we yair lapid's chances are of forming a government?s are better than _ a government? we think is chances are better than anyone _ a government? we think is chances are better than anyone has - a government? we think is chances are better than anyone has come i are better than anyone has come before him. still worse than the chance in other elections. {lita before him. still worse than the chance in other elections. ok, so what would _ chance in other elections. ok, so what would this _ chance in other elections. ok, so what would this possible - chance in other elections. ok, so - what would this possible government look like and how can any ideological differences be bridged? yeah, so the conundrum is that there is an actual anti—netanyahu majority. the parties can't agree on anything else. you have right wing parties, left—wing ones, jewish ones, arab ones and they all have tremendous differences. they failed to put those aside and find a way to create a government, which meant netanyahu has won by default. because this is happened s

mr bennett threw his support behind yair lapid, who is trying to form a government.ugs and oxygen on social media. the japanese tennis star, naomi osaka, has been warned she could be disqualified from the french open and has been fined $15,000 for refusing to attend press conferences at the tournament. the tennis authorities said she faces being banned from future grand slam events. now on bbc news it�*s hardtalk with stephen sackur.

you lapid has 28 days to show he can form the next government. even if lapid is the one able to form the next government that doesn't necessarily mean he'll actually be prime minister right away. in order to be able to form the unity government he says israel needs right now that will unite parties from the left to the right across the political spectrum, he will likely offer the first round of being prime minister to naftali bennett, the head of a small right wing party but only won seven seats in the last election in march. but has now become a key player in deciding who would be able to form the next government. lapid said after two years of political paralysis, israeli society is hurting and a unity government is not a last resort but something israel needs at this time. yair lapid may have a tall task ahead of him trying to unite a group of disparate political parties who may be united in how they feel about benjamin netanyahu but there are still a lot of issues they do not agree on. if yair lapid succeeds in forming a new government, then h

tell us a little about mr lapid himself. he isj little about mr lapid himself. a formerjournalist and _ little about mr lapid himself. he: 3 a formerjournalist and anchormen and even actor who was our finance ministerfor a while. he lived in britain for a while when his father was stationed as a journalist so he speaks english quite well with a british accent and he is going to be foreign minister while... will be fine ministerfirst and he foreign minister while... will be fine minister first and he will be explaining israel's policies around the world. how important in all this will... be. he comes from the right but over the last few years he has focused on non—polarising issues. as defence minister, he was very professional and how he handled the coronavirus. don't expect the israeli government, even though it is headed by a right—wing prime minister to be doing anything particularly controversial about the border. the opposition leader will strongly criticise naftali bennett for that. at}! strongly criticise naftali bennett for that. u, , strongly criticise

mr bennett threw his support behind yair lapid, who is trying to form a government.opened hundreds of investigations, delhi police found that many families fell victim to conmen offering counterfeit drugs and oxygen on social media. the japanese tennis star naomi osaka has been warned she could be disqualified from the french open and has been fined $15,000 for refusing to attend press conferences at the tournament. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.

now naftali bennett announcing that he's willing to work with lapid is a big moment because netanyahuo sit with him. his party only has seven seats in the israeli parliament but he's essentially been the king maker in all of this. in this potential new agreement naftali bennett could be the prime minister in a rotating leadership deal with that centrist leader lapid. the coalition will include a wide swath of small and medium parties within the israeli political sphere from the left to the right. essentially, they are all united in that they do not want netanyahu to continue being prime minister. now netanyahu, in his own speech to the israeli public this evening said bennett is erecting a -- this is a left wing government that will threaten israel security. even though bennett has said he's willing to sit with lapid and form this new government there are a few more things they need to get to work. first of all lapid needs to formally sign the coalition agreements with all of these different political parties. then he needs to formally present it to the israeli president. then the par

mr bennett threw his support behind yair lapid — who is trying to form a government.e medical supplies to vulnerable covid patients. police found that many families fell victim to conmen offering counterfeit drugs and oxygen on social media. although the details on the stories on our website. clear and calm out there across most of the uk, and bank holiday monday promises to be another warm and sunny day. in fact, the temperatures will probably be a degree or so higher. but it won't be sunny absolutely everywhere. an example here from sunday on the scottish coast — a lot of haar and sea fret out to sea, and we could see a repeat performance of that on bank holiday monday. this is stubborn cloud, quite often it hugs the coast and sticks around through the course of the day. but inland, it's going to be sunny. the morning temperatures will be typically around 7—10 degrees in towns and cities. a little bit fresher out in the countryside. so the morning cloud will eventually burn back to the coast as we go through the morning, and then it's clear blue skies pretty much na

