benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu has benjamin netanyahu has described iran as the greatest threat to the world, not just to iran as the greatest threat to the world, notjust to israel. you can ta ke world, notjust to israel. you can take back with you a message to the tyra nts take back with you a message to the tyrants of terror and —— tehran. do not test israel's resolve. also, emma watson donates £1 million to a new fund aimed at making uk workplaces safe for women. ahead of tonight's baftas, the actorjoined 200 female british and irish stars in signing a letter calling for an end to sexual harassment in all industries. and at 2.30, preeti shenoy will be with us for talking books. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. save the children says the widower of the murdered labour mp, jo cox, resigned from a senior role at the charity in 2015 before an inquiry into a complaint of inappropriate behaviour was completed. brendan cox this morning stepped down from two organisations set up in his wife's memory after admitting he had behaved inappropriately three years ago. but he

the police leibler benjamin netanyahu the police leibler benjamin neta nyahu received lavish the police leibler benjamin netanyahu received lavish presence of champagne, cigars and jewellery. the second is about manipulation of the media. officers say that mr netanyahu the media. officers say that mr neta nyahu negotiated favourable coverage from one major newspaper in exchange for curtailing the circulation of one of its rivals. israel's leader has dismissed police recommendations. translation: over the years, there have been pressures to open no fewer than 15 investigations would be aim of toppling me from power. all began with explosive headlines, live broadcast and thunderous police recommendations. all these results endedin recommendations. all these results ended in nothing. this time as well they will result in nothing. the opposition calls on mr netanyahu to step aside. it's a sad day for israeli democracy when the prime minister is suspected in bribery. this is why we believe really should remove himself, even until this whole thing is sorted out legally. but there is no legal

benefactors to send more and that is one of the things that benjamin netanyahu has rejected he hasn't rejected the idea of being given gifts by these men he says that this is natural in the case in the course of long and deep friendships but there is now according to the understanding from the israeli media about these recommendations from the israeli police likely to well that there is a recommendation at least for indictment for bribery at least in the case of an a militant he is a an israeli born but u.s. resident hollywood mogul who is one of the two billionaires the other being james packer of the straightly and businessmen who were alleged to have given these gifts to netanyahu and there is some detail coming out which is extremely interesting suggesting that netanyahu himself sponsored or backed a law legislation to try to get it through the knesset the israeli parliament which would have allowed minxin to repatriate to israel without losing a large part of his fortune or a significant chunk of money in that repatriation process suggestions that another is a senior israeli poli

israeli police say though recommended benjamin netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges the prime minister says it will never happen. and the president's chief of staff it had full confidence and trust in his abilities and his performance. another key trump aide is force out of the white house this one accused of abusing two ex-wives. almost two hundred people have been killed in the past three days alone in rebel held parts of syria after some of the most intense fighting and shelling in months thirty four people died oh when. a rebel on klav on the outskirts of damascus where four hundred thousand people are thought to be besieged by government forces since twenty four others died in a province which has been the target of recent chemical attacks a government offensive backed by russian air support has been underway there for weeks russian bombing in the areas being ramped up since a pilot was shot down and killed on saturday both. supposed to be part of so-called the escalation zones where fighting in air strikes were to be scaled back the attacks take the death toll to at leas

israel's prime minister benjamin bibi netanyahu he's held the post phenomenon years but now his political future seems at best uncertain for many months a special police unit has been investigating serious allegations against the prime minister these probes known to israelis as cases one and two thousand case one thousand netanyahu and his family is suspected of accepting lavish gifts from business people and rich friends champagne cigars and other items worth tens of thousands of israeli shekels in case two thousand the prime minister allegedly tried to influence the publisher of a daily newspaper in order to receive more favorable coverage netanyahu has built his career on the image of mr security according to surveys he's still the favorite prime minister of many israelis but in the last few months some israelis have gone out to protest. it's now up to the attorney general to decide whether to follow the recommendations of the police. netanyahu himself has denied all accusations and called the investigations a witch hunt against him and his family. for more i'm joined now by middle eas

