this is kind of what yair lapid needs.ill be easy for him by any chance and if yair lapid can win the next election or we could simply seen inconclusive results as we've seen throughout the last four years, that of course would leave yair lapid as caretaker prime minister but not with a stable coalition or ability to change policy. if i could just ask you, where does this mean naftali bennett, as he has moment? perhaps he has. never say never in israeli politics. he's young man, we may be discussing prime minister bennett again in 30 years but naftali bennett, when he broke with the far right and broke with netanyahu tojoin yair lapid, he really burned bridges with much of his base so he finds himself now an outgoing prime minister but with very little political base. he may take leave of politics for a while, he may lead a smaller party, he already was a leader of a rather small party but either way, he achieved a position that only 13, well, 12 men before him, 11 men and one woman before him have achieved, he was the 13t

yair lapid - major one. to be a very able politician, surprisingly so. he was a very well—known individual previously, a journalist and tv personality and a very well—known name but it was not considered to have the gravitas of a politician like benjamin netanyahu. really, that's the main thing that was always missing for him. now he will be my minister, hosting the president of the united states with major moves with saudi arabia, potentially opening new doors and following accords and rapprochement between israel and arab states, this is the kind of scene, the kind of photo ops someone wants to put themselves on par with netanyahu of course, as your correspondences, was prime minister longer than any individual in israeli history. this is kind of what yair lapid needs. does not mean it will be easy for him by any chance and if yair lapid can win the next election or we could simply seen inconclusive results as we've seen throughout the last four years, that of course would lead —— leave yair lapid in place

host: what will lapid bring to the table as interim prime minister?ispersing not only leads -- the next military chief of staff. how does all of this effect israel internally? >> internally it puts the government in paralysis again, which it was in the first 4 elections. instead of having this presiding over it you have lapid announcing the principle is to was netanyahu as quickly as possible. they could screw up. joe biden had a visit here as vice president in which he made a big deal about building an ultra-orthodox neighborhood. in making such a big deal about that and making it harder for the americans to move the peace process forward after that. if he insists on taking steps to show their evenhanded in helping the palestinians, he might as well just give thousands of votes to netanyahu. biden has to be careful in what he says. everything will be very scrutinized. host: speaking of the timing, all of this coming as israel has ratcheted up tensions with iran, syria, lebanon. what you make of that? >> on the one hand we have all of these conflicts.

how much of a difference might make that yair lapid takes the reins for a few months. politics, he has three or four months. ~ , , months. absolutely, it will allow him _ months. absolutely, it will allow him to _ months. absolutely, it will allow him to establish - allow him to establish credibility, legitimacy, people will see him as a legitimate candidate for prime minister and i think it will only be a good thing for him, and an advantage as he goes into the selection. it will present him as the opposite candidate to mr netanyahu, heading the look at and right religious lock salt will be an interesting competition see where this is heading. i competition see where this is headina. , , �*, competition see where this is headina. , �*, ., competition see where this is headin. �*, ., ., heading. i suppose it's fair to say legitimacy _ heading. i suppose it's fair to say legitimacy for _ heading. i suppose it's fair to say legitimacy for any - say legitimacy for any government depends to a degree on how many people come out and vote. as you pointed out, this is going to

i'm sure lapid supporters will be looking forward to those images as yair lapid acting as prime ministerhope that the voters will keep in mind when they go to the polls and they hope that it will help keep lapid in power. benjamin netanyahu though definitely has a path. polls do show that his party will get the most number of seats, but it is not necessarily clear that his bloc of right wing parties will have enough to get the majority needed to actually become prime minister. but he will have one less competitor and that is because naftali bennett announced yesterday that he will not run for re-election and that he is stepping back from politics. >> hadas gold for us in jerusalem, thank you. keep us posted. >>> it has been called the most dangerous place on earth and may also be nato's most vulnerable region. the 60 mile stretch of land straddling lit waynhuania and i might be putin's next target. ninas dos santos is joining us live. why focus on this area, just the g geographic proximity? >> reporter: yes, it is where russia's allies could start to join the territory that is currently

