nawaf al thani, _ and lasting peace. thank you very much. nawaf al thani, ten - and lasting peace.f al thani, ten there. | we can go tojerusalem and our correspondent mark lowen. we have just been speaking about these expectant negotiations to try and have a halt to the fighting in gaza. how optimistic are people there in jerusalem, that there might be an agreement reached? i jerusalem, that there might be an agreement reached?— jerusalem, that there might be an agreement reached? i think there are still significant _ agreement reached? i think there are still significant hurdles _ agreement reached? i think there are still significant hurdles and _ agreement reached? i think there are still significant hurdles and a - still significant hurdles and a blood—soaked gulf between the warring sides on several issues. there is a lot of mistrust. the israelis have been appearing to be coalescing around a pause of one to two months. hamas has publicly demanded a permanent ceasefire as part of any hostage deal. but the sides are engaged in talks again. that is progress in itself. and as var

that was nawaf al thani. and markjoins me live from jerusalem.the fallout from those allegations against those working for the main agency of the un which serves gaza.— un which serves gaza. indeed. lookin: un which serves gaza. indeed. looking at _ un which serves gaza. indeed. looking at those _ un which serves gaza. indeed. looking at those allegations, l un which serves gaza. indeed. l looking at those allegations, the un which serves gaza. indeed. - looking at those allegations, the un says that it concerns 12 members of staff. nine of them have been immediately dismissed. two are currently being identified and one says the un secretary—general has died. the seriousness with which the un is taking these accusations shows that they were incredibly serious, that they were incredibly serious, that these members of unrwa were alleged to have taken part in those attacks on the 7th of october. i also think that there is an international politics going on here because western governments are seeing an opportunity here to show sympathetic understand

nawaf al thani.uring the latest round of strikes. these pictures show the moment hms diamond repelled the attack by firing sea viper missiles at an incoming which was heading directly towards the ship. the warship is currently situated in the red sea to protect merchant ships from houthi attacks. the uk ministry of defence says there were no injuries or damage. this latest strike from the iran backed group comes days after an oil tanker with british links was also hit — and went up in flames. the fire on the marlin luanda was extinguished with no crew injured after french, indian and us naval ships provided assistance to the vessel. responding to the recent attacks — uk defence secretary grant shapps wrote: our political correspondent harry farley has the latest. this is in the first time hms diamond, which is a british navy destroyer in the red sea, not the first time that hms diamond has been targeted by houthi drones. the statement from the ministry of defence in london saying that this was an int

sheikh muhammad bin abdul rahman al thani announced the prisoner swap framework will be communicated to hamas, he made that announcement after meeting with us and egyptian. officials and israeli representatives in paris. meanwile, hamas has slammed countries that have cut funding for a un agency for palestinian refugees, calling them complicit in israel's genocide in gaza. the hamas rap in lebanon, osama hamdan denounced aunra chief for firing his staff based on israely allegations that they're involved in the october 7th operation by hamos. he said un agents. never reacted to the regime killing over 150 of its employees in gaza and bombing its hospitals on israely captives held in gaza hamdon said israel doesn't care about their lives or what happens to them, spokesman once again held washington directly responsible for the genocide in gaza and escalation throughout the region. palestiny resistance movements continue fighting and invading israeli forces in gaza and launching retaliatory attacks against targets deep inside occupied territories. the military wing of hamas, the al-qass

lebanese border with syria from takfiri terrorists in an operation known as the second freedom or tahrir thani was one of the unique commanders of the resistance. also, during the 90-day battle of tofan al-akhsa in the northern part of the occupied territories, this commander designed and executed numerous operations against the zionist forces. thank you very much , mr. azimzadeh, the reporter of sed and cima news agency on the border between lebanon and occupied palestine. pro-palestinian protesters interrupted the us president's election speech with slogans in support of a cease-fire in gaza. palestinian supporters interrupted joe biden's election speech at a church in charleston, south carolina. the crimes of the zionist regime in palestine should end in gaza and the united states should give its support. ceremony. the shiite martyrdom of seyyed soghara hosseini, one of the martyrs of the terrorist attack in kerman, was held in fars province. mrs. hosseini fard joined the martyrs of the terrorist attack on december 18, 1402, on the way to kerman. terrorist sinzd, december 22, ali akbar , on

