Arafat no more

The death of Yasser Arafat (Abu Amr)  is announced at 4:00 GMT. Special programmes on BBC WS. Tommy Lapid, on BBC R4 at 7:15 just after Menzies Campbell, asks, was that the Palestinian representative to Britain you just interviewed.

Nothing much to add to previous comments, except that the name of Marwan Barghouti continues to be mentioned.

Update : Israel has re-arrested Mordechai Vanunu.