prime minister naftali bennett fit will be replaced by yair lapid until a vote is held in october or november. they have been struggling to keep the alliance together and have been without a majority in parliament for two months. the coalition is made up of divorce forces -- diverse forces and included a palestinian-is really party. this comes after the coalition failed to renew a law on the status of illegal settlers in the west bank. >> on friday i held a series of talks with legal and security officials and realized in 10 days, with the expiration of west bank regulations, israel will face legal chaos. i couldn't allow that. >> we spared no efforts to galvanize whatever was needed to pass regulations, but unfortunately efforts or no fruit. -- borno fruit. my friend and i acted together to set an agreed-upon date for elections. >> even if we go to elections in a few months, these challenges won't wait. we need to tackle the cost-of-living and stand against forces threatening to turn israel into a nondemocratic country. >> one man hoping to return to power is benjamin netanyahu, now

and it will be lapid who will welcome him on the red carpet and lapid who will be meeting with him. and i'm sure of course yair lapid supporters are hoping that images of this former actor, former anchor and now turned prime minister that those images will be enough to convince israelis that layair lapid shou keep the job. >> hadas gold keeping busy in jerusalem. thank you. >>> president zelenskyy is pleading for the west to ramp up pressure on moscow saying current measures are doing little to deter putin. civilian targets he says were hit by ten russian missiles on wednesday in mykolaiv. at least five people were killed. meanwhile ukrainians are celebrating the return of 144 troops in a prisoner swap, nearly 100 of those were defending the azovstal steel plant in mariupol. the defense ministry says many of the returning soldiers are badly wounded. nada bashir is standing by for us in london, but let's begin with scott mcclain live in kyiv. interesting to hear what these returning ukrainians have to say about their time in detention. >> reporter: yeah, it is pretty remarkable for a

the current foreign minister, yair lapid, will temporarily take over.bennett has been in thejob forjust over a year and has struggled to stabilise his increasingly fragile governing coalition. translation: i held a series of talks with officials and i realise that in ten days with the expiration of the west bank regulations, israel will experience serious security damages and spared no efforts to galvanise whoever was needed to galvanise whoever was needed to pass the regulations, brought our efforts or no fruit. therefore my friend foreign minister lapid and i decided to act together to dissolve parliament and sat and agreed—upon date for elections. for more on the political situation in israel, i have been speaking to the chief political correspondent of the jerusalem post, gil hoffman. it came to this because they had another ten days to pass a bill that had to pass in order to prevent chaos, and opposition was not willing to support it in the coalition had too many rebellions, and then it was left with a minority government in a minority government

under the terms of the coalition agreement after the parliament is disbanded, yair lapid will becomeading to the polls in less than four years. what this also means is will be yair lapid who will welcome president joe biden when he arrives in israel next month for a planned visit to the region and now bennett. but the white house says despite the political shake-up, the president will make his trip as planned. >> hadas gold, thank you very much. >>> as russian forces continue their deadly march across ukraine for the fourth straight month, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says the ongoing hostilities is preventing grain from leaving the region and will soon lead to food shortages in asia and africa. cnn's dave mckenzie has more. >> reporter: i'm dave mckenzie in joe hansburg, european prime minister zelenskyy has warned leaders that the world is being hostage because of ablockade by russia of millions of tons of grains in ports like odesa that should be going to countries in africa, particularly, and their populations. the u.n. has warned this continued blockade to lead to eve

the current foreign minister, yair lapid, will take over until the vote, which is expected to take place in october. the united nations has been accused of covering up abuse and corruption within its ranks. senior staff at the un have diplomatic immunity from national laws, and all complaints are handled internally. but the organisation's management has been accused of ignoring alleged wrongdoing. colombia's last recognisable guerilla group, the eln, has said it's willing to resume peace talks with the government once the new president, gustavo petro, takes office in august. mr petro — himself a former rebel — has become the country's first left—wing leader after winning sunday's presidential election. now on bbc news, katy watson reports from the falklands, as argentina accuses the uk of colonial ambitions in maintaining its ownership of these small islands off the coast of south america. recording now. i was started by a dictator, an unpopular nationalist fighting against communism. it's extraordinary to talk about colonialism with a population that has chosen its own future. the briti

