of marijuana, sparking a craze for all sorts of cannabis creations. welcome to the programme. starting with political developments in israel, where the prime minister, naftali bennett is to step down from his post and dissolve parliament, triggering a fresh election. the current foreign minister, yair lapid, will temporarily take over. mr 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
stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you said, we have divorced. it s always complicated to divorce and it is difficult to find a new balance. well, many months have passed since then. why are you still failing to find a new balance? well, i have no personal experience of divorce, thank god, but i m told by friends that it s always complicated. and this one has proved to be complicated, to be very frank. it was a traumatic divorce, let s be clear. we sort of co existed together for almost. ..almost half a century, and then through a democratic process, which we fully respect, a decision was taken which is a serious one with a num
face is bbc news. it s newsday. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 1am in israel where prime minister, naftali bennett is to step down from his post and dissolve parliament triggering a fresh election. the current foreign minister, yair lapid, will temporarily take over. mr bennett has 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 j
of wheat can t be exported. russia says any problems have been created by western sanctions. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ros altmann, former pensions minister, and natalie fahy, senior editor at the nottingham post, the derby telegraph and the lincolnshire echo. good evening to you both. we ll talk in just a second. business fears rail strikes cost as prospect grows of more walk outs that s on the front of the financial times. the telegraph repeats the prime ministers claim. the prime minister s claim. unions harming those they are meant to help, reads their headline. planes, trains, automobiles all come to a halt, and the mirror says on the front page, the transport secretary still refuses to act. on the front of the i tomorrow, the government plans to tear up the limits on city bosses pay. pm inflames rail dispute with strike breaker threat, reports the guardian. strikes are a £1 billion lockdo