another new, if only, it came in his famous speech in june 2009 in which benjamin netanyahu appeared to accept the two-state solution. he said, quote, the fundamental condition for ends iing the conflict is the public, bunding and sincere recognition of israel as the national homeland of the jewish people. benjamin netanyahu said that he told president obama, quote, if palestinians recognize israel as the jewish state, israelis would be ready to agree to a real peace agreement. now obama succumb to benjamin netanyahu's demand two years later after unsuccessfully trying to reign in settlement construction in the west bank. in his may 2011 speech, obamaen colluded palestinian recognition as a new parameter for palestinian peace. obama said what america and the international community can do is to state frankly what everyone knows. a lasting peace will involve two states for two peoples, israel as a jewish state and a homeland of the jewish people and the state of palestine as the homeland of the palestinian people. each state enjoying self-determination, mutual recognition and peace. b

some more on this story and just some reports coming in that these ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu is cutting short his visit to paris he is returning home tonight jus to events in gaza what. might we get a reaction and official reaction on this from these writings quite soon. well i mean they would you know you'd expect they would have to say something at some point relatively soon given the fact that this news this very significant news is now out there that there is this military operation going on inside gaza they have said what really is the bare minimum so far in terms of concerning some of the details of it. but what we're hearing more really is from the gaza side from the hamas side i've just been speaking to our producer there inside gaza and he says that as far as the brigades concerned the military wing of hamas this was an intrusion somes three kilometers inside gaza territory so that would put it very differently from what we see relatively regularly from these reviews here at least with some frequency it's not an everyday occurrence that they will sometimes make a lim

the israeli army or these really government but we do know that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who had joined world leaders in paris for world war one commemorations has cut short his visit he will be returning to israel he was receiving live updates on the situation there and in terms of the response coming from gaza so far we know the rockets have been fired and reports of sirens sounding. for israeli communities just along the border but whenever there is a spike in tension like this the fear is that could lead to a broader confrontation between israel and hamas a cycle that we have seen repeated a number of times through the as and of course earlier this year we saw protests along the border just along the frontier. gaza's frontier with israel. and of course have been concerned an international condemnation at the disproportionate use of force israeli snipers killing maiming targeting palestinian protesters the israelis arguing that. they were simply protecting their borders in the protest as with that to breach the borders but there were protests taking place those appeare

well it's very interesting that benjamin netanyahu made some statements while in paris about gaza among other things he said was that we have got to concentrate on humanitarian needs that was one thing he said but the not the thing he said that's very important is that there can be no political solution in gaza just as they cannot be a political solution with eisel now there he is co relating at the leadership in gaza with eisel itself so making very clear that the diplomatic or political route is not one that benjamin netanyahu is interested in he also said pariset forum that he attended there that israel came close to using what he said maximal force in dealing with gaza recently so there has been obviously a brewing background to all of what we are seeing at the moment it does appear very much that this was a special forces incursion into the column eunice area with what reason we do not know at this particular stage but this was obviously not a retaliate tree action it would appear it was obviously some kind of strategic action undertaken by the israeli armed forces so what is going

of gunfire israel also said intercepted two rockets fired from gaza israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who's on an official visit to france has cut short his trip now ghazi how much as a senior hamas official in the southern gaza strip and he told us earlier that an israeli unit escaped to the border after the operation. do you know that there is a special. went inside. to the baraka and there are also some of the one and. the car which carried this. or some collaborators tried to escape and to go to this very borders but they are surrounded by. brigades. and after that tried to cover. the sky all the cars the president all the soldiers . striking here and. so i think it was. actually launched we have about six people were killed. some was. one of them is they one of the permanent. brigades. i think of it was a. become. mike hanna is monitoring developments out of washington d.c. will be speaking to him shortly but first let's go to our cost. is live for us in west jerusalem and what more have we learned about the attacks. well this was a deadly military confrontation which certainly l

