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the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is on another diplomatic tour of the middle east his fifth visit to the region since the conflict erupted between israel and hamas. he will be visiting saudi arabia, israel, egypt, qatar and the occupied west bank. mr blinken s trip follows days of air strikes by the united states against iranian linked targets in iraq, syria and yemen. ahead of his arrival, a drone attack killed six us backed kurdish fighters at an american base in eastern syria. mr blinken is also expected to discuss boosting aid to gaza, as well as a possible ceasefire and hostage deal between israel and hamas. the israeli prime minister has warned he will not accept the demands of hamas over hostages still held. the un has warned of an impending famine in gaza affecting more than 2 million people. our correspondent, barbara plett usher, explained the main aim of mr blinken s visit. that possible ceasefire deal, which would involve the release of some of t ....
welcome to the programme. a deal is done to fix the northern ireland protocol. that is the trading arrangement between great britain and northern ireland that was brought in after brexit. at the time, former prime minister boris johnson said his deal with oven ready but it has just been renegotiated by the current prime minister, rishi sunak. the democratic unionist party did not like the checks of some goods from the rest of the uk and withdrew from power sharing at stormont. the dup today says it needs to see the wood prism or revised deal before deciding whether or not to back it. a quick reminder about the so called northern ireland protocol. when britain left the european union, a plan was needed to prevent a heart border between northern ireland, part of the uk, and the irish republic, which remains in the european union. goods coming from mainland britain are subject to customs checks before entering northern ireland. but pro britain unionists and some conservative mps ....
torres feared the voters have more household help us in provided. the telegraph says the front runner may set out her plans to tackle the energy crisis on day one according to that paper. she is the headline on most of the papers on saturday. meanwhile, the times covers russian president putin cutting off a major european gas pipeline indefinitely which he blames on an an oil leak. none of the papers seemed very convinced by that explanation. the ft reports on how the world s leading economies, the g7, have agreed on a russian oil price cap in an attempt to curb moscow s ability to finance the war in ukraine. back here, the express headline tories put on war footing for snap election political strategists view october it means october 2023 rather than december 2024, which is the last possible day for a general election. the guardian quotes the police chief s criticism of liz truss crime policies, labelling them unwise and meaningless. and the daily mail asks mps ....
I have always strongly believed that some kind of positive and sensible agreement between the eu and the uk was going agreement between the eu and the uk was going to be deliverable because it is in was going to be deliverable because it is in the was going to be deliverable because it is in the interest of both sides that we it is in the interest of both sides that we have a positive working relationship, a positive trading relationship. sol relationship, a positive trading relationship. so i always thought that we relationship. so i always thought that we would get to a place where some that we would get to a place where some of that we would get to a place where some of these big issues were ironed out. some of these big issues were ironed out i some of these big issues were ironed out ivery some of these big issues were ironed out. i very much hope that this agreement delivers on that. but as i say, it agreement delivers on that. but as i say, it is agreement delive ....