<img src="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2022/09/23/TELEMMGLPICT000310354963_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpeg" alt="Thursday evening news briefing: Sunak to fly to Saudi Arabia for crisis talks" width="100%" height="auto"><p>Good evening. Rishi Sunak will fly to Saudi Arabia on Thursday night for crisis talks with Mohammed bin Salman amid fears a regional war will erupt in the Middle East.<br><br>Elsewhere, the president of Israel has condemned the BBC for its “atrocious” refusal to call Hamas terrorists.</p><h2 class="u-heading-size-large u-heading-style-normal">Pictured: Waves crash onto South Shields pier as Storm Babet hits</h2>

Also from the Front Page newsletter: Hamas-Iran network operating inside UK 'inciting anti-Israel protests'. Sign up below.{ai:summary}<p>Rishi Sunak heads to Saudi Arabia for urgent talks on escalating tensions in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Israel's president criticizes the BBC for not labeling Hamas as terrorists. #foreignaffairs</p>

Thursday evening news briefing: Sunak to fly to Saudi Arabia for crisis talks

Pictured: Waves crash onto South Shields pier as Storm Babet hits

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