they decided to do it themselves and put lapid in power as an interim caretaker, prime minister.who will welcome joe biden when he visits israel next week, and as far as we understand, the president still plans to make that visit despite the new prime minister. >> remarkable turnover. we'll stay on top of it as it plays out. live for us in jerusalem, thank you. >>> president biden said this morning, he's not likely to visit ukraine during a trip to europe this coming weekend. meantime, russian-backed separatists in a video say they are holding two captured american fighters. those americans are being held in donetsk, in the eastern part of the country. one of them, alexander john robert drewsky says he's been beaten a few times. let's get live to ben wedeman live for us. what's the latest, ben? >> reporter: the latest on those two americans is not good. they're being held in the donetsk people's republic. that's that pro-russian breakaway part of ukraine, and the problem there is that we have seen in the past they have put these -- on the ninth of june they found -- and the worry

lapid will take over from enough colin bennett until the election -- from naftali bennett until the election. >> i realized that in 10 days, with the expiration of the regulations, israel will experience serious security damages and legal chaos. i couldn't allow that. we spared no efforts to galvanize what was needed to pass the regulations, but our efforts bore no fruit. therefore, my friend and i acted to dissolve parliament. >> russia has vowed to respond if lithuania does not lift a ban on the transit of some grads to kaliningrad on the baltic sea. the restrictions involve mainland russia and its enclave. lithuania says the measures will be on goods sanctioned by the eu that move across its territory. russia says ukraine has launched missile strikes on gas rigs in the black sea. three people were injured, seven missing. if confirmed, it would be the first strike on offshore energy infrastructure since russia's invasion of ukraine in february. britain is facing its biggest rail strike for decades after talks between the union and trade companies failed. tens of thousands of employees will

lapid will serve as a caretake prime minister until the election is held this fall. and back in this country, the biden administration has reached an unprecedented agreement with fivnative american tribes to co-manage the bears ears national monument in utah. the bureau of land management and the u.s. forest service signed the deal saturday with tribal leaders. after centuries of living in that area, the tribes will now have more input into the monument's day-to-day still to come. forty years after vincent chin's murder we examine the state of asian american civil rights. tamara keith and amy walter weigh in on the latest political headlines. we remember the life and career of long-time newshour analyst mark shields. and much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arona state university. judy: today marked just the 2nd time in u.s. history that the federal government has recognized juneteenth. the holiday celebrates june 19th, 1865, when union soldiers brought word of slavery

the current foreign minister, yair lapid, will take over until the vote, which is expected to take place in october. the united nations has been accused of covering up abuse and corruption within its ranks. senior staff at the un have diplomatic immunity from national laws, and all complaints are handled internally. but the organisation's management has been accused of ignoring alleged wrongdoing. colombia's last recognisable guerrilla group, the eln, has said it's willing to resume peace talks with the government once the new president, gustavo petro, takes office in august. mr petro — himself a former rebel — has become the country's first left—wing leader after winning sunday's presidential election. now on bbc news, it's the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show... hello and welcome to this week's travel show, with me, ade adepitan. now, it's a beautiful day, and i am in my home city of london, where the international tourists are slowly returning — and it's so good to have them back. well, over the last couple of months, i'm really pleased to say, everyone on the show ha

the current foreign minister, yair lapid, will take over until the vote, which is expected to take place in october. the united nations has been accused of covering up abuse and corruption within its ranks. senior staff at the un have diplomatic immunity from national laws, and all complaints are handled internally. but the organisation's management has been accused of ignoring alleged wrongdoing. colombia's last recognisable guerrilla group, the eln, has said it's willing to resume peace talks with the government once the new president, gustavo petro, takes office in august. mr petro, himself a former rebel, has become the country's first left—wing leader after winning sunday's presidential election. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. after a painful divorce, you never know if the ex—partners will be able to build an amicable relationship. for britain and the eu, it seems the brexit break—up has left a legacy of mistrust and bitterness, which is overwhelming any desire for cooperation. northern ireland is currently what they're fighting over. the uk

