the emir of qatar honored by king charles. call in on the state banquet which is now underway. ukraine delimiters ultimatum that focus shifts to no peace without nato membership. very good evening. it's a busy night of news. we are of course following events in seoul and london where the state banquet to honor the emir just got underway. let's begin with that stand out in south korea which began with a announcement from president yoon. >> i hereby declare an emergency martial law in order to defend the free republic of korea and the threa of north korean communist forces and to eradicate the shameless pro-north antistate forces depriving our people of their freedom and happiness. this measure is necessary to safeguard our constitutional order of freedom. christian: it would appear the u.s. was not given any advance notice of president yoon's statement. within minutes of appearing, the army announced the suspension of all parliamentary activity. protests, they said were banned, and the threat of arrest, and the medium was censo

but first, the former ambassador to qatar, thank you so much.emonial state visit will start in a few hours and we will bring you special coverage throughout the day on bbc news. studio: thank you, we look forward to much more of your coverage from buckingham palace. in the last hour, israel's military says it's attacked a terrorist cell in lebanon's bekaa province. in a statement, the military said more details would follow. it comes as fears that a fragile ceasefire in lebanon could collapse after israel and hezbollah launched attacks against each other on monday. both sides say they were retaliating to violations of the truce agreement. the deal ended two months of a full—scale war. the lebanese health ministry reported that at least nine people were killed in two villages. israel says it targeted hezbollah rocket launchers and infrastructure, in response to attack on an army post. yolande knell is our correspondent injerusalem. i asked her how much pressure was being put on the ceasefire deal. i would say it is really being tested to its limi

that world cup qatar— success story. that world cup qatar 2022 was.year in 2023 we had our women's _ last year in 2023 we had our women's world cup. organised into countries, australia and new— into countries, australia and new zealand. representing two continents, asia and oceania. the _ continents, asia and oceania. the first— continents, asia and oceania. the first with 32 teams and teams _ the first with 32 teams and teams from all confederations won at— teams from all confederations won at least one game and the teams — won at least one game and the teams from five configurations qualified — teams from five configurations qualified for the knockout stage _ qualified for the knockout stage. so we have seen it increasing, bringing football to more _ increasing, bringing football to more countries, increasing the number of participants and teams — the number of participants and teams did not dilute the quality. it actually enhance the opportunity, and may for the opportunity, and may for the future we are thinking if you want— the future we are thin

the situation in qatar with respect _ the situation in qatar with respect to human rights and the wayhorrible. for women, the guardianship system prevents them living independently. if you're gay, that — independently. if you're gay, that is— independently. if you're gay, that is criminalised. if you want _ that is criminalised. if you want to— that is criminalised. if you want to criticise the emyr you can't — want to criticise the emyr you can't that _ want to criticise the emyr you can't. that is a criminal offence _ can't. that is a criminal offence v. and the today between britain and qatar, some of that— between britain and qatar, some of that involves arms sales. that — of that involves arms sales. that means providing the regime with the — that means providing the regime with the means of violence to perpetuate this repressive rule — perpetuate this repressive rule. those are the big question marks over this visit, the appropriateness of the visit, — the appropriateness of the visit, the appropriateness of the royal families involvement with the — the royal families involvemen

this is bbc news the emir of qatar is in london for a state visit.rds parade due to an infection. israel's defence minister says that if the lebanon ceasefire collapses, the military will no longer differentiate between lebanon and hezbollah. a vietnamese property tycoon loses her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world's biggest bank fraud worth more than $27 billion. ukraine's desire tojoin the nato alliance is once again the focus of discussion as foreign ministers arrive in brussels. hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. in a warning to the lebanese governemnt, been hearing that queen camilla will miss the ceremony. let's go back

