rebuilding of gaza. the us has worked with mediators to negotiate an end to the war in which more than 36,000 gazans have been killed according to the hamas run health ministry. it began after an attack on israel by hamas and other armed groups on october seven which killed 1200 people. for more details, our middle east correspondent sent this report. he said israel had submitted a comprehensive new proposal for a ceasefire to end its war with hamas. it includes a first phase which would include a six week temporary ceasefire in gaza that would see the release of some hostages being held in gaza, in exchange for palestinians being held in israeli jails. this would pave the way for a second phase, and this is the key point in this proposal. president biden talked about a permanent ceasefire. in other words, the end of the war in gaza. that the americans would guarantee this permanent ceasefire. president biden also said hamas has been degraded to an extent that it doesn t have
gaza. the us has worked with mediators to negotiate an end to the war in which 36,000 gazans have now been killed according to the hamas run health ministry. it began after an attack on israel by hamas and other armed groups on october the 7th which killed 1200 people. for more on the details, our middle east correspondent sent this for report. correspondent sent this for re ort. , . ., report. president biden called it a comprehensive report. president biden called it a comprehensive proposal l report. president biden called l it a comprehensive proposal put forward by israel and presented to hamas. the key points are familiar, because they were included in earlier efforts to reach a deal in gaza. it includes a first phase which would include a six week temporary ceasefire in gaza which would see the release of some of the hostages being held in gaza, in exchange for palestinians held in israeli jails. this would pave the way for a second phase, and this is the key point
Territory. president biden has had to play a pretty careful and calculated game here. he has been balancing on one hand the desire to support ukraine, but on the other, the need to stop this spiralling into a bigger confrontation between the west and russia. he has been nervous about what moscow, with its nuclear weapons, might do in response to such a move. the kremlin today has accused the us and nato of ratcheting up the us and nato of ratcheting up tensions. but despite its many threats that there will be consequences, moscow has yet to retaliate. i consequences, moscow has yet to retaliate. , ,., ~ consequences, moscow has yet to retaliate. , ., ., , ., retaliate. i spoke to a senior adviser for retaliate. i spoke to a senior adviser for the retaliate. i spoke to a senior adviser for the centre - retaliate. i spoke to a senior adviser for the centre for i adviser for the centre for eurasian, russian and eastern european studies. this really was a big decision by president bide
Blocking russian attendance. moscow says it is pointless if it can t have a seat at the table, which swiss officials are working on. nato foreign ministers are meeting in prague where they are expected to agree on another aid package for ukraine. it comes after the us announced on thursday that its allowing ukraine to use its weapons to strike targets inside russia, along with landline near kharkiv. 0n landline near kharkiv. on friday germany said it would follow suit. russia is a using nato and the us of provoking a new level of tension. accusing nato and the us. kharkiv, the second largest city in ukraine, came under deadly missile attacks. let s go live to the senior adviser for the centre of eurasian russian and eastern european studies. this really was a big decision by president biden, wasn t it? but if you look at this from the ukraine perspective, could this
You think these might play? are we getting closer to a point where the side might sit down and find a diplomatic way to end this conflict? i and find a diplomatic way to end this conflict? end this conflict? i don t think we end this conflict? i don t think we are end this conflict? i don t think we are anywhere l end this conflict? i don t i think we are anywhere near end this conflict? i don t - think we are anywhere near that yet, because i don t think russia is interested, and at the moment ukraine isn t, because it doesn t want to concede so much territory to russia. but this is a preliminary conference. 0nce russia. but this is a preliminary conference. once in a series which started in saudi arabia last year. one in a series. they are going to discuss things like nuclear security, humanitarian missions, prisoner exchanges. the swiss have said the next conference after this should include russia, but at the moment of course, the russians have just criticised it, moment of