hello, this is outside source. benjamin netanyahu's 12 year stretch benjamin neta nyahu's 12 year stretch as benjamin netanyahu's 12 year stretch as israel's prime minister could be about to end. opposition leaders say they are close to forming a coalition government and they have until midnight to reach an agreement. russia and the us are in direct contact about a cyber attack on the world's largest meat processing company. criminals are demanding a ransom to give back control of the computer networks. china pause president was the country to be seen as more trustworthy and lovable despite being in open conflict with the west

on crucial issues.— on crucial issues. hard to be lovable when _ on crucial issues. hard to be lovable when you _ on crucial issues. hard to be lovable when you are - on crucial issues. hard to be i lovable when you are currently attacking others and could this mean the reining in of the wolf warrior diplomats?— diplomats? here in england the government— diplomats? here in england the government public— diplomats? here in england the government public education i diplomats? here in england the - government public education recovery tsar resigns after the funding is described as falling far short. and america's last great wilderness, president biden blocks drilling for oil and gas in a wildlife refuge in alaska. we start in israel where opposition leaders have just we start in israel where opposition leaders havejust a we start in israel where opposition leaders have just a few hours left to try and form a coalition. so that would oust prime minister benjamin netanyahu that you see here and it follows months of negotiations. the elections were held in march but mr

netanyahu is the leader of the largest party and did not manage to form a coalition. it's understood that the final details between the two parties are still being discussed right now, and if agreed it would join together parties from across the political divide. so what with the coalition look like? the talks currently involve eight parties from all sides of the political spectrum. and test with forming it is lapid. it's the second largest party. he has seen domestically as a centrist. he is seen domestically as centrist. supports negotiations with palestinians and a two state solution. and is very popular amongst secular israelis. let's hearfrom him a little. translation: this is the moment of truth. | it eventually comes down to two options, a large coalition or a government of darkness, racism and homophobia. which will take the money of those who work and give

it to those who don't. but, even though mr lapid would lead the biggest party in the coalition, the prime minister, for the first two years, would be naftali bennett. he's the head of the right wing party yamina. they hold seven seats in the parliament. they are opposed to a palestinian state or the two state solution. and mr bennett himself was the head of a jewish settler group championing the right ofjewish settlement in the west bank. he describes himself as more right wing than neta nyahu. in the recent flare up of hostilities between israel and gaza he accused hamas of effectively murdering its own civilians, who were killed in israeli air strikes. here he is talking in may to my colleague karin giannone.

a very cynical, when you hide and shoot at the israelis from behind schools, hospitals, media centres then you in effect, are killing your own people. this is a rocket that hits and is really home this morning. this is what we are trying to put out. now, i suggest you look at this rocket, your viewers look at this rocket and understand that we are defending our lives against the terror organisation that's out to kill us. so let's take a look at the timeline up to these talks. on the 23rd march israel held elections. they were the fourth held in two years. the alliance led by likud — netanyahu's party emerged as the largest — but did not have the majority needed to form a government. on 6th april the then president reuben rivlin asked netanyahu to form a government. he was given until the 11th may to form a government, which he failed to do. on the 5th may, the leader

of the second largest party yair lapid was asked to form a government. he was given 28 days but this was interrupted by the 11 day conflict in gaza. the deadline is midnight for a deal — if not, there will be another election. israeli politics is complicated. another far—right party new hope led by gideon saar who you can see here is also involved in the talks. benjamin netanyahu would need their support if he were to stay in power. here's how prime minister netanyahu reacted after the potential coalition was announced at the weekend. translation: in such a crucial moment one — translation: in such a crucial moment one puts _ translation: in such a crucial moment one puts aside - translation: in such a crucial moment one puts aside any - translation: in such a crucial- moment one puts aside any personal consideration and takes even unprecedented steps, all of the right—wing heads and myself invite gideon saar at naftali bennett come now immediately for a meeting to enable the establishment of a good right—wing government for the state of israel. now, the government would also need

to be propped up by arab members of parliament. it would use the support from the united arab list which has four seats in the knesset. it's headed by this man mansour abbas. as part of the negotiations mr abbas is asking for money to fund education in the arab communities and to fight the war on crime organizations in those communities as well as opening new police stations in arab areas. it would be the first this would be the first time that and arab—led party would be a part of a coalition in israel. and tensions remain following the recent gaza conflict, which triggered inter—communal clashes in israeli cities betweenjews and arabs such as these in the city if lod. the group briefly broke off talks for a coalition due to the conflict. there are questions about how the party would align with the right wing members of the coalition. so with such strong differences in

the parties, some observers are suggesting the main thing that they have in common is really assured objective to remove benjamin netanyahu from power. here is one is reallyjournalist. i think that that is one factor, of course. there is a sentiment on the ground that netanyahu needs to go, even amongst many people who support, many people who are on the right. that being said, i think that in general, both in the public and in the government there is a feeling that we need to move forward. after the coronavirus crisis and with the other issues internally, and we really need a government. and the public is exhausted. we have had four elections, its complete waste of taxpayer money, a waste of resources and we need to be able to have a functioning government again. so the deadline is looming, so how are the negotiations coming along? here's tom bateman which what is now the key issue. tiara here's tom bateman which what is now the key issue-— the key issue. two of the parties t in: to the key issue. two of the parties trying to patch — the key issue. two of the parties trying to patch together - the key issue. two of the parties trying to patch together this - trying to patch together this coalition agreement are still

