It is all about rhyming. And rhythm. The words are important, but the rhythm is what they love. Hello, and thanks forjoining us. Oppostiion parties in israel have joined forces and agreed to form a new Coalition Government, a move that looks likely to end the 12 Year Reign as Prime Minister of benjamin netanhayu. His time in office is the longest in israels history, and is still subject to a vote of confidence in parliament, probably next week. If that fails, then theres a risk the country would have to hold another election, the fifth in two and a half years. Our middle East Correspondent Tom Bateman has the latest from jerusalem. Benjamin netanyahu is edging towards the precipice, trying everything to stop a fall from power. So far, his calls for help are going unanswered. In the chamber of israels parliament, those who are hatching a plan for his demise, a once loyal ally and an opponent forging friendship, they could be as real� s next leader. Benjamin netanyahu is still doing other than he can to derail the formation of a new government, even as those politicians are still meeting in the building here. This is a Prime Minister determined to cling on. Then israels longest Serving Leader leaves his office, not yet fully final time. Is this your last week as Prime Minister . Will this be your last as Prime Minister . I5 your last as Prime Minister . Is that a wish or a question . Israel has had four deadlock elections, he could not muster a right wing majority. On trial for corruption with a country divided, support from key Coalition Partners drained away. One rebel is Naftali Bennett, now set to lead the new government, a nationalist who opposes a future palestinian state. He has joined up with the Centre Ground Opposition leader, who will become Prime Minister after two years. Israels recent war with How Mass In Gaza pulls the political pressure hamas. Violence erupted inside israel. Things are still tense. 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With protests outside, time and did not succeed. With protests outside, the time and did not succeed. Ti protests outside, the talks went to the wire, and an agreement has now been signed. The picture from inside makes history in israel, ajewish nationalist and an islamic religious arab party aiming to join as part of a new coalition. The letter has gone in from the leader of Israels Opposition to the israeli president saying that they are ready to form a new government without Benjamin Netanyahu. And he says in that letter that they will unite all parts of Israeli Society. Now, this is unprecedented, not just because of the fact that right wing parties are now joining with an Arab Israeli party in government for the first time, but also because of the broad ideological range of all the parties involved. But that could, at the same time, point to this governments inherent weakness, and remember, its not all over yet still for Benjamin Netanyahu. It will be some long days before this government is finally sworn in. And in the meantime, Mr Netanyahu and his party will do all they can to try and stop it. Tom bateman in jerusalem. We can now speak to elliott abrams, whos served under both president s reagan and trump, and most recently served as Special Envoy for iran. Good to have you with us. This coalition seems to be formed around one key principle, that of get Benjamin Netanyahu out. Is that a basis for a Coalition Government to survive long into the future, do you think . You are right the future, do you think . You are right that the future, do you think . You are right that that the future, do you think . You are right that that is the future, do you think . 7m. Are right that that is what unites them. I think it is going to be difficult. I do think they will get their ten days from now, and get started. I wouldnt bet on them at being able to stay for the full four year term. They have talked about a lot of the issues they need to compromise on, but things can blow up, any day you can have a crisis injerusalem, for example. You could have something on the temple mount, you could have a disagreement over settlement policy, so i dont think it is going to fall apart in a week, but i think its going to be quite difficult. Its going to be quite difficult. , difficult. Of course, there still the difficult. Of course, there still the sort difficult. Of course, there still the sort of difficult. Of course, there | still the sort of confidence that could change things, i suppose, if it goes in Benjamin Netanyahus faber next week. How likely is it, do you think, that this is The End of Benjamin Netanyahus time is such a dominant force in israeli politics, or is it not The End . Israeli politics, or is it not The End . G ,. ,. , The End . My bet would be that it is The End. The end . My bet would be that it is The End. I The End . My bet would be that it is The End. I would The End . My bet would be that it is The End. I would say it is The End. I would say there is about a 75 chance that this thing holds together for ten days. Benjamin netanyahu will for ten days. Benjamin Neta Nyahu will clearly for ten days. Benjamin netanyahu will clearly be doing other than he can put one or two people off, and the other side will be tying him back, and he is certainly the most experienced politician in israel. We would not have been Prime Minister for israel. We would not have been Prime Ministerfor all israel. We would not have been Prime Minister for all this time. So i was given about a 30 chance of failing, 70 chance that they get into power. Chance that they get into