amos hochstein said they had very constructive talks and now was a real opportunity to bring an end tounited nations resolution 1701. this is the resolution that ended the conflict between hezbollah and israel back in 2006. it requires hezbollah to remove its fighters and weapons from areas near the border with israel. now, the israeli authorities are making demands — demands that the lebanese say are unacceptable. it wants the right to act inside lebanon if there is any violation of the deal. there's also the idea of an international mechanism to monitor the implementation of this deal. now, these talks are expected to continue. at the same time, we've seen, in the past week, an escalation in israel's air strikes across lebanon, including here in central beirut. the israelis are describing this as a strategy of "negotiations under fire", and they say this is going to continue. joining me live is mara rudman, distinguished professor now, these talks are expected to continue. at the same time, we've seen, in the past week, an escalation in israel's air strikes across lebanon, including

he was referring just to the possibility that president biden's special envoy, amos hochstein, who will also join our discussion tonight, was on the verge of negotiating a ceasefire between israel and hezbollah. then at 3:38 p.m. today, this happened. >> good afternoon. today i have some good news to report from the middle east. just spoke with the prime minister of israel and lebanon, and i'm pleased to announce their governments have accepted the united states's proposal to end the devastating conflict between israel and hezbollah. under the deal reached today, effective 4:00 a.m. tomorrow local time, fighting across the lebanese-israeli border will end. will end. this is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities. >> earlier in the day in lebanon, it did not seem that peace was at hand. the "new york times" reports in the hours before israeli ministers approved the deal, the israeli military launched one of its heaviest barrages since the war began, hitting the heart of beirut in hezbollah neighborhoods in the season. friedman writes that the deal means that they've decided

and amos hochstein, the us envoy, was due to be coming here very shortly, but he's currently delayinggovernment as to whether they can accept a ceasefire proposal that's been put to them. and that would involve hezbollah, that's the militant organisation in southern lebanon, moving its forces north of the litani river, well away from the border with israel because israel has made it very clear they want their residents to be able to return safely to northern israel and not be rocketed by hezbollah. what hezbollah want is a guarantee that israel won't keep, well, will leave lebanon, will stop the air strikes, and won't keep returning to lebanon. israel says they can't give that guarantee because they want to have the right to act inside lebanon if they think their security is threatened. and that, at the moment, is the sticking point. when it becomes clearer, i think we will see amos hochstein getting on a plane, coming here to the middle east. and there is a chance, i think there is a prevailing wind, put it like that, because the lebanese want this war to end, israel would like to wr

amos hochstein said they had very constructive talks and now was a real opportunity to bring an end told be limited to the terms of the united nations resolution 1701. this is the resolution that ended the conflict between hezbollah and israel back in 2006. it requires hezbollah to remove its fighters and weapons from areas near the border with israel. now, the israeli authorities are making demands, demands that the lebanese say are unacceptable. it wants the right to act inside lebanon if there is any violation of the deal. there's also the idea of an international mechanism to monitor the implementation of this deal. now, these talks are expected to continue. at the same time, we've seen, in the past week, an escalation in israel's air strikes across lebanon, including here in central beirut. the israelis are describing this as a strategy of "negotiations under fire", and they say this is going to continue. iamjoined by i am joined by a senior fellow with the middle east programme at the centre for strategic and international studies. thank you forjoining me, natasha. i want to ask

please. >> everybody in lebanon. >> leading off the discussion, white house senior adviser amos hochstein, the lead negotiator in the ceasefire deal between israel and hezbollah. how did it turn out? did they let you pay? >> thanks, lawrence. no, they wouldn't let me pay. kept saying you're our guest, we appreciate what you're trying to do, won't let you pay. >> as friedman says, this is a big deal, obviously, now it's really happened. what was the key to bringing it together in the end? >> look, i think lawrence, this has been a devastating conflict. 18 years of calm since the 2006 war, and here we are again, and really this is a conflict as the president said that was imposed on the lebanese people. october 7th happened, hamas attacked israel, and hezbollah decided to join in a few hours later in early morning, october 8. not representing the lebanese people who repeatedly have expressed we don't want this war, didn't want it then, don't want it now. really it was how do you get to a point of telling the israelis you've gotten a lot of gains on the ground militarily, but you need -- if

