Hello, i m catherine byaruhanga. The us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel on his 9th visit to the region since the war in gaza began, to push once again for a ceasefire and hostage release deal. The us and israel have expressed careful optimism about a deal since talks resumed last week. But hamas denies progress is being made. This afternoon, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insisted israel could not be flexible on all issues and accused hamas of being obstinate. Jenny hill sent this report. There s a crushing familiarity to gaza s grief. Funerals for those killed overnight in israeli airstrikes. Israel insists it s targeting hamas fighters. This was an entire civilian family, mohammed says. A woman and her six children. As the human cost of this conflict surges, so too does the risk it will spill over into all out regional war. Urgent diplomacy is under way. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, arriving in tel aviv hoping to seal a ceasefire a
Careful optimism about a deal since talks resumed last week. But hamas denies progress is being made, and accused israel accusing hamas of being obstinate. What he will try to urge him to do is drop any final attempts to squeeze more concessions from this deal, to stop going for what he might think is a perfect agreement, and settle for something that the americans think is already very good. So, that will be the diplomatic part of this. But the problem is, these talks are not happening in the diplomatic rooms they re actually happening in a very technical way, led by the cia, by mossad, by egyptian spy chiefs. We saw that in doha at the end of last week. Very technical and difficult discussions much of that was about the exchange of israeli hostages for palestinian prisoners. That s known in the language of the deal as the keys. Some progress has been made on that, but when it comes to another quite fundamental point about the situation on the ground at the end of the conflict, th
Hello, i m catherine byaruhanga. The us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel on his 9th visit to the region since the war in gaza began to push once again for a ceasefire and hostage release deal. The us and israel have expressed careful optimism about a deal since talks resumed last week. But hamas denies progress is being made and accused israel of adding new conditions to the agreed proposals. This afternoon, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insisted israel could not be flexible on all issues accusing hamas of being obstinate. Jenny hill sent this report. There s a crushing familiarity to gaza s grief. Funerals for those killed overnight in israeli airstrikes. Israel insists it s targeting hamas fighters. This was an entire civilian family, mohammed says. A woman and her six children. As the human cost of this conflict surges, so too does the risk it will spill over into all out regional war. Urgent diplomacy is under way. The us secretary of
In belfast, a man in his 30s has been taken to hospital after he was seriously assaulted during disorder there. His condition is described as serious and police are treating the incident as a racially motivated hate crime. Police Officers also came under sustained attack. Petrol bombs, masonry and bricks were thrown towards police. Petrol was also poured over a Land Rover and Set Alight. Lyndsey Telford has this report. What started as a protest became a powderkeg ready to explode. Anger turned to hatred, hate turned to violence, and victims targeted in whats been described as sickening acts. The owner of a cafe seen here barricading his door. Just all i wanted, really, in that moment was to save my staff and i had customers inside. So i wanted to run from back door and was keeping shouting, run, run, run, and i was holding on the door. I dont want anybody to get injured. The damage will be about between 15 and probably around 20 grand. The damage here is bad, but for others its devast
Good afternoon. There have been more arrests in towns and cities in england and northern ireland after another night of violence. In a moment, well be reporting from birmingham, where cars were smashed and a pub was attacked. Well also have the latest from plymouth, where a number of Police Officers have been injured. First, though, police say they are treating the serious assault of a man in belfast as a racially motivated hate crime after witnesses reported seeing people stamp on his head. Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Page joins us now from belfast and can tell us more. Chris. Yes, this area has seen more trouble for the second time in just a few days. The south of belfast, where i am now, is the most diverse part of the city, and it is worth saying the vast majority of people, politicians, community leaders, business people, have been trying to send out a message that everyone is welcome here and that this violence has to stop. Just behind me as a Grocery Store that was all but d