. ,, specifically belfast.he main issue across ireland _ specifically belfast. the main issue across ireland this _ specifically belfast. the main issue across ireland this morning - specifically belfast. the main issue across ireland this morning as - specifically belfast. the main issue across ireland this morning as the l across ireland this morning as the restoration of the power supply because we were told at the height of things last night a 118,000 homes were without power, the latest result is that's down to about 110,000 result is that's down to about 40,000 homes and we are told hundreds of extra staff have been made available to try and get power restored and are still lots of travel disruption. we had cancelled flights, trains, ferry crossings, over 100 flights cancelled at dublin airport, we are told some people waited up to ten hours on some flights did not land for they were meant to but we heard from belfast international airport this morning, so thanks largely back to normal although we should

king could be a key moment thank you for joining us a belfast.— joining us a belfast.in _ joining us a belfast. king charles has lived in central _ joining us a belfast. king charles has lived in central london i joining us a belfast. king charles has lived in central london and l joining us a belfast. king charles i has lived in central london and just hours after the princess of wales left the same hospital two weeks recovering from abdominal surgery she has more from outside the property. the before we see a mountain about carrying a royal engagement in the prince of wales rare engagement in the prince of wales we: are engagement in the prince of wales we are not engagement in the prince of wales we: are not likely to see her carrying any kind of real engagement until this and after recuperation and from a resort today, for the king, but the queen at his side, a small crowd of well—wishers gathered outside and waved and smiled at them as he walked to the car and was driven effort time for the palace car private recuperation of buckingham palace also said the king wa

now, let's return to sophie, in belfast.terday the bbc�*s correspondent based there told us about a huge story on the island. a beluga whale had been spotted. it's normally only found in arctic waters. so we asked jothohnston to spend today trying to track down the whale and to talk to the people who had already seen it. with shetland shivering in freezing conditions, perhaps it was no surprise that a visitor well used to arctic temperatures would choose to venture into nearby waters. this lone beluga whale was spotted off the coast of hillswick, to the delight of seasoned local whale watchers. we arrived to a beautiful big bay, but in absolutely freezing arctic conditions, and we were there for maybe five minutes looking out on what was really dark water and suddenly this incredible ivory coloured whale surfaced in front of us. it was just the most magical moment. david attenbourough: elsewhere in the arctic, belugas are gathering in their thousands. it's not unusual to see other whales off the coast of shetland, but the be

let's go back to chris in belfast.ign of any sort of resolution to all of this? ~ , ., , ., this? well, even the people who would have _ this? well, even the people who would have been _ this? well, even the people who would have been more _ this? well, even the people who| would have been more optimistic this? well, even the people who - would have been more optimistic that powersharing at stormont could have been restored have said they felt the hope gradually draining away sincejust the hope gradually draining away since just before christmas, when the uk government pushed hard for devolution to be brought back, the democratic unionist party made clear that its concerns about trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk had not in its opinion been fully dealt with. the biggest party, sinn fein, has said it is behind the workers here today on strike and it has called for the uk government to release that funding which is in a proposed package for a restored devolved government to be released immedia

we can cross live to sarah in belfast. mph, causing a lot of damage to an earlier today we got the sad news that a man in his 60s was killed after his vehicle that he was killed after his vehicle that he was driving collided with a fallen tree in county londonderry, and there's been a lot of travel disruption as well, cancelled flights and train journeys and ferry crossings, and that has hit today as they try to work through that backlog. we are hearing reports of obstructions as well, nearly a thousand reports of things like trees and debris down on roads. we saw one earlier in county down where several trees had fallen, taking with them power lines and hits in a car, so there is a lot of damage out there. today has been about the clean—up operation, which has been under way for much of today. so clean-up operation, which has been under way for much of today. so the travel disruption _ under way for much of today. so the travel disruption and _ under way for much of today. so the travel disruption and clean-up, - under wa

