this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. after days of frantic negotiations, a coalition of opposition parties signs an historic deal to form new israeli government. the deal is likely to mean an end to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's 12 years in power. we'll have the latest reaction from jerusalem is this you last prime minister? is that a wish or question? watching sport in japan. facemasks, temperature checks and polite applause instead of cheering. is this what the olympics will look like when they open in just 50 days' time?

how safe is america's critical infrastructure? the world's largest meat processing company was forced to shut down operations due to a cyber attack. and america's last great wilderness. president biden blocks drilling for oil and gas in a wildlife refuge, in alaska. this administration still has a lot to do. _ this administration still has a lot to do. but— this administration still has a lot to do, but this is a good first many step in_ to do, but this is a good first many step in that — to do, but this is a good first many step in that direction. hello, wherever you are in the world, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. today we begin in israel. opposition parties have reached an agreement to form a new government that would end benjamin netanyahu's 12—year tenure as prime minister. just before a midnight deadline, yair lapid, leader of the centrist yesh atid

party, has told the new israeli president an eight—party coalition had been formed. under a rotation arrangement, the head of the right—wing yamina party, naftali bennett, would serve as prime minister first before handing over to mr lapid. despite the announcement there still needs to be a parliamentary vote before the government is sworn in. tom batemen reports from jerusalem benjamin netanyahu is edging towards the precipice, trying everything to stop a fall from power. so far, his calls for help are going unanswered. in the chamber of israel's parliament, those who are hatching a plan for his demise — a once—loyal ally and an opponent, forging friendship. they could be israel's next leaders. mr netanyahu's still doing everything he can to derail the formation of a new government,

even as those politicians are still meeting in the building here. this is a prime minister determined to cling on. there he is, there he is, there he is. then israel's longest—serving leader leaves his office, not yet for the final time. mr netanyahu, is this your last week as prime minister? will this be your last week as prime minister? is that a wish or a question? israel has had four deadlocked elections, mr netanyahu couldn't muster a right—wing majority. on trial for corruption, with a country divided, support from key coalition partners drained away. one rebel is naftali bennett, now set to lead the new government. he's a nationalist who opposes a future palestinian state. he's joined up with the centre ground opposition leader, yair lapid, who will become pm after two years. israel's recent war with hamas in gaza paused the political pressure.

but violence betweenjews and arabs erupted inside israel. in the town of lod, things are still tense. so what of the challenge to bibi, as mr netanyahu is known, by naftali bennett? translation: it's disgusting. a man with six seats will be prime minister? it's unheard of. bibi is dividing us. because he is trying to be a prime minister for four times. he didn't succeed. with protests outside, the talks went to the wire and an agreement has now been signed. a picture from inside makes history in israel, ajewish nationalist and an islamic religious arab party aiming tojoin as part of a new coalition. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. let's go straight tojerusalem and join efrat finkel, political correspondent

for channel 20. how much of this was political theatre, do you think, kind of pushing it right to the wire? i’m pushing it right to the wire? i'm sor , i pushing it right to the wire? i'm sorry. i didn't — pushing it right to the wire? i�*m sorry, i didn't get your pushing it right to the wire? i�*m sorry, mid” get your question. sorry, i didn't get your question. how much of the announcement today with the clock ticking was really political theatre, designed to heighten the drama? to think in essence they already agreed this deal? ,, ., ., ., essence they already agreed this deal? ., ., , ., ., deal? 50, we have to understand that nothin: , deal? 50, we have to understand that nothing. you — deal? so, we have to understand that nothing, you know, _ deal? so, we have to understand that nothing, you know, is _ deal? so, we have to understand that nothing, you know, is final. _ deal? so, we have to understand that nothing, you know, is final. yeah, - nothing, you know, is final. yeah, they did give him the permission to let the president know that they understood before midnight of losing any chances, you know, a few people which we can discuss later, they know that another election is going to be total for them. know that another election is going to be totalfor them. they know that another election is going to be total for them. they have this motivation to let him know, to let the president know that he was succeeded we have to understand