thani is right, mr. fallah is right, mr. yaqubzadeh is also right, but there is one point, the government's policy to develop production in the ministry of health in cases where, according to the ministry of health, t and t4 to t there are 4 so that the manufacturer can come step by step and solve the need. what is it here that the manufacturer wants to support? you can't do it with a different width. thank you very much . thank you , mr. asani. if we have the initiative, it means that the ministry of health and other government institutions should only do regulatory work. i can invest many times during the year and bring back my goods and be able to rotate my capital two times. even though there is a subsidized land , this will not happen. therefore, this is not desirable for us . we have to wait and see. 9, but in this case, you should see the problem that the medical centers of this 423 don't have bodies either, so you should come now. give them a solution, we have nothing to say that neither we will be broke nor that our

sheikh tamim bin hamad bin khalifa al-thani, the emir of qatar , strongly condemned the cowardly crimesf the terrorist attack in kerman and said: this criminal act was carried out by those who seek to make iran insecure, but qatar the national unity of the iranian nation is assured and stands by the iranian nation. the secretary general of lebanon's hezbollah condemned the incident while offering condolences to the families of the martyrs of the terrorist incident in kerman. seyyed hassan nasrallah said: these people were martyred on the same path that general soleimani was moving on. the secretary general of hezbollah of lebanon also referred to the martyrdom of sheikh saleh al- arouri on the night of the martyrdom of hajj qassem soleimani and abu mahdi al-muhandis , and considered this action to be a clear violation of israel's territory in lebanon. referring to the zionist crime in gaza, seyyed hassan nasrallah said: operation storm al-aqsa laid the foundation for the destruction of israel and it showed the ugly face of america. seyed hassan nasrallah added that today's sacrifice is

shake mohammad bin abdul rahman al thani announced that the prisoner swap framework will be communicated to haman. he made the announcements after meeting with us and egyptian officials and israeli representatives in paris. palestinian resistance movements keep up fighting, invading israeli forces in gaza and launching retaliatory attacks against targets deep inside the occupied territories. the military wing of hamas, the casan brigades launched 15 missiles in the city of tel aviv response to the killing of civilians in gaza. sirens were heard south. occupied territories as well, no word on possible damage or casualties. meanwhile, heavy fighting is underway between resistance fighters and israely forces northwest of gaza. resistance fighters say one of the main israeli logistic support points was hit with mortars and rockets, located in the al-sudani area, the base was used to deliver weapons, food and fuel to iof soldiers. israely forces have carried out fresh raids on several areas of the occupied west bank, killing at least five palestinians. two palestinians were killed in an israe

sheikh muhammad bin abdul rahman al thani announced that the prisoners swap frame. work will be communicated to hamas. he made announcement after meeting with us and egyptian officials and israely representatives in paris. palestinians have bit farwell to the three victims of an israeli raid a hospital in the occupied west bank city of janine. the funeral was held on the heels of the release of a video showing israeli troops disguising themselves as medical staff to storm. since october the 7th, the regime has intensified its raids and arrests across much of the occupied territories. israel's military and settlers carry out incursions into different areas of the west bank almost a daily basis, killing or upducting palestinians. earlier correspondent to ramala, mon deal filled us in on the latest israely acts of violence in the west bank including jane. what happened is that israeli special forces or the undercover units, those israeli soldiers disguised as civilians raided the evina hospital using silencer pistols and they killed the three palestinians, this is what the people and the crew p