qatar announced _ involved? it would seem so. qatar announced they - involved? it would seem so.diation role because of a lack of productive engagement from both parties. however, as of late, we have seen the prime minister stating that the renewed engagement likely indicates that there is a desire for a ceasefire. we are now seeing qatar re—engaging and leveraging us support in particular in order to try and move these discussions forward. megan sutcliffe, — discussions forward. megan sutcliffe, thank _ discussions forward. megan sutcliffe, thank you - discussions forward. megan sutcliffe, thank you very . discussions forward. megan i sutcliffe, thank you very much for talking us through that situation and giving us your analysis. of course, we have got much more on our website as well when it comes to those talks between israel and hamas. a lot more background as well. stay with us here on bbc news. the rain is pushing northwards and clearing, only to be pushed back with rain from the south—west. this afternoon we will see behind the rain brighter skies developing and even some

and qatar's human rights record is a tricky area.events, during a visit that is about strengthening ties to qatar, a huge investor in the uk economy. daniela relph, bbc news. the company that owns the lurpak brand of butter, arla foods, has defended its decision to add a supplement to its cow feed, in efforts to help tackle climate change. the trial has provoked a fierce debate with some shoppers calling for a boycott of arla brands, even though the supplement�*s been approved and declared safe in many countries around the world, including by the food standards agency covering england, wales and northern ireland. nick eardley�*s here with the full story. why are some people doing this? flushing their milk down the toilet. videos like this are getting millions of views on social media. because these products are made by a company called arla. it's announced it's going to use an additive — bovaer — in cow feed to combat climate change. cows burp a lot, and that releases methane into the atmosphere. the company behind bovaer, dsm, says

qatar is a huge investor in the uk economy.worth more than £5 billion. this state visit will celebrate economic, defence and strategic ties. daniela relph, bbc news. the time is 6:15pm. our top story this evening: chaotic scenes and confusion in south korea after the president shocks the country by declaring martial law. i'd have to be pretty stupid to write a book about killing and then kill somebody the way i described it in my book. and sharon stone, who shot to fame in the �*80s with the film basic instinct, reflects on her success and how coming up on bbc news, it's the first full midweek round of premier league fixtures this season. and a first, too, for ruud van nistelrooy, who'll move from the stands to the dugout for leicester's match against west ham. jaguar has unveiled its new luxury electric car — the type zero zero — providing a first look at the firm's next generation of vehicles. but the new vehicle has divided opinion, with some calling it "absolutely stunning" and others on social media saying it was "rubbish"

the visit is controversial, because of qatar's record on human rights. here's daniela relph.— the centrepiece of any official visit. amongst the guests, politicians and celebrities, including david and victoria beckham, whojoined the royal party for what the king said would be the renewal of an enduring friendship. in the grandeur of the buckingham palace ballroom, the emir of qatar was welcomed back to the uk, where he had lived and studied for many years. your highnesses, assalamu alaikum. and in his banquet speech, the king praised qatar for its role in negotiations in the gaza conflict. if i may, i would particularly like to express the united kingdom's deepest gratitude for your tireless mediation efforts over the past year, in pursuit of peace, in the face of unbearable heartache and suffering. politics, diplomacy and trade mark any state visit, but this came with some personal news, too. earlier, the queen revealed she had been suffering from pneumonia. palace sources stressed she was now recovering, but still struggling with post—viral fatigue. royal salute! the princ

and qatar's human rights record is a tricky area. that is about strengthening ties to qatar, a huge investor in the uk economy. daniela relph, bbc news. the uk says it's entirely up to the british museum to make decisions on the parthenon sculptures, which are also known as the elgin marbles. the british prime minister, sir keir starmer, met his greek counterpart, kyriakos mitsotakis, in london today. greece says the marbles were stolen, but the british museum — where the sculptures have been displayed since the early 1800s — rejects that and says they were legally obtained. the bbc has announced its 100 women for 202a. the list shines a spotlight on 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world every year. among this year's list are the french rape survivor gisele pelicot, sunita williams, the astronaut who remains stranded in space — and hollywood star sharon stone, who's been speaking to chi chi izundu. sharon stone — actor, activist and 1990s sex symbol — has seen hollywood change slowly for women. when i started maki

