naftali bennett's visit signals a warming and relations between the two countries. they signed a peace treaty in 1979 but the relationship cooled over years. his meeting with president abdel fattah set the base for deep ties in the future. egypt middle east were high on the agenda. >> it is the first official visit of as an -- an israeli leader in more than a decade and only comes a few weeks after president abdel fattah extended the invitation to israeli prime minister naftali bennett. it is at a time when relations between the two countries have reached new levels. >> we have the bilateral level and the regional level. i am quite sure that in the original level, there will be more salient issues to be discussed. iran and hamas. i don't know if they will do something concrete. we have to look at the real relationship on this bilateral level. it does not exist. >> security bedrock is what is between the two countries. intelligence and military ties have grown stronger in the last eight years. israel agreeing that ejection forces in breach of the camp david accord en

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israel's prime minister, naftali bennett, has met egypt's president, abdel fattah al—sisi, for talksthe red sea resort of sharm el sheikh. it's the first official visit to egypt by an israeli premier in a decade. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, deputy political editor at the guardian, and martin bentham, home affairs editor for the evening standard. let's take a look at some of tomorrow's front pages. the metro focusses on the news that the government has backed the uk's chief medical officer's advice to offer vaccines to 12 to 15—year—olds. meanwhile, the guardian reports that borisjohnson is to confirm booster jabs for over—50s tomorrow. the financial times reports that the prime minister's plans for a tunnel between scotland and northern ireland have been killed as part of a treasury spending crackdown. and the telegraph reports on the news that the prime minister's mother, charlottejohnson wahl, has died at the age of 79. the paper shows a picture of the two of them together. mrjohnson described her as

in israel today, prime minister naftali bennett announced two- and-a-half million israelis have now received a booster shot ahead of gatherings and celebrations for rosh hashanah-- the jewish new year-- which begins tomorrow night. bennet warned that unvaccinated children should not be brought to synagogues this year. capacity at houses of worship will be limid to small groups of adults who can prove they are vaccinated. in japan today, the closing ceremony for the 13-day-long paralympics marked the final act of the tokyo games. a record 4,400 athletes competed in this year's paralympic events. china won the most medals, followed by great britain and the united states. on friday, the u.s. won gold in the first-ever four-by-100 universal relay at the paralympics, setting a new world record of 45.52 seconds. at the closing ceremony, the paralympic flag was handed off to the mayor of paris, the host of the 2024 summer olympics. for more national and international news visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: last week's u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, the taliban's rapid takeover, and the deat

israel's prime minister, naftali bennett has described his talks in egypt with president abdel fattahaking after the first official visit to egypt by an israeli leader for a decade, mr bennett talked of a "deep connection" between the two countries. the egyptians said ways to revive the israeli—palestinian peace process were discussed. campaigners say more than 220 people were murdered last year while trying to protect their environment or land. global witness, which compiled the figure, said it was a new record for the second year in a row. latin america was the region with most killings while colombia was the worst affected country with 65 deaths. a fake news release supposedly from walmart led to a spike in the cryptocurrency litecoin — and then a tumble in prices. the statement — published by a newswire service, claimed that the us retailer would accept the crypto currency. walmart said the announcement was "inauthentic". at a court in new york, a pre—trial hearing is under way in the civil case, filed by a woman who claims prince andrew sexually assaulted her, when she was 17. la

israel's prime minister, naftali bennett, has met egypt's president, abdel fattah al—sisi, for talks

naftali bennett reiterated his long-standing vow that they will not let iran acquire new nuclear weapons. he set the world is choosing to ignore evidence of secret sites in iran. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court wants to resume investigations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in afghanistan. offenses would come to crimes committed allegedly to the taliban, american groups and foreign operatives dating back to 2002. the icc is a court of last resort, set up to prosecute alleged crimes in countries that cannot or will not bring perpetrators to justice. global news 24 hours a day, online and at quicktake on bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. >> it is 1:00 p.m. in new york, 6 p.m. in new york. i'm alix steel. here are some of the top stories we are following from around the world. president biden set to receive his covid-19 booster shot in a moment. we will bring you his remarks. plus lingering supply chain pain good we will speak to jim of meyer and the transportation -- j

israel's prime minister, naftali bennett, has met egypt's president, abdel fattah, al—sisi for talkse red sea resort of sharm el sheikh. it's the first official visit to egypt by an israeli premier in a decade. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, chief political correspondent at the guardian, and martin bentham, home affairs editor for the evening standard. let's have a look at the front pages. the metro focusses on the news that the government has backed the uk's chief medical officers' advice to offer vaccines to 12 to 15—year—olds. the sun, too, looks at the latest expansion of the uk's vaccine roll—out which will see over—12s offered the pfizer biontech jab from next week. the mirror writes that this vaccine aims to to cut the impact of school closures on young people's mental health. the times also looks at the uk's vaccination roll—out as the prime minister prepares to announces his covid winter plan. the guardian reports that borisjohnson will admit that it will be a difficult second winter coping with

