Negotiators about the possibility of reaching a deal on gaza. Antony blinken is heading to the region this weekend, after president biden also said that a ceasefire deal was closer than ever. But senior hamas figures have dismissed such optimism as an illusion. There have been more israeli airstrikes in gaza and israel also said it had struck targets inside neighbouring lebanon which belong to hezbollah, the group which supports hamas in gaza. Greg mckenzie has this report. Images from across the region over the weekend show there are still huge obstacles to peace despite two days of us backed talks in qatar. On friday night, an israeli airstrike reportedly killed 15 people in the central area of gaza. Although israel said it had eliminated a number of armed fighters, several women and children were also reportedly killed. Us secretary of state antony blinken will arrive in the region to promote what is being called a final bridging proposal aimed at overcoming the differences between
Hello, i m samantha simmonds. The us secretary of state is travelling to israel as cautious optimism grows amongst israeli negotiators about the possibility of reaching a deal on gaza. Anthony blinken is heading to the region this weekend, after president biden also said that a ceasefire deal was closer than ever. But senior hamas figures have dismissed such optimism as an illusion. There have been more israeli airstrikes in gaza and israel also said it had struck targets inside neighbouring lebanon which belong to hezbollah, the group which supports hamas in gaza. Greg mckenzie has this report. Images from across the region over the weekend show there are still huge obstacles to peace despite two days of us backed talks in qatar. On friday night, an israeli airstrike reportedly killed 15 people in the central area of gaza. Although israel said it had eliminated a number of armed fighters, several women and children were also reportedly killed. Us secretary of state antony blinken will
Claimed to be of the strike on the crossing over the seym river, saying minus one more bridge. He added that these operations were depriving russia of logisitical capabilities. It comes after this video, which the ukrainian military says shows the destruction of a key bridge inside the kursk region of russia. This video shows large explosions on the structure, about 11 kilometres from the border. These are the latest pictures from the rostov region in south west russia. The governor there says that firefighters were called to put out a fire at an industrial facility struck by debris from a ukrainian drone. Both sides say air defences destroyed multiple drones and missiles fired by the other side overnight. Let s speak to samuel ramani. He is an associate fellow at the royal united services institute. Welcome to you. Thank you for being with us. What is your assessment of these incursions into russia by ukraine and what impact it could have on the waryellow i think that the ukrainians a
Contaminated Blood Products and transfusions. More than 3000 of them have since died, many of them haemophiliacs who were given infected products as part of their treatment. The size of the payouts will depend on individual circumstances, but many could be looking at compensation of more than £2 million. 0ur Health Editor Hugh Pym is here. This really is quite a moment for the victims, the families who have campaigned for this for so long. Yes, it was a dramatic moment when The Public Inquiry reported after campaigners spent decades trying to get a proper investigation of this scandal and a search for truth and justice. Very soon afterwards, the General Election was called, and there were real fears General Election was called, and there were realfears in General Election was called, and there were real fears in these communities that the whole thing would just be put on hold, but now we have this government, in the middle of a summer recess, not waiting for parliament to resume, publ
Week on monday. This is the Reuters News Agency quoting an israeli official adding that the israeli delegation at the Doha Ceasefire talks would be heading back to israel tonight. In a joint statement with qatar and egypt, the us said there had been 48 hours of intensive talks in doha. The talks will resume next week in cairo. Israel says it is up to hamas to accept a Ceasefire Deal which was first put forward in may. However, the afp News Agency says that hamas officials have rejected what they say are new conditions. They have also been quoted as saying that the us is simply trying to create a false positive atmosphere and has no real intention of stopping the war in gaza. Meanwhile, the violence continues in gaza. The israeli military has issued a new Evacuation Order in parts of Khan Younis and Deir Balah leading to another Mass Movement of displaced people. And the un has called for two week long pauses in the fighting in gaza to allow the vaccination of more than 640,000 children