inside gaza now this comes at considerable political risk both to the leadership and indeed benjamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister he was criticized for allowing that money to go into gaza during the course of last week and earlier on sunday in paris he was saying that israel was was working towards calm that he was trying to get some kind of calming of the situation in the southern area and saying that that kind of political leadership comes with costs so for this to have happened while he was outside the country is itself very interesting if it was from the off and attempt to target either capture or kill the senior hamas leader how much military wing leader then that is a significantly risky decision for israel to take it such a. sensitive time especially with the prime minister out of the country if it was a less. a lesser mission some kind of intelligence mission which went wrong that would put a different different kind of characterization on it but it's very clear that netanyahu itself is concerned about where this may go in the coming hours and days and he's coming back very qui

the raid was probably in my view the product of benjamin netanyahu throwing a bone at the ministers like defense minister avigdor lieberman to his right who have been urging a military assault on gaza for years and who are extremely hostile to the settlement that was reached just a day before the raid and so netanyahu finds himself again under enormous pressure from these ministers another important development is that moments before israel bombed the al aqsa t.v. station in gaza city locks it was poised to release a video showing. an alkie some team hitting a israeli bus with a coronet missile near jabalya on gaza's north now if you actually watch that video which was subsequently released the optics are really interesting in this is the message that hamas is sending to israel there are many soldiers in the frame they could have easily been targeted by that kasam team but kasam chose to hit an empty bus and send a message to israel that we can do lots of damage to you if you choose to invade but we will give you peace if you give us peace so both sides have proven that they capable of i

can netanyahu save his c coalition. >> the other question, can benjamin netanyahu continue on as the ime minister? does he have enough support. >> they said netanyahu will still be the prime minister, the question is what coalition will he choose? another right wing coalition, does he move on? in recent months and more than the last year has shown netanyahu's party holding onto the seats and in some polls growing a few seats. that means just like it has been so often here, it's all up to netanyahu how he choose toz do it. is it possible, george, that there will be some sort of wild card that will shift the seats? a couple of new parties? perhaps an indicting against him which isn't looking that sure, but right now it looks like netanyahu will win another election. >> another question, hamas. how much pressure is hamas putting on benjamin netanyahu? >> reporter: so for a right wing government to see what's happening is difficult to see. if this government collapses hamas will take pride in collapsing the government. it's hard to look at hamas celebrating a possible israeli collapse of

egypt by the united nations involving cattery funding among other things and at a time when benjamin netanyahu the prime minister of israel was outside the country in paris talking about his commitment as he was portraying it's to try to get a more stable situation between israel and hamas in gaza saying that sometimes such leadership bore political cost and certainly there has been some political domestic backlash against benjamin netanyahu for appearing to be too soft on. so the question really is whether this military operation was from the outset an attempt to either capture or kill the senior commander because if it was that would be a very risky thing to do at such a sensitive time whether it began as something entirely different and developed in an unexpected way certainly this will be a test of both the leadership of hamas and of israel who have jury recent military confrontations managed to scale back from a full on escalation that would be tested yet again this time to see whether they can come out with the same result let's bring in mike hanna who's joining us from washington d.c. a

egypt by the united nations involving cattery funding among other things and at a time when benjamin netanyahu the prime minister of israel was outside the country in paris talking about his commitment as he was portraying it to try to get a more stable situation between israel and hamas in gaza saying that sometimes such a leadership bore political cost and certainly there has been some political domestic backlash against benjamin netanyahu for appearing to be too soft on. so the question really is whether this military operation was from the outset an attempt to either capture or kill the senior commander because if it was that would be a very risky thing to do at such a sensitive time whether it began as something entirely different and developed in an unexpected way certainly this will be a test of both the leadership of hamas and of israel who have jury recent military confrontations managed to scale back from a full on escalation that would be tested yet again this time to see whether they can come out with the same result the new york times is reporting top saudi intelligence officials

more hawkish approach to gaza and even when it comes to avigdor lieberman prime minister but benjamin netanyahu and bennett certainly don't see eye to eye people will tell you it's very unlikely that to netanyahu would be handing him the defense point for you but again this is all political maneuvering at the moment threats and double threats and i think a lot of people will tell you that lieberman certainly trying to capitulate trying to get points out of the whole gaza situation the cease fire which was a very some would say bold and mature move by the israeli prime minister to come to a cease fire off to four hundred sixty rockets were fired out of gaza and in less than twenty four hours funny it was an enormous amount so even though this was all at the advice of the army and security services that war was not. an option right now but certainly lieberman trying to get the most mileage out of this when it comes to gaining support and placing himself in a better position when it comes to these actions what impact could a crisis in the israeli government have stephanie on the ongoing negotiatio

