e.u. parliaments for approval. pro-government forces in yemen have paused an offensive against the rebel held port city of the data the fighters of backed by the saudi amrozi coalition which has thrown his weight behind another round of talks to end the conflict but it is the main entry point for most food and aid into yemen. and israel's defense minister avigdor lieberman has resigned i'm called for early elections after his government accepted a ceasefire in the gaza strip. 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 t

parliament and so on and weekend parts of the e.u. institutions agreeing to this but the summit will need a unanimous decision and the e.u. so far it was clear throughout the breaks of negotiations unity was key for the e.u. that was part of the negotiation position if not the core of its negotiating position and they will not give this up so a rocky negotiations going on as we speak looking ahead to the summit on sunday care what does happen next it's not just gibraltar but it's also fish which is a contentious issue particularly for spain and the netherlands so a number of countries are currently handing in last minute. demands maybe you could call them for potential concessions potential changes but the way things look for me right now we're still heading for that summit on sunday. and care just briefly if you can everyone wondering as to reset main britain is going to be able to push this breaks a deal through parliament is there any question whether the remaining twenty seven e.u. parliaments whether they'll be any difficulties t

e.u. parliament for approval. pro-government forces in yemen have forced an offensive against the rebel held port city of the data. backed by the coalition which is throwing its weight behind another round of un led talks to end the conflict today that is the main entry point for most food and aid into yemen. and the remains of eight more people have been found in northern california bringing the death toll to fifty six in the state's west ever wildfire more than one hundred people are still missing as firefighters battle to contain the blaze. yes offense actually james mattis has been visiting his country's border with mexico where thousands of soldiers have been deployed in recent weeks it was sent to prevent a group of asylum seekers from entering the u.s. a so-called migrant caravan is making its way north through mexico already hundreds of reached here on the u.s. border reports. it came off as carefully choreographed fellow soldiers tell you do it. one after the other soldiers walking the secretary of defens

e.u. parliament. i don't see really any wiggle room or any room for renegotiating the key lines of this treaty yes that be some more fluffy language to be added but on the on the key things on the integrity of the internal market there is zero room for the e.u. to renegotiate this but it has the german chancellor pointed out you know think of cracks in it as a triathlon the leaders have just come out of the water now they need to cycle they need to run the marathon so there's a long way to come and that is what the german chancellor and also the french leader today pointed out a very sticky point still to come in these negotiations this would only clear the first line of the first food finishing line for the spring competition but lots of problem you know problems here to come even if we pass that point all right so baba coming to you and picking up on your metaphor there what havel and does may have looking ahead at the next step especially when it comes to passing this agreement to have parliament.

e.u. parliament for approval i firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated.

e.u. policy at least and european parliament members of the of the parliament didn't want to draw people's attention to that but couldn't do it overtly as it were so yeah they say they've been very cruel sure about it and they've actually. brought it to people's attention without specifically attacking the u.s. for its policy. they were hoping to swap the boulevards of paris for the streets of shanghai but its passengers on a flight to china got more than they bargained for when they hopped on the plane. that's. what. we've heard. the first time to say ok there is a problem but we spun the horns on nine hundred simply no sleep and got to go back yet. ready. for more details on any of our stories so you can head a vest websites call off more top stories in thirty minutes time. those. dollars i mean a dollar a dolly is what i was in the. when we got garrett over here we carried the music with us. we are here we were dragged here. by your love going to get rid of those who are not go away we will not die quietly. real the hard work we do is the. politicians to. put themselves on the line to g

e.u. parliament so you can imagine how difficult it is for ordinary iranians i'm reporting the waivers i think on washington has somewhat backed away from its initial goal where they said that they were going to reduce iranian oil exports to zero by november fifth and i think the reason they backed away a little from that is because of oil prices i mean donald trump did not want the rise of pure fuel prices before the congressional elections and out of that actually the price of oil has somewhat reduced from about eighty dollars from last month. to i think it's like sixty three or sixty four dollars today so i think there are also internal considerations within the united states to that that's i think that's quite correct because we saw quite clearly this is whenever you try to impose sanctions of this kind obama administration played the same game and they were always very careful you have to go forward with the pressure but if the pressure becomes too hard you get a contraction in the oil markets or prices go up it actually hurts to us and the benefits to iranians because yes they sell less

