frank gardner, thanks for— it's not good. frank gardner, thanks forjoining _ it's not good.us. - there are conflicting reports over an attack on the ukrainian city of dnipro overnight. ukraine says it was targeted by a russian intercontinental ballistic missile. there's been no independent verification of this — and cbs news in america are reporting that us officials say it was a shorter range ballistic missile. there's been no comment from the kremlin. if confirmed, it would be the first time an icbm has been used in the conflict. the ukrainian air force says dnipro was also targeted by a hypersonic ballistic missile, and seven cruise missiles — six of which it said were shot down. military sources have told the bbc the missile had been fired from astrakhan, close to the caspian sea. the attack follows the us decision to allow the use of long—range missiles to attack russian territory and moscow has repeatedly said the use of western weapons to strike territory far from the border would be a major escalation of the conflict. russia has also claimed it's shot down two britis

frank gardner— agents in the uae. frank gardner in _ agents in the uae.ae. frank gardner in a jerusalem i agents in the uae. frank i gardner in a jerusalem fair. now it's time for today's sport. hi. thank you are going to start with formula 1 one quarter consecutive driver championship with max. in under the lights at the las vegas grand prix. he did what he needed to do finishing ahead of his rival lando norris. best app his rival lando norris. best app and six and norris fifth. he becomesjust the app and six and norris fifth. he becomes just the six driver in history to win after what he calls a difficult season for red bull. he retains his title with two races to spare. you have to be — with two races to spare. you have to be proud _ with two races to spare. you have to be proud of - with two races to spare. you. have to be proud of everyone what they have done for me. you stand there as a four—time world champion was something i never thought was possible. at the moment, just feeling relieved in a way but also very proud. relieved in a way but also ve

frank gardner and lina sinjab. let's speak to paula yacoubian.mber of the national coalition party. shejoins us from she joins us from beirut. shejoins us from beirut. i think there may be a problem with the line. i think it has come good, i hope you can hear me, paula yacoubian?_ come good, i hope you can hear me, paula yacoubian? thank you for having — me, paula yacoubian? thank you for having me. _ me, paula yacoubian? thank you for having me. hopefully - me, paula yacoubian? thank you for having me. hopefully the - for having me. hopefully the line will stay _ for having me. hopefully the line will stay stable. - for having me. hopefully the line will stay stable. i - for having me. hopefully the line will stay stable. i want l line will stay stable. i want to ask you, how does it feel to be in lebanon today, to be in beirut today, day one of the ceasefire? it beirut today, day one of the ceasefire?— beirut today, day one of the ceasefire? , ., ., ceasefire? it is day one of the ceasefire- _ ceasefire? it is day one of the ceasefire. the _ ce

thank you, | and let us go to jerusalem now, and let us go tojerusalem now, frank gardner is there.day you were telling me that there is a reluctance on the part of many israelis who had left their homes in the north of israel so close to lebanon supporter to return there yet, and i wonder what is going to happen with those israeli troops. an israeli government spokesman seemed to be earlier that they may not fully withdraw from lebanon for quite some time. the fully withdraw from lebanon for quite some time.— quite some time. the length of the cease-fire. _ quite some time. the length of the cease-fire. it _ quite some time. the length of the cease-fire. it is _ quite some time. the length of the cease-fire. it is supposed l the cease—fire. it is supposed to be — the cease—fire. it is supposed to be 60 _ the cease—fire. it is supposed to be 60 days, so it is supposed to be two months, by which _ supposed to be two months, by which time be new president president in the white house, so it_ president in the white house, so it is— president in the white house, so it is supposed to be

frank gardner's in jerusalem. big question, because what has been happening in the south? ., , what has been happening in the south? . , _, what has been happening in the south? . , . south? that is the core conflict in the middle _ south? that is the core conflict in the middle east _ south? that is the core conflict in the middle east once _ south? that is the core conflict in the middle east once again - south? that is the core conflict in the middle east once again and l south? that is the core conflict in the middle east once again and itj the middle east once again and it depends on whether you see the glass as half full or empty because optimist would say if you could do do a dealfor lebanon, you could do one for gaza, and antony blinken said we are 90% of the way there, not long ago, but pessimists say this will make it even harder, and israel is going to redouble its military efforts on gaza and the conflict continues, and i think the sticking point here is that for hamas to release those hostages and sig