months but this is also a move by abu dora lieberman positioning himself as an opponent to benjamin netanyahu in the upcoming elections a more right wing candidate placing the blame of of gaza's failures let's say on netanyahu but at same time there is also a lot of praise in a way for the prime minister taking a difficult decision particularly if you look at the number of rockets fired out and what even netanyahu today said was a difficult decision they're not always easy but for the good of the people and of course we know there's been so many negotiations going on behind the scenes to try and alleviate let's say the humanitarian situation in gaza there's a realisation from the military from the intelligence services and even the political establishment most of them that say that without conflict would not and in any benefit to either side all right stephanie decker thank you will get the point of view from gaza that is where who does joining us from and and hamas officials were quick to come out and call this a victory of a door lieberman's a resignation. yeah a political victory actually

intercepted three out of seventeen rockets fired from gaza after the raid the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cut short an official visit to france to return to israel. as a senior hamas official in the southern gaza strip he told al-jazeera an israeli unit escaped over the border after the operation. there is a special. hour went inside on us. and there are also some of the one and after that. to come which kerry. or some collaborators tried to escape to go to these reporters but they are surrounded by. brigades. and after that try to cover. the sky all the credit all the soldiers.

french president they were supposed to be having a meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that was on the schedule until late last night he was supposed to be meeting president macro van't meeting was canceled because the israeli prime minister because of what happened has returned overnight to tell of even then to jerusalem to hold a meeting as stephanie was saying later on the soft a new note with his senior ministers and senior generals so the focus is on another meeting which is about to start in the next few moments and that's a meeting with the french president and the secretary general of the united nations and tonio could terrorists i can tell you some other senior u.n. officials are already here including the head of political affairs from the united nations i think they are probably a little happier smalling than they were a few hours ago remember that the united nations has been warning for some time nickel i'm latin offers a special coordinator for the united nations based in jerusalem has been warning for some time that they could be another conflict if full s

attacks in gaza he also says his party will quit the government coalition leaving prime minister benjamin netanyahu with just a one seat majority in a statement hamas labeled his resignation as a victory. i wish to inform you that i'm going to resign my function as the minister of defense of israel why now from what happened yesterday the ceasefire yesterday together with all of the arrangements against hamas is giving into terra there's no other reason no other reason but giving in to terror meanwhile israel's prime minister has defended his decision to accept an egyptian brokered cease fire with palestinian groups in gaza benjamin netanyahu said when making decisions crucial to security the public can't always be privy to the concert or a sense that must be hidden from the enemy that's an eon who has faced criticism for the true steel within his government stephanie decker following developments for us joining us from west jerusalem so avigdor lieberman has linked his resignation to gaza is it as simple as that that he didn't agree with the cease fire and therefore he's stepping down. well things

it has intercepted two rockets fired from gaza after the raids the country's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cut short an official visit to france to return to israel ghazi hamad is a senior hamas official in the gaza strip he told al-jazeera that an israeli unit escaped to the border after the operation. we know that there is a special unit. went. to the baraka and there are also some of the one and after that. the car which carried the special unit or some collaborators tried to escape to go to this very borders but they are surrounded by full. brigades. and after that tried to cover. the sky all the cars the present all the soldiers. so i think it was. actually launched now we have about six people there were killed. some was. one of them is they one of the permanent. brigades. i think of it will not be easy will not become very fast that has only this from west jerusalem. a significant military confrontation in gaza a deadly one which raises the prospect at least the risk of more to follow israel has now confirmed that one of its officers was killed in this military operation and ano