e.u. parliament speaking at a debate on tuesday lawmakers expressed their anger at the situation i'm sick sports keep feeling conflicts and out at all to mass regulations of human rights a snap shot approach delivers bad policy countries need to share their interpretation of arms controls rules because currently we see member states failing to even make full submissions the draft penned by german m.e.p. lossing expresses shock over the volume of e.u. weaponry going to die of calls for much tougher action to revoke export licenses that might be used to supply terrorists a writer and broadcaster jonathan fryer says the fact that european arms are going to islamists in syria has actually been known about quite well now for at least three years all the reports are that indeed that has been the case this is something we've known about really since two thousand and fifteen when diana shaw. was much. stronger than it is today the syrian government is reporting that finding caches of weapons which had the origin and even more importantly at that stage look all the weapons that were being found in

e.u. parliament created the i want to shine a spotlight on european films to touch on current social and political issues. most bands as we know consists of various members who have their individual instrument to play but with the italian guitars lucas trick and you only he himself is the entire band when he plays it sounds like three guitars plus a drum and bass we met up with him at a concert in berlin to hear more. there are no other musicians hiding backstage every sound you hear comes from. guitar. he's playing british band gorilla song feel good in all honesty. i always thought the guitar is such a little used for meant a little bit weak that is good for your bedroom but to have one thousand even twelve thousand people in front of you just listening to this little instrument it's kind of magical and always felt like sharing the stage with others it's what most people do and it's amazing but i was really just keeping this all for this little guitar over my self. stricken you all the began playing the guitar when he was ten over time italian musician has developed his own style. along with his

e.u. parliament has agreed to that so i expect the story to be with us for a long time to break that cycle continues max huffman in london or rather in brussels and big it must in london thank you both very much. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today one of the leaders of germany's far right if the party is being investigated over illegal campaign donations at least bydel who co-chairs the party's parliamentary group is accused of accused of using donations from switzerland pay for internet campaigning campaign donations from no one even member states are illegal under german law prosecutors have made a request to have bibles parliamentary immunity lifted. the fate of around seven hundred thousand rohinton muslim refugees is uncertain after some refused to leave their camps in bangladesh and return to me on maher bangladeshi authorities had planned to start repatriating the refugees who fled myanmar more than a year ago following a military crackdown there human rights groups say conditions aren't yet right for the river hinges to return safely. and scien

e.u. parliament has also done so so now is the time to be decisive mr dixon thank you very much for your time on this that is robbie dixon live in london. let's go now to our correspondent who's joining us outside the saudi consulate extraordinary new information today hussian what are the details have been released about the so-called clean up crew saw the crew that arrived in istanbul. so according to the new pattern of a steady stream of leaks to the local media particularly to the daily newspaper a pro-government newspaper which yesterday spoke about more information about concerns of the body of the mile high steps you could have been destroyed now they're talking about basically a clean up team of eleven people who flew to based on board one week after the death of. two members of that team one of them a took solace and the another one a chemical expert. according to the newspaper involved of spoiling any evidence. and it traced that could lead to. the body of. the newspaper is that the two key elements of the cleanup team managed to get into the consulate and also the consul's residenc

e.u. parliament has approved tougher rules on arms exports to or thora tarion regimes that's after releasing a report that cites a large number of european made weaponry ended up in arms of islamic state militants in syria and iraq i'm very glad that our report has been adopted it is a strong signal for stricter e.u. arms export control we need to putin and both the e.u.'s military madness as well advanced scrupulous in the critique business of deaths by european weapons or the document penned by german and the peace have been alerting expresses shock over the volume of e.u. weaponry going to die and it is far more needed to be done to stop export licenses that might be used to supply terrorists adding that more effective methods must be found to stop the transfers ok let's bring in mike rather he's the coeditor of the online website b s news could speak to you as always mike. large amounts of you made weaponry going into the hands of terrorists is unbelievable to you and i suppose the obvious question is how is it happening. it's silly not unbelievable to us we've been hearing reports about