talking _ coalition agreement are still talking. they are the party, the hard _ talking. they are the party, the hard right— talking. they are the party, the hard right nationalist party led by naftali _ hard right nationalist party led by naftali bennett and also the islamist conservative romp party, they are — islamist conservative romp party, they are trying to hammer out one part of— they are trying to hammer out one part of the — they are trying to hammer out one part of the jigsaw about what they each want — part of the jigsaw about what they each want from this agreement. i think_ each want from this agreement. i think that — each want from this agreement. i think that in itself tells you something about the extraordinary political— something about the extraordinary political times that israel is end. the fact— political times that israel is end. the fact that these two extremely different. — the fact that these two extremely different, and nationalistjewish different, and nationalist jewish party— different, and nationalist jewish party in — different, and nationalistjewish party in an arab is really party coming — party in an arab is really party coming together like this. just shows— coming together like this. just shows you the sense in which these people _ shows you the sense in which these pe0pte are — shows you the sense in which these people are determined to try and unseat _ people are determined to try and unseat mr— people are determined to try and unseat mr netanyahu despite the fact that they— unseat mr netanyahu despite the fact that they are united on virtually nothing — that they are united on virtually nothing else. that they are united on virtually nothing else-— that they are united on virtually nothing else. president biden will raise the question _ nothing else. president biden will raise the question of _ nothing else. president biden will raise the question of such - nothing else. president biden will raise the question of such cyber l raise the question of such cyber attacks carried out from russia when he meets with vladimir putin this month. the white house says a group based

russia is likely responsible for ransom or attack on the... hybrid criminal entities _ ransom or attack on the... hybrid criminal entities that _ ransom or attack on the... hybrid criminal entities that are - ransom or attack on the... hybrid l criminal entities that are attending to do harm to the critical and structure of the united states is not acceptable, we will not stand by that and we are not going to take options at the table. president biden thinks that president putin and the russian government has a role to play in stopping and preventing these attacks, hence its going to be a topic of discussion when they meet in two weeks. this com an when they meet in two weeks. this company have _ when they meet in two weeks. this company have the latest attack is brazilian base, it's a multinational called jay ps and says criminals are demanding a ransom to give back control of its computer networks, and some operations were all shut down in this attack, let's hear more from our new york business correspondent. workers at some facilities

here in the united states had shifts cancelled via facebook after the crippling cyber attack affected servers that were used to power its north american and australian it systems. this is the latest high—profile ransom attack against a private company disrupting a critical supply chain, but security experts warn it won't be the last. these attacks are having increasingly dramatic consequences. you might remember that last month one of the biggest fuel pipelines in the us was shut down by a cyber attack. it led to this — people queuing at petrol station across the eastern us after it caused fears over fuel shortages. colonial pipeline then paid 4.4 million dollars to the hackers, in order to get back control of their systems — reported here by the wall streetjournal. its ceo said: "i will admit that i wasn't comfortable seeing money go out the door to people like this." the criminal organisation behind that attack is an eastern—europe based group called darkside. and the payment does mean this can be a successful way for criminals

like them to make money. here's kevin breen — a cyber attack researcher. it's a trend we are starting to see, if you _ it's a trend we are starting to see, if you go— it's a trend we are starting to see, if you go back a couple of years with _ if you go back a couple of years with two — if you go back a couple of years with two decimal organisations were being _ with two decimal organisations were being hit— with two decimal organisations were being hit with ransomware, what we are seeing _ being hit with ransomware, what we are seeing now is a shift in this trend _ are seeing now is a shift in this trend where the attackers are hitting — trend where the attackers are hitting these larger supply chains because — hitting these larger supply chains because they are looking for that bil because they are looking for that big impact. they want to force these organisations to pay and the easiest way to— organisations to pay and the easiest way to hit— organisations to pay and the easiest way to hit the people. so we saw this with — way to hit the people. so we saw this with the oil pipeline a few days— this with the oil pipeline a few days ago _ this with the oil pipeline a few days ago. if you can affect the people — days ago. if you can affect the people then you can put more pressure _ people then you can put more pressure on the organisations to pay ransom _ pressure on the organisations to pay ransom to _ pressure on the organisations to pay ransom to get back into operation quicker _ ransom to get back into operation quicker. we don't know the exact numbers— quicker. we don't know the exact numbers but we do know are some of the larger— numbers but we do know are some of the larger groups, so organisations like the larger groups, so organisations iike dark— the larger groups, so organisations like dark side we contract the money through— like dark side we contract the money through their bitcoin. and we know that they— through their bitcoin. and we know that they are in tens of millions of us dollars — that they are in tens of millions of us dollars that have actually gone through — us dollars that have actually gone