a us special envoy, amos hochstein, has arived in israel, where he'll hold talks with the israeli primeire between israel and hezbollah in lebanon. this comes as hospital officials in northern gaza say many people have been killed in the latest israeli airstrikes. at least five buildings in beit lahiya and gaza city were hit early this morning. the israeli military made no immediate comment. it's intensified its offensive in northern gaza in recent weeks, it says to prevent hamas from regrouping. let's cross live to jerusalem and speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell. can we start with the diplomatic effort, where are we on any potential agreement between israel and hezbollah? the us special envoy amos hochstein arrived last night and met a top israeli official and met a top israeli official and he is expected now to meet the israeli defence minister and the prime minister as well. while he was in beirut, he was meeting lebanese officials, getting a response via them from hezbollah, to the latest us draft proposal on a ceasefire. he has been reporting that progress has be

east capital, the latest striking, a multi story building and as yeah, the us special envoy, amos hochstein, has been holding talks in israel after negotiating details. if a draft sees far proposal in loving on under at least 2 paramedics have been killed after their vehicle was targeted by the is really army and the southern province of tire. the ministry of public health has condemned the attack saying that israel continues to target health facilities, which are protected by international humanitarian law. for more on this will speak to in a 100 who's joining us from a routes. and i'll tell us about the latest attacks on the office while we are in the neighborhood of here, this is the aftermath of just one of the strikes that happened in the past hours. you can see people in the street. so there's a lot of kind of people are in shock because yes, they routes. southern suburb, the neighborhoods, the baby southern suburb have been repeatedly hits in, in recent weeks. but this is the 1st time this area has been hit because behind this building we are not able to show you that because there's

amos hochstein told the bbc the ceasefire meant hamas was now without allies, while israel no longerg everything that's happening on the ground. and that's the big difference here between last time and this time. it's not about unifil. it's about getting the lebanese military to deploy the other lebanese security services to deploy, and an authorisation by the government, which just passed the government earlier today as part of the agreement, authorising the lebanese army to do it. but there's another element that is different from �*06. this is bbc news. the us envoy — who helped negotiate the ceasefire on the lebanon border between israel and hezbollah — says it could open the door to a deal to end the war in gaza. amos hochstein told the bbc the ceasefire meant hamas was now without allies, while israel no longer had to fight a two—front war. we can make sure that we're watching everything and that's the big difference here between last time and this time. it's not about unifil. it's about getting the lebanese military to deploy the other lebanese security services to deploy, and

the us envoy to the middle east amos hochstein says he believes there is a real opportunity" to end the, after some constructive talks in beirut. hochstein has been negotiating with nabih berri, the speaker of the lebanese parliament, who has been given the go ahead by hezbollah to try negotiate a deal. the us presidentjoe biden is making a last ditch attempt to find a ceasefure before he leaves office. the draft agreement drawn up by the americans includes a ceasefire and a 60—day transition period — during which the israeli military would withdraw from southern lebanon, the lebanese army would deploy in areas close to the border, and hezbollah would move its heavy weapons north of the litani river. as it was required to do under a previous un resolution. joining me now is firas maksad, senior fellow and senior director for outreach at the middle east institute. very good to have you with us on the programme. as i say, it does seem struggling similar, this american plan to 1701, the un resolution that ended the 2006 lebanon war.— 2006 lebanon war. that's absolutely _ 2006 lebanon war.