the king has met the emir of qatar, as part of a two—day state visit to the uk.fficially welcomed by king charles, and the prince and princess of wales. queen camilla missed the ceremonial welcome as she still has a lingering chest infection, but is said to be attending events at buckingham palace as we speak. my colleague, kasia madera, is outside the palace. i asked her what the royals are up to now. they're all inside having what's described as an informal lunch, though it's hard to imagine what an informal lunch looks like within buckingham palace. but yes, that's indeed what's happening. they're also looking at some royal objects from the royal collection, and queen camilla isjoining them for this part of this state visit, because of course, she is still recovering from that lingering chest infection. we heard late last night that she wasn't going to take part in those outside aspects of this state visit of the emir of qatar and his wife. so that first big element of that pomp and ceremony is over with that progression down the mall with those carriages, you

what is going on in qatar at the minutes? >> there is a cautious optimism.ing out has been different from previous rounds of negotiation. i am hearing there is al hope that a deal may be reached. it will be complex as was said and i think the complexity could easily derail it but interesting, i spent today here in jerusalem in the israeli institute for advanced studies. they were having a conference on basically the prospects for peace after october 7. there was a real eye felt -- a real eye felt a gloom mood and no mention whatsoever of the deal that is going on because i think people at that conference had to be convinced netanyahu was sincerely pursuing a deal. >> do you think as we were just discussing about the internal problems within both camps that there is still pressure on prime minister netanyahu to get more out of this negotiation from his cabinet? >> i don't think he is under any pressure at all. he determines what goes on. yesterday, i noticed thank you veer voted against the budget for next year simply because he was concerned there was going

, to press forward — in egypt and in qatar, to press forward on _ in egypt and in qatar, to press forwardtinue _ turkey earlier this week, we continue to work relentlessly towards _ continue to work relentlessly towards that goal. i will have any questions. inaudible question. and have you heard of any russian military with a draw from syria... —— withdrawal. thank you, good, that was a three — thank you, good, that was a three questions! so, first, we have — three questions! so, first, we have ireen— three questions! so, first, we have been in contact with hts and the — have been in contact with hts and the other parties, and impressed on everyone the importance of finding austen thys — importance of finding austen thys and bringing him home, and share _ thys and bringing him home, and share the — thys and bringing him home, and share the principles that i have _ share the principles that i have laid out, for ongoing support, _ have laid out, for ongoing support, principles adopted by countries throughout the region and wett— countries throughout the region and well beyond. we communicat

yes, the talks had been continuing in qatar _ latest?lks had been continuing in qatar and in - continuing in qatarand in egypt. continuing in qatarand in egypt a continuing in qatarand in egypt. a senior palestinian source has been speaking to the bbc and we have been getting positive signals, talks of a ceasefire possibly happening in the next days. we could be 90%. there are sticking points around the names of the particular palestinian prisoners who might be released in exchange for the israeli hostages that will be released in the first stage of the ceasefire deal. there is also talk around a buffer zone being established around the gaza strip the inside of it, which the israeli military will continue to have a presence there. discussions quick attention around whether the israeli military would remain on the border section between gaza and egypt and there is also, we understand them a bit of detail about the way gals and civilians will be able to return to the north of the gaza strip, where hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

their main lifeline now comes from turkey and qatar and unlike iran, turkey and qatar don't benefit fromhat they had in gaza and forget this permanent warfare with israel. it suited around but it certainly will not suit turkey, for sure not. —— it suited iran but it certainly will not suit turkey, for sure not. in terms of the deal now — and we're still waiting to get these details confirmed — as all the detail in lebanon with hezbollah, pretty favourable terms. do you expect something similar in this deal with hamas? completely, yes. this is already — firstly, it is not a kind of a permanent ceasefire, a de facto permanent ceasefire, it would only be for 60 days, so the israelis may go back to fighting again but i don't think that — i think of the ceasefire works, it would probably be the beginning of the end, as the lebanese agreement has been. but you know, look, already hamas has dropped its insistence on two things. on a full withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza. they've agreed they can stay in parts of the philadelphi corridor and these strategical little areas that, you know, ar

