this is bbc news 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. "a crime against humanity." the conmen offering fake oxygen and fake drugs, to the desperate in india, battling covid. prime minister borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at london's westminster cathedral. and fined $15,000 for not wanting to say anything — japan's naomi osaka is told she could also be thrown out

of the french open after refusing to do post match news conferences. 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 to join the government. _ for the government to succeed we will all have to share restraint both during

the negotiations and later on. nobody is being asked to give up on their ideology but everybody will have to make some compromises. meanwhile, 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 empty slogans on hate and division from somebody who helps hatred and division. and someone who is perpetrating i must say the fraud of the century. the bbc�*s middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem and has been

following the latest developments. after an evening of high political drama israel is closer to ousting its long—time leader. but we shouldn't write up benjamin button yahoo just yet. very soon after bennett, his former ally came out announcing that his joining the unity government to a decision that could see him become the prime ministerfor the next two could see him become the prime minister for the next two years, mr netanyahu minister for the next two years, mr neta nyahu followed minister for the next two years, mr netanyahu followed up with his own televised statement. and he made a direct appeal to right—wing politicians asking them who will look after settlements, who will take the difficult security decisions on e ran on the gaza strip? if he can win overjust a couple of the members of parliament well, that could cause this coalition government to fail. if it is sworn in mr netanyahu also knows that it will remain incredibly fragile. because it brings together politicians from across the political spectrum they can be looking to pick some sensitive issues into the long grass. if he

finds himself in opposition this is something that ms. didn't that yahoo is going to be able to exploit. this story is developing as we speak. will cross to washington a little later for analysis that what the future could look like with an incumbent government no longer led by benjamin netanyahu. india has reported its lowest covid case numbers in more than a0 days, with around 165,000 new infections today. during the country's devastating second wave of the virus, police in delhi, have made more than 350 arrests for fraud, relating to counterfeit medical supplies. many families have fallen victim to the conmen, offering fake oxygen and drugs, on social media. a senior police officer has told the bbc that these are crimes against humanity. from delhi, our international correspondent, orla guerin has more details — and her report contains some distressing images.

this was delhi in its darkest hour. the peak of the second wave in india's capital. patients gasping for breath. a time of desperate prayers. often unanswered among dwindling supplies. enter the profiteers in the covid conmen. this was one scam among many, fire extinguishers sold as oxygen cylinders on social media. she was everything to me. she was a friend to me, a sister to me. i'm just incomplete without her. this woman is a lawyer by training but she was ensnared by scammers as she tried to save her mother. the 50—year—old businesswoman seen

here in a family video was fun loving and energetic. when she came down with covid, doctors prescribed injections of the antiviral drug remdesivir. she searched in chemists and hospitals all over the city. we were helpless, totally helpless. i was the one that was driving all over and my hands and my legs were shivering because there was no hope of finding injections. eventually, she and her father paid five times the normal price for this, bought from a supplier whose number was circulating on social media. the remdesivir was fake. the real drug is on the right. they found out too late. who do you blame for your mother's death? totally, i would say, because of the fake injections, the people who gave us the fake injections. i totally blame them,

we totally blame them, so i would say the punishment for murder should be given, the harsh punishment. punishment is coming for some. this assembly line the fake remdesivir was shut down by delhi police. elsewhere, they have detained one man in the case. they have been parading suspect after making about 350 arrests in recent weeks. this cybercrime specialist in the indian police for 30 years says he's witnessed a new low. it very painful to see this situation. you can consider this as a crime against humanity also. mankind also. people are suffering. they are asking you to deliver something to save their life and you are cheating them. the picture here is improving but if and when india suffers a third wave, covid fraudsters may not

be far behind, waiting to prey on the suffering. orla guerin, bbc news, delhi. as doctors in india continue to fight to save the lives of patients, they re also battling against another, pre—existing crisis: the excessive use of antibiotics. some experts say its contributing to the country's huge death toll. for more on this lets bring in professor sanjaya senanayake, good to speak to you. good but not take you for being a bbc news for that let me first ask about the connection. you not say as such the antibiotics are not being used necessarily properly for treating covid patients but that covid patients are more vulnerable because they've over prescribed antibiotics? yes. priorto they've over prescribed antibiotics? yes. prior to this covid pandemic there was already a pandemic that... sense antibiotics have appeared in