let's bring in our security correspondent frank gardner. lly accepted within the security cabinet. frank: we always knew that he would oppose this, took two social media in the last 48 hours of saying it is not too late to stop the deal. he argues that now is the time with hezbollah on the back foot to basically press forward israel's military advantage and eliminate it altogether. but that is not a war aim of the israeli government, at least not a stated one. i'm sure they would be delighted if hezbollah banished from the state of the earth, but their aim was to drive them north of the litani river north of the residents of galilee, close to the border on the israeli side, could find it safe enough to return home. hayes opposition was always well known. he has always been on the far right, an extreme nationalist. this is someone who has made some very provocative, very nationalistic comments about gaza, about the west bank. he is not somebody who believes, for example, in the two state solution. it is no surprise that he is in opposition to

let's get more on this now with our jerusalem correspondent frank gardner. rough what has been the response to this cease-fire deal in israel. is there a sense it can hold? frank: well, it's mixed. i think it depends on whether you see the glass as half full or half empty. there are a number of people up in the north north of the country who are very critical of the deal, because they say more time should have been dedicated to disregard hezbollah's and missile capabilities, 19 miles north of the border, sustained over that border. this is 2006 at the end of the last israel-lebanon war, and they logged them at israel, northern israel, since october 7 of last year. so there's a fair degree of skepticism, i think among some people, but there is enormous u.s. pressure here. this is kind of in the dying days of the biden presidency, this is supposed to be a big foreign policy achievement in the middle east, and i think the region will be breathing a sigh of relief that at least one fire is being extinguished. attention will now turn to gaza, which now is the main

our security correspondent, frank gardner.ities still operating in the northern part of the strip. the hospital's chief, dr hossam abu safiya, was reportedly seriously injured in the attack. according to medical sources, the israeli military targeted the hospital's oxygen facilities and diesel storage with drones. despite the ongoing airstrikes, medical staff continue to care for the wounded. the war has caused extensive damage, displacing nearly the entire population of gaza and leaving large parts of the region in ruins. translation: we have been askinu translation: we have been asking the — translation: we have been asking the to _ translation: we have been asking the to send _ translation: we have been asking the to send doctors . translation: we have been | asking the to send doctors with surgical specialty so we can treat those who arrive at kamal adwan hospital with injuries requiring surgical intervention. today, iwas injured myself. we urgently need medical supplies, tools and ambulances to continue our humanitarian w

frank gardner joining us from jerusalem.in the boot of a car in east london on thursday. detectives say they believe that harshita brella, who was 2a and from corby, may have been attacked by someone she knew but are keeping an open mind. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. hello from the bbc sport centre. starting with golf. rory mcilroy finished the 2024 golf season in style, winning his third dp world tour championship — and the sixth race to dubai title of his career. the northern irishman only needed a top—ii finish to reach the summit of the season rankings, but won the tournament, finishing one shot clear of rasmus hojgaard. the world number three joins spanish great seve ballesteros in second place in the all—time list, with six order of merit triumphs, with only colin montgomerie ahead of the pair with eight victories. rugby union's autumn internationals continue later. and after england suffered their fifth straight defeat yesterday, wales are looking to avoid an historic loss today in cardi

frank gardner, our security correspondent. he spoke to us a little earlier.ald trump arriving here, mar—a—lago in florida, very shortly, back to his residence, where we understand he will be casting his vote in palm beach, possibly mid—afternoon uk time. we will keep an eye on that. assuming he will be voting for himself. stay with us here on bbc news. plenty more in the hours ahead. hello again. 0ur weather is well and truly stuck in a rut at the moment. it's a fairly cloudy day ahead. you can see in st andrews we've had a lot of cloud already, and it's the same in st helier in the channel islands. a lot of cloud and, really, across the board, that is the story. high pressure has been in charge for a while and will continue to be so over the next few days. so a lot of cloud into the afternoon, some breaks across the north of scotland, northern ireland and wales, some patchy drizzle across the northern and western isles and the far north—east of scotland. but apart from that, light breezes with temperatures 11 to 16 degrees under the cloud. but, like yesterda