we remember qatar, it had to be held in the winter because of the extreme heat and what that meant foragues in europe. what will happen this time around? >> a huge disruption. unless something spectacular changes or the weather patterns -- it is blisteringly hot in that region, in the middle east, in the gulf states. you can only see this 2034 world cup moving to the winter months. will it move to the end of 2034? that could be problematic because ramadan in 2034 would take place then. earlier in the year 2034, that could impact the winter olympics. the ioc would not like that. there was conversation it could be shifted into early 2035. you cannot see it taking place in the summer in saudi arabia. caitriona: what about the concerns that have been raised about human rights abuses, how women, members of the lgbtq community, migrant workers would be treated? >> there was a joint statement from human rights organizations and trade unions expressing concerns because of what they say is an abysmal human rights record in saudi arabia over a number of decades. they point to the suppression of

world cup. we saw in terms of the qatar world cup-— we saw in terms of the qatar world cop-— world cupted _ world cup. we know saudi arabia has invested a _ world cup. we know saudi arabia has invested a lot _ world cup. we know saudi arabia has invested a lot in _ world cup. we know saudi arabia has invested a lot in football - has invested a lot in football in europe, building up this moment, right?— in europe, building up this moment, right? yes, three of the four highest _ moment, right? yes, three of the four highest paid - moment, right? yes, three of the four highest paid players. the four highest paid players currently play in the saudi paralegal. the cost of hosting the qatar 2022 world cup was somewhere in the region of 100— $120 billion. it's expected to be significant higher than that for saudi arabia in 2034 because it's going to be a bigger tournament and they are very much starting from scratch in terms of the stadiums which will be hosting the world cup games. also saudi arabia wants to transition from a fossil fuel economy to a sports hub to a tourism of to a travel hu

well, there is a meeting in qatar - allies? well, there is a meeting in qatar at - allies?meeting in qatar at the allies? well, there is a - meeting in qatar at the moment with the foreign ministers of russia and iran. iran has said over the past few days that they will support president assad, that they will send more military equipment. they will send more reinforcements, essentially. hezbollah, which played a key part, an iranian proxy to some extent, has said in the last few hours that it is sending 2000 fighters back into syria. and russia has also said, essentially, that it will back president assad. but on the ground that hasn't been what is happening. there have been russian air power used but nowhere near the extent that would be necessary to halt this advance coming down from the north. 0r coming from the south. the big question is we know that the syrian government forces have huge weaknesses but we also know that there are other units within the syrian orbit that defend president assad, that are much more hardened and have much more to lose. the elite around pri

what we saw in qatar, we did see reforms very late in the day, after nearly a decade of very serioussons was you have to put these human rights protections in right from the start so that positive change can be made and that is what fifa hasn't done this time. i think you're sceptical that anything will change in saudi arabia as a result of this world cup? i'm sceptical they have the will to do this to put enough pressure on saudi arabia to make that happen. i'm sceptical that saudi arabia has the same willingness and i'm sceptical about our ability to be able to influence a country that doesn't want to be influenced. at the same time, we don't have that option of giving up. we have to be hopeful, we have to push the change. the scale of the impact of this tournament, which will involve 100 of thousands of workers, it will involve the displacement of many residents in salvia mack saudi arabia. we owe it to football, we owe to saudi arabians, we owe it to migrant workers to try to push this change. do migrant workers to try to push this change-— this change. do you think fifa aaivin t

