this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. is benjamin netanyahu's 12 year run as israel's prime minister almost up? a key opposition party backs a deal to end his rule. ministers say they'll proceed with caution, in deciding whether to end all covid restrictions in england, next month. but there's confidence accelerating the vaccine rollout will keep government plans on track. west african leaders meet in ghana to discuss their response to last week's military coup in mali. and... prime minister borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony

at london's westminster cathedral. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. israel is once again staring down another deadline to form a government. a key israeli opposition party has backed a unity government that would bring to an end benjamin netanyahu's time as the country's longest serving prime minister. the ultra—nationalist leader, naftali bennett, said he'd join a governing coalition with the centrist party leader, yair lapid — who has until wednesday to try and form a new coalition government. translation: all parties are invited tojoin the government.

translation: all parties are invited to join the government. for the government to succeed we will all have to share a restraint both during the negotiations and later on. nobody is being asked to give up on. nobody is being asked to give up on their ideology but everybody will have to make some compromises. mr netanyahu has responded immediately to the plans to create a unity government, denouncing mr bennett as a liar and saying that a lapid—bennett government would weaken israel. translation: i heard him, unfortunately, he is again misleading the public. same lies, same _ misleading the public. same lies, same empty slogans on hate and division _ same empty slogans on hate and division from somebody who helps pay and division _ division from somebody who helps pay and division. and someone who is perpetrating i must say the fraud of the century. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem and has been following the latest developments. it's been a night of high political

drama in israel. two important statements that wand that you mentioned from the former defence minister saying that from now he was now back with his friend, he called him the centrist politician a parma tv news anchor eight unity government. he said that there was no option for a right—wing government which would have been his preference. he said there was only a choice of a unity government or a fifth election. this of course not referring to the fact that israel has already had four collections in under two years. it's been an unprecedented period of political stalemate with the country really divided into a pro—and anti—net yahoo. mr bennett said this had been the most difficult decision of his life to go into this new government but he said that it was open for all parties tojoin in but he said that it was open for all parties to join in that all parties who did joint would have a veto power. we understand that the arrangement would mean that actually bennett would serve as prime

minister first if this new government does really take shape. he would serve as prime minister with lepage serving as minister and then love pete would take over as prime minister. we also had a statement from benjamin netanyahu himself where he came out fighting. he called on all right—wing members of parliament not to join what he described as a left—wing government. he said, who would take care of some of her meds and he imagined what it would look like if the new security cabinet of this new government had to make key decisions about iran. and he talked about bennett as leading the scam of the century, really very critical of him. israeli politics of you just described is very complex. it's also very, very unpredictable. how can straining will a coalition likely be in the country?

will a coalition likely be in the count ? , . will a coalition likely be in the count ? ., , will a coalition likely be in the count ? ., ., country? israel does always have coalition governments _ country? israel does always have coalition governments and - country? israel does always have coalition governments and it's i country? israel does always have coalition governments and it's by the nature of its system of proportional representation it is quite a fragmented political scene. but it will have never had a coalition government quite like the one is now being talked about which would bring together parties from the far left of the spectrum to really quite far on the right. and would expect them all despite their very different ideas about many policy issues to sit together and make key decisions. lapid in a previous statement has said that this government would be able to make key decisions on the economy and on security matters. that it would be about bringing the country together because it has been so very divided. what really unites all of these different parties is indeed their opposition to benjamin netanyahu, their desire for change. they say that as he is facing a corruption trial for charges which

he denies they are accusing him of fostering division and putting his own personal interests ahead of the national interests of the country of israel. here in the uk, the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, says the government will be cautious and look at all the data, before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. it comes as the chief executive of nhs providers says, "very, very few" coronavirus patients in hospital in england, have received 2 covid jabs — showing that a double dose of vaccine can provide "very high" levels of protection. here's our health correspondent, catherine burns. a critical incident for the attempto ambulance service, not because of coronavirus, though. there are just 13 covid patients there, but the hospital is dealing with a backlog in cases and a busy bank holiday