the fact that benjamin netanyahu was already under pressure domestically to do more his defense minister has been publicly call. going for a military escalation in gaza so the question is whether he is able to hold the line whether something worse happens militarily in terms of big casualty numbers on either side it's extremely delicate the situation and certainly i think we're at the highest risk so far in these many months of a major break out of the largest conflict excellent stuff harry force that keeping us up to date with developments in gaza we've got a live shot there for you it looks largely quiet there where is the earlier we saw . streaks of rockets heading out and then the points where they were intercepted in the sky by the israeli army defense system keeping a very close eye on that picture because as we've seen on the ground gaza rockets have hit spots in israel and the likelihood of a retaliation is what we're looking at now. now just to build on what harry was talking about the instance or the events of twenty four hours before the israeli troops who entered the territor

at the end of october israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was also in amman to meet its rulers sultan qaboos bin saeed the last time an israeli leader did that was more than twenty years ago. around the same time israel's cultural sports minister was in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates and its minister for communications was just on the coast in dubai significantly just a few days before netanyahu is visit palestinian president mahmoud abbas was also in oman for delegates at the transport conference business not politics is the priority. to have the conference in oman shows our strategic location in addition to its unique experience in the field of international trade and transport and our impact on the region. by days rail and some arabic countries seem to be sending a message that parts of the power structure in the region may be open to change matheson al-jazeera. in first emerged this week as a cute viral video but scientists say this footage of a mother bear cub is an example of the misuse of drones the video of the baby bear struggling to climb and ice wall has been

very confident benjamin netanyahu addressing the israeli public saying that he would be assuming the post of the defense minister but also saying that that decision that he took when it came to a cease fire with hamas was the right one it was a difficult one but he said that the israeli public didn't know all the details of why these decisions are taken basically responding to the criticism that he's been getting from ministers it in his government of course the resignation of the door even also criticism from the education minister now actually bennett saying that he's gone soft calling this a left wing government so this was really a message to the israeli public to say keep your confidence in me i am still what is known as a many israeli seen him as mr security and i've done this for the security of the state of israel it is of course very much also political back and forth we are expecting to hear a press conference now just recently announced tomorrow morning that is from the after the bennett to see whether he'll be pulling out of this government if you does then it will collap

very confident benjamin netanyahu addressing the israeli public saying that he would be assuming the post of the defense minister but also saying that that decision that he took when it came to a cease fire with hamas was the right one it was a difficult one but he said that the israeli public didn't know all the details of why these decisions are taken basically responding to the criticism that he's been getting from ministers in his government of course for the resignation of abu during even also criticism from the education minister now actually bennett saying that he's gone soft calling this a left wing government so this was really a message to the israeli public to say keep your confidence in me i am still what is known as a many israeli seen as mr security and i've done this for the security of the state of israel it is of course very much also political back and forth we are expecting to hear a press conference now just recently announced tomorrow morning that is from naftali bennett to see whether he'll be pulling out of this government if he does then it will collapse in ea

the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cut short his visit to paris to return to israel where leaders for more than seventy countries have been attending commemorations in paris to mark one hundred years since the end of the first world war twenty million people were killed in the fighting that lasted nearly four and a half years and on november the eleventh one thousand nine hundred eighteen that's how about the reports from paris. the gray skies over paris reflected the somber mood as more than seventy world leaders walked up the shores of the say to the arc de triomphe to commemorate the end of world war one the french president and german chancellor was side by side the nation's once the bitterest of enemies now the closest of allies at eleven o'clock paris time in one thousand nine hundred eighteen the guns fell silent ending more than four years of conflict and bloodshed an estimated twenty million soldiers and civilians were killed a similar number were injured in france where much of the fighting took place few have forgotten. i had to come here today as my grandfather

but israel's government is now really avoided collapse and snap elections prime minister benjamin netanyahu has managed to persuade members of his coalition government to stay after defense the defense minister resigned last week over a cease fire in gaza i just want to show you before we move on some live pictures from saudi arabia that is. the saudi arabian king king solomon who is about to deliver his annual address to the shura council following a nationwide tour with crown prince mohammed bin solomon be announcing the kingdom's internal and foreign policies for the coming period. when the king begins his speech we will that we'll cross live to riyadh will that will take a listen in for a while. now people living in tijuana on mexico's border with the u.s. of protesting against asylum seekers from central america thousands of people have arrived recently after making long journeys with the hope of crossing into the u.s. the protesters accuse the new arrivals of bringing in crime and gang violence al-jazeera is heidi jocasta reports from tijuana. this is not the reception the asylum seek