nothing is final because we still have a few days ahead of us. they are going to try to make it to the final agreement & everything. this could be very tricky. i do want to let you know that there is one member named neil, he is a member of the aminah party, he is going now against the fact that they are joining him. iwant against the fact that they are joining him. i want to remind you that the mks of the elections and one has already left him when he started all of this negotiations. so he is left with six now and he might be left out only five. this could be very dramatic, and we can't really promise that in probably 12 days, this is the amount of days they have before they have to swear the government that this could still be

very, very tricky. end government that this could still be very. very tricky-— very, very tricky. end that underlines _ very, very tricky. end that underlines the _ very, very tricky. end that underlines the point - very, very tricky. end that underlines the point thatl very, very tricky. end that| underlines the point that it very, very tricky. end that - underlines the point that it could all fall apart with just one defection. it is so divided that it would then be back to stalemates again. exactly. they are trying to build the government, a coalition which is so, you know, you have the writers —— the right wing, the left—wing, and the arabs, and it's not a really easy thing to come to total agreements, and i can already tell you that the arab party, they gave up you that the arab party, they gave up what they had commitment heard at the beginning, that benjamin that yahoo —— netanyahu from as part of his final efforts to stop this governments, that he tried to promise the head of the arab party, he tried to promise a few things, and he said that he is going to give him more than what they are willing

to give him, i don't know if he has lost faith and he doesn't believe netanyahu any more, and he decided tojoin the governments, netanyahu any more, and he decided to join the governments, but he is going to be very criticised by the arabs, and i can tell you that a lot of people gave up many dreams to make this happen. it is really not an easy thing, so we are really looking forward to it, we really don't know what is going to happen stop what we're grateful for you to stay up with us, but you will have another busy day with tomorrow. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news and thank you very much for “oining us on sac new— latest erection out of the united states on these dramatic develop men's a little later in the programme. there are 50 days left until the delayed summer olympic games are due to start in tokyo. but there's a lot of debate over whether they should go ahead at all. the international olympic committee

insists that the event can be held safely. not many people in japan are convinced. reports suggest that some 12% of the 80,000 volunteers for the olympics and paralympics have quit. the country is in the middle of a fourth wave of covid infections. from tokyo rupert wingfield—hayes reports. applause. this is sport in the time of covid. cheering is strictly forbidden. masks are mandatory. and thermal cameras scan every passing body. it's sunday night in kawasaki, and for the football fans flocking to watch their local team, all of this is now routine. translation: i'm going to take - all prevention measures we can take, and we'll be watching the game away from other fans. inside, just 5,000 spectators are allowed. they've been holding football matches like this injapan, with audiences, throughout the covid pandemic, and they say they can do so safely because everybody wears masks,

because of the safety measures that they've put in place, and they say they haven't had one single cluster of covid traced back to any of these games since the beginning of the pandemic. the tokyo olympic committee points to this as proof the games can go ahead in 50 days' time, safe and secure. but safe and secure is not how it feels in the emergency ward at this hospital in osaka. the last month has been exhausting for staff here, with more covid patients than ever before. dr nishiguchi is the head of the unit. he says the fourth wave here has been much faster and more deadly than previous ones. "about three weeks ago, the number of infections increased very suddenly," he tells me. "many patients could not get into hospital. they had to wait at home. by the time they got to hospital, their condition was much worse." that is exactly what happened

to 74—year—old kazuyuki shiyota. his wife, asuko, tells me that when kazuyuki got sick with covid last month, it took six days to find him a hospital bed. and by then, he was extremely ill. his daughter makiko doesn't want to show her face but it is clear who she blames for her father's death. translation: this country is run l by politicians who take people'sl lives so lightly and want to go ahead with the olympics. we have lost 2000 people in osaka. so that is 2000 families going through the same as us. and they still want to go ahead with the olympics. the international olympic committee points to events like this and says the olympics can be held with little risk to public health. but with the pandemic still raging across the world, the question many here are asking is why is the ioc so determined to take that risk?

