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we will get more analysis on this. good to have you on the programme. to begin with, just tell us more about what you understand happen at this event. , ~ . event. yes. we are entering into pakistan s event. yes. we are entering into pakistan s election - event. yes. we are entering i into pakistan s election season with likely told national and provincial elections sometime in the fall and you have the jui f, a major islamist party, a right wing party that is part of the ruling coalition holding a normal political rally, large rally, and we are seeing for the first time in recent history a suicide bomber attacking civilians. at this political rally. it is pretty remarkable, as you said the death toll will likely rise above the reported 44 right now, we have over 200 wounded. no one has really taken credit for it but it is interesting that the pakistani tell about responsible for most of the recent violence in pakistan, most of the terrorist violence, and has disavowed this
later in the programme. but now, let s turn to the middle east. the us military says its helicopters have destroyed three small boats in an attack on a container ship in the southern red sea. it s the second assault by iran backed houthi rebels on the ship within 2a hours. the us says the gunmen who launched the raid from yemen attacked in four boats, coming within 20 metres of the vessel. the fourth craft fled the area. the houthi rebels say their actions are in protest against the gaza war, where there were more air strikes by israel overnight. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is insisting that the war in gaza will continue until all hostages have been released and hamas has been dismantled. shaimaa khalil reports from jerusalem. street by street, the battles on the ground in gaza rage on. israel is concentrating its ground offensive on the centre and the south of the strip. with hamas fighters continuing to resist the idf s advances. translation: the war