mr bennett threw his support behind yair lapid, who is trying to form a government.s. having opened hundreds of investigations, delhi police found that many families fell victim to conmen offering counterfeit drugs and oxygen on social media. south africa's increasing its covid—19 restrictions to try and fight a surge in infections. a nightly curfew is to be extended, meaning non—essential shops, bars and restaurants will be forced to close by 10pm. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur.

israeli president has asked the leader of the centrist yesh atid party, yair lapid, to try to form a2 consecutive years in power for benjamin netanyahu — who was unable to form a coalition of his own after the elections in march. our correspondent in jerusalem yolande knell has the latest. the president spent the day talking to members of the different political parties here and then he announced his decision in a live broadcast a short time ago saying he had asked yair lapid, a centrist politician, former finance minister before its time in politics he was a television anchor. he said he had the backing of 56 of the 120 members of the israeli parliament so, obviously, still short of a majority but he thought that he had the best chance of being able to form a government that had support of parliament despite their still being difficulties, the president said. so now yair lapid will enter into political wrangling with many of the other parties that had lined up to oppose benjamin netanyahu returning to another term in office. but what will be a real challenge for him is that those pa

so now mr lapid will enter into political wrangling with many of the other parties that had lined upppy to returning to another term in office. but what will be a real challenge for him is that those parties are from across the political spectrum in israel from left to right so they have ideological differences between them that he will have to bridge. britain is sending two royal navy patrol vessels to the island ofjersey, in the english channel, to monitor the situation after a row erupted with france over post—brexit fishing rights. the french government threatened to cut off power supplies to the channel island in a dispute over new a licensing system for french fishing vessels. butjersey�*s government says a more imminent danger is a blockade by fishing boats of st helier — the island's main entry point for goods. our correspondent robert hall has the latest from the island. news that those vessels were being deployed followed a phone call to thejersey government from number 10, from borisjohnson who expressed his unwavering support forjersey�*s position. to be fair, jersey poli

israeli president has asked the leader of the centrist yesh atid party, yair lapid, to try to form ais own after the elections in march. 0ur correspondent injerusalem, yolande knell, has the latest. the president reuven rivlin spent the day talking to members of the different political parties here, and then he announced his decision in a live broadcast a short time ago saying that he had asked yair lapid, who he is a centrist politician — he's a former finance minister but before his time in politics he was a tv anchor. he said that he had the backing of 56 of the 120 members of the israeli parliament. so, obviously, still short of a majority, but he thought that he had the best chance of being able to form a government that had parliament's support despite their still been difficulties, the president said, so now mr lapid will enter into political wrangling with many of the other parties that had lined up to oppose benjamin netanyahu returning to another term in office. but what's going to be a real challenge for him is that those are parties who are from the whole way across israe

leader, naftali bennett, said he'd join a governing coalition with the centrist party leader, yair lapid who has until wednesday to try and form a new coalition government. translation: all parties are invited tojoin the government. translation: all parties are invited to join the government. for the government to succeed we will all have to share a restraint both during the negotiations and later on. nobody is being asked to give up on. nobody is being asked to give up on their ideology but everybody will have to make some compromises. mr netanyahu has responded immediately to the plans to create a unity government, denouncing mr bennett as a liar and saying that a lapid—bennett government would weaken israel. translation: i heard him, unfortunately, he is again misleading the public. same lies, same _ misleading the public. same lies, same empty slogans on hate and division _ same empty slogans on hate and division from somebody who helps pay and division _ division from somebody who helps pay and division. and someone who is perpetrating i must say the fraud of the century. our middle

