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hasn t given any details about reported air strikes. but the idf says operations injabalia, like this one on friday, have destroyed hamas tunnels, explosives and military equipment, and soldiers found more than £1 million claimed to be designated for terrorist activity . our gaza correspondent, rushdi abu alouf, who is now based in turkey, says the area has been a focus for israeli forces recently. the camp is in the north, and the air strikes were intensified in the location overnight. as international pressure mounts on israel to reduce civilian casualties, and with growing calls for a ceasefire, the us secretary of defence has returned to israel. lloyd austin has met his israeli counterpart and is also due to talk to prime minister benjamin netanyahu with a focus on how israel plans to move to the next phase of the war. the un security council is expected to vote on monday on a resolution calling for an urgent and sustainable cessastion of hostilities . the us blo ....
to restore devolution before the parliamentary recess on tuesday. live now to our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, who s in belfast. talk us through what each side once. what are the sticking points? i don t think charlotte can hear us, or maybe she has frozen. anyway, we will see if we can come back to her in a moment. we can speak to the leader of the sdlp, the social democratic and labour party. thanks for coming on talking to us. as i said in the intro, we are hearing the dup saying it does not look hopeful before christmas now. what do you make of that? things have been looking a bit more promising towards the end of last week, haven t they? figs towards the end of last week, haven t they? towards the end of last week, haven t they? as far as we are concerned. haven t they? as far as we are concerned, the haven t they? as far as we are concerned, the deal haven t they? as far as we are concerned, the deal is - haven t they? as far as we are concerned, the deal ....
i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in hong kong where the high profile trial of the former media tycoon and pro democracy campaigner jimmy lai has, in the last few hours, got under way. the 76 year old was originally arrested in 2020, accused of undermining the territory s national security through articles published in his apple daily newspaper and on social media. mr lai has been held in solitary confinement for the past three years since his writing was deemed to be illegal under new legislation imposed by beijing. security was tight around the court for the start of his trial. mr lai who is also a british citizen has pleaded not guilty to all charges. the united states and britain have condemned the trial and have urged the authorities in hong kong to release businessman. we ll be live outside the court in hong kong shortly. first, this report from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. jimmy lai used to be a powerful media bo ....