saying he'll settle for nothing less than the total defeat of hamas. we are on our way to a complete victory. at the victory is in our reach. it's not about years or decades, it's about months. the us secretary of state is in tel aviv — we expect to hear from him at a news conference shortly. at least 27 people are killed as two explosions hit pakistan's balochistan province on the eve of the general election. police say the man suspected of carrying out a corrosive chemical attack in clapham last week was involved with one of the victims. and he was fired from fox news — so why is tucker carlson interviewing none other than president putin?

hello, i'm maryam moshiri, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start in the middle east, where israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said israel will not be satisfied with anything other than total victory over hamas. he also said that israeli troops have been ordered to "prepare to operate" in rafah, in southern gaza. let's listen to some of what he said. translation: tonight i'm| here to tell you one thing - we are on our way to a complete victory. the victory is in our reach. it's not about years or decades, it's about months. the idf is doing wonderful work. it's working systematically in order to achieve all the goals of the world that we, the political ranks, have given it, which is relinquishing hamas, releasing the hostages and making sure gaza is not threatening israel any more. to begin with, i said that the final victory is our goal. this was the decision i brought to the government at the beginning of the war, and we will not be

satisfied with less. in the next half an hour, we're expecting to hear from us secretary of state antony blinken following his talks with israeli and palestinian officials. those talks come after what many people see as a positive reaction from hamas to a proposed ceasefire deal which was put together last week. mr blinken has met both the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president isaac herzog and has decribed a ceasefire deal as both possible and essential. some reports suggest the plan provides for a truce of at least a0 days in return for the release of civilian hostages held by hamas. for now the war, which broke out in october, continues. the hamas—run health ministry

in gaza said at least 100 people were killed overnight and there has been further heavy bombing of southern cities, including in rafa. israel says 31 of the hostages held by hamas and other groups in gaza are now known to have died. let's hearfrom mr blinken about the ongoing hostage situation. the hostages are foremost in our minds and in our hearts. and as you know, we now have a response from hamas to the proposal that was put on the table, a way forward. we are looking at it intensely. gershon baskin was an israeli negotiator for 17 years — he gave his assessment of the ceasefire negotiations. the hamas response does enable some room to manoeuvre if hamas would be willing to separate the first phase from the second and the third. in other words, if hamas wants a ceasefire now for 45 days, which is something that i think the israeli army would like as well, this could be done and we could see the release of civilian hostages from gaza, those who are remaining alive. with me is the bbc�*s

chief international correspondent — lyse doucet. a difficultjob for mr lincoln. this puts him in a very, very difficult position. there was a ferocious rebuke by... it is hard to square prime minister netanyahu's description of the hamas counteroffer of the words delusional. we heard from the qatari prime minister in these talks describing it has positive how antony blinken in his first remarks await to hear from antony blinken in his first remarks await to hearfrom him shortly, he had said it was the best way forward, a lot of work still to be done, but trying to give a sense that there was still something to work for. but listening to prime minister netanyahu, you had a feeling that this was dead in the water. he may be saying that for a public effect. it is known, sources

say that sometimes in private negotiations, he adopts a different tone and a greater readiness to consider proposals, but the israeli seem to see this as an effort by hamas to end the war on its own terms, which is utterly unacceptable. but it is interesting what gershon baskin said, that goes to the heart of the matter, is it possible to salvage something from this proposal? the hamas counteroffer is a three phase one, over 135 days. the first phase, which would include a temporary pause of around 45 days would release the most vulnerable of the hostages, women, children, the elderly, the ones of which there is greatest concern about, there is concern about all, but first there was an exchange for some prisoners, but then some desperately needed humanitarian aid. we will see what kind of a tone antony blinken