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, kawasaki. let's get some of the day's other news. an iranian navy ship has caught fire and sunk near the entrance to the gulf. the crew was safely evacuated in waters off the port of jask. a statement from the navy said that the fire started in one of the ship's systems. but analysts say that until there's a fuller explanation there's bound to be speculation as to whether what happened may have been the result of enemy action. the world health organization says that there are "staggering health needs" in the occupied palestinian territories, following the recent conflict between israel and the hamas militant group. in a statement, the who said it was scaling—up its efforts in order to help nearly 200,000 people. it called for unhindered access to gaza for its supplies and its staff. a novel about senegalese troops fighting for france in the first world war has won this year's international booker prize for literature. the book at night all blood is black, is written by the french writer david diop. it tells the story of a young

soldier from senegal who fought for france in the first world war. first an oil pipeline — now a meat supplier. critical american infrastructure is under attack. the world's largest meat supplier jbs was hit and had to shut down operations in australia, canada and the us. its beef processing plants are now back up and running — but us authorities are looking for answers. speaking today, the white house press secretaryjen psaki said there was reason to believe the ransomware attack originated from a group based in russia. harbouring criminal entities that are intending to do harm, that are doing harm to the infrastructure in the united states is not acceptable for supper not going to stand by that, ——acceptable we're not going to stand by that, we are not going to take options off the table. president biden thinks that vladimir putin in the russian government has a role to play in stopping and preventing these attacks, hence it will be a topic

of discussion when they meet in two weeks. megan stifel is co—chair of the ransomware task force and executive director of the global cyber alliance and joins us now. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news now. how worried should we be by this? in the past, we have talked about financial companies. we obviously have the pipeline connection, but it is quite hard to get in idea of a meat processing plant being held up to ransom online.— processing plant being held up to ransom online. ., ., ., ransom online. thanks for having me toda . ransom online. thanks for having me today- well. — ransom online. thanks for having me today- well. i— ransom online. thanks for having me today. well, i think— ransom online. thanks for having me today. well, i think the _ ransom online. thanks for having me today. well, i think the general- today. well, i think the general consensus is that everybody needs to be thinking about this and taking steps themselves whether they are a small organisation or a large enterprise such as the most recent victim of the meat packing facility, to better harden their infrastructure. so it's not to scare people, but it is an incident that should be taken seriously. what should be taken seriously. what actually were — should be taken seriously. what actually were they _ should be taken seriously. what actually were they threatening to do if the ransom hadn't been paid, or if the ransom hadn't been paid, or if they weren't somehow prevented from doing the damage they were

threatening?— threatening? welcome i think the investigation _ threatening? welcome i think the investigation is _ threatening? welcome i think the investigation is ongoing, - threatening? welcome i think the investigation is ongoing, so - threatening? welcome i think the investigation is ongoing, so we i investigation is ongoing, so we don't know all the details, butjust recently, the fbi has attributed it to two groups who are known to be operating out of russia. but in most cases, the actors are threatening to encrypt the data and not give the information back to the victim, as well as potentially suggesting that they will dump the information from us what might be very private information corporate insider information corporate insider information public to anyone who seeks to find it. so information public to anyone who seeks to find it.— information public to anyone who seeks to find it. so to do financial damaue seeks to find it. so to do financial damage to _ seeks to find it. so to do financial damage to an _ seeks to find it. so to do financial damage to an organisation - seeks to find it. so to do financial damage to an organisation from | seeks to find it. so to do financial- damage to an organisation from upper presumably in an age where we move toward the internet as everything, and will become internet of everything in due course where we can control the heating one we are thousands of miles away and the rest of it, but the kind of critical infrastructure which involves things like food, which has to be kept at a particular temperature, those sorts of things suddenly become vulnerable in a way that one would never imagine before short of somebody actually turning up and planting a

bomb in a plant. yes, certainly the interest in attaching everything to the internet is creating new vulnerabilities. it's also full of opportunity, but without the ability to ensure that we know what we have connected and the practices in place to ensure that it's protected, it's a risky proposition from a source really critical and incumbent upon entities that if you can't protect it, don't connect at. that if you can't protect it, don't connect at— that if you can't protect it, don't connect at. ., , ., ., ., ., connect at. last month the colonial --ieline connect at. last month the colonial pipeline paid _ connect at. last month the colonial pipeline paid millions— connect at. last month the colonial pipeline paid millions of— connect at. last month the colonial pipeline paid millions of dollars - connect at. last month the colonial pipeline paid millions of dollars to i pipeline paid millions of dollars to gain back control of its systems. what other options exist for companies apart from paying up? there are options, and i think we really need to be mindful of estimates of the first thought is don't panic and don't assume that you need to pay the ransom. there is a several year old organisation that was co—founded in europe called number ransom and organisation maintains the keys to many types of encryption that are used by these direct actors, so if one has the key come a thing about it as a universal

