Harding also agrees with him german political analyst mattianelis wrote on twitter minister reznikov did a great job rallying support for ukraine at the International Level but the scandals with purchases shook his ministry, and as zelensky said, it is not time for a new approach , a number of analysts speak favorably of rustam omer, the head of the state Property Fund whom president Volodymyr Zelenskyi will ask for the position of minister of defense instead of reznikov, a reformer and capable manager of the mayors office, according to Atlantic Council expert andrew dayary, he will be well received in the west. Although he will have to build relations with key defense officials from scratch , he shared his expectations from the potential next minister of defense with my colleague kateryna lisunova, the former Us Ambassador to ukraine john herbstv i would not exaggerate the impact of the release of reznikov reznikov respected defense minister austin they had Good Relationship and i thi
They were preceded by a series of attempts to attack various us military bases on the mediterranean coast of israel. This is one component, and the second component is tonight, in fact there was such a first raid in the gaza sector, tanks of the Israel Defense forces tzahal. This is not yet a ground operation, but it is the first component of it. So, these two components are american presence and demonstrated readiness. Hala, to finally control the gas sector on earth, is this, is this the beginning of this great war, or not yet . I think that there is, there is a feeling that there will not be, you know, such a day, and the Israel Defense forces will enter the gaza strip in huge columns to carry out an operation, i think that such raids will now take place, every day, every night, and it will be like now with the american bases in iraq and syria, when they are shelled a little , but very dosed, and if, for the time being, if a big war is not declared, but there are actions, well, now
Against the Islamic State group has been killed in northern syria. Also in the next hour. More than two hours are wasted per day in nhs operating theatres, because of inefficiencies. A new study finds hundred of thousands more non Emergency Operations could be carried out every year in england, if operating schedules were better organised. Xijinping consolidates his control of china as the communist party enshrines his name and ideology into its constitution. And a collection of portraits by the french master paul cezanne go on display this week in london. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The European Council president donald tusk has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together, or, as he put it, face defeat. Brexit, he said is the eus toughest stress test, and the eu must not be divided at any cost. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. Our europe correspond
On the government over brexit, is named the most influential black briton of the year. Its ok to be who you are because it will make you a success, not in spite of it. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Jesse lingards on song for manchester united. Well tell you if they reached the quarterfinals on a big night of league cup action. Good evening. President xijinping has consolidated his position at the top of chinese politics, becoming the nations most powerful leaderfor a generation. His name and his political philosophy, summarised as socialism with chinese characteristics, have now been added to the communist partys constitution, a rare honour only given to two other former leaders, chairman mao and deng xiao ping. The announcement came on the final day of the 19th Party Congress in beijing, and could see the president remain in power beyond the end of his second and supposedly final five year term in 2022. Rivals now wont be able to challenge him without threatening the communi
Bankrolled brexit. But is he all he seems . We have been investigating. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Two republican senators have attacked president trump. In a fierce attack on president trump, jeff flake claims reckless, outrageous and undignified behaviour at the top of Us Government is endangering democracy. Mr trump has previously called mr flake toxic. Bob corker described him as an utterly untruthful president. Our north america editorjon sopel is in washington. We are used to politicians talking in code. This doesnt need to go into google translate. He says the flag ra nt into google translate. He says the flagrant disregard for truth or decency by the president , most often for the pettiest and most personal reasons. Hes not alone. There was another republican senator standing down, senator bob corker, who said the president seems incapable of telling the truth. Does this matter . Well, the republicans have the most narrow majority in the senate, 52 to 48 democrats. W