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corner, where half of the population has been pushed, this would be the disaster of disasters. in has been pushed, this would be the disaster of disasters.— disaster of disasters. in the meantime. _ disaster of disasters. in the meantime, people - disaster of disasters. in the meantime, people are - disaster of disasters. in the meantime, people are still| disaster of disasters. in the - meantime, people are still dying in gaza. we saw the hamas run health ministries in over 100 were killed in the last day or so. 0ver ministries in over 100 were killed in the last day or so. over 20,000 palestinians, and still is really hostages being held there. we 'ust re orted hostages being held there. we 'ust reported that fl hostages being held there. we 'ust reported that 100 i hostages being held there. we 'ust reported that 100 died. * hostages being held there. we 'ust reported that 100 died. before h hostages being held there. we just reported that 100 died. before alll reported that 100 died. before all this, if one person died, it would have been a story. now given the enormity of the staggering death toll, the united nations says if you try to tally up the dead, missing, and injured, it is actually 100,000 people, with some 17,000 children having lost one or both parents. that is a 5% of gaza's population. and when minister netanyahu in the public opinion in israel backs him, they want him to hit the hardy's ale —— minister netanyahu. —— they want

him to hit hamas as well. we had from the families of hostages, that blow that 31 families told their loved ones are dead, one fifth of the hostages in gaza. so tonight they're urging me prime minister and others again to put the lives of the hostages first before the military plan. hostages first before the military tlan. ., ~' , ., hostages first before the military ian, ., ~' , ., , . , , plan. thank you very much, lyse will sta with plan. thank you very much, lyse will stay with me — plan. thank you very much, lyse will stay with me to _ plan. thank you very much, lyse will stay with me to talk _ plan. thank you very much, lyse will stay with me to talk to _ plan. thank you very much, lyse will stay with me to talk to me _ plan. thank you very much, lyse will stay with me to talk to me a - plan. thank you very much, lyse will stay with me to talk to me a little . stay with me to talk to me a little more about pakistan. before i tell you about what is happening there, let me remind you that in about 20 minutes, we are expecting that press conference with the american top diplomat, antony blinken. we have had more news with regards to the explosions in pakistan. islamic state militants have now claimed they were behind the attacks that killed at least 27 people in the south—west of pakistan on the eve of the general elections there.

it is said the blasts were targeting election offices in balochistan. pakistan will vote in elections tomorrow elections marred by violence and claims a poll rigging. these are some of the pictures in so far — these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party, killing at least eight people. the explosions happened within an hour of each other, around 150km apart. when the blast happened, many were

injured. here's more from our correspondent in islamabad, saher baloch. the latest information that i have is that the election commissioner of pakistan, he has said that the security should be put on high alert, and also the fact that he said that tomorrow everybody should come out and vote. but right now, the province is going through a lot of uncertainty and fear. so far, none of the groups have taken responsibility for the attacks as well. so balochistan is quite a diverse place, quite a diverse province as well, because a lot of militant organisations operate from there. so for instance, in the south—west of balochistan, there are insurgent groups, baloch insurgent groups who are fighting for separation from pakistan. and then in the north—west, which is the quetta city of balochistan, there are other militant organisations which are religiously motivated who also operate from there. injanuary i went there, this was in mid—january, and i went to the makran region. so the main city, which is turbat, i went there and a lot

of interestingly, a lot of incidents, a lot of attacks that have happened on election offices and outside the political candidates offices happened in makran division and in quetta as well. so i was in makran and i spoke with a lot of people over there. so a majority of the people were saying that they will not participate in this election at all, only because it is not their election, it is basically a selection which is being imposed on them. so a lot of people were saying that, you know, there are other problems that are ailing the province. for instance, the enforced disappearances. they were speaking about a lack of education, lack of basic facilities, and they were saying that the province is going through exactly the same thing that they were going through 40 years back, so why should they vote? so a lot of people were sounding quite depressed about the upcoming elections. hamas is still with me here. the islamic state militants are behind us, so what are they trying to achieve? fit, us, so what are they trying to achieve? �* . ., ., us, so what are they trying to achieve?— achieve? a cloud over these elections — achieve? a cloud over these elections in _ achieve? a cloud over these elections in pakistan, - achieve? a cloud over these elections in pakistan, it - achieve? a cloud over these elections in pakistan, it is l achieve? a cloud over these i elections in pakistan, it is not achieve? a cloud over these - elections in pakistan, it is not the first attacks and will not be the last. have a million trips out in