most analysts do believe that lapid will receive the mandate all eyes will be on a member of a smallty, bennett, he is the belle of ball that everybody wants to dance with. prime minister netanyahu offered bennett a rotating leadership deal where he would be prime minister for one year and netanyahu would be prime minister and lapid is offering the same kind of deal to bennett and he will holds the keys as to whether lapid will be form a government. if lapid does form a coalition it will be an interesting coalition across the spectrum when it comes to the party that make it up. many people see the coalition as an janet netanyahu block. they could bring an end to benjamin netanyahu's long rule. if they fair to do so and if the president fails to find somebody else who can form a government coalition israelis could be heading to a fifth election. until there is a new government in place i should night prime minister benjamin netanyahu stays in power. rosemary. >> let's hope they can break in political deadlock. hadas gold joining us live from jerusalem. many thanks. >>> coming up next,

on board and we understand yair lapid has offered naftali bennett a rotating premiership.failure, saying there will not be that kind of division on his watch. "we can stop this madness and take responsibility," he has been saying. "either we have a unity government or israel goes to a fifth election." but as you say, it will be a really, really unusual line—up if this new government does take place on the basis being talked about, because it will really bring together parties from across the political spectrum, from the far left to the far right, and you will have parties like naftali bennett's, which says that it has stood in the past for annexing most of the west bank to israel, and then you have parties like meretz, the far left party in israel, which has opposed, always, occupation of the palestinian territories. also, this new coalition government looks very likely to be really looking to a small arab islamist party for support as well, if it's to be able to push legislation through. and what really unites all of these different political players is the fact that they

can you higher lot bead -- yair lapid make it work? >> founding the countries largest centrist party. since then, he built his image as a champion of the struggling middle class in opposition to benjamin netanyahu which he believes represents the interests of rented this -- religious ideological -- ideologues and the ultranationalist right wing. >>[speaking not english language] >> the 57-year-old secular opposition leader replaced his former ally, the strongest force in the anti-netanyahu camp. the party blue-and-white made the unexpected move of entering a netanyahu led coalition last spring citing the need for unity amid the covid-19 pandemic. yet --. in the opposition sent to going -- 2015, he finished second in the last legislation in march with 17 states. yair lapid has 28 days to form a new government which would oust the longest-serving prime minister in israeli history. >> a french journalist is being held hostage in mali. olivia dubois appeared in short video talking to his family and the french government for help. he is bei

when he couldn't get the seats together, he became the person for yair lapid, the centrist politician has to the end of wednesday to form a new coalition government, he became the person for yair lapid to get on board and we understand he has offered naftali bennett a rotating premiership, so that naftali bennett would serve for two years as prime minister, followed by yair lapid. the comments naftali bennett has been making, he's been accusing benjamin netanyahu of sowing division to cover for failure, saying there will not be that kind of division on his watch. "we can stop this madness and take responsibility," he has been saying. "either we have a unity government or israel goes to a fifth election." but, as you say, it will be a really, really unusual line—up if this new government does take place on the basis being talked about, because it will really bring together parties from across the political spectrum, from the far left to the far right, and you will have parties like naftali bennett's, which says that it has stood in the past for annexing most of the west bank to israel,

bennett will be prime minister first, followed by lapid as part afro tating agreement.ment lab made up of a wide swath of parties. they will all be setting together. but bennett said he is willing to sit with people on the opposite side of the ideological spectrum of his in order to prevent israel from going through a fifth rounds of elections in two years. benjamin netanyahu in a televised speech tonight lashed out at bennett who is a former lieutenant of his saying he is deserving the public saying the new government will be left wing and will be a threat to israeli security. what happens now? now all the different parties have to formally sign their coalition agreements before it can be presented to the israeli president. they have to do that by wednesday. then the israeli parliament has to vote on this new government before it can be sworn in, which means we are a few days away from this new government, new prime minister can be sworn in. two defectors from this coalition could change the calculation here and cause the deal to crumble. but we could be looking at the

elections were not necessarily produce any different results and therefore naftali bennett and yair lapid unprecedented move, to bring coalition parties from all across the political spectrum and it is a huge task. how popular with this new unity government be, do you think? i think there is a silent majority which support this move and there is a very vocal minority which is against it. every success of this, it would be determined over the course of time so i am hopeful that it does have a chance. it festers to get off the ground and there is a chance for it to work because they will focus on issues of consensus, the economy, getting rid of covid, relaxing tensions between dues—mac and arabs. there is a good chance they will be successful on some fronts —— between jews and successful on some fronts —— betweenjews and arabs. successful on some fronts -- between jews and arabs. thank ou ve between jews and arabs. thank you very much- _ a huge manhunt is under way in south—west france for a heavily—armed former soldier who opened fire on police. the man — who's not been named — is believed