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has helped. ranch talks to save his government after one of his coalition partners withdrew last week it's left him with just a one seat majority in parliament. and more on the fallout from the murder of peter matthews is a professor of political science at cypress college in california he was once a nominee of the democratic party for the u.s. congress and he joins us live now from los angeles thanks very much for being with us so earlier in the show we were highlighting the divisions within presidents trumps within president trumps republican party on the best way for the u.s. to. handle all of this and their dealings with saudi arabia what's the democratic party's position on this and are they speaking with one voice i believe the democratic party is definitely on the side of human rights and it's would definitely tell president trump pay attention what the cia is saying and deal accordingly based on american the image of the world the image is more the american those of protecting human right

at the end of october israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was also in amman to meet its ruler sultan qaboos bin saeed the last time an israeli leader did that was more than twenty years ago around the same time israel's cultural sports minister was in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates and its minister for communications was just on the coast in dubai significantly just a few days before netanyahu is visit palestinian president mahmoud abbas was also in amman for delegates at the transport conference business not politics is the priority. of on what they had there in the one lipnica to have the conference in oman shows our strategic location in addition to its unique experience in the field of international trade and transport and our impact on the region. but israel and some arabic countries seem to be sending a message that parts of the power structure in the region may be open to change matheson al-jazeera. mexico has defended its human rights record as united nations review in switzerland mexico's ambassador to the un human rights council says recent laws have improved

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu names himself defense minister his coalition looks close to collapse thousands of people evacuated from their homes in california hold out hope for those who remain missing. in sport alexander's vera has won the biggest tennis title of his career. and world number one never djokovic season ending a.t.p. saw the. u.s. president donald trump says he doesn't want to listen to a recording of the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi he described the recording given to the u.s. by turkey as a very violent and very vicious drone was speaking to fox news in an interview recorded before the cia brief the trump administration on the murder and its belief that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin so monk was responsible rosen in jordan now reports. but i did not know for the first time u.s. president donald trump says when he knows exactly what's in the audiotape surrounding the death of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi it's a suffering tape it's a terrible tape i've been fully briefed on it there's no reason for me to hear it in fact i said to

gaza border against the ceasefire that was reached and obviously against israeli policy under benjamin netanyahu so certainly there is that political pressure that netanyahu said he was willing to ride out when he was speaking about the situation in paris on sunday before this latest flare up of hostilities between israel and hamas saying that he had built up some political credit and that it was worth spending it on trying to calm the situation in and around gaza in the way that he had been so far the other thing that of course it adds to is the pressure just electorally in terms of who's majority down to one in the knesset the fact that if another coalition partner decides that it's time to pull out he will almost certainly be forced into early elections as stephanie was reporting those elections jew from of emma next year but they're already widely expected even before this to happen a considerably earlier than the who will take over harry as defense minister and will it all the approach towards the gathering is shit. well according to officials being quoted in the israeli media the intention

because of their joint opposition to iran so perhaps that puts benjamin netanyahu comments in bulgaria in the last few hours in a bit more perspective alan fischer in istanbul thank you andrew chappelle pick one moment for me out of the month of extraordinary moments what's the one that has galvanized people the most fortunate we have some.

thank you for joining us israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called an urgent cabinet meeting following a night of violence across gaza in which three palestinians were killed the israeli military targeted dozens of positions across the strip it says are linked to hamas and islamic jihad israel's military says both a mosque headquarters and locks a television station were hit at the same time almost four hundred rockets have been fired by palestinian factions from gaza into israel around one hundred of them were intercepted by the iron dome missile defense system one person died and several were injured inside israel and the u.n. secretary general is urging all sides to exercise restraint in what is some of the worst spine and since the two thousand and fourteen war it was triggered after an undercover israeli special forces team killed a hamas commander and several other palestinians inside gaza let's get the latest from there is harry fawcett who is in our west jerusalem bureau harry bring us up to speed for us with the situation this morning ah things calm or not. well i me