force to try to make sure there are not incidents on election day tomorrow, as millions of pakistanis, despite what we heard there about the scepticism among people given all the weaknesses of this particular poll, but there have been attacks in balochistan, south—west pakistan, there have been attacks on a hybrid are bad and there is concern about the rest of the area along the border with a afghanistan. you get statements today from some of the most extreme group saying that what pakistan needs is not a change of individuals, but a change of system. in other words, pakistan needs an islamic state. this is a very much shadowing the military. and putting pressure on the military at a time when its role in these elections is also under a microscope. the military having been in power for much microscope. the military having been in powerfor much of microscope. the military having been in power for much of pakistan's history is no longer in power, but

they remain the most powerful force, with allegations they are behind the scenes manoeuvring the ship and eventual result of this election. and the election as you said, dark clouds above them, imran khan in prison, and we have had the elections marred by violence. what are we expecting from these elections given all of this? if you look at social _ elections given all of this? if you look at social media, _ elections given all of this? if you look at social media, if - elections given all of this? if you look at social media, if you - elections given all of this? if you look at social media, if you look| elections given all of this? if you i look at social media, if you look at the size of the rallies, people came out, people do embrace elections. they get involved in the election campaigns, the politicians, including nawaz sharif who is coming back, making his comeback to try to be a fourth time pay minister, ben bhutto, the assassinated former prime minister of pakistan is now running for the first time to be prime minutes of the packs people's party. and then you have a khan's party, which has been subject to, although the ahmed officials denied,

significant harassment, attempts to neutralise them —— the army officials deny it. not allowing them to go to the polls with their symbol. imran khan is in prison and many of their other members either in prison or in hiding, so it is not a level playing field. you have only one hand election officials proclaiming this will be a free and fair contest with many saying it has exactly the opposite. about pakistan can be a surprising country, let's see what tomorrow brings. qm. can be a surprising country, let's see what tomorrow brings. 0k, lyse, thank ou see what tomorrow brings. 0k, lyse, thank you very _ see what tomorrow brings. 0k, lyse, thank you very much _ see what tomorrow brings. 0k, lyse, thank you very much indeed. - see what tomorrow brings. 0k, lyse, thank you very much indeed. let's . thank you very much indeed. let's bring you some breaking news. this is with regards to brianna ghey and her family. is with regards to brianna ghey and herfamily. we had a bit of a spattering premise andquestions earlier today between the prime minister and rishi

afterjoking after joking about labour afterjoking about labour puzzling on trans people. during pregnancy ...at at that time, sir e starmer was very angry, mouldy weeks to say that, he said, when we are in a's mother was in this chamber... number 10 under a lot of pressure after that, particularly around whether that, particularly around whether that comment was transphobic and his press secretary said he did not accept that at all, but brianna ghey�*s family are to be invited to a meeting on online safety with the prime minister, this is from chris mason our political editor, who said he did not know where the meeting will take place, but it is due to happen at some point. we will bring

you more on that story and you can read more on the brianna ghey story on the website. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news... convicted sex offender and former singer gary glitter will stay in prison after losing a parole board bid. he was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980. the 79—year—old was automatically released in february last year but was put back behind bars six weeks later after breaching his licence. all proceedings at the old bailey in london have been delayed after a fire near the building. around 1,500 people were told to evacuate and around 25 firefighters have been tackling the blaze. there are no reports of any injuries. mint has dropped a commitment on the money that disabled people can