our security correspondent frank gardner in israel.told me what's been happening in lebanon over the last couple of days and explained how people were feeling. people are returning to their homes in beirut�*s southern suburbs in the south of the country, in areas that were largely depopulated by the israeli offensive, and air strikes, and there's been heavy traffic along the main coastal road to the south for the last two days now. and the atmosphere is one of excitement. hezbollah considers this a victory and most of it supporters seem to agree. for others, it's perhapsjust a relief that the war might be ending. there is of course anxiety around what the future will bring the cease—fire will hold and what the postwar might look like, especially under the terms of this cease—fire, which gave israel freedom of action that it previously did not have. ., ., ., , have. so he mix of emotions, understandably, _ have. so he mix of emotions, understandably, they're - have. so he mix of emotions, understandably, they're on i have. so he mix of

frank gardner, our security correspondent.he earthshot biodiversity prize — where today he will visit signal hill in cape town. yesterday the prince of wales challenged a group of local school children to a game of rugby and met with young environmentalists. today he'll meet with park rangers and conservationists to discuss the importance of biodiversity. 0ur royal correspomndent daniella relph has the latest from cape town. prince william has been climbing table top mountain today. it has been described as a biodiversity hotspot. he has been talking about the endangered plant species here. he has been doing it with people who know all about it. they spend their time looking after it stopped caring for it and nurturing it. the conservationist, the park rangers and firefighters who protected. this is the environmental park of prince william's to appear today. young people has been another focus for him. he had a roundtable discussion with again climate leaders from across south africa and southeast asia. he was quite direct wit

frank gardner, bbc news injerusalem. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.oken over her death. in an exclusive interview with the bbc in india, harshita's parents and sister, say all they want now, is justice. detectives in the uk, believe harshita's husband, pankaj lamba, murdered the 2a—year—old, then fled the country. samira hussein reports from delhi. understandably these are a parent and a sibling overcome with grief and they cannot believe she is no longer with them and when i asked them to describe what their daughter was like, the father was quick to say, she was really hard—working and studious and wanted to be a teacher and she would spend her time in delhi tutoring two sessions of children coming in and out of their suburban home, and then she would turn to her own studies. hersisters she would turn to her own studies. her sisters said the two of them were inseparable. you can stay up to date with that story on our website. the last surviving military veterans of the uk s nuclear bomb tests of the 19505 are appealing to the prime minister to meet

frank gardner reporting there.f the three main parties in ireland have clashed over housing, the economy and health care in a tv debate ahead of the general election on friday. the outgoing taoiseach, simon harris of fine gael, took part along with his coalition partner of the last four years, the fianna fail leader micheal martin, and mary—lou mcdonald of sinn fein. so, let's take a closer look at those key parties in ireland's election. traditionally, irish politics have been dominated here's the take of our correspondent caitriona perry in drogheda. they are, ben. the three main parties, as you say, the three biggest parties fianna fail, fine gael and sinn fein — all in and around 20—21%, according to the latest opinion poll from the irish times. here, the two parties currently in government, fianna fail and fine gael with the smaller party, the green party, are hoping to keep on to that balance of power. but really, talking to people as you go around county louth, as we have done today, a county on the border w

for the latest on the attacks in gaza, frank gardner is in jerusalem for us. on what you're hearing from gaza. it has been a really tough _ hearing from gaza. it has been a really tough day _ hearing from gaza. it has been a really tough day and - hearing from gaza. it has been a really tough day and every i a really tough day and every day is tough and gaza but this has been particularly deadly because we started the day hearing at least ten people have been in an air strike on a place in central gaza, in a refugee camp, including women and children, but then reports came in of a much bigger strike on a five story residential building as you mentioned, where the israelis say they were targeting hamas terrorist activity in the end. they had warned residents to evacuate and they were trying to move them to safer areas, but rebuilding was flattened, there is nothing but rubble and protruding shards of metal and bodies in white shrouds. the palestinian civil defence said dozens of people have been killed, families were living there, so it is clear at least some c

