of state antony blinken of catastrophic repercussions of the continuation of israel s military campaign in gaza. mr blinken is on a tour of the middle east as the us tried to prevent the conflict in gaza from spreading. earlier he met thejordanian foreign minister. king abdullah also urged blinken to put pressure on israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire. later mr blinken will head to qatar for talks with the emir. as the diplomacy continues, so does the fighting, with israel carrying out air strikes overnight in the city of khan younis in southern gaza. we are getting varying accounts of the death toll. the afp news agency says at least 64 people have been killed, while reuters say 116 have lost their lives. in the west bank, palestinian officials said six people had been killed in an israeli air raid on the city ofjenin. an israeli border officer has also been killed in operations there. and an israeli civilian was killed in what has been described as a shooting attack
live now to mehran kamrava, professor of government at georgetown university in qatar thanks for being with us. how much influence do the countries that antony blinken visiting at the moment, so say he s in turkey and jordan, how much influence they have on the situation in gaza? flat jordan, how much influence they have on the situation in gaza? on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot- on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot- it on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns out - on the situation in gaza? not an awful lot. it also turns out that i awful lot. it also turns out that the united states itself doesn t have a lot of influence, or in some ways has taken itself out of the war in relation to israel, so it doesn t seem as if countries likejordan, turkey, can really influence the situation on the ground and exert meaningful influence
usually meets weekly on tuesday, but rishi sunak was in vienna meeting his austrian counterpart yesterday, so that s why cabinet didn t happen. that s perfectly reasonable. however, david cameron, the foreign secretary, who is in albania, appears to be coming back early to take part in that cabinet meeting to stop that s quite striking. all these little straws in the wind, these little straws in the wind, these things that make you think, something is up, those are all going in a big way. indie something is up, those are all going in a big way- in a big way. we love speculation in olitics. in a big way. we love speculation in politics- we in a big way. we love speculation in politics. we will in a big way. we love speculation in politics. we will find in a big way. we love speculation in politics. we will find out in a big way. we love speculation in politics. we will find out later. - politics. we will find out later. thank you. it s a key day for the post office in
a hole in the ozone layer over antarctica, that s fuelled by smoke from wildfire events in australia, is exposing wildlife to protentially damaging levels of uv light. scientists from the university of wollongong say animals and plants are having to put more energy into avoiding the rays. here s our science correspondent victoria gill. the ozone layer that protects us from the sun s most harmful rays is healing gradually. but in antarctica, in cold high atmospheric clouds, a hole in that layer still appears every year. that ozone thinning or loss used to peak in september or october, when animals and plants are tucked under winter snow and marine animals are protected by sea ice. but it s now lingering until december, well into the antarctic summer, when wildlife is much more vulnerable. researchers say that s been driven in part by smoke from the australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020, which were fuelled by climate change. the researchers found evidence that antarctic plants