that was "i'm here with kneecap today in belfast". apologies about the pronunciation. they can be seen at the sundance film festival. stay with us here on bbc news. although much of the country today and tomorrow will continue to see a lot of dry, sunny and cold weather, we have some concerns for the social hours piling into the north of the country. —— the snow showers. we have an amber warning in force. this system across france won't pose any issues at southern britain. it will bring an area of thicker cloud. it is the snow showers in the north which we have no concerns about and an amberwarning which we have no concerns about and an amber warning here issued for an extra five centimetres to ten centimetres of snow falling on already deep snow. we could see 15-20 already deep snow. we could see 15—20 centimetres extra so over the high ground. further south, 15—20 centimetres extra so over the high ground. furthersouth, best 15—20 centimetres extra so over the high ground. further south, best of the sunshine, a very cold day particularly across the northern half of t

. any plan to restore power-sharing here in belfast.— here in belfast.d, _ here in belfast. chris page, in northern ireland, a _ here in belfast. chris page, in northern ireland, a porton - here in belfast. chris page, in i northern ireland, a porton event there this evening. —— important event. we will watch that closely. let me bring in our panel. clearly, if the northern ireland secretary was going to call elections, fresh elections, after everything that has gone on over the last two years, the dup would be a weaker position, and as chris wasjust dup would be a weaker position, and as chris was just saying, from jeffrey donaldson�*s point of view, probably for the good of the party it is a good time to get back into stormont? i it is a good time to get back into stormont?— it is a good time to get back into stormont? ' , ., ,., stormont? i thinkjeffrey donaldson is uuite a stormont? i thinkjeffrey donaldson is quite a sensible _ stormont? i thinkjeffrey donaldson is quite a sensible position - stormont? i thinkjeffrey donaldson is quite a sensible po

stop chef, author and west asia expert is joining me from belfast. also with this is jamal wakim is a professor of international relations at the lebanese university in beirot. welcome to both of you gentlemen. now beginning with uh sap, but let's start with recalling the role that iran's general suleimani played in reviving resistance groups in different countries in this region, and also the fruits that you would now see in the performance of the resistance fiser today, especially the palestinian ones. well, you see, first of all, i want to send my condolences to the palestinian people and the whole arab and muslims people for losing the martur was assassinated just under an hour ago by this entity in beirot, that can show us they are after always assinating the leaders and the thinkers of the resistance access in west age, especially in palestine as well, which is from 19 48 till today the same trend as they they call it as mowing the loan so in in west asia the east leaders especially sulayman along with his brothers and combus understood the imp

however, it is very important to outline the parts of the belfast good friday agreement that allows forse things to happen and that depends on any change and would absolutely depend on the consent of both communities at the time. and certainly, i don't think anybody judges that to be in place at this point. judges that to be in place at this oint. �* , judges that to be in place at this oint. �*, ., ., ., point. it's important to point out to the peeple — point. it's important to point out to the people of _ point. it's important to point out to the people of ireland - point. it's important to point out to the people of ireland north i point. it's important to point out i to the people of ireland north and south will decide the constitutional future of ireland and nobody else. this is a very good day for the people of northern ireland and i am very glad to see it. i also think we are about to see something very significant, the first—ever nationalist first minister, the first nationalist leader of the opposition and i wish them all well. in order to properly maintain this progress and m

joining me now is the bbc�*s sarah girvin in belfast.the latest on the power cuts in northern ireland? that is the big issue _ power cuts in northern ireland? trust is the big issue here in northern ireland this morning and this afternoon. at the height of things when storm isha was at its height there were 53,000 homes in northern ireland without power. that is now down to about 40000 and we are told that hundreds of staff are available to work on that, trying to restore power to do so is in that work is ongoing. massive travel disruption as well with cancelled flights, cancel ferry crossings, cancelled train crossings. many flights ending up train crossings. many flights ending up where they should not have been yesterday. at dublin airport 150 flights were cancelled and people were stuck in there for about ten hours yesterday. we have heard from belfast international airport and i say they are largely back to normal but there will be a large backlog to deal with. but there will be a large backlog to dealwith. news but there will be a

