As a mediator between israel and hamas, more than six months into the war. Qatar has had a key role, along with egypt and america, in trying to secure a ceasefire between israel and hamas and the release of israeli hostages. But doha says its efforts were being undermined by politicians seeking to score points. Take a listen to qatars Prime Minister. Translation unfortunately we have i seen that there has been an abuse | of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. We are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. European Union Leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehran s unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. The president of the European Council says its important to do everything to isolate iran. Tensions in the region remain high with israels Prime M
Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live three hours the German Foreign ministry has summoned the Russian Ambassador after arresting two men suspected of spying and planning Sabotage Attacks on military sites. German prosecutors accused the men of plotting an explosion, and being in contact with the russian intelligence service. One of them had been photographing potential Military Targets in germany, including us Military Facilities which assist ukraine. The arrests came as ukraines Prime Minister warned the bbc there will be a Third World War if ukraine loses its conflict with russia. In a moment well speak to our correspondent Gary Odonoghue in washington, but first, our security correspondent, gordon corera, is in our newsroom. With gordon corera, is in our newsroom. More on those gordon, with more on those german arrests, gordon, tell us what the authorities are saying about this plot. Are saying about this plot. There does seem are saying about this plot. There doe
As concerns mount, heres what the us president had to say. Reporter mr president , what is your message to iran in this moment . Dont. We are devoted to the defence of israel. We will support israel, we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. Thank you very much. Our state department correspondent, tom bateman, has this analysis. Well, i think theres two things going on here. Because what weve had is the very public messaging from the white house right up to President Biden himself, which has been around the fear of or the concern of the credible threat of an attack by the iranians onto israeli soil. And what has been said to be an ironclad commitment by The Americans to israels right to defend itself, in the case of that, but then theres been this behind the scenes messaging, which has been going on for several days now, from across the us administration, which has been far more specific about what kind of strike this might involve. Now, that is included. Our us news partne
has been found guilty of her murder, after nearly two decades and an internationl manhunt. piran ditta khan, who s 75, fled to pakistan shortly after pc beshenivsky and a colleague were shot when they interrupted an armed raid on a travel agents. emergency workers in taiwan say around seven hundred people remain trapped in buildings and road tunnels after yesterday s powerful earthquake on the island s east coast. nine people were killed, and more than a thousand injured. the epicentre of the magnitude seven point four quake was the strongest to hit the country for 25 years. president biden has told the israeli leader that future us support depends on israel s immediate steps to reduce civilian harm and ensure the safety of aid workers in gaza. this is president biden on his call to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. here s secretary of state anthony blinken