receive to adapt their homes. it is aimed to make their living easier by the adaptation of stair lifts and wet rooms, for example. you're watching bbc news. here in the uk — a week after a mother and her two children were attacked with a chemical substance in south london, police have released fresh footage of the man they're looking for. detectives have revealed that the suspect, abdul ezedi, had been in a relationship with the woman who was attacked. police have had hundreds of calls from the public — but they say he could be north, south, east, west, abroad or even in the river thames. our home editor mark easton is at new scotland yard slowly but surely police are moving closer to finding out what has happened to abdul shokoor ezedi. a week after the attack in clapham,

this is the latest cctv sighting identified, close to the river thames in westminster at 11 o'clock last wednesday night. now an attempted murder inquiry, ezedi is wanted for a violent alkali chemical attack close to clapham common, in south london, on a woman and her two young children. we now know he had been in a relationship with her that had broken down. he had arranged to meet her, she and the children had got into ezedi's car and had been driving before he threw the corrosive chemicals into herface. we are seven days on, as you know. she is still sedated, she's still very poorly and we have not been able to speak to her. our thoughts are with her in terms of her making a recovery. we have determined through our inquiries that they were in a relationship and that their relationship appears to have broken down. the attack happened in clapham at 7:25pm last week. ezedi then got on the tube heading north to king's cross, arriving just before 8:00. he then visited a nearby supermarket and bought a bottle of water. cctv showed significant injuries

to the right side of his face. he returned to king's cross, took the tube south to victoria, and then east to tower hill tube station. there are then various sightings of him heading west, walking beside the river thames from tower bridge. he almost certainly walked past scotland yard in westminster, and the latest sighting is of him crossing vauxhall bridge at 11pm. we now know that ezedi was walking along the banks of the thames for at least an hour and a half, he was alone in a city he barely knew. it was dark, he had a facial injury. was he heading to someone who could hide him? or did he, as police put it, come to harm? the victim of the attack is still sedated in hospital and unable to answer the many questions police would like to put to her. they have spoken to the children involved. but detectives warn if ezedi is dead or being harboured in this country or overseas, it could be some time before they track him down. mark easton, bbc

news, scotland yard. let's ta ke let's take you live now to tel aviv. this is the scene, you can see the us flag, the us secretary of state, antony blinken due to give a press conference in nine or ten minutes' time. this is off the back of the shuttle diplomacy he has been out in the middle east, talking to palestinian officials and the israeli prime minister and israeli president. he will be giving an update to reporters and the press at this press conference a very, very shortly. we will bring you that, of course, as soon as it happens. stay with us for the very latest live from tel aviv. in the meantime, the british dental association says the plan to improve access will not fix the shortage in the

profession. it includes one of payments to those who practice in underserved areas, incentives to take on new patients and more help for children. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. this is what it looks like when you can't find an nhs dentist. i feel a lot of shame going out. i'll wear a scarf around my mouth as though it's cold. it's not, it'sjust because i don't like talking to people like this. for years, stephen has been trying to locate an nhs dentist, resorting to emergency treatment for extractions, even taking out a loan to pay for dentures. i've saved most of my life and my wife, you know, being married and working all the time. i want to save that money for doing things with her. i don't need to be paying for my teeth. for stephen, itjust feels deeply unfair. you'rejust, like, banging your head against the wall. this is supposed to be the happy times of my life, being retired. i've done what i've had to do, i can't do what i want to do because of the situation. stephen is far from alone. the last 48 hours have seen

extraordinary scenes as desperate people queued outside a dental surgery in bristol that had announced it was taking on nhs patients. the problem with nhs dentistry dates back to 2006 when a new contract for dental care was introduced. within just a few years it was being described as not fit for purpose, and dentists themselves said it didn't pay them adequately for the procedures they were being asked to carry out. as a result, they started walking away from nhs care. in 2022, we reported on the struggles people were having accessing nhs dental care. our extensive research revealed that nine in ten nhs dental practices across the uk were not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service, and eight in ten nhs practices were not taking on children.

