japanese doctors call for the tokyo olympics to be cancelled, warning the games could risk the creation of a new olympic variant. china has denounced the united states after president biden ordered an intelligence investigation into claims that the coronavirus pandemic originated as a leak from a chinese laboratory. beijing said us intelligence had a dark history of spreading misinformation. president biden says he s likely to release the report when it s ready detailing it s findings. here s our china correspondentjohn sudworth. for more than a year, the theory that the virus leaked from this wuhan laboratory has largely been dismissed as a conspiracy. the invisible enemy, the china virus. the theory s association with donald trump made it for manyjust one more piece of disinformation. but in the mouth of president biden, well, that feels different, and suddenly the world s media are taking it seriously. well, i think it s very important because it will feed into. a welcome
trophies in front of the biggest crowd since the pandemic began. hello and welcome to bbc news. us presidentjoe biden has spoken by phone to both the israeli prime minister and the president of the palestinian authority after another day of violence in the region. mr biden expressed grave concern over mounting casualties. explosions these are the latest pictures coming in to us from gaza, three palestinians were killed and many were injured in israeli air strikes in the last few hours. the bombing hit the neighbourhood surrounding a hospital, and damaged the roads so that ambulances cannot get in or out. israel says it bombed the home of hamas s chief and the islamist group fired rocket barrages at tel aviv as hostilities stretched into a seventh day with no sign of abating. more than 150 people most of them palestinians have died since the latest conflict began on monday. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports from jerusalem. they made desperate attempts to find s
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 israel s history, and is still subject to a vote of confidence in parliament, probably next week. if that fails, then there s 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 israel s 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 stil
crisis. correspondent bryan llenas has the latest tonight from new york. good evening. good evening, a day after call they believed by democrats and republicans, today new york governor andrew cuomo double down and vowed to fight back against his critics. and going to take on those actors. today a defiant governor cuomo blamed lawmakers for spreading this miss information. i was not aggressive enough in locking down the false today. we were busy, trying to make lives, i will not make the mistake again. this is the normal political garbage. and it hurt them. that s what i feel badly about. undermining his claims of a partisan witch hunt, today new york democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez called for a full investigation into governor cuomo quote thousands of vulnerable nursing home residents lost the dear max their lives. this is republican u.s. senators are demanding the senate judiciary committee open investigation to begin public hearings warning pres