can i thank the - honourable member for belfast east.ent, he has been integral to what has been happening over the past few weeks and months and i really do enjoy working with him and i really look forward to working with him in the future. he mentions a host of things. he is quite right, the command paper is absolutely clear. we will provide clear legal direction to eliminate any physical checks when goods move within the uk internal market system, part from those required as part of a risk management approach to manage risk through criminality, abuse of the screen —— abuse of the scheme, smuggling and disease risks. he also knows more than anyone that this deal is about safeguarding northern ireland's place in the union. we have set out what that involves and includes new measures on domestic legislation to a month —— to affirm unfettered access northern ireland's constitutional position and structures and steps to ensure full benefits of the windsor framework felt by businesses and people. and the draft text he mentioned just now that

the biggest rally was in belfast city centre.part in the mass walk—out say the decision wasn't an easy one, but they believe it was the right one. make no mistake about it, we will win this fight. - we are facing a massive recruitment and retention crisis. nobody wants to be a teacher any more. there's none of my colleagues want to be on a picket line, but theyjust feel that they have no other option. why should we be being paid any| different a counterpart in england who is doing the same job, - looking after the same patients on a daily basis? ronan is a teacher in lurgan. so, a beginning teacher's wage here in northern ireland is £24,137. now that's before deductions. and my counterparts in education are looking at teachers in england saying, you know, why is a teacher in england worth £5,500 more than me? why is a teacher in scotland worth approximately £8,500 more than me? we feel very undervalued. we feel very sad and we feel neglected. greg has been driving a school bus for 15 years. at times at night i'm wondering, can i

. and author belfast. lawyer and author luke here to luke gittoes will be here to tell us about plans to make hate crime and hate speech among the most eu . most serious crimes in the eu. maybe it's lucky that we left. and course, myself and my and of course, myself and my fantastic panel will be answering questions from our rather beautiful audience rather beautiful studio audience and guests this and my comedian guests this evening cogan and evening are jonathan cogan and leo kearse, who . welcome both. leo kearse, who. welcome both. >> hello. hello how are you jonathan? >> doing good. you were out till 5 am. last night. you dirty, dirty stop out. >> i'm a bit snoozy today. >> i'm a bit snoozy today. >> yeah, you look a bit rough. >> yeah, you look a bit rough. >> we were slinging d all over town. we had a great time. >> what a slinging d mean? >> what a slinging d mean? >> don't worry. we went out. we went out drinking with some comedians, with the fellas. it was great. >> yeah. was great. mean >> yeah.

we are guarantors of the belfast good friday— guarantors of the belfast good friday agreement and wet done~ _ some other changes needed to have that done. the money will flow as soon _ that done. the money will flow as soon as— that done. the money will flow as soon as the — that done. the money will flow as soon as the new executive is up and running _ soon as the new executive is up and running and — soon as the new executive is up and running and i— soon as the new executive is up and running and i would very much hope a new executive would be sitting very, very soon _ new executive would be sitting very, very soon. grip of the select committee. i very soon. grip of the select committee-— very soon. grip of the select committee. . , _, very soon. grip of the select committee. . , ., ~' committee. i warmly commend the work m riaht committee. i warmly commend the work my right honourable _ committee. i warmly commend the work my right honourable good _ committee. i warmly commend the work my right honourable good friend - committee. i warmly commend the work my right honourable good

so, therefore, it can only be settled, they say, by devolved ministers in belfast.f the dispute, the problems that have led to the absence of devolved government, well, there is really no sign of that changing anytime soon. the dup says its concerns have not been met and therefore it is going to stay out of government, prevent the devolved government from coming back until its concerns are satisfied. so, really, northern ireland is in a sense of limbo, you talk to anybody working in public service, they will say things are decaying because of lack of leadership, a lack of decision—making. these issues around the wages of public sector workers has become something of a lightning rod for public feeling around all this. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the consumer group which says its research suggests people can pay significantly more for train tickets at station vending machines in england compared with those bought online. it checked the prices of seventy—five different journeys. train companies sai

