The number of mobiles snatched on the street. And the former Childrens Laureate Michael Rosen laments the loss of britains Libraries. Im sangry, thats what i am, sad and angry about this, that this wonderful facility that weve had, and perhaps taken for granted, has been eroded just bit by bit, taking it away from us. And coming up on Bbc News, Jack Draper is being hailed as the new king of british tennis after reaching the quarterfinals of the Us Open. He will play Alex De Minaur next. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked the uks decision to suspend some Arms Sales to his country as shameful and misguided. He said the move would embolden hamas, but the Defence Secretary John Healey has defended the legaljudgment. It marks a shift in the uks approach to the conflict from the positon held by the previous conservative government. Our political correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. From supporters of the israeli gov
Meanwhile, the us carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid for gaza on saturday with more than 30 thousand meals parachuted by three military planes. Here s our correspondent wyre davies who is Injerusalem 7 with the latest on the chances of a ceasefire. There are increasingly positive signs around the hope for a cessation in hostilities, a temporary ceasefire, that could last perhaps as long as six weeks over the muslim holy month of ramadan. But i think it s really important not to get ahead of ourselves here because there are still key differences between israeli demands and the demands of hamas. It s understood the negotiators have arrived in cairo today. It s not clear if there is an israeli delegation but hamas officials are said to have arrived. The israelis will probably want to know how many of the hostages being held by hamas are still alive and which ones would be released by hamas under the terms of this deal. It s not clear, equally, how many palestinian prisoners
the houthi movement to endanger shipping in the red sea. the iran backed houthis have been targeting ships that they say are linked to israel and the west, and which travel through an important red sea trade route. houthi officials have said they will respond to the latest strikes, which targeted eight different locations. these included missile launchers, radarsites and underground weapons stores. qatar has said that escalation in the red sea represents a big danger. this report is from our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. is this to become a recurring mission? rafjets loaded with guided bombs flew from cyprus last night, for the second time within a fortnight. the aim, once again, to prevent the houthis from launching drones and missiles at merchant shipping in the red sea. the prime minister making clear, as before, that, if necessary, they will do it all again. we are not seeking a confrontation. we urge the houthis and those who enable them to stop these illegal an
out to the atlantic again, various weather fronts moving through. look at the squeeze on the isobars it s going to turn really very windy. most of us will wake up to temperatures above freezing as we head through saturday morning. there will be outbreaks of rain again possibly heavy at times just drifting in from the west, so some wet weather but look at these temperatures rising back up into double figures for western spots as we head through saturday. warnings in place on sunday for strong winds for much of the uk and for heavy rain, too. it turns even milder into the start of next week. bye bye. pakistan carries out overnight strikes on what it calls terrorist hideouts in iran s border province two days after iranian attacks on pakistan. hamas says hundreds and people have been killed. tata steel is to push ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces at port talbot works in south wales. the move is expected to lead to the loss of up to 3000 jobs. rishi suna
duress and that hamas has provided no evidence for that claim that these two men were killed in israeli air strikes, but clearly deeply upsetting for all the families concerned. israel says more than 100 hostages are still being held by hamas. and there is no sign, as yet, that negotiations to free them are making any progress. let s go live to oliver mcternan, director of forward thinking, who has worked in hostage negotiation for over 20 years. he played a key role in the negotiations surrounding the release of the israeli soldier gilad shalit, held hostage by hamas for five years. good to have you back on the programme tonight is a very sad circumstances without the israeli army said tonight to hamas media was the brutal use of innocent hostages. how do you think it will affect the debate in israel? will it harden the resolve of the israeli government or put more pressure on them? first of all, put more pressure on them? first of all. christian. put more pressure on them