>> welcome to "live from paris," world news analysis from france 24. we are hearing from army radio sources in israel that a new prime minister candidate has completed partnership deals to

unseat benjamin netanyahu. more and more people in japan do not want the olympic games to take place. the most senior medical adviser in the country has joined the row. he says staging the games in the pandemic is not doable. this is "life from paris." -- "live from paris." thank you very much for being with us. breaking news coming up. israel set for a new government. the united arab list leader has signed up to a coalition government, giving him leverage to clinch the coalition deal. he was handed the mandate in march after benjamin netanyahu could not form a government. he has managed to piece together

a coalition united mostly by a dislike for netanyahu personally. israel's new prime minister candidate completing deals to unseat netanyahu. our international affairs commentator joins us in studio. don't want to speak too soon but it looks like the end of the netanyahu era. >> then don't speak too soon. [laughter] no, you're not really going out on a limb. it has come down to this wire, and the coalition you are speaking of is such an ideologically disparate grouping. talk about strange bedfellows. this coalition began essentially

from far right parties that want to annex most of the west bank, want to continue expanding settlements in the occupied territories to those who are fully behind the idea of an independent palestinian state. to give you an example of the range, why is it coming down to the wire like this? why has it taken so long? the deadline is 11:00 p.m. paris time, midnight in jerusalem. the answer is simple. benjamin netanyahu has never been known in his very long political career convert going quietly -- his very long political rear for going quietly into the night. what is he doing? he and his party and their supporters have been pulling out all the stops to ramp up the pressure on these far-right --

the religious hard right, other right wing legislators to basically intimidate them and say, don't even think of abandoning your political ideology. the parliament speaker set as much today to the right wingers. he said, you join this coalition, you are abandoning your political family, your political ideology. we have seen echoes of this in the u.s. as well. if you criticized donald trump, you were besieged with his supporters, threats some time. it was that pattern. what we are seeing in israel is these right-wing lawmakers, the ones who now are very much inclined if not on their way to join this new coalition which would unseat netanyahu are on the receiving end of this pressure campaign. i guess you would have to be inhuman or not be sensitive to

anything if it did not get you on some level. perhaps the reason it is going down to the wire is these lawmakers that are about to abandon netanyahu and join this coalition, come right down to the wire to try to negotiate to get the best possible deal, to be able to live with ourselves and our own political conscience. >> we will see what happens. what we are hearing is this is basically a done deal now. >> it looks likely to happen, but you have to ask yourself, what is likely to happen? israel is possibly going to get a coalition that is led by at least in the initial two years under the perspective deal one of the former settlement party leaders who has been described as more to the right of benjamin netanyahu. if that coalition were to last two years -- and that is a big if at this point.

a lot of people say -- it is not even riding off the coalition but saying they have such different political views, but if it were to last beyond the two years, then you would get the centrist taking over. you say he is centrist, maybe he will get things done. this coalition, you are not going to see changes on a fundamental level in israel. this is going to be if anything a coalition that status quo from what we have seen in the netanyahu government, perhaps even in the very beginning, perhaps even leaning right. having been that ally, former chief of staff to benjamin netanyahu, will want to prove to his right wing party that even though he is at the head of this coalition with leftists in it, he is going to prove he is still

one of them by sticking very much to his ideology. >> let's get more analysis with an international political analyst with the harrison's paper. thank you for joining us. we appreciate your time. i wonder what you are scenting -- sensing at this stage. strange political fellows i manyays. >> just a quick correction on the policy fellow. every step of the way has been difficult, and as your analyst pointed out, the sticking points have been these negotiations, even though height -- even though they have not been negotiating over annexing the

west bank. indirectly, the deal has faltered over the very divisions that are deepest within israeli society. one of the deepest sticking points has been the negotiation between partners. one party who wanted a judicial committee position. the fight over judiary is related to those deeper issues. that is just an example. another sticking point has been between parties with the head of the united arab list, which represents the united movement in israel. the arab party wants greater

budget and better conditions for allowing their population to build devopment in towns. it has to do with if israel privileges its jewish citizens. this is reflective of deeper ideological positions. that is why it is down to the wire with an hour to go and not 100% viable, though it does team to be getting closer. even though they signed that agreement, these are the kinds of crises that will continue to come up after the coalition has been formed and sworn in. >> given the ever party has signed up, you are saying that is not necessarily signed this is going to fall into place? >> we still have not heard about the resolution of the question who sits on the judiciary committee. reportedly, there has been a compromise between a former justice minister from bennett's