through. dark side themselves and their short — through. dark side themselves and their short tenure made $90 million through— their short tenure made $90 million through ransom. so it's fair to say that a _ through ransom. so it's fair to say that a lot — through ransom. so it's fair to say that a lot of— through ransom. so it's fair to say that a lot of organisations do pay. i'm joined by our cyber reporter, joe tidy. could this i was reading your tweets as others can come as you are following this story. but perhaps you could describe just how much disruption can this cause for the companyjbs and i suppose the other countries that are affected by it? br; and i suppose the other countries that are affected by it?— that are affected by it? by the sounds of _ that are affected by it? by the sounds of things, _ that are affected by it? by the sounds of things, they - that are affected by it? by the sounds of things, they are - that are affected by it? by the - sounds of things, they are somehow getting their operations back up and running. they have not said whether or not they have paid a ransom to the hackers, thought to be a group based in eastern europe or russia. they have no doubt demanded millions. they had recently held up travel acts, the foreign exchange company and i was a year and a bit ago, and it was reported that they were paid 2.3 million to get that company back on its feet. we don't

know whether or not this meat producer has done that, but what we do know of course is that the destruction has been widespread and tens of thousands turning up to work with nothing to do. it may not be the operational technology that production lines in the slaughterhouses are directly affected and hacked and probably is the it side of things, but without that back and structure of knowing where the orders have got to go, who owes what money you cannot run the production lines anyway. that could be some of the disruption that we have seen in that case. and be some of the disruption that we have seen in that case. and began save ou have seen in that case. and began save you an _ have seen in that case. and began save you an idea _ have seen in that case. and began save you an idea of _ have seen in that case. and began save you an idea of exactly - have seen in that case. and began save you an idea of exactly how. save you an idea of exactly how powerful a cyber attack could be. i did see a little on the shortage of meat or even raising prices for example. but is there a way for countries or companies to try and get on the front foot? because now

we have seen these various incidences and they seem to be, you tell me, more prevalent. i incidences and they seem to be, you tell me, more prevalent.— tell me, more prevalent. ithink the are tell me, more prevalent. ithink they are and — tell me, more prevalent. ithink they are and i — tell me, more prevalent. ithink they are and i think— tell me, more prevalent. ithink they are and i think the - tell me, more prevalent. ithink- they are and i think the ransomware attacks in the last year and a half or two years have become as one of your guest said earlier, they have gone after the big fish and the big money makers. but they have also increasingly going after what you'd describe about critical national infrastructure. and it's got alice very concerned of course when the hackers are going to split on the oil supply and food supply in countries that means it's really going to have an impact beyond a multinational company. so we are seeing our moves from the white house but added pressure onto countries like russia which are said to be not coordinating these attacks, but allowing them to happen because it is quite a lot of experts saying it's obvious that the russian government is allowing these groups to operate inside their country with

no fear of getting caught or being held to account. the russian government says this is the case but the pressure is certainly mounting from the white house in those countries to do something, and of course the pressure is on on the countries to get their own companies in order as well. the company is running these critical national infrastructure type operations. they are in the firing line for these hackers, so it's up to the cyber authorities of those countries to try and get them to really beef up their security.— try and get them to really beef up their security. thank you so much, an interesting _ their security. thank you so much, an interesting story _ their security. thank you so much, an interesting story and _ their security. thank you so much, an interesting story and we - their security. thank you so much, an interesting story and we will. their security. thank you so much, | an interesting story and we will see what happens whenjoe biden meets with his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. let's turn to the uk now and the man appointed to help students catch up has resigned from that role. if the amount of money allocated to that programme. in mission statements are kevin collins says

goes on to add the too helen is in westminsterfor us, good to have you back with us. talk us through a little bit more about what sir kevin collins said. that through a little bit more about what sir kevin collins said.— sir kevin collins said. at this evenin: sir kevin collins said. at this evening he _ sir kevin collins said. at this evening he has— sir kevin collins said. at this evening he has resigned - sir kevin collins said. at this evening he has resigned as l sir kevin collins said. at this i evening he has resigned as the education recovery commissioner. he was brought in in february to look at the ways to help children catch up at the ways to help children catch up on the education they missed out on her and the pandemic. face—to—face teaching hours. and he has said that the money that was announced by the government today, this £11; announced by the government today, this {1.4 billion for teacher development does not come close to the scale of a challenge. and rest family hundreds of thousands of people. in another line from his statement which i think is going to be particularly difficult for the government he says that in some parts of the country where schools were closed for longer such as the

north the impact of low skills on productivity is likely to be particularly severe. so that is going to be difficult from the government and trying to spread opportunity to areas where there perhaps has not been that before so it will come at the particular blow, so borisjohnson said back in february that it was his biggest priority to get children's education caught up that they had missed during the pandemic. so i think this is a pretty heavy, it does not pull any punches, the statement. labour has said that it's a damning indictment of the conservative education catch up plan. they said that sir kevin collins was brought in by borisjohnson because of his experience and expertise in education but the government has thrown out his ideas as soon as it came to stumping up the money needed to deliver them. borisjohnson has said there would be more money coming down the track. we just talked to how much more when the bbc

had learned that last week as much as £10 million was being looked at but that was rejected by the treasury. but there is the spending review later this year, so it's unclear how much would be coming down the track and when but boris johnson has promised it. in a statement this evening the prime minister said that he is usually grateful to sir kevin collins for his work in helping people catch up and government will focus on education recovery. i do and government will focus on education recovery. i do think sir kevin was _ education recovery. i do think sir kevin was looking _ education recovery. i do think sir kevin was looking like _ education recovery. i do think sir kevin was looking like ten - education recovery. i do think sir kevin was looking like ten times | education recovery. i do think sir. kevin was looking like ten times the amount that was on offer there. let's see what his resignation provokes or what might be the full response from the government. thank you so much forjoining us. china's president says he wants his country to widen its �*circle of friends' by creating a trustworthy and lovable image. it's a 180—degree turn in diplomatic tactic — which analysts say have become increasingly antagonistic — especially towards the west. they usually take a robust approach

