he will then hand over to yair lapid of the centrist yesh atid for two more years.'s talks among the 30 members of nato are expected to see the united states resume its traditional leadership role, which had been somewhat diminished during the trump presidency. the doctor for the danish football team has confirmed christian eriksen did suffer a cardiac arrest on the pitch on saturday and that "he was gone" before being resuscitated. the former tottenham star collapsed during denmark and finland's euros game. he is recovering.

he will then hand over to yair lapid of the centrist yesh atid for two more years.pean union. monday's talks among the 30 members of nato are expected to see the us resume its traditional leadership role, which had been somewhat diminished during the trump presidency. the doctor for the danish football team has confirmed christian eriksen did suffer a cardiac arrest on the pitch on saturday — and that "he was gone" — before being resuscitated. the player collapsed during denmark and finland's euros match.

, the ultimate p.m. to yair lapid, the ultimate pm.august 20 27th of august 2023. there are eight parties that have taken part in this agreement and it was just unveiling this incredible balancing act that they are going to have to meet. the president which protocol dictates has to oversee this process was watching the israeli soccer cup final at the time. he phoned yair lapid to congratulate him, and he tweeted, let's have a look at it, we will expect the israeli permit to be convened as soon as possible... so, expecting that vote quite soon. you made the oint that vote quite soon. you made the point about _ that vote quite soon. you made the point about the _ that vote quite soon. you made the point about the dates - that vote quite soon. you made the point about the dates beingj the point about the dates being set as far ahead as 2023, but with eight parties, that is kind of a challenge to last that long. have we heard from any of the other parties apart from yair lapid. wavered from two of them so far, the most surprising was perha

after two years, he'll hand over to the centrist yair lapid. how long will the coalition last?s new coalition spans the left to the nationalist right and, for the first time, an arab—israeli party. naftali bennett now has to lead the broadest coalition in israeli history, and that could make it one of the most unstable. he has his work cut out just to govern. they have a crisis to deal with. after israel's recent war with hamas in gaza and violent division inside israel, fears are rising of new tensions again. but this is a moment of israeli history, as the throne is pulled away from the politician some called the king of israel. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. and we'll have a little bit more on that, the complicated coalition, later in the programme. president biden has arrived in the belgian capital, brussels, for two days of meetings with nato and the european union. monday's talks among the 30 members of nato are expected to see the united states resume its traditional leadership role, which had been somewhat diminished during the trump presidency. nato leaders are expec

yair lapid is from the centre. he believes in a two—state solution.thodox establishment. translation: this is the moment of truth. | it eventually comes down to two options, a large coalition or a government of darkness, racism and homophobia which will take the money of those who work and give it to those who don't. there are plenty of ideological battles ahead but, for now, opposition to mr netanyahu is what binds the two hopefuls, and they are getting close. they have a midnight deadline and it seems they are on the path to finalising these coalition deals. already several have been reached and there are several more that need to be finished before the deadline, so the prospects look good but still there are some obstacles and issues that could upset the negotiations. issues mr netanyahu is working hard to exploit. after 11 years in power, the man supporters love to call bb king of israel has formidable political skills. he has outwitted opponents before. he could just out with them again. but he knows the time is running out. his long reign may so

he would then be succeeded by the centrist yair lapid. first time in israeli political history, arab lawmakers would be part of the government. ourjerusalem correspondent tom bateman has been following the day's events. benjamin netanyahu is edging towards the precipice, trying everything to stop a fall from power. so far, his calls for help are going unanswered. in the chamber of israel's parliament, those who are hatching a plan for his demise — a once loyal ally and an opponent, forging friendship. they could be israel's next leaders. mr netanyahu's still doing everything he can to derail the formation of a new government, even as those politicians are still meeting in the building here. this is a prime minister determined to cling on. there he is, there he is, there he is. then israel's longest—serving leader leaves his office, not yet for the final time. mr netanyahu, is this your last week as prime minister? will this be your last week as prime minister? is that a wish or a question? israel has had four deadlocked elections, mr neta