>> i don't have any -- i'll leave it to qatar to speak to that. >> yeah, go ahead. >> the transition team for the state department? >> it is not. >> if there are meetings that are happening to do with the gaza cease-fire deal with members of the trump transition team with the qataris, for example, is there not a danger here that there are, you know, duplicating messages or contradictory messages that might actually stifle the process? >> well, look, you've heard me, the secretary, matt say unequivocally that it's our viewpoint that there is of course only one president at a time and as such one secretary of state at a time and so on and so forth. all i can stand up here and say, tom, is that the mou with the state department has not been signed. the broader mou with the general services administration has not been signed. i will leave it to the trump incoming team to speak to their process as it relates to mous, but the department has not -- to your question about the role that we have played in some of these foreign engagements or not, to my knowledge we have not played a role. >> j

geir pederson was speaking in qatar's capital doha, where diplomats are holding emergency talks.cluding saudi arabia, egypt, turkey, jordan, iran and iraq — were in attendance , along with russia'sforeign minister, sergei lavrov. with me is now is mouaz moustafa, executive director of the syrian emergency task force. good to have you with us, thank you for coming into the studio, and just to you for coming into the studio, andjust to begin, you for coming into the studio, and just to begin, i would like to get your reaction to what we are and you are and people that you know in syria and are speaking to our witnessing on happening on the ground today. what is unfolding underground is something that is undescribable a good, is that iran, russia, the tyrants, i get out of syria, and syria, without any foreign countries like turkey etc, are liberating their homes, and am talking about liberating dungeons —— dungeons where women and men and children are being tortured to the get that, there is a four—year—old girl, she's now 14, seeing the sunlight for the first time in a decade, it'

called for an inquiry into the penalty lando norris was given for ignoring yellow flags during the qatarx. a decision was made to give norris a io—second stop—and—go penalty — the most severe that can be handed out other than a disqualification. team principal andrea stella is arguing the call "lacked any specificity and proportion". it meant norris dropped from second place, and a close fight with the leader and eventual winner max verstappen, to an eventual 10th place. it's been a breakthrough season for abbi pulling who won the formula i affiliated all—female academy title in qatar at the weekend. she's hoping to become the first woman in almost 50 years to make it on to a formula one starting grid and believes that historic moment isn't too far away. it is a matter of when not if i think we will see a female get it. i would like to say it would be me but even if it is not i hope it is the girls, i'm racing against or the younger watching this been inspired by what we are all doing and it is really special to me to be a part of that kind of movement and inspire the younger generations

season between verstappen and his rivals, but this follows an incident during the last grand prix in qataren the red bull driver was penalised for slowing down too much in qualifying, blocking russell. verstappen later said he'd lost all respect for the british driver and called him "two—faced". today, though, russell claimed verstappen also told him after the session that he would deliberately crash into him. here's our f1 reporter, jenny gow. we do see this from time to time, if you think back to 2021, it was almost all—out war between mercedes and red bull when it was max verstappen and lewis hamilton are going for the title. this time it is not george russell going for the title otherwise i think it would be more explosive and powerful. it lines up, gives us a taste of what might come in the future. neither man are backing down, they are both standing and adamant that each other is a line, and when you hear them say that nsc the aggression and the business in their voice, you think 0k, this is a bit spicy. when we say both of these guys might be angry with each other when it comes to r

from them, that says in the light of serious discussions taking place today under the auspices of qatarng an agreement to ceasefire and exchange prisoners is possible if the occupation stops setting new conditions. so that is a caveat from hamas. meanwhile, the white house say an agreement is close and netanyahu is on his way tojoin discussions close and netanyahu is on his way to join discussions as well and a statement from hamas saying that reaching an agreement for a ceasefire and exchange of prisoners is possible. before these developments came to us i had a conversation with our correspondent who outlined some of what we heard about what the deal could look like. 1milli deal could look like. with these mediation - deal could look like. with these mediation efforts l deal could look like. ii�*u these mediation efforts back on in recent weeks we have been getting reports that israel and hamas are showing greater flexibility and israel which is now sending negotiators back to qatar, one of the regional mediators, they say that hamas is a fighting force and has been destroyed by its o