nawaf al—thani, thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank ou.he scottish national party leader, humza yousaf, has said some people place a different value on palestinian and muslim lives. he was asked by the bbc�*s laura kuennsberg why he's one of the few uk politicians to call for a ceasefire in gaza. i think there is just a lack of leadership and moral courage, if i'm being frank, and this is a classic example of where i think nobody understands what keir starmer stands for. why has he not shown the appropriate leadership on the issue of gaza? and i don't know the answer to that. but i don't know how anybody can see that level of death and destruction and not call for an immediate halt and an immediate ceasefire. do you think sometimes people place a different value on palestinian lives? 0n muslim lives? without a shadow of doubt. if you talk to anybody who is palestinian, you speak to many people in the muslim community, they feel that palestinian blood is very cheap. laura kuenssberg asking the questions there. let's take you live again to g

mohammadi thani, an expert on near-asian issues, is our guest to talk about this. and all dear viewers , please tell me about today's meeting , what effect can the parliaments of islamic countries and the members of the union of islamic countries have on the developments. have palestine, yes, this meeting, well, in general, this committee was founded by the islamic republic in 1999, and today there are 26 islamic countries' assemblies in tehran. they gather together for the issue of palestine . the fact is that considering that some of the governments that we are witnessing in the region are somehow dependent on the zionist regime or do not want to show their public support for the issue of palestine, but the councils of these restrictions it does not exist, and in fact , the assemblies should be the voice of the people, the fact is that the people of the region, the muslim people of the region, have always had a positive and active position towards the palestinian issue , and the parliaments, after all, have the duty to be the voice of the people, and in this rega

sheikh tamim bin hamad bin khalifa al-thani, emir of qatar, also strongly condemned.the cowardly crimes of the kerman terrorist attack said: this criminal action was carried out by those who seek to make iran insecure, but qatar is confident in the national unity of the iranian nation and stands by the iranian nation. fourth anniversary ceremony the martyrdom of major general hajj qassem soleimani was held last night with the speech of the president and the presence of people and officials in the masla of tehran. this is the masla of tehran and hours after the terrorist incident in kerman and the people's reception of this ceremony has raised fists. ghasems are afraid that any of the pilgrims of haj qasem will put their feet in the place of haj qasem, it is dangerous for the enemy to die face to face. the iranian life of qassem soleimani proved that the terrorist incident of kerman martyrs gulzar proved that i am not only afraid of his name but also of the pilgrims to his grave. the more they shed our blood, the stronger this revolution will be. we have nothing we are

thani. let's start with you first, of course, the one who started first, from that side as the opposition, from the other side as the supporter. it concludes our discussion. the reason you disagree with this what is the topic? i offer my courtesy and greetings to the viewers, your excellency, and your distinguished guests . i hope that our discussion today will lead to an added value for our beloved society. since we are economic activists , my request to my friends and myself is that our conversation should be close to the number, because we did not come here to shout slogans, but we want to mention some things. let's not mislead these dear ones, but let's give addresses, maybe friends will use your service. that in regarding the reason that i am against this so-called removal of this subsidy width, due to the time conditions, i have this point of view. my reason is that if you have a favor, we will go back to the year 2016 , which was one hand's width, that is, the width of the banking sys

council today we are delighted to welcome to our headquarters his excellency mohammed bin abdulrahman al-thanihe prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the state of qatar his excellency has served as the prime minister since march of 2023. while also retaining his position as foreign minister which he has held for eight years now getting in january of 2016. the prime minister is known all around the world for his leadership in conflict mediation paired he has a remarkable track co success. interest the last few months the prime minister's help secure the release of a 100 israeli hostages. the delivery of aid to gaza, mediated u.s./iran prisoner exchange, facilitated 10 american hostages in venezuela and negotiated of children from russia among other accomplishments. as the middle east has plunged into a renewed conflict following the hamas october 7 terrorist attack on israel concerns hezbollah and lebanon and iraq and syria the houthis are potential drivers a further escalation. it is against this. background that we come together and recognize the prime minister's position, his co

