is facing mounting pressure from within his own cabinet, from the israeli public, and from the relatives of the hostages, who over the weekend stormed a parliamentary session injerusalem to demand more action to secure the release of their loved ones. live now to doha nawaf al thani is qatar s former director of defence intelligence operations and defence attache to the united states. hejoins me now. thank you for being here with us. what are you hearing about the framework of some sort of new deal? thank you for having me. i think first there are two parts of this. the first is the qatari statements in the past days and weeks that they have continued their efforts to restart negotiations and have not stopped their efforts. but the second part of this is also, at least from the qatari perspective, they ve played very close to the vest when it comes to negotiations, it s very sensitive and they don t talk a lot about it before it happens, but all reports indicates we are hea
of any sort of pursuit orjays. the police have clarified the post suit didn t carry on to the point of the collision which killed the boys. it looks like the officers were either not able to continue chasing or decided to drop back, is something they often do in the interest of public safety. the chief superintendent clarified the police vehicle was not present at the moment of the collision and officers were able to get there soon afterwards to try to save the lives of those boys. many residents have praised the efforts of those officers in difficult conditions. the vacuum where local people seem to know that the police had been around, perhaps instigated that pursuit which then set the boys presumably racing at speed around that a state for the local papal knew some of that last night. that s why rumours circulated, that s why the story spread and so much upset why so many people came to the estate last night. that s when things started to turn nasty. this is one local resi
Can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. Ourfirst report is from our north america correspondent will vernon. Its been just over 2a hours since iran came under attack. Us Officials Say israel fired at least one missile into iranian territory, no major damage or casualties were reported. This was a relatively small scale strike by israel. Earlier, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken would not comment on reports the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. The United States has not been involved in any offensive operations. What we are focusing on, what the g7 is focusing on and its reflected in our statement and in our conversation is the work to de escalate tensions. And this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. Last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. The fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. And there is hope too that the
These are images from overnight israeli strikes. Gazas Health Ministry said the fatalities happened when an israeli strike hit two apartments in one block. Several other people were wounded. I will take you to pictures from outside the hospital in rafah, where families are mourning their dead from that overnight strike. Air strikes also reportedly destroyed at least five houses in the refugee camp in central go is a. These are live pictures housing Displaced Gazans in rafah. The un agency for Palestinian Refugees is warning the risk of disease across gaza is rising come up with sanitation and malnutrition a real concern. Scott anderson, director of the affairs for unrwa, in rafah, he has said the aid situation was not improving on the ground. Five days ago, ibrahim assalia, his wife and children managed to flee gaza to cairo, but much of his family is still in rafah. He told me about their journey earlier. In order to flee from rafah to the egyptian side, you have to register in a Comp
Reports from tees valley. An icon of a vibrant an icon of a vibrant industrial an icon of a vibrant industrial past, now out of action, symbolising area struggling to find its feet. Tees valley, and infinite hercules in its day, a white capital of imake income is now clearing a site of past glories and looking for new ventures. A painful process with economic decline, alongside pockets of affluence. That has placed this area on the national map, and now a mayoral contest with high stakes mayoral contest with high sta kes from mayoral contest with high stakes from the two main parties. A poster boy of the red bull, after his narrow win here in 2017. Re elected in a landslide in 2021, ben houchen is now hoping to buck the national trend. A local labour stalwart, hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party, and a winnerfor heartland for his party, and a winner for chris heartland for his party, and a winnerfor Chris Mcewan Heartland for his party, and a winner for chris mcew