after benjamin netanyahu fails to form a new israeli government — his rival yair lapid is asked to try a coalition. and nine little miracles. a malian woman expecting to give birth to seven children has been surprised by two more. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. after increased pressure the biden administration has officially announced its support for a global waiver on patent protections for covid—19 vaccines, with the aim of allowing greater access for developing countries. justifying the move, us trade representative katherine tai said in a statement, "this administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in the service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for covid—19 vaccines." the announcement was met with enthusiasm from the director—general of the world health organization, who took to twitter describing it as "a monumental moment in the fight against covid—19." a vaccine waiver makes it harder for vaccine man

he's set to join forces with a centre ground politician yair lapid. it in turns as prime minister. but mr netanyahu is hitting back. translation: i heard naftali bennett. - unfortunately, he is again misleading the public. same lies, same empty slogans on hate and division from someone who helps hatred and division. and also someone who is perpetrating, i must say, the fraud of the century. at israel's parliament, politicians are meeting to hammer out an agreement on a possible new government, and they could unseat mr netanyahu within days. the parties that want him gone have a tough road ahead if they to get sworn in here as a new government next week. they feel tantalisingly close, and if they do succeed it will be the biggest change in israeli politics in years. but they know one thing — mr netanyahu won't go down without a fight. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. an armed ex—soldier on the run in south—western france has been captured after a 24—hour manhunt. the man, named by police as 29—year—old terry dupin, had fled to a forest after shooting

mr lapid has until midnight on wednesday to gather a majority. here's what he said earlier.overnment. maybe that's a good thing because we will have to overcome them together. but that is our first test, to see if we can find smart compromises in the coming days to achieve the greater goal. under the proposed deal these two mean, yair lapid and naf—tali bennett, would reportedly take turns to be prime minister. benjamin netanyahu had been offering naftali bennett his own power—sharing arrangement. this is his response. translation: i heard naftali bennett, unfortunately he is again misleading the public. same lies, same _ misleading the public. same lies, same empty slogans on hate and division _ same empty slogans on hate and division from someone who helps hatred _ division from someone who helps hatred and division. and also someone _ hatred and division. and also someone who is perpetrating, i must say, the _ someone who is perpetrating, i must say, the fraud of the century. a say, the fraud of the century. complicated picture. say, the fraud of the century. a complicate

yair lapid has called on palestinians to resume peace talks if they agree to recognize large israeli settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem. meanwhile, in the occupied west bank, a 16-year-old palestinian boy named said odeh has died after being shot twice in the back by israeli forces in a village south of nablus. the israeli troops then reportedly blocked an ambulance from reaching the boy for 15 minutes. he died before he reached a hospital. the biden administration has rescinded a trump-era labor department rule making it easier for gig economy companies to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees. share prices of uber, lyft, and doordash fell on the news. the rule helped the companies to evade basic wage and workplace protections under the fair labor standards act. south carolina lawmakers have approved a bill requiring death row prisoners to choose whether they will be electrocuted or shot to death if lethal injection drugs are not available. republican governor henry mcmaster has promised to sign the bill, making south carolina

inside israel, opposition leader yair lapid lit into prime minister benjamin netanyahu. in a lengthy facebook post, lapid said that “the army succeeded, the government failed” and that netanyahu missed an opportunity to strengthen israel's relationship with the united states, calling it “a first-class policy failure.” in washington, those ties appear toe fraying further among progressives as vermont senator bernie sanders today introduced a bill to block a 735 million dollar sale of u.s. weapons to isel, an effort that faces long odds. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> nawaz: all of this has put pressure on president joe biden. our white house corresndent yamich alcindor joins me now to share her reporting. tell us about the viewrom the white house on all of this. 11 days of fighting, a cease-fire, what role did president biden play in getting us to this point? >> i should say president biden is speaking right now at the white house. and what the president is really laying out is th fact there is going to be a cease-fire starting in two hours. and white house offic