well, we're going to cross over to belfast, joined by sab shath, author and westasia expert.o be. absolutely unamazing and now this latest report uh from save the children uh that's talking about the number of kids that have had their legs amputated since october the 7th and some of them without anesthesia. i mean it's just amazing uh that this is being said in this way that unicef can just simply release this information and none of these international agencies have stopped this. massacre that's taking place, yeah, indeed, most of them, actually, even if it's not all of them without anesthesia, and this is lot of them is waiting as in the corridors of hospitals or in makeshift tents, even hospitals tents, waiting to be evacuated to go to be treated outside to egypt or to the turkey or anywhere, but only they are allowing daily around the... the injured and there is thousands upon thousands of kids, you know there is the id, the iof, the incubation forces have t-shirt which the they market and sell their soldiers brag about it, it's in the t-shirt, the image of the palestinia

dup mp belfast east, gavin robinson. he| belfast east, gavin robinson.usly told would not be possible. we said his party was previously told would not be possible.— said his party was previously told would not be possible. we were told the windsor — would not be possible. we were told the windsor framework _ would not be possible. we were told the windsor framework could - would not be possible. we were told the windsor framework could not i would not be possible. we were toldj the windsor framework could not be reopened. we have succeeded. though we were told there would be no change in the green lane, the green lane is gone. where we were told there would be no removal of barriers on trade between gb and northern ireland, we have removed all tracks within the uk internal market system, save for those ordinarily required for criminality and the prevention of smuggling. and we were told there would be no legal change to the windsor framework, or that eu text. yet, as part of the progress of trust and commitment, as we proceed, colleagues will have notice

belfast, plymouth, eight or nine degrees first thing sunday, but only round about three there in norwichy on sunday then, we've got a high pressure sitting out towards the near continent. this frontal system moving its way in from the atlantic that is going to draw in these southerly winds all the way from north africa. could be some dusty conditions in the skies as well as the mild air that we're going to be seeing. so things, i think, a little bit hazy with all that saharan dust around on sunday for some of us, some of it coming down in this rain that will arrive across northern ireland and western scotland later on in the afternoon. but a good deal of dry weather before that arrives, perhaps a little bit more cloud through parts of the midlands, south—west england as well. sunny spells either side of that and the top temperatures in the west up to around about 13 for the likes of glasgow and belfast. into monday, that frontal system has slipped its way a little bit further southwards and eastward, so it's likely to bring some rain across much of northern england. i think wales perhaps

we were diverted from belfast - we were diverted from belfast international.t at the side of the runway. very, very bumpy landing. that was probably about a0 minutes of an hour ago. they can't get us off the plane because the protocol said that if the wind speed was above a5 not, they can't put the aircraft... 55 knots is not going to diminish until about midnight. there are six planes lined up, ready to disembark the passengers, but they can't do that until the wind speed goes down. if you sort of pretend you're on the ground and you look ahead, it feels at the moment that we're at full altitude with a mild bit of turbulence. you might be used to at 35,000 feet. a bit of mild turbulence. we're actually on the ground. it's safe, but it's obviously quite scary. i should say the crew for this easyjet 's fight has been amazing. they've been open with us, they told us everything, they have been incredibly reassuring. when the pilot said they have to divert, he said don't worry, we have got lots and lots of fuel. interestingly, he told us after we landed that had t

safely dock in belfast . at first light this belfast. at first light this morning.uption to travel has been felt very significantly on land as well. shots from a filling station in county meath are more reminiscent of the images during hurricane season in the us, like here in belfast, the storm brought down hundreds of trees onto roads and vehicles right across the country , leading to across the country, leading to numerous road closures. for a time across the rail network, temporary 50 mile an hour speed limits were imposed. part of a garden shed landed by the tracks near belle grove station in glasgow , also in kent . a whole glasgow, also in kent. a whole greenhouse ended up on the tracks near westgate on sea . tracks near westgate on sea. some of the most dramatic images could be seen at the end of runways across the country , as runways across the country, as air travel was badly affected. this british airways flight into heathrow was one of many forced to abort its landing because of the crosswind adds oh, she's up, she's down, she's gone . she's down, she's

