palestinian prisoners. but even if a deal is reached, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists there will be a fresh military offensive in rafah. there has been widespread international concern that an israeli ground operation could endanger more than one million palestinians sheltering there. our correspondent anna foster injerusalem has the latest on where negotiations stand. we are at that point in proceedings where, through the afternoon, i have been watching in the regional media, various briefings saying we re on the verge of an agreement, the framework of an everything through to israel saying no they won t agree to a ceasefire to end the war permanently. the key thing at this point in time is this is the moment would be here these briefings and hear different things from different sides but until we get some sort of official word, potentially from the egyptian mediators, in charge of the talks in cairo, really all of thatis talks in cairo, really all of that
active in gaza. mediators have been waiting for hamas to respond to an israeli proposal to halt the fighting for forty days and to exchange hostages, for palestinian prisoners. but even if a deal is reached, israeli prme minister benjamin netanyahu insists there will be a fresh military offensive in rafah. there has been widespread international concern that an israeli ground operation could endanger more than one million palestinians sheltering there. our correspondent anna foster injerusalem has more on where negotiations stand as of saturday. we re at that point in proceedings where, through the afternoon, i ve been watching in the regional media, various briefings, everything from saying we re on the verge of an agreement the framework of an agreement everything through to israel saying no, they won t agree to a ceasefire to end the war permanently. the key thing at this point in time is this is the moment where we hear these briefings and hear different things from
and to exchange hostages, for palestinian prisoners. but even if a deal is reached, israeli prme minister benjamin netanyahu insists there will be a fresh military offensive in rafah. there has been widespread international concern that an israeli ground operation could endanger more than one million palestinians sheltering there. our correspondent anna foster injerusalem has more on where negotiations stand as of saturday. we re at that point in proceedings where, through the afternoon, i ve been watching in the regional media, various briefings, everything from saying we re on the verge of an agreement the framework of an agreement everything through to israel saying no, they won t agree to a ceasefire to end the war permanently. the key thing at this point in time is this is the moment where we hear these briefings and hear different things from different sides but until we get some sort of official word, potentially from the egyptian mediators, in charge of the talks
rival, richard parker. votes rechecked, a recount in coventry and this result in the last hour or so. the number of votes recorded for each. we ve waited all day for this moment. it s happening now. the result. and i do hereby declare that richard parker. cheering. this is the most important thing i will ever do. - this week, people here voted for the person and the party. | they recognise that a labour mayor can make a positive . difference in this region. where do i go? a winner and a loser and the finest of margins. mr street, commiserations. what do you put your loss down to? very straightforward, chris, isn t it? we didn t persuade enough people across the west midlands of our record and our plans for the future to give them confidence to go and vote on thursday. i ve always said it was my campaign and we didn t get over the line. very straightforward. bluntly, is rishi sunakto blame? no, this was my campaign. idid it. the famous words. i did it my way, and it was always
there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. as the israeli bombardment of gaza continues, the united nations says half the population of the territory are starving and nine out of ten can t eat every day. it comes as the world health organization holds a special session on the health situation in the occupied palestinian territories we will hear from our correspondent on that later this hour. but first, our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. the misery of life under canvas. four in five gazans have now fled their homes and away from the front lines, they re still fighting to survive, with severe shortages of food and drinking water. aid agencies say that they re struggling to deliver the basics even close to the egypt border where supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline for people, and we re simply not able to get the access that we need to get through. for the past four or five, six days, aid agencies such as