Benjamin netanyahu hits back today at a top democratic calls for new elections in israel for a good evening i am Christina Coleman and for jon scott and this is a box report. Top white house officials insist it is up to the israeli people to decide if there will be new elections as israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says some of the Majority Leader Chuck Schumer call for new leadership in israel was inappropriate. The Prime Minister also sticking to his pledge to wipe out the Hamas Terror Organization but Lucas Thompson is live at the white house with more. I lucas. Chris christina earlier today on fox israels Prime Minister responded to that speech by the Senate Majority leader. Because i think schumers statements are wholly inappropriate. We are not a Banana Republic the people will choose when they have elections, who they will elect is not something we foisted upon us. President biden said schumer made a good speech and says he was given a heads up on its content in advance.
belief in why they are fighting, but in others there is a deep resentment. why can t the un do more to get the kind of world peace that most of us long to see? you ve got a structure here in the united nations that reflects a post second world war order. the new order, the new balances of power, are not reflected in it. and what are meteorites made of? for that matter, what s space made of? when scientists add up all the matter, all the stuff we can see in the galaxy, that matter doesn t create enough gravity to hold that galaxy together, so there has to be something else there. on the battlefields of eastern and southern ukraine at the moment, the temperatures are bitter and the fighting is inevitably limited. but as the russian invasion approaches its second anniversary, things aren t going particularly well for ukraine. there s political infighting in kyiv, with angry arguments about the way forward and criticism of president zelensky s decision making. millions of innocen
humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. every other member of the council backed the resolution, apart from the uk, which abstained. palestine condemned the result as a terrible day for the council, but israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas - which is classed as a terror group by many western governments, including the uk a chance to regroup. our correspondent hugo bachega reports. in gaza, there is no safe place, says the un secretary general. the healthcare says the un secretary general. the healthca re system says the un secretary general. the healthcare system is collapsing, hospitals have come battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter or anything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday, in the aftermath of an israeli abstract, as the military pushes ahead with its against hamas. hours later, the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and how did this warning. there is a high risk
Combat troops left helmand is back under their control a special report. The motion is therefore carried. Scotlands Episcopal Church agrees to same sex marriage, a first for anglican churches in the uk. And Coming Up In Sportsday later in the hour on bbc news for the first time in over 50 years, an England Football Team has reached a World Cup Final thats after the under 20s beat italy. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. In one of the most politically explosive Hearings Washington has seen the former director of the fbi has accused white house staff of lying. James comey who was fired by the President Trump was giving evidence to a Senate Committee which is trying to establish whether there was russian interference in last years election and whether mr Trumps Campaign team colluded in that effort. As our North America Editorjon Sopel reports the hearings could have significant implications for the trump presidency. People talk about the crackle of expectation. In washingt
Evening as this High Pressure cubs then, it is getting squeezed out, towards the uk. A pretty unsettled way, some sunshine from time to time, but we can expect heavier showers, some longer spells of rain, Turning Cooler as well. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. A white house spokesperson has defended donald trump, after the president was accused of failing to explicitly condemn far right extremists following the death of an anti fascist Counter Protester at a White Supremacist rally in charlottesville. Mr trump has been criticised for condemning violence by many sides, instead of targeting his anger at the far right. The chancellor, philip hammond, and International Trade secretary liam fox have said that any brexit transition deal would be time limited, and would not be a back door to the uk remaining in the eu. Raila odinga, the defeated candidate in the kenyan president ial elections, has urged his supporters not to go to work on monday over the disputed election result. More