belfast.y get its devolved government back after an absence of two years. it will be actually two years to the day since the institutions, in effect, collapsed backin institutions, in effect, collapsed back in 2022. the democratic unionist party first minister, paul gibbon, resigned from the position then, meaning that devolution basically could not function, so exactly two years after that date, the 3rd of february this saturday, there will be a new first minister at stormont and that will be michelle o'neill, the sinn fein vice president, she will be the first irish nationalists to take up that position and she will be joined at the head, as it were, of the northern ireland executive by a senior member of the democratic unionist party. we don't know exactly who that will be just yet, but that dup politician will be the deputy first minister. in real terms, the powers of the first minister and deputy first minister are equal, they cannot operate without the other and each has a veto over the

so therefore it can only be settled, they say, by devolved investors in belfast.he dispute, the problems that have led to the absence of devolved government, there is no sign of that changing anytime soon. the dup says its concerns haven't been met and therefore it is going to stay out of government, prevent a devolved government, prevent a devolved government from coming back until its concerns are satisfied. so really northern ireland is in a sense of limbo. you talk to anybody working in public services, they will say things are decaying because of a lack of leadership, lack of decision—making on these issues around the wages of public sector workers has become something of a rod in public feeling around all of this. , ., rod in public feeling around all of this. , . ., ~ , ., , this. chris page, thank you very much. for nearly 80 years, scientists have indicated how close the world is to global catastrophe, using something called the doomsday clock. the idea began to warn humanity of the dangers of nuclear war — with midnight marking the theoretical point of a

and this flight here was going from gran canaria to belfast. up in paris, 530 miles away. not ideal. manchester to dublin wasn't much better — this should have been a pretty standard flight. they did not land either. also ended up going all the way to paris. so why did so many people end up so far from their destinations? part of the problem last night was how widespread the disruption was. there were lots of airports where it became impossible to land. this was dublin last night. then the airports where you could land filled up quickly, leaving no space for other emergency landings, hence people ending up so far away from where they were supposed to be. here are a few flyers who contacted the bbc with their stories of isha woe. hello, iam hello, i am amy, this is mandy and bob. we are currently stuck in geneva, switzerland, and have been for 24—hour is due to storm isha. we are back today to hopefully get a return flight to birmingham airport. yesterday with a little chaotic. i don't know how you found it at the airport. absolute nightmare, to

that was "i'm here with kneecap today in belfast". apologies about the pronunciation.o the biggest iceberg in the world. the iceberg, known as a2 three a, is being ground on by warmer air and water as it drips from the unsanitary, but it's not seen as a consequent of climate change. jonathan amos reports. the burg is no missing and fast, satellite image show the frozen block to have a width of 65 km, is like the distance from manchester to sheffield. a23 a has an area of 3900 km2, more than twice the size of greater london, and its average thickness is about 280 metres, nearly as tall as the eiffel tower, and anyways close to a trillion sons. these dimensions are shrinking all the time. the production and melting of icebergs like a 203a, are part of a natural cycle, not a consequence of national —— climate change, as it melts their upsides, it would drop mineral dust in the ocean, a fertiliser stimulus and the growth of small organisms like plankton on the web countries on the planet, the blue whales. bull —— but how long a 20 38 will remain intact is uncertain about t

belfast, plymouth, eight or nine degrees first thing sunday, but only round about three there in norwich atlantic that is going to draw in these southerly winds all the way from north africa. could be some dusty conditions in the skies as well as the mild air that we're going to be seeing. so things, i think, a little bit hazy with all that saharan dust around on sunday for some of us, some of it coming down in this rain that will arrive across northern ireland and western scotland later on in the afternoon. but a good deal of dry weather before that arrives, perhaps a little bit more cloud through parts of the midlands, south—west england as well. sunny spells either side of that and the top temperatures in the west up to around about 13 for the likes of glasgow and belfast. into monday, that frontal system has slipped its way a little bit further southwards and eastward, so it's likely to bring some rain across much of northern england. i think wales perhaps down towards the far south—west, just across parts of scotland, it'll turn to snow for a time, perhaps over the highest ground of

