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 the isr
the metropolitan police have given an update on the manhunt for the man suspected of carrying out a chemical attack in south london last week. detectives hunting for alkali attack suspect abdul ezedi have arrested they say the last sighting was in london. investigators have been trawling through hundreds of hours of sisi ddii and have tracked abdul ezedi s to note movement. he s been on a run for five days. a woman remains in hospital that are thought to be life changing after the attack on wednesday. budget with the police had to say earlier. ~ ., ., ., ~ earlier. where are we on making that hard? is working earlier. where are we on making that hard? is working at earlier. where are we on making that hard? is working at pace earlier. where are we on making that hard? is working at pace with - hard? is working at pace with hundreds of detectives and officers working to follow up every lead we get. i m gratefulfor all the help and support we re getting from the public in
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it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t