did again today the h sullivan. president has rejected and did again today the strongman - sullivan. president has rejected and did again today the strongman that| did again today the strongman that raising questions about roth is the same as raising questions about defeating hamas. that sjust defeating hamas. that s just nonsense. defeating hamas. that sjust nonsense. our position is, should not be allowed a safe haven in rafah or anywhere else, but a major ground operation there would be a mistake. it will lead to more innocent civilian deaths, orson the already higher humanitarian crisis, deepen the anarchy in gaza and further isolate israel internationally. more importantly, the key goals israel wants to achieve in rafah can be done by other means. on the call today, president biden as the prime minister to send a senior interagency team composed of military, intelligence and unitarian officials, to washington in the coming days to hear us concerns about israel s current
successful woman in olympic cycling, says the time is right to retire. people were asking me what competition i was going to go to and it was filling me with it was filling me with dread, i ust don-t want it was filling me with dread, i ust don-t want to fl it was filling me with dread, i ust don t want to leave i it was filling me with dread, i ust don t want to leave the i it was filling me with dread, i ust don t want to leave the boys. h and can fresh talks in florida smooth over the rift in world golf. liv saudi backers have been meeting with senior players on the pga tour. two wins away from the euros, a huge week ahead for welsh football. good evening, nottingham forest have dropped into the relegation zone after being deducted 4 points for breaching the premier league s profitability and sustainability rules. they were charged injanuary for going 3a and half million pounds over their 61 million pound threshold up to the end of last season. that threshold lowe
the negotiations on a ceasefire in gaza between israel, hamas and the united states have been long and complex. and while they ve been going on, the mutual anger between the americans and the israelis has been growing. so much so that antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has let it be known that if necessary, he d negotiate direct with hamas and leave israel out of the loop altogether. at the same time, the united nations has now accused both israel and hamas of committing war crimes something which has enraged the israeli government. and the former israeli prime minister benny gantz has resigned from neta nyahu s war cabinet. jeremy bowen, the bbc s international editor, has specialised in reporting the middle east for decades. i asked him for an overview of the current situation. gantz has called for new elections his party wants new elections, there are loads of people in israel who want new elections, but unless they can get a vote of confidence that neta nyahu
in the past 2a hours. and in tel aviv on saturday evening, thousands gathered demanding a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas since the 7 october attacks. our correspondent hugo bachega is injerusalem and gave us this update. this is the deadliest incident involving the israeli military since january and one of the deadliest in this war. so the military gave some details about what happened earlier today. it said these soldiers were members of an engineering unit and their armoured vehicle was hit by a large explosion. and this explosion then triggered the detonation of explosive material, engineering material in the car. so this is under investigation. apparently, this was in breach of the standard practice, and an investigation continues. but daniel hagari, a military spokesman, said that this initial explosion was most likely caused by an explosive device in the area or by an anti tank missile. and we know that earlier today, the armed wing o
which leads on a warning about the national health service. the nuffield trust says both of britain s main political parties will leave the nhs with lower spending increases. the health think tank analysed figures from the labour and conservative manifestos and it says the nhs will struggle to make ends meet whoever wins the election. staying with the observer, and the paper reports that the number of children attending private schools in england has risen, despite labour s intention to add vat to school fees. according to the department of education, as ofjanuary this year, the number of pupils in private schools had gone up to more than 593,000. turning to the sunday telegraph, which has been hearing from former government minister, robertjenrick. he says he shares the frustrations of traditional tory voters who might want to back nigel farage s reform uk but he says the country is facing the prospect of what he describes as a labour dictatorship. the sunday times has an in