the israeli government has faced growing pressure to make the release of the hostages its main priority. a few hours ago, us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in tel aviv the latest stop on his fifth trip to the middle east since the war began. earlier on tuesday, secretary blinken was in doha. along with the qatari prime minister, he confirmed hamas has given a positive response to a proposed ceasefire with israel. here s a little of his statement. we had meetings already on this trip. we are focused on ensuring as well that we can use any pause to continue to build up plans for the day after in gaza, security, humanitarian, reconstruction, governance. all bring real challenges with them but that is exactly why we need to be focused on them now. we also determined to use any pause to continue to pay the diplomatic path forward to a just and lasting peace and security for the region. following this, a senior hamas official told the bbc that the group had asked for
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plays like 12th night. what kind of man is he? ..the tempest. our revels now are ended. ..julius caesar. friends, romans, countrymen. ..and macbeth. stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more. these plays would all have been lost had it not been for the first folio. do you want me to do a clap? i am the bbc s culture editor, katie razzall, and i caught up with david during his rehearsals for macbeth and asked him about the role shakespeare s first folio has played in his life. the reason that shakespeare is the cultural colossus that he is is because that book was published. you know why we re here. it is 400 years since the first folio and i wondered, as somebody steeped in shakespeare like you, what does the first folio mean to you? well, i mean, it contains so many of the plays that are the reason why shakespeare is the cornerstone of our cultural life in the way that he is. he simply wouldn t exist as part of the kind of national conversation in the way that he does witho
fellow actors seven years after his death. it includes 18 plays that had never been printed before. plays like 12th night. what kind of man is he? ..the tempest. our revels now are ended. ..julius caesar. friends, romans, countrymen. ..and macbeth. stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more. these plays would all have been lost had it not been for the first folio. do you want me to do a clap? i am the bbc s culture editor, katie razzall, and i caught up with david during his rehearsals for macbeth and asked him about the role shakespeare s first folio has played in his life. the reason that shakespeare is the cultural colossus that he is is because that book was published. you know why we re here. it is 400 years since the first folio and i wondered, as somebody steeped in shakespeare like you, what does the first folio mean to you? well, i mean, it contains so many of the plays that are the reason why shakespeare is the cornerstone of our cultural life in the way that he is.