e.u. parliament has approved tougher rules on exports to all thora tarion regimes after releasing reports that cites a large number of european made weapons and ended up in the hands of islamic state militants in syria and iraq i'm very glad that our report has been adopted it is a strong signal for stricter e.u. arms export control we need to putin on both the e.u.'s military madness as well of their own scrupulous and lucrative business of us by european weapons the documents penned by german and me pace have been a losing expresses shock over the volume of the weapon area going to diane edged far more to be done to stop export licenses that might be used to supply terrorists adding that more effective methods must be found to stop the transfer. the document also mentioned u.s. arms deals in the middle east and the need for better controls journalist my karate believes europe is right to be consent about the spread of american weaponry. i certainly think that drawing attention to it and mentioning the u.s. as a third party was quite a good idea it's subtle it's very subtle but it certai

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e.u. parliament for approval. pro-government forces in yemen have paused offensive against the rebel held city of a data. coalition which is throwing its weight behind another round of talks to end the conflict but it is the main entry point for most food and aid into yemen. eight more people have been found in northern california bringing the death toll to fifty six in the states worst ever wildfires more than one hundred people are still missing as firefighters battle to contain the blaze. the u.n. security council is due to vote on thursday about extending its peacekeeping mission in central african republic has rarely been a moment of peace since the conflict began there five. years ago an alliance of muslim rebels known as the selectors overthrew president francois government in two thousand and thirteen a few months later rebel leader michel just was sworn in as interim president but he was forced to resign after fighting between the selector and christian vices then as the. continued the un sent a peacekeep

e.u. parliament. let's get to willem marks live in brussels. where do we stand now? >> reporter: so, brian, that brexit battle you mentioned has essentially moved from brussels and now will take place in westminster. over the weekend theresa may came here to get the seal of approval from her 27 counterparts from across the european union and they gave it to her pretty straightforwardly. the mass was on her side here. back in london it will be a lot more challenging and that is because not only do you have the opposition parties saying they will vote against her withdrawal agreements as it currently stands, but you have members of the small northern irish body saying they may abstain on the vote you have dozens of members of her own conservative party who have said publicly they will try to vote it down when it comes to parliament in the next few weeks. that's why theresa may starting yesterday essentially has launched a campaign saying this is the best and indeed only option available to british lawmakers. they have got to vote for this otherwise they risk facing no

e.u. when in case the u.k. parliament will reject this bill you will not have an e.u. that says look then let's wait for a couple more months until the until a cliff edge breaks that they will say ok let's see what we can do but there is minimal wiggle room that can actually be offered from the you site. reporting for us from brussels thanks very much for that. now to some of the other stories making news around the world syrian state television says at least forty one people are being treated following a suspected always in gas attack by insurgents on the go on tell city of the left or doctors say most patients are suffering from breathing problems and blurred vision. in taiwan is to be to write suffered a major setback with voters overwhelmingly opposing same sex marriage and supporting the removal of sex related content from school textbooks a landmark court ruling in twenty seventeen have left taiwan set to become the first asian region to legalize gay marriage. u.s. president donald trump has tweeted that he's reached a deal with mexico to make asylum seekers wait

going to be an election is it going to be a referendum is it going to be some second vote in parliament and the e.u. ultimately the only need the u.k. is.

e.u. and u.k. parliaments for approval i firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated and it was for the cabinet to decide whether to move on in the talks the choices before us were difficult particularly in relation to the northern backstop but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlined political declaration this is a decisive step which enables us to move on and finalize the deal in the days ahead . these decisions were not taken lightly but i believe it is a situation that is firmly in the national interest pro-government forces and you have been have polls from offensive against the rebel held city of the data. which is throwing its weight around the un like talks to end the conflict but it is the main entry point for eight. days a law when the fighting in the port city of today there but so far it seems like a unilateral ceasefire with the fighters go home farming the polls in fighting

means he wants to bring it to a better place in parliament here where we are this is where the dia finally has to be accepted formally agreed with the e.u. but then in parliament that's their presumption that there will be a vote in december at the moment it looks very very tight the very more looks like the reason may we'll have a hard time to get a tree but people like michael gove want to work on it and want to help her get it through parliament they're good thank you very much for now the w. spirit must there in london. some of the other stories making news around the world today the number of people missing in california's devastating wildfires has doubled to more than six hundred local authorities say the death toll now stands at sixty three search and rescue workers are looking for remains as firefighters are still battling wildfires across the state. there has been brawling in sri lanka's parliament for a second day m.p.'s supporting the disputed prime minister mahindra rajapaksa violently demonstrated to prevent proceedings taking place it's the latest escalation of the political turmoil that started when the country's presiden

