hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. there's new reaction to israel saying that is has accidentally shot dead three hostages in gaza, after mistakenly identifying them as a threat. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called the incident "an unbearable tragedy". yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka were abducted on october 7th when hamas, which is deemed a terrorist organisation by the us and uk governments, carried out its deadly attacks on israel. in the last hour in tel aviv, relatives of hostages taken by hamas have been protesting the accidental killings — while also calling for a ceasefire and agreement

for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. meanwhile, we've also learned that aljazeera journalist samer abu daqqa, was killed in khan younis by an israeli missile fired from a drone. one of his colleagues, wael al—dahdouh, was injured. 63 journalists and media workers have been killed due to fighting in gaza since october 7th, according to the committee to protectjournalists. a un aid worker in rafah has told the bbc, that the southern city of khan younis has been seeing defence forces yet.

to target operations to target hamas cells and leadership. trying to gain additional information on hostages although i expect that to be difficult. we saw in real we've seen in real terms today the risk to physically going in to look

for the hostages, with the idf killing three hostages by mistake. described by the idf is looking like hamas leaders. is there any realistic prospect of another ceasefire? if you are talking about a permanent cessation of hostilities i don't think united states would support it and i don't think the government of israel would support government of israel would su -o . government of israel would suuo ._, ., ~ government of israel would sumo i ., ~' ., government of israel would sun-01- ., " ., support you talk about a cease-fire _ support you talk about a cease-fire as _ support you talk about a cease-fire as a - support you talk about a cease-fire as a quid - support you talk about a cease-fire as a quid pro | support you talk about a - cease-fire as a quid pro quo cease—fire as a quid pro quo for example, hamas agrees to fully release all hostages in exchange for a humanitarian pause and the release of an undetermined number of palestinian prisoners i think the netanyahu government would be under great pressure if hamas that they would release so, no, i think out yourjails. so, no, ithink a permanent cease—fire is what we are discussing and that essentially allows hamas to remain in place. i think with

sovereignty over guys that i think would be a defeat, not just for the israelis, by implication, the us. i would also argue about a palestinian israeli that would offer very little prospect of improving the lives in security and prosperity of the 2.3 million palestinians in gaza who are essentially living in an open air prison. but now, a much more disadvantaged. so i think it's cease—fire with adequate quid pro quo quote seems to me simply not feasible. by the iron dome. this in a month. are we looking at an escalation?— at an escalation? hamas has a repository _ at an escalation? hamas has a repository of _ at an escalation? hamas has a repository of rockets - at an escalation? hamas has a repository of rockets and - repository of rockets and probably has been leaning but probably has been leaning but probably that they have the

capacity to launch rockets have a suggest they have a regenerative and recuperative power. i think that say at objective. to be able to say at the end of this operation, whenever that is, that the end of this operation, whenever ti capacity |t the end of this operation, whenever ti capacity to large still has the capacity to large rockets i think would be a significant defeat for rockets i think would be a significant defea�* prospects of

rockets i think would be a significant defea�* prospect then campaign early next year, then the question of course becomes, how successful will they be with more targeted operations. their objectives and this is a problem, they have to figure out how theyjudge success. what is victory. what are the metrics that they use. killing the top three individuals in hamas responsible for the

october seven terrorist attack would certainly be an accomplishment but beyond that we have to wonder, when does israel declare that it has accomplished its objective. that is indeed the question that we cannot answer this evening but we will leave it there for the moment. thank you forjoining us.

two senior executives, former ceo sly bailey and former legal director paul vickers, knewjournalists and private detectives were breaking the law, said thejudge. better known, and a name that often came up in court, was piers morgan, who edited the daily mirror from 1995 to 200k. royal author omid scobie gave evidence that mr morgan

around his california—tanned face. he demands accountability for the press, but refuses to accept any for himself for smearing the royal family, his own family, as a bunch of callous racists without producing a shred of proof to support those disgraceful claims. prince harry, seen here leaving court in the summer, has had hisjudgement. he now turns his attention to other newspaper groups. around 80 other people, many of them high profile, have similar claims against the mirror group and will be examining the judge's decision closely. mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador is unveiling a new multi—billion dollar rail network called �*tren maya.�*

mr obrador has called the project, a �*priority of national development�* — it's forecast to bring an additional two million more people to the impoverished yucatan peninsula every year. but it's run massively overbudget, and critics say it's an environmental catastrophe. will grant reports. to the ancient maya, the cenotes of the yucatan peninsula were sacred, portals to the underworld and one of the most un—spoilt freshwater ecosystems in the americas. but directly above them is this. the mexican president's pet infrastructure project,

the arrival of millions of tourists, the movement of material and fuel, all of it will hurt this subterranean ecosystem. above ground, the tren maya has divided communities. this one, vida y experanza has been bisected by a mainta nance station. some were well compensated for their land but benjamin chim had his fields dynamited and turned into a quarry. he received nothing for them as, like many maya farmers,

he couldn't prove ownership. translation: we'd worked this land for 40 years. - i applied for the deeds but never received them. as he test drove the train, president lopez obrador calls it the greatest construction in the world. but the line from cancun south changed mid—construction after pressure from luxury hotels. activists fear surveys were rushed and the elevated track could collapse.

hello there. it was a stunning end to the day that we had across northeast england with some amazing sunsets, reported pretty widely. caused byjust a few gaps in the cloud opening up at the right time to allow those setting sun rays through. now, it was across eastern england and parts of eastern scotland that we had the days lowest temperatures — just six

celsius in fylingdales. here, though, it is set to get a lot milder into the weekend — temperaturesjumping up to about 11 degrees. it's mild because it's cloudy and that cloud sheet is with us for the next few hours. some damp weather moving across scotland where it's quite breezy. a few patches of drizzle around western coast and hills and there may well be one or two mist and fog patches, but certainly no frost around. this weekend, though, does see a weather front that

beyond that, though, the weather does turn colder and it may well be cold enough for some of the showers to start to turn wintry towards the end of the week or perhaps

the following weekend.

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