there was plenty of chaos in qatar with several crashes and safety cars in formula one's penultimatee of the season. judd trump leads the uk snooker championship final 5—3 over barry hawkins, with the evening session due out shortly. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start at anfield, and liverpool have stretched their lead at the top of the premier league after a 2—0 win over champions manchester city. cody gakpo and mo salah scored the goals which take them nine points clear of arsenal and chelsea, and 11 points ahead of struggling city who are fifth. alex fletcher was watching. arne slot has embraced life in the premier league, bringing his liverpool team together and taking them further away from pep guardiola's manchester city. the champions were without a win in six and got off to the worst possible start. fresh from a goal in the week, cody gakpo was the man in the right place. liverpool quick to target a second, van dijk unsure how he didn't find the bottom corner. plenty for pep guardiola to ponder at the break. city taking their time, and too much of it. mo

and now we are talking about technical teams from qatar and, you know, there is no direct negotiationdiating and talking to the israelis and hamas. now they are trying to find a mechanism where people will be allowed to go back. but israel can closely monitor who's going back and make sure that no militants are going back. one final issue i want to add about the detail of the hostages is that also the first stage will allow the dead hostages, the civilian dead hostages, also will be released. so not only alive hostages, but also the people who were killed in the air strikes. and they are civilians. hamas will have to make sure and find them and also hand them to egypt. that's what the source told me. that was our gaza correspondent, talking to me from turkey. dr ha hellyer — a senior associate fellow in middle east studies at the royal united services institute — gave us his assessment. i think what we're seeing at the moment is continued negotiations on hostage releases. i do think it's important to say, these are hostage negotiations, they're not cease—fire negotiations. there is ab

fighting in gaza and secure the release of israeli hostages — have been taking place in egypt and qatar attempts have collapsed. let's speak to gershon baskin, middle east director of the international communities 0rganization and a former israeli hostage negotiator. thank you for coming on the programme. what is your sense of the noises we are hearing right now?— right now? there is a lot of noise, right now? there is a lot of noise. a — right now? there is a lot of noise, a lot _ right now? there is a lot of noise, a lot of _ right now? there is a lot of noise, a lot of spinning, i right now? there is a lot of noise, a lot of spinning, a l right now? there is a lot of l noise, a lot of spinning, a lot of optimism, hopefully, but we have been here before and we have been here before and we have been here before and we have been disappointed because of the difficulties of reaching agreement. the gaps are still quite wide between israel and hamas. and there is an enormous amount of pressure being put on both parties to reach an agreement now. and with cooperation, very strange cooperatio

good or bad, from the qatar experience?my fear is that the lesson they've learned from qatar is that they can ride out the criticism. >> i think no organization, human rights organization, has been consulted. >> lina al-hathloul is a saudi human rights activist. hers is one of 11 organizations that recently raised concerns about fifa's approach to saudi's world cup bid. amnesty international called it an astonishing whitewash, while human rights watch dubbed it an abysmal failure to implement mandatory human rights risk assessments. their latest report, published just last week, revealed that in the first six months of this year alone, 887 bangladeshi workers died in saudi arabia, citing unpublished bangladesh government data. the report said the majority were recorded as dying of, quote, natural causes. there have been questions about how many were caused by working conditions. fifa's told cnn it has implemented, quote, a thorough bidding process for the 2034 world cup, and its bid report says saudi arabia submitted commit

in 2022, qatar hosted the world cup. about workers' rights and qatar did make reforms. but on this issue, last month, fifa published an independent report that it had commissioned. the report found that a number of severe human rights impacts did ultimately occur. this included deaths, injuries and illnesses, wages not being paid for months on end. it says measures put in place by fifa and its partners did not prevent the severe impacts from occurring, and that, in fact, a credible argument can be made that fifa contributed to some of the impacts. that wasn't what was promised. and in fifa's assessment of the saudi bid, it also notes a commitment to sustainability and climate change. but how far can that commitment go? saudi arabia is one of the world's biggest producers of fossil fuels, and eight stadiums have to be built for this world cup, one of them at the top of a 350 metre high structure in a city that doesn't yet exist. there will be an environmental cost, as there is with every world cup, but fifa says mitigatio

