Are still missing, most likely held in gaza. Well be hearing from the brother of one of them, inbar haiman, who was kidnapped from the supernova music festival. Whats the best chance of getting her and the others back home . Good evening. In the last hour there have been developments in the middle east which have sparked new concerns at the prospect of a widening conflict, directly drawing in actors from beyond the Borders Of Israel and gaza. Speaking in the pentagon, american officials confirmed they had shot down three missiles and several drones it said had been fired from yemen heading along the red sea, potentially towards israel. It is currently too soon to know for sure who fired the missiles, but of course yemen is the base for Houthi Rebels who are backed by iran and supportive of the palestinians. The Development Comes after another day of diplomacy, with rishi sunak visiting first israel and then saudi arabia as part of a two day trip. Well discuss the diplomatic efforts in
Opportunity for peace. Yasir arafats Whistle Stop Tour of the hague, the European Parliament in strasbourg, london and onto ireland should have been a lap of honour to coincide with the start of the israeli troop withdrawal from the gaza strip and jericho. But with that deadline passed, the palestinian leaders visit is more of an attempt to solidify his new found status as an International Statesman as he encounters increasing hostility at home. The man in the mosque is the man whose face the plo needs to have and to hold. When the plo blunders, it is hamas, the Palestinian Islamic movement opposed to the peace deal, that wins his support. Russian troops are intervening in squabbles in former soviet republics. Further afield, Boris Yeltsin has changed his tune and now warns that russia opposes the early expansion of nato to include Central European countries. In london today, the Russian Foreign minister, andrei kozyrev, said moscow was intervening in its former empire only to keep the
Children he murdered. And why does this tiny island in the South Pacific have more plastic rubbish washing up on its shore, than anywhere else in the world . Its 5 oclock. Our main story The Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has officially launched the partys General Election manifesto, describing it as a Blueprint For What Britain could be. He chose bradford for the event saying it was a radical and radical and responsible plan for government. Ben brown has been at the launch event and is in bradford for us now. Im ben brown live in bradford where The Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has officially launched the pa rtys General Election manifesto, some of the details of which were leaked last week. We now know that it includes proposals to renationalise the Water Companies as well as the railways and the royal mail. There would be more Free Childcare for two year olds and some one year olds. And University Tuition fees in england would be scrapped. 0n taxation, it proposes a 45p tax rate on earni
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