his funeral was attended, according to estimates, by more thani million mourners.would have wanted to attack the commemoration of his death and why? the most telling thing here is that this attack in kerman does not fit any modus operandi of what the israelis have traditionally done. they are looking for specific individuals, not for large events with lots of people. but there are at least two groups that have a history of doing just this type of thing in iran. the sunni jihadist groups on whom suspicion for this is likely to fall, although no group has yet claimed to have carried it out. the iranian supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini warned of a harsh response. whoever was behind the explosion they have heightened tensions in a region that was already a tinderbox. elsewhere in the region, the leader of the lebanese militant group hezbollah warned israel of a "decisive response" to the killing of a hamas leader. saleh al—arouri was killed tuesday in a drone strike in southern beirut. israel has neither confirmed nor denied that it killed saleh al—arouri. speaking t

his funeral was attended, according to estimates, by more thani million mourners.o who would have wanted to attack the commemoration of his death and why? the most telling thing here is that this attack in kerman does not fit any modus operandi of what the israelis have traditionally done. they are looking for specific individuals, not for large events with lots of people. but there are at least two groups that have a history of doing just this type of thing in iran. the sunni jihadist groups on whom suspicion but this is likely to fall, although no group has yet claimed to have carried it out. the iranian supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini warned of a harsh response. it is the deadliest attack in the country in decades and can only increase tensions in a region that is already a tinderbox. caroline hawley, bbc news. here's bahman kalbasi, bbc persian�*s un correspondent with more. obviously the first hours was more of shock, especially given the high number of casualties. and this kind of bombing is not unprecedented, we've had explosions like this in other govern

yesterday, former post office boss paula vennells gave up her cbe after a petition attracted more thanident peter saull reports. it was an announcement that added insult to injury.- added insult to in'ury. paula venneush added insult to in'ury. paula vennells has _ added insult to in'ury. paula vennells has the h added insult to injury. paula vennells has the cbe. - added insult to injury. paula vennells has the cbe. you l added insult to injury. paula l vennells has the cbe. you are 'okina. vennells has the cbe. you are joking- itut — vennells has the cbe. you are joking. but now— vennells has the cbe. you are joking. but now the _ vennells has the cbe. you are joking. but now the former . vennells has the cbe. you are l joking. but now the former boss ofthe joking. but now the former boss of the post _ joking. but now the former boss of the post office _ joking. but now the former boss of the post office has _ joking. but now the former boss of the post office has agreed - of the post office has agreed to hand macro honour, saying she was truly sorry for the devastation caused. downin

his funeral was attended, according to estimates, by more thani million mourners.would have wanted to attack the commemoration of his death and why? the most telling thing here is that this attack in kerman does not fit any modus operandi of what the israelis have traditionally done. they are looking for specific individuals, not for large events with lots of people. but there are at least two groups that have a history of doing just this type of thing in iran. the sunni jihadist groups on whom suspicion for this is likely to fall, although no group has yet claimed to have carried it out. the iranian supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini warned of a harsh response. it is the deadliest attack in the country in decades and can only increase tensions in a region that is already a tinderbox. caroline hawley, bbc news. and as iran remains a key player in the israel—gaza war — we got some analysis on its role from behnam ben taleblu, a senior fellow at the foundation for defence of democracies. iran puzzlement strategy to get the escalation to thorough life and took proxy a

more thani million people have signed a petition calling for her honour to be revoked.r deputy political editor, vicki young. it was an insult which added to their injury. new year's honours list. a moment depicted in the recent drama about the post office scandal. paula vennells has got the cbe. you're joking...! "services to the post office." today, it was all very different for paula vennells as she caved to mounting public pressure to hand back the honour. in a statement she said... it must be a bug. it must be...it must be a computer bug... lee castleton�*s story was one of those featured in the drama series. he went bankrupt after being falsely accused of stealing £25,000. so what does he make of paula vennells�* decision? it kind of was a kick in the teeth back then. now it's full circle, i suppose, and we've got to a point where now it's acceptable that the moral decision to hand it back is the right decision. i personally have spent many, many years not being listened to and i'm thankful that people are listening now, and i think people really are listening. th