what we are seeing is the leader of the two parties, yair lapid, a centrist, has offered a deal to a, yamina, naftali bennett, to share the premiership, so naftali bennett would be in power first for two years and then yair lapid would follow with a two u—turn, one of the problems with thatis u—turn, one of the problems with that is that they are from these opposite poles of politics, so supporters on both sides will not be very happy when the other leader is in charge, and that doesn't bode perhaps that well for the stability in israeli politics, either. absolutely, if the situation of people coming together in that phrase, united against a common enemy, how much stability cannot bring to the country? it enemy, how much stability cannot bring to the country?— bring to the country? it has been dubbed in israeli _ bring to the country? it has been dubbed in israeli media - bring to the country? it has been dubbed in israeli media is - bring to the country? it has been dubbed in israeli media is a - bring to the country? it has been i dubbed in israeli media is a change of government,

after benjamin netanyahu fails to form a new israeli government, his rival yair lapid is asked to try

israel's opposition leader yair lapid says there are still many of the coastal forcing a coalition.he centrist leader is trying to forge an alliance including arab-israeli parties and a center-right party. erosion news agency says covid-19 is spreading faster than at any time since last october. vaccine uptake in russia has been sluggish. moscow's mayor says the capital has lower rates of vaccination than any major european city. our correspondent went to a specially built city in moscow to find out whether doctors are ready for another wave of infections. reporter: these suits have become like a second skin for doctors like this one. the 45-year-old has been working in the intensive care unit of this coronavirus hospital on the outskirts of moscow since it opened over a year ago. the hospital just added a fifth i see you -- fifth icu. this dr. heads it. >> the severity of the cases have intensified. before our patients stabilized in a shorter priod of time. now the number of patients has stayed the same, but the severity of cases has worsened. reporter: the hospital specializes in

prime minister benjamin netanyahu failed to assemble a coalition before an overnight deadline if mr lapid coalition building is successful he will and mr netanyahu is 12 year premiership. india's ferocious 2nd wave of covert 19 continues to batter its health care system and a persistent shortage of oxygen is making matters worse in the capital many hospitals are taking to twitter to seek help and turning away patients due to lack of supplies for weeks now volunteer groups have been stepping in to care for people who can't find help elsewhere doubly reporters nimish are gys well and she might have had ordinary indians putting their lives on the line to save others. the nation how to spend the last 2 days right here on the road in front of a sikh temple. his son passed the corner of my eyes. and has also developed a severe lung infection. he gently needs to be hospitalized but his father says even this week ship to the enjoyment is a blessing. for these people working 24 hours providing oxygen otherwise it's very difficult to get oxygen for them to get a bed in a hospital with this morning

really an opportune time for him now to to retain power when you think about it because even though lapid one of the can't one of the other people was asked to form a new government. that's been suspended as well. and as a consequence netanyahu remains in power and you cannot help but think that all of this was contrived in order for netanyahu to retain power otherwise he would have been on the way out. the victims of a school shooting in the russian city of cazan were buried on wednesday 7 students and 2 teaches were killed in the massacre well then 20 other people were injured most of them children 8 have since been airlifted to moscow of a specialist treatment some are said to be in a critical condition on monday an armed man opened fire the local school in cars on the 19 year old appeared in court for a pretrial hearing on wednesday. elna as gallup we have pleaded guilty and he will remain in custody even the court said the suspect showed no sign of emotion during proceedings. and he's done you hawkins has been speaking to some of those who were caught up in the tragic events. shock p

israel's president has asked opposition leader yair lapid to form new government after benjamin netanyahu in the 120—seat parliament. now, to an extremely rare pregnancy and a possible world record. a 25—year—old woman from mali has given birth to nine babies at once. two more than she expected. the babies were born premature, and weigh less than a kilogram each. courtney bembridge has the details. 0ne. two. three. four. five. six. seven. eight. and nine. halima cisse gave birth to five girls and four boys. the babies are all well and, if there are no complications, the family will set a new world record. nonuplets are extremely rare and risky. doctors in mali were worried, so the government intervened and the mother was flown to morocco. translation: she was 25 weeks pregnant so we - tried to make the pregnancy go longer until she reached 30 weeks. she gave birth eventually with the help of a cesarean operation. we were surprised to find nine babies. nadya suleman came to international attention when she had octuplets in 2009, and she holds the current world record for most babies born i

