dr shamel azmeh is senior lecturer in international development at the university of manchester welcomership which in itself is forming has an enormous task ahead. huge challenges. talk us through what that looks like.- challenges. talk us through what that looks like. thank you for having _ what that looks like. thank you for having me. _ what that looks like. thank you for having me. the _ what that looks like. thank you for having me. the first - what that looks like. thank you for having me. the first point i for having me. the first point to note, maybe is that this is an unlikely political situation in the sense that this is an interim government that is leading to a transitional government that the economic challenge in the social challenge in the social challenge cannot really wait or will have to take priority as these processes go forward. so these processes go forward. so the scale of the challenge is enormous in terms of the economic situation of the country, that is dire in terms of basic infrastructure, food, welfare, social services et cetera. especially the case now that

university of south florida, many thanks. here in the uk, a 19—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a vehicle was driven at a police officer in greater manchesteroad in cheadle, on saturday evening, leaving her seriously injured. my colleague charlotte gallagher has the details on what we know so far. police were called because people said there were people acting suspiciously inside a car when a female police officer arrived, she walked towards the car. the car then set off, was driven at high speed towards her and hit her. she received very, very serious injuries and was taken to hospital. and as you said, this 19—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. greater manchester police have said she is recovering from her injuries. she's obviously still in hospital and she's being supported by her fellow police officers and they said it was a truly shocking incident. there's no explanation as to why it happened as the way it did, and also it underlines the risks that front line officers take when they go to these kinds of incidents and how quickly they can escalate. they've also said assaults on our officers are completely u

universities. and that's it for this edition of business today. thanks for watching. i will see you soon. hello and welcome to sportsday with me chetan pathak. coming up on the programme: not many gave manchestermad is on hand to hold top—of—the—table liverpool to a 2—2 draw in the premier league. the most followed rugby union player in the world on social media. we speak to american superstar ilona maher as she makes her women's premiership debut for bristol bears. and coco gauff and taylor fritz help the united states to victory over poland in the united cup final in sydney. welcome along. thank you for being with us. despite overnight snow, both of sunday's premier league games went ahead, including at craven cottage, where fulham drew 2—2 with ipswich, and at anfield, where manchester united put in an improved performance to draw 2—2 with the league leaders liverpool. ruben amorim's side went into the game having lost their last four in all competitions, but were the first to score through lisandro martinez early in the second half. mohammed salah's penalty saw liverpool turn the game around, 2—i they led with 20 minutes to go, only for amad diallo to snatch an equaliser ten minutes later.

dr steven hurst from the university of- from the university of manchester, thank you very much. oodshed, a ceasefire agreement between israel and hamas appears close. outgoing us presidentjoe biden said an agreement was on the brink. the deal would see israel remove its troops from the most populated parts of gaza in return for the gradual release of israeli hostages. a palestinian official has told the bbc that the terms of the deal were being finalised with negotiations continuing in qatar — both sides working in the same building for the first time. let's speak to emir nader, our correspondent injerusalem. talk us through the main planks of this agreement if it goes ahead. ~ ., of this agreement if it goes ahead. ~ . , ., ., ahead. what we understand from ahead. what we understand from a palestinian _ ahead. what we understand from a palestinian official— ahead. what we understand from a palestinian official talking - a palestinian official talking to the bbc is that would be a first initial stage of around six weeks where israeli hostages being kept in gaza would be exchanged

manchester united. more than a quarter of fire fighters who battled the blaze at grenfell tower in 2017 say they're now suffering from long—term health disorders. a survey carried out by the universityg cancer and respiratory diseases. the fire brigades union is now calling for regular health checks for all fire fighters. 0ur correspondent tom symonds reports. grenfell tower was an unprecedented disaster. arriving firefighters were left badly prepared for what they would face. inside the flat where it started, they worked in smoke, toxic gases and particles. the teams fighting the fire and attempting rescues had breathing apparatus, but air supplies were limited. today's study by the university of lancaster, for the fire brigades union, found most went unprotected at some point. many were exposed to fumes even while waiting to go into floors which were on fire. 72 residents lost their lives, mainly because of the poisonous fumes. but today's study reveals that 136 firefighters out of more than 600 here on the night suffered long—term health effects. that's digestive problems, breathing issues, 11 cases of cancer in just the three years following grenfell. yet, more than seven years