Evening briefing Tuesday 13th January

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0:40He's also urging them to keep protesting and to take over their institutions. Anti suggests they save the names of the killers and abusers, adding that they will pay a big price. Foreign Affairs commentator Tim Marshall says Trump appears to be on manoeuvres. He's cancelled all his meetings. Steve Whitcoff was going to be having meetings with some Iranian diplomats. Foreign minister, I think. He's cancelled those. He's currently or about to meet with military advisers who are going to give him the options. He's told the Iranian people, I think you should overthrow the institutions, which means the regime, and help is on its way.

1:14The last bit, well, that's what we don't know. What does that mean? There are options, of course. About 2 ,000 people have been killed in the protests in Iran, according to an Iranian official talking to the Reuters news agency. The Times understands that Sir Keir Starmer is expected to accept an offer to sit on a board led by President Trump that will temporarily run Gaza and make decisions on its reconstruction. Britain is set to join the Gaza Board of Peace, which the US is organizing as part of its 20-point peace plan to end the Israel-Hamas war. Asil Beydoun is the Deputy Director of Medical Aid for Palestinians.

1:49She's given her reaction two times radio. You know, we're really desperate in terms of Palestinians in getting any solution. But does that mean that this solution is internationally, in terms of international law? Is it legit? I don't know. But I don't want to be all pessimistic. We really need a rooted solution in self-determination of Palestinians and we want our rights. The Teachers Union, the NEU, says a visit by a Jewish MP to a school in Bristol has been rescheduled after Damien Egan's trip was cancelled. The MP for Bristol Northeast is the Vice Chair of Labour Friends of Israel. Lord Walney is a former UK government independent advisor on political violence and disruption and a former Labour MP.

2:31He's told Times Radio the union could be in trouble. With this and some of their other actions, the National Education Union have probably opened themselves up to an investigation into anti-Semitism of the kind which proved deeply damaging and shameful for the Labour Party in the Jeremy Corbyn era. The NEU says it's an organisation rooted in anti-racism in all its forms, including anti-Semitism. MPs on the Commons Environment Committee say they will call the leadership of South East Water back to give further evidence. About 25 ,000 households remain without water in Kent and Sussex. South East Water has blamed the recent cold weather.

3:12But Alistair Carmichael, who chairs the committee, says he and his colleagues remain deeply sceptical about the company's version of events to date. Justine Lewis, who lives in Tunbridge Wells, is among those affected. The pressure keeps dropping. The water's come through brown, a bit sludgy on occasions. Yesterday we had absolutely no water at all. I've got four children, we've got a household of six. I don't know how the elderly are coping with this in the slightest. And you can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online. This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PwC.

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