well benjamin netanyahu has for many months been at the center of a swirling corruption scandal but never this intensity this is the most dramatic moment so far with the recommendations coming from the israeli police that he be indicted in cases one thousand and two thousand as they're known case one thousand involves gifts of cigars and champagne given to benjamin netanyahu and his wife sarra they are according to leaks from the investigation that came out during its course or they were gifts given requested by the couple as they were running low on stocks gifts that came from the hollywood based israeli born mogul. and the astray and billionaire james packer now in the case of mr sharon the recommendation letter appears to suggest that netanyahu backed legislation in the israeli parliament the knesset which would have allowed him to repatriate to israel without large financial penalty then you know how seventy received gifts from long term friends but there was no quid pro quo and that he would never have done such a thing in return for cigars he merely helped him with his visa because

our top stories: israeli police say prime minister benjamin netanyahu should be charged with corruption. he says the allegations are baseless. us intelligence chiefs say moscow's election meddling isn't over. the head of the fbi contradicts the white house. putting pressure on south africa's president. jacob zuma clings to office, as his own party calls for him to go. and meghan markle meets one of the smallest recruits in the military, the mascot for the royal marines. israel's prime minister has confirmed that police are recommending he be charged with corruption offences. poloice say there's evidence benjamin netanyahu gave bribes to get positive media coverage, and helped rich friends after receiving lavish gifts. in an address on israeli television, mr netanyahu insisted nothing would come of the cases against him, and that he will remain in office. the bbc‘s james reynolds reports from jerusalem. n0 audio. sorry about that. we seem to be having some audio problems with that. we will return as we possibly can. is bring you updated with what is happening in the senate. the leaders

our top stories: israeli police say prime minister benjamin netanyahu should be charged with corruption. he says the allegations are baseless. american intelligence chiefs insist russia's election meddling isn't over. and the head of the fbi contradicts the white house. yet more pressure on south africa's president. but jacob zuma clings to office, as his own party calls for him to go. and can these canine casanovas find love, and a new home, on valentine's day? israel's prime minister has confirmed that police are recommending he be charged with corruption offences. police say there's evidence benjamin netanyahu gave bribes to get positive media coverage, and helped rich friends after receiving lavish gifts. in an address on israeli television, mr netanyahu insisted nothing would come of the cases against him, and that he will remain in office. the bbc‘s james reynolds reports from jerusalem. the israeli police recommend charges against the country's prime minister in two separate cases. the first centres on gifts for favours and police believe that benjamin netanyahu gave special tr

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his military has dealt serious blows to iran in syria the day after it carried out a series of air strikes that. the u.k. is threatening to withdraw funding from the charity oxfam in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. now north korea's olympic delegation has left south korea after a while when three days which ended in a diplomatic offer that aims to end seventy years of hostility the group which included the powerful sister of north korea's leader kim jong un left on a private plane on sunday on saturday can show young extended a rare invitation to the south korean president lungi in to visit pyongyang the delegation has been holding talks with the south korean government on the sidelines of the winter olympics but i'm sure going to him has more now from seoul. even as athletes competed on the snow and ice diplomatic developments continue to steal at least some of the spotlight during what's being called the peace olympics the last three days have been historic and a high point in her career in relations north korean leader kim

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu should face bribery charges but the attorney general will have the final say on prosecution. i'm richelle carey and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. what we have seen so far is cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media the united nations puts more pressure on me and maurice government to deal with the row hensher crisis. oxfam international chairman faces corruption charges in his home country the latest crisis hit the charity mired in a deepening abuse scandal. and confronting racism and canada how the case of him and indigenous me and killed by a white farmer could change the country's criminal justice system. a defiant israeli prime minister says he'll keep plaguing the country despite police recommending he be charged for corruption and bribery benjamin that is accused of accepting nearly three hundred thousand dollars in gifts from billionaire benefit benefactors he's also suspected of backroom deals with the publisher of an israeli newspaper for favorable coverage reports. the corruption scandal