they said benjamin netanyahu is the next prime minister.ill his coalition be and who will be in it? it could end up the exact same parties if he goes to election. just a reshuffling of cabinet positions. or netanyahu could choose something else. he could move the coalition more towards the center. it's up to netanyahu what he chooses to do. george, there are possibilities that could change the outcome whether it's investigations against them which are expected to come soon or a couple of other parties expected to end the race. how they shift things here. the smart money is on netanyahu because of how smartly his party has been polled. >> with regards to hamas, where does that factor into this pressure on the prime minister? >> hamas is going to be a factor in the next elections. they claim victory when the defense minister resigned when they say it was their pressure to resign. if they collapse in the next day or couple of days, hamas will claim victory as well. suddenly hamas becomes a factor. gaza becomes a factor in the elections which i

time actually some of the president have made that way but others are still in the city and benjamin met netanyahu who clearly has been briefed on what's been going on in gaza i'm sure was fully briefed on this and it's interesting to know whether he at any point when he spoke to president trump told him about any israeli plans this is something that the u.n. security council had been warned about fresh problem breaking out in gaza and clearly is one the members of the u.n. security council talking at the u.n. clearly the warnings about fresh conflicts of company climb it was the u.n. special court based in jerusalem and he was holding the ground. the u.n. secretary general he is also overnighting in paris because he has a meeting with president macro in the morning so i think i can also tell you that there's a palestinian representative here in paris well not clear to me at this stage because obviously i've only had a chance to make some calls whether the palestinians all. over this is here now from ghazi hamad he's a senior hamas official in the southern gaza strip and he told us that an israeli

very confident benjamin netanyahu addressing the israeli public saying that he would be assuming the post of the defense minister but also saying that that decision that he took when it came to a cease fire with hamas was the right one it was a difficult one but he said that the israeli public didn't know.

now new airstrikes are underway in gaza this as israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu holds an urgent cabinet meeting at least six palestinians have been killed in gaza and another palestinian died in the israeli town of ashkelon when his house was hit by a rocket from gaza the israeli military targeted dozens of positions it says are linked to hamas and islamic jihad and it also says that it targeted hamas is headquarters and a television station let's go now to gary fossett he's joining us from the house that's on the israel gaza border there was a lull a little while ago harry but now we're hearing strikes have resumed what are you hearing and what are you seeing. that's right for most of the day much of the day it has been pretty quiet here after a very heavy night of both rockets being launched out of gaza and strikes coming in from the israeli military however during the course of the last hour there were just over the last hour there was a report of an israeli airstrike east of beit light here which is about eight to ten kilometers away from here and also shortly after that we

stephanie deca is in west jerusalem with more on the story a very confident benjamin netanyahu addressing the israeli public saying that he would be assuming the post of the defense minister but also saying that that decision that he took when it came to a cease fire with hamas was the right one it was a difficult one but he said that the israeli public didn't know all the details of why these decisions are taken basically responding to the criticism that he's been getting from ministers in his government of course of the resignation of out of the door even also criticism from the education minister now actually bennett saying that he's gone soft calling this a left wing government so this was really a message to the israeli public to say keep your confidence in me i am still what is known as a many israeli seen him as mr security and i've done this for the security of the state of israel it is of course very much also political back and forth.

well the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been defending his decision to accept the egyptian brokered cease fire with palestinian armed groups mr nurse in yahoo said quote when making decisions crucial to security the public can't always be privy to the considerations that must be hidden from the enemy as in us and yahoo has faced criticism for the true steel within his own government lots more news of course whenever you wanted including the latest on that developing story out of west to reach them and girls are on the web site on to c.n.n. dot com up next on this channel it's inside story here and i'm peter dobie i will see you very soon about an hour. a hit squad a murder a phone call and the words tell your boss the latest on jamal khashoggi is murder the question now who is the boss is it saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sound money this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program dennis tell your boss words reportedly used by one of the saudi hit squad turkey says killed jamal khashoggi was recorded in a phone call immediately after the journalists murder

