stepped down in protest edelstein is a member of prime minister benjamin netanyahu his party he defied a supreme court order to convene parliament to vote on his successor well our correspondent joins us now live from west jerusalem ari clearly a lot of political strategizing going on here to talk us through it all. yes even by the standards of israeli politics especially over the last year or so this is pretty exceptional stuff really byzantine maneuvering going on right now benny gantz leads the israeli opposition the the largest party in the opposition the alliance blue and white he has been given the mandate by the president because he got the most recommendations from the parliament the knesset after the elections to be prime minister there are efforts going on to try to see if a unity government between blue and white and netanyahu could take power especially at this time of emergency in dealing with the coronavirus that is what netanyahu wants and he wants to go 1st in any rotational deal as prime minister with benny gantz however at the same time there has been this constitutio

speaker of the parliament to allow the blue and white party to hold a vote on his replacement he edelstein has refused to convene the knesset and to hold a vote following the swearing in of the new parliament critics a close ally of prime minister benjamin netanyahu edelstein is paralyzing the government as the vote could weaken the prime minister's hold on power now earlier this month opposition leader benny gantz was tossed to form a new government now the united states is to cut a $1000000000.00 in aid to afghanistan after the afghan president on his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state's mike pompei revealed the plan during an unannounced visit to kabul he strongly criticized president atia afghani and his rival for failing to work together and for potentially threatening a u.s. led peace deal with the taliban there have been mass protests in guinea after a controversial referendum and parliamentary voters opposition groups there are accusing president alpha condé of trying to amend the constitution so he can extend his stay in office for 12 years is prote

stepped down in protest edelstein is a close ally of prime minister benjamin netanyahu before quitting he refused to comply with the supreme court order to convene parliament in order to vote on his successor while those other headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera off to the stream stay with us. how much is the coronavirus on the stock market affecting the race to the white house we need to point to some of the democratic nomination i believe we can be down. with developments in the u.s. election campaign on al jazeera. it's really important you stay in today with information in both of our important matter you take regular greeks so go outside if it's safe to do so go into your garden and do some gardening if it's safe to do so also something else that you enjoy doing recognize that there are only one or 2 hours in a day that you will allow yourself to look to eat with the news screen on your phone outside of that you need to think about other things and the coronavirus it may feel like you're losing control with your mental health but you can take control by having a clear

opposition leader benny gantz has just been elected as parliament speaker that's a day after unity edelstein stepped down after a showdown with the top court let's get the very latest we can join her a force it who's in western slope and harry what's interesting here is that benny ganz nominated himself today why is he made this move. that's right i mean essentially the whole narrative of israeli politics in the last few months has been turned up side down in the space of a day benny gantz in his opposition blue and white alliance were railing against the lou could of benjamin netanyahu as late as yesterday saying that the speaker's refusal to have a vote to see him replaced by an opposition speaker allowing the opposition to start legislation which could have really harmed you know his prospects of holding on to power saying that was an anti democratic and a travesty and all the rest of it and now rather than nominate that opposition speaker when given the chance benny gantz is instead nominated himself it's part of an impending deal between him and between his wing of the blue and white al

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blue and white instead of 1st it would certainly weaken him and so that's one of the reasons that edelstein has been so keen to try to presumably try to stave this off and say that he will institute this vote at a time of his choosing that it's within his power the court says it isn't it's their right to choose and we see how this plays a plays out this standoff over the next couple of days indeed how to force it in west jerusalem thank you now the syrian government has imposed curfews and ban public transport after confirmed its 1st case of corona virus the health minister says all necessary measures have been taken the 20 year old and a 20 year old woman is in quarantine there have been unconfirmed reports of infections for weeks but all thought of desire to cover up humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in syria could be catastrophic. well in turkey the demand for sanitizing hygiene products as cause prices to seoul the country has nearly $1600.00 confirmed cases including $37.00 deaths in a cinema consumer reports from istanbul men's cologne is also high in demand carrying a cologne