to defending their country. we'll start with this clip from monday on america's probe into origins of covid—19. translation: "the united states' politicization of origin—tracing has seriously interfered and undermined international cooperations on the origin—tracing research, creating difficulties and obstacles for countries to fight the epidemic and save lives. we believed that we should rely on scientists rather than the intelligence personnel to trace the origin of the disease. this is tone a tone we're familiar with. in recent years china's diplomats have become increasingly vocal against its perceived enemies — in a style known as �*wolf of warrior�* diplomacy. the name comes from this popular chinese movie. these are elite chinese forces taking on american—led mercenaries in a patriotic blockbuster called the wolf warrior. it's violent and nationalistic — and in diplomacy this style is confrontational, aggressive and at times — abusive. is promoted at the highest level of government. we weren't short of clips. this next one involves this video of alleged abuses

of the uighur muslim minority. in it, men appears to be bound, blindfolded men and forced onto a train. this was shown to the chinese ambassador to the uk last year during an interview with andrew marr. and here's what happened next. what is happening here, ambassador? i do not know. where did you get this video clip? these have been going around the world, they have been authenticated by western intelligence agencies and by australian experts, who say these are uighur people being pushed on the trains and taken off. let me tell you this. the so—called western intelligence making these false accusations against china. china has also, at times, attacked foreign governments. here are two clips from july last year, when china hits back at criticism by the us and the uk over its crackdown in hong kong. if uk government goes that far, to impose sanctions on any

individuals in china, china will certainly make resolute response to it. translation: the reason why they make such a — translation: the reason why they make such a fuss _ translation: the reason why they make such a fuss about _ translation: the reason why they make such a fuss about the - translation: the reason why they make such a fuss about the law - translation: the reason why they make such a fuss about the law is l make such a fuss about the law is that they want to be able to jeopardise china prospect sovereignty and security in as reckless and a way as before. this rhetoric has continued online. again — we weren't short of examples.. this the chinese ambassador to the netherlands in march last year calling donald trump racist. and here's the chinese embassy in india tweeting... next we turn to australia — where china's ambassador has been locked in a row with his host —, amid worsening relations betwen canberra and bejing.

in april he gave a rare public warning, saying translation: the australia and new zealand leaders made irresponsible remarks on china's internal affairs such as hong kong, xinjiang and the south china sea. that severely violated international law and the basic norms of international relations and grossly interfered in china's internal affairs. journalists have also come under attack. have a listen to china's foreign minister who was asked about his country's human rights record by a canadian journalist in ottawa in 2016. and he is speaking through an interpreter. and he is speaking through an

interpreter-— and he is speaking through an interreter. ., , ., , interpreter. your question is full of presidents — interpreter. your question is full of presidents against _ interpreter. your question is full of presidents against china - interpreter. your question is full of presidents against china and l of presidents against china and arrogance where, i don't know, where that comes _ arrogance where, i don't know, where that comes from. and this is totally unacceptable. other people don't know— unacceptable. other people don't know better than the chinese people about _ know better than the chinese people about the _ know better than the chinese people about the human rights condition in china _ what do people think is behind this sudden change in tactics to be more lovable? it change in tactics to be more lovable? . ., , change in tactics to be more lovable? . . , , ., lovable? it certainly has been a bad ear for lovable? it certainly has been a bad year for china's _ lovable? it certainly has been a bad year for china's global _ lovable? it certainly has been a bad year for china's global image - lovable? it certainly has been a bad year for china's global image due i lovable? it certainly has been a bad j year for china's global image due to the covid pandemic and criticism surrounding the human rights record. so partially, the chinese leader in his speech was trying to respond to these new circumstances and at the same time china is also hoping to have more respect from the rest of the world. now it has enormous military power. this is been longing for the credibility and the respect,

but the problem is that those shiny things don't come automatically. i’m things don't come automatically. i'm wondering also if the words change will actually policy change? i mean, who are they trying to speak to by changing even the tone.— changing even the tone. that's a really good _ changing even the tone. that's a really good question. _ changing even the tone. that's a really good question. it's - changing even the tone. that's a really good question. it's hard i changing even the tone. that's a j really good question. it's hard to imagine there will be 180 degrees of change in china as a strategy. you mentioned the wolf warrior strategy for example. in the speech, he did call for a more humble china but then at the same time also emphasises that china has to be more open and more confident. and it seems that some chinese diplomats have been channeling that confidence into, or outspoken and sometimes aggressive social media posts and you just gave some examples. so it's