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to continue military operations inside syria a day after israeli warplanes carried out a series of strikes there he says israel is determined not to allow iran to intrench itself militarily in syria on saturday israel targeted areas in syrian territory after intercepting an iranian drone in its airspace and israeli fighter jet was then shot down which led to it which led to israel carrying out more raids netanyahu says the operation dealt a serious blow to iran. more. than a month of crucial yesterday we landed hard blows in the forces of iran and syria we made unequivocally clear to everyone that our modus operandi has not changed one jot we will continue to hit back for every intent to harm us for any blow flick to do us this is been our policy and this remain our policy. out his air is how i foresee it has more from west jerusalem well as weekly cabinet meeting the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was talking about severe blows being struck by israel against both iranian and syrian forces inside syrian territory in respons

holes in israeli media say the police will recommend that prime minister benjamin netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges the prime minister and his wife are suspected of receiving illicit gifts from billionaire benefactors including a hollywood producer he's also alleged to have been involved in a deal with a leading newspaper which would have weakened the rival daily in return for favorable coverage the prime minister denies the allegations and says he's confident the attorney general will not pursue the case and run come center small from west jerusalem prime minister benjamin netanyahu has long been defined of all of these accusations he said they are political in nature and he's used various different platforms to talk about how this is a political witch hunt against him now what he's normally done is take to his facebook page there is a facebook page has been very active of late talking about the operations going on in the west bank but what he's done is say to the israeli public that what is going on with them is a witch hunt against him but more importantly that the attorney

police recommend the israeli prime minister's a document on corruption charges but benjamin netanyahu says nothing will come of it plus. a mentor thomas in sydney well autistic responded to the incidents recorded at australia's offshore refugee person. trouble is mounting for south african president jacob zuma who's facing pressure to resign after a corruption probe the ruling african national congress says it will move a no confidence motion against zuma if he doesn't step down by thursday meanwhile police have raided the home of the prominent business family with close ties to the president and arrested three people they sailed off the roads around the globe. the family home and to harrisburg with the area designated a crime scene. is accused of being influenced by the first to make government decisions and cabinet appointments investigation is also looking at whether the group does and some of the family members were involved and international money laundering that's just one of many corruption accusations against the south african president has been linked to bribery over a line n

prime minister benjamin netanyahu says this is going nowhere now the case has been really recommended by the police they say an indictment should be issued that's been given to the attorney general the attorney general then house to discuss with the state's attorney and come up with a decision whether to indict or not promise to benjamin netanyahu much like president donald trump uses social media to get his message across he's been on his facebook page he's been saying that this is going nowhere let's take a look at exactly what he had to say. many of you asked what will happen so i want to reassure you there will be nothing because i know the truth the state of israel is a state of law the law says of the one to determine whether there is evidence against the prime minister is the attorney general and he consults with the state attorney the state prosecutor said recently and mesh it not about half of the police recommendations and with nothing so what happens next what we're looking at evidence being gathered and taking a look at by the state's attorney with the attorney general it'

you were in the plenary when benjamin netanyahu was addressing it should give us an idea of the mood in the reception that his speech received. well to one degree there was no real surprise kitty israel is visibly angered but people did hold their breath when he held up this piece of drone that iran still continues to deny its own that it knows this drone into the air space really the message that came through here is not just that iran is seen as a threat seen as a power that tries to extend its power base now into syria something that benjamin netanyahu was adamant he simply would not let happen but there was also a scathing condemnation of the iranian nuclear deal with john kerry the former u.s. secretary of state actually sitting in the audience he's one of the key architects of the people who helped this to actually come together after more than a decade of negotiation and it is seen in europe and amongst particular democrat in the united states as a breakthrough in international demoed diplomacy also leading the way in resolving other potential to potentially nuclear conflict l