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that's right i mean it's really been in place where you could say since last week when edelstein decided not to exceed to the mons to hold this vote in suspend the business of the knesset instead you could say it's been really coming for some months given that this is the 3rd consecutive inconclusive election but yes we have now this real standoff between the speaker of the parliament and the courts the courts say that he has to have this vote he knows that there are $61.00 out of $120.00 knesset members who would vote to replace him giving the opposition led by the benny gantz blue and white alliance the possibility to start to impose various pieces of legislation that could that by benjamin netanyahu does not like that is presumably why he's been holding off although he has also said that he doesn't want to see an impingement of negotiations towards an emergency unity government at this time of national crisis and so we have the look could saying that the knesset is trying to take a sort of the high court is trying to take over the knesset the high court saying that the speaker of the

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edelstein he has this ruling now against his course of action have the 2 saying that he must hold this vote by tomorrow wednesday. or be in breach of the law so far he has not said anything since this ruling came into force late last night he didn't respond in agreement to the request by the court on monday that he hold this saying that it was the knesset trying to supersede its powers or of the high court apologized trying to supersede its powers and. use its powers where they aren't supposed to be used in the knesset in an anti democratic way of course the other side of this argument is that edelstein's own behavior has been a democratic in terms of not having this vote where 61 members of the knesset obviously do want to a majority want to replace him so that the opposition lawmakers can start passing legislation of their own he's been criticized for doing this to defend benjamin netanyahu and prevent such legislation getting through harry what does all of this mean finessing young and his ability to remain prime minister. well some of the key legislation that blue and white and its

parliament is set to vote for a new speaker in a push to break the political deadlock there yulia edelstein resigned after the high court ordered him to allow a vote on his replacement critics accuse him of paralyzing parliament to help his close ally the caretaker prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier this month the opposition leader benny gantz was tasked to form a new government after 3 elections in the space of a year no party has been able to form of working majority through force it is the latest now from west jerusalem its opposition party since the march 2nd election have in alliance a majority in the knesset the parliament 61 seats out of one $120.00 so they have under law the right to vote in a new speaker and thereby put themselves in the driving seat in terms of the agenda of the parliament start passing legislation that the likud party of benjamin netanyahu may well not like and so edelstein had been pausing the knesset had suspended the knesset last week then on monday he was told by the high court that he had to have a vote to see a replacement voted in by today by wednes

opposition leader benny gantz has just been elected as parliament speaker it comes a day after uni edelstein stepped down after a showdown with the top court this could lead to a political alliance between him and benjamin netanyahu. today with headlines here on al-jazeera got more news coming up for news hour right after inside story. the coronavirus pandemic provide an opportunity for relief in yemen on the 5th anniversary of the start of the war the un urges a truce on the return to peace talks what are the prospects of ending a conflict that has destroyed the lives of millions of yemenis this is inside story . hello and welcome to the program bernard smith much of the world's focus is on the growing coronavirus pandemic and as the war on the disease is stepped up the united nations is calling for a cease fire and all the wars such as in syria and yemen saying people should focus on fighting the outbreak not each other the warring sides in yemen a cautiously backing the un's appeal 5 years of conflict have killed at least 100000 people and created the world's worst humanitarian crisis 240

opposition leader benny gantz has just been elected as parliament speaker this comes a day after uli edelstein stepped down after a showdown with the top court this could lead to a political alliance between benny gantz and the caretaker prime minister benjamin netanyahu are you up to date with the headlines here in algeria we've got more news right after talked to al jazeera dr my crime. moveables. cope with 19 has killed more than 18000 people and infected at least 400000 worldwide and counting. it all started in december last year when cases of an unusual pneumonia were reported in the chinese city of war haun. most of those affected by the unknown virus seem to have something in common they were working at a local seafood market. at the chinese health authorities were trying to investigate the causes of the illness for the numbers kept growing on january 7th the world health organization announced it had identified the new virus 4 days later 41 people had been diagnosed in china and the 1st death was reported. by january 13th cases in other countries began to appear. and the death toll jum

