in a rare acknowledgement, israel confirms it was behind the assassination of hamas leader ismail haniyehiran. an ethics report into matt gaetz — who was briefly donald trump's nominee for attorney general — says there's "substantial evidence" he paid for sex with a minor and used illicit drugs. i'm helena humphrey, good to have you with us. we start with the situation in syria. rights groups are appealing to the country's new leaders to preserve evidence of atrocities commited under former president bashar al—assad's regime. the investigators visited detention facilities and mass graves after rebels took over the capital — seeking proof of the regime's alleged extrajudicial killings and torture tactics. in a joint statement, amnesty international, human rights watch and the association of detainees and missing persons in sednaya prison, said... — sometimes burned. they say such evidence, is essential for prosecuting those who violated international laws and for the tens of thousands of people who were forcibly disappeared under assad's rule. meanwhile, the kremlin is refuting reports tha

in a rare move israel acknowledges it was behind the assassination of hamas leader ismail haniyeh inran during the summer. a breakfrom tradition — this year the king's christmas message will be delivered from a former hospital chapel — rather than buckingham palace. and one of india's most respected film—makers, shaam benegal, has died at the age of 90 a long—awaited report into the conduct of the former republican congressman matt gaetz has found "substantial evidence" that he paid women for sex or drugs on numerous occasions, including paying a 17—year—old girl for sex. according to a final draft of the report by the house ethics committee, the politician — who was donald trump's initial pick for attorney general — is said to have been involved in prostitution, statutory rape and illicit drug use. the age of consent in florida, where the majority of the incidents are alleged to have taken place, is 18. mr gaetz denies any improper conduct — and had mounted a legal challenge to try to block the report's publication. our north america correspondent in washington, tom bateman, explain

in a rare acknowledgement, israel confirms it was behind the assassination of hamas leader ismail haniyeh says there's "substantial evidence" he paid for sex with a minor and used illicit drugs. i'm helena humphrey, good to have you with us. we start with the situation in syria. rights groups are appealing to the country's new leaders to preserve evidence of atrocities commited under former president bashar al—assad's regime. the investigators visited detention facilities and mass graves

ongoing war in gaza, for the first time, israel has publicly acknowledged killing the hamas leader ismail haniyehbeen saying? he made a speech yesterday saying that israel took responsibility, for the first time, for the assassination of the political leader of hamas in the iranian capital tehran in july. they hadn't previously acknowledged that. it came as part of quite of a belligerent speech by the minister of defence, after days of exchanges of missile fire with houthi rebels in yemen, who have been sending missiles out of solidarity, they say, with the palestinians in gaza towards tel aviv. the minister of defence, israel katz, directed a speech towards the houthi rebels saying, "we will decapitate you and your leaders in the way we have done with hamas and hezbollah as well." emir naderjoining us there from bethlehem. a nasa space probe is set to make history later as it attempts the closest—ever approach to the sun. the parker solar probe must survive radiation and extreme temperatures as it descends into the star's outer atmosphere. it is hoped the data it could retrieve may help solve so

ongoing war in gaza, for the first time, israel has publicly acknowledged killing the hamas leader ismail haniyehthe defence minister yoav gallant been saying? he the defence minister yoav gallant been saying? he made a seech gallant been saying? he made a speech yesterday _ gallant been saying? he made a speech yesterday saying - gallant been saying? he made a speech yesterday saying that. speech yesterday saying that israel took responsibility for the assassination of the political leader of hamas in the iranian capital tehran in july. they hadn't previously acknowledged that. it came as part of quite of a belligerent speech by the minister of defence after days of exchanges of missile fire with who the rebels in yemen, they have been sending missiles out of solidarity, they say, with the palestinians in gaza. the minister of defence israel katz directed a speech towards the houthi rebels saying, "we will decapitate you and your leaders in the way we have done with hamas and hezbollah as well." thank you very much. joining us live from bethlehem. we are just keeping our eye on some live picture

ongoing war in gaza, for the first time, israel has publicly acknowledged killing the hamas leader ismail haniyehr israel katz been saying? he made a speech yesterday saying that israel took responsibility, for the first time, for the assassination of the political leader of hamas in the iranian capital tehran in july. they hadn't previously acknowledged that. it came as part of quite of a belligerent speech by the minister of defence, after days of exchanges of missile fire with houthi rebels in yemen, who have been sending missiles out of solidarity, they say, with the palestinians in gaza towards tel aviv. the minister of defence, israel katz, directed a speech towards the houthi rebels saying, "we will decapitate you and your leaders in the way we have done with hamas and hezbollah as well." i will correspond in their first mic in bethlehem where christians are marking a muted christmas this year —— emir nader. pope francis will launch a special holy year for catholics worldwide later. known as a jubilee, it occurs about once every 25 years. francis will signal thejubilee by opening the norma

minister has confirmed for the first time that israel was behind the assassination of hamas leader, ismail haniyehummer. he was the group's main leader, when hamas attacked israel on 7th october last year. meanwhile, the charity, oxfam, says israel has systematically been using starvation as a weapon of war in gaza, and accuses world leaders of not doing enough to address the humanitarian crisis. in a statement, the aid organisation described the situation as "apocalyptic". israel has denied oxfam's claims, saying that it is doing everything it can to get humanitarian aid into the region. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. now, mr netanyahu says the ceasefire deal is close. we have had _ ceasefire deal is close. we have had a _ ceasefire deal is close. we have had a long _ ceasefire deal is close. - have had a long time, since november one when the first and the last truce between hamas and israel was struck. if the american presidentjoe biden and other leaders said it is close, optimism, whatever, but in recent days it was reported that they agreed on some controversial issues, especially a

in a rare move israel acknowledges it was behind the assassination of hamas leader ismail haniyeh ing's christmas message will be delivered from a former hospital chapel — rather than buckingham palace. and one of india's most respected film—makers, shaam benegal, has died at the age of 90 a long—awaited report into the conduct of the former republican congressman matt gaetz has found "substantial evidence" that he paid women for sex or drugs on numerous occasions, including paying a 17—year—old girl for sex. according to a final draft of the report

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but also the fact that ismail haniyeh head of hamas, was assassinated in tehran.hat chipping off of iran seeming almost invincible happening in its own capital. again, this is only happened a few months ago. so definitely the aura of iran being invincible and also calling the shots in several arab capitals and countries. that moment has ended. but what comes next? and again, i think it's really important to say no one is saying that iran isn't an important player or an important country in the region, or god forbid, anyone would want to see conflict you know, inside of iran. but it's more this idea of it is not normal to have sovereign countries unable to call the shots on war and peace in their own countries. you know, ultimately, what is a nation state, number one is providing for its people number two is having a monopoly of the control of arms. and that was taken away from certain countries. tehran today will be making many calculations, but one of them is how they will be able to reconfigure their role in the region is not just being a sponsor of either non s