well as weekly cabinet meeting the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was talking about severe blows being struck by israel against both iranian and syrian forces inside syrian territory in response to this downing of an israeli fighter plane the first such incident since one nine hundred eighty two meriting as far as israel israel is concerned a very serious response targeting twelve separate installations within syrian territory he said that it demonstrated that israel retain the right to act and strike back in any way it sees fit this is despite the message coming from the russians which is that israel needs to be careful not to escalate tensions further israel not really talking about russia in its language very much targeting its are at iran and syria but israel has been trying very hard to improve relations with the russian government especially trying to coordinate on exactly how it can and intends to act inside syria in response to what benjamin netanyahu is talking about as a growing threat from iran as the syrian security situation remains so unstable we are also gett

also israeli police chief say that they will recommend benjamin netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges the prime minister says it will never happen plus and the president's chief of staff have had full confidence and trust in his abilities and his performance. yes another key donald trump aide is forced to leave the white house this one accused of abusing two ex-wives. welcome to the program we begin in syria where all those two hundred people have been killed in the past three days in rebel held parts of the country this after some of the most intense airstrikes fighting and shelling in months thirty four people died on wednesday in eastern guta a rebel on klav in the outskirts of the capital damascus where four hundred thousand people are estimated to be besieged by government forces since twenty thirty. four others died that province which has been the target of recent chemical attacks a government offensive backed by russia has called has been underway there for weeks russian bombing in the area has been ramped up since the pilot was shot down and killed saturday. supposed to be pa

charges being brought against the prime minister benjamin netanyahu harriet what were you hearing . well yes i have to preface this by saying that we still are waiting for the full official publication of the israeli police's recommendations on whether to indict benjamin netanyahu but all through the israeli media there are now reports that that is exactly what will happen and specifically we've just had some information through the media again about case one thousand that is the case which alleges that netanyahu was bribed or least suspected of being bribed by wealthy foreign business figures with lavish gifts of cigars and champagne amounting to hundreds of thousands of shekels are in a one hundred thousand dollars in this and one of those figures are known mishan who is a former israeli citizen who became a hollywood based us movie producer and mogul the allegation at least in the in the reporting of this of this forthcoming recommendation that it is that the prime minister tried to push a legislation which would have allowed to repatriate to israel without losing a significant c

israeli police say benjamin netanyahu should be charged with corruption. he insists all allegations are baseless. the dutch foreign minister resigns after admitting he lied about a meeting with president putin. a group of 15 latin american nations have criticised venezuela's president nicolas maduro for his decision to call a presidential election. foreign ministers of the 'lima group' — which includes canada — have released a statement saying as long as there are political prisoners in venezuela, elections cannot be free nor fair. katie silver reports. in venezuela's capital, caracas, hundreds queue outside the peruvian embassy seeking an escape from the crippling economic crisis. embassy seeking an escape from a crippling economic crisis. with food unable to get in, they are desperately trying to get out. critical shortages have seen a number of mass anti—government protests in recent years, some of which have turned violent. on monday, students marched in memory president nicola smith euro has promised fresh elections by the end of april, telling

by coldingham benjamin netanyahu delusional. —— by calling benjamin netanyahu delusional. more now from the munich security conference. as well as discussing tensions in the middle east he event has also reminded the world about the ongoing conflict in ukraine. a report has described the situation in ukraine as ‘a stumbling block in the path to better relations‘ between russia and the west. a reminder of some of the key points in that conflict. nearly four years ago, russia annexes the southern ukrainian region of crimea. it follows a controversial referendum on its status. moscow's actions are roundly criticised by the international community. by april 2014, heavy fighting is well underway in eastern ukraine between pro—russian separatists and the ukrainian army. kiev insists some of the pro—russian fighters are actually russian nationals, specifically sent over the border. byjuly 2014, matters escalate sharply, after malaysia airlines flight mh17 is blown out of the sky by a surface to air missile fired in rebel held territory. initially, pro—russian rebels pre