weekend, so people are being told only to call 999 in an emergency. we are expecting to receive about 3000 calls across the south—west, a considerable amount of the resources that we have available to us. some parts of the country, like bolton and blackburn have had the biggest increase in the variant first links first seen in india, but even in those areas hospitals aren't seeing a huge spike in covid patients. at the same time, though, health bosses are warning about universal pressure on the nhs across the country. we've got these big care backlogs that were trying to get through as quickly as possible, and we're tackling the most complex cases to start with, and that means those patients need to have overnight stays, because they are difficult cases. hospital say those complex cases are often simple problems that got worse over lockdown, so patients can need more complicated treatment and longer stays in hospital.

wesley was diagnosed with cataracts three years ago and is still on a waiting list. it is steadily getting worse, it is an insidious thing, it has crept on, and i have had the surgery cancelled several times, and ijust don't know what is happening, which is quite frustrating. but at the same time as the backlog, the nhs is still running that race — vaccine versus variant. we are six months in now, and the government has a new, speedier ambition. we hope to be able to protect with two doses all 1—9, allthe over50s before the 21st ofjune. we will, you know, make sure we vaccinate at scale. but, and here is the important thing, we will share the evidence with the country. during the 14 days when the government will tell us when the next stage of opening up will happen onjune the 21st. at that point, they want to meet four tests before going ahead.

the second are vaccines going well or dying of covid? the third is infection levels, are they getting so high the putting pressure on the nhs? and final test is about new variants of concern, are they changing the risk level? there are questions over the last two tests, case numbers and variance. the next two weeks will give us more information on how if at all they could slow down the opening up later injune. police in the indian capital, delhi, have arrested more than 350 suspected fraudsters, for selling fake medical supplies to vulnerable covid patients. having opened hundreds of investigations, police found that many families fell victim to conmen offering counterfeit drugs and oxygen on social media. india is grappling to contain a virulent second wave of the virus, that has officially killed around

300,000 people — but it's thought that number could be significantly higher. from monday, south africa will increase its covid—i9 restrictions to try and fight a surge in recent infections. a nightly curfew is to be extended, meaning non—essential shops, bars and restaurants, will be forced to close by 10pm. the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, has also announced that all gatherings will be limited to a maximum of 100 people indoors and face masks will remain mandatory in public. further restrictions are necessary to ensure that the health facilities are not overwhelmed and that lives that could be saved are not lost. delaying the spread of the virus is especially important now to allow as many people as possible to be vaccinated before the third wave reaches its peak.

president macron has warned that france would withdraw its troops from mali, if political instability there, leads to greater islamist radicalisation. it follows the second coup in 9 months, in the west african nation. france currently has more than 5,000 soldiers operating across the sahel region, conducting anti—insurgency operations. the economic community of west african states — or �*ecowas�* — has also raised concerns about the military takeover. they've been holding disussions in ghana, over how to address the coup. bbc africa's, thomas naadi, has been following the story. the ecowas leaders will be holding discussions with the head of the militaryjunta in the hotel behind me to explore possible ways of returning the country to a civilian—led interim government. colonel goita has again seized power after he was dissatisfied with the cabinet reshuffle that saw two key members of the military

junta stripped of their positions. this latest coup has contravened a key conditionality of ecowas with that insistence on a civilian led interim government. the situation is further complicated by the ruling of the country's constitutional court on friday, which affirmed colonel goita as president of the interim government. western leaders, including french president emmanuel macron have expressed concern that this latest development could worsen the already fragile coalition in central and northern mali. thousands of pro—government demonstrators have been holding a rally in ethiopia's capital, addis, against what they say is, �*foreign interference' in the civil war in tigray. even though public criticism

of the us is rare in ethiopia, the protesters denounced america's decision last week, to impose visa restrictions on ethiopian officials — and to limit its economic and security assistance. all sides in the tigray conflict have been accused of rights abuses. two people have died and more than 20 injured, in a shooting outside a club in south florida. miami—dade police say three people — armed with assault rifles and handguns — got out of a vehicle and started firing into the crowd that had gathered for a concert at the venue in hialeah — to the west of miami beach. australia s prime minister is in new zealand for the annual bilateral talks with his counterpart, jacinda ardern. the relative success in curbing the coronavirus pandemic was evident — as neither leader wore a mask — and scott morrison was welcomed with a traditional maori greeting. from sydney, phil mercer reports —