yair lapid would take over as the ultimate prime minister on the 27th of august 2023. unveiling the most incredible balancing act, if you like, the president which protocol dictates overseas others, who is watching the israeli cup football final at the time, phoned yair lapid to congratulate him, and tweeted the following, we will expect the following, we will expect the mess that the israeli parliament to be convened as soon as possible for the government to ratify as the law requires. has there been any reaction from other coaliton partners? three of them so far. the unprecedented bit of this agreement, if the glue that is binding all of them is to say, good riddance to benjamin netanyahu, the question then becomes, what is it that they agree on going forwards? listen to the answer given here about what those points of agreement are, listen to what he leaves out. �* ,, �* are, listen to what he leaves i out._ education, out. translation: education, welfare, employment, - out. translation: education, | welfare, employment, economic development, planning and constructi

he will then hand over to yair lapid, of the centrist yesh atid, for two more years.the poorer nations of the world — and more action on climate change. but the un secretary—general and aid agencies said more was needed. queen elizabeth has welcomed the us president and first lady for sunday afternoon tea at windsor castle. mr biden now moves on to brussels for meetings with nato and the eu before a summit with vladimir putin in geneva on wendesday. it will be their first in person meeting since mr biden took office. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk.

before he became a politician, yair lapid i became a politician, yair lapid used to interview israel'sown tv news anchor. until he turned to politics a decade ago at a time when social and economic struggles were bringing out middle class israelis for mass street protests. after a term as finance minister alongside benjamin netanyahu, he spent years in opposition. that was to change last month when the president gave him the mandate to form a new government after the longtime pm was unable to do so. his party had second most votes behind mr netanyahu's. traditional palestinian dancing is how the united arab list celebrated its four seats on election night. socially conservative in its headed by a dentist once or other. unlike other arab leaders he was willing to join even a purely right—wing arab government. —— mansour abbas. he says he will work for the arab minority that makes up one fifth of the coalition. this new coalition is a patchwork of small and medium—sized parties that have little in common ideological e. include those on the left and former right—wing allies of benjamin ne

bennet's coalition partner yair lapid took over as foreign minister. he is a former tv presenter.ll become the prime minister in two years time, if this coalition gets that far, and not everyone thinks that is a certainty. >> it could last longethan six months. six months itself is an arbitrary designation but it is an arbitrary coalition with ideologically very disparate parties. having said that, i think the parties are committed to trying to show that they can have more stable governance after two years of political disarray. they have built many mechanisms into the coalition agreements in order to avoid collapse in the immediate term. ros: don't think that former prime minister netanyahu is going anywhere. he is promising to overthrow the government at the first opportunity. here he is addressing other members of the opposition. >> we have a very strong opposition, unlike any other in the past. 52 knesset members may be in more certain situations, united and determined to bring down this dangerous left-wing fraudulent government which will fall quickly, and i will tell you why

>> well, yair lapid is being sworn in today as the alternate prime minister.his is a very strange construct that we came up with about a year ago. and in about two years, he will automatically become prime minister. the question is if his government that he, yes, helped put together can last for two years. now, his party has only 17 out of 120 seats in the parliament. in other words, to get to the 61 majority that he needs today, he had to make a lot of compromises. and much of that, much of the glue that has brought them together, is on the one hand the compromises he made, but on the other hand, the hatred for netanyahu. and these are two issues that we really don't know how long they'll stick together. and therefore, as elliot said, it isn't over till it's over today, when we have the vote in the parliament. but even if netanyahu becomes leader of the opposition, you can't count him out yet. he was already prime minister once, lost an election, came back ten years later, and has been in power for longer than any israeli prime minister. so israel will defini

secondly, come naftali bennett, this right—winger hand over the leadership to yair lapid?like hospitals, the economy, roads, and that is something the israelis would like to see, but whether this coalition can deliver is another question. coalition can deliver is another ruestion. �* . . . coalition can deliver is another ruestion. �*, ., , , ., question. it's a big question. thanks so — question. it's a big question. thanks so much, _ question. it's a big question. thanks so much, just - question. it's a big question. thanks so much, just back. question. it's a big question. i thanks so much, just back from jerusalem. she is here in the uk, the former prime minister, theresa may, and more than a dozen other senior conservative mps have joined a rebellion against cuts to the uk's foreign aid budget. rebel tories believe they have enough support to win a vote next monday that would force ministers to increase aid spending next year.this from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. for years, britain has been a world leader in delivering humanitarian and development aid