frank gardner with the latest injuries love. —— with the latest in jerusalem. shelters. the rainfall has flooded hundreds of poorly constructed tents across the territory. some have been completely swept away and there are problems with sewage, as well. medical facilities across the strip are also in a dire situation, the are regularly targeted by israeli air strikes and drone attacks. well now a hospital director — who runs one of the only two medical facilities still partially working there — has been seriously injured in an israeli drone strike in northern gaza — along with his two daughters and several staff. dr hossam abu safiya heads the kamal adwan hospital in northern gaza but has suffered shrapnel injuries. israel does not allow foreign media organisations independent access to gaza — so a freelance journalist working for the bbc has interviewed dr safiya. translation: for seven consecutive _ translation: for seven consecutive days, - translation: for seven consecutive days, we'vel translation: for seven - consecutive days, we've been directly bombed.

our security correspondent frank gardner is following the meeting in riyadh. discuss what the organisers are calling the israeli aggression against the people of gaza and lebanon. it�*s exactly a year since the last one held here in riyadh. and, of course, since then, the conflict in the region has grown into more than one conflict. israel is now at war with notjust hamas in gaza, but hezbollah in lebanon, and exchanging blows with the houthis in yemen and intermittently with iran as well.

our security correspondent frank gardner is following the meeting in riyadh.plains its significance. this is the second so—called emergency arab and islamic summit to discuss what the organisers are calling the israeli aggression against the people of gaza and lebanon. it's exactly a year since the last one held here in riyadh. and, of course, since then, the conflict in the region has grown into more than one conflict. israel is now at war with notjust hamas in gaza, but hezbollah in lebanon, and exchanging blows with the houthis in yemen and intermittently with iran as well. so this conference is aiming to try and do two things. they're trying to get a ceasefire in both lebanon and gaza, and also to try and find or push forward plans for a palestinian state. i think reaching some kind of consensus isn't going to be that easy. usually the final communique is always a little bit of a fudge, because you've got to try and match everybody�*s aspirations, and not everybody agrees here. you've got countries that have got full diplomatic relations with israel like t

let's speak to our security correspondent, frank gardner.elations with israel as part of the abraham accords, which was done under then president donald trump's presidency. since then, there has been quite a lot of crossing between israel and united arab emirates, and as part of that this ultra—0rthodox foundation, the chabad organisation, which is essentiallyjewish missionaries, they have been active in the uae, setting up kosher shops and so on. this particular man, zvi kogan, he managed a kosher supermarket in the emirates and was very active in trying to smooth the way for israeli visitors to the emirates, showing them where to get kosher food emirates, showing them where to get kosherfood in emirates, showing them where to get kosher food in things like that. but the israelis think that. but the israelis think that he was under some kind of surveillance by iran and its agents, and he disappeared on thursday. the alarm was sounded. the mossad, israel's external spy agency, started to investigate this from around saturday, possibly earlie

our security correspondent, frank. security correspondent, frank gardner there.inistry says 3,670 peple have now been killed in israeli attacks since october 2023, with more than 50 people killed on saturday. in beirut, at least 20 people were killed and more than 60 others were injured in a strike which flattened an eight—storey residential building. and near the city of baalbek in the east, 15 others were killed, including a mother and herfour children. the israeli military says it's targeting hezbollah facilities and fighters. 0ur middle east correspondent, lina sinjab, is in beirut and spoke about the frustration of the people caught up in the strike. well, there is a lot of anger and fear here because most of the attacks are hitting residential areas outside hezbollah—controlled areas. it seems that israelis are in the hunt for personnel related to hezbollah, regardless of their ranking. and people, civilians, are being killed. the story yesterday, 20 people were killed while they were asleep at 4am in the morning. there was no warning before. more than 60 i