israeli prime minister naftali bennett made his general assembly review warning as prime minister benjaminyahu did, that iran want as nuclear bomb. he says tehran already crossed all red lines, ignoring harassing u.n. inspectors and they seek to dominate the middle east with a nuclear umbrella. he is urging the biden administration to take a much tougher stance against iran as the iranian nuclear talks remain stalemated. liz? elizabeth: eric shawn, thank you so much. joining us now senator marsha blackburn from senate armed services. senator, great to have you back on again. what do you want to ask defense secretary lloyd austin and general mark milley joint chiefs chair when they testify before the senate armed services committee tomorrow about the botch the withdrawal from afghanistan? what do you want to hear? >> liz, one of the things we're wanting to get clarity around, where was the breakdown. if you had the commanders on the field, they're on the ground in afghanistan and they were saying you need to keep the troop levels at 2500, don't give up bagram airfield f you pull out abruptl

naftali bennett said in a statement, the security forces took action overnight in judean samaria againstho were about to carry out terrorist attacks. now, robyn, israeli officials have long been concerned over hamas gaining a foothold in the west bank. they already control the gaza strip. they have been very concerned about their activities in the west bank, a hamas spokesperson says the operation was a result of forces in ramali and issued a warning saying that the option of resisting it by all means is best meant to confuse the operation and force it to stop its crimes. they called on them to end the security coordination with israeli officials. but mahmoud abbas said the operations were a crime and that they were the late nest st in i violations. he said the continuance of this would lead to an explosion of the situation. things have remained very tense since the end of that 11-day conflict in may between hamas and led militants and israel. it remains to see how hamas will respond. especially as the prime minister is expected to address the united nations tomorrow. >> thank you for th

the israeli prime minister naftali bennett made a statement, he's en route to new york for the united nations meeting. he said the security forces took action overnight against what he said were hamas terrorists who were about it carry out terrorist attacks in real time. he said the soldiers and commanders in the field act as expected, engaged the enemy and we backed them completely. hamas in response said the operation was a result of normalization meetings. he said between israeli officials and the palestinian authority and ramallah. they were threatening, they said, the option of confronting the occupation and resisting it by all means as best able to confuse the occupation and force to stop its crimes. everybody is still very tense here after the conflict in may. seems as though people are just waiting for what may be the next spark that could somehow give rise to another conflict. things have not been calm over the past few months. i should note that also in the last few minutes, we received a statement from the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, he said these crimes

in his 25-minute speech, naftali bennett made no mention of the palestinians. take a listen. >> translator: iran's nuclear program has hit a watershed moment, and so has our tolerance. words do not stop centrifuges from spinning. there are those in the world who seem to view iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons as an inevitable reality, as a done deal. or they've just become tired of hearing about it. israel doesn't have that privilege. >> meanwhile, iran fired back saying israel loves playing the victim and pretending to be innocent. and they criticized israel for not saying anything about the plight of palestinians. >>> in the final hours of u.n. general assembly were punctuated by a heated exchange between canada and china. two canadian nationals was in retaliation for allegations. china's representative answered claiming ming's arrest was a way to hold back chinese advancement in technology. it comes days after the three detainees were released and headed home. >>> now, we want to show you some images of haitian migrants tracking through honduras. their goal i

rosemary, that in just a few hours we are expecting to hear from the israeli prime minister, naftali bennettd to give a speech to the united nations. now, although we don't expect much of his speech to be focused on the israeli-palestinian conflict, he wants to instead focus on issues such as iran and the potential iranian nuclear deal. a lot of eyes here will be towards the south, towards gaza, to see -- to see how and if hamas will respond. rosemary. >> certainly, be monitoring all of this. cnn's hadas gold joining us live from jerusalem. many thanks. >>> well, russia's foreign minister says mali plans to hire private-russian mercenaries to assist with security. mali's prime minister says the african country is at a breaking point. he spoke at the u.n. on the need for a new security strategy, citing rampant terrorism and criminal violence. cnn's david mackenzie joins me now, live, from johannesburg. so, david, what's going on with this and what does it signal? >> well, i think it confirms weeks of rumors that the notorious group, a mercenary group from russia, was doing a deal with the mal

on his previous commitment, attacks on our forces and those of our allies, would resume, and naftali bennett'sajor assault on major cities with commence. that would have required sending more u.s. forces into afghanistan to defend itself and prevent a taliban takeover. taking casualties, and with at best the chance of restoring a stalemate and remaining under fire indefinitely. there is no evidence that staying longer would have made the afghan security forces or the afghan government anymore resilient or self-sustaining. if 20 years and hundreds of billions of support in and training would not suffice, why would another year. there's nothing are strategic competitors or adversaries would like more than for the united states to re-up the 20 year war and remain bogged down in afghanistan for another decade. i was in constant contact with our allies and partners to hear their views and factor them into our thinking. when the president announced the withdrawal, nato immediately embrace it. we were intentionally focused on the safety of americans in afghanistan. in march, we began urging them to l