for optimists, the unlikely alliance between naftali bennett and yair lapid could usher in a new era of israeli politics. >> it is a great hope that there would be a change because the political atmosphere, because of the head, because of the prime minister that was quite corrupt as a person, he and his family, so we would like to have a new spirit. we would like to have some unity. this government i think represents unity. >> i think that the political situation has been deadlocked for too long. we have to try something new even though it is a little bit scary and there is a lot of unknowns. but at the moment, i don't see any other option. >> the so-called change government is a motley mix, all with sport from an arab islamist party. the skeptics the only chance they share is opposition to netanyahu which may not be enough to keep them together in the long term. >> if they look all the time at the things they do not agree on, on the policy that has to do with the settlements, the differences in economic policy, etc., this will not -- they will not be able to sustain themselves for a

he is a far—right nationalist politician who is key to yair lapid's plans.ntjudicial committee, for example. she has had protests outside her home, has come under a lot of pressure from those on the right, not to join this alliance. also with that small arab—israeli party on whose support this government would rely — that would be the first time in israeli history that an israeli—arab party had been brought into a coalition, if that happens. they are also making demands, which some of the right—wing politicians have been opposed to. what yair lapid is hoping is that he can get them all to sign this document with a commitment to solving other issues down the line, because he doesn't have very long before his mandate expires. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich good evening. so far this week, temperatures have been steadily climbing day by day, and so today was the warmest day of the year so far. temperatures to the west of london just above 28 degrees. through this evening and tonight, a band of cloud and showery rain drifting northwards. lo

before he became a politician, yair lapid used to interview israel's leaders.v anchor. until he turned to politics a decade ago, at a time when social and economic struggles were bringing out middle class israelis for mass street protests. after a turn as finance minister alongside benjamin netanyahu, he spent years in opposition. that was to change last month when the president gave him the mandate to form a new government after the long—time pm was unable to do so. his party had second most votes behind mr netanyahu's. traditional palestinian dancing is how the united arab list celebrated its four seats on election night. it is socially conservative in its outlook, headed by a dentist, mansur abbas. unlike other arab leaders, he was willing to join even a purely right—wing israeli government. he says he will work for the arab minority that makes up a fifth of the population. this new coalition is really a patchwork of small and medium—sized parties that have little in common ideologically. they include those on the left and former right—wing allies of benjami

in august 2023 he would be replaced by yair lapid, leader of the centrist yesh atid party.ey player in this is the arab islamist raam party leader, mansourabbas, who was also pictured signing the agreement. the deal, which still has to be approved by the israeli parliament, would mean the end of benjamin netanyahu's 12—year tenure as prime minister. if that fails, then there is a risk israel would have to hold another election, the fifth in two—and—a—half years. it comes almost two weeks after israel and palestinian militants agreed a ceasefire following an ii—day conflict in which more than 250 people were killed, most in gaza. mark lobel reports. an image of profound change. a right—wing jewish nationalist, centrist, and unprecedentedly an arab islamist. charting israel's way forward. two weeks after the country was on a war footing, political foes warmly pledging to work together on a range of issues. translation: education, welfare, employment, - economic development, planning and construction, housing shortage and, of course, the eradication of crime and violence. ther

his political rivals led by unlikely allies, yair lapid and naftali bennett have announce add deal toity government that would force mr. netanyahu from office. the israeli parliament the knesset still has to approve the coalition and netanyahu and his allies are expected to do everything they can to derail the deal. the chairman of his likud party tweeted the left is celebrating but this is a very sad day for the state of israel. so if the new government is approved right wing religious nationalist naftali bennett would serve as the prime minister for two years followed by yair lapid until 2025. hadas gold has more on bennett's rise to power. >> reporter: once a close aide to the prime minister, this may be the man to break benjamin netanyahu's 12-year run as israel's leader. naftali bennett, a right wing ambitious self-made tech millionaire eager to stake out a personal mark in israel's future. >> translator: i am announcing today that i intend to act with all of my strength to form a national unity government together with my friend yair lapid so that, god willing, together we will

