, _ and weeks ahead. 0k, frank lowenstein, former - and weeks ahead. 0k, frank lowenstein, former usoy and weeks ahead. 0k, frank - lowenstein, former us envoy for middle east peace, thank you for being with us. the environment agency is warning more properties could flood over the next week as river levels continue rising. more than 1800 properties have already flooded after prolonged wet weather and intense rainfall. currently, there are nearly 350 flood warnings and alerts in place in england and five in wales. jessica lane has the latest from collingham in nottinghamshire. collingham is here in nottinghamshire, it's in between nottingham and lincoln and it's quite a large village. and as you can see it as one of the villages that's been affected. it's notjust here, though, there are several of the smaller villages in this area which have been totally cut off over the last few days. and some residents have had to be evacuated because the floodwaters have just covered the roads going in and out. and that's because levels in the river trent have reached record highs over the last fe

frank lowenstein speaking to me earlier.artial results show prime minister sheikh hasina is on course to be re—elected. as according to the afp agency. voting took place amid tight security after violence on the eve of the poll. at least 14 polling stations were set alight. it is said to be a fourth consecutive term for prime minister sheikh hasina as prime minister sheikh hasina as prime minister sheikh hasina as prime minister bangladesh. the country's chief election commissioner described the violence as an attempt to sabotage the vote. meanwhile, the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party had asked people to follow them in boycotting it. and international observers including the un said the election had taken place in a repressive environment. 0ur south asia correspondent, samira hussain, has the latest from the capital dhaka. we are standing outside the election commission and the commissioner has told the bbc that the awami league, that's the ruling party, has won more than 50% of the seats, but to be clear, they

at the royal united services institute think tank and former us envoy for middle east peace, frank lowensteini could start with you. address the issue of how much control iran has over these groups. we don't really know. what we have said definitively as iran is funding, training and supporting these groups but we have not established whether iran ordered this attack or intended it for to be the escalation we have seen, whether they intended american soldiers to be killed. we are evaluating that as we assess our response. 50 be killed. we are evaluating that as we assess our response.— we assess our response. so the president — we assess our response. so the president has _ we assess our response. so the president has a _ we assess our response. so the president has a range _ we assess our response. so the president has a range of - we assess our response. so the . president has a range of responses on his desk, this is the first time american soldiers have been killed so one imagines it would have to be different to other responses to attacks on american bases so i've actually go and what sh

earlier i wasjoined by frank lowenstein — former us envoy for middle east peace — who explained the threatously in lebanon. so i think that�*s why blinken is going not only to israel, but also to other countries in the region to try to get everybody on the same page in terms of presenting a preventing regional escalation that nobody wants. he�*s got quite a to do list, hasn�*t he, on this tour? which of his goals do you think he will achieve? well, i think the preventing regional escalation is probably possible. i don�*t think lebanon, i don�*t think hezbollah wants that war. i don�*t think iran wants a war. so i think it�*s just a matter of trying to calm everybody down and i think probably try to put the dialogue with respect to the southern lebanon on a trajectory where they may be able to resolve that on a more sustainable basis. they�*re talking about finally demarcating the border and that kind of thing. so i think that goal is probably most attainable for secretary blinken. well, king abdullah ofjordan has also been speaking because secretary blinken was there. he left, travelled fr