benjamin netanyahu vowed to go ahead with an offensive. his comments also follow widespread reports that a framework for a pause in the fighting 7 along with the release of hostages has been formulated by international mediators in paris. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem he sent this update on those negotiations. the press is certainly full of talk of optimism. and the americans who really want to get this in place before the start of ramamdan in two weeks time seem to think it is doable. but there is a host of issues to resolve. how long will the ceasefire last? how many israeli hostages will be released in the first phase? how many palestinian prisoners be released in return, and will the people of gaza be able to go back to their homes and what will be done to address the dreadful humanitarian situation throughout the gaza strip? any one of those issues could wreck the whole process and hamas is saying all of this talk of optimism is rubbish. the
we start in the uk, where the conservative party is finding itself under increasing pressure after an mp made comments described as islamophobic, anti muslim and racist . lee anderson was suspended from the party after saying london s mayor was controlled by islamists . the suspension was not for the comments but for refusing to apologise. the party s leadership was drawn further into the argument on sunday the deputy prime minister refusing to say whether he thought the comments were islamophobic. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. he s known for speaking his mind, but lee anderson kept his lips firmly sealed following his suspension from the parliamentary conservative party. here are the comments about london s mayor that got him into trouble. i don t actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country. but what i do believe is they ve got control of khan and they ve got control of london. lee anderson was quite literally in the doghous
and ainsty. big swing to the lib dems in somerton and frome. with an interesting, friendly acknowledgement by the lib dem candidate and winner of tactical voting, big part of the story. and uxbridge and ruislip, dominated by ulez. we had an amazing phone in on ulez. we had an amazing phone in on ulez a couple of weeks ago. the tories hung on by theirfingertips. who really won the spoils here. a mixed picture, or is actually a very clear picture, there is a bit of blurring on the edge by a local issue, kicking for khan and a bruising for sunak. or is there, for the tories, just a scintilla of hope? contact michael on the phones, 85058 on the texts, get in touch. 08085 909693 on the phones. here is deena campbell with the news. the conservatives have suffered two heavy defeats in yesterday s by elections. labour overturned a majority of more than 20,000 votes in the north yorkshire seat of selby and ainsty. the lib dems took the somerset seat of somerton and frome, overturni
you can see a large crowd of people leaving the hospital. the israel defense forces said its troops were opening a secure route to evacuate civilians sheltering near the hospital but it did not intend to evacuate patients and medical staff. israel claims that hamas uses this and other hospitals in gaza as cover for its operations a claim strongly denied by staff at the hospital. further to the south in rafah concerns are growing about the fate of a million people who have taken shelter in the city after israel said it was preparing a ground assault there. the un fears that more than a million people crammed inside rafah are staring death in the face . i spoke with bbc correspondent nick beake on the evacuation orders from the idf for civilians sheltering near nasser hospital. the idf are quite adamant that the orderfor people to the idf are quite adamant that the order for people to leave the hospital applies to civilians who have gathered there for safety, and they
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