e.u. so in the parliament today we've had really a lot of anger over this city is a new road in terms of may so conservative party have said that they need to take that she needs to go back to brussels and she needs to take it out and that it's basically a trap for the from the e.u. to tie the u.k. to the e.u. so a lot of anger still regarding this backstop max how about those fears that sunday's e.u. crunch summit could be called off are those fears receding we have been hearing that much anymore over the last two or three days it never was taken that seriously here in brussels and it appears it's not going to happen by the way even you know if there had been let's say one or two more topics open where the leaders really have to work on a little more i don't think it would have been called off in spite of that but if you have you know five or six points where the leaders really have to start working on the text that's not their role then they would have caught it up called it off pretty sure about that but we are not at that point so we're all assuming it will take place but we are almost a

if they do say yes then the european parliament and the e.u. member states need to form of the approve the deal at the beginning of next year. results and orderly brecht's and at the end of march two thousand and ninety if the house of commons votes no and that seems likely at the moment chaos ensues. after some reflection time all of these possibilities are on the menu from directors it chaos to no flags at all my thoughts on that. exactly. there's still lots of work to be done for theresa may yeah we always say that but you know what it's true. she remains prime minister for the sovereignty all right basically and you know now to some of the other stories making news around the wild a new study says climate change will cost the united states hundreds of. billions of dollars annually by the end of the century the congressionally mandated report warns that public help them access to water will be threatened the trump administration has called the report inaccurate. people in taiwan of voting in a series of referendums on same sex marriage the i

if they do say yes then the european parliament and the e.u. member states need to formally approve the deal at the beginning of next year. results and orderly bracks and at the end of march two thousand and nineteen if the house of commons votes no and that seems likely at the moment chaos ensues. after some reflection time all of these possibilities are on the menu from directors it chaos to no rights at all my thoughts on that. there's still lots of work to be done for theresa may yeah we always say that but you know what it's true. she remains prime minister socrates all right only recently you know for more now let's go to our brussels correspondent and then he gets burnt theresa may has already arrived in brussels ahead of the summit to morrow can we expect last minute changes or will this be a relaxed evening it will be a rather relaxed even compared to those that he already had this week. the preparations are done the divorce papers are ready and this is made confirmed that a deal was spent it was spain has been done concerning gibralta

e.u. h.q. before we start off our conversation let's take a quick listen to what theresa may said in parliament moments ago. this is because the draft text that we have agreed with the commission is a good deal for our country and for our partners in the e.u. it honors the. owners the coaches the british people by taking back control of our borders all the rules and all money while protecting jobs security and the integrity of our precious united kingdom. free movement once and for all instead we will introduce a new skills based immigration system based not on the country people come from but on what they can contribute to the u.k. . it is the jurisdiction of the european court of justice in the u.k. . we will make our own rules in our own parliaments here in westminster and in edinburgh cardiff and belfast and they will be adjudicated on by u.k. courts and it means an end to sending vast sums of money to the e.u. all right theresa may there making her pitch just moments ago in the house of commons barrie want to go to you first did she make a convincing case will she get this agreement throug

e.u. summit this sunday mrs may is under pressure to return to the u.k. with a final gregg's a deal that her parliament can agree to she's facing heavy criticism at home from progress and pro e.u. lawmakers last week two of her senior ministers resigned over the draft for a draw. all deal she had negotiated with the european union and the following turmoil almost led to a leadership challenge the prime minister's the prime minister's critics accuse her of giving in to the e.u. and of negotiating a deal that is bad for great britain well however during prime minister's questions in the u.k. parliament the prime minister argues that the case for the kitten argued the case that the situation is the exact opposite of the package of the deal that we will be to we are negotiating with the european union has two parts to it this is leave in part which is the withdrawal agreement on this a future relationship which is what is currently being continuing to be negotiated with the european union they go together as a package yes the withdrawal agreement has been agreed in principle the whole package will be what