the current foreign minister, yair lapid, will temporarily take over.been in thejob forjust over a year and has struggled to stabilise his increasingly fragile governing coalition. here is the israeli prime minister, naftali bennett, speaking earlier. translation: i held a series of talks with officials - and i realised that in ten days where the expiration of the west bank regulations, israel will experience serious security damages and legal cast. —— security damages and legal chaos. we spared no efforts to galvanise whomever was needed to pass the regulations, but our efforts bore no fruit. therefore, my friend the foreign minister and i decided to act together to dissolve parliament and set an agreed—upon date for elections. i'm joined now by gil hoffman, chief political correspondent of the jerusalem post. thank you very much for your time here i newsday on the bbc. this has been the most diverse coalition in israel's political history and there have been weeks of speculation that it was on the verge of collapse. how did it come to this? it it was

in the centre is current pm naftali bennett and on the left is foreign minister yair lapid.he current foreign minister, yair lapid, will temporarily take over as prime minister. the new election, in october, will be the fifth in three—and—a—half years. mr bennett's government has previously defeated two votes of no confidence by a narrow majority. 0ur correspodentjoel greenberg has more on this and joins us now. the timing was a surprise but they have really been petering on the edge of collapse because there have been key defections which remove the governments majority in parliament, basically. the government was struggling to get bills passed to make policy and an increasing sense that it reached a dead—end and so, there was an atmosphere that it was approaching the end of its term but the timing of the exact day and the prime minister did not give any indication advance notice that this was coming. have a new prime minister taking over and tell us about them. tt minister taking over and tell us about them-— minister taking over and tell us about them. , ., ., , , about t

lapid will serve as prime minister until the election this fall.he biden administration reached an unprecedented agreement with five native american tribes to comanage the bears ears national monument in utah. the bureau of land management and forestry service signed a deal saturday with tribal leaders. for centuries of living in that area, the tribal have more input into the monument's day-to-day management. "the newshour stilted, on"the newshour," years after vincent chen's murder, we explore the state of asian american rights. and, weighing in on the latest political headlines. we remember the life and career of long time "newshour" analyst mark shields, plus, much more. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and from the west at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: today marked the second time in u.s. history the federal government has recognized juneteenth, the holiday separate -- celebrates june 19, 18 65, when union soldiers brought the news of slavery's end to galveston, texas, f

foreign minister yair lapid will soon take over to lead a caretaker government until the election isd. a new vote could result in benjamin netanyahu returning to power. "the new york times" has wrapped up a months-long investigation into the recent fatal shooting of al jazeera reporter shireen abu akleh in the occupied west bank. at the time of her death, she was covering an israeli military raid in the jenin refugee camp . "the times" found "that the bullet that killed ms. abu akleh was fired from the approximate location of the israeli military convoy, most likely by a soldier from an elite unit." last week, al jazeera reported the bullet that abu akleh was a u.s.-made bullet designed to pierce armor that's used by the israeli military. unprecedented rain has killed at least 116 people in india and bangladesh. millions of people have been displaced from their homes or trapped by flooding. on fday, one area of india recorded almost 40 inches of rain in a single day. one of bangladesh's largest airports is under water. thfloodingomes just a month after catastrophic flooding in northe

what it also means is that it will be lapid who will be the one to welcome joe biden with his visit nexthey still plan to have that visit. >> just fascinating. hadas, thank you. >>> and just ahead, the missed phone call causing additional anguish for the wife of a basketball star detained in russia. new dove ultimate antiperspirant. our unique water baseded formula and 6x more glycerin. helps restore skin to its best condition. new dove ultimate. i booked our hotel on kayak. it's flexible if we need to cancel. cancel. i haven't left the house in years. nothing wi stop me from vacation. no canling. (laughs) flexible cancellation. kayak. search one and ne. ♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-second scan i know my glucose numbers without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. take the mystery out of managing your diabetes and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free at freestylelibre.us you never know wh