israel the parliament is set to vote for a new speaker in a push to break the political deadlock yuli edelstein resigned after the high court ordered him to allow a vote on his replacement critics accused him of paralyzing parliament the caretaker prime minister venue minutes now. a court in london has denied julian assange bail the wiki leaks founder sought to be released over the risk of contracting corona virus in prison a songe is being held in the u.k. awaiting possible extradition to the us where he may face charges relating to the 2010 leaks over the wars in iraq and afghanistan. prosecutors in turkey have charged 20 saudis for the murder of journalist. the united nations investigator who led an international probe into the killing has welcomed the indictment agnes cullum are again as she us to release their findings on the crime scene and who has more from istanbul 18 months is to killing of jamal her shuki in a stumble along awaited indictment to kish prosecutors accuse the former deputy chief of saudi intelligence ahmed goss 3 and former royal qahtani of carrying out premeditated murd

edelstein and his likud party the party led by benjamin netanyahu because adelstein had failed to allow for a vote which would have allowed the opposition to put its own person as speaker and start legislating in a way which may well have harmed benjamin netanyahu is grip on power and of course benny gantz has throughout his just over a year long political career made his brand almost entirely about removing from office replacing with a stable figure himself prime minister that he's called corrupt poison to democracy and has said that cannot serve while indicted well all of that now looks to have evaporated because benny gantz appears ready to serve in a unity government an emergency government to tackle the coronavirus epidemic with benjamin netanyahu continuing as prime minister the reports suggest that gantz may well get a very senior job in the government foreign minister or defense minister that netanyahu may well make way or promise to admit to make way in 18 months time we have yet to see any of those details emerge will be concrete there are also reports that it might just be a

unprecedented showdown the man at the center of the crisis announced he was leaving the stage yuli edelstein told the knesset all but emptied by coronavirus restrictions that he was resigning rather than follow a ruling to hold a vote on wednesday for his successor. the supremes court decision homes the sovereignty of the people and the sovereignty of the knesset in a manner without precedent. the supremes court decision undermined the foundations of israeli democracy and the will of the opposition accuses him of having damaged those foundations by denying their majority its right to elect a new speaker and start driving parliamentary business. protesters outside the knesset said the political crisis is for now more important than the threat being posed to public health and the economy by the coronavirus this protest is taking place at a time when israelis are waiting for an announcement about newly increased restrictions on movement in response to the coronavirus crisis they say their actions here illegal and necessary they accuse the government trying to manipulate the crisis to its own po

opposition leader benny gantz has just been elected as parliament speaker it comes a day after uni edelstein stepped down after a showdown with the top court this could lead to a political alliance between him and benjamin netanyahu you're up to date with headlines here on al-jazeera got more news coming up for news hour right after inside story. the coronavirus pandemic provide an opportunity for relief in yemen on the 5th anniversary of the start of the war the u.n. to use a truce on the return to peace talks what are the prospects of ending a conflict that has destroyed the lives of millions of yemenis this is inside story . hello and welcome to the program. much of the world's focus is on the growing coronavirus pandemic and as the war on.

parliament start passing legislation that the likud party of benjamin netanyahu may well not like and so edelstein had been pausing the knesset had to be suspended the knesset last week then on monday he was told by the high court that he had to have a vote to see a replacement voted in by today by wednesday rather than exceed to that ruling he has instead resigned and said his resignation would only take place or be effective from 48 hours from now that means that any vote to replace him would be further delayed into next week and so now blue and white the main opposition party led by benny gantz is is called on him to have the vote anyway that the counsel to the knesset says the legal counsel says he would be in breach in contempt of the law if he failed to have this vote today nonetheless he is still refusing so it may well be that there will be another action another petition to the high court one has already been lodged by an ngo to try and force this through today and get this new speaker installed so this crisis hasn't been resolved just yet and that's just the crisis about the speaker so w

