i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: it s morning in the arabian desert. the place explorer, bertram thomas called the abode of death. but it s a beautiful place, the kind of place i look for more and more these days. stark, empty, clean sand that stretches out, seemingly forever. anthony: oman defies expectations. it shouldn t, according to the cool logic of the world, exist. but it does, and it s incredible. the sultanate of oman is an absolute monarchy. a predominantly islamic state and a vital strategic choke point in the world s oil supply. it is surrounded by some of the trickiest and most contentious powers in the region. and yet here it is, relatively small, tolerant, welcoming to outsiders, peaceful and stunningly beautiful. but oman is
and what is sets out. labour have said they will repeal the bill if they win the next election. labour s shadow home secretary yvette cooper said it was a waste of taxpayers money. this all comes after came robertjenrick resigned as immigration minister over the bill last week. continuing to press his concerns that it wasn t fit for purpose. 3i3 269 better than was expected. but plenty of danger still ahead. rachel, what did you make of events tonight at the end of it all? there s been an enormous amount of arm twisting through the course of the day. arm-twisting through the course of the da . . , ., ., ., , the day. there have been an enormous amount of arm-twisting. the day. there have been an enormous amount of arm-twisting. it the day. there have been an enormous amount of arm-twisting. it was - amount of arm twisting. it was clear, i think that it was just a lot of hot air coming from opponents. when push came to shove they would actually fall into line and support
an explosion there, with news agencies reporting it was caused by an israeli air strike. meanwhile the palestinian militant group, the islamic jihad organisation, has posted this video, which it says shows fighting against israeli forces in the city. israel has warned people living in the area to move to safety aid agencies say there s a chronic and growing lack of resources to care for them. meanwhile, more details are emerging of the seventh october attack. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women in israel were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated by hamas. israeli investigators have gathered more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victims after the attack. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. a warning, her report contains some distressing details. out of the chaos and mass trauma of the hamas attacks, new stories are starting to emerge of rape and sexual assault. including graphic t
recently released hamas hostages and the families of those still being held that currently it was not possible to bring all the captive israelis back. meanwhile, more details are emerging of the 7 october attack. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women in israel were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated by hamas. israeli investigators have gathered more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victims after the attack. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. a warning, her report contains some distressing details. out of the chaos and mass trauma of the hamas attacks, new stories are starting to emerge of rape and sexual assault, including graphic testimony from an eye witness interviewed by police. i realised they were raping her one by one. then she was passed to another man in uniform. she was still alive when she was being raped. the scale of sexual violence here is not clear bodies were muti
developments coming out of israel and gaza. the israeli military says its troops are now in the heart of khan younis, which they call a hamas stronghold . it follows an intense overnight bombardment. it follows what they call the most intense day of fighting. the islamichhad organisation posted this video which it says it shows are fighting against israeli forces in the city. the un food programme says the resumption of fighting has intensified the hunger crisis intensified the hunger crisis in gaza and also along without more details emerging of the october seven attack. bbc has been hearing evidence that women in israel was sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated by hamas. israeli investigators that have gathered more than 1000 testimonies from witnesses and those are handled the bodies of the victims after the attack. lucy williamson has more from jerusalem and a warning, this report contains distressing details. out of the chaos and mass trauma of the hamas attacks, new