party and head of theabour party, but until i see it signed on the page and all the declarations are in and you are looking at a declaration that he is able to form a government, there are still loose ends. even though it does look likely that they will announce they form a government, but then we have another week in which they are sworn in. they should have the votes if they have the number of parties who agree to join the coalition, but it is still leeway in which mr. netanyahu is a much waiting and sleeping with the thought of how to undermine this coalition, taking every action possible to try to convince people to change their mind. until the government is actually sworn in, i think very few israeli citizens will count on it. they have gotten used to instability over the past few years. >> thank you very much for

joining us. apologies for my error in saying where you were from. >> no worries. quick than you for your insight. thank you for your analysis. the analysis continues. we will bring you everything as it happens. let's bring you more news, though, for now, to satisfy your editorial needs this wednesday evening. there has been a huge fire on board an oil refinery serving theron's capital south -- serving iran's capital, tehran. with a capacity of 250,000 barrels per day, it is owned by the tehran oil refining company. the blaze came the same day the fire struck a worship in iran's navy in the gulf of oman. -- struck a warship.

the navy has failed in a bid to the stricken container ship -- two told -- to tow the stricken container ship. >> the good news -- the fire has been extinguished. the bad news -- the burnout container ship has sunk, worsening sri lanka's worst maritime disaster. a dutch salvage firm attempted to pull the tanker into deep water wednesday, but the effort failed. with the tanker resting on the seabed, local fishermen are devastated. if the oil and fuel on board leak, a spill in the wider indian oceanould compound the

damage that has already been done. plastic debris and dangerous chemicals have already flooded the island's beaches, ompting a fishing ban. in the meantime, hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to clean up the shores. it was first reported on may 21 a fire broke out in board. it took 12 days to put out. officials believed it was caused by leaking nitric acid. the ship was transporting nearly 1500 containers, and many were filled with dangerous chemicals. criminal investigations into the cause of the fire as well as the environmental impact of the disaster are ongoing. officials holding three of the 25 crew for questioning. >> we will bring you all the developments on that as we get them. next, japan's most senior medical advisor said wednesday that hosting the olympics during

the pandemic was not normal, while media reported thousands of volunteers quitting. most japanese do not support holding the olympic spirit doctors fear it will strain the health care system, seeing record numbers in critical condition and struggling to vaccinate patients. >> another scaled-down ceremony. as state of emergency has been extended until june 30, a month before the start of the olympics. the head of the government's coronavirus advisory panel gave a sharp warning in parliament. >>[speaking foreign language]

>> on tuesday, the first group of international athletes arrived. in addition to taking regular pcr tests, the australian soft all team will be confined to the hotel and stadium and will not mix with locals. >>[speaking foreign language] >>[speaking foreign language] >> according to japanese media, about 10,000 of the 80,000 people who signed up to volunteer at the games have some doctors scheduled to work at the event venues have also resigned. they will have to knock down trees and set up a public viewing dome in central tokyo,

for 35,000 people, and that sparked another public outcry. the organizing committee finally decided to scrap the crowds during the events. >> it is time for business. kate moody is with us. good evening to you. starting with another shift in trade policy for the biden administration. >> the united states has imposed and immediately suspended tariffs on six countries. the punitive measures could still take place in six months' time if an international agreement has not been reached by then. the trump administration had announced a 25% tariff on certain products from the u.k., israel, austria, and turkey, in retaliation for their plans to tax tech giants. similar tariffs were announced in france but were suspended in january. joe biden has since rejoined internationatalks.

