hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. we start with news that the israeli defence minister has said that israel will retain security control of gaza after the fighting has ended and all hostages have been reef free. this comes as america and europe s most senior diplomat ticks head to the middle east to press israel and its strategy. they do appear to reject positions put forward last year by washington. under you have gland s so called fork proposals, hamas would no longer control gaza and israel would retain overall security control. a multinational force would take charge of rebuilding the territory. neighbouring egypt would take on an as yet unspecified role. but gaza would be run by unspecified government of palestinians as long as they are not hostile towards israel. and there would be no resettlement of israelis in the territory. well, the deputy secretary general of the fatah central committee, the hasty decision making body of the fatah party which contr
bring you from reuters news agency related to those explosions earlier this week in iran. iranian security forces saying they have detained 11 people suspected of links to those attacks earlier this week. we reported here those bombings around 84 people. on wednesday s attacks in southern iran marking the anniversary of the death of a senior revolutionary guard commander, so that happened on wednesday, authorities telling us they have detained 11 people suspected of links to those attacks. that is coming in from reuters news agency and if we have any more detail we will bring you up to date. let s return to events in ukraine. russia s defence ministry said its forces have repelled a ukrainian attack over crimea, shooting down 36 drones over the peninsula annexed in 2014. russian occupation authorities called it the biggest attack on sevastopol since the beginning of the russian invasion of ukraine. the ukrainian army has confirmed the attack. 0lga malchevska has been follow
let s turn to another major conflict. russia has been using missiles supplied by north korea and its air strikes according to a spokesperson for ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky. spokesperson for ukraine s president volodymyrzelensky. it spokesperson for ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky. it is a claim also made by the white house that says north korean missiles were used twice in the last week including here near kharkiv. the us is russia is also trying to source missiles from iran to replenish its stock of missiles. what is the significance of these missiles been supplied by north korea and what does it tell us about their use in ukraine? first north korea and what does it tell us about their use in ukraine?- about their use in ukraine? first of all we have about their use in ukraine? first of all we have to about their use in ukraine? first of all we have to take about their use in ukraine? first of all we have to take into about their use in ukraine? fi
and flavour of the year. indie rock band the last dinner party are named the bbc s sound of 202a. hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. his brother has repeated its warning of a fierce response to the killing of a fierce response to the killing of a fierce response to the killing of a hamas leader. saleh al arouri in beirut on tuesday. it comes as lebanon lodged a complaint with the un about the attack. tensions are still high in his hometown in the occupied west bank, following the killing, as shaimaa khalil reports. the town of al arura in the west bank, saleh al arouri s hometown, is in a state of mourning. but there is also deep fury and rage at his killing. protesters have come out after the friday prayer s protesting, chanting his name, chanting for continuation of resistance, and condemning the war. saleh al arouri s killing may have taken a significant name off israel s and the us s most wanted list. he is a man that they have accused of being responsible
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