maha yahya, thank you very much for coming on.news and get some updates on the sport. hello. a man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over the death of ice hockey player adam johnson, whose neck was cut during a match. whose neck was cut during a match in the uk's elite league. the nottingham panthers player was injured by a skate in a game against sheffield steelers last month and was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. fans and mourners paid tribute to the 29—year—old at the nottingham arena a week on from his death, which south yorkshire police said a postmortem had confirmed happened as a result of a fatal neck injury. the panthers have yet to play since, but will return to the ice for an adamjohnson memorial game on saturday. south yorkshire police say the man they arrested remains in custody. they released a statement today sitting... she says they've been carrying out extensive inquiries to peefs carrying out extensive inquiries to peet�*s together the events. she says they've been speaking to highly

dr maha yahya is director of the carnegie middle east center.eech. maybe a couple ofjust quick points on the speech of hassan nasrallah yesterday. one is it's very clear that they would prefer not to get involved even further in the conflict, primarily because they are fully aware of the fact that a conflict, an expansion in the arena of conflict is basically could very easily turn into a global one. it will not remain a regional conflict between lebanon and hezbollah. sorry, between hezbollah and israel. apologies. that's one. two, i would say that i mean, i don't know why there is no expectation of him announcing some grand strategy yesterday. yesterday was very much about showing empathy with palestinians. it was about being stepping up and being the man of the hour in the absence of arab leadership. he really is... i mean, everybody was waiting for his speech yesterday. palestinians that have lost i mean, it's almost 10,000 lives now that have been killed in gaza, in addition to thousands who have been injured. 30%, we're hearing, of the hou

earlier i spoke with maha yahya, director at the carnegie middle east center and steven a cook, seniori begun from asking steven to explain the differences in views between the us and middle east regarding what the �*peaceful ceasfire' could entail. the arab countries would like a ceasefire. whereas the united states is calling for a humanitarian pause, a period of time in which hostilities abroad to allow so that humanitarian aid could get into the gaza strip. but even that it seems is a nonstarter for the gaza strip. but even that it seems is a nonstarterfor the israelis gaza strip. but even that it seems is a nonstarter for the israelis and they clearly believe that humanitarian pause will be a slippery slope into a ceasefire that would happen before they achieve their military goals. so they are resisting all of this whereas the united states is continue to work diplomatically on this issue. it's unclear whether secretary blinken will be successful on the score. in terms of what we were talking about with a humanitarian pause versus a ceasefire, what is your view? antony blinken se

joining me live from brussels is maha yahya, director at the carnegie middle east center, and from washington to you. that press conference we heard earlier with antony blinken and his counterparts, there was clearly a difference in view of what a ceasefire would mean and how useful it would be or how important it would be. what is your view on that? clearly there is a difference between the united states as arab partners. the arab states would like a whereas the united states is looking for what it is calling a humanitarian pause. some period in which fighting is brought to a lull to get into the gaza strip. but even that seems like a nonstarter for the israelis. they clearly believe a humanitarian pause would be a slippery slope into a ceasefire that would happen before they achieve their military goals. they are resisting all of this whereas the united states is continuing to work diplomatically on this issue. it is very unclear whether secretary blinken will be successful on this or not. ~ . , blinken will be successful on this ornot. ~ . , ., blinken will be successful on this or not. ~

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