joining me now is the bbc�*s sarah girvin in belfast. who is in euston. first, sarah, northern ireland has been particularly hard hit. tell me more. it been particularly hard hit. tell me more. , . . , ., more. it is electricity and restoration _ more. it is electricity and restoration of _ more. it is electricity and restoration of electricity l more. it is electricity and . restoration of electricity that more. it is electricity and - restoration of electricity that is the big issue in northern ireland. in terms of the latest numbers of people affected, we are told at the height of things overnight and into the early hours, 53,000 homes across the early hours, 53,000 homes across the country were without power. this morning we are told it is down to 110,000. we morning we are told it is down to 40,000. we are told hundreds of workers have been dispatched around because it has affected the entire country, to try to get power up and running again and that is likely to last for many well into today. there has been travel disruption of cou

that was "i'm here with kneecap today in belfast". apologies about the pronunciation.evealing the extent of the lies spread by a 22—year—old woman, who falsely told police in cumbria she'd been raped by men who were part of an asian grooming gang. she was jailed last year. but anna collinson has been investigating the web of deceit created — you may find some of the details in her report upsetting. i guess you kind of, you can probably guess what's going to happen. if you just listen... this is the moment eleanor williams was arrested in 2020. a court would later find that she had repeatedly lied about being raped, which legal experts stress rarely happens. exclusive access to police footage shows it started at 16 and then escalated. he had a knife, he was waving it around. by 18, she claimed she was being trafficked by an asian gang. which one was willing to pay the most money to go with. the police treated williams like a victim, but suspicions began to arise after they spent two days driving her around blackpool, where she said she'd been recently trafficked to, and

dougie beattie from belfast . now let's cross from belfast.to sophie reaper who's in blackpool sophie looking very windy there blowing a hoolie. what's latest ? what's the latest? >> it is indeed a really rather iconic sight here over my shoulder, but i can tell you that throughout all of last night and throughout all of today, it has been absolutely battered by storm, by the storm itself . the waves have been itself. the waves have been crashing in on the flood defences, the rain came in earlier. the temperature has plummeted. so whether or not we're seeing the end of storm isha or we're starting to see storm jocelyn, you mentioned there, we're starting to see the impacts of that here in blackpool. i'm not sure, but it's certainly other. it's certainly one or the other. we obviously overnight were in the amber weather warning that was downgraded by the met office this morning. but we are still in a yellow wind warning which means there is potential danger to life from flying debris. we've seen all manner of things flying around here in blackp

our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher, has been to belfast to meet them. photography. kneecap are at the forefront of irish hip hop, rapping in both irish and english. their self—titled film, a semi—fictionalized account of how they got together, also blends the two languages, and it's the first irish language film to be included at the sundance film festival. they called our generation the ceasefire babies. so it's about these three fathers trying to find their place in the world. and it's about, you know, their identity and stuff like that. so everybody has this idea of the irish language, that we alljust sit about in pubs, playing fiddles and talking about grammar. you know what i mean? when in actual fact, these three characters don't really mention the language that much. the whole film they're, like, selling drugs and like talking about, you know, youth culture. you've heard of intergenerational trauma, right? right. our history. our history has become our biology. kneecap are not without controversy. this mural, showing a police landrover on fire, d

the time we have, gentlemen. let me thank our guest, saab shas, author and west asia uh expert in belfast, jamal wakim, professor of international relations at the lebanese university in beirut. and thank you for watching this episode of the news of the spotlight. with me, your host. i'll see you next time. يا جماعه الخير من شان الله. قمر غفا والشوق فينا لا ينال ودموعنا في الليل تصنع والسلام والحزن غلف كل قلب عاشق. عاشق المحروم حتما لا يلام هنا الف ذكره ودروب عشق لم تزل ترزوا لقاء هنا الف عبراء الزواجه تقعين to repossess gaza, to reconquest gaza and to uh convert it into an israeli area, but this is pure madness and it's utterly illegal. now it's not new, because force displacement is the main trade that characterizes israeli occupation in the gaza street, the west bank and east jerusalem. it has gone through 56 years. not to mention what has happened before, but now this, i mean it's so cynical to call it voluntary migration and continue to evoke as the only possibility for the palestinians in gaza to survive, to move somewhere else, to the sinai or somewhere else in the arab region sayi