the surface before, and how much of a problem is it going to be the next prime minister, be it yair lapidthing that on a non—partisan basis the next israeli prime minister will deal with, as well as israeli society. of course, you saw some northern cities — haifa, acre in particular — the old city — experienced violence not necessarily related to rockets but between the groups that you mentioned and the social tension there, some had said that it was the largest wave of domestic violence since the second intifada so again, there are multiple second, third, fourth order effects of the conflict. thatjust because the rockets stopped being fired does not mean that peace is at hand. it's in many ways a cold truce. behnam ben taleblu. nigeria's chief of army staff, lieutenant general ibrahim attahiru, has been killed in a plane crash. nigeria's military said one of its aircraft came down near kaduna airport in the north of the country. ten other officers, including the air force crew, died in the incident, which the military said happened as the plane was trying to land in bad weather. general

prime minister benjamin netanyahu failed to assemble a coalition before an overnight deadline if mr lapid coalition building a successful it will end mr netanyahu has 12 year rule this is news from berlin you can find much more on our website d.w. dot com. former u.s. president donald trump will not be returning to facebook at least not now today the oversight board at facebook known as the facebook supreme court upheld the band that was placed on trump earlier this year but it was not a black and white decision the board said the ban was justified but it also said making the ban indefinite was not it told facebook to come back in 6 months with a more thoughtful decision in other words mr zuckerberg this is your job not ours in politics this is passing the buck and facebook this is whatever mr zuckerberg wants it to be i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. our. you know tempting we're giving dates but 6 months to conduct this review i believe it's going to be a catastrophic mistake for them if there are real disagreements about where the limits obama and speech should be either restor

the centrist yair lapid says �*plenty of obstacles' remain before a deal is struck.ld endanger israel. an armed ex—soldier on the run in france has been shot by police after a 24—hour manhunt. the man, had fled to a forest after shooting at officers on saturday, sparking a massive search. he was wounded during a shoot—out and taken into custody. peru has announced that the country's real number of coronavirus deaths is almost triple what was previously thought. 180,000 people have died of covid in peru — one of the highest death rates in the world. five years after permitting chinese couples to have up to two children, the government has announced it's raising the limit to three. chinese officials are responding to census data showing a steep decline in the number of births. they fear a smaller, future pool of young people will have to support hundreds of millions of retirees, which could act as a brake on economic growth. the bbc'sjohn sudworth has more. the announcement may have looked a little mundane, but the news was momentous. chinese women can now have three c

prime minister benjamin netanyahu failed to assemble a coalition before an overnight deadline if mr lapid coalition building is successful he will and mr netanyahu has 12 year premiership. india's for osha 2nd wave of coven 1000 continues to batter its health care system and a persistent shortage of oxygen is making matters worse in the capital many hospitals are taking to twitter to seek help and turning away patients due to lack of supplies for weeks now volunteer groups have been stepping in to care for people who can't find help elsewhere doubly reporters nimish are gys well and share a common have had ordinary indians putting their lives on the line to save others. the nation home has spent the last 2 days right. under the lord in front of a sikh temple and. his son passed the corner of my eyes. and has also developed a severe lung infection. he gently needs to be hospitalized but his father says even this makeshift endangerment is a blessing for these people are working 24 hours providing oxygen otherwise it's very difficult to get oxygen for them to get a bed in a hospital on the m

mr bennett threw his support behind yair lapid, who is trying to form a government.olice in the indian capital delhi have arrested more than 350 suspected fraudsters for selling fake medical supplies to vulnerable covid patients. having opened hundreds of investigations, delhi police found that many families fell victim to conmen offering counterfeit drugs and oxygen on social media. the japanese tennis star naomi osaka has been warned she could be disqualified from the french open and has been fined $15,000 for refusing to attend press conferences at the tournament. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. the week dominic cummings said sorry over the covid crisis. tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to die. he'd warned a hard rain was going to fall — the prime minister got a soaking. the only problem was, fundamentally, i regarded him as unfit for the job. and borisjohnson wasn't the only one... i think that the secretary of state for health should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things. mps drew their o