and amos hochstein, the us envoy, was due to be coming here very shortly, but he's currently delayingcept a ceasefire proposal that's been put to them. and that would involve hezbollah, that's the militant organisation in southern lebanon, moving its forces north of the litani river, well away from the border with israel because israel has made it very clear they want their residents to be able to return safely to northern israel and not be rocketed by hezbollah. what hezbollah want is a guarantee that israel won't keep, well, will leave lebanon, will stop the air strikes, and won't keep returning to lebanon. israel says they can't give that guarantee because they want to have the right to act inside lebanon if they think their security is threatened. and that, at the moment, is the sticking point. when it becomes clearer, i think we will see amos hochstein getting on a plane, coming here to the middle east. and there is a chance, i think there is a prevailing wind, put it like that, because the lebanese want this war to end, israel would like to wrap this one up — and i think there's

we've heard very little from amos hochstein, the presidential envoy, since he has been here in jerusaleme got the west bank, which is adjacent to israel but which is claimed by settlers, people who are basically building properties on land that is supposed to be the future palestinian state. and there has been an announcement here from the israeli government that they're no longer going to detain settlers accused of various violations in that territory, because they're saying these settlers are facing armed groups and acts of terrorism backed by iran. and at the same time, israel is fighting a war on several fronts. so this has caused some alarm amongst palestinians, because they're saying, well, that just gives the settlers free rein to do what they want, and there are some pretty bad things going on, on both sides. but the settlers — many of them are determined to try and push out the palestinians, burning their cars, burning their olive groves, essentially terrorising them. and this is something that has been condemned by both the us and britain, who have in some cases brought sanctio

the fighting between israel and hezbollah could be within reach. us envoy amos hochstein, reported progress after more talks with lebanon's, parliament speaker, who is leading mediation efforts on behalf of the militant group. so i just concluded another meeting with speaker barry. the meeting today built on the meeting yesterday and made additional progress. so i will travel from here in a couple hours to israel, to try to bring us to a close if we can, if we can. israel's more with hezbollah escalated in september, its military ramped up air strikes and launched the ground incursion into lebanon in a bid to put an end to relentless rocket fire from the around fact militant group. since then, celebrities health ministry says more than 3500 people have been killed, has been law, has seen its leadership decimated, edit supply of arms, greatly reduced. could us back to peace proposal would create a un buffer zone in southern lebanon. we thought is really troops and has bluff fighters withdrawing. has been lost as it has reviewed the plan, but that its success depends on the is rarely prime mi

amos hochstein told the bbc the ceasefire meant hamas was now without allies, while israel no longero—front war. we can make sure that we're watching everything that's happening on the ground. and that's the big difference here between last time and this time. it's not about unifil. it's about getting the lebanese military to deploy the other lebanese security services to deploy, and an authorisation by the government, which just passed the government earlier today as part of the agreement, authorising the lebanese army to do it. but there's another element that is different from �*06. the end of the battle in �*06, hezbollah was at peak strength. it is not there now. and so i think this is a moment where lebanon has an opportunity and a chance to redefine itself, re—establish itself. and the first thing start... it starts with asserting sovereignty over its country. to what extent do you think that this cease fire deal could help pave the way for a truce in gaza with hamas? i think it very well can be. i think that there is a moment here in time where we've changed something. the dy

us special envoy amos hochstein helped secure the truce, telling the bbc hopes the deal could help unlockk there is a moment in time where we have changed something, the dynamic has changed, the linkage between lebanon and gaza has been broken, and hamas has to wake up this morning at 4am when the ceasefire went to effect and understand they are alone, the rest of the region is abandoning them. it is time for them, asjoe biden said yesterday from the white house, they have not come to the negotiating table in good faith for several months. if they are willing to release the hostages which will help bring about an end of the conflict, that is within our grasp, we can do everything we can lead by president biden to bring the hostages home and bring this to a close. i think the ceasefire with lebanon can be a spark or a key to unlocking them. i enjoy now i will thomas, the deputy director in the middle east programme at the center for strategic and international studies. many thanks for your time on the programme. i will ask you about gaza that we just heard about it firstly do you expect th

