the point be from this message . Well, i think what the snp has been doing recently is a bit of soul searching when it comes to their independence strategy, because traditionally, theyve been thinking about the idea of a second independence referendum. There was a Supreme Court case recently which ruled that would have to be the uk government Who Legislated for it, and the uk government has refused to engage consistently, saying its not the time for the second referendum. Now, towards nicola sturgeons later days of being in charge of the party, she was talking about the idea of a de facto referendum, the idea of a de facto referendum, the idea of a de facto referendum, the idea of in an election, snp would run. If they got a majority, that would be it in their eyes. Scotland would be it in their eyes. 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