for more on this, i'm joined by qatar—based football journalist neel shelat.te on this, just an announcement. tells about this process and why it has proved so controversial. it why it has proved so controversial.- controversial. it is effectively - controversial. it is effectively people| controversial. it is - effectively people have controversial. it is _ effectively people have jump through a few hoops to make it so there can be no opposition to saudi arabia who think this world cup. according to fifa regulations once a country whose world cup the same federation can toast any of the next two. weary the assistance of that not all world cups are just held between europe and south america as they were back in earlier days. but they have done with 2026 being in north america, the us, mexico and canada, particularly 2030, which they have said around three continental countries, spain, portugal, morocco, and africa, but they've also shifted three games in south america on the pretext of it being a centennial edition is a 100 years from the first world cup but e

and what is going on in qatar? this is doha, and this is a synchronised drone display. there have been fireworks, illuminations, a live stage show and i think following on from this we are also going to be, people and revelers there being treated to a dj and some drumming as well. let's go to damascus and of course syria, celebrating their first new year celebration, seeing in the new year since bashar al—assad was removed from power. he of course now in russia but let's not return to bahrain where we understand there are actually four fireworks displays are currently being held across bahrain. and this is bahrain bay. music. cheering. music. and let's go across to damascus in syria, and this is the city will coming in 2025. music. music well, all i'm going to say if damascus sure know how to put on a party, and that was the new year's eve being welcomed in in syria. countries continue to welcome in... sorry, i've been dancing. laughter. ..welcoming in the new year with firework displays and drone shows. let's have a look at some of the celebrations. dubai has prepared

uh and then i was really grateful to meet um with ambassador altan of qatar. indeed, where they were making substantial purchases of south carolina made being boeing 7 87-10. and so my constituents um can see the benefit of foreign direct investment and foreign sales of exports, imports. the port of charleston has recently been dredged to 52 ft for super panamax container ships. and so we, we can see the benefit of my constituents substantially. not all can see the benefit of a strong america and a dynamic america and the mutual benefit of trade around the world. >> i just got back from israel and it was just as this cease fire in lebanon was being negotiated and there was, there were there's mixed feelings in israel about the cease fire for all kinds of reasons. there was a general understanding that that the government was under pressure from the biden administration to wind the conflict to an end. there was concern that the people of the north, the israelis who have been displaced from the north are not going to be secure when they going back to their homes

and ceasefire talks that are ongoing in qatarand in ceasefire talks that are ongoing in qatar and inat the end of the day haven't made much progress. the head of the world health organization has told the bbc it was public knowledge he was in yemen on thursday when israel launched air raids against houthi targets. this footage from the international airport in the capital, sanaa, shows the moment where it came under israeli fire. dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, who is now injordan, said the airport is a civilian facility and should not have been targeted. at least six people were killed in the raids. israel says it was targeting military infrastructure, but dr tedros says he only survived through good fortune. it was very chaotic. you know, people were in disarray and running everywhere, and no shelter. we were completely exposed. it's a matter of luck. otherwise, if the missile deviated just slightly, it could have been on our head. and so my colleague actually said, after all that, "we escaped death narrowly." and it's a civilian airport. i think that there are rules to engagement,

hamas say the ceasefire talks in qatar aimed at a truce and a hostage—prisoner exchange are "seriousarrived for talks in qatar with hopes growing that a deal could be signed in the next few days. though of course we have been here before. and final details of the negotiations are always the hardest. there is pressure from washington, not least from the president elect donald trump who has warned hamas �*all hell will be break�* out if the hostages are not released by the inauguration. as you know, i gave warning that if these hostages are not back home by that date, all hell is going to break—out, i am very strong. break—out, and very strong. well, they are going to have to determine what that means but it means it won't be pleasant. and yet the talks do appear to be based on the deal president biden was pushing in may. the palestinians say there are three—phases to it. civilians and women soldiers held hostage in gaza would be released in the first 45 days, with israeli forces pulling out of the city centres and the coastal road. the israels would also release hundreds of palestinia