ower. ,. ,. ,. , chance that they get into ower. ,. ,. , power. How dramatically do you think the priorities power. How dramatically do you think the priorities of power. How dramatically do you think the priorities of the think the priorities of the israeli government will change under this coalition . I mean, given that the disparity from the extremes of either end of the extremes of either end of the coalition is so wide, it is such a big golf on the key issues, are we likely to see a continuation of things like, say, the approach of managing the situation with the situation rather than actual train to deal with that and solid long term . Big gulf. They have made a lot of compromises on internal issues that do not really interest as us foreigners. I think in many of the security issues, how to deal with iran, how to deal with gaza, that is actually a fairly broad coalition. Iran policy is quite divisive in the united states between left and right, but it is much less divisive in israel, where the hardline is it is more popular. I think they will have to make some kind of agreement, and this will be hard, on the expansion of settlements. This is an issue that i would assume they have already begun to talk about. And as your reporter mentioned, there is one fantastic renewed thing here, which is to have an arab party as part of the governing coalition. In 73 years, as real� s life, this has never happened. Reals life, this has never happened reals life, this has never happened. Reals life, this has never ha ened. ,. , happened. On that point, given that there happened. On that point, given that there will happened. On that point, given that there will now happened. On that point, given that there will now be happened. On that point, given that there will now be an happened. On that point, given that there will now be an arab l that there will now be an arab party within the government in israel, what effect do you think that will have on its relation with its neighbours in the Middle East . Mi; relation with its neighbours in the Middle East . The Middle East . My guess is that the arab the Middle East . My guess is that the arab party the Middle East . My guess is that the Arab Party Will the Middle East . My guess is that the Arab Party Will focus| that the Arab Party Will focus mostly on benefit in its own interests. Getting government benefit. Frankly, it is what the jewish religious benefit. Frankly, it is what thejewish religious parties have done in israel. We want money for our schools, we want money for our schools, we want money for our social organisations. I think it is possible that the Arab Party Will be doing that. We need more Law And Order in arab towns, more arab policemen, better schools, towns, more arab policemen, betterschools, better better schools, better hospitals, so betterschools, better hospitals, so i think they will be focused largely on issues that matter to the man in The Street in the Arab Israeli community. Street in the Arabisraeli Community Street in the arabisraeli community. Street in the arabisraeli communi. ~ , community. We must live there, but thank you community. We must live there, but thank you very community. We must live there, but thank you very much community. We must live there, but thank you very much for but thank you very much for going through this with us on bbc news. Going through this with us on Bbc Newe let s get some of the days other news. The World Health Organization says that there are staggering health needs in the occupied palestinian territories, following the recent conflict between israel and the hamas militant group. In a statement, the who said it was scaling up its efforts in order to help nearly 200,000 people. President macron has confirmed that all 12 to 18 year olds in france, will be able to get a Covid Vaccine as of june 15th. He said the countrys aiming to vaccinate 30 Million people by mid june, and added that the rule on mandatory mask wearing outdoors will be lifted gradually, on a regional basis. Thousands of people have taken to The Streets of colombias main cities to insist on their demands for less inequality and better public services. The daily protests began over a month ago, triggered by Government Proposals to increase taxes, which have since been scrapped. Nasa has announced two new missions to venus aimed at understanding why earths nearest planetary neighbour became a fiery hellscape while our own planet thrived. The missions are scheduled to launch at The End of the decade. An initial Development Budget of about 500 Million has been allocated to the two missions. The trainer of Kentucky Derby winner, medina spirit, has been banned from the prestigious Horse Race for two years. Bob baffert has been at the centre of a Doping Scandal after the horse tested positive for a banned steroid after powering to victory in last months race. There are 50 days left until the delayed Summer Olympic Games are due to kick off in tokyo. But theres a lot of debate over whether they should go ahead at all. The International Olympic Committee insists that the event can be held safely. Not many people in japan are convinced. Lets get more from our correspondent, mariko oi. Will the games definitely go ahead in 50 days . If will the games definitely go ahead in 50 days . Will the games definitely go ahead in 50 days . If you ask an overwhelming ahead in 50 days . If you ask an overwhelming majority ahead in 50 days . If you ask an overwhelming majority of ahead in 50 days . If you ask an overwhelming majority of the i overwhelming majority of the