the 1940s we become very close to losing them with the evolutionary link of an eye. and people, 700,000 people every year prior to covid were dying from antibiotic resistant infections. covid has compounded the problem. one pandemic has compounded anotherfor a variety of problem. one pandemic has compounded another for a variety of reasons. part of it is because people in india, if they can't get a quick covid diagnostic result on a patient who is in hospital they will start antibiotics because they are worried about bacterial infections. and that will bring up resistant bacteria if they exist in that patient and the environment. and that unfortunately is a big problem in india. add to that the people with severe covid get stereotypes to a series like dexamethasone which lowers your immune system. and people get ventilators which affects the mechanical aspects of our immune system in the lung. and there are a

number of other reasons why people with a viral infection covid are more at risk of bacterial infections particularly with resistant bacteria. 50 particularly with resistant bacteria-— particularly with resistant bacteria. , bacteria. so people might well say hanu on, bacteria. so people might well say hang on. covid _ bacteria. so people might well say hang on, covid is _ bacteria. so people might well say hang on, covid is a _ bacteria. so people might well say hang on, covid is a virus _ bacteria. so people might well say hang on, covid is a virus therefore| hang on, covid is a virus therefore antibodies are no use to it anyway. the point is from your point of view is the interaction of the two forms both the condition but also how it is treated? .,. , both the condition but also how it is treated? , , ., both the condition but also how it is treated?— is treated? exactly. if you get a severe viral _ is treated? exactly. if you get a severe viral infection _ is treated? exactly. if you get a severe viral infection and - is treated? exactly. if you get a severe viral infection and you i is treated? exactly. if you get a l severe viral infection and you are admitted to hospital, you are at risk of secondary infections. has hospital infections are usually bacterial. particularly with a respiratory infection you are more at risk of the bacterial pneumonia, at risk of the bacterial pneumonia, a lung infection as well as bloodstream infections. if you live in a part of the world where there is a lot of resistant bacteria around then you've got two options. you can use really old antibiotics that are very toxic or really fancy

new ones which are very hard to find. and in a place like india may be the best sensors of access to those types of antibodies but a lot won't. and people will die. it raises the question about what globally can be done about this. the british government had an inquiry launched by its chief medical officer sally davis. we've also had various other international worries into this. do you hope, do you have any reason to hope that covid and the lessons from covid globally will give much more important as to the campaign? i give much more important as to the camaiun? . , .,, give much more important as to the camaiun? ., , ~ campaign? i really hope so. i think we were slowly _ campaign? i really hope so. i think we were slowly making _ campaign? i really hope so. i think we were slowly making progress i campaign? i really hope so. i think. we were slowly making progress prior to covid on the issue of antimicrobial resistance. every cam and commissionjim o'neill the and commission jim o'neill the economist, and commissionjim o'neill the economist, not a doctor but an economist, not a doctor but an economist who coined the term to write a report about antimicrobial resistance. he concluded that 2050 if we don't sort out this problem of

antimicrobial resistance 10 million people a year will die from it which will be more than cancer. it will have an effect on eight nations gdp. it is something we have to fix and i hope that covid will raise the issue of indie microbial resistance. because once covid is gone or it is under control, antimicrobial resistance will still be there. thank you for being with us on bbc news. the economic community of west african states — or �*ecowas�* — has suspended mali's membership following the latest military takeover. ecowas leaders have been holding disussions in ghana over how to address the coup. president macron has also warned that france would withdraw its troops from mali, if political instability there leads to greater islamist radicalisation. france currently has more than 5,000 soldiers operating across the sahel region conducting anti—insurgency operations. 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. thousands of pro—government demonstrators have been holding a rally in ethiopia's capital, addis ababa, 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. the headlines on bbc news... opposition politicians in israel are moving closer to forming a new government and removing the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, from power. police in the indian capital, delhi, have arrested more than 350 suspected fraudsters, for selling fake medical supplies to vulnerable covid patients. let's get more on our top story now... natan sachs is the director of the center for middle east policy at the brookings institution, he joins me live from washington. thank he joins me live from washington. you for being wi start thank you for being with us. let me start with, how much of a surprise