g7 finance ministers were hoping to make some progress on the issue this weekend. a new report examines the lasting effect on workers around the world of the pandemic. the global unemployment rate is set to be 5.7 percent next year, 205 million people compared to 887 at the end of 2019. the study shows an additional 100 million workers were living in poverty for extreme poverty earning less than $3.27 per day. developing countries are struggling to access covid-19 vaccines. >> we expect the employment situation will be worse in low

income countries. high income countries will close the gaps the fastest thanks to their better access to vaccines and their strong fiscal policy support. many millions of people working for your loss is combined with the lack of access to protection has simply meant an increase in poverty. >> wall street rose slightly. fairly muted session, the s&p 500 did however near a new high. energy stocks outperformed today. investors are looking at a key jobs report on friday. we're talking a clear picture of the state of the u.s. economy after april's disappointing numbers. earlier, we saw major european indices closing higher. the world's largest meat processing firm says most of its plants are back on track after a

ransomware attack affected production in u.s. and australia . it said it had made significant progress during the disruption to its service, but the incident has further raised tensions between russia and moscow with the white house. quick they went after our gas and went after our hotdocs. no one is out of bounds here. it was a hack designed to sever the meat industry. sunday, the world's largest meat processing company began -- became the latest entity to fall victim to a cyberattack. wednesday, most of jbs' plants which were forced to shut are set to be operational again. the damage could be costly. were all of jbs to shut down for just one day, the u.s. would lose almost a quarter of its processing capacity. u.s. meat prices were rising due

to covid shutdowns, and ahead of summer barbecues, the department of agriculture estimated prices would climb another 1% to 2%. the attack has also shown a spotlight on cybersecurity, coming just weeks after a similar incident shut down a u.s. oil pipeline. >> consumers will continue to experience more of these kinds of disruptions, given that -- given the relatively nascent state of defenses in a lot of u.s. corporate and corporate's around the world. we got to do more. >> the white house announced the fbi was investigating the group behind the attack. for its part, the kremlin has denied any role in the attack, stating for its part, even offered to help the united states. this comes weeks before joe biden and vladimir putin are set to meet face-to-face.

>> in an unusual campaign on social media and in person as seen here in central paris earlier today, protesters are posing half naked, saying they are being essentially stripped of their livelihoods and in return are stripping down themselves. >> great protest, great caption. you made that up. humor as well as straight to the point. thank you very much indeed. kate with the business. no one better. nobody at all. a declaration that catholic priests cannot bless same-sex unions -- a movement that was meant to end the debate seems to have inflamed it. >> a few weeks ago, this picturesque coastal village of northern italy was at the center

of a controversy that shook the catholic church. [bell tolls] when father julio refused to give the traditional palm sunday catholic blessing in protest o a document in response to a specific question -- does the church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons ofhe same sex. the answer is categorically no. the document declares any form of blessing for homosexual couples because it states god does not and cannot bliss'snd. >> these are words that are hurtful to homosexuals who are member of the catholic church. the church blesses all kinds of things, even weapons, and yet, we cannot bliss a love that is true, sincere, and deep because it is between a homoseal couple? the church should give these

blessings to send a message to all faiths. >> a message of openness that father julio shares during his services, attended by a section of the 300 village locals. >> the person we love, whoever that is, was created by god and knows god because god is love. >> the reaction amongst parishioners is mixed. >> i don't understand how two people loving each other can harm anyone. the church should not bless any wrongdoing, but if they areot causing harm, why shouldn't they be blessed? >> the catholic church cannot give these blessings because according to the old and new testaments, marriage is meant to be between man and woman. >> it alienates people from the faith and the church.

>> the local diocese has summoned father julio and has not ruled out the possibility of disciplinary sanctions. it has triggered reaction from parishioners, like alexandria, who when she heard about it, posted a petition on social media called don't touch father julia -- don't touch father julio. more than 10,300 people have signed it. >> we sent a petition. >> moderate relates were opposed to the conservative and traditionalist hard-core of the church. marco is a specialist of the vatican. document reflects the internale maneuvers of the vatican in anticipation of the election of the next pope. >> there's annternal political

struggle within the chuh. the battle over the blessing of same-sex couples is part of the battle for the next capital conclave to determine the profile of the next pope. there's an underground civil war happening within the church. >> despite this internal -- despite these internal power struggles, pope francis has reiterated the importance of guiding homosexual minorities into the church, seven years after his previous declaration, if a person is gay, who am i to judge? >> we must waken -- we must welcome everyone who is in a difficult or venerable situation. >> it is difficult for the pope to address every situation, like

this couple who are both practicing catholics and fathers to three children. >> i would like to have some kind of recognition, a blessing, so that we can celebrate our relationship with our church community. >> they desire shared by thousands of homosexual couples throughout the world. >> special focus there on the row over the blessing of gay unions by the catholic church. we will keep watching developments on that and of course other world news. stay with us.

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