Executive faced strong questioning from us lawmakers about the social media app s alleged threat to us national security. the french government says more than a50 people have been arrested in clashes between police and crowds protesting an increase to the country s pension age. more than a million people took to the streets in major hello and welcome to bbc news. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is holding talks with rishi sunak in downing street this morning. as mr sunak met his counterpart at the door for a handshake, they could clearly hear loud shouts of shame in hebrew from protesters waving
Protests and violent clashes. georgina right from the institut montaigne, thank you forjoining us. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is holding talks with rishi sunak in downing street this morning. as the uk prime minister met his counterpart at the door for a handshake, they could clearly hear loud shouts of shame in hebrew from protesters waving israeli flags and placards, stating their aim of saving israeli democracy . protests are continuing in israel, where the government is pushing ahead with controversial reforms that would limit the power of the courts. well, let s speak now to paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent. what is the purpose of this visit? for benjamin netanyahu, he would like to talk about his pet concerns including iran s nuclear ambitions, a message he s taken to france and germany. he is concerned with negotiations on resuming some kind of nuclear deal at a standstill iran
It s subsumes it into th executive. it s important to remember tha in the israeli parliamentary system the legislature, th parliament, the knesset in hebrew, is already de fact part of the government in order to form a government, you need a module majority in the knesset. it would create a unitarian, authoritarian power structur with netanyahu at the top. israelis were not expectin this one of the quirks, one of th questions i hear a lot is, well, you guys just voted this guy back in november 1st what s up? the answer is that the electio was not run on the real issues the issue was democracy or autocracy. that was not presented to th israeli public while most people out on the streets are opponents of netanyahu, the fact is tha some people voted him feel pretty cheated what s the vote tha
Hebrew or russian? i want to say shall om. it means something. tell the people. peace and hello in russian. i want to say [ speaking non-english ] i can t translate it in on television. it is a big slogan. interesting. it is a big slogan that is used in ukraine and other countries to tell putin where he should and a great one. and what the longest you ve ever worked on a novel? a longest? i would say four years on my first book. the russian debutante. the last one, our country friends i wrote in six months because i was up state and there was no alcohol and to i just there you go. if was during the pandemic. i love you two together. gary steingart and chris hayes. when we come back, we have another story that get news how political pressure could work on some corporations. see you in a minute.
Saving, because they reduce emotional problems and depression that could lead to suicide. one nonprofit responded to the new law by saying decisions around medical care should be up to parents, patients, and doctors, not politicians. we are learning more about the american israeli citizen who was killed in the west bank on monday. his death is the latest in a series of escalating violence between israelis and palestinians and recent days. cnn s hadas gold has more. elan ganeles was in the wrong place at the wrong time, his friends say. the 27 year old connecticut native, the latest victim in the uptick of violence between israelis and palestinians. moved to israel several years ago, studied hebrew at a kibbutz before joining the israeli military. one of his former teachers telling cnn, he was the kind of guy you would want your daughter to date. but in 2018, after he completed his service with the israeli
Visiting from friend to friend. he is originally from connecticut. and that is where they will be sitting shiva for this young man. he was shot and killed on a normally relatively quiet set of highway. and that goes to show you how far spread the latest wave of violence has become. he was in the wrong place at the wrong time his friends say. the 27-year-old connecticut native the latest victim in the violence between israelis and palestinians. he moved to israel several years ago, studied hebrew before joining the israeli military. a former teacher saying he was the kind of guy you d want your daughter to date. but in 2018 after he completed his service with the israeli army, he moved back to the u.s. to attend columbia university where he studied sustainability. i want to talk about how we measure sustain ability. reporter: returning recently
There have been clashes with police as demonstrators staged what they describe as a day of disruption . this was the scene in central tel aviv, as police on horseback tried to stop demonstrators breaching barricades as trafficjams built up. stun grenades were fired and water cannon deployed. there were scuffles as police tried to drag away some protesters. and have a listen to this. chanting chants of shame, shame in hebrew, directed at the police. and as for the impact of roadblocks, this is drone footage of protesters with israeli flags blocking the main highway between tel aviv and jerusalem, causing a long tailback. let s hear from a couple of protesters on the rationale behind the day of disruption.
Tel aviv, as police on horseback tried to stop demonstrators breaching barricades as trafficjams built up. stun grenades were fired and water cannon deployed. there were scuffles as police tried to drag away some protesters. listen to this. chanting chants of shame, shame in hebrew, directed at the police. and as for the impact of roadblocks, this is drone footage of protesters with israeli flags blocking the main highway between tel aviv and jerusalem, causing a long tailback. let s hear from a couple of protesters on the rationale behind the day of disruption. we are blocking the intersections. we are at stopping the traffic in the entire country. in the hopes that the current government will understand that we are dead serious, and we will do everything