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the latest striking, a multi story building and actually yeah. meanwhile, the us special envoy, amos hochstein, has been holden talks in israel after negotiating details of a draft ceasefire proposal in loving on zana for the it has this update from bay roots, which we've seen over the past 24 hours is that is really strikes have been dudley, and it's been a violent 24 hours. not just in favorites, the southern suburbs and southern live in on, in, in, in eastern, nothing on dozens of people were killed on thursday. so you can see people here in shock or uh, you know, asking each other questions whether or not they should leave this area for goods. like i mentioned, most of the 700000 people who live in baby southern suburbs have left but a few 1000 stayed behind because they don't want to leave their home. so they don't want to leave their businesses. and at least 2 paramedics have been killed after their vehicle was targeted by the army in the southern province of tyre. the ministry of public health has condemned the attacks saying that israel continues to target health facilities, which are

amos hochstein it'll lead us negotiatorfor these conversations.t seems like we are on the brink of a deal that may materialise over the next couple of days, some of the media reports suggest by thanksgiving here in the united states. and if so, then at least it would put a 60 day pause, if not permanent. hostilities between israel and hezbollah and lebanon. there is still obviously the fight between israel and hamas. but this deal does not deal with the israel hamas issue. yes, we will aet the israel hamas issue. yes, we will get to _ the israel hamas issue. yes, we will get to hamas _ the israel hamas issue. yes, we will get to hamas in _ the israel hamas issue. yes, we will get to hamas in gaza - the israel hamas issue. yes, we will get to hamas in gaza in - the israel hamas issue. yes, we will get to hamas in gaza in a i will get to hamas in gaza in a moment. ijust want will get to hamas in gaza in a moment. i just want to stay with hezbollah. what you think are the key sticking points between both sides that could derail this?— derailthis? wel

these are pictures of the us mediator amos hochstein in beirut last week.'s deputy parliamentary speaker says he sees no serious obstacles to the truce which has been brokered by the united states. here's state department spokesperson matthew miller, speaking within the past hour. we've made significant progress with getting towards a resolution, that includes progress from where we were when i spoke to this last week, but we're not done yet. nothing is final until everything is final, we continue to work to try and get an agreement over the line. and we are hopeful we can get one, but we need both of the parties to get to yes. here's israel's ambassador to the un. we haven't finalised it, but we are moving forward. i assume the cabinet will meet today or tomorrow to discuss it. and i think, for us, it's important what will happen after. on the ground in lebanon, there has been no let—up in israel's bombardment, these images of an israeli strike on beirut a few hours ago. the number of people killed in lebanon by israeli air strikes since october last year

us special envoy amos hochstein helped secure the truce, he told me about what it took to get the dealhank you forjoining us. take a sense either negotiations? the us has obviously been working on a dealfor some time. what was a breakthrough moment of why now?— moment of why now? firstly, i think that _ moment of why now? firstly, i think that over _ moment of why now? firstly, i think that over the _ moment of why now? firstly, i think that over the last - moment of why now? firstly, i think that over the last many l think that over the last many months changes on the ground have occurred. as hezbollah was degraded and the capabilities degraded, the leadership removed through the battlefield, at some point there comes a time when you have to translate the battlefield gains into political gains, into an actual deal. that is what guarantees the security, and so several weeks ago, five or six weeks ago, president biden and i discussed that this is the right moment to put the pressure to see if we can see if the parties can reach an agreement. i think both parties understood this was the

us envoy amos hochstein has travelled to israel, after meetings in beirut. hopeful a ceasefire can be agreed. i'm joined now by aaron david miller, middle east analyst, author and negotiator. he is a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. aaron, let's start with gaza. help us understand the contradiction between the us can sit say that they are working on solutions to end fighting in gaza but at the same time they are actively vetoing un solution. it is same time they are actively vetoing un solution.- vetoing un solution. it is a difference _ vetoing un solution. it is a difference between - vetoing un solution. it is aj difference between serious efforts to end the fighting in gaza and lebanon and performative behaviour of the un in new york. i understand the way the world perceived humanitarian effort in gaza and the extraordinarily horrific number of palestinians being killed by israel's prosecution of war. a year on, no one should be surprised by the nature of the us response. i think what surprises me is that people are still

