hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. we start with news that the israeli defence minister has said that israel will retain security control of gaza after the fighting has ended and all hostages have been reef free. this comes as america and europe s most senior diplomat ticks head to the middle east to press israel and its strategy. they do appear to reject positions put forward last year by washington. under you have gland s so called fork proposals, hamas would no longer control gaza and israel would retain overall security control. a multinational force would take charge of rebuilding the territory. neighbouring egypt would take on an as yet unspecified role. but gaza would be run by unspecified government of palestinians as long as they are not hostile towards israel. and there would be no resettlement of israelis in the territory. well, the deputy secretary general of the fatah central committee, the hasty decision making body of the fatah party which contr
a normalisation of leniency when it comes to predators, when it comes to anyone who commits any type of femicide or gender based violence. reeva steenkamp s mother today said those left behind after her murder are the ones serving a life sentence. daniel de simone, bbc news, pretoria. let s ta ke let s take you live now to port elizabeth in south africa and the lawyer representing reeva steenkamp s family. thank you for joining us on the programme. i am looking at some of the comments made by mrs steenkamp and she says she welcomes the positions made by the parole camp that she asked has there been justice for reeva? has oscar said enough time? what is your assessment? said enough time? what is your assessment? ~ ., ., ~ assessment? well, we need to work with what we assessment? well, we need to work with what we have. assessment? well, we need to work with what we have. our assessment? well, we need to work with what we have. our south - assessment? well, we need to work| with