thank you very much, dr benjamin radd - stands today.ery - much, dr benjamin radd for your time and analysis. tributes are coming in here. here is what many are saying. he was "wonderful, funny and kind." that's the tribute paid by the wife of the broadcaster, michael moseley, who's been found dead on the greek island of symi, following a four—day search. he went missing last wednesday in scorching temperatures while out walking on holiday. joe inwood has the latest from symi. it was here on a rocky hillside michael mosley was found. just metres from safety when he was seemingly overcome by the heat and collapsed. the people of the silent and the greek authorities have done everything they could just fight that he was not found for nearly four —— four days. it was on that beach that the body which has now been identified as michael mosley was found. he was found lying just at the right side of that fence you can see over there, so really close to where people would have been relaxing and playing on this popular and busy beach. we spoke t

benjamin radd — political scientist at the ucla burkle center for international relations, and expertics in the middle east. he gave us his view on the line from netanyahu that the intense stage of the fighting against hamas is coming to an end. it makes sense, given that the focus of israel's defence and offensive capabilities have shifted to the north and we have seen in the last week increasing activity from hezbollah, rockets fired, cross—border attacks and reprisals by israel and this is something israel cannot maintain defensively so long as it is fighting a massive two front operation. given that the resources are needed in the north, it makes sense for netanyahu to wind down this stage, even if he would prefer to keep the offence of going in gaza, we cannot sustain this on two fronts. he also said the war would not be finished until hamas no longer has control over the gaza strip. is it something that is achievable? and who would control the strip if hamas was no longer there? that is the major outstanding question because he has not signalled to whom he would entrust leadersh

i asked benjamin radd — political scientist at the ucla burkle center for international relations.hip, specifically yahya sinwar, who is the one apparently holding up the deal. the issue about stage one of the proposal, as the united nations security council agreed 14 to nothing in favour of would have a short term cease fire in exchange for the release of a certain category of hostages and then also release of palestinian prisoners held by israel. but it seems that sinwar, who is the one that opposes the short term aspect of that initial stage, is the one holding up this end of the deal. in terms of the position of the israeli government, will that still been ambiguous, while it has officially accepted the peace plan, prime minister netanyahu has sought to distance himself from it. do you see on the israeli side, will he be able to follow through? i believe so. i think now, especially with the departure of the moderates from his war cabinet, the pressure is on netanyahu, both from now the left and the right from domestic opposition in the country and also from outside the country

benjamin radd is an expert on government and politics in the middle east.and hezbollah. well, a lot of this is in the hands of the islamic republic. iran controls very much what hezbollah does, how it's armed, when it fires, the extent to which it operates against israel. in fact, a week ago a high ranking revolutionary guard core official stated that hezbollah represents a projection of iran's powers beyond its borders. so i say that very much to underscore the idea that iran can control the spigot and how much pressure is applied to israel from the north, when to pull back and when to increase that pressure. in the meantime, we will continue to see israel responding in the way that it has, targeting specific sites and individuals in southern lebanon that are members of hezbollah. scotland play hungary later. victory in stuttgart for scotland could propel them past the group stages of a major competition for the very first time. among the sea of tartan army supporters are paul leonard and his son archie, a bagpiper. archie and paul have taken it upon thems

benjamin radd, political scientist at the ucla burkle center for international relations, and experthe middle east gave us this analysis. it makes sense, given that the focus of israel's defence and offensive capabilities have shifted to the north and we have seen in the last week increasing activity from hezbollah, rockets fired, cross—border attacks and reprisals by israel and this is something israel cannot maintain defensively so long as it is fighting a massive two—front operation. given that the resources are needed in the north, it makes sense for netanyahu to wind down this stage, even if he would prefer to keep the offence of going in gaza, he simply cannot sustain this on two fronts. he also said the war would not be finished until hamas no longer has control over the gaza strip. is it something that is achievable? and who would control the strip if hamas was no longer there? that is the major outstanding question because he has not signalled to whom he would entrust leadership of gaza after this conflict ends and in fact, he was unwilling to accept elements of the current

benjamin radd is an expert on government and politics in the middle east.out the possibility of further escalation between israel and hezbollah. a lot of this is in the hands of the islamic republic. iran controls are very much what hezbollah does, how it is armed, when it fires, the extent to which it operates against israel. in fact, a week ago, a high ranking stated that hezbollah reflects an extension of iran's powers beyond its borders. i say that you emphasise that iran can control this and how much pressure is applied to israel from the north, went to pull back and went to increase the pressure. in the meantime, we will continue to see israel responding in the way that it has, targeting specific site and individuals in southern lebanon that are members of hezbollah. the president of argentina, javier milei, has met the german chancellor 0laf scholz in berlin. this is mr milei's first official visit to germany since taking office six months ago. but the visit has already been accompanied by protests and controversy. president milei was due to receive

let's speak to benjamin radd — political scientist at the ucla burkle center for international relationsment and politics in the middle east. thank you forjoining us on the programme. following on from lucy's reporting about those tensions on the border between lebanon and israel. how likely is it we will see an escalation in the conflict? fix, is it we will see an escalation in the conflict?— in the conflict? a lot of this is in the — in the conflict? a lot of this is in the hands _ in the conflict? a lot of this is in the hands of _ in the conflict? a lot of this is in the hands of the - in the conflict? a lot of this is in the hands of the is - is in the hands of the is lanark republic. how they are on, when it fires, how it operates against israel, we could go a revolutionary guard corps official said they represent the production of iran will stop they could control this and how much pressure is applied to israel from the north, went to pull back and went to increase the pressure. in the meantime we will see israel responding in the way they have, targeting specific sites and individ

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