e.u. by march 29th of 2019. but the british parliament and the european parliament to develop on this deal. prime minister theresa may says the british christmas, but the future of the deal is far from certain and getting members of her own conservative party to support it could be a difficult task. both they and the european commission president are urging the british parliament to sign off in the say negotiations are done and this is the only possible deal. eric: thank you you arthel: the much anticipated meeting between president trump and china president xi jinping could have future impact on the global economy. what president trump to say next. >> china is right now paying us, paying us billions of dollars a month. that's never happened before. soon they will be paying us many, many billions of dollars a month. attention to detail, and customer service are critical to business success. like the ones we teach here, every day. >> i think i prepared for this meeting. i have been leading literally right in that corner. we have a great re

e.u. and u.k. parliaments for approval.i firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated and.

e.u. through a combative british parliament although she's doing all she can to give things a positive spin on what we see behind the analysis that we have published today and indeed the chancellor recognise this morning is that our deal is the best deal available for jobs and our economy that allows us to all of the referendum and realise the opportunities of rights in. the analysis carried out by the government also shows britain's economy will suffer even if the deal goes through so the big question is just how bad will the damage be if the deal is passed says the study the economic consequences will be much less drastic shortly before the vote on december the eleventh breaks it remains as contentious as ever. to bangladesh where the government is about to kick out safety inspectors brought in after the rana plaza tragedy in twenty thirteen when more than a thousand textile workers died in the factory collapse the tragedy has shown a spotlight on the working conditions in the sweatshops of bangladeshi textile industry used by many cheap western clothing international pressure forced the

e.u. through a combative british parliament although she's doing all she can to give things a positive spin on what we see behind the analysis that we have published today and indeed the chancellor recognise this morning is that our deal is the best in available for jobs and our economy that allows us to all of the referendum and realise the opportunities of rights in the analysis carried out by the government also shows britain's economy will suffer even if the deal goes through so the big question is just how bad will the damage be if the deal is passed says the study the economic consequences will be much less drastic shortly before the vote on december eleventh breaks it remains as contentious as ever. the european union's climate chief called on the block to take the lead and aim for a net is zero greenhouse gas emissions by twenty fifty and it's climate strategy published on wednesday key un talks on curbing global warming are beginning this weekend in poland last year saw worldwide c o two emissions going up a racing any progress gained since the paris climate accord. the united stat

confront the challenges facing the continent she was addressing the european parliament in strasburg and merkel urged her fellow e.u. leaders to reject national egoism and reiterated her calls for a common european approach to migration policy of the chancellor also said europe must take its fate into its own hands on foreign and security policy calling for the creation of a real and true european army and as she had high praise for the evolution of the european parliament the foundations had to be made to and hundreds of years. and dictatorships for the citizens if you. and for the first time they have to. a stable and peaceful future ahead of them to him and with joy but also with gracias in front of the greatest parliament the. money is in strasbourg with the european parliament listened into the speech for us max that we heard the chance was there say the greatest parliament in the world that means you put the european assembly above her own german parliament what do you make of that. i think what she meant was that it's the biggest problem in the world because of the number of deputies that are here putting it

if they do say yes then the european parliament and the e.u. member states need to formally approve the deal at the beginning of next year. results and orderly bracks and at the end of march two thousand and ninety if the house of commons votes no and that seems likely at the moment chaos ensues. after some reflection time all of these possibilities are on the menu from directors it chaos to no flags at all my thoughts on that. will there's still lots of work to be done for me some eight yeah we always say that but you know what it's true if she remains prime minister this offer came all right basically you know i think. if she remains prime minister let's bring in of a zone who is in london to discuss the latest developments so bob to resume is in brussels already ahead of tomorrow's summit can she sleep easy tonight oh i presume that this is the best night's sleep that reason may's going to get for quite a while because she doesn't have any further problems in brussels the deal is the deal is the deal it's on the table the books are closed sh