t) our correspondent frank gardner is in israel with more.there are quite a few optimistic voices coming out about the chances of getting a ceasefire deal coming out of washington, coming out of beirut and in some cases coming coming out ofjerusalem here. but i think it is not there yet. there was festival the israeli security cabinet has got to ratify it and there are voices within the government here in israel who are opposed to this deal. so for example, itamar ben—gvir, who is the national security minister in israel, and ultranationalist, he has taken to social media to say that this is a bad deal. it is not too late to stop it. his view is that israel has got hezbollah on the back foot, but they are really weakened militarily and now is the time not to give them breathing space, but to finish them off. there are those in the north of israel who are in rocket range of hezbollah�*s rockets who worry that hezbollah�*s armoury, its armoury is not sufficiently depleted, they don't trust this deal anything that is simply going to be a matter

what was seen as a warning for people not to return to their homes. 0ur security corrrespondent frank gardner the latest. well, it's only day two of a 60—day ceasefire, and so far, it is largely holding up. neither side is looking to back out. but it would be an exaggeration to say that this has been a perfect ceasefire so far. it hasn't, because the israeli military, their tanks have fired several rounds towards lebanese villages and towns in the south of lebanon — they say, to warn off villagers who were coming back too soon. israel has imposed a curfew, an overnight curfew, on the area of southern lebanon between the litani river and the israel border. and they don't want to see any movement in that space during that time. remember that this is still very early days and it's a phased withdrawal. hezbollah are due to move north of the litani river. israeli forces are supposed to move south of the border. now, the lebanese army has accused israel of "multiple "violations", in their words. israel says that its warplanes struck a hezbollah weapons dump containing medium range rockets. but so f

our security correspondent, frank gardner is monitoring events from jerusalem.e his assessment of where the negotiations stand. we are very close, but we're not there yet because tomorrow the israeli security cabinet has to endorse this deal. and there has been quite loud public protest online by, um, some of the more right wing elements in mr. benjamin netanyahu's cabinet, who's saying now is not the time to let hezbollah off the hook. now is the time to defeat them altogether. but do you know what? both sides want this deal israel and lebanon. this war has now cost more than 3000 deaths, and there is an intensification of cross—borderfire. there's a huge number of rockets been coming across the lebanese border fired by hezbollah, around 250, in the last 2a hours, and intensification of air strikes by israel on very crowded parts of beirut, the dahiya, the southern suburbs. what is the sticking point with this deal? well, um, israel's insistence is that it reserves the right to go back in, whether by air or land, but primarily by air, to if it feels that hezbol

we'll bring you that as it happens. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, is injerusalem.cabinet would not simply be rubber—stamping a ceasefire deal. there are voices who are not in favour of it, most notably from the national security minister, who is a famously hard line ultra nationalist — that's itamar ben gvir. he took to social media yesterday saying that this was a bad deal. it wasn't too late to stop it, because he believes that hezbollah are on the back foot militarily, that they are broken and that now is the time to, in his words, to sort of press home israel's advantage and finish them off. that is not the official government view here, because whereas israel has vowed, as its strategic war aims, to defeat and destroy hamas in gaza, they haven't vowed to do the same about hezbollah. so they seem to accept that hezbollah, as well as being a military force, is also a politicalforce in lebanon. hezbollah are members of the parliament there. there are mps, and they are very much part of lebanon's national fabric. so what they're trying to do in this deal is to pus

frank gardner has more from jerusalem. the two armed conflicts that israel is engaged in, one in gaza another in lebanon, there appears to be a better chance of trying to get a cease fire with hezbollah in lebanon. the u.s. envoy is due to becoming but currently delaying the trip, waiting for some clarification from the lebanese government as to whether they can accept a cease-fire proposal that has been put to them. that would involve hezbollah, the militant organization in southern lebanon, moving its forces north of the river, well away from the bord with israel. because israel has made it clear, they want their residence to be able to return safely to northern israel and not be rocketed by hezbollah. hezbollah wants a guarantee that israel will leave lebanon and won't keep returning to lebanon. israel says they cannot give that guaranty because they want to have the right to act inside lebanon if they think their security is threatened. that is the sticking point at the moment. when it becomes clearer, i think we will s