. >> envoy amos hochstein is meeting lebanese leaders about a potential ceasefire deal between israel hezbollah. the american diplomat says an agreement is, quote within our grasp. and this is of hostilities and a major israel offensive that was launched in september. cnn's oren liebermann is following the latest from the pentagon. so, oren, how close to a deal are the two sides here >> brianna, we are potentially closer than we've ever been to seeing an agreement between israel and lebanon that would end the fighting. and yet we're not there yet. and it may not be able to get across the finish line here because of the details here. lebanese officials have said much of what's in the draft agreement they agreed to, but they're trying to clarify some unclear points. and according to those officials, it would be a temporary 60 day ceasefire with the idea of getting to a much that agreement would get back to un security council resolution 1701. the reason that's important is because that's the resolution that ended the 2006 war, and a key part of that is that in southern lebanon, the only

. >> a miss -- amos hochstein is a leading the effort to reach a cease-fire between israel and hezbollah table is a proposal put forward by american officials for a deal, both lebanese officials and hezbollah accepted the proposal with some comments. we don't have official details of the proposal. we don't have details about the changes which have apparently been made during these discussions. but right after a m -- we heard from the head of hezbollah saying that hezbollah is letting these discussions happen to see if they can get to any result. he said there were two main demands for the complete end of hostilities and also the preservation of lebanon's sovereignty. these are very difficult negotiations. it is continue to demand the right to act inside lebanon if any deal is violated. the efforts will continue in israel. and we will see if the decisions made here will be accepted there. >> the u.s. house exits -- ethics committee chair said no agreement was reached on whether to release a report investigating sexual conduct -- misconduct allegations against matt gaetz. he says he report

the escalation comes after us envoy amos hochstein travelled to the region last week in pursuit of a us on friday without one. the welsh first minister has described the flooding in the aftermath of storm bert as "absolutely devastating". the storm left one man dead in wales — police say the body was recovered sunday afternoon. two areas in south east wales are under severe flood warnings, meaning the conditions pose a "significant risk to life". our correspondent danjohnson is in southern wales, where a river burst its banks overwhelming homes and businesses. there are about 300 homes that have been flooded across south wales, in these valleys alongside the rivers that run down off the welsh mountains, and these in the main were people who had already been flooded four years ago during the storm dennis. and they were not expecting it to be as bad this time. they say the warnings they received were not as severe as the flooding turned out to be, that it was not forecast and predicted accurately. floodprediction, a very inaccurate science, difficult thing to get right, but people who

us envoy amos hochstein has been speaking in beirut about his attempts to broker a truce between israelen made so i know this will be disappointing to a lot of people here, but i'm not going to negotiate this in public. so i'm not going to go into what the issues are. um, we're going to... i was here we discussed it here as planned. if we made progress, i would go to israel and make those additional discussions there based on the conversations here and see what we can do. he will be meeting with benjamin netanyahu tomorrow. lebanon has accused israel of a systematic destruction of villages close to its border with israel. the israeli military has been striking villages and towns in the south of lebanon, since its invasion began last month in response to attacks by hezbollah. israel says its targeting hezbollah infrastructure hidden in civilian areas. carine torbey has been speaking to some of those who have seen their homes hit, and sent this report from beirut. countdown, and then... ..in a split second... ..it�*s gone. these controlled explosions destroyed several buildings in one go.

amos hochstein, white house senior adviser for mg investment. great to see you this morning., this has been the last couple months we've really tried to -- we saw an opportunity here. israel made tremendous gains on the battlefield and we thought this was the right time to try to bring about translating those gains on the battlefield to a permanent cease-fire and so this was clearly very difficult partly because after, as you just said, neal 14 months of fighting and this has been very intensive fighting. there have been over 10 to 15,000 projectiles fired at israel and a serious amount of bombardment throughout lebron from the -- lebanon to beirut. a heavy war with a lot of casualties and damage. and so -- not only that, but the war is not between israel and lebanon. the war is between hezbollah and iran where hezbollah joined the october 7 attacks just after hours afterwards in the early morning of october 8 launching its attack. the lebanese people never wanted to play a part in this war. how do you put together a cease-fire between two countries when one wasn't even a par