is this given that it was only a couple of weeks ago that he walked out of the conflict talks because of the conflict in gaza. in out of the conflict talks because of the conflict in gaza.— the conflict in gaza. in normal times i would _ the conflict in gaza. in normal times i would say _ the conflict in gaza. in normal times i would say this - the conflict in gaza. in normal times i would say this is - the conflict in gaza. in normal times i would say this is a - the conflict in gaza. in normal- times i would say this is a shocking surprise but this is not normal times. two years with four national elections and now a war for the anything goes, by the way i wouldn't rule out that it all falls apart in the next week. it is a momentous event if it happens. the end of that yahoo after 12 consecutive years cumulatively the longest served ring prime minister in israel. after this past two years absolutely nothing would surprise me with israeli politics. would surprise me with israeli olitics. �* ., ., , would surprise me with israeli olitics. �* ., ., politics. ben'amin netanyahu is a real politics. benjamin netanyahu is a real survivor _ politics. benjamin netanyahu is a real survivor in _ politics. benjamin netanyahu is a real survivor in political— politics. benjamin netanyahu is a real survivor in political terms. is| real survivor in political terms. is it on this occasion just in being a survivor on so many previous occasions he was just kind of run out of options, he is kind of managed to feel like airing it all the people who would otherwise been potential coalition partners? after all that deal with any gas whether it was supposed to be alternate prime ministers and then surprise,

surprise somehow netanyahu beat them in the general election. that wouldn't happen.— in the general election. that wouldn't happen. in the general election. that wouldn't ha en. .,. , ._ in the general election. that wouldn't hauen. , ., wouldn't happen. exactly. one way to think about it — wouldn't happen. exactly. one way to think about it a _ wouldn't happen. exactly. one way to think about it a bit _ wouldn't happen. exactly. one way to think about it a bit of— wouldn't happen. exactly. one way to think about it a bit of a _ wouldn't happen. exactly. one way to think about it a bit of a ponzi - think about it a bit of a ponzi scheme you have to have new people that don't know what they're doing entering all the time. and gats was the latest one. is a very good man in some ways but very new to politics with the people that netanyahu is dealing with now are the veteran politicians with bennett or lapid and others or somebody who's burned themselves. there was simply no one left to believe in him that he would actually share power. as a result of seeing an amalgam of very disparate sorts. potential if this happens a new coalition from a far right all the way to the far leftjoining together really was one goal in mind which is to depose his or netanyahu or remove him from office to replace him and end this insanity ofjust two office to replace him and end this insanity of just two years of office to replace him and end this insanity ofjust two years ofjust four national elections. no state budgets in 2019, barely functioning cabinet, all this paralysis around the personality ofjust1—man. just

the personality of 'ust1-man. just on that. rt— the personality of 'ust1-man. just on that. it raises _ the personality ofjust i—man. just on that. it raises an interesting question because as you said this government could fall apart very quickly put up with my understanding is correct that you will correct me if it's not that the numbers connected such that missing that you would only need to persuade one member of one of these parties not to support the coalition than the deal could fall apart. he is not completely out of options. trio. deal could fall apart. he is not completely out of options. no, he is not completely _ completely out of options. no, he is not completely out _ completely out of options. no, he is not completely out of _ completely out of options. no, he is not completely out of options. - not completely out of options. particular members of bennett's own party, they are the vulnerable ones. they come from the right of netanyahu. bennett is a real right where it was palestinian issue. some of them are under a lot of pressure including bennett's own political partner. if one or two of them leave there may be ways to replace them for parties that are based on panas but not palestinian israel only 1% of israel are palestinian citizens, if they vote in favour of this coalition they could help it. one of

those parties is already scheduled probably to vote in favour of this alternative coalition. thus enabling it to pass. so netanyahu is not out of tricks. he probably has still a few rabbits he can pull out of his hat. nonetheless the opposition this time, it does seem closer than ever. they are experienced politicians with a quite a few rabbits of their own. . , with a quite a few rabbits of their own. ., , ., ._ own. one last thought ifi may. the presumption _ own. one last thought ifi may. the presumption is _ own. one last thought ifi may. the presumption is always _ own. one last thought ifi may. the presumption is always been - own. one last thought ifi may. the presumption is always been that. own. one last thought ifi may. thej presumption is always been that mr netanyahu is hold on who it is very secure. could this change that? in theory, yes. i'lladmit, iwas all theory, yes. i'll admit, iwas all thought that he would not be able to hold on after being indicted on council of corruption including bribery. i was obviously wrong. he is a real hold on the voters, the grassroots, although the leaders would have gladly get rid of them two years ago they cannot because of the grassroots. perhaps if he is actually depose that will change things. if you look to a bit of a similar case of the united states with donald trump although the figures are very different