there are flashing images at the start of the report. a traditional maori greeting replaced elbow bumps and fist taps, as new zealand's prime minister welcomed her australian counterpart. scott morrison said the meeting highlighted the success of two countries that have weathered covid—19 arguably better than any other. both governments banned foreign nationals in march 2020, but they need a plan to eventually bring to an end their isolation from the rest of the world. a quarantine—free travel corridor was opened last month. while flights to the australian state of victoria have been suspended due to a snap seven—day lockdown, the bubble could be extended to other parts of the south pacific, including fiji and vanuatu, to help revive their tourism industries. mr morrison said australia and new zealand were family, but,

like most households, there are disagreements. canberra's controversial deportation of new zealanders convicted of crimes, including children, has strained the relationship. a senior australian minister compared the policy to taking the trash out. it remains a very sore point between these trans—tasman cousins. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the headlines on bbc news... 0pposition politicians in israel are moving closer to forming a new government and removing the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, from power. the head of the group which represents nhs trusts in england has told the bbc that hospitals are still under pressure and there must be an open debate about plans for a further easing of restriction. sport and for a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre, hello and welcome to sportsday. let's start with number asi because she's been fine and future majors if she's been fine and future majors if she fails to make her media commitments. the world number two the tea but didn't attend the post—match press conference. she announced last week that she would boycott meaty while in paris to raise awareness of players well—being. forthe raise awareness of players well—being. for the addition of a one robson says she hopes the solution can be found. personally, i don't feel like they're _ can be found. personally, i don't feel like they're out _ can be found. personally, i don't feel like they're out to _ can be found. personally, i don't feel like they're out to get - can be found. personally, i don't feel like they're out to get you . can be found. personally, i don't| feel like they're out to get you or anything like that. it is them doing theirjobs in us trying to do hours. it's a difficult one and i feel like it's escalated so quickly and now to the point where there is talk of defaulting 0saka which i don't think is the answer at all. i really hope they can sort out and be this

tournament over with because we don't want the sort of drama following the tennis tourfor tour for the rest of the year. in the last half hour or so naomi 0saka has brought this on social media. anger is a lack of understanding. change makes people uncomfortable. elsewhere on a busy opening day to tim team has been surprisingly knocked out. the reigning us open champion was beaten in a five set epic by pablo and a heart who had never previously beaten a player ranked in the world top five. meanwhile british number one dan evansis meanwhile british number one dan evans is also out. colombian edinburgh and burn out his second title after wrapping up the victory. writers say navigated the final trial stage in milan to add though euro title to the tour de france 131

backin euro title to the tour de france 131 back in 2019. team—mate 0gata won the final stage bob written simon yates secured a podium spot finishing third in the overall standings. chelsea manager thomas oogle has challenges to measure remainder hunger. chelsea are heading back to london from porto after their one — zero victory and former defender of bears says to joel deserves all the credits of the owner abramovich appointed him to ta ke to take over from frank lampard four months ago. you to take over from frank lampard four months age-— to take over from frank lampard four months ago-— months ago. you look at the trail was trophies _ months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea _ months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea is _ months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea is 1 - months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea is 1 cent - was trophies chelsea is 1 cent abramovich is taking over so it kind of bucks the trend onto what it does with managers was up with thomas oogle go commend made sure that anyone who felt alienated before hand was really part of the group. he is gone with the senior pros but is also seen how good the younger ones are as well. he's been a perfect balance between lampard and

