On the face of it, israel has achieved a form of stability, led by the same man for eight years, locked in a state of hostile Non Communication with the palestinians, and confident in strong support from washington. But dig deeper and cracks appear. Prime minister netanyahu is under investigation. Israeli society appears ill at ease with with itself. My guess is moshe yaalon, mr netanyahus former Defence Minister turned harsh critic. How fragile is israeli unity . Moshe yaalon, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure. Israel has just marked 50 years since the victory in the six day war. But you seem to feel, right now, there are very serious questions about the direction israel is going in, and about national cohesion. Why are you so worried . From the Security Point of view, we enjoy, today, a relatively calm situation, security wise. This is a result of the six day war, in which i believe it was the peak of the idea of our coalition. Since then, the idea of our c
On the face of it, israel has achieved a form of stability, led by the same man for eight years, locked in a state of hostile Non Communication with the palestinians, and confident in strong support from washington. But dig deeper and cracks appear. Prime minister netanyahu is under investigation. Israeli society appears ill at ease with with itself. My guess is moshe yaalon, mr netanyahus former Defence Minister turned harsh critic. How fragile is israeli unity . Moshe yaalon, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure. Israel has just marked 50 years since the victory in the six day war. But you seem to feel, right now, there are very serious questions about the direction israel is going in, and about national cohesion. Why are you so worried . From the Security Point of view, we enjoy, today, a relatively calm situation, security wise. This is a result of the six day war, in which i believe it was the peak of the idea of our coalition. Since then, the idea of our c
Of the handover of hong kong from britain to china. Its his first visit to the city as chinese leader and protests are expected. 26 pro democracy activists were arrested on wednesday, after occupying the forever blooming golden bauhinia, a monument to the reunification. Chris patten, the last governor of hong kong, spoke with Bbc World Service radio before the anniversary. The campaign to protect the rule of law, to protect due process, to stop people being abducted on the streets of hong kong with the Chief Executive looking the other way, all Thatis Executive looking the other way, all that is really, really important and i dont think the rest of the world should ignore it. The way that china keeps its commitments and pledges in hong kong will tell people an awful lot about whether china can be trusted in this century. 0ur correspondent in hong kong isjuliana liu. Shejoins me now. Thank you forjoining us. It will be a very busy day in hong kong. Thats right, rico. The chinese preside
Which will make it to air tonight. Casualty is on bbc one at 9 05pm tonight. Time for the all important weather with tomasz schafernaker. How is it looking . I hope you have your brolly with you. It is looking soggy in the south. We we re it is looking soggy in the south. We were teased with a little bit of sunshine earlier on. Many other parts of the country over northern england, scotland and northern ireland, there are sunny spells to be had. That will continue. Still there are showers around. A fair bit of cloud. But the Weather Front with the area of bad weather is across the area of bad weather is across the south. Rain in the south west. In wales, the midlands and the south, all over this portion of the country in 12 hours we will get rain and it will be breezy. By the end of the night, the rain will be in hull and newcastle, those sorts of areas. Tomorrow we get rid of one whether front, an area of low pressure here, and then from the morning onwards, showers coming in from the
Which will make it to air tonight. Casualty is on bbc one at 9 05pm tonight. Time for the all important weather with tomasz schafernaker. How is it looking . I hope you have your brolly with you. It is looking soggy in the south. We we re it is looking soggy in the south. We were teased with a little bit of sunshine earlier on. Many other parts of the country over northern england, scotland and northern ireland, there are sunny spells to be had. That will continue. Still there are showers around. A fair bit of cloud. But the Weather Front with the area of bad weather is across the area of bad weather is across the south. Rain in the south west. In wales, the midlands and the south, all over this portion of the country in 12 hours we will get rain and it will be breezy. By the end of the night, the rain will be in hull and newcastle, those sorts of areas. Tomorrow we get rid of one whether front, an area of low pressure here, and then from the morning onwards, showers coming in from the