after two years, he'll hand over to the centrist yair lapid. how long will the coalition last?e left to the nationalist right and, for the first time, an arab—israeli party. naftali bennett now has to lead the broadest coalition in israeli history, and that could make it one of the most unstable. he has his work cut out just to govern. they have a crisis to deal with. after israel's recent war with hamas in gaza and violent division inside israel, fears are rising of new tensions again. but this is a moment of israeli history, as the throne is pulled away from the politician some called the king of israel. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. england have, for the first time, won an opening match in the european football championships. they defeated croatia 1—0 at wembley this afternoon, thanks to a second half goal from raheem sterling. our sports editor dan roan is at wembley now. on nine previous occasions, england had tried and failed to win their opening match at her euros. on paper this didn't look easy, croatia looks like the toughest opponents in their group, the world cup

before he became a politician, yair lapid used to interview israel's leaders.inging out middle class israelis for mass street protests. after a turn as finance minister alongside benjamin netanyahu, he spent years in opposition. that was to change last month when the president gave him the mandate to form a new government after the long—time pm was unable to do so. his party had second most votes behind mr netanyahu's. traditional palestinian dancing is how the united arab list celebrated its four seats on election night. it is socially conservative in it outlook, headed by a dentist, mansur abbas. unlike other arab leaders, he was willing to join even a purely right—wing israeli government. he says he will work for the arab minority that makes up a fifth of the population. the new government will face a formidable opposition leader looking to exploit their divisions. with the thinnest possible majority it will stick to topics it can agree on, like helping the post—covid economic recovery. but that will not be easy after last month's mob violence in mixed arab

of then be succeeded by yair lapid of the centrist party for the following two years.ething straight out of a horrorfilm, a sea of bennett. it is something straight out of a horror film, a sea of red covering a long stretch of road. that was the scene in eastern england last night, but don't worry it was not blood. no, rathera majorspillage of tomato puree and olive oil caused by a lorry crash. it happened not at spaghetti junction, but on the a14 in cambridgeshire. social media users could not resist weighing in with puns, with one calling it "a disaster, puree simple". they certainly made a meal of it! i thought we were going to have a night without puns, but clearly not, david! i'm glad i wasn't there, it looks a mess! see you tomorrow. so far this week temperatures have been steadily climbing day by day, and so today was the warmest day of the year so far 28 in places. but dramatic downpours in devon earlier on. a stripe of cloud bringing sundry downpours across the uk. the weather system responsible still with us on thursday, the rain will weaken, as it drifts nor

just before a midnight deadline, yair lapid, leader of the centrist yesh atid party, has told the newli president an eight—party coalition had been formed. under a rotation arrangement, the head of the right—wing yamina party, naftali bennett, would serve as prime minister first before handing over to mr lapid. despite the announcement there still needs to be a parliamentary vote before the government is sworn in. tom batemen reports from jerusalem benjamin netanyahu is edging towards the precipice, trying everything to stop a fall from power. so far, his calls for help are going unanswered. in the chamber of israel's parliament, those who are hatching a plan for his demise — a once—loyal ally and an opponent, forging friendship. they could be israel's next leaders. mr netanyahu's still doing everything he can to derail the formation of a new government, even as those politicians are still meeting in the building here. this is a prime minister determined to cling on. there he is, there he is, there he is. then israel's longest—serving leader leaves his office, not yet for the final ti

we have an unusual power sharing agreement where naftali bennett will hand over to yair lapid after two between these different parties saying they will avoid areas where they can't find consensus particularly on the israel palestinian issue and will focus on social and economic issue domestically. we won't see too many changes, certainly not immediately, talking about iran. things will stay the same but we will see a change in style. the government will oppose the joe style. the government will oppose thejoe biden iran nuclear deal and say they will approach the united states behind closed doors. a mystery bidder has paid £20 million for a seat on the first crewed space flight organised by the amazon founder, jeff bezos. they'll accompany the tycoon and his brother, mark, on the flight next month — which is expected to last ten minutes. david willis has the story. after a month—long bidding process which attracted interest from more than 140 countries, the top bid stood atjust under $5 million, but once an online auction got under way, that figure rose dramatically. and that is sold —