his funeral was attended, according to estimates, by more thani million mourners.have wanted to attack the commemoration of his death and why? the most telling thing here is that this attack in kerman does not fit any modus operandi of what the israelis have traditionally done. they are looking for specific individuals, not for large events with lots of people. but there are at least two groups that have a history of doing just this type of thing in iran. the sunni jihadist groups on whom suspicion but this is likely to fall, although no group has yet claimed to have carried it out. the iranoan supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini said there would be a harsh response. it is the deadliest attack in the country in decades and can only increase tensions in a region that is already a tinderbox. caroline hawley, bbc news. for more on this i'm joined by alex vatanka, founder and director of the iran programme at the middle east institute. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. let's start with that question that caroline started to raise at the end

earlier i spoke to former senior defence 0fficial to the state of qatar, nawaf al—thani.de, in addition to the negotiations on the path and hopefully will continue in the future, and this point qatar has sentin future, and this point qatar has sent in just around 2000 tonnes of aid to include 61 tonnes that were just sent in to help the hostages and the persisting in refugees, palestinian civilian casualties. who are now crowding down into the rafa area near the border. that has been something with the french could parry air force air force aeroplanes, two of them, shall correspond at mansion, flew the aid and now cross the border, obviously from egypt. and now cross the border, obviously from egypt-— from egypt. where would you say mediation. _ from egypt. where would you say mediation, talked _ from egypt. where would you say mediation, talked our _ from egypt. where would you say mediation, talked our terms - from egypt. where would you say mediation, talked our terms of i mediation, talked our terms of trying for example to ensure that more humanitarian aid can go thr

people and is now thought to have more than i under 300,000 people and is now thought to have more thaniple, given that refugees from the north have come to the south, yet the south is very much the focus of military activity. the palestinians say they have been dozens killed in the last witty for hours, the highest one—day total so far this year. beyond gaza, the conflict continues to spill over, with syria and iran blaming israel for this air strike that hit a building in damascus today, killing members of iran's revolutionary guard. since the conflict erupted on the 7th of october in gaza, the constant fear has been of a spill over into the wider region. that is ready with fighting in a lebanon between israel and hesbollah. there are proxy attacks on and with israel. it shows how this tinderbox region is seeing flames being lit in several corners and is the conflict in gaza drags on, the question is how far those fires will spread. mark lowen there, and we have just had this latest line from iran's president who has vowed to punish israel, they say, for a strike on saturday that kille

south africa talked about forced displacement of more than i talked about forced displacement of more thani israel had three hours, south africa had three hours, and it is now down to the judges to make their interpretation of the evidence presented by both sides. and in terms of any sort of decision, there is the ultimate decision, there is the ultimate decision, but as south africa have been pushing for, they want some sort of intermediary action, don't they? sort of intermediary action, don't the ? , ., sort of intermediary action, don't the? , ., sort of intermediary action, don't the ? , ., ., they? exactly, and the court dealing with this as a _ they? exactly, and the court dealing with this as a matter _ they? exactly, and the court dealing with this as a matter of _ they? exactly, and the court dealing with this as a matter of urgency, - they? exactly, and the court dealing with this as a matter of urgency, so | with this as a matter of urgency, so south africa has asked for an urgent injunction to prevent any further risk of genocide, and the bar for this is relatively low. judges