belfast, plymouth, eight or nine degrees first thing sunday, but only round about three there in norwicht towards the near continent, this frontal system moving its way in from the atlantic that is going to draw in these southerly winds all the way from north africa. could be some dusty conditions in the skies as well as the mild air that we're going to be seeing. so things, i think, a little bit hazy with all that saharan dust around on sunday for some of us, some of it coming down in this rain that will arrive across northern ireland and western scotland later on in the afternoon. but a good deal of dry weather before that arrives, perhaps a little bit more cloud through parts of the midlands, south—west england as well. sunny spells either side of that and the top temperatures in the west up to around about 13 for the likes of glasgow and belfast into monday. that frontal system has slipped its way a little bit further southwards and eastward, so it's likely to bring some rain across much of northern england. i think wales perhaps down towards the far south—west, just across parts of

saab shah, author and west asia expert is joining me from belfast. also with this is glen deeson, professor political science at the university of. southeastern norway and oslow. now welcome to the show gentlemen, let me uh begin with uh saib shath. unprecedented dimensions of this war, as you now uniquely you recorded around the world and live tv, trageting civilians including women and children, hitting schools, hospitals, un offices. shelters, stealing of body parts, and now we have reports of looting and thieving, reports of thieving emerging now of palestinian's property, beating gaza or the west bank. let's begin with your thought on this, and what kind of atrocity can we call this? this is not a new to start with, they looted the whole of palestine, they as they say, they took a country with the turn of the key. palestine was one of the feuest countries on earth was documented by the united nation prior to the 181 resolution of the division of palestine mistakenably issued by the united nation, at them the palestinians were everything was surv

and sshath, author and west asia expert out of belfast. thank you both for being with me. i like to start. this off in london and massoud, i mean what's your overall assessment of the reason israeli regime um has assassinated these individuals at this point in time? well, it's very obvious and very clear for the whole of international community to see through it that this conflict is non-vinable by israel is a state, and in fact um all the sort of... "the goals that they have targeted for themselves is not going to be achieved and is impossible to achieve, and so therefore it's one could say that this war with this sort of atrocities being committed has been unleashed just to save not design this state, but to save netanyahu and his cabinet, and now that is very clear that they're not even able to..." achieve that particular goal a savior of netanyahu as a political leader, they have to widen the this war and they have to make the waters even more uh mody and so therefore they want to expand the conflict and i'm going to interrupt you because we're having some issues with

author and west asia expert is joining me from belfast. also with this is glenn desan, professor political science at the university. southeastern norway and oslow. now welcome to the show gentlemen, let me uh begin with saib shath. unprecedented dimensions of this war, as you now, uniquely, recorded around the world and live tv, targeting civilians including women and children, hitting schools, hospitals, un offices. alters stealing of body parts and now we have reports of looting and thieving, reports of thieving emerging now of palestinian's property, beating gaza or the west bank. let's begin with your thought on this, and what kind of atrocity can we call this? this is not a new to start with, they looted the whole of palestine, they as they say they took a country with the turn of the key. palestine was one of the feuest countries on earth was documented by the united nation prior to the 181 resolution of the division of palestine mistakenably issued by the united nation at then the palestinians were everything was surveyed what the

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right, well thank you so much for being with us pro huge, journalist, author and activist out of belfastyria's al rimalan with drones, again islamic resistance in iraq has target the us occupation based base in syria. well, an iraqi resistance group says the recent attack against an israeli sight in the city of haifa shows the resistance access will never give up its strategic goals in the region. a spokesman for the al-nijaba group said the strike is a clear message to the regime, not an impulsive act. hussein al-musavi said the objective of the resistance is to disrupt us plans in the region and to neutralize the efforts of israel in gaza. on sunday, the islamic resistance in iraq said it targeted vital site in haifa with a long-range cruise missile. also, in recent days, the resistance group has carried out several attacks against the us. positions in syria and in iraq, meanwhile, there are reports of new strikes on us bases in the region, and the latest attack the us based near al-amar fiel in syria was targeted with dozens of rockets. and with that, it brings us. the end of this uh