when benny was willing to split in the middle and join the netanyahu government and yair lapid stayed out, and now in order to replace netanyahu, he has to have bennett become prime minister and he has one-third the seats of what yair lapid has. he's willing to do so. he gets an a plus grade in how he handled himself during the crisis, and he could give netanyahu an even harsher challenge. >> okay. thanks so much. appreciate all of your perspective and analysis. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> vice president -- u.s. vice president kamala harris' first trip got off to a rocky start because of a technical issue with her plane, but she boarded another and arrived safely in guatemala. she's got a full day of meetings with entrepreneurs and innovators and, of course, guatemala's president. later she heads to mexico. >>> ballots are being counted in mexico after the country's largest ever mid-term election, and the ruling coalition is expected to lose its super majority in the lower house of congress, and while the president would retain control the loss of a super majority would pre

there's the self interest that yair lapid has, and one final thing, a narrow majority yesterday, but there are members that voted against the government, and when the effort comes to try and unseat this government, those arab members will not support it, and the majority for its survival against the confidence votes are probably larger than the narrow majority that got it elected in the first place. >> and, of course, the u.s., president biden very quick to congratulate this new israeli government. how significant is that? what relationship would you expect the u.s. and israel to have going forward and what might be achieved in terms of peace in the region, do you think? >> strikingly quick to congratulate a statement and then a phone call between biden and bennett, and yair lapid, and the defense secretary spoke within hours, clearly signaling the embrace of the u.s. government, and i think they can disagree as much as netanyahu and american governments have disagreed on iran, and naftali bennett does not think the united states should be entering the nuclear bill, and they will hav

cabinet, comprising parties from left to right, for a little over two years before his centrist ally, yair lapidover. that is the very latest from israel. it has been a very warm day. for many parts of the country tomorrow will be cooler and fresher. band of cloud bringing rain down into northern england and north wales. clearer, coolerair northern england and north wales. clearer, cooler air coming into scotland and northern ireland both england and wales, a really warm night, especially for east anglia, lincolnshire and the east midlands, where we will start quite sunny. the rain and drizzle soon peters out. it is a band of cloud moving slowly down towards the south—east. sunshine ahead of it, sunshine behind but more cloud filtering into scotland and northern ireland, blustery showers in the north—west. it will be a cooler day much of the country, except towards the south—east and east anglia where it is still very warm or hot. we could get close to 30 degrees. it will be cooler here on tuesday to stop sunshine breaking out of crossing the and wales, the breeze picking up in scotland and nort

>> well, supposedly at that point it will rotate to yair lapid, and his party got more votes and he needednett to form a government. i think it's dubious it would get that far, and it's hard to know how this government would act on common issues. there's so many very important issues on which the people in this government fundamentally disagree. let's say there would be another round of violence as we saw over the past few weeks. the people in this government would have completely different views about how to respond to that. it seems to me there's only a small narrow diagram on things that they actually agree on. >> we have seen in the last weeks and months the conflict between israel and gaza does not work on a political calendar. these deifferent parts won't focus on the israel/palestinian issues, but they would focus on the infrastructure and economy. is that realistic? >> i don't think that's realistic. it's easy for the israeli politicians to say we will just ignore the palestinian for sure, and they do not have the right to vote for the government, and they are lacking basic rights

it's looking like yair lapid will go to the president either tonight or first thing in the morning tomorrowtell him that he's got the coalition government ready. they're doing their last-minute bickering, but it's a done deal, and netanyahu is done, at least for now. >> so you don't see any moves left for netanyahu, the magician as he's known as? >> i don't think he has any rabbits left in that proverbial hat, rosemary. he could have a month ago when he had the mandate to form a government made more of an effort to bring about a rotation with some of his political rivals that he did at the last minute over the last few days. then perhaps it would have been successful. >> now, you say this coalition will be successful, 100% as far as you're concerned. it's a very diverse unity government, a true unity government for israel. but how will this work, do you think? >> well, they're going to have to focus on consensus issues, which there are plenty of -- security, iran of course, economy, dealing with the aftermath of covid-19, and deal with more controversial issues like matters of religion and