0ur security correspondent frank gardner is injerusalem: . k on what this could mean for the wider region? 50. could mean for the wider region? so, the gaza could mean for the wider region? srr, the gaza conflict could mean for the wider region? s57, the gaza conflict is could mean for the wider region? s513, the gaza conflict is different could mean for the wider region? sr3, the gaza conflict is different and more difficult to resolve than the one in lebanon. now the israeli government think they have got a better chance of getting some kind of a deal with hamas, that is the militants organisation that has ruled gaza since 2006, now that in their eyes hezbollah is out of the equation and hamas is on its own. a complicated factor is 100 or so hostage, the israeli hostages you mentioned who have been held there and are being used as bargaining chip, hamas do not wants to give those up, until the israeli army agrees to leave gaza, and not come back, but the israeli army doesn't want to leave gaza until it has defeated hamas, and removed it as a

let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardner. of these attacks. well, back in july. _ light of these attacks. well, back in july, on _ light of these attacks. well, back in july, on july - light of these attacks. well, back in july, on july the - light of these attacks. well, i back in july, on july the 22nd, back injuly, onjuly the 22nd, there was a suspicious package that caught fire, itself ignited, and it was at a dhl warehouse at men with south of birmingham full so that was put out, there were no injuries, it was dealt with at the time. at that time another one exploded in a container in leipzig. again, a package that was due to be placed on a cargo flight. then there were also two other packages in warsaw in poland and a number of arrests have been made there. so this is all feeding into a pattern that both the polish authorities and the us authorities suspect 1533 00:18

our security correspondent frank gardner is injerusalem and sent this report. rabbi zvi cogan has been taken very seriously in israel. there's some incredibly strong statements coming out of the prime minister's office. mossad, the external spy agency for israel, are investigating this along with the emirati authorities in the uae, where his body was found. the statements are saying things like, "no—one will be spared. "they will track down this alleged murderer and those who dispatched them to do this." it's been treated as an anti—semitic act because he was a rabbi, part of an organisation called chabad, which is essentially... it's worldwide, not all of its members are israeli, but they promote jewish interests, jewish way of life — he was managing a kosher supermarket in the emirates. and it does appear that on thursday, he was either abducted or lured away in some way and his car was found about an hour—and—a—half drive's away from where he was. so, this is quite a shocking incident for israelis who are in the gulf — because remember, since 2020, there's b

let's go back to frank gardner who has been keeping us up—to—date with all the latest developments fromt the reasons, spilling out in detail the reasons he thinks a cease—fire now in lebanon is a good idea. but has this still got to be rubber—stamped by his ministers, his government? well, it's due to be presented to the wider cabinet, presumably tomorrow, and that most people say is a formality. so i think we can assume is pretty much a done deal but you and i both spent time in this part of the world and this is one of the more difficult stories to cover in the sense that you know, everybody wants to know, has the security cabinet approved this thing, yes or no? and we can't get an absolutely definitive answer to that. but it's all but there in the sense that he has gone, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has gone on national television straight after the meeting of the security cabinet to say effectively that they will agree it. it has been approved and it will go before the full cabinet. so we can't see them disagreeing with it for knocking it back now. he's presented the reasons wh

our security correspondent injerusalem, frank gardner, has more on the background to the case.d all of its members are israeli, but they promote jewish of its members are israeli, but they promotejewish interests, jewish ways of life. he was managing a kosher supermarket, and it appears on sunday, he was either abducted or lured away, and his car was found a half hours drive away from where he was. so this is quite a shocking incident for israelis who are in the gulf. the uae normalised relations with israel as part of the abraham accords, which was done under then—president donald trump's presidency. so there is a joint investigation taking place. hello from the bbc sport centre. liverpool are eight points clear at the top of the premier league after coming from behind to beat southampton 3—2 at st mary's. the visitors went ahead through dominik szoboszlai, but southampton equalised soon afterwards with a penalty from adam armstrong. mateus fernandez scored for the home side to put them 2—1 in front, but then two goals from mo salah gave liverpool the win and extended their le