japanese public, they are definitely opposing the games. We also just heard from the countrys top medical adviser, saying it is not normal for the games to go ahead under this current circumstances. People have been calling for the games to be cancelled or at least postponed once again. But both options have been ruled out by the ioc because of the contract that the Ioc And Tokyo signed, it is really up to the ioc, even though politically speaking it feels like a very unpopular move for the Prime Minister, who has to hold an election by the autumn, so The Voice against the games has been really strong. Thats not to say that they are not supporters of the games, so there was a petition against there was a petition against the games which managed to get about 415,000 signatures so far, while the petition for the games to go ahead also managed to Getjust Over 90,000. One of the most obvious reasons for those supporters of the games is that they want the athletes to be able to show off what they have been working towards. It has become a rather unfortunate situation where japanese athletes have been asked to either boycott or withdraw from the games, so a swimmer who inspired many people by qualifying for the game is only two years after being diagnosed with leukaemia, she has been asked to boycott the games, and she tweeted, saying that whilst he understands why people feel so strongly about it, she is an individual athlete has to decide one way or the other, thatis decide one way or the other, that is very difficult, so it has become a very unfortunate situation, and really farfrom what excitement we had back in 2013. I still remember that moment when it was announced that tokyo was going to host this games, and so much excitement at the time, and now it has really become something very different. Very different. Thank you very much for very different. Thank you very much for that. 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This is bbc news, the latest headlines after days of frantic negotiations, a coalition of Opposition Parties signs an historic deal to form a new israeli government. 50 days before the start of the delayed toyko olympics, organisers insist the event can be held safely, but the debate remains about whether they should take place at all. Lets get some more now on our main story. It coalition has been formed in israel to oust the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power. With me is our reporter, mark lobel. Its a historic night how did the News Break . 30 minutes before the deadline to give them the chance to from this agreement, the centrist former broadcaster and former Finance Minister Yair Lapid E mailed the Finance Minister to say an agreement had been reached. Lets have a look at the statement he e mailed. He wrote, this government will work to serve all the citizens of israel, including those who are not members of it. We will respect those who oppose it, its power to unite all parts of Israeli Society. In that statement, in that agreement, the key points were that Naftali Bennett, the right wing nationalist, would be Prime Ministerfor the nationalist, would be Prime Minister for the first two years. Yair lapid would take over as the ultimate Prime Minister on the 27th of august 2023. There would be eight parties involved in this agreement, and of course it is just unveiling the most incredible balancing act, if you like, the president which protocol dictates overseas others, who is watching the israeli Cup Football final at the time, phoned Yair Lapid to congratulate him, and tweeted the following, we will expect the following, we will expect the mess that the israeli parliament to be convened as soon as possible for the government to ratify as the law requires. Has there been any reaction from other coaliton partners . Three of them so far. The unprecedented bit of this agreement, if the glue that is binding all of them is to say, good riddance to Benjamin Netanyahu, the question then becomes, what is it that they agree on going forwards . Listen to the answer given here about what those points of agreement are, listen to what he leaves out. � , � are, listen to what he leaves i out. Education, out. Translation education, welfare, employment, out. Translation education, | welfare, employment, economic development, planning and construction, housing shortage, and, construction, housing shortage, and. Of construction, housing shortage, and, of course, the eradication of crime and, of course, the eradication of crime and violence. There are many of crime and violence. There are many things in this agreement that benefit arab Society Agreement that benefit arab society as well as israeli Society Society as well as Israeli Society as well as Israeli Society as a whole, but mainly in the society as a whole, but mainly in the Area Society as a whole, but mainly in the area that is stricken with in the area that is stricken with many problems, especially the regularisation of the unrecognised villages. Covering the nuts and unrecognised villages. Covering the nuts and bolts unrecognised villages. Covering the nuts and bolts of unrecognised villages. Covering the nuts and bolts of the the nuts and bolts of the government, if you like education, employment, crime, but he does not mention the peace process, the two state solution, the role of religion in society, settlements, those are going to be the Sticking Points to cross. Another Sticking Point is going to be the role of the judiciary, that is selecting the judges, and also whether to strengthen or weaken the role of the