israel s voted to dissolve its parliament, sending the country to the polls. the 5th time in 4 years, elections has been set for november. the 1st for an investment to say yeah, a lot pete will take over on to a new government is formed and it s smith has moved from west jerusalem. the most unusual coalition in israel history lasted in the end just over a year. it was made up of the hard right liberals and for the 1st time palestinian israelis and it came together in a coalition with one sole purpose to get rid of benjamin netanyahu. while he is the man who engineered the downfall of his coalition government by refusing with his coalition partners to vote to renew a bill that extends israeli law and to settlers who are living in the occupied west bank. so now netanyahu get another chance at being prime minister nato leaders meeting in the spanish capital madrid for a 3rd and final day. holding father high level talks off to approving a new security strategy in the face of the
a half tons. bernard smith, al jazeera in occupied east, jerusalem. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. ukraine has asked turkey to seize a russian flag ship. it says is loaded were 4 and a half 1000 tons of stolen grain. the vessel is anchored near turkeys. carrasco, port. russia has deny previous claims. it s stealing ukrainian grain. russian forces are moving closer to lisa chance. the last major city under ukrainian control in the east moscow bank separatists say they ve surrounded it and captured an oil refinery here. disputes that claim. alan fisher has the latest from keith. both the moscow back separatists and russian armed forces are claiming that they ve actually encircled the city. that something that the clean se simply hasn t happened. although the admit the fighting around the city is incredibly fierce, but that is being repeated in the south and east of the country. in many places, the number of rocket attacks is up significantly. the ukrainia
reminder, the top stories around his era, nato declared russia the most significant and direct threat to its security during a crucial summit in madrid. in irons plans to bolster its forces across europe and step up military and financial support to ukraine. as it battles russian forces sector general. yet stoughton bokes, as keith can count on the alliance for as long as it takes made the lee. this. however, i ve just taken the assistance to transform on strength from our lawrence up. this people told torn for our security person to tunes war against cyclone house, shattered piece in europe, and has created the biggest security crisis in europe since the 2nd world war. made laws respond lube with strength and unity on presidents, landscape leadership and courage. orland inspiration to all of us when all rescue workers are continuing to come through the rubble of a mole and ukraine s crumb and shook after struck by a russian missile on monday, at least 18 people have been con
ah, a creature headlines here on to 0 hong kong former security. john lee has been sworn in the territories new leader. he said the national security law introduced in 2020 a. both stability after anti government protests in 20. 19 out there was adrian brown as more from hong kong. his entire career has been rooted in security. and i think that tells you the sort of candidate that china wanted to run hong kong he was of course, the only candidate in the election that he won. but he has the credentials. i think the china wants right now, and it s a reflection. i feel of what their priorities are right now. now john lee doesn t have any real political experience. i can tell you what he won t be doing. they ll be no talk of him. sort of expanding democracy are increasing political reform here in hong kong. that simply isn t on the card. will the swearing in coincides with events marking 25 years since hong kong was returned to china from britain. earlier a flag raising ceremony
Half an hour to 45 minutes. Taylor, can you give us a sense of what is happening in terms of getting that person down . Are b. A. R. T. Police involved, walnut creek, who is dealing with this and how . B. A. R. T. Police are involved and we have a negotiator trying to coax the patron down and resolve this, dee escalate this safely. He is on the San Franciscobound side of the platform there. We have been negotiating with him since about 1 30 this afternoon and were really hoping for a safe quick resolution to this. And do you expect to continue with that tactic and just take your time to ensure a safe outcome to this . Yes, thats our number one piority, is no loss of life. So, while doing that, may take awhile, but were doing the best we can to move commuters around and get folks home while making sure this man is talked down. Okay, Taylor Huckabee with b. A. R. T. , thanks for coming out. We appreciate it. This situation as taylor said has been going on since 1 30, an hour and a half n