amos hochstein was here this past week. he had discussions with senior lebanese officials.went to israel to have discussions with israeli officials, including the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. we haven't had any reaction following those talks. he had discussions with senior lebanese officials. he reported progress in those discussions. he then went to israel to have discussions with israeli officials, including the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. we haven't had any reaction following those talks. there were some, you know, differences between the lebanese demands and also the israeli demands. and, you know, those talks trying to reach a deal in these negotiations. and the indications that hezbollah was willing to accept a deal and these attacks have continued. this is part of a strategy that the israelis have described as negotiations of the fire. and they say that these attacks are going to continue despite these negotiations for a ceasefire. i want to show you these latest pictures coming in from beirut. they sure a huge plume of smoke multiple i

joining me now amos hochstein, who's the lead u.s. negotiator behind that ceasefire deal, traveling to the region several times. so as we just heard in jeremy's piece there, not only what we're hearing from the israeli military in terms of those warning shots, but you heard from two residents from ori and also from aura, who are skeptical that this ceasefire will hold. are you confident it will hold? >> well, first, erica, thank you for having me. >> look, the cease fire that was agreed to yesterday, this is a we're in a day one of this cease fire so i and others will hold judgment. >> the hope is that this is a permanent cease fire. that is not just a cessation of hostilities on a temporary basis. i saw a lot of reports that this is a 60 day cease fire. it is not. it is a permanent cease fire that will require hezbollah to move away from the border. but israeli positions inside lebanon are going to continue to be there for a few more weeks and will they, as they depart lebanon on a gradual basis so the lebanese military will now come

amos hochstein held talks with lebanese officals in beruit after a us7drafted ceasefire proposal wasboth the government in beirut and hezbollah had agreed to the deal�*s terms. there�*s been no official response from israel. mr hochstein says he hopes the coming days will yield a resolute decision. we have a real opportunity to bring this conflict to an end. this is a moment of decision making. i'm here in beirut to facilitate that decision, but it's ultimately the decision of the parties to reach a conclusion to this conflict. it is now within our grasp. our beirut correspondent hugo bachega has sent this assessment of the talks. he has been leading the biden administration effort for a cease—fire in the conflict between israel and his brother. the fact that he went to beirut was seen as an indication of progress in these talks. here he had meetings with senior lebanese officials including parliament speakers whose bins supported by his brother to negotiate with these international mediators. he said they had very constructive talks and now it was a real opportunity to bring in and

us special envoy amos hochstein helped secure the truce, ending one of the deadliest conflicts in lebanons. he told me about what it took to get the deal done. thank you forjoining us, just take us inside the negotiations. the us has been working on a cease—fire deal there for some time now, what was the breakthrough moment, why now? firstly, i think that over the last many months changes on the ground have occurred, as has below it was degraded, on the ground have occurred, as hezbollah it was degraded, its abilities degraded, leadership removed from the battlefield, at some point there comes a time that you have to translate battlefield gains into political gains come into an actual deal. that's what guarantees its security. so several weeks ago, five or six weeks ago, president biden and i had discussed that this is the right moment to put the pressure to see if we can see if the parties can reach an agreement. and both parties understood that this was the right moment moment and in fact it was the last moment. it was now or we would have to wait for several more months. why is that? a

expecting something from the prime minister, but he was meeting the visiting us special envoy, amos hochsteinugh exactly what is facing the prime minister, the top international court based in the hague, saying that there is reasonable grounds to believe that mr netanyahu and his former defence chief, yoav galant, committed war crimes in gaza during the war. it talks about using starvation as a method of warfare, murder, persecution and other inhumane acts, intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population. and the court said that israel's acceptance of its jurisdiction in gaza was not something that was required. we've had very wide condemnation of this from israeli politicians and the president has come out calling it a dark day forjustice, a dark day for humanity. now, back in may, of course, it had been sought by the chief prosecutor as well — arrest warrants for three senior hamas figures, seen really as the masterminds of the 7th of october attacks. all three of those men are now believed to be killed. but the evidence when it comes to mohammed deif, the man who is the m