two hours before yair lapid was to form that government.that government. >> this would be a coalition government, if this is confirmed and validated. you know how dicey things have been and how desperately netanyahu has been trying to cling to power, even though he has been a caretaker, prime minister for these many weeks, if not months now. but if lapid is able to do this with 61 votes, combined with neftali, even though lapid is a centrist, bennett, according to the plan, was to be the original prime minister in this coalition government. lapid would be in the government and two years later take over. so, they would take turns. they would trade. it's a very fragile coalition. that 61-vote majority in their parliament created by combining centrists, right wings, arab israelis, islamist party as well as other smaller party groups. and if that can hold together, and that's validated by a vote for the parliament, which would probably be about a week from now, then, yes, netanyahu's hold on power would be over. he has, as i say, been clinging

if the government coalition holds or if it doesn't hold, yair lapid is likely a winner. he has worked hard. and he has an accomplishment here. he has created a government that would oust netanyahu. that looked incredibly unlikely, especially during 11 days of fighting between israel and gaza when it looked like netanyahu had at least united the right behind him and found a way to scuttle the opposition. lapid, however, kept on working around isone, basic fact. netanyahu didn't have a 61-seat coalition. a crucial fact here that netanyahu led to his own downfall. when netanyahu began negotiating with an arab party, he essentially kosherized them. he made it okay for other parties, especially other smaller parties, on the right, to work with them. and that is where lapid and naftali bennett made a critical move to bring them in to get the numbers they need to oust netanyahu. >> well, that was going to be my next -- my next question. is how much of a game changer will this be? and what did it take to get to the point that all these different groups across the spectrum, in pa

israeli opposition leader yair lapid has informed the president he has support to form new governmentending benjamin and tonight you's 12 years in power. naftali bennett will be prime minister first, followied by lapid two years later. the deal is a parliamentary vote before the government this morning. we have more from west jerusalem. >> the coalition's eight parties gog from left far-right who have nothing or very little in common except one main goal, to oust benjamin netanyahu. looking ahead, there is still a whole process that has to happen. the speaker of the parliament has to call for a vote of confidence by the knesset. that should happen in the next 7-10 days, but in between, a lot can happen. ask anyone in israel. politics and israel is ak of lifetime, and things could change again and again. >> senior u.n. and red cross officials have visited gaza two weeks after a cease-fire ended the conflict between israel and hamas. they described the humanitarian crisis as staggering. 11 days of israeli bombardment caused damage to schools, hospitals and critical infrastructure. a hug

the head of the opposition yair lapid who has agreed to step aside and let naftali bennett go first asrime minister, he wants to unseat the netanyahu friendly speaker of the house and have a vote to replace that speaker with an opposition speaker who would facilitate this vote more quickly and restrict the amount of time that netanyahu has to try to get in the way of the coalition being formed. there are questions as to whether naftali bennett's party is up for that. there's at least one member of his party who has expressed unwillingness to do that. that part of the first step towards getting this vote through looks in question. there is still plenty to play for for benjamin netanyahu, and he's been doing all he can to put interruptions in. lauren: away from the political upheaval at home, israel's defense minister is in the u.s. where he is seeking military aid. benny gantz has been a holding talks with military chief lloyd austin at the pentagon. 250 palestinians were killed during last months conflict in gaza, along with 12 people in israel. >> following the military effort, it is

in a surprise move, the centrist yair lapid has condemned the march.r of foreign affairs said "these people were a disgrace to the nation of israel." 0urjerusalem correspondent yolande knell, was at damascus gate, where the marchers gathered but were then blocked by police from passing into the old city. these ultranationalist israelis who are being allowed to come down towards damascus gate, it's the main gate into the muslim quarter of the old city, they're bringing their israeli flags. they're allowed to dance here. this is a celebration that they hold to remember the fact that the east ofjerusalem was captured by israel back in the 1967 middle east war. it's always seen, this annual event, as being a provocation by the palestinians. but this year, it was originally scheduled to take place last month, and that was a time when tensions injerusalem were running extremely high. and that's when hamas fired its first rockets towardsjerusalem in years. it led to 11 days of deadly fighting. now, the march organisers asked for their procession to be reorgan