justice system. One of the Coalition Partners, the leader of the Labour Party, said, we have have made history, and talking about thejudicial have made history, and talking about the judicial selection appointments committee, there will be a presence of the Labour Party in this committee and the constitutional Law And Justice committee will also be in labour hands. So that is a sign of how much Horse Training has gone on so far, can have an indication of how much there is to go. But have a look at these pictures. This is what it means to a lot of israelis. It is a cause for celebration, the are echoing the words of another of the Coalition Partners, if you like, the leader of the blue and white party benny gantz, he has treated, we can finally form a change of government that will work for the Unity And Healing of visually society. And healing of visually Society And Healing of visually socie. , , society. Ok, and i suppose in terms of society. Ok, and i suppose in terms of limited society. Ok, and i suppose in terms of limited appetite society. Ok, and i suppose in terms of limited appetite for| terms of limited appetite for any other eminent election, if the coalition were to fail, given how many they have had in the last couple of years. Indeed, if the election it would be since april 2019. Mark, thank you in for that. Mark, thank you in for that. A fifth election mark, thank you in for that. A fifth election it would be. To Sri Lanka now where a chemical laden Cargo Ship is sinking off the countrys West Coast. Its sparked fears of an environmental disaster and has been labelled a Death Blow to the countrys fishing industry. Tanya dendrinos reports. A pristine coastline and a looming environmental disaster. The X Press Pearl has been ablaze for two weeks, and despite the efforts of the Sri Lankan and indian navies, it is sinking. Translation sinking. Translation either all the fuel sinking. Translation either all the fuel has sinking. Translation either all the fuel has caught sinking. Translation either all the fuel has caught fire, i all the fuel has caught fire, or the oil could still be there. If the oil is still there, we have already taken precautionary steps to handle that situation in case there is a week. ~ ,. , that situation in case there is a week. ~ ,. , , a week. On wednesday, attempts were made a week. On wednesday, attempts were made to a week. On wednesday, attempts were made to tie a week. On wednesday, attempts were made to tie the a week. On wednesday, attempts were made to tie the vessel a week. On wednesday, attempts were made to tie the vessel to. Were made to tie the vessel to deeper waters to minimise marine pollution. Attempts were later abandoned. Beaches along the West Coast have been that littered with debris, and the government has banned fishing along an 80 Kilometre Stretch of coastline. Boats lie covered on the shore, and live whose are on the line. Translation the ship has dealt a Death Blow to our the ship has dealt a Death Blow to our lives. We cannot go to sea, to our lives. We cannot go to sea, which to our lives. We cannot go to sea, which means we cannot make a livim} sea, which means we cannot make a livina. ,. ,. , a living. The singapore flagged Container Vessel a living. The singapore flagged Container Vessel was a living. The singapore flagged Container Vessel was carrying l Container Vessel was carrying close to 1500 containers, including 25 tonnes of Nitric Acid and several other chemicals. So i can officials believe the fire was caused by a Nitric Acid leak, which the crew had been aware of since may 11. Translation similar incidents have may 11. Translation similar incidents have taken may 11. Translation similar incidents have taken place may 11. Translation similar incidents have taken place in i incidents have taken place in other countries, and those governments have taken steps to get compensation. We hope to get compensation. We hope to get compensation. We hope to get compensation in accordance with local and international law. We will never give up on that effort. We will calculate the cost from the beginning of this incident. This incident. Questions have now been this incident. Questions have now been raised this incident. Questions have now been raised about this incident. Questions have now been raised about why l this incident. Questions have l now been raised about why the ship was allowed into Sri Lankan waters after being rejected by two other nations. The Police Complaint has been launched against the captain, with a Court Order issued to prevent them along with the Chief Engineer and an additional engineer from leaving the country. A novel about senegalese troops fighting for france in the first World War has won this years international Booker Prize for literature. The book at night all blood is black, is written by the french writer david diop. It tells the story of a young soldier from senegal who fought for france in the first World War. Thejudges said that the judges said that the book won because it spoke with the most power. Details of celebrations to mark the Queens Platinum Jubilee nextjune have been released by buckingham palace. Therell be a four Day Holiday Weekend from thursday, june 2nd, to sunday, june 5th. Events will include a pageant with 5,000 performers and a live concert, at buckingham palace. Now meet Pete And Baz the Grandad Duo from london whove been making a name for themselves on the Rap And Drill music scene. The pair say their cockney roots have helped as its all about rhythmn and rhyming. Thomas magill has been talking