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
and former rebel gustavo petro. also crazy about cannabis, as thailand legalises marijuana we report on a boom in weed related businesses. zoolander meets zelenskyy hollywood actor ben stiller travels to ukraine, telling the president he is his hero. what you ve done in the way that you ve round the country and for the world, it s really. and for the world, it s really- - - and for the world, it s really. and for the world, it s reall , . ., welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. five general elections inside four years that is where israel is heading as the current prime minister, naftali bennett, is to step down from his post, dissolve parliament and trigger yet another election. in the meantime, the current foreign minister, yair lapid, who was due to share the prime ministerial post with mr bennet, will take temporary charge. mr bennett has been in thejob forjust over a year and has struggled to stabilise his increasingly fragile governin
gustavo petro. also, crazy about cannabis as thailand legalises marijuana we report on a boom in weed related businesses. and the russian journalist dmitry muratov auctions his nobel peace prize medal for more than $100 million, with all the proceeds going to help children displaced by the war in ukraine. five general elections inside four years that is where israel is heading as the current prime minister, naftali bennett is to step down from his post, dissolve parliament and trigger yet another election. in the meantime, the current foreign minister, yair lapid, who was due to share the prime ministerial post with mr bennet, will take temporary charge. 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 realised that in 10 days, with the expiration of the west bank regulations, israel will experience serious security damages and legal cha
gustavo petro. also, crazy about cannabis as thailand legalises marijuana, we report on a boom in weed related businesses. a big bid to help the refugees of ukraine: the russian nobel peace laureate dmitry muratov auctions his medalfor more than $100 million to raise funding for children displaced by the war. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. five general elections inside four years that is where israel is heading as the current prime minister, naftali bennett is to step down from his post, dissolve parliament and trigger yet another election. in the meantime, the current foreign minister, yair lapid, who was due to share the prime ministerial post with mr bennet, will take temporary charge. 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 realised that in 10 days, with the expiration of the west bank regul
hello there. as you have heard, last minute talks to avoid strike action on the uk s rail network have failed. now, millions of people will face travel misery as the biggest rail strike in 30 years brings services to a standstill in england, scotland and wales. the first strike started this morning and more are planned on most major lines on thursday and saturday. the rmt union says its members oppose stagnating pay and want justice. but industry bodies have warned against a strike action, saying it would shatter hopes of recovery for many businesses . joining me now is dr roger barker, director of policy at the institute of directors. thank you forjoining me today. is it fair to say that businesses will go under this week as a result of the strike? that may well be the case. this is gonna have a big impact on business. that impact will be quite uneven. some of us will be able to go back to working, taking off where we left off during covid. other sectors won t be able to do