power—sharing agreement, naftali bennett will serve as prime ministerfor two years — before handing over to yair lapid crewed space flight organised by the amazon founder, jeff bezos. they'll accompany the tycoon and his brother, mark, on the flight next month, which is expected to last ten minutes. david willis has the story. after a month—long bidding process which attracted interest from more than 140 countries, the top bid stood atjust under $5 million, but once an online auction got under way, that figure rose dramatically. and that is sold — $28 million! the winner's identity has yet to be revealed, but their $28 million donation buys them a seat alongside the world's richest man on his blue 0rigin spacecraft for its maiden voyage beyond the earth's atmosphere. blue 0rigin is hailing the sightseeing trip, due to take place onjuly 20th, as a landmark moment in commercial space travel. to see the earth from space changes you and changes your relationship with this planet, with humanity — it's one earth. but a rival space pioneer could steal a march on mr bezos. it's thought richard branson might j

negotiations are expected to go continue through tuesday in israel as the centrist politician, yair lapidthat would oust prime minister benjamin netanyahu. opposition parties have until wednesday night to form a coalition mr netanyahu has said such a deal would endanger israel. events have been taking place in the us city of tulsa in oklahoma, to mark the centenary of a race—related massacre in which up to 300 black people were killed. presidentjoe biden declared monday a day of remembrance, calling on americans to commit to eradicating systemic racism. peru has announced that the country's real number of coronavirus deaths is almost triple what was previously thought. a hundred and eighty thousand people have died of covid in peru — one of the highest death rates in the world. sweden has become the latest european country to ease its covid—19 restrictions even though it continues to have one of the highest infection rates on the continent. opening hours for bars and pubs have been extended, cinemas and theatres can host socially —distanced gatherings for up to 50 people. almost 600 migra

he will then hand over to yair lapid, of the centrist yesh atid, for two more years.he g7 summit in south west england, has ended with a final communique that included the promise of a billion covid vaccine doses to the poorer nations of the world — and more action on climate change. but the un secretary—general and aid agencies said more was needed. queen elizabeth has welcomed the us president and first lady for sunday afternoon tea at windsor castle. mr biden now moves on to brussels for meetings with nato and the eu before a summit with vladimir putin in geneva on wendesday. it will be their first in person meeting since mr biden took office. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. sport is a massive global business, and the best athletes in the most popular sports earn mind—boggling sums of money. but even they struggle to compete with the off—field earning power of the promoters and agents, who wield enormous power behind the scenes. my guest is the veteran promoter barry hearn, who made his name in snooker and boxing, and built

but he'll have to share power with political rivals, the powerful centrist, yair lapid, and the man sittingere on the right, mansour abbas, from an islamist party representing israeli arabs. that's historic, the first time an arab party will have joined an israeli government coalition. in all, eight parties had to join up to form a parliamentary majority to topple netanyahu. but tal snyder, political correspondenfohe timof israel says it is going to be very fragile. >> i think a terror attack or escalation in gaza or any other escalation in one of israel's borders, this is a major risk for this coalition. >> reporter: for example, an israeli military operation, like the one last month against palestinians, could force the arab politicians to quit the coalition and bring down the government. that would mean yet another eletion for weary israelis who have already had four in two years. parliament has to vote to approve this coalition in the next few days. meanwhile, prime minister his v netanyahu is doing his very best to undermine it. he just has to convince a couple of legislators to defect

he will then hand over to yair lapid of the centrist yesh atid for two more years.resident biden has arrived in the belgian capital, brussels, for two days of meetings with nato and the european union. monday's talks among the 30 members of nato are expected to see the united states resume its traditional leadership role, which had been somewhat diminished during the trump presidency. the doctor for the danish football team has confirmed christian eriksen did suffer a cardiac arrest on the pitch on saturday and that "he was gone" before being resuscitated. the former tottenham star collapsed during denmark and finland's euros game. he is recovering. now on bbc news: world questions. hello and welcome. i am jonny dymond and this is world questions, the g7 summit. the gathering of world leaders is happening here in the uk. i'm in london and i'm video linked to an international panel drawn from each of the g7 countries. the g7, or group of seven, consists of the seven most advanced economies. they are responsible for more than half of global net wealth, and they are al