to them about how theyre handling their new found fame. Still living on the old estate. An unlikely collaboration one of the uks biggest drill artists m24, and these two, Pete And Baz, a pair of grandads from bermondsey and now international stars hoping to bring something quite unique to the world of rap. It started off as rap, but we are pushing the boundaries of rap. Yeah. Beginning to bang into hip hop. So were about rhyming and being a cockney, Rhyming Slang is a big thing, and rhythm. Its about rhythm. The words are important, but the rhythm is what they love you couldnt not tap your foot to that. And millions of fans have been doing just that during lockdown. The latest song is notching up over A Million hits on youtube in just three days. And with this new found fame in their 70s, visiting their old manor helps them keep their feet on the ground. I love their music. The way they do it. We love it. And its these fans the boys turn to for help when it comes to the lingo. We do talk to a few younger guys to help us with bringing it back into the day. And then they say stuff like the feds, which we used to call them the fuzz, didnt we . With Lockdown Beginning to ease, Pete And Baz have big plans for the future, global denomination. Well, i mean, ithink the gigs are going to be just off the scale, because they were good before. When people can get out and about and they realise what they missed, its going to be absolutely epic. A reminder of our top story israeli Opposition Parties have reached an agreement to form a new government that would unseat Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister. Yair lapid, the leader of the centrist yesh atid party, announced an eight Faction Coalition had been formed, which would see the right wing Naftali Bennett being Prime Minister, supported by four islamist arab politicians. You can reach me on twitter im Ben M boulos. Thanks im Ben M boulos. For watching bbc news. Hello there. In the past few days, the heat has been building. In the next few days, the heat is going to be ebbing away. It was certainly warm, though, in the sunshine in particular on wednesday. The sunniest weather was actually in suffolk. But it wasnt here that we saw the highest temperatures. That was further south in northholt. 28 celsius, the hottest day of the year so far. It was the warmest its been all year in wales and scotland, 26 27 celsius. Now, all that heat was ahead of a band of showers, which for a while were heavy, even with one or two rumbles of thunder. Thats been moving up from the southwest, and behind it, we have seen slightly cooler air and much more cloud across Southwestern Parts of the uk. A very different day here in devon compared with tuesday. That cloud is still around at the moment, hence the high temperatures that we are starting with on thursday morning. Many places will start dry, weve still got some showers left over across Northern Ireland, those should quickly move northward into scotland, and as they do so, a lot of those showers will fade away. Northern scotland probably dry with some sunshine. And we should get more sunshine in the afternoon across other parts of the uk as the Cloud Thins and breaks. But it will be a bit cooler than it was on wednesday. The heat getting confined to East Anglia, southeast england. Lincolnshire could reach 26, maybe 27 celsius, a warm day still here. As we head into the evening, most places will end the day dry with some sunshine. But look whats coming our way from the near continent. Theres the threat overnight, and into friday, there are some showers or longer spells of heavy rain, perhaps thundery, affecting some Eastern Parts of england, mainly East Anglia and the southeast, a lot of uncertainty about that. Elsewhere, it looks generally dry, and there will be more in the way of sunshine, It Cloud over a bit more, i think, in Northern Ireland. A Cooler Day certainly for Eastern Parts of england with more cloud and the threat of some rain. Top temperatures, 21 celsius. Now, lets head into the weekend, and we see the back of that threatening rain in the southeast of england. A Weather Front is coming in from the atlantic. This one, mind you, is going to be very weak. It will bring with it a bit more cloud across Northern Ireland into Western Parts of scotland. The chance of a little Light Rain or drizzle, but its not moving very quickly into the uk, and for many, it will be a fine day with some spells of sunshine. It will be warmer in the southeast, 23 celsius. Those temperatures wont change a great deal on sunday, but for one or two showers, it should be dry with some sunshine at times. This is bbc news, the Headlines Acoalition of Opposition Parties has been formed to oust the current Prime Ministerfrom power. If it wins support in the knesset, a new government would be led for the next two years by Naftali Bennett, a hardline former settler. With 50 days left until the delayed Olympic Games are due to begin in tokyo, there remains a significant abount of debate over whether they should take place in the middle of a fourth wave of covid infections. The International Olympic Committee insists the event can be held safely. Committee insists the Event Salvage experts are trying to tow a burnt out Cargo Ship away from the coast of Sri Lanka before tonnes of oil from its Fuel Tanks leak into the ocean. The vessel, the X Press Pearl, is sinking after being badly damaged by a huge fire. Those are the headlines on bbc news. Englands Education Recovery Commissioner has resigned, saying the governments Funding Package is not enough