parliament by certain e.u. institutions it's not going to mean anything if that doesn't happen currently most m.p.'s are against this draft agreement is that likely to change over fifty percent of conservative backbenchers now from oppose the deal and labor currently opposes the deal and it looks very unlikely almost impossible for it to get through parliament the first time trying and the sort of increase speculation that maybe. the second attempt that might be more likely to get through the house of commons but the moment succeed in a second attempt where fails maybe there's market pressure or there's pressure from the financial markets and so on against a no deal scenario is whether or not this is a bargain that the prime minister's been frameworks at us for a long time my deal or no deal at all so this. is essentially part of tourism a strategy is that if it doesn't get through parliament it would create volatility and instability in the markets and the markets would essentially force the hand of the politi

if they do say yes then the european parliament and the e.u. member states need to form of the approve the deal at the beginning of next year. results and orderly bracks and at the end of march two thousand and ninety if the house of commons votes no and that seems likely at the moment chaos ensues. after some reflection time all of these possibilities are on the menu from bracks it chaos to no rights at all my thoughts on that. there's still lots of work to be done. yeah yeah we always say that but you know what it's true. she remains prime minister for the sole reason. it's. not as some of the other stories making news around the world police and fire tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrations against rising fuel costs of the french capital have been brought to a standstill by so-called yellow vest protesters who oppose the president's economic policies two people have been killed since the protests began last week. pakistani authorities arrested a radical islamist cleric whose followers staged major protests demanding stricter bla

if they do say yes then the european parliament and the e.u. member states need to formally approve the deal at the beginning of next year. results and orderly bracks and at the end of march two thousand and ninety if the house of commons votes no and that seems likely at the moment chaos ensues. after some reflection time all of these possibilities are on the menu from directors it chaos to no flags at all my thoughts on that. there's still lots of work. yeah yeah we always say that but you know what it's true. she remains prime minister for a song. like this. well activists in turkey gearing up for a series of demonstrations to mark the un international day for the elimination of violence against women on sunday one of the biggest rallies is set to take place in istanbul just last month the european council warned turkey to do more to protect women and girls against domestic violence reliable statistics on gender based violence in the country are hard to come by but did correspondent you had met one survivor. my name is on the mask and i was

if they do say yes then the european parliament and the e.u. member states need to form a view approve the deal at the beginning of next year. results an orderly brecht's and at the end of march two thousand and nineteen if the house of commons votes no and that seems likely at the moment chaos ensues. after some reflection time all of these possibilities are on the menu from directors it chaos to no gregs at all my thoughts on that. there's still lots of work to be done for me so i made yeah we always say that but you know what it's true this she remains prime minister for the sovereignty all right. and what happened that doesn't max. well the likelihood of our brags it increases because suzi a new prime minister will take time and that's the one thing that nobody has at the moment of course depends on who will become the new prime minister of exit here then the chances of our bracks an increase even further back so when in brussels always a pleasure talking to you thank you very much not as all the other stories making news around the world a

minister theresa may will address the british parliament this monday, trying to convince it that the brexit deal now signed off on by the other countries in the e.u. is the right one for the u.k. the british parliament vote is set to be held mid december, but may is facing stiff opposition from mp's, as our reporter explains. reporter: now, the real battle for brexit starts. his prime minister theresa m may hass -- british friend minister theresa may has two weeks to get the brexit agreement through and faces opposition from her own party. many conservative mp's have declared they tend -- intend to vote against it, leaving it is a bad deal. jeremy corbyn said the documents were the worst of all worlds. for dup, which crops up theresa may's government -- anger that northern ireland could end up with different trade rules and the rest of the u.k., the irish backstop. we are not voting for this and d others across the commons will not be voting for it either. what i am calling for is a better deal. reporter: in a letter to the nation over the weekend, may promised it was a deal that would repair divisions. on march 29 next year, the united kingdom w

e.u. and u.k. parliaments for approval. i firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated and it was for the cabinet to decide whether to move on in the talks the choices before us were difficult particularly in relation to the northern ireland backstop but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlined political declaration this is a decisive step which enables us to move on and finalize the deal in the days ahead these decisions were not taken lightly but i believe it is a decision that is firmly in the national interest. israel's defense minister has resigned from office after his government accepted a ceasefire in the gaza strip of it all either winners are calling for early elections he says his party will quit benyamin netanyahu is ruling coalition leaving it with just in one seat majority in the knesset pro-government forces in yemen have poles to for an offensive against the rebel held port of the danger