That israel maintain a military presence in the philadelphi corridor. That s a small buffer zone between gaza and egypt s sinai desert. Mr netanyahu said israel is committed to destroying hamas and bringing the hostages home. He warned of the potential consequences should israel relieve its military pressure on hamas. Our middle east regional editor mike thomson has more on the prime minister s comments from jerusalem. Tonight, benjamin netanyahu double down on his insistence that israeli troops will not be withdrawn from the philadelphia corridor. That is the strip of land separating southern gaza from egypt. Is that it is absolutely vital that they stay that to stop hamas smuggling weapons from egypt into gaza. He said, if we let this happen, we could have another october the seventh all over again. Interestingly though, he had talked in the past about not moving for at least 42 years. This evening he was referring to 42 days early so they may be some wriggle room there. But he has s
To mr netanyahu s demand that israel maintain a military presence in the philadelphi corridor. That s a small buffer zone between gaza and egypt s sinai desert. Mr netanyahu said israel is committed to destroying hamas and bringing the hostages home. He warned of the potential consequences should israel relieve its military pressure on hamas. Our middle east regional editor mike thomson has more on the prime minister s comments from jerusalem. Tonight, mr netanyahu doubled down on his insistence that israeli troops will not be withdrawn from the philadelphi corridor. That is the strip of land that separates southern gaza from egypt. He said it is absolutely vital that they stay there to stop hamas smuggling weapons from egypt into gaza. He said, if we let this happen, we could have another october the 7th all over again. Interestingly though, he had talked in the past about them not moving for at least 42 years. This evening he was referring to 42 days only, so there may be some wriggl
Bill blair in ottawa, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much, stephen. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. As Minister Of Defence in canada, how embarrassed are you that your country is still significantly failing to meet the collective commitment of nato Member States to spend at least 2 of your gdp on defence . Stephen, im not embarrassed at all because canada, under our government, has been investing very significantly in defence and theres been a very strong upper projectory of Defence Spending. Weve just introduced our latest Defence Policy, which injects a significant amount of new investment into Defence Spending. It builds up greater capabilities, it moves us much closer to the target of 2 , and with some of the other things that weve articulated in this Defence Policy, i think we are on a strong and inevitable path to achieving that 2 goal. Canada is well aware of its responsibilities to our nato allies, to our continental allies, through norad in the United States, and
Nasas cassini gets closer than ever before to the planet. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, in age, theres14 years between them, but today, Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko came face to face ahead of their world title fight. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Another terror alert just yards away from last months deadly attack in westminster. Armed police have arrested a man under the Terrorism Act and seized knives he was carrying. Its now clear that the suspect who was captured on whitehall was under surveillance by Scotland Yards anti terror squad. Asjune kelly reports, theres been a High Profile Police presence in the area since Khaled Massood killed five people, including pc keith palmer, in march. Under arrest in the shadow of Government Buildings in whitehall. The man was detained by armed officers Near Parliament square. This was not a random stop search and arrest. It is understand the man was targeted by police as part of an operation by Scotland Yard coun
Why being fat and fit is a myth. A new study says people cant be obese and healthy. Good morning. In sport down to the wire. Arsenal keep themselves in the three way race for the last two Champions League spots. Theyll be decided On The Last Day of the season. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning from the Clifton Suspension Bridge. It is cloudy and anzus morning. There will be some rain for england and wales, heavy through the day on and off, but for Northern England, ireland and scotland it will be dry, bright and scotland it will be dry, bright and sunny with just a couple of showers. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you very much. So, we have carol on the bridge, we have steph on the buttie van, and over the next couple of weeks we will ta ke the next couple of weeks we will take Bbc Breakfast on the road to scotland, wales and Northern Ireland. Today we start in south west england, we are in bristol. One of the reasons why this city is so important is