key to yourfront come a thing about it as a universal key to your front door, one could unlock the data that is been locked ioy unlock the data that is been locked by the threat actors and thereby not have to pay the ransom. similarly, backing up information for measuring that the back—up is regularly backed up that the back—up is regularly backed up as well as the practice in place to ensure you can restore your information from this back—up. these are two things that organisations should keep in mind as they look to better manage this risk. it’s a better manage this risk. it's a fascinating. — better manage this risk. it's a fascinating, alarming - better manage this risk. it's a fascinating, alarming come i better manage this risk. it's a l fascinating, alarming come very important area. thank you so much for talking us through. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a teenager versus bear. how a californian girl confronted the wild animal — to save her pet dogs. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, via a signal given with the great guns of the tower.

tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali who has died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely out—fought, ali transcended the sport of boxing of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter, he fought all the way to the end — even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp sgt peppers lonely hearts club band, a record described as today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp sgt peppers lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... after days of frantic negotiations, a coalition of opposition parties signs an historic deal to form

new israeli government. the deal is likely to mean an end to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's 12 years in power. we'll have the latest reaction from jerusalem. let's get more on our main story. i'm joined now by dov waxman — professor of israel studies at the university of california in los angeles. thank you so much for talking to us. it is potentially a momentous day and lots of ways because israel also got a new head of state today with with almost without anyone noticing because of the political drama. another politician who in his time has crossed swords with netanyahu. is this just a day that was always going to come one day that you have run out of people, allies, because gradually come if you been in office long enough you've kinda fallen out with most people.

estimate think i'm a really, netanyahu brought this upon himself. he made so many promises to so many people over so many years and broken those promises that he really wasn't left with many allies any more, anybody who is likely to believe him. he tried to appeal to all of these party leaders desperately in recent weeks and offering them rotation on the premiership, his promises have fallen on deaf ears because everybody saw how he treated his previous partner and nobody is willing to trust him this time around. . . . willing to trust him this time around. ., .,, ,., .., willing to trust him this time around. ., ., , ,., .., ., around. that was the so-called deal where he was _ around. that was the so-called deal where he was going _ around. that was the so-called deal where he was going to _ around. that was the so-called deal where he was going to take - around. that was the so-called deal where he was going to take over - around. that was the so-called deal where he was going to take over as| where he was going to take over as prime minister and then somehow netanyahu managed to dissolve and engineer an election from a so there was no handover of power. just in terms of this, though, netanyahu was not presumably grand to give up without a fight, even if this boat is confirmed and bennett takes office as prime minister, mr netanyahu will be the leader of the opposition and is it not possible

coalition that was only formed out of a hatred of netanyahu, once he is out of office, falls apart quite soon after?— soon after? well, i think i'm ironically. — soon after? well, i think i'm ironically, netanyahu's - ironically, netanyahu's determination to remain in politics and to stay as leader will actually be the glue that continues to hold the coalition together. as long as netanyahu is waiting in the wings ready to take power again, i think his rivals in coming into this coalition will stay together, so ironically, netanyahu is in no way helping them out if, however, he was to resign or be deposed as leader, then i think there would be a much greater risk that his coalition would fall apart from her because the thing that really holds it together is their aversion to netanyahu. together is their aversion to netanyahw— together is their aversion to netanyahu. together is their aversion to netan ahu. �*, ., ,, , , ., netanyahu. let's talk briefly about the prospective — netanyahu. let's talk briefly about the prospective new— netanyahu. let's talk briefly about the prospective new prime - netanyahu. let's talk briefly about i the prospective new prime minister, bennetts, because most of his life was actually spent in the united states where he forged a very successful career as a tech entrepreneur, and he also worked in

