hello, welcome to the programme. military leaders in myanmar have staged a coup and declared a state of emergency for at least a year. hours earlier, they detained the country s de facto leader aung san suu kyi and several of her fellow leaders in the national league for democracy. the military says it s in response to alleged election fraud in november s general election which saw aung sang suu kyi returned to power by a huge majority. let s speak to our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. just a few hours ago, elected politicians were about to convene a new parliament and just a couple of hours later it is now a military coup. an extraordinary sequence of events in a very short time period. what have the military been saying? been saying? well, they have siml been saying? well, they have simply announced been saying? well, they have simply announced that - been saying? well, they have simply announced that this i been saying? well, they have simply announced that
of marijuana, sparking a craze for all sorts of cannabis creations. welcome to the programme. starting with political developments in israel, where the prime minister, naftali bennett is to step down from his post and dissolve parliament, triggering a fresh election. the current foreign minister, yair lapid, will temporarily take over. mr bennett has been in thejob forjust over a year and has struggled to stabilise his increasingly fragile governing coalition. translation: i held a series of talks with officials and i realise that in ten days with the expiration of the west bank regulations, israel will experience serious security damages and spared no efforts to galvanise whoever was needed to galvanise whoever was needed to pass the regulations, brought our efforts or no fruit. therefore my friend foreign minister lapid and i decided to act together to dissolve parliament and sat and agreed upon date for elections. for more on the political situation in israel, i have been
the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organsation by the uk government. this is the scene live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis an area that has been under frequent assault. the scenes both inside and ouside the hospital are traumatic. these pictures were shot today. children are among those being driven to the hospital carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to hospital was too late. unicef s spokespersonjames elder is inside khan younis he described the scense to us. a senior adviser to the israeli prime mininister has insisted israel is doing all it can to minimise the deaths of civilians in gaza, after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said israel had a moral responsiblity to minimise casualties not linked to hamas. our middle east correspondent paul adams has this report, and a warning it co