frank gardner is in israel with more. a few optimistic voices about getting the cease—fire deal coming out of washington and beirut and, in some cases, coming out ofjerusalem here. but i think it's not there yet. first of all, the israeli security cabinet has to ratify it, and there are voices within the government here, in israel, who are opposed to this deal. and for example, the national security minister in israel and the ultranationalist itamar ben—gvir has taken to social media to say this is a bad deal not too late to stop deal coming out of washington and beirut and, in some cases, coming out ofjerusalem here. but i think it's not there yet. first of all, the israeli security cabinet has to ratify it, and there are voices within the government here, in israel, who are opposed to this deal. and for example, the national security minister in israel and the ultranationalist itamar ben—gvir has taken to social media to say this is a bad deal not too late to stop in his view is that israel has hezbollah on the back foo

let's go tojerusalem and speak to our security correspondent frank gardner. —— let's.few days. yeah, the security — over the next few days. yeah, the security cabinet, - over the next few days. yeah, the security cabinet, which - over the next few days. yeah, | the security cabinet, which was the security cabinet, which was the first barrier, the first hurdle that the deal had to get through in israel approved it by 10—1. through in israel approved it byio—i. it through in israel approved it by 10—1. it was well known that the national security minister was opposed to it. he thinks it's a bad deal because israel hasn't finished off hezbollah, and his eyes, and this was an opportunity missed, historically, i think he caused it —— called it. it's a done deal now. it's past. it's going through, it's going to happen, it will come into force tomorrow. i think the difficult thing is going to be implementing it and stopping it being derailed because there is enormous mistrust on both sides here. many people in the north of israel fear that this will simply allow hezbollah to

our security correspondent, frank gardner is following the meeting in riyadh. is the second so—called emergency arab and islamic summit to discuss what the organisers are calling the israeli aggression against the people of gaza and lebanon. it�*s exactly a year since the last one held here in riyadh. and of course, since then, the conflict in the region has grown into more than one conflict. israel is now at war with notjust hamas in gaza, but hezbollah in lebanon, and exchanging blows with the houthis in yemen and intermittently with iran as well. so this conference is aiming to try and do two things. they�*re trying to get a ceasefire in both lebanon and gaza, and also to try and find or push forward plans for a palestinian state. i think reaching some kind of consensus isn�*t going to be that easy. usually the final communique is always a little bit of a fudge, because you�*ve got to try and match everybody�*s aspirations, and not everybody agrees here. you�*ve got countries that have got full diplomatic relations with israel like the uae, bahrain, morocco,

the bbc�*s security correspondent, frank gardner, has found himself stuck on planes again and again overage as he was forced to crawl to the toilet on a polish airline flight that didn't have a wheelchair on board. you shouldn't be flying in the 21st century without an onboard chair. it's inhumane to make passengers crawl to the loo on your planes. the government has announced a new task force to tackle the problems disabled passengers face. it will examine issues like being left on board aircraft without timely assistance, poorly handled wheelchairs, lack of access to toilets and a lack of clear information. so many disabled people have had bad experiences travelling with a whole range of impairments and health conditions. wheelchair users have particularly had a hard time. i think a lot of people will be watching this group to make sure it comes up with some recommendations that government then implements. well, it's now 22.17. no one's come to get me off. they got me on absolutely fine at leeds. staff knew i was on and i'm now crawling off the train. baroness tanni grey—thompson is no

here's our security correspondent frank gardner — with what we know about those attacks in gaza.ing counted and removed from the rubble of that five storey building you mentioned there in beit lahiya. it does appear that this is one of the highest civilian death tolls that there has been in all the 13 months of air strikes across the territory. so there are three particular locations in northern gaza that are very close together beit lahiya, beit hanoun and jabalia. and the israeli idf, that's the israel defense forces, as they call themselves, they are trying, they say, to take out, to destroy remaining hamas cells. but every time they do this, not every time, but many times that they do this, with what they say is precision guided munitions, with warnings, with intelligence, trying to clear civilians out of harm's way, it does seem to happen very often, that there is a very high civilian death toll. and we've seen the pictures, it's broken concrete, shattered, twisted metal and just lines of bodies in shrouds. so they say six families were living in that particular building, an

