it is all about rhyming. and rhythm. the words are important, but the rhythm is what they love. hello, and thanks forjoining us. oppostiion parties in israel have joined forces and agreed to form a new coalition government, a move that looks likely to end the 12 year reign as prime minister of benjamin netanhayu. his time in office is the longest in israel s history, and is still subject to a vote of confidence in parliament, probably next week. if that fails, then there s a risk the country would have to hold another election, the fifth in two and a half years. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has the latest 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 as real s next leader. benjamin netanyahu is stil
scotland. aberdeen fresh but sunny. the rest of the country, south westerly winds will push in thick cloud. here is the outlook, the weekend and into next week, pretty much every weather icon the government has updated the definition of extremism, but who decides what individuals and groups are extremist? and what if they get it wrong? tonight on newsnight. .. the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation and of state threat legislation is unimpressed. what constitutes hatred or intolerance is very much in the eye of the beholder. i m sure the government has acted with the best of intentions, but there is, of course, a risk it will be seen as a political decision. the senior government mp bob seely is here to explain how it works. also tonight razor sharp criticism of israel s actions in gaza by chuck schumer, america s most seniorjewish politician and the us senate majority leader. the target of his ire? benjamin neta nyahu himself. prime minister netanyahu has lost hi
pictures there because that is the back of barack obama, he goes in to see rishi sunak. the former us president here in the uk and downing street and going in to meet with rishi sunak. that is the picture liven downing street. we will return and talk more to our political correspondent about this visit and of course one of those headline stories again, news stories surrounding the future of rishi sunak, the british prime minister, in dismissing those rumours as simply coming out of the westminster bubble. but the former us president going inside number 10 downing street and we ll be back there very shortly on the programme. but let s start this hour in the middle east. the israeli army says it has killed the head of operations in hamas internal security force during a raid on gaza s biggest hospital. the military also made dozens of arrests in al shifa hospital in gaza city. palestinian health officials said a number of people were injured in the raid, but they could not be
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we begin with the war in gaza and over the next couple of hours on the programme we ll bring you the latest on the ground we also have a vote coming up, in the british parliament, on calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire that debate has already started. more on that, in a moment. first though, these are some of the latest pictures of israel is now into its fourth month of military operations in the north, south and central parts of the territory since the hamas attacks on october the 7th. and in the last hour, the israeli parliament, the knesset, has voted to oppose any unilateral creation of a palestinian state. this is what the israeli plan is to had to say in the last little while. the people of israel and their elected representatives are united today as never before. the knesset voted overwhelmingly to oppose any attempt to
of avdiivka. avdiivka had become a ukrainian stronghold, really. this was a place which sits on the front line for the past decade. it separates ukrainian controlled territory and the eastern city of donetsk, which russian forces have controlled since 2014. in that time, the ukrainians built real substantial fortifications, and yet in recent months the russians have launched wave after wave of attack, suffering significant losses. at one point, hundreds of soldiers were being killed weekly, if not daily. but crucially the ukrainians suffered losses as well. and because we are in a war of attrition, where both sides are trying to exhaust each other, size is starting to count for more, and i think this is what we have seen with avdiivka. a city, once an industrial hub, now drained of life and almost completely destroyed. some ukrainian forces were captured as they tried to escape, most made it out, we are told. president zelensky, speaking to world leaders in munich made the ar