Andy beshear, acknowledged the incident on x warning people to avoid the scene. We'll bring you more details as they come. More than 100,000 people joined protests across france on saturday, over president macron*s appointment of rightwing politician, michel barnier, as the new prime minister. It follows mr macron*s rejection of a candidate presented by the leftwing bloc that won the most seats in a recent election. Mr barnier is the european union's former brexit negotiator and says he is open to forming a government with mps across the political spectrum, including on the left. But leftwing parties, trade unions, and many voters are furious that mr macron blocked their own candidate. There were 130 protests across the country. Paris drew the largest crowds, but there were major demonstrations in marseille, nantes, nice and strasbourg. Protesters said president macron has made a mockery of those who successfully mobilised against the french farright in snap parliamentary elections. Translation: we've been fighting like dogs to prevent the farright from getting an absolute majority. We assessment of the new prime succeeded, we are 21 days, we minister, michel b we er. Absolute majority. We succeeded, we are 21 days, we did a crazy marathon the did a crazy marathon the activist and we succeeded in activist and we succeeded in stopping them and what have we stopping them and what have we got here? a farright got here? a farright government. Government. This summer's inconclusive election in france left this summer's inconclusive election in france left the country in a political the country in a political deadlock the leftwing bloc deadlock the leftwing bloc minister, michel barnier. Winning the largest number winning the largest number of seats but falling short of seats but falling short of enough to form a government. Of enough to form a government. President macron defended president macron defended his decision to appoint his decision to appoint a rightwing prime minister a rightwing prime minister by saying the leftist by saying the leftist candidate, lucie castets, stood candidate, lucie castets, stood little chance of surviving little chance of surviving a confidence vote in a confidence vote in the national assembly. Our paris correspondent hugh the national assembly. Our paris correspondent hugh schofield gave us his schofield gave us his assessment of the new prime assessment of the new prime minister, michel barnier. I wouldn't say he is a controversialfigure. But his nomination is controversial, that's for sure. He is a fairly consensual figure, not an extremist by any means, he is from the centre right, but the fact he is macron*s nominee, he is from the centre right, and the left have been protesting today, they are absolutely furious because they thought they won the election. They had the biggest number of seats in parliament, so they think it should be them who have the first choice to form a government. Their nominee should be prime minister. Macron had said no, the constitution says vote him out. Michel barnier is in a precarious position but he's holding on, and that has incensed the left and brought them onto the street today. The family of an turkishamerican activist who was killed in the occupied west bank on friday are demanding an independent usled investigation into her death. Eyewitnesses say aysenur ezgi eygi was shot dead by israeli soldiers during an antisettlement protest. The united nations is also calling for a full investigation into her death. The incident came as israeli forces ended a nearly 10day security operation mainly focused on the west bank city ofjenin. Palestinians living in the area returned to homes and infrastructure reduced to rubble. There were large demontrations in cities across israel, families of israeli hostages and antigovernment protesters calling for a ceasefire and the release of hostages. We have to shout loud. We have to bring them alive now. We cannot wait any longer. It's been enough, 11 months exactly today, people are dying in the tunnels. We cannot let it happen. We cannot go on with our life without thinking about them, without trying they will come back home with us, they are not supposed to be there. The government doesn't represent us. It's far away from what the people of israel are thinking, the majority. The last week has made it clear i that nobody can just sit still. I if nobody will shout, people will use our silence. Unfortunately our government is not thinking about the people, the citizens. Despite demands for a truce, the war goes on. At least eight people were killed in a strike on a displacement camp inside a school shelter in gaza. Gaza is also facing its first polio outreak in 25 years. Health workers will soon start a second round of vaccinations. The un says at least 187,000 gaza children have been vaccinated so far, with an eventual goal of 6a0,000. Efforts to bring a ceasefire have not yet yielded a result despite several rounds of internationally mediated indirect talks between delegations from israel and hamas. Live now to merissa khurma director of the wilson center's middle east program. Good to see you. Can we start with this massive demonstrations we have seen across israel that been held every night, this is the largest that we have seen though in the past week or so, there is the strike that has been ongoing, despite all this pressure, and minutes and yahoo is absolutely resolute still, what the mystically water alter his stance at the moment? what do mystically could put pressure on them? well, unfortunately, _ pressure on them? well, unfortunately, despite i pressure on them? well,. Unfortunately, despite these demonstration and as you mention that this one is a larges is over half a million in tel aviv, he is still doing really well in the polls. Appalled i was released two days ago with channel 1a presented little that they could win 29 seats which is just a few seats lower and essentially, when they pulled him against his opponent, he still pulled a much higher. His popularity unfortunately has also risen, particularly since the dual assassination in bay road and in tehran. So property doesn't feel that pressure is much, it is an essential issue for him, for benjamin netanyahu because it is very much tied to his political career, to his political survival and if he bends, if he compromises on anything, in the ceasefire talks or the hostage talks, then, he will risk basically losing the support from the right wing factions in his coalition government and he will not do that because his political survival is underlined. Political survival is underlined.. underlined. His not feeling the ressure underlined. His not feeling the pressure though _ underlined. His not feeling the pressure though from underlined. His not feeling the pressure though from the underlined. His not feeling the pressure though from the us, | pressure though from the us, from antony blinken, if you were a negotiator or diplomat from the us, from egypt of qatar, trying to bring about a ceasefire, what would you advise them to be doing? i think this frustration across the with benjamin netanyahu as well with hamas. It is an extensional issue for both sides, hamas is led by cyndi marr, the one making all the calling all the shots from the battlefield and it is an essential issue from them, the issueis essential issue from them, the issue is the israeli person in the philadelphia corridor which is essentially goes against hamas as demand of full withdrawal. And if israel's forces remain at the philadelphia corridor, hamas will not be able to reboot and its an essential issue but the only way forward is to continue this diplomatic pressure but it seems rather helpless especially as we approach, in a few weeks, the first year anniversary of the hamas attacks that killed 1200 israelis and then the war in gaza that has killed more than 40,000 palestinians. Gaza that has killed more than 40,000 palestinians. What we are now seeing _ 40,000 palestinians. What we are now seeing in _ 40,000 palestinians. What we are now seeing in the 40,000 palestinians. What we are now seeing in the west 40,000 palestinians. What we i are now seeing in the west bank with israeli forces leaving jenin, people coming back to devastated infrastructure and homes as well, how does that play into the bigger picture, and what do you think israel plans for the palestinian authority? it was only a few months ago we were talking about plans for post gaza situations that involve the pa but are they now trying to sideline them? but are they now trying to sideline them? they've been t in: to sideline them? they've been trying to sideline _ sideline them? they've been trying to sideline them sideline them? they've been trying to sideline them from | trying to sideline them from day one. We haven't heard benjamin netanyahu or others within this government embrace the pa or a pa role in gaza, the pa or a pa role in gaza, the problem in the west bank and that is a story that is not taken a lot of attention is that we've seen also a search in settler violence and, yes, there are militants that are operating in the west bank, jenin has always traditionally been a stronghold but as you mention, this latest operation was the most extensive, the most destructive to the infrastructure injenin according to local officials. But also, many civilians are being killed in this operation so it is very much, from any palestinians, reminiscent of what is happening in gaza currently but as the war continues, you will see militants turning up and that's to quote some of them, if they kill one of us, 10,000 will pop up kill one of us, 10,000 will pop up as long as the israeli occupation continues. Can up as long as the israeli occupation continues. Can i ask ou for occupation continues. Can i ask you fervour occupation continues. Can i ask you for your assessment occupation continues. Can i ask you for your assessment of you for your assessment of where we are out and israel because the spin further exchanges of fire today. hezbollah. They have remained within the rules of engagement that yes, some of the goals of shifted since two weeks ago when we saw the hezbollah attacks and preemptive attacks from israel. But attacks and preemptive attacks from israel from israel. But it is again, noes from israel. But it is again, goes back from israel. But it is again, goes back to _ from israel. But it is again, goes back to regular from israel. But it is again, l goes back to regular clashes, turning up a little bit of the heat when in order to pressure israel but i do not see hezbollah going all in and we haven't seen iran a retaliate or respond to the assassination of them either. This is also another indication that many of these factions including the main patron around do not want a fullscale war in the region, particularly direct engagement from israel. particularly direct engagement from israel. Good to happy with us, from israel. Good to happy with us. Thank _ from israel. Good to happy with us. Thank you from israel. Good to happy with us, thank you joining _ from israel. Good to happy with us, thank youjoining us. From israel. Good to happy with us, thank you joining us. The i us, thank you joining us. The potential for our gaza ceasefire. . . The head of m16 richard moore and cia director william burns have appeared in public together for the first time at a security conference in london. Mr burns, who has been part of efforts to reach a ceasefire in gaza, said the us is working with other mediators to *refine' the existing framework for a deal. We have to all remember, despite the work that needs to be done, this is ultimately a question of political will. And this gets to your question whether or not leaders on both sides are prepared to recognise that enough is enough, and that the time has come, finally, to make some hard choices and some difficult compromises. I hope, i hope profoundly, that both of those leaders are going to make that decision because, as i said, there's an enormous amount at stake here. The two intelligence leaders also covered ukraine's seizure of russian territory in kursk which they described as a significant tactical achievement. It's absolutely critical that we do sustain our support to ukraine. And it's really difficult. It's hard. And particularly in eastern ukraine, this is attritional warfare where there is a huge amount of suffering on both sides. And putin is pushing forward in a sort of attritional pyrrhic campaign of taking village by village as he goes forward. When he takes those, there's nothing left. And that's why i used, deliberately used the term pyrrhic. There is nothing left because everything is utterly destroyed. But that is the kremlin way of war. That's what they did in grozny. It's what they did in aleppo. And it's what they're now doing here. So it is tough, but it's also important to remember that our ukrainian friends have an absolute will to fight. And it's important to remember how this started. It started in this phase with putin mounting a war of aggression in february 2022, and 2. 5 years later, that failed. It continues to fail. Ukrainians will continue to fight. We will continue to help them to fight. The us secretary of state, antony blinken and the leader of the dominican republic held private talks on friday on the last leg of a regional tour largely focused on the crisis in neighbouring haiti. Mr blinken met dominican president luis abinader who promised that his country will restore political ties with haiti once the security situaton there improves. The domincan republic is building a wall along its border amid widespread gang violence in neighboring haiti. The talks in santo domingo followed mr blinken*s visit to haiti where he voiced support of a unbacked mission that is being led by kenya focused on combatting gangs that have seized most of haiti's capital. I spoke with foreign affairs journalist and the host of one decision podcast, christina ruffini. She joined secretary blinken on that trip. You are familiar with haiti, you've been there many times, it's so hard. . . It's hard to get access, how was it? that was one _ get access, how was it? that was one of get access, how was it? that was one of the _ get