after benjamin netanyahu fails to form a new israeli government — his rival yair lapid is asked to try

mr bennett threw his support behind yair lapid, who is trying to form a government.olice in the indian capital delhi have arrested more than 350 suspected fraudsters for selling fake medical supplies to vulnerable covid patients. having opened hundreds of investigations delhi police found that many families fell victim to conmen offering counterfeit drugs and oxygen on social media. the japanese tennis star — naomi osaka — has been warned she could be disqualified from the french open and has been fined 15,000 dollars — for refusing to attend press conferences at the tournament. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, i'm shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists, bbc specialists, with me in the studio, presenter and bbc foreign correspondents, clive myrie. good to have you all with us. and you at home, thank you very much for watching. now, have thousands of people died in the uk during the covid pandemic because of things the british government did ordidn�*t do? dominic cummings thinks the answer is yes. since he was, until si

the centrist yair lapid says �*plenty of obstacles' remain before a deal is struck.untry's real number of coronavirus deaths is almost triple what was previously thought. 180,000 people have died of covid in peru — one of the highest death rates in the world. before i go, we'lljust return to out top story — noami osaka's withdrawal from the french open. it follows her decision to boycott post—match media duties at the grand slam tournament. in the past few minutes we've heard from gilles moretton, the president of the french federation of tennis. first and foremost, we are sorry and sad for naomi osaka. the outcome of naomi withdrawing from roland garros is unfortunate. we wish her the best in the quickest possible recovery. and we look forward to having naomi in a tournament next year. as of the grand slams committed the bta, the ata, the atp, and the itf, we remain very committed to all athletes well—being and to continually improving every aspect of players cosmic experience in our tournaments. including with the media, like we have always strived to do. more i le

media reports in israel say the main opposition leader, yair lapid, appears close to a deal with hisoalition government would bring together factions from the right, left and centre of israeli politics. any deal would look to oust prime minister benjamin netanyahu from power after 12 years, midway through his trial on corruption charges. two people have died and more than 20 injured, in a shooting outside a billiard club near miami. its being reported that three people emerged from a vehicle with assault weapons and handguns, before opening fire on a crowd that had gathered for a concert at the venue. australia s prime minister is in new zealand for the annual bilateral talks with his counterpart, jacinda ardern. the relative success in curbing the coronavirus pandemic was evident — as neither leader wore a mask and scott morrison was welcomed with a traditional maori greeting. the two leaders are expected to discuss how to further ease tough covid—19 border controls and how the two south pacific powers might further support smaller countries in the region. from sydney, phil mercer r

mr bennett threw his support behind yair lapid, who is trying to form a government. police in the indian capital delhi have arrested more than 350 suspected fraudsters for selling fake medical supplies to vulnerable covid patients. having opened hundreds of investigations, delhi police found that many families fell victim to conmen offering counterfeit drugs and oxygen on social media. south africa's increasing its covid—19 restrictions to try and fight a surge in infections. a nightly curfew is to be extended, meaning non—essential shops, bars and restaurants will be forced to close by 10pm. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. today, i'm in the white cube gallery in london as cultural life starts to re—establish itself after many months of lockdown, and my guests are the artistic duo gilbert and george. now, for five decades, they've been producing controversial, provocative work, and this exhibition they call new normal pictures. but is there anything normal about gilbert and george? gilbert and george, welco

his rival, yair lapid, has been given a month to form a government.s in a mess. and in that vacuum, it seems mr netanyahu sees war as his best bet for staying in office. what a poisonous atmosphere there is in your country today. no israeli prime minister is interested in a war, definitely not benjamin netanyahu. you can check his record. he is the israeli prime minister that was involved in less wars than any other. are you denying to me that your country is in a terrible political mess? we have a very, very problematic political situation. i totally agree with you that this is not the way israeli politics should go. but netanyahu's leadership at the moment, especially on crisis times, i think it's really by far... netanyahu hanging onto power is keeping him out of a courtroom, where he faces trial on corruption. no, you're asking me about the political process or about neta nyahu trial. we can answer... well, the two are interlinked. no, they're not, because the political crisis at the moment is the fact israeli politics is not divided any more for