a sorry he's made everyone feel part of it. the build—up to the week as well. he made sure that they had a few days off after what was a disappointing defeat despite finishing top four against aston villa. and just build—up of the game you could see them almost being very relaxed and what is the biggest game in their history. certainly in terms of their careers up until now. spot on in terms of the build—up, in terms of tactics 3, they want 31 against pep guardiola in recent times. . , against pep guardiola in recent times. ., , �* ., ., times. finally brazilian caster nevus has _ times. finally brazilian caster nevus has rolled _ times. finally brazilian caster nevus has rolled back- times. finally brazilian caster nevus has rolled back the - times. finally brazilian caster. nevus has rolled back the years times. finally brazilian caster- nevus has rolled back the years to win a record equalling for the indy 500 at the age of 46. he overtook barlow in the closing stages and held on to take the chequered flag at the famous indianapolis motor speedway. he started a racing full—time on the indycar schedule taking up an extra entry to compete in the race. i'm betting he's glad he did that. that is all the sport

for now. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has returned to work, after his secretly—planned wedding on saturday at london's westminster cathedral, to carrie symonds. the couple had a �*small ceremony�* before relaxing in the garden in downing street. the bbc�*s political correspondent, ben wright, has the latest from westminster cathedral, where the couple got married. it was only this morning that number ten confirmed that the marriage ceremony happened yesterday. so this really was a wedding kept under wraps. borisjohnson and his wife carrie tied the knot here at west minister catholic cathedral yesterday afternoon, just around the corner from downing street. and even though mrjohnson has been married twice before the roman catholic church does allow divorcees to remarry if their previous marriages were outside the church. a spokesman said it was a small ceremony and a photo was then released of the couple in the downing street

garden afterwards. a tory minister also posted a picture that showed some hay bales and some bunting in the background. beyond that, details of the day are very sparse. i can tell you that borisjohnson is the first sitting prime minister to get married since 1822. he and carrie got engaged in february last year, their son wilford was born two months after that. carriejohnson used to work in the tory party press office but there was absolutely no publicity for this at all. the couple will have a celebration with friends and family next summer. the situation in the democratic republic of congo remains "serious but under control" according to the country�*s president — a week after a devastating volcanic eruption in the east of the country. hundreds of thousands of people fled the city of goma as mount nyiragongo erupted. on saturday, the government mistakenly announced a second eruption was imminent — causing more panic and evacuations.

its last major eruption, in 2002, claimed around 100 lives — but the deadliest eruption on record, killed more than 600 people in 1977. more than two hundred and seventy ferry passengers and crew have successfully saved themselves in indonesia(tx after their ship caught fire. rescue teams told local media that by the time they arrived at the scene near the remote northeastern sula islands, most of the passengers had already jumped off the ship and were safely in lifeboats — one man is still missing. a chinese man has scaled the tallest peak in the world, from the nepal side, becoming the first blind man in asia and the third in the world — to summit mount everest. zhang hong — who lost his sight at the age of 21 due to glaucoma — completed the 8,849 metre—high himalayan feat on monday along with three high altitude guides, and returned to the base camp three days later.

translation: no matter if you are disabled or not, whether you have lost her eyesight or you have no legs or hand, it doesn�*t matter as long as you have a strong mind, you can always complete the thing that other people cannot. the three peaks challenge, in which walkers tackle the highest points of scotland, england and wales one after the other — is one of britain�*s most popular endurance events. but three climbs aren�*t enough for one pair of fitness enthusiasts, who are planning to throw in a fourth — in northern ireland. alison freeman went to meet them. they�*re home for around six weeks. katherine and martin will eat, sleep and travel on this rowing boat between the four nations of the united kingdom, before taking on their highest peaks on foot. a challenge that�*s never been attempted before. so this is our cabin. there�*s just enough legroom to be able to lie down. and i�*m here, martin�*s here,

so it�*s pretty cosy. it�*s the idea of katherine wilkins, who runs a fitness centre in northumberland. despite the mammoth challenge ahead, she managed to get martin, who works for her, on board. i like to try things that no—one's ever done before. when katherine mentioned it to me, that she's got this challenge in mind and no—one's ever completed it, iwas instantly, "yes, i'm there, i'm doing it. "the pair will start their challenge by climbing mount snowdon in wales before walking to caernarfon. they�*ll then row to whitehaven, and from there walk up to the summit of scafell pike. after walking back to the coast, they�*ll cross the irish sea to northern ireland, where they�*ll tackle slieve donard. they�*ll then take on the longest rowing leg of their expedition, by sea and canal to fort william in the highlands of scotland. there, they�*ll climb ben nevis. the irish sea has a lot of challenges. it�*s got shipping lanes. it can be horrendously