the escalation comes after us envoy amos hochstein travelled to the region last week in pursuit of as on friday without one. for more analysis, i spoke to david hale, former us ambassador to lebanon, pakistan and jordan. i would like to begin by getting your assessment firstly on the conflict in lebanon because on one hand we have got diplomatic efforts going on to reach a ceasefire but also these ramped up attacks coming from both sides. so do you expect to see a ceasefire any time soon or any kind of progress because you think it is unknown frankly what is going to happen. i am not surprised by this. we have seen it in the war in gaza and is the war in lebanon has intensified— the war in lebanon has intensified ., , intensified that both parties ma sa intensified that both parties may say they _ intensified that both parties may say they are _ intensified that both parties may say they are agreeable | may say they are agreeable about american initiatives to get a ceasefire but i don't actually agree and on the lebanese side the decisions are not being made by lebanese any more to t

amos hochstein was here this past week. he had discussions with senior lebanese officials.e reported progress in those discussions. he then went to israel to have discussions with israeli officials, including the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. we haven't had any reaction following those talks. there were some, you know, differences between the lebanese demands and also the israeli demands. and, you know, those talks trying to reach a deal in these negotiations. and the indications that hezbollah was willing to accept a deal and these attacks have continued. this is part of a strategy that the israelis have described as negotiations of the fire. and they say that these attacks are going to continue despite these negotiations for a cease fire. storm bert looks set to bring heavy snowfall across scotland and parts of northern and central england. weather warnings for heavy rain and high winds are also in place across the uk, including most of northern ireland, wales and cornwall. a crash has closed the m71; motorway in south lanarkshire, where weather conditions a

the us special envoy, amos hochstein, has been holding talks in israel after negotiating details. if a draft sees far proposal in loving on under at least 2 paramedics have been killed after their vehicle was targeted by the is really army and the southern province of tire. the ministry of public health has condemned the attack saying that it.

words, actually, about a potential ceasefire from lebanon, those coming from a top us official, amos hochsteinon trying to broker this deal. is this the best chance to get a piece deal signed between israel and hezbollah? yes, it may well be. but the reality is that it's not going to be the last chance, even if it does not work. there are many reasons to be hopeful. mr netanyahu said his goal is to get residents back into the north of israel. he cannot do it, even with the devastating impact their war in lebanon, and of course the attacks on the communication devices, have had. they have really struck hard against hezbollah, but hezbollah proves on a daily basis that they can still fire rockets into the north of israel. so that goal cannot be met, and is unlikely to be met unless there is a ceasefire. so if the pressure is strong, it may happen under the biden administration, and if not, it most likely will happen under a trump administration. you know, we've seen the us working hard for these deals in terms of ceasefires on the ground, but then we also saw the us vetoing for the fourth time a

including 7 is a school housing, hundreds of the space kind of simians you, especially, i'm way amos hochstein says as progress and sci fi talks and 11 on the has put, i've need a warms the fighting workstall them to look deal is reached. pos, russia condemns the us position to give anti personnel landlines to ukraine. accusing washington of trying to print on the the security council has rejected another draft resolution calling for a cx 5 and gone. so the draft resolution has not been adopted owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the council. it was put forward by 10 non permanent members and it called for an immediate permanent truce. it'll say to them onto the release of oil is randy competence held by hum us us, vetoed the resolution using its visa for a number of times we could not support an unconditional cease fire that failed to release the hostages. because as this council has previously called for a durable enter, the war must come with the release of the hostages. these 2 urgent goals are inextricably linked to this resolution abandoned the city. and for that reason,