personally, that doesn't seem to be the case. he might still be the main power. the case. he might still be the main ower. ., ,. ., ., the case. he might still be the main power, ., ,. ., ., ., " the case. he might still be the main ower. ., ,. ., ., ., ~ ., the case. he might still be the main ower. ., ,. ., ., ., " ., y., power. fascinating to talk to you. i'm sure power. fascinating to talk to you. i'm sure we _ power. fascinating to talk to you. i'm sure we will _ power. fascinating to talk to you. i'm sure we will talk _ power. fascinating to talk to you. i'm sure we will talk more. - 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 three peaks challenge, in which walkers tackle the highest points of scotland, england and wales one 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. a mountaineerfrom hong kong has broken the record for the fastest ascent of everest — by a woman. tsang yin—hung reached the top of the world�*s highest mountain from base camp in 25 hours and 50 minutes. that was fast enough to beat the previous record, set by a nepalese climber in 2017, by more than 12 hours. after setting the new record on sunday she said she believes in aiming high. actually i�*m kind of relieved and happy because i set this target

about four years before. and i always share with my students and my friends that if you aim high and then you can achieve high. in tennis — the world number two — japan�*s naomi osaka has been fined $15,000 and faces expulsion from the french open if she continues to refuse to speak to the media. last week osaka said on social media that she would not give any news conferences during the tournament, writing... "i�*ve often felt that people have no regard for athletes�* mental health and this rings true whenever i see a press conference or partake in one. " grand slam tournaments responded in a statement, by saying: should osaka "continue to ignore her media obligations during the tournament, she would be exposing herself to possible further code of conduct infringement consequences. " including default and suspension from future tournaments. and in the last few hours osaka tweeted...

craig gabriel is a veteran tennis commentator is in paris covering the french open. he says the response from tournament organisers has been appropriate to osa ka�*s behaviour. they are taking the right course of action. this is the only course of action that they can take to tell her that if she continues to behave and act in this matter it could lead to suspension. because these fines will build up and build up. she was fined $15,000 today which is on the upper echelons of fines. and you will remember novak djokovic was fined i think, 20,000 at last years us open. but this cannot continue the way she has done this is premeditated. we do have some situation where players have lost a major match and they decided to skip a post media conference. but this is different, completely different. and it�*s not up to her to make the decisions as to what the rules are to apply to herself.

so she needs to think about this and you don�*t to get to a situation where she is suspended because that�*s not can help the game, and definitely going to help naomi osaka. you are watching bbc news. those are the main server now it�*s time for a look at the weather. clear and calm out there against most of the uk and bank holiday monday promises to be another warm and sunny day. if that temperatures may be a degree or so higher. but it won�*t be sunny absolutely everywhere. an example here from sunday on the scottish coe�*s, there�*s a lot of heart and see fred out to sea. we could see a repeat affirmance of that on bank holiday monday this is stubborn cloudy and quite often it hugs the coast and sticks around all through the course of the day. but england it�*s going to be sunny. the morning temperatures will be typically around seven to 10 degrees in towns

and cities. a little bit fresher out in the countryside. so, the more incredible eventually burnt back to the coast as we go through the morning. and then it�*s clear blue skies pretty much nationwide from that aberdeen coastline. it could be only 1a degrees. where is it meant we are talking in the low to mid 20s. another beautiful big holiday monday on the way. the week ahead, this is tuesday into wednesday we will start to see low pressure developing to the south of us. but it�*s still far away. tuesday we will see a lot of fine weather across the you see a lot of fine weather across the w“ pay see a lot of fine weather across the you pay for that weather from just approaching ireland so could bejust approaching ireland so could bejust a little bit more clout in northern ireland. little change for most of us on tuesday. in fact the peak of the warm fuzzy temperatures hitting around 26 celsius that edges ever closer during the course of

wednesday. this is wednesday and you could see showers there approaching southwestern part of the uk. could be thunderstorms as well very difficult to say exactly where because they could be hit or miss. look at that, the vast majority of the country again enjoying clear, warm, sunny weather. on wednesday we will see whether easily into the 20s possibly to mid 20s. and in scotland up possibly to mid 20s. and in scotland up to around 22 celsius for glascow and for edinburgh. that was wednesday, how about beyond that? it looks as though it�*s going to cool off a little bit but temperatures in some parts of the country will still have our around the 20s. for example, in the south. on the whole it�*s not looking bad at all.

hello. this is bbc news. we�*ll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first 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. opposition 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 ceremony at westminster cathedral. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas.