Warned people to stay away from scottish coasts because of the dangers. Well have the latest on all that with our scotland reporter. That with our scotland reporter. First, a roundup of your latest headlines with. Rihanna latest headlines with. Rihanna good afternoon. Its 12 01. Your top stories from the newsroom. Its israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked rishi sunak for his visit to israel, calling it a strong statement of support at rishi sunak has been holding talks with his counterpart. Rishi sunak has been holding talks with his counterpart. Hes on a two day trip to the wider region amid growing concerns the conflict with hamas could escalate. Hell be travelling to a number of other regional capitals in a diplomatic bid to prevent the fighting from spiralling, mr sunak said to his counterpart. We want you to win from your decision yesterday that you took to ensure that routes into gaza will be opened for humanitarian aid to enter. Im glad that you made that decisio
What effect does bebes election have . Iran, the concern about the u. S. Entering what many consider to be a bad deal, there is not a lot of huge difference. The president would have been in the position of having to be inclusive and take his views into account. He can marginalize bibi because he has done that. The reelection makes it harder for the president to not strike a deal but to sell a deal. I believe if and him vetoes the deal that struck, the deal will be dead. Republicans will not be swayed by the russians are chinese are the germans. If Netanyahu Herzog would not have done a deal. Campbell he believes this is his legacy. If there is Movement Toward a deal that he does not believe is good for israel he could very seriously look at taking unilateral action. There could be a non and opportunity to say to the iranians i have one guy screaming in my ear and republicans in the other. You have bibi and tom cotton take your pick. Lets move on, same topic but different point. And no
Eric is out all week. Ive got an allstar cast of guest anchors. How was your weekend . Guest it was good. I played with my iphone. Pretty uneventful. I didnt even make it out of my house very much. Stephanie you didnt go see cinderella . i did not see it, but my kids did. The top business stories of the morning, for the first time in 11 days, Vladimir Putin has been found. He has been seen in public. He met with his counterpart from cargo stand. It not been seen and public since march fifth. That led to speculation about his health, even his grip on power. He has no problems. He today said it would be boring without gossip. Valiant has won the battle. And no international has withdrawn its rival bid. They make drugs for stomach disorders. They are all trying to find new drugs. There is a new ceo at sothebys. Tad smith will take over at the end of the month. Ruprecht had been pressured to create more money. Oil resumes its slide this morning. It had a six year low after falling 10 last
Seven weeks ahead of the general election, we look at the politics at play. Mark welcome to countdown. Anna i am anna edwards. Manus i am manus cranny. A poll shows Business Leaders could live without netanyahu as Prime Minister. We go live to tel aviv. Anna 6 00 in london. Lets kick off with the price of oil. West texas intermediate fell. It is the lowest level in six years. The plunge comes after the International Aid agency says international output could strain storage capacity. Mark american production and stockpiles are at the highest level in three decades. The drilling rigs are at a record pace. We will keep an eye on the oil price throughout the morning. Manus the stocks are at a fiveyear high. Li has the National Peoples congress vowing to press ahead with Structural Reforms and support the economy. There are some really there was some really graphic language used. Talk us through what he said and meant. Yvonne eloquent statement yesterday. He talked about the message of the
After his death. Hello and welcome to the program. Lets start with israel. There, people are voting in parliamentary elections. The Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu is aiming to become the countrys longest serving leader. The Coalition Government is inevitable because of their police cal system. They are hard to form and harder to hold together. The Ruling Coalition of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is made up of representatives of his likud party. Against a nuclear deal with iran. The opposition is called the Zionist Union. They are led by laborers who have no other party of the justice minister. In the end though it is the other, the smaller parties who often hold the balance of power from the sen tryst to the ultra orthodox and arab parties. All corners of this society are reflected. Its not just who leads, but how it is formed. Lets go to jerusalem. Our correspondent is just outside the polling station there. Its not just a simple who will win. Theres the complicated case