chris page, bbc news, belfast. it isa it is a complex issue. be representatives from the nationalist community and unionists, who want northern ireland to remain part of the uk. the idea is that whatever the historic differences, both communities have a vested interest in the system. it has a first minister and deputy first minister, one unionists and the other nationalists. the devolved government last collapse of every 2022 after the democratic unionist party withdrew in protest against post—brexit trade checks between the region and great britain, and the walk—out means that power—sharing was impossible. it's believed the arrangements under the northern ireland protocol diminished the region does not replace within the uk internal market, and a new deal called the windsor framework was agreed in 2022 between the government and european union, aimed at addressing their concerns. we are across all those different press conferences that we are expecting over the next few hours as different parties respond. we are also closely following every tw

all right, thanks lot fraues joining us from belfast. thank you. also palestinians in the gaza strip are facing dire conditions as a result of the ongoing israeli genocide, they're struggling with severe shortage of food and water, nowhere is safe for gazons now as the regime war planes keep. pounding areas we displaced civilians are taking shelter hello we are in the north of gaza and people are surprised and laugh when they hear the news that we green livestock feed into flower and use it to bake bread. this bread is prepared from livestock feed which includes corn and oat. you see we had to bake bread from it. the shape of this piece of bread is funny. god bless the people. here in the north of gaza, hunger is rampant. see, institutions and houses have been struck here. as you know, nowadays, the marters here remain lying on the ground for three or four months, arranging a funeral for a marter no longer happens, that is over. they were strucked by artillery shelling while they were peacefully sitting, just minding their own business, where do th

all right, thanks lot for all he's joining us from belfast. in the latest edition of press tv's explainer program offers some insight into the islamic resistance in. back in its recent speed of anti-us and anti-israely operations. there has been a massive increase from regional resistance groups in targeting us assets in the region, in particular syria and iraq. the iraqi resistance group in particular has taken it to another level by claiming responsibility for targeting israel's ha. this may signal a new front that the islamic resistance has opened against israel. when it comes to the islamic resistance in a iraq, it is umbrella group, which means it is representative of roughly 62 resistance groups that operate out of iraq. they all share a common goal to drive us forces out of iraq and syria, which they view as source of instability, but why have these groups increased their attack since october 7th? their mission statement is to show solidarity with palestinians in gaza, and the grave injustices by the occupying entity against palestinian

author and west asia expert out of belfast. and eve zingler, author and political activists out of montreal. well, thank you both for being with us. well, sab, let's start off with the palestinian resistance itself. we've seen today that more rockets are still being fired at tel aviv, uh, from algas and brigades in gaza. let's talk about this. how is it possible after zionist forces have been on the ground in? gaza for months um that they can't even stop the resistance from firing into occupied areas. the palestinan resistance, despite the ongoing zianist western back genocide on the civilians in gaza, they exposed how hollow and weak this entity, which is the whole as we witness in the 8th of october. 'all the west rushed down to the zionist entity from biden to the italian, the french, the british and romanians, the rest of europe, to show up this collapsing base, advanced military base for the the empire and they ensuring up the this zianist entity with opening all the arsenals of the united states of america and west europe, even diversing some shipments'. weaponry and money as well fro

author and west asia expert out of belfast. and eve zingler, author and political activists out of montreal. well, thank you both for being with us. well, sab, let's start off with the palestinian resistance itself. we've seen today that more rockets are still being fired at tel aviv, uh, from alkass and brigades in gaza. let's talk about this. how is it possible after zionist forces have been on the ground in gaza for? months um that they can't even stop the resistance from firing into occupied areas. the palestinan resistance, despite the ongoing zionist, western back genacide on the civilians in gaza, they exposed how hollow and weak this entity, which is the whole as we witness in the 8th of october, all the west. rushed down to the zionist entity from biden to the italian, the french, the british and romanians, the rest of europe, to show up this collapsing base, advanced military base for the the empire, and they ensuring up the this entity with opening all the arsenals of the united states of america and west europe, even diverting some shipments of weaponry and money as well from uk