indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposal presented by us president, joe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the reopening of the rafah cr
a new plan to end the war in gaza, unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposalfrom us presidentjoe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the re opening of the rafah crossing. speaking to the bbc earlier, the uk
the launch of its starliner spaceship, with two veteran astronauts on board, was halted in the final minutes of countdown from cape canaveral in florida. the previous attempt on may 6 was scrubbed due to an issue with oxygen pressure valves. earlier, i spoke to our science correspondent, pallab ghsoh. we came so close and all the flight controllers, one afteranother, said go, go, go, but the computer said no. tthat was less than four minutes before the launch. the ground launch system, which is a piece of software, it didn t load nasa and boeing don t know why that is and it could be that they spotted something the flight controllers didn t and it could be something with one
el salvador s president nayib bukele has been sworn in for a second term in office amid security concerns after police said they had foiled a bomb threat. in a speech the former nightclub manager who calls himself a cool dictator, promised to boost the economy and reducing poverty. mr bukele has adopted bitcoin as legal tender and overseen a reduction in the country s murder rate. however, his approach to security has been criticised by human rights groups. the latest attempt by the american aerospace giant, boeing, to fly its first crew to the international space station has suffered another last minute setback. the launch of its starliner spaceship, with two veteran astronauts on board, was halted in the final minutes of countdown from cape canaveral in florida. the previous attempt on may 6 was scrubbed due to an issue with oxygen pressure valves. eminem has released the lead single from his new album