not clear that this would trigger a complete change in the chinese diplomacy. i complete change in the chinese diplomacy-— complete change in the chinese diloma . ., �*, diplomacy. i wonder if it's possible to know how _ diplomacy. i wonder if it's possible to know how the _ diplomacy. i wonder if it's possible to know how the public— diplomacy. i wonder if it's possible to know how the public has - diplomacy. i wonder if it's possible| to know how the public has reacted to know how the public has reacted to trying _ to know how the public has reacted to trying to — to know how the public has reacted to trying to have a different image, because _ to trying to have a different image, because if— to trying to have a different image, because if it is for a global audience. because if it is for a global audience-— because if it is for a global audience. , ., audience. do they want their government _ audience. do they want their government to _ audience. do they want their government to have - audience. do they want their government to have that - audience. do they want their i government to have that saltor touch? ~ �* , , ., government to have that saltor touch? ~ �*, , ., ., ., touch? well, it's very hard to gauge that ublic touch? well, it's very hard to gauge that public opinion _ touch? well, it's very hard to gauge that public opinion in _ touch? well, it's very hard to gauge that public opinion in china - touch? well, it's very hard to gauge that public opinion in china given i that public opinion in china given the censorship given a lot of political surveillance in the country. but i think we can expect more investment coming from the chinese government and to create a media agency to revel to bbc or the cnn. this is notjust about external propaganda but also internal messaging as well as the chinese leader mentioned, he wants his media organisations to emphasise the party wants nothing but the chinese

people's happiness.— wants nothing but the chinese people's happiness. thank you so much forjoining _ people's happiness. thank you so much forjoining us _ people's happiness. thank you so much forjoining us here - people's happiness. thank you so much forjoining us here on - people's happiness. thank you so i much forjoining us here on outside source. stay with us. good evening. so far this week temperatures have been steadily climbing day by day, and so today was the warmest day of the year so far across the uk as a whole. northolt to the west of london getting above 28 degrees. but also the warmest day of the year so far for wales, for scotland, northern ireland matched its previous highest figure. but on the east coast of scotland in aberdeen this afternoon temperatures hovered around 10 degrees because all of this low cloud and fog rolled its way in. and at the other end of the country in devon we had some pretty heavy downpours. you can see from the earlier satellite and radar picture, this band of cloud with heavy downpours pushing in from the southwest affecting wales, parts of southeast england, the midlands

and northern ireland. and this band of showery rain will continue to journey northwards as we had through the night and getting into southern scotland later on. we will see more of that low cloud rolling in across eastern scotland, and pretty cloudy and quite murky conditions for some further south as well, and what will be a very, very warm and humid night. 15 or 16 degrees the low in birmingham and for liverpool. so into tomorrow, our band of showery rain continues to drift northwards. it should tend to peter out, i think, across scotland. still some low cloud for the far northeast. for northern ireland, much of england and wales early cloud should tend to break. we should see some spells of sunshine. the highest temperatures tomorrow will be confined to eastern parts of england. may be 26 or 27 degrees. for most places temperatures will start to dip just a little. through thursday night, well, a bit of cloud and rain into western counties of northern ireland and also possibly some sundry downpours pushing up into southeast england and east anglia. the potential for those will continue on through friday. still some clout and patchy rain into the far west of

northern ireland but in between some spells of sunshine. most of us we stick with that slightly cooler feel. having said that, 18 to 21 degrees will feel very pleasant in any sunshine. now, for the weekend it's quite a complex weather picture because we do have frontal systems pushing in from the west, but pressure remains relatively high. what does that mean? well, it means the weather fronts will tend to weaken, and they won't make much progress. so while we could see a little bit of showery rain here and there, the emphasis remains on dry weather through the weekend. not as warm as it has been, but still feeling pleasant in any sunshine.

hello. this is outside source. benjamin netanyahu as 212 year stretch as israel's prime minister could be close to end. opposition leaders say they are close to forming a coalition government. they have until midnight local to reach an agreement was that russia and at the us and indirect contact about a cyber attack on at the world's largest meat processing company. china's president wants the country to be seen as more trustworthy and lovable, despite being in open conflict with the us on crucial

issues. ., ., , ., ., , conflict with the us on crucial issues. ., ., , ., . , , ., issues. how to be lovable when you are attacking _ issues. how to be lovable when you are attacking others. _ issues. how to be lovable when you are attacking others. could - issues. how to be lovable when you are attacking others. could this - are attacking others. could this mean the reigning in of the wolf warrior diplomats?— mean the reigning in of the wolf warrior diplomats? here in england, the government? _ warrior diplomats? here in england, the government? education - warrior diplomats? here in england, j the government? education recovery tsar resigns after funding for school children to catch up after covid falls short. fear of environmental disaster as a chemical laden cargo ship is shrinking off the coast of sri lanka. welcome to the programme. just a few hours now until israel leaves discover if the opposition parties have agreed to a collision which could bring to an end more than a decade of rule of benjamin netanyahu as their prime minister. if they do agree to a deal, they still need to get it through parliament next week,

so it's too early to count mr netanyahu out. he is of course the great survivor of israeli politics. let's take a look at who benjamin netanyahu is. he's israel's longest serving prime minister. in total, he has governed israel for 15 years. first, for three years from 1996 to 1999, when his party was heavily

a recent poll that 47.2 members of his party with support netanyahu to pearly stepping aside if that succeeded in stopping the opposition coalition from going ahead. 48.9% think the party should leave government and go into a position itself. ratherthan government and go into a position itself. rather than see him replaced even temporarily.—