live now to doha — nawaf al—thani is qatar's former director of defence intelligence operations and defencehe to the united states. hejoins me now. thank you for being here with us. what are you hearing about the framework of some sort of new deal? thank you for having me. i think first there are two parts of this. the first is the qatari statements in the past days and weeks that they have continued their efforts to restart negotiations and have not stopped their efforts. but the second part of this is also, at least from the qatari perspective, they've played very close to the vest when it comes to negotiations, it's very sensitive and they don't talk a lot about it before it happens, but all reports indicates we are heading towards, if everything works out well, to probable negotiations restarting. the week started with that report in the united states suggesting the possibility of a two month ceasefire, a phased return and release of hostages, exchanges, are those the sorts of details you hearing? those the sorts of details you hearin: ? .,, . those the sorts of details you hearin: ? ,

and today, de-escalation runs through gaza, said sullivan and qatari prime minister mohammad al thanishould focus on the main conflict in gaza. and as soon as it is defused, i believe everything else will be defused. nick: but, the spark and smoke of the war in gaza continues to spread. today in central gaza's nuseirat refugee camp, families carted all they had left. the u.n. says gazans are stalked by the long shadow of starvation. today in rafah, mohammad al-shondogli waited for food with his children. >> our bodies are ill, my children are ill due to lack of food. this is not enough. nick: despite israel's campaign, today, palestinian militants fired more than two dozen rockets into israel, the highest number in more than a week. and a reminder of how far israel is from achieving its military goals. but, there is disunity on how to achieve those goals. prime minster benjamin netanyahu wants to continue the war until hamas is destroyed. war cabinet member and opposition leader benny gantz is willing to stop if it comes with the release of more than 100 hostages. >> happy birthday. b

we spoke earlier to nawaf al thani, who is qatar's former director of defence intelligence operations because of the nature of negotiations. what we can expect is that a lasting ceasefire should come about, a longer ceasefire in the last ones we had, obviously, and we will see the release of hostages and aid for palestinian civilians. unfortunately, on the other side, the political wrangling and games that are being played, whether globally or internally in israel, especially from the neo—conservative government of netanyahu, is a bit confusing. for instance, criticising qatar on one side and then asking for its help on the other sends mixed messages and isn't helpful, and i think focusing on the mission at hand should be as real�*s main concern. releasing of the hostages, ceasefire and a lasting peace. joining us now is ahal besorai, whose sister was killed by hamas. more relatives have been taken hostage and some are still being held in gaza. thank you very much forjoining us here at what must be a continually distressing time for you and for yourfamily. tell us more about distressi

i would probably be open, what you got, t could go on, so i ams -- i'mm somewhat different thani wasounteroffensive. let's wait on the counteroffensive, time i would become president, it's interesting becausent what would the situation be by the time i think it's a situation where, you know, the president has information that the rest of us don't have. it would be one of the first things where i would sit in the military briefing and ask tell me what is actually happening. make sense? agree totally a stalemate, thousands of miles of ukraine absolutely filled with lines and everything and just become -- bomb each other back and forth butnt as you said, sending a vey bad message because that's what putin is counting on the west to lose interest. so i do agree everything is kind of changing but i think it's very important that we don't give up on our friends. >> would you have that conversation? would you just say let's talk, i want to hear what you have to say? >> well, the problem with let's talk i want to hear what you have to say is that russia under vladimir putin have proved that

. >> thank you for it secretary mohammed bin abdulrahman al-thani any willful refusal to comply withation law is the root cause of the border it is the driving factor in the impeachment articles against him. the beginning of secretary mayorkas tenure marked a rapid increase in encounters on the southwest border. during secretary mayorkas first full month in office the u.s. witnessed roughly 70% increase in encounters of the southwest border when compared to prior month secretary mayorkas does not need to work at the senate to provide solution to the border crisis for the solution to t b secretary mayorkas to enforce the laws he arty chose not to enforce. comparing stats from a trump administration to secretary mayorkas paints a clear picture that secretary mayorkas is not working to fix the problems as he claims. cbp alien encounters of the southwest border from february 2021 until december 2023 is 7,078,20071 let's compared to fiscal year 22017 their fiscal year 2020. that number is 2,437,000856. that is quite an increase from before secretary mayorkas to anÑ secretary mayorkas is a