eric edelstein. he looked about 100 feet tall.from moving that looked like a weapon of mass destruction. and he goes like, hey! and the three guys ran away. he saved my phone. >> jimmy: did it pay off with bob? [ cheers and applause ] >> no. not really. >> jimmy: i bet could you have got bob's number from derrick, though. >> i could have. i could have. it was them calling it junk which really got me. >> jimmy: have you ever stolen anything yourself? >> well, i mean, that's complicated. but i would say yes, but i have been arrested for -- i was accused of stealing something i didn't steal. >> jimmy: what was that? >> my buddy billy and i were -- it was right after high school. and we used to climb roofs and have big talks, just hangin' out kind of nights. sounds way weirder now. if we were in a bar it wouldn't seem that weird. we'd just like sit on a roof and talk it out. so we climbed this roof. we're hanging out, we're talking. we got in one of those 18-year-old stupid talks. the talk was, if the world was flat and you had great

parties were railing against the law could of benjamin netanyahu netanyahu ally that speaker yuli edelstein refusing to hold a court mandated vote for his successor to allow the opposition speaker to be voted in and allow the opposition to start passing legislation which could have directly threatened netanyahu his grip on power against very much in the front and center of that saying he wanted to be prime minister if there were to be a unity government well all of that now thrown out of the window guns has exceeded 2 could demands and could threats by nominating himself as speaker he now has the backing of the entirety of benjamin netanyahu who's right wing and k.'s members of the knesset in the israeli parliament so that is a done deal he will be temporary speaker until a unity administration is put together the reports are that he's likely to be foreign minister that some of his key allies will take a defense and justice portfolios and there's also a report that was promised to give up the premiership in 18 months netanyahu has said that he wants to engineer a an emergency unity governme

edelstein and his likud party the party led by benjamin netanyahu because that will stay in had failed to allow for a vote which would have allowed the opposition to put its own person as speaker and start legislating in a way which may well have harmed benjamin netanyahu is grip on power and of course benny gantz has throughout his just over a year long political career made his brand almost entirely about removing from office replacing with a stable figure himself prime minister that he's called corrupt poison to democracy and has said that cannot serve while indicted well all of that now looks to have evaporated because benny gantz appears ready to serve in a unity government an emergency government to tackle the coronavirus epidemic with benjamin netanyahu continuing as prime minister the reports suggest that dance may well get a very senior job in the government foreign minister defense minister. netanyahu may well make way or promise to admit to make way in 18 months time we have yet to see any of those details emerge will be concrete there are also reports that it might just be

david edelstein has just the ticket. >> hi, hello, i'm at a theater cause its empty, cause they all areich is my subject. you're at home, climbing the walls, and you can't go out to movies. the good news is, look, when i was a kid you had six channels, and one was all candlepins for cash. now. you can stream anything on demand. people i know are watching pandemic movies. contagion. outbreak. don't. just don't. you should've watched them in january, when you coulhave done something, maybe. now you're just torturing yourself. but this does raise an issue, which is, "do you want to escape the world or use this occasion when you've got time and "social distance" to learn a little more about how the world actually is?" yeah, i'm with you, i want to escape but there's only so many times i can watch stepbrothers. so, i watch turner classic movies tcm and i got a subscription to the criterion i channel. gorgeously restored world classics. fellini. chaplin's "city lights". masterpiece "shame" with liv ullmann and the great max von sydow who just left us which shows how war and its terrors can ma

lisa edelstein, diedrich bader.or lou gary really felt that now we were getting a chance to exhibit "phoenix oregon" and participating with these theaters, that when all of this happen and we pivoted onto an online platform, we wanted to get back to the ball small business, the small theaters we were going to show it. we would keep them in the loop and right now everybody is looking for entertainment in this time of uncertainty and stress. and so we felt that we could not only entertain people, but we wouldn't leave behind businesses that had supported us. we had to, like, about 20 theater changes around the country that were going to show this film. it's a win-win. >> trace: do you think the only movie theater is something you'll see more of in the future or is this to fill the niche needed by the pandemic we are having right now? >> well, i think it's a little of both. it's been something that's been coming for a while. we still love to go to the theater. still love to see it on the big screen. but ultimately ever