itself. rather than see him replaced even temporarily. what we have seen in successive — even temporarily. what we have seen in successive elections, _ even temporarily. what we have seen in successive elections, for _ in successive elections, for elections that have been basically inconclusive in israel and under two years as of the country is really very split into what is basically a pro and anti—netanyahu camp. with those supporting mr netanyahu saying he's done a greatjob of the economy with bringing vaccines and and security issues and then those that are against him pointing to the fact that he remains on trial for corruption charges and that he should not stay in office while he is facing serious criminal trial. mr netanyahu denies doing anything wrong course. 50 netanyahu denies doing anything wrong course-— wrong course. so what are the criminal charges? _ benjamin netanyahu arriving at his trial in may. he entered a not guilty plea to charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. he's accused of receiving gifts from powerful businessmen in exchange for favours. offering to help improve circulation of an israeli newspaper in exchange

for positive coverage. and of promoting regulatory decisions favourable to a businessman shaul elovitch in exchange for positive coverage on his news site. if convicted mr netanyahu could face time in prison. but he hasn't resigned over the charges. he doesn't have to. here he is convening a cabinet meeting just hours before the trial began. and there was support for him outside the courtroom. these are pro—netanyahu protests outside of the courtroom in may. but not everyone is impressed. here are some opinions from tel aviv. i'm a i'm a conservative person and initially i was a neta nyahu was a netanyahu supporter, but after living here for a while i decided based on my is really friends that he was not going to bring this country together and so i'm very much in support in this unity government and i did vote for

others. translation: i others. translation: ., , , ., translation: i hope this government will kick this criminal _ translation: i hope this government will kick this criminal out _ translation: i hope this government will kick this criminal out and - will kick this criminal out and things will return to sanity. i really don't like this combination, the right wing has taken over this government and it's really not to my taste but it is preferable for maintaining a state with laws and respect for state institutions otherwise it's anarchy. so respect for state institutions otherwise it's anarchy.- respect for state institutions otherwise it's anarchy. so if this coalition does _ otherwise it's anarchy. so if this coalition does go _ otherwise it's anarchy. so if this coalition does go through - otherwise it's anarchy. so if this coalition does go through what | otherwise it's anarchy. so if this - coalition does go through what does the future hold for mr netanyahu? here's the chairman of world likud, the global wing of the likud party which is led by mr netanyahu and former israeli i think the party will support him, but he will have to decide whether he wants to retire on the legal issues, or actually contain to lead the party in opposition as the leader of the opposition. it all depends on the new government. if the new government will be shaky, i think he will try to wait and see and look for the opportunity to come back for the prime minister's office. if you will be able to surprise everybody and actually walk to market work together, then it will be very challenging.

we wa nt we want to move on to iran now. a huge fire has broken out at one of the biggest refineries in tehran. officials have blamed a pipeline leak as the cause for that fire. the refinery about 15% of iranfuel needs. to sri lanka where a chemical—laden cargo ship is sinking off the coast, sparking fears of an environmental disaster. firefighters spent nearly two weeks putting out a fire on board. salvage experts are now trying to tow the ship further out to sea, before the of oil from its fuel tanks leak into the ocean. tonnes of tiny plastic granules from the ship have already washed up on some of the country's most pristine beaches. ranga sirilal is in colombo.

the ship aft portion is now touching water at the depth of 21 metres. the forward area remains afloat with smoke coming out of some cargo holds. sri lanka president last night ordered the authorities to tow the ship into the deep sea after the navy and indian coastguard extinguished the fire in a 13 day mission. tuesday morning, with the help of sri lankan navy, they started to tow the ship into the deep sea. with the rough sea conditions, the operation had to stop, with the aft hitting the sea bed. there are some signs of an oil leak in the area, and the sinking would be a major disaster as this has tonnes of nitric acid and other undisclosed chemicals in it. the ship is known to be carrying

28 containers of plastic petals use in the manufacture of plastic packaging material. these petals have caused unprecedented pollution. a medical charity says more than half a million people in the east of the democratic republic of congo have lost their supply of drinking water, as a result of the recent volcanic eruption. medecins sans frontieres said because cholera was endemic there was an urgent need to provide people in the city of goma with safe drinking water. mount nyiragongo — one of the world's most active volcanoes — erupted ten days ago. a reservoir and pipes were damaged by the lava. since then there have been many tremors and hundreds of thousands can't return to their homes. ellen van der velden is from medecins sans frontieres. it's a complicated situation, because goma over the years has become a very big city. there's quite a number of parts of town where people had to evacuate because there are large cracks they go underneath the city, where more lava could emerge.

it's a city which houses over 1 million people, so you can onlyjust imagine how much water is needed. the water supply from all directions needs to be increased. our organisation, as well as others, has set up bladder systems and renting water trucks that are bringing water to the different areas of town, so at least some basic amounts will be available. mount nyiragongo is located here — close to the border between the democratic republic of congo and rwanda. after the eruption the lava flowed south, cutting a path of destruction through the north of goma. medecin sans frontiers says more than 100,000 people have gathered in the nearby town of sake. our correspondent, emery makumeno, has more from goma. the eruption of mount nyiragongo caused a massive displacement of at least 400,000 people, mainly

those living in areas that a second eruption is feared by the authorities. but for those who did not flee the city of goma and its outskirts, they are having to cope with life without electricity and water. the molten lava that flowed into the city destroyed the water pipes, forcing many here to rely on reservoirs. cholera is not a strange illness here in goma and its vicinity. more than 50 suspected cases of illness have been declared in the area. the damage caused by the eruption is going to take weeks to repair. government and humanitarian groups will have to act quickly before there are more cases of cholera in the region. lets turn to mexico. there have been

hundreds of murders of mexican candidates in recent months. a woman lost her husband three years ago after he was brutally killed by criminal gangs in a small town in mexico. instead of running scared, carmine decided to run as mere herself and won the election. carmen is running to be my of a small town in central mexico. —— mayor. like thousands of others, she is risking her life running for political office. we first met her three years ago after her husband was brutally murdered running for the same seat in the same town. back then, her grief was too raw.