tidal and choppy. so we have everything crossed for a high—pressure system and a gentle crossing, but we�*re not under any illusions. the pair will be raising money for the mental health charity mind. me being a former marine, a veteran of the marines, some lads who leave struggle a lot with mental health, including myself. so, when ijoined the forces, the forces was my family. and then to go from that to civilian life is a bit of a shock. it's hard, really, to find that purpose, of where you stand in civilian life and what gets you up in the morning. ijust want people to be able to talk about it, the benefits of being outside and pushing yourselves physically, and the benefits that can have on mental health. you are really going to be pushing yourself physically, aren�*t you? yes, i think we are! we are definitely going to be pushing ourselves physically, and, you know, we�*re probably talking 16, 17 hours rowing a day. they�*ll set off on their challenge onjune the 3rd. is it going to challenge your

friendship, do you think? we had a couple of hairy moments on the training row last weekend and we got through that and said to ourselves, there�*s no—one we�*d rather be in a boat with. alison freeman, bbc news. you�*re watching bbc news. my colleague shaun ley will be taking a look at tomorrow�*s front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. the guestsjoining him tonight are deputy political editor at the independent rob merrick, and the writer and broadcaster, dawn foster. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. beautiful evening out there after a beautiful day. warmest day of the year for scotland, northern ireland and wales, and monday is going to be every bit as warm and sunny. here�*s a recent picture from devon, from one of our weather watchers, but not all coastal areas

were quite as sunny. in fact, this is the scottish coast, on the north sea, we had haar and sea frets. this is low, grey cloud, sometimes mist and fog, stuck in an area of high pressure. you can see it affected the coast of aberdeenshire there. and earlier on, actually, it was quite cloudy in many eastern areas of the uk. through the course of the night, it�*s a case of clear skies across most of the uk, but notice that this sea cloud and murk is going to drift inland again. temperatures overnight, double figures in bigger towns and cities. in rural spots, it could dip down to around five degrees. so tomorrow morning starts off pretty cloudy again in the east, but soon the cloud burns back to the coast and we�*re left with a stunning sunny day. temperatures will rise to around 2a or 25 further south, into the low 20s in the lowlands of scotland, as well, so a beautiful bank holiday monday on the way. here is tuesday�*s weather forecast. a weather front is approaching, but i think it will stayjust

across western parts of ireland. the possibility of a shower in the west of northern ireland, but for the rest of us, it�*s a warm day, in fact, quite a hot day. temperatures up to 25 or even 26 celsius, it will be the warmest day of the week. then the dreaded word, it goes downhill from around mid week onwards. this is wednesday�*s weather map. you can see low pressure is approaching from the south, but this low pressure isn�*t going to bring cold air. it will bring unsettled weather conditions in the form of thunderstorms, showers and thunderstorms, which we think will affect south—western areas of the uk. so that does mean many eastern and northern areas will hang on to the sunshine, warm sunshine, on wednesday. in fact, in liverpool, around 25 degrees. 22 for glasgow, but in the south—west, where we might have the storms, it will cool off to around 16 degrees in plymouth. so the outlook, then, from monday onwards, it�*s never going to turn cool, in fact, it stays into the 20s across some southern areas, but remember that risk of storms around mid week. but for now, enjoy the fine

weather if you can.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, says england will decide byjune the 14th whether coronavirus infection rates and hospitalisations are low enough to justify lifting the lockdown a week later. the royal college of emergency medicine has rejected a suggestion by the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, that covid jabs should be mandatory for all nhs staff in england. 0pposition politicians in israel are moving closer to forming a new government, and removing the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, from power. the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit saying it�*s playing "fast and loose" with the peace process.

and borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret