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parent can actually imagine. >> there does exist a clear risk they might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law. welcome to the program. in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu's begging forgiveness after failing to bring home hostages and he says hamas will pay a heavy price. these are life pictures of demonstrations, protesters on the streetsn jerusalem. there are similar scenes in tel aviv, growing anger at their prime minister. there have been big interventions today from leaders in the u.s. and the u.k. we will look at what it all

means. here in the u.k., -- schools will be scrapped in england. the prime minister says it will not be confusing for parents. germany's prime minister urges political parties not to give support to the far right party. welcome to the program. we will art in the middle east. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has begged for forgiveness from israelis for not being able to bring back alive the six hostages who were found dead in gaza on saturday. "we were very close," he said. he remained defiant in hi demand that israeli troops must continue to control the corridor in south gaza, something hamas has rejected. it remains a sticking point in

cease-fire talks. let's hear some of what he said. >> i am begging for your forgiveness that we did not succeed, bringing them home alive. we were very close, nearly there. i would like to repeat once again this evening, israel will not move on to our normal agenda after that massacre. hamas will pay a heavy price for it. the war against this axis of evil, this specific war against hamas, the first crack -- and of course that does not bring about a deal whatsoever -- the first crack was when we went into rafa and took over the corridor and the transit point.

that was literally the way they could breathe and they were hoping iran or hezbollah would come and save them. now they are hoping international pressure will extricate them from that situn. but the only effective change that would be enabled would be ife hold on to that core door and not vacate, not evacuate because once we leave, we will never be able to go back. >> that is a sense of what netanyahu was saying in that address in the last 90 minutes or so. earlier, preside biden said a final deal for a cease-fire and the release of hostages held in gaza is close to being presented to israel and hamas by mediators. he told reporters he did not think the israeli prime minister was doing enough to secure an agreement. biden spoke to reporters as he arrived at the white house to

meet negotiators. >> planning to present a final hostage deal to both sides this week? >> we are very close to that. >> what makes you think this deal will be successful? >> hope springs eternal. >> do you think it is time for prime minister netanyahu to do more on this issue? do you think he is doing enough? >> no. >> that last answer, the crucial one, do you think he is doing enough? no, says president biden. there has been plenty of criticism by many thousands of people in israel, aimed at prime minister benjamin netanyahu. these are life pictures from jerusalem, people out on the streets, urging their leader to do more to bring the hostages home. there have been protests on the streets of jerusalem, similarly large protests in tel aviv as well, happening on the streets

as benjamin netanyahu was holding that televised address. a little earlier, a strike went ahead until a court ordered people to end it and return to work. the nationwide industrial action caused flight delays and hit medical centers, schools and businesses. our correspondent reports. >> israel's protesters and their prime minister are old acquaintances. calls for a hostage deal have brought long-established opponents onto the streets, but the shooting of six hostages in the gaza tunnel last week has broadened this movement and the demonstrations in tel aviv last night were a turning point. they think the news of the six hostages, the fact they were alive and murdered right before they could have been saved, that broke it.

>> after last nights protests, people are back on the streets again, growing public and political demands on israel's prime minister to make a deal but benjamin netanyahu, protected by his majority isn't listening. but then much of the country isn't protesting. the one day general strike today, largely unobserved even in left-leaning tel aviv. a court ruled the strike was political and ended it. these protests are part of the well-established opposition to israel's prime minister and so far, little threat to him. >> i think that netanyahu knows better than i do, the best thing is to let it play. do some ventilation, let people

say we hate you, you are a murderer, enough is enough. >> two of the most vocal activists were not in the street today but in the cemetery, the parents of one of the hostages, burying their son. >> for 23 years, i was privileged to have the most stunning honor, to be his mom. i will take it and say thank you. i just wish it had been for longer. >> tonight in jerusalem, demonstrations began again. mr. netanyahu is used to opposition on the streets but he is also facing demands from the u.s. president and his own defense minister. those demands may be harder to ignore. >> let's speak now to our senior fellow at the carnegie endowment

for international peace think tank. he has been previously an advisor for israeli and middle eastern peace. can i ask you about that pressure on prime minister netanyahu from people in his own country, out on the streets again right now and from the u.s. president, joe biden? what is your assessment of his position? >> it is a rare combination. you have public protests on the streets, you have the israeli ministry of defense openly charging at a cabinet meeting that the prime minister is abdicating his responsibility. you can either have the cordor or you can save the hostages. you have some pressure from the president. but i have to say the reason that we are where we are is because in negotiations, only when two parties believe there is urgency to close, when the

advantages of closing a deal outweigh the disadvantages of keing it open to have an agreement, and within the last three days, you have seen a demonstration of the absence of urgency. the decision by hamas that on the approach of idf soldiers, keeping in mind the israeli operation to free hostages in central gaza, that they were to be killed. that act in my judgment has created enormous room for benjamin netanyahu to maneuver and it has constricted the margin for pressure from the biden administration. the second act was netanyahu's press conference today, in which he turned corridor literally into the fulcrum of western civilization and the only

alternative -- there is no alternative that israel could control to -- he referred to the axis of evil, a quote from former president george w. bush in the wake of 9/11. these two leaders are unwilling -- they are able -- but they are unwilling to make the kinds of arrangements and concessions necessary to even get a phase one deal, which i continue to believe is doable. >> you have laid out pretty clearly, without a great deal of optimism, but i'm going to ask anyway. you heard president biden say he thinks a deal ready to put two negotiators. you don't think there is much chance of it actually happening anytime soon? >> if the administration puts

this last chance final proposal on the table, and borrowing some 11th -- barring some 11th hour change of heart, it seems that the administration is going to get at best, a yes, but. if the administration believes this is truly the last chance and they do get a yes, but, what are they going to do? stop negotiating? stop engaging? i have seen this movie many times. you should only put a final proposal on the table and if in fact the parties are not prepared to accept it, you need to be serious about walking away and frankly, i don't think the biden administration in the next 70 days, in anticipation of one of the most nsequential elections in modern american history, has the luxury or option of walking away. we are in a negotiator's

cul-de-sac with no easy or quick way out. the president said hope springs eternal. >> we must leave it there but we really appreciatyou lending us your expertise and insight in those negotiations. one significant update from this afternoon. the uk foreign secretary announced partial suspension of arms exports to israel. this after a review into the country's compliance with international law when taking military action in gaza. >> the assessment i have received leaves me unable to conclude anything other than that for certain u.k. arm exports for israel, there does exist a clear risk that they might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law. i have informed my right honorable friend, the business

and trade secretary and he is announcing the suspension of around 30 from a total of the approximately 350, to israel, required under the export controls act. >> let's speak to our political correspondent in westminster. good to see you. we should put this in some kind of context. the u.k. isn't a great exporter to israel in this regard, and it isn't a complete ban or anything like that but politically, talk us through the significance. >> that's right. this is not an arms embargo, not a complete ban on weapons exports. you heard the foreign secretary say, it's about 30 of 350 existing licenses, but as you say, politically this is a very sensitive issue for the labour party in the u.k. because they lost several seats they would have otherwise than expected to

win in the general election earlier this year, to candidates, independent candidat, largely standing on pro gaza tickets, particularly campaigning on that issue. since he was speaking just a few hours ago, the government has published a summary of how it made that decision to suspend some arms licenses and crucially it says it is not simply based on israel's conduct in gaza. despite the mass casualty's of the conflict in gaza, it has not been possible to reason -- reach a determinate judgment, but rather this decision is based on two other factors, the assessment the government has done is that israel has not done enough, all that it could to allow humanitarian aid into civilians in gaza, and also the assessment or the summary of the assessment says there have been credible claims of mistreatment of detainees, and the volume and

consistency of these allegations suggest some instances of mistreatment. the decision has been based on that concern, and on the concern about not enough you military and aid getting through to gaza, not simply based on israel's conduct in gaza. >> thank you very much for talking us through that. across the u.k., this is bbc news.

♪ this is bbc news. in the u.k. and in england, inspectors will no longer rate state schools with one-word grades such as outstanding or inadequate. a new system of reports by the education standards office will be introduced from next september.

the prime minister has been visiting schools in southeast london and he has asked abou the change to the reports. >> i've got a mission for our government, which is to make sure that every single child whatever their background, wherever they come from has the best possible education. this move today is about driving up standards, making sure we have a richer picture so parents can see the real strength of a school and making sure we've got the improvements to catch schools quickly. this is all about driving up standards. a single great didn't work very well because what about other areas, what about this aspect? is this school strong in depth? people will be relieved to know it is a richer picture with more accountability. >> let's speak to the head teacher and former president of the national association of head teachers.

>> good evening. >> so we are getting rid of these one-word grades, outstanding, and adequate, good, etc. do you support that? >> i think overall, it is difficult and it has caused all sorts of issues and we've been calling for this change for a number of years, so i think it is a welcome move by the new government. >> some of the concerns that by getting rid of the simplicity of one word, parents can easily get a sense of where the school is and if you get rid of that, it is harder to understand. >> i think we do parents a disservice and we say they need a simple one word or simple number to describe a school. schools are complex organizations and we need more than just one word to describe them. i think these grades have been problematic because some schools have been labeled outstanding for over 10 years and in that time, these schools have seen a dip in performance, so it is low

information for parents and not particular helpful. >> of us an idea of what this new system, how it will work, what kind of information will parents be getting? >> there has not been much change, just normally when a school is inspected, and has a judgment for overall effectiveness and some schools will be graded on four different categories around leadership, quality of education, personal development and behavior. parents will still get a very simple report. this is a first step in the right direction as we move towards report cards in september 2025,hich should offer more information for parents. >> more broadly, if the assessment system is going to remain broadly simple, our school still going through that pressure, come inspection time? are you nervous about that? >> i think inspection is always

going to be a high-pressure environment. i've been a head teacher for 20 years and i have been through 10 inspections and we want an inspection system that is proportionate and humane and the most recent system is causing too much distress for both teachers and school leaders and is one of the primary reasons our members tell us they are leaving. >> thank you very much for the program. >> thank you. >> next, the german chancellor has urged mainstream parties not to lend their support to the far right alternative for germany party, which he called extremist. they described their success with a strong showing as worrying and said the party was dividing society. far-right group to win most votes in a statewide election since the second world war. let's bring in a journalist and

author who grew up in east germany. thank you for coming on the program. >> hello, good evening. >> what do you make of this test milestone in the continuing uptrend in support for the afd? >> it was a drastic result, but not a surprise. everything has been moving towards that direction. i would be a little cautious with the comparison with history. history does repeat itself and in some ways, germany is catching up with this result, because we see in europe, also other places around the world, a rise of far-right parties, right-wing populist parties and anti-immigration parties who want to take the time back to a perceived easier time when everything seemed to be better and i would put the afd in a

similar mold, even if they use very xenophobic and often racist language. >> that is an interesting distinction you are drawing. you are saying effectively the rise we are seeing with afd in germany is nothing peculiar to germany, but actually what you have seen in other european countries. >> that's right. of course with germany, with germany's past, one should not forget the lessons but it is also a little bit a mistake to be too quick to jump to conclusions and say it is 1933 again. it is a different century, different challenges and germany had never in the past had big parliamentary groups with neo-nazi backgrounds. they were always quite small and only the afd which is only 10

years old and started as an anti-europe party and devolved into a me sort of anti-immigration party. immigration is the big topic at the moment and when you look at the reasons why people voted for afd, it was one of the main reasons. we can also say that is the only topic that the afd has. they don't have any other topics to offer. >> briefly, the chancellor coming out and urging other parties not to work with them. how do you think that message will be received? >> it is nothing new. it was a drastic election and the chancellor came up with four sentences and all the parties beforehand -- before had said there would be no coalition with the afd. there is nothing new and i think

they will stand by that and we also have to put into perspective, these two federal states, relatively small and less than 10% of the population lives there. the actual impact might not be so big, but the bigger impact has already been felt, namely in the sense that already the traffic light coalition, which is not very popular, has already changed their policies before the election on immigration and has taken a tougher stance and announced things that before seemed impossible, like bringing back criminal asylum-seekers who have committed a crime, they might be deported. before, that did not seem to be possible, especially to countries like afghanistan and syria. the afd already has an impact, even if they are not in government. >> we must leave it there, thank

you for coming on the program. i want to quickly remind you of the story we are covering now. live pictures from tel aviv, people protesting in the streets. visible anger toward prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we will have all of the analysis cong up. stay with us. this is bbc news. announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursng solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: "usa today" calls it, "arguably the best bargain in streaming." that's because the free pbs app

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