qatar of course a key regional player.he amount of heading in football have called on the government to officially make it a national health issue. it comes ahead of the publication of a report into the possible impact of heading the ball this afternoon, and former professionals speaking out about the effect it's had on them. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has more. there you go, good boy. premier league defender gary pallister was one of the biggest names in football, but little bouts of forgetfulness recently have got the almost 60 thinking about migraines that blighted his career. i would probably get three orfour migraines a year, and they were quite debilitating. you know, on vision, speech, the tingling, the violent headaches, and it would be like that it is enough to know what i did go through with the migraines and the concussions and being knocked out that the potential is there for me to have brain damage. a study in 2019 by neuropathologist doctor willie stewart showed footballers are more than three tim

sources tell the reuters news agency mr trump's middle east envoy travelled to qatar this week to facilitate will only agree to a ceasefire that brings the war in gaza to a lasting end. israel says the war will end once hamas is eradicated. hamas released a video saturday that shows israeli hostage matan zangauker. in the video — which we will not show — a man who introduces himself as matan can be seen pleading with israeli political leaders to make a deal that would secure the release of people held by hamas. matan�*s mother responded to the release of the video, urging israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to bring her son home. translation: after 14 months of hell, sleepless _ translation: after 14 months of hell, sleepless and _ translation: after 14 months of hell, sleepless and anxiety - hell, sleepless and anxiety that cannot be described in words, i have sign of life from my son. he is alive. at the beginning of my speech i wanted to say any deal that does not return everyone is a death sentence for the rest. benjamin netanyahu and the war and return everyone. —— israeli airstri

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we have been hearing meetings going on in qatar with been hearing meetings going on in qatarwith iransia and turkey playing a key part in the way things have developed in syria in the past few years. but also arab countries. there is a talk of a deal where president assad would essentially renounce power, there would be a transition period and any prime minister would come in who would have the power and there would be a kind of soft landing, both for mr assad himself, and politically, and when we think thatis politically, and when we think that is probably too late as things are, but honestly we do not know. mohammed abdo ja al—julani, the man leading hts, the man group who had it's the man group who had its foundation in ideology, they say they are not wanting to impose ideology, there are not coming for revenge, but there is a lot of pent—up anger and frustration and hatred, as you can imagine. people coming out of those prisons, and the prospect of people there wanting revenge is very strong. i would say. we could see the collapse of the assad regime within hours, it could be days

formaron 60 globos aerostaticos de varias formas y temas que tineron de color el cielo de una ciudad en qatartelemundo . fin de semana con yohana suarez. >> que tal ? le saluda johanna suarez con mucho gusto y m muchisimas gracias por estar con nosotros. hoy comenzamos con una noticia de ultima hora en nueva york. las autoridades detuvieron a una persona de interes en conexion con el asesinato de una mujer que fue encendida en l llamas en el vagon de un tren en brooklyn. pasamos ahora con jaime bell, que esta en nueva york con todos los detalles. >> la conferencia de prensa se llevo a cabo aca en el cuartel general de la policia de la ciudad de nueva york. informaron que el hombre esta bajo custodia policial gracias a una llamada que realizaron tres estudiantes al 911. >> here looks like from gua guatemala. um, just want to put that point out and that's all we have on them right now, but with that being said. uh, no one on the scene identified them. so as being there. >> estos estudiantes ide identificaron al hombre y llamaron a la policia. el sujeto se encontraba en un tren que luego fue abo

and then with qatar, the airbase, so i'm bored. which they had paid for -- so important.ifferent associations and hey, you can actually begin north to south when you think of the liberation of kuwait and the people there. 18th province of saddam hussein. >> do you think, back to your constituents in south carolina, do they share your sense that we have to be leaning forward and play a leadership role in far-flung places like syria and bahrain? >> i'm very fortunate. first of all i have -- in the district of represents an initial army training facility, so there's a strong promilitary. i also have savanna river site in the district, again, understanding national security. but then i related to jobs. i have the mission facility in my district. friends, it's a largest michelin manufacturing facility in the world and is right down the street from bridgestone, japanese, another $2 billion dollars manufacturing facility which is not far from samsung, with the development we have there. and then we want everybody in the world to have -- the bmws are made in south carolina. it's