us envoy amos hochstein has travelled to israel, after meetings in beirut.nt progress and is hopeful a ceasefire can be agreed. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega is in beirut and has more. holstein has been needed what has been seen as alas it has attempted to reach a ceasefire to reach israel and hezbollah. 0n the table, is a provider that has been proposed by american officials were ideal, both let lebanese officials and has blue has accepted these proposals with some comments. now, we do not have official details of this proposal is at or details about the changes that apparently have been made during these discussions right after he spoke, we had from the head of hezbollah gave a pre—recorded speech. he said that hezbollah was leading the discussion to see if they could get to any result. he also said that they were two major demands for a deal. the complete ahead of her hostilities and also, the preservation of lebanon's sovereignty. 0bviously, these are very difficult negotiations. israeli authorities continue to demand to have the right to ac

is rarely strategic affairs minister, ron durham, are he was meeting with the us invoice 11 on amos hochstein. he is telling reporters that he believes there is a shot to secure a cease fire with israel and has the lot. he says that he is helpful for the prospects of such a deal. the only thing that the united states is now waiting for is to hear back from the 11 east side for the prospect of a truce. kimberly help you out. you 0. the white house are us cool. it has awarded $42000000.00 to $3.00 rocky men who tortured in abu ghraib prison 2 decades ago, jury found as an american civilian defense contract with legally responsible for the mistreatment of detainees. the prison was the case of 50 kilometers west of baghdad. it'll prices as a us army detention center for capture the rockies from 2003 to 2006. but to go ahead and joins us now live from washington d. c. so coffee took us through what we know about this really a well, we know that a jury of 8 people uh, found that the contractor ca, defense contractor c a c. i is in fact liable. and as you mentioned, ordering them to pay the $3.00 me

so daniel, uh, we're just monitoring amos hochstein the us and boy, he's just arrived at the we can see the live pictures he sat for 2nd day of talks. uh, what are your thoughts on these latest see spot negotiations with has vall, are you optimistic or well, molly, we have to be to experience from being able to have any optimism regarding took sides during this 5, the ministration anywhere in the region. so certainly we sold the continuous, terry, and all of these re positions on the cause of, from the continuous telling us that there were reasons to be optimistic that all we beginning to see is a repeat of that on the left. and then from at least we know that someone like this, the whole scene is unlikely to be around for very long. so if he is going to have a swing at this, this is one of these last efforts to do so, you can make the case. that is rep, if it could disconnect the level of the trucks, elements of the axis, for the resistance to what it is doing dogs that what it continues to, what it has every intention of continuing to do with that function. if it can make that disconn

but the us government is saying with its lead negotiator, amos hochstein, that they're so close. do you believe them? i think it's close, but you know is fundamentally there till everything's agreed. nothing is a great and so is it could be close, but never it could possibly never get there. but i believe i believe the points of the dispute are, are small. at this point, i saw me let me ask you, is there essentially an implicit deal right now between the christian lebanese, the sunni lebanese, with the united states. and his real to this, you know, basically disabuse themselves of the she, i love and i wouldn't go that far. and for that matter, tell me where, where the line. so i, i would consider even the characterization it says if, if this is how you're that missed the new station is thinking, the characterization it says is really very shaky because there is no such thing as a cohesive. any one of these groups, communities that involve in on i not that do not have a political unity anywhere. but besides that, i think in terms of the negotiations, it's important whether in the

amos hochstein mentioned by the ambassador there was summoned to israel by the prime minister benjamino say essentially that after months of hard work diplomatically by the united states not just to bring about a deal, but to prevent this situation from escalating further, the prime minister said he saw a window of opportunity to get to the deal. what followed was intensive negotiations that included a role for the french, president biden speaking on friday by phone with french president emmanuel macron to talk about the ways in which those two countries would add to an existing mechanism to be an intermediary should potential violations of this ceasefire occur. this will take 60 days to get into a place, but it's a part of a deal that the president hopes is durable as he laid out yesterday if when he spoke about this from the rose garden. take a listen. >> the fighting across the lebanese israeli border will end. will end. this is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities. if hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal and poses a direct threat to israel, then israel retains th