a third of the uk's more than 200 council areas were dental deserts, where no dentists were taking on any adult nhs patients. the whole of the uk is a dental desert. it doesn't matter where you are, access to dentistry is dreadful. now the government has outlined what ministers call a recovery plan for dentistry in england. a long—term plan to make dental care faster, simpler and fairer for people across the country. one in ten people have been forced to attempt diy dentistry, dickensian conditions. graduate dentists could also be tied in to nhs work, and more dentists from overseas will be recruited. but many fear that without fundamental reform of the way dentists are paid, people like stephen will still struggle to find help. dominic hughes, bbc news. the prince of wales has taken part in his first public engagement since it was announced that the king has been diagnosed with cancer. prince william had taken a break from formal duties while his wife catherine recuperates from abdominal surgery. the king is now at sandringham, after beginning his treatment on monday.

0ur royal correspondent daniela relph reports. after almost a month away, the prince of wales is back on royal duty. first up, an investiture at windsor castle. and for a prince who is also president of the football association, there was a familiar face. ellen, mrs convery, for services to association football. in these formal surroundings, she uses her married name, but to most people she is lioness ellen white, england's record goal—scorer. as she received the mbe from prince william, she spoke to him about his father and his wife. i sent my best wishes to the king and obviously to kate as well, to the princess of wales. but, yeah, no, he was lovely. he's been an incredible supporter of women's football for so many years, since i've been a part of england and playing football so, yeah, it was amazing to receive it from him.

while one prince was on public duty, the other, who arrived yesterday, is already on his way home. prince harry spent around 45 minutes with his father at clarence house after the king's cancer diagnosis. he didn't meet his brother, prince william, during his flying visit to the uk. the king is now on his sandringham estate in norfolk, away from the public gaze, where he'll spend much of the coming weeks. in the commons today, there was support for the royal family. i know the thoughts of the house and the country are with the king and his family. we wish his majesty a speedy recovery and look forward to him resuming his public—facing duties in due course. ijoin with the prime minister in sending his majesty the king our very best wishes for his treatment. across this house, we all look forward to seeing him back to full health as quickly as possible. tonight, the prince of wales has his second engagement of the day. a former air ambulance pilot himself, he will celebrate the work of the london air ambulance

at a fundraising dinner. stay with us on bbc news. hello. well, is there snow on the way? the answer is yes — for some of us. but for most of us, it's going to be a case of sleet and probably heavy rain, and this is going to be happening really for the rest of the week. now, on the one hand, we have a weather front with mild weather spreading in from the south—west. 0n the other, there's cold air streaming in from the arctic, and that cold air is in place across more northern parts of the uk. and with this weather frontapproaching, riding into this colder air, we will see that awkward mix of rain, sleet and snow across more central parts of the uk. but that's still to come. in fact, the early hours across scotland and the north of england are clear and chilly. temperatures really will be tumbling away, whereas in the south—west of the country, that weather front approaching,

mild southwesterlies. so temperatures here of around 11 degrees in plymouth. colder by the time we get to birmingham, its three. and then from northern england northwards, it's a frost and we're expecting snow from morning onwards across parts of northern wales and into the pennines, but really anywhere across this central swathe of the country could see some wet snow on the cars, on the grass. but we're going to focus on the amber warnings across northern wales and the pennines. so here widely could be ten to 15 centimetres, but across the higher routes, higher hills, as much as 20 to 25, so tricky conditions there across the transpennine roads through the course of thursday afternoon and into thursday evening. in the south, it's mild and it's wet. in fact, a spell of heavy rain is expected across southern england, could be as much as 40 millimetres here. and then this area of wintry weather moves northwards. and i think by the time we get to friday, strong winds developing across northern britain,

a strong easterly here, quite cold, but the focal point for snow will be around more eastern parts of scotland. across the mountains, no doubt there'll be some blizzards, but for the vast majority of us, it's way too mild for snow. it's ten degrees in hull, ten degrees in birmingham, 13 expected in london. so is it going to turn cold or mild? at the moment, if we look at the outlook for the rest of the week and into next week, it is going to stay generally on the mild side and often unsettled. bye— bye.

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