he will then hand over to yair lapid of the centrist yesh atid for two more years.resident biden has arrived in the belgian capital brussels for two days of meetings with nato and the european union. monday's talks, among the 30 members of nato, are expected to see the united states resume its traditional leadership role, which had been somewhat diminished during the trump presidency. the doctor for the danish football team has confirmed christian eriksen did suffer a cardiac arrest on the pitch on saturday and that "he was gone" before being resuscitated. the inter milan star collapsed during denmark and finland's euros game. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. sport is a massive global business, and the best athletes in the most popular sports earn mind—boggling sums of money. but even they struggle to compete with the off—field earning power of the promoters and agents, who wield enormous power behind the scenes. my guest is the veteran promoter barry hearn, who made his name in snooker and boxing and built a business worth hundred

in a surprise move the centrist yair lapid has condemned the march. ?ry's minister of foreign affairs said "these people were a disgrace to the nation of israel." ourjerusalem correspondent yolande knell was at damascus gate, where the marchers gathered but were blocked by police from passing into the old city. these ultranationalist israelis who are being allowed to come down towards damascus gate, it's the main gate into the muslim quarter of the old city, they're bringing their israeli flags. they're allowed to dance here. this is a celebration that they hold to remember the fact that the east ofjerusalem was captured by israel back in the 1967 middle east war. it's always seen, this annual event, as being a provocation by the palestinians. but this year, it was originally scheduled to take place last month, and that was a time when tensions injerusalem were running extremely high. and that's when hamas fired its first rockets towardsjerusalem in years. it led to 11 days of deadly fighting. now, the march organisers asked for their procession to be r

he's joined up with the centre ground opposition leader, yair lapid, who will become pm after two yearsed the political pressure. but violence betweenjews and arabs interrupted inside israel. erupted inside israel. in the town of lod, things are still tense. so what of the challenge to bibi, as mr netanyahu is known, by naftali bennett? translation: it's disgusting. a man with six seats will be prime minister? it's unheard of. bibi is dividing us. because he is trying to be a prime minister for four times. he didn't succeed. with protests outside, the talks went to the wire and an agreement has now been signed. a picture from inside makes history in israel, ajewish nationalist and an islamic religious arab party aiming tojoin as part of a new coalition. the last hour, the letter has gone in from the leader of the opposition to the israeli president, saying they are ready to form a new government without benjamin netanyahu, and he says in the letter that they will unite all parts of israeli society. this is unprecedented, notjust because of the fact that right—wing parties are now joinin

he will then hand over to yair lapid of the centrist yesh atid for two more years.resident biden has arrived in the belgian capital, brussels, for two days of meetings with nato and the european union. monday's talks among the 30 members of nato are expected to see the us resume its traditional leadership role, which had been somewhat diminished during the trump presidency. the doctor for the danish football team has confirmed christian eriksen did suffer a cardiac arrest on the pitch on saturday — and that "he was gone" — before being resuscitated. the player collapsed during denmark and finland's euros match. now on bbc news: the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. a week when the health secretary was challenged over claims he'd lied about the pandemic. did you ever say anything to the prime minister that you knew not to be true? no. an unlikely rebeljoined the tory revolt against overseas aid cuts. this cut from 0.7% will have a devastating impact on the poorest in the world and it will damage the uk. a labour mp said it was no surpri

unveiling the eight party agreement, l the eight party agreement, formerfinance minister yair lapid isme minister in two years from the right—wing nationalist naftali bennett. no fan of the two state solution, and keen on expanding israeli settlements in occupied palestinian lands. not that anyone is mentioning the peace process in all this. the labour party leader wrote... these israelis are ecstatic at the prospect of the country's longest serving prime minister netanyahu being replaced. mt; minister netanyahu being replaced-— minister netanyahu being relaced. y ., , , replaced. my fellow protesters and i were _ replaced. my fellow protesters and i were in _ replaced. my fellow protesters and i were in the _ replaced. my fellow protesters and i were in the streets - replaced. my fellow protesters and i were in the streets for i and i were in the streets for more than a year, so it is a great celebration, we are hopeful for this change. to the bbc caught _ hopeful for this change. to the bbc caught up _ hopeful for this change. to the bbc caught up with _ hopeful for this change. to t