how long do you think the benjamin netanyahu era will last? i have no idea.ng as the israeli public support is ten he will continue being the bid by minister of israel. —— supports. being the bid by minister of israel. -- supports. naftali bennett, thank you for being on hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. hello there. for many, though they started on a cold note with some places getting down as low as minus seven degrees. but for friday morning, not as cold, because there is a lot of cloud around. it will be often cloudy throughout the day. showers for some, but not all. the satellite picture shows quite a lot of cloud. this cloud across the north—east is thick and low, producing the odd spot of rain and drizzle. this brighter more speckled cloud to the south—west is capable of producing some showers. so throughout friday, we have the potential of heavy thundery showers to the south—west. some drifting into east wales, maybe north—west england. patchy rain across the north—west of scotland. elsewhere a lot of dry weather, but equally a lot of cloud. if y

day trip trauma on his arrival comes after last month's visit by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting with. was the first between leaders of the two countries since one thousand nine hundred ninety six matheson has more from us cuts. within the next forty eight hours israel's transport and coincidentally intelligence minister israel katz is going to be speaking at this conference center just outside muscat in oman he's going to be giving details of a rail link that he's proposing to link up israel's ports in haifa all the way through jordan and done through arabian countries to the west of the gulf and out towards oman the supports in the strait of hormuz what makes this different from simply somebody speaking at a conference is the fact that mr katz was officially invited here by his counterparts in the transport minister he was invited to speak at this conference in an official capacity and that's what's different because this is the first time in a very long time that any senior israeli minister has been invited to a man to take part in an event like this month's transpo

the education minister tony bennett had threatened to pull his party out of prime minister benjamin netanyahu coalition but decided against it the government was thrown into crisis when the defense minister avigdor lieberman resigned on weapons day stephanie decker joins us live now from west jerusalem stephanie how much appetite would there have been for a snap election or is this a snap election. well most people will tell you that there will probably be early elections peter is just at the moment it's been avoided i mean after all the criticism and ultimatum given by an awfully bennett saying that if he wasn't awarded the post of defense minister he would be resigning many people expected him to resign but what happened just now is that he criticized extensively prime minister but benjamin netanyahu particularly how he dealt with the issue of the palestinians whether it came to prisoner exchanges whether how he handled the gaza border protests how he handled how mask the fact that he hadn't yet demolished tunnel ahmar the village in the occupied west bank the bedouin village but after all

at the end of october israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was also in amman to meet its ruler sultan qaboos bin saeed the last time an israeli leader did that was more than twenty years ago around the same time israel's cultural sports minister was in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates and its minister for communications was just on the coast in dubai significantly just a few days before netanyahu is visit palestinian president mahmoud abbas was also in amman for delegates at the transport conference business not politics is the priority. to have the conference in oman shows our strategic location in addition to its unique experience in the field of international trade and transport and our impact on the region. but israel and some countries seem to be sending a message that parts of the power structure in the region may be open to change. being celebrated by indians across the world marks the return of the hindu god. in northern india after defeating a powerful demon celebrations include lighting setting off fireworks as a result almost every. city is like delhi still ahea

a very confident benjamin netanyahu addressing the israeli public saying that he would be assuming the post of the defense minister but also saying that that decision that he took when it came to a cease fire with hamas was the right one it was a difficult one but he said that the israeli public didn't know all the details of why these decisions are taken basically responding to the criticism that he's been getting from ministers in his government of course of the resignation of the door even also criticism from the education minister now actually bennett saying that he's gone soft calling this a left wing government so this was really a message to the israeli public to say keep your confidence in me i am still what is known as a many israeli seen him as mr security and i've done this for the security of the state of israel it is of course very much also political back and forth we are expecting to hear a press conference now just recently announced tomorrow morning that is from the three bennett to see whether he'll be pulling out of this government if you does then it will collapse i

palestinians and an israeli soldier died during that attack and munis israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cut short his visit to paris to return to israel. leaders from more than seventy countries have been attending those commemorations in paris to mark one hundred years since the end of the first world war twenty million people were killed in the fighting that lasted nearly four and a half years and being on november the eleventh one thousand nine hundred eighteen natasha butler reports from paris. the gray skies over paris reflected the somber mood as more than seventy world leaders walked up the shores of the say to the arc de triomphe to commemorate the end of world war one the french president and german chancellor was side by side the nation's once the bitterest of enemies now the closest of allies at eleven o'clock paris time in one thousand nine hundred eighteen the guns fell silent ending more than four years of conflict and bloodshed an estimated twenty million soldiers and civilians were killed a similar number were injured in france where much of the fighting took place f

