hello. i m luxmy gopal. jordan s king abdullah has warned the us secretary of state, antony blinken, of catastrophic repercussions of the continuation of israel s military campaign in gaza. mr blinken is on a tour of the middle east as the us tries to prevent the conflict in gaza from spreading. earlier he met thejordanian foreign minister. king abdullah also urged blinken to put pressure on israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire. later mr blinken will head to qatar for talks with the emir. as the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan younis in southern gaza. the official palestinian news agency reported many dead and wounded. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid on the city ofjenin. an israeli border officer has also been killed in operations there. and an israeli civilian was killed in what has been described as a shooting attack in the west b
of state antony blinken of catastrophic repercussions of the continuation of israel s military campaign in gaza. mr blinken is on a tour of the middle east as the us tried to prevent the conflict in gaza from spreading. earlier he met thejordanian foreign minister. king abdullah also urged blinken to put pressure on israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire. later mr blinken will head to qatar for talks with the emir. as the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan younis in southern gaza. we are getting varying accounts of the death toll. the afp news agency says at least 64 people have been killed, while reuters say 116 have lost their lives. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid on the city ofjenin. an israeli border officer has also been killed in operations there. and an israeli civilian was killed in what has been described as a shooting attack
hello and welcome to sportsday with me, hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. leading them in the league, dumping them out of the fa cup. liverpool condemn arsenal to another damaging defeat. the holders are through, while we ll also show you the best of the rest of the day s third round goals, including that from patrick ba mford. the acl curse strikes down the women s game s best striker. sam kerr could miss the rest of chelsea s season. and no rafa for the australian open nadal needs treatment on a hip injury sustained in his first tournament after nearly a year out. hello again. well come along to the programme. when arsenal met liverpool just before christmas, they were top of the premier league. but they ve not won a game since, dropping down the table. and after playing the same opponents again today, they re out of the fa cup. liverpool won 2 0 at the emirates in the third round, as andy swiss reports. unfamiliar shirts for a very familiar rivalry. liverpool in p
live now to mehran kamrava, professor of government at georgetown university in qatar thanks for being with us. how much influence do the countries that antony blinken visiting at the moment, so say he s in turkey and jordan, how much influence they have on the situation in gaza? flat jordan, how much influence they have on the situation in gaza? on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot- on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot- it on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns out - on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns out that i awful lot. it also turns out that the united states itself doesn t have a lot of influence, or in some ways has taken itself out of the war in relation to israel, so it doesn t seem as if countries likejordan, turkey, can really influence the situation on the ground and exert meaningful influence
the secretary of state is now in qatar for talks with the emir. meanwhile, at a cabinet meeting, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pledged to continue the war in gaza until all of their goals are achieved. translation: we are not stopping until victory. the war must not be stopped until we achieve all of its goals. the elimination of hamas, the return of all of our hostages and ensuring gaza no longer poses a threat to israel. i say this to both our enemies and friends, this is our responsibility and this is our commitment. every other consideration must be set aside and we will continue until total victory. i asked our correspondent injerusalem, wyre davies, to put mr netanyahu s comments into context. yes, interesting points in the statement by benjamin netanyahu, a message to enemies and friends, a clear message to the americans and european governments who would like israel to show more restraint in its bombing campaign in gaza and to even call for a ceasefire but