jeremy konyndyk, _ avail themselves of that. jeremy konyndyk, the — avail themselves of that.the president - avail themselves of that. jeremy konyndyk, the president at - avail themselves of that. jeremy - konyndyk, the president at refugees international, thank you so much for joining us on newsday. israel settlers have set fire to palestinian houses, shops and vehicles in the occupied west bank, killing one palestinian man. the violence happened in the village of huwara, just south of nablus. the palestinian red cross said that about 100 people were being treated — many of them from inhaling tear gas fired by israeli security forces. it comes after two israelis were shot dead earlier in the occupied west bank. the israeli army said a palestinian gunman opened fire at an israeli—owned car and then fled the scene. the violence comes despite the israeli government and the palestinian authority agreeing to take immediate steps to end a surge in violence. 0ur middle east correspondent. yolande knell, has more on the talks injordan. quite unusual, the first of its kind in many yea

that was jeremy konyndyk.e minister, rishi sunak, will meet the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, on monday. the meeting is expected to revolve around the post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. in a joint statement, they said they would work towards finding a solution to the dispute. the talks are due to be held late lunchtime on monday and, if a deal is reached, mr sunak will make a statement to parliament. 0ur political editor chris mason has more. here stands the ultimate prize in all of these negotiations. this is stormont, in belfast, the home of the northern ireland assembly. getting it and an executive here up and running again would be quite a moment. doing a deal with brussels does not guarantee that, but there are other potential prizes, improving internal uk trade and resetting relations with the european union. if we can get it over the line, we're on the cusp, we've made great progress, we're not there yet, but it would be a really important deal. and just

earlier, jeremy konyndyk, president at refugees international, told us more about this tragedy.rprise at all. this is a tragedy, but i don't think you could call it an accident. it's an outcome of policies that italy and the wider eu have been putting in place for years that have made the passage through the mediterranean more dangerous and have removed the sort of rescue tools ngos have been trying to use to at least save lives when people are at risk. i guess those governments would argue that they put those policies in place hoping to deter people. but is it not really working, then? it's clearly not working. as bad as the crossing is, and as unsafe, people are still willing to do it because what they're fleeing is worse. and the conditions that they're fleeing in places like iran and afghanistan — which is where a number of these migrants apparently came from — are worse. so, if it's so dangerous that they're willing to take that crossing, then clearly, making it less safe is not going to deter people yet more. yet the policy for the last ten years has been to progressively