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has now released survived a possible collapse of his coalition government education minister enough taliban at what turn to pull his party from netanyahu has coalition after cease fire in gaza but he announced that he and his party will stay on and give netanyahu one more chance if bennett had resigned netanyahu would have been left with a minority government making snap elections likely this all began when defense minister avigdor lieberman resigned last week he was angered by a cease fire agreement with armed groups in gaza he called it. into terror israel and hamas has engaged in one of the heaviest fighting in recent years as prime minister netanyahu has warned against playing politics with what he called israel's security. in a period of sensitive security like this it is irresponsible to take down the government where there are partners of the side to take down the government or not we will continue to act to ensure the security of the state and that of our citizens we will do so with wisdom responsibility and determination this is what naf

israeli government has narrowly avoided collapse and snap elections prime minister benjamin netanyahu persuaded members of his coalition government to stay after the defense minister resigned over a ceasefire in gaza. the sri lankan parliament has delayed another vote of no confidence against the president's choice a prime minister in the rajapaksa it's already passed to no confidence motions but rajapaksa is refusing to go the president mr palliser sena held an unsuccessful meeting a political leaders on sunday to break the deadlock and smith has this update for us from colombo. this session of sri lanka's parliament was over within minutes of it starting the session was adjourned there was no third vote of no confidence speaker courage a story considered the first vote sufficient and then of the second vote he considered that even more than was necessary the president refused to accept both of those votes of no confidence but he said they were conducted according to procedure he was prepared to accept a third vote if it had been conducted according to procedure but it's not gone ahe

benjamin netanyahu winning coalition if it would just a one seat majority in the knesset. the remains of eight more people have been found in northern california bringing the death toll to fifty six in the state's worst wildfire. some way to go before the flame. extinguished there is some hope that some of the missing. a new fire developed on tuesday night in southern california it's been called the sierra fire and broke out to the east of los angeles authorities say vegetation ignited and other reminder that president trumps contention that the fires could be prevented with better forest management is wrong the fires burning through california did not begin forests but in brush near development those flames are then encouraged by the effects of climate change there was some relatively good news in southern california by wednesday morning the woosley wildfire which spread to malibu on the pacific was said to be almost fifty percent contained but that still left the other fifty percent you can see the wind is still blowing we're not out of the woods yet there's a lot of fir

round of rocket fire against israel since twenty fourteen but was overruled by prime minister benjamin netanyahu he says his party will not quit the government coalition even to know who was just a one seat majority a spokesman for this idea who is right when he could has played down the likelihood of an early poll saying there's no need for it during such a sensitive period for national secure. the palestinian faction hamas which rules the gaza strip has celebrated lieberman's resignation as a victory a cease fire which was mediated by egypt on tuesday appears to be holding seven palestinians and one israeli were killed in the fighting triggered by a botched israeli raid into gaza on sunday and on wednesday another palestinian official man was shot and killed by israeli forces in northern gaza let's go now to her force it to use in west jerusalem so what else did leave them say. well essentially his argument is that by agreeing to the cease fire after hundreds of hamas and other palestinian faction rockets coming out of gaza striking israeli territory striking homes killing one person in israel

the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cut short his visit to paris to return to israel kerry fossett has more from west to receive them. and israeli covert special forces team was inside gaza territory three kilometers inside from the border fence traveling in a civilian vehicle and that it carried out an attack in which a senior commander of the hamas military wing the office on brigades in qana yunus . a man called noor baraka was shot and killed at least was was killed in this operation a thirty seven year old senior commander the new york times is reporting top saudi intelligence officials close to the crown prince discussed using private companies to assassinate iranian enemies it says inquiries were made to a small group of businessmen last year street battles abroad chaos to residential areas in the main port city of the data a pro-government alliance backed by the saudi emirates a coalition is trying to seize control from the rebels britain's foreign secretary is in saudi arabia on monday to call for justice and accountability for the family of murdered journalist. je