government for mr not yahoo —— netanyahu. in some ways, people would say he is even further to the right politically down the man he is helping to depose. that is absolutely true. he is a hardline nationalist. he is a religious nationalist. netanyahu is not actually religious. he is secular. bennett is an orthodox jewish man, although he lives inside israel, not in an israeli settlements, he was a leader of the settlers, he really represents the settlers. so he is a big believer in settling this in the west bank, and he is an outspoken opponent of the palestinian state. so in many ways, he is more ideologically to the right down netanyahu is, but he is also somebody who has been able to get along with centrist leaders like his new ally, and somebody who has seemed to be fairly pragmatic and

knowing when to put aside his ideological goals like annexing the west bank for the sake of trying to enter power which they have been able to do. enter power which they have been able to do— able to do. professor in los angeles. — able to do. professor in los angeles, thank _ able to do. professor in los angeles, thank you - able to do. professor in los angeles, thank you so - able to do. professor in los| angeles, thank you so much able to do. professor in los - angeles, thank you so much for able to do. professor in los _ angeles, thank you so much for being with us on bbc news on this fascinating night. a controversial plan to expand the development of fossil fuel production in alaska has been suspended. president biden said he would suspend oil and gas leases that were handed out in alaska's vast national wildlife refuge during the final days of the trump administration pending an environmental review. the arctic wilderness is believed to lie over some 11 billion barrels of oil. with more 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.

that was david shipman reporting, you are watching bbc news. —— david shackman. hello there. in the past few days, the heat has been building. in the next few days, the heat is going to be ebbing away. it was certainly warm, though, in the sunshine in particular on wednesday. the sunniest weather was actually in suffolk. but it wasn't here that we saw the highest temperatures. that was further south in northholt. 28 celsius, the hottest day of the year so far. it was the warmest it's been all year in wales and scotland, 26—27 celsius. now, all that heat was ahead of a band of showers, which for a while were heavy, even with one or two rumbles of thunder. that's been moving up from the southwest, and behind it, we have seen slightly cooler air and much more cloud across southwestern parts of the uk. a very different day here in devon compared with tuesday. that cloud is still around at the moment, hence the high temperatures that we are starting with on thursday morning. many places will start dry, we've still got

some showers left over across northern ireland, northern england. those should quickly move northward into scotland, and as they do so, a lot of those showers will fade away. northern scotland probably dry with some sunshine. and we should get more sunshine in the afternoon across other parts of the uk as the cloud thins and breaks. but it will be a bit cooler than it was on wednesday. the heat getting confined to east anglia, southeast england. lincolnshire could reach 26, maybe 27 celsius, a warm day still here. as we head into the evening, most places will end the day dry with some sunshine. but look what's coming our way from the near continent. there's the threat overnight, and into friday, there are some showers or longer spells of heavy rain, perhaps thundery, affecting some eastern parts of england, mainly east anglia and the southeast, a lot of uncertainty about that. elsewhere, it looks generally dry, and there will be more in the way of sunshine, it cloud over a bit more, i think, in northern ireland. a cooler day certainly for eastern parts of england with more cloud and the threat of some rain. top temperatures, 21 celsius. now, let's head into the weekend,

and we see the back of that threatening rain in the southeast of england. a weather front is coming in from the atlantic. this one, mind you, is going to be very weak. it will bring with it a bit more cloud across northern ireland into western parts of scotland. the chance of a little light rain or drizzle, but it's not moving very quickly into the uk, and for many, it will be a fine day with some spells of sunshine. it will be warmer in the southeast, 23 celsius. those temperatures won't change a great deal on sunday, but for one or two showers, it should be dry with some sunshine at times.

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the headlines: after days of frantic negotiations, a coalition of opposition parties sign an historic deal to form new israeli government. naftali bennett of the small right wing yamina partyis set to serve as prime minister for the next two years. the deal — which still needs to be passed by the knesset — is likely to mean an end to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's 12 years in power. 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 ofjbs�*s computer networks. and the world health organisation says that there are "staggering health needs" in the occupied palestinian territories following the recent conflict between israel and the hamas militant group.