despite her trauma, she decided to continue her husband's campaigning and ran for office herself, winning the election and becoming the first mayor of the town. she had high hopes of bringing peace back to her town. but during her three years as mayor, 12 of her cabinet members were either murdered or disappeared. an example of the

shocking levels of violence seen across mexico, and it is why security guards watch over her 24/7. despite all the death and devastation, carmen has furiously chosen to run for a second term. candidates, and even family members, have already been killed ahead of these elections. for those who are still in the running, they know their lives are also in danger.

asa as a mother, her run for office has a deeper meaning. death has become all too familiar for carmen, as she mourns for her husband and the others who have lost their lives to the violence, the memory gives her the strength to fight for a safer mexico. those elections are onjune six. stay with

us on outside source. still to come, and erica's last great wilderness. president biden blocks drilling for oil and gas in a wildlife refuge in alaska. around 200,000 in the uk have been underpaid in their state pensions because of an error at the department for work and pensions first up they are owed about £2.7 billion was up let's hear more from sarah corker. 11 years before she went into care, she could have done quite a few other things. i think it's really poor. for two decades, rosemary was underpaid her state pension. it was her son, john, who first realised something was wrong. on the fourth time of asking, the department for work and pensions agreed to investigate — and the scale of the error came as a shock. it came back to me, another day

later, and said it was £107,852, which is an amazing amount. and that's because she was never given a proportion of the old man's pension when he died 20 years ago. what was your reaction when you heard just how much your mum had been underpaid for 20 years? it's just astonishing. i mean, my first thought was for her and the other things, perhaps, she could have done, anyway, in her life if she had the extra money in her pension to live off. but also other people out there who must be also in the same position, and may not know they are owed all this money. and there are many others affected by this. women phoned the department for work and pensions, suspecting their payments were too low, some were receiving just £1 a week, but they were repeatedly told that the amount they were getting were correct — but they were not. for decades, an estimated 200,000 women were underpaid their state pensions. a rule change in 2008 means angela, from cumbria, will only be able to backdate payments for 12 months. she believes she's owed 14 years of enhanced pension, and will miss out on tens of thousands of pounds. the government says it's contacting

those affected and correcting historic underpayments running into billions. but that does not include women impacted by the 2008 law change. the dwp said it wrote to them at the time about applying for an increase, but those the bbc has spoken to say they received no such letter. this is outside source. our lead story. opposition leaders in israel have just hours left to try and form a coalition that would oust the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. meanwhile, a report by the un's international labour organization says the pandemic has pushed more than 100 million more workers into poverty after working hours plummeted and access to good qualityjobs evaporated. it says employment is not expected to bounce back to pre—pandemic levels until 2023 at the earliest. the ilo's annual world employment and social outlook report indicated that the planet would be 75 million

jobs short at the end of this year compared to if the pandemic had not occurred. and it would still count 23 million fewer jobs by the end of next year. stefan kuhn is the an economist at the ilo which put out today's report. perhaps you could make little sense of those figures for us. who do you think will be affected when we see those millions ofjobs that are there any more? the those millions of 'obs that are there any more?— those millions of 'obs that are there any more? those millions of 'obs that are there an more? , ., , ., ., there any more? the people that are most affected _ there any more? the people that are most affected will _ there any more? the people that are most affected will be _ there any more? the people that are most affected will be those - there any more? the people that are most affected will be those that - most affected will be those that have also suffered most from these job losses and working hours losses. those are people in is affected. first and

foremost, in food and accommodation, but also in manufacturing and construction, in arts and other services. a lot of people have been affected. another way that the crisis has had an impact is also on the skill levels. people with higher skills were more likely to continue theirjobs because of the type of activity they had, but also because they are more likely to be telly working. no telly work ability was also affected by the way that people have access to the internet. i also affected by the way that people have access to the internet.- have access to the internet. i think what you're — have access to the internet. i think what you're outlining _ have access to the internet. i think what you're outlining there - have access to the internet. i think what you're outlining there is - what you're outlining there is almost what we seen with the pandemic cup. that we really saw this split in the have and have nots. if you are doing pretty well before the pandemic, the chances are he will bounce back a little bit quicker as well after it. that is what they are calling an exclusive club, some of the economy is getting back to a pre—pandemic level, of china, korea, chile, a few reinier,

romania and australia. why them? why do they manage to keep their economies bubbling along when others did not? pm economies bubbling along when others did not? . ,., ., economies bubbling along when others did not? . ., . economies bubbling along when others didnot? ., . , ., did not? an important aspect is how ou handle did not? an important aspect is how you handle the _ did not? an important aspect is how you handle the pandemic. _ did not? an important aspect is how you handle the pandemic. you - did not? an important aspect is how. you handle the pandemic. you cannot have an economy recovery whilst still being strongly affected by the pandemic. the other aspect is also about those economies with a higher... smalland about those economies with a higher... small and economic losses in the year 2020 as well. those are some of the aspects. another aspect is, of course, access to vaccination, the speed of vaccination, the speed of vaccination campaigns, but also the scope for fiscal stimulus. those affect how fast economies will be

