nomi bar-yaacov. _ in the region, and hezbollah. n the region, and hezbollah. nomi bar-yaacov, thank you _ in the region, and hezbollah. nomi bar-yaacov, thank you very - in the region, and hezbollah. nomi bar—yaacov, thank you very much for joining us. to thailand, where paetongtarn shinawatra has become the country's youngest—ever prime minister. the 37—year—old says she's "very honoured and happy" to take up the post. her selection by thailand's parliament marks the return of the shinawatra dynasty — she is the daughter of the billionaire tycoon and former leader, thaksin. the former prime minister, srettha thavisin, was dismissed earlier this week by the constitutional court. this is what paetongtarn shinawatra had to say. i talk to my family and i talk to a lot of people from my party, and i decided that it's about time to do something for the country and for the party as well. and ijust, i hope that i can do my best to, you know, make the country go forward. but that's what i... that's what i try, i try to do. and, um, right no

nomi bar-yaacov from chatham house, _ it or leave it. ostages held by hamas continue. we expect antony blinken to speak shortly. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good afternoon. well, it's going to feel very much as if autumn has arrived at times this week. it will be unseasonably windy, particularly blustery, towards irish sea coast. gusts of wind here of up to 40—50 mph at times through the week. some more heavy rain, too, to come in the forecast, especially for the north and the west. but some are not completely lost. some sunny spells, although for most of us, temperatures will be dipping throughout the week, but low pressure certainly dominant. it's out towards the north and the west. it's descending all these weather fronts spinning our way over the next couple of days or so. this afternoon's heavy rain will mostly be across northern ireland, down through western scotland, with some heavy thundery showers to approaching western wales and the far southwest of england. plenty of cloud ahead of this rain, but still some suns

nomi bar—yaacov, middle east expert and associate fellow of international security programme at chathamgave us her analysis of the talks. we are at a critical stage. we are at a make or break stage. and i think that is known not only to the three mediators, qatar, egypt and the us, but also to israel and hamas. and therefore we are at a pivotal moment, a breaking point. and i'm cautiously optimistic. i think talks are going well and the lines have been drawn. they're very, very clear. and hopefully there will be an outcome of an agreement on a framework. it is unlikely that all of the details will be ironed out today, but it is very much my hope and the hope of the mediators and the parties that a framework will be agreed, and thereby the implementation will be what is going to need further discussions beyond today. hamas are not attending directly but they are based in doha. some of their political fellows are based in doha, so they presumably will get some of the feedback from the talks. do you think it makes any difference if they're not directly attending? no, i don't, actually. i t

let's speak to nomi bar yaacov, associate fellow at the british think tank chatham house and an expertn diplomacy in the middle east. thank you for your time today. what role is therefore diplomacy in the middle east and, perhaps more pertinently, is there space for diplomacy given the current climate? absolutely, there's always a place for diplomacy, especially in very difficult moments like this. diplomacy stretches to minimising the severity of potential attacks. it is very clear that iran, mykolaiv and odesa are going to launch a coordinated attack in syria and iraq. it is probably going to be larger than the attack on the 14th of april in which 350 projectiles were targeting israel. i think everyone is bracing for a very, very serious attack. the nature and scope of diplomacy is trying to assure that there are is appropriate to fence in place, and that it doesn't escalate beyond that because one has to draw a line at some point under this tit—for—tat that has been going on in a very, very dangerous escalate in a mannerfor a long time. it escalate in a manner for a long time. , , .