200 marathons in the last year to highlight the issue of water overconsumption. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin today in israel, where mass protests have been taking place in several cities after prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked his defence minister, yoav gallant. mr gallant was dismissed after he called for controversial plans to overhaul the justice system to be scrapped. (os)these are pictures of the scenes in tel aviv tonight. as you can see, protesters are gathering momentum. we have seen these sorts of scenes over the last couple of days where tens of thousands of protesters returning to the streets on sunday night, waving israeli flags following mr gallant dismissal. he s been accused of behaving like a dictator and through destroying the security of israel. the opposition also describing mr gallant sacking as a new low for the government and a move that harms national security. a lot of tense scenes in israel tonight. for more, we can hearfrom the
of water overconsumption hello and welcome to the programme. we begin today in israel, where prime minister benjamin netenyahu has sacked his defense minister, yoav gallant, after he called on the government to suspend overhauling the judiciary. these are live pictures from tel aviv tonight. the skill of the protests have been growing and mass protests that are been taking place in several cities in the country. after dissecting his defence minister. let me show you these live pictures from israel. tens of thousands of protestors returned to the streets on sunday night waving israeli flags following the dismissal of defence minister yoav gallant. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu removed mr gallant after he called on the prime minister to halt legislation on his proposed changes to the judiciary. the controversial bill has divided the country; many see it as a threat to israeli democracy earlier i spoke to barak ravid, who is a journalist and middle east correspon
against the prime minister in a significant revolt against his leadership. ijust hope that, given the mood of the public, the vote we have had here tonight, that the cabinet will tell the prime minister that, in the words of steve baker, the gig is up. i predict we will have a new leader of the party, a new prime minister, by party conference this year. i m geeta guru murthy live in westminster where we ll be bringing you the latest reaction to the vote. i m joined by conservative mp still very much backing the prime minister. three police officers in the us state of arizona have been put on leave after they stood by and watched a homeless man drowning. ukraine s president says his forces are holding out against russian advances in key cities in the donbas region. the family of a british geologist jailed for 15 years in iraq for attempting to remove historial artefacts says they are shocked by the punishment saying it amounts to a death sentence. hello and welcome if you re
been quite cloudy and damp across southern counties of england. seeing slow improvement as that. a bet also seeing some clarity developing which could trigger some showers that many places staying fine and dry, winds lightening, feeling pleasantly warm in the sunshine. warmer for many yesterday, 19 in glasgow and perhaps 22 in the midlands. showers will fade this evening but rain comes into the south west of england, wales and northern ireland before midnight, stumbling into the south west of scotland and sweeping into the eastern side of england, quite able night, temperatures of 13 or 1a pictured here in northern parts of scotland ahead of the rain. 8 bit chilly in northern parts of scotland. the rain moves from eastern areas in england, blustery winds in the south west, heavy showers in the afternoon as they become fewer across parts of wales and the south west. rain may be coming back into northern ireland, cooler here and in that rain across the central belt. and this