able to come back to the precrisis level of gdp. but we also have to be careful not to... with gdp, it means when we come back to precrisis levels, it means everyone is... while the comeback to employment on the precrisis level, we are missing. coming back to precrisis employment in 2022 will still mean that a lot of people will be lacking jobs. those jobs that should have been created during those times are not there. they vaccination is really interesting. having a look at the figures, those that have a higher re—vaccination population getting back to work, hotels, accommodation, though sectors that you mention. thank you forjoining us.

controversial leases allowing oil and gas exploration, in a wildlife refuge in alaska, have been suspended by president biden. the white house has ordered an environmemtal review of the possible impact, on what's been descibed as america's last great wilderness. the leases were sold at the very end of the donald trump's presidency, with some 11 billion barrels of oil lying beneath the ice. here's our science editor, david shukman. it's one of the most sensitive ecosystems on the planet. we spotted this polar bear while filming in alaska some years ago. the whole arctic region is home to wildlife that only lives there. so for decades there has been concern about the massive oil and gas installations and the big plans to expand into areas that are still untouched. i've seen the impact of the industry for myself. it has become a battleground now, because those who want america to be less dependent on foreign oil say they've got to open this place up to far more drilling. when donald trump was president, vast tracts of pristine land

were licensed for oil and gas extraction. nowjoe biden has now brought that to a halt. environmental campaigners, who have long protested against arctic drilling, say they are now pleased, but still remain cautious. a suspension is not a cancellation. so we would expect it to be cancelled permanently and that would be in line with what president biden has promised. which is the phasing out of all fossil fuels and a shift to 100% renewable energy transition. and we are not there yet. this administration still has a lot to do. but this is a good first mini step in that direction. the worry is that the arctic is warming up much faster than the rest of the planet and the ice that covers it is in retreat. that's because the gases released by burning fossil fuels are heating up the atmosphere. and, ironically, that makes it much easier to get at the vast reserves of oil and gas in the region.

alaska is not the only area targeted for drilling. norway has its eye on oil beneath the sea and so does russia. so much of the region is being opened up. the oil and gas companies say they can keep their operation safe, that they've got technology to minimise the disruption and especially the risk of spills. but for many indigenous people, it is all too hazardous. they fear their traditional way of life will be undermined if the wildlife they depend on is killed or driven away. but change is coming to the arctic. the first cruise ships have made their way through the melting ice. the question is, with so much pressure for all kinds of development, how long this fragile region can remain unscathed. david shukman, bbc news. we are keeping an eye on israel, just two hours to go to see whether

it is at the end of benjamin netanyahu's political career. you can get in touch with us on twitter, we love to hear from you. thank you for watching. this with us here on the bbc. temperatures this week has been steadily climbing day by day. today was the warmest day of the year so far across the uk as a whole. also at the warmest day of the year so far for wales and scotland. at the warmest day of the year so farfor wales and scotland. northern ireland matched its previous highest figure. on the east coast of scotland in aberdeen this afternoon, temperatures hovered around 10 degrees because of low cloud and fog rolled in. in devon, we had some pretty heavy downpours. a band of cloud with heavy downpours pushing

in from the south—west, affecting wales, parts of south—east england, the midlands and northern ireland. this band will contain two joining offerings through the night, getting into southern scotland later on. more of that low cloud rolling into eastern scotland. pretty cloudy and murky conditions for some further south as well, and what will be a very humid night. enter tomorrow, the band of showery rain continues to drift northwards, it should turn to drift northwards, it should turn to put it out across scotland. for northern ireland, much of england and wales, early cloud will tend to break. the highest temperatures tomorrow will be confined to eastern parts of england, may be 26 or 27 degrees. for most places, temperatures was start to dip a little. through thursday night, rain into western counties of northern ireland, also some thundery downpours pushing into south—east

england and east anglia. still some cloud and patchy rain in friday into the far west of northern ireland. some spells of sunshine in between. most of us think of that slightly cooler feel. most of us think of that slightly coolerfeel. forthe most of us think of that slightly cooler feel. for the weekend, it's coolerfeel. forthe weekend, it's quite a complex weather picture, because we do have frontal systems pushing in from the west, but pressure remains relatively high. the weather fronts will tend to weaken and they will not make much progress. while we could see a little bit of showery rain here and there, the emphasis remains on dry weather throughout the weekend. not as warm as it has been, but still feel unpleasant

this is bbc news i'm shaun ley. the headlines at eight. the chief adviser to the government on helping pupils catch—up after lockdown quits over a lack of funding. sir kevan collins says the package of support announced today "does not come close to meeting the scale of the challenge". three quarters of uk adults have now received a first dose of a covid vaccine —— according to the health secretary matt hancock. vaccine confidence with uptake rates are among the highest in the world and i am very proud of that fact. opposition leaders in israel have just hours left to try to form a coalition that would oust the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu.

thousands of women underpaid on their state pensions challenge the government for payment. and the long—running bbc medical drama, holby city