our security correspondent frank gardner is injerusalem and sent this report. zvi cogan has been taken very seriously in israel. there's some incredibly strong statements coming out of the prime minister's office. mossad, the external spy agency for israel, are investigating this along with the emirati authorities. in the uae, where his body was found. the statements are saying things like, "no—one will be spared," they will track down this alleged murderer and those who dispatched them to do this. it's been treated as an anti—semitic act because he was a rabbi, part of an organisation called chabad, which is essentially... it's worldwide, not all of its members are israeli, but they promote jewish interests, jewish way of life — he was managing a kosher supermarket in the emirates. and it does appear that on thursday, he was either abducted or lured away in some way and his car was found about an hour—and—a—half drive's away from where he was. so, this is quite a shocking incident for israelis who are in the gulf — because remember, since 2020, there's been fu

our security correspondent frank gardner is injerusalem and sent this report.that on thursday, he was either it is paying taken seriously here in israel. strong statements. most are investigating this along with the emirati authorities in the uk. the statement or saying no one will be spared and they will track down his alleged murderers and those who despise them to do this. it is being treated as an anti—semitic act because he was a rabbi, part treated as an anti—semitic act because he was a rabbi, part of an organisation which was essentially worldwide, not all of its members are israeli but they promote jewish of its members are israeli but they promotejewish interests and way of life. he was managing a kosher supermarket in the emirates. and it does appear that on thursday, he was either abducted or lured away in some way and his car was found about an hour—and—a—half drive's away from where he was. so, this is quite a shocking incident for israelis who are in the gulf — because remember, since 2020, there's been full diplomatic relations established under

properties, while giving them an additional sense of impunity and protection�*. 0ur correspondent frank gardnerand has more. you 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. there has been an announcement here from the israeli government that they are no longer going to detain settlers accused of various violations in that territory because they say the settlers are facing armed groups and acts of terrorism backed by iran and at the same time israel is fighting a war on all fronts. this is because some alarm amongst palestinians because they say that just gives the settlers a few back free reign to do what they want. there's a pretty bad things going on on both sides. the settlers many determined to try to push out the palestinians, burning their cars, burning their olive groves, essentially terrorizing them. this is something that has been condemned by the us and britain who have in some cases brought sanctions on certain settler groups. in south east a

least 26 people were killed, with more than 50 trapped in the rubble. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnerusalem. yeah, so this does appear to be a particularly high casualty toll, it was a five—storey, multi—storey building, a residential building, we are told, that was housing dozens of palestinian families. and this was targeted a short while ago. the local reports are saying at least 26 people have been killed with another 59 missing. so the horrific images of bodies being pulled out of the rubble, of twisted concrete and so on. we did put in a call to the israeli military about two hours ago. they say they are investigating and they will get back to us. it is part of an ongoing pattern, this, where israel is still fighting the remnants of the hamas group that led those horrific attacks in october last year israel says they are targeting using precision guided missiles various cells trying to stop hamas regrouping, and they don't feel the war will end until they have defeated hamas. but an awfully large number, a horrifically high number of civilians are getting killed in this and this

to land in beirut for continued ceasefire talks between israel and hezbollah. 0ur correspondent frank gardneraged in — one in gaza, the other in lebanon — there appears to be a much better chance of trying to get a ceasefire with hezbollah in lebanon. and amos hochstein, the us envoy, was due to be coming here very shortly, but he's currently delaying his trip, waiting for some clarification from the lebanese government 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.

despite ongoing negotiations around a potential ceasefire. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has on here at the moment. one is the visit of amos hochstein, who is the us presidential envoy trying to sort out a lebanese ceasefire. the sticking point is on the future status of hezbollah and freedom of movement for israel. israel's aim in trying to calm down the border there is to push hezbollah�*s forces — well, first of all to dismantle their entire infrastructure of rockets, and stockpiling weapons close to their border so that their residents can return. they've got roughly 70,000 residents of northern galilee, right up close to the lebanese border, who are currently living in hotels and on people's sofas because it is too dangerous with all the rocket fire for them to go back to their homes and farms and businesses there. so israel says they're determined to eliminate that danger and push them north, and they don't want to see hezbollah creeping back into the area close to the border. but getting this written into the agreement is what israel would like, is to have it written i