yair lapid, can he win against net and yahoo!?is not a binary question exactly because no one wins out right in these elections. who can put together a coalition? when you look at the polls, he feels the job is rightfully his. or will it be laipd, a centrist, not a right-winger. also popular. leads the second largest group in the party. will he be able to persuade the public that this chaos and these endless elections which everyone is sick of, the fact is never a clear outme, that the time has come to make a cnge to come across to the center and stop this cycle? he's a former tv host. yet another top journalist in the top job. can he do that? that is the question. mark: five elections in four years. these things cost money, it is not cheap. and it is leading to instability at the very top. i am wondering what the pools might be showing right now. irris: the polls are showing it is basically the same. israel is polarized. whichever person gets to the situation where they are the ones forming the government, they are going to have

now, if that happens, and no government is able to be formed, yari lapid will stay as prime ministerery possible, more elections could take place. isa? >> hadas gold for us in jerusalem. thanks very much, hadas. good to see you. >>> now, nasa is teaming up with an australian spaceport to launch missions that can only be studied from the southern hemisphere. >> 3. 2. 1. go! yeah! >> they're excited. they launched the first of three missions from australian's space center sunday night. it is the first time nasa has launched a rocket from a commercial facility outside the united states. the country partnering with nasa, a milestone for australian space light. >> it's historic for australia. fourth of july is the next launch. we need to dust ourselves off, take a day off and get back into it and get ready for the next launch because it's just as important. >> and with the u.s. space agency as its first customer, the australian space center hopes to ramp up and conduct more than 100 launches a year with various clients. >>> according to hollywood, there could be a new king at the box offi

foreign minister yair lapid will head an interim government before the fall elections, the fifth since019. back in this country, r&b singing star r. kelly was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexually abusing young women, including some who were children. he said nothing in court, but tearful accusers told the judge how kelly had preyed on them. after the sentence was imposed, some of them spoke outside. jovante: there wasn't a day in my life up until this moment that i actually believed that the judicial system would come through for black and brown girls. i stand here very proud of my judicial system, very proud of my fellow survivors, and very pleased with the outcome. stephanie: allegations against kelly had circulated since the 1990's. he was convicted last year of racketeering and sex trafficking. the fbi is now investigating alleged sexual abuse by roman catholic priests in new orleans, going back decades. the associated press reports agents are checking whether priests took children across state lines to molest them. the new orleans archdiocese is already in bankrupt

and that israel sat silent and even sometimes approved of the actions of ukraine well, sir, lapids havek the gentleman catches how to be, how to resist, getting weapons. uh, hamas huts, there and so on. now these are your problems, dear sir, weapons are sold from any zones of armed conflicts always on the grounds that people with a certain mentality and , uh, ukraine are no exception here. it's perfect. in my opinion, it’s obvious, but as for the stingers, then the stinger from europe to the usa will not reach the same way as the anti-tank missile system, and so further, but at the same time the united states supplies weapons. they are emptying their warehouses and loading up their military-industrial complex. that is, for them it is actually a solid profit that there are natives among themselves, or maybe there are more high-ranking natives in france who shot someone in marseilles with a knife cut? yes, there is someone there, it’s only better, because it will once again emphasize exclusively the united states of america and so on there are no serious weapons there. that's when ukraine

with you pavlovich lapid we have a decent time together. terms. a very talented smart such a shrewd commander is a man who instantly decides the situation . he is not afraid of responsibility and is responsible for every word. therefore, now to whom is the team grouping his full-time position as commander-in-chief of aerospace forces, it still effectively uses the entire resource. aerospace forces in order for our troops to successfully complete their tasks. i think this is a very good decision. well , this is what concerns the teams, what concerns, now what chanson said yes call sign the key in his report the key in his report was that conclusions have now been drawn after the first stage of the special operation and our armed forces are provided with everything. that is, the system of logistics, which, unfortunately, did not always please us. at this stage, it allows you to provide food for clothing propellant ammunition. uh, in the amount that is necessary to complete the task, when the troops do not need anything, then the tasks are muc