israel's prime minister benjamin bibi netanyahu has held the post nine years but now his political future seems the best. for many months a special police unit has been investigating serious allegations against the prime minister these probes known to israelis as cases one and two thousand. case one thousand netanyahu and his family is suspected of accepting lavish gifts from business people and rich friends champagne cigars and other items worth tens of thousands of israeli shekels in case two thousand the prime minister allegedly tried to influence the publisher of a daily newspaper in order to receive more favorable coverage. netanyahu has built his career on the image of mr security according to surveys he's still the favorite prime minister of many israelis but in the last few months some israelis have gone out to protest calling the attorney general to speed up the investigation. it's now up to the attorney general to decide whether to follow the recommendations of the police. netanyahu himself has denied all accusations and called the investigations a witch hunt against him and his

benjamin netanyahu is accused of accepting gifts from businessmen worth around 250,000 euros. netanyahu attempted to shape the narrative before the police findings were made public, saying the recommendations were politically motivated and word amounts to nothing. >> during my time as prime minister, great pressures have been placed to open at least 15 investigations against me. the aim of toppling me from power. it all began with explosive shows,es, live tv somewhat thunderous recommend patients -- police recommendations, like this evening. this will all end without anything. the police recommendations are the most serious level against the prime minister. he is set to remain in office until july 2019, but that now remains in doubt. >> he is the reason that we in the opposition believe that netanyahu should remove himself, not only because of what he is suspected of, but because of the way he attacked all of the establishments of the democracy of israel on his way to shield himself from this. >> benjamin netanyahu has so far refused calls to step down. his future now lies in

israeli police say benjamin netanyahu should be indicted on charges in two separate corruption cases but the prime minister is hitting back saying the claims are baseless we'll get the latest from jerusalem. and it is exactly one year since the german turkish journalist done as you joel was jailed in turkey and still there's been no indictment and no trial we'll take a look at how this case continues to affect relations between ankara and berlin. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show south african police have arrested three people in raids on a business family with close ties to president jacob zuma and now the raids on a number of properties in johannesburg included this compound belonging to the group the family there accused of corruption links with the embattled president both sides now deny any wrongdoing the raids come just a day after the governing a.n.c. demanded that president zuma step down from office. our correspondent christine manuel joins us now in the studio for more good morning christine can you tell us something about the gupta family and why police really raided no

netanyahu with bribery tanya thank you for your reporting. ukrainian opposition leader mikhail saakashvili has said that he will continue his fight against corruption and rally people against the country's authorities despite being deported yesterday he was dragged out of a restaurant forcibly detained and sent to poland his lawyer says that he was kidnapped. dozens of mikhail saakashvili supporters braved the cold kiev night to protest his deportation they're backing his call for president pro tempore sankoh to resign accusing him of corruption the ukrainian government says saakashvili is trying to stage a russian sponsored through here saakashvili is attorney has called kiev's actions outrageous with them when it's a kidnapping and not the detention because the detention would be based on either a court decision or other documents and dispose of the case. the surveillance footage reportedly shows the moment border police arrested saakashvili for deportation saying he was an illegal resident in ukraine saakashvili had been a friend of poor s

very strong words indeed jane from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu particularly that moment when he said that if iran continues its violations we will retaliate not against iranian proxies in syria but against iran and that is really a significant development that could further lead to more. and he described the iranian foreign minister as the man who lies with eloquence and saying that the iranians are trying to expand a land to call the door from to hand all the way to autotools trying to building a permanent military bases inside syria and saying that the syria these ready government is going to do all it can to prevent the iranians from expanding in in in syria is quite is quite interesting when he started his speech to reminding the international community you made a mistake in one nine hundred thirty eight when you signed the deal with the with the nazis this time you made another mistake he was referring to a thousand two thousand and fifty of the iranian deals saying that this is something that should not be repeated because it paves the way for the iran to continue

netanyahu supporters say there's nothing there in fact a lot of polls have been a regarding this case for by israeli media talking to israelis themselves they don't think that there is enough evidence against the prime minister so that's why he's so confident that's why he thinks it's going to go nowhere so let's see what happens it's unlikely that we're going to see anything in the next few days because it's about the religious holiday or the religious a story coming up and so we won't see anything up until sunday maybe let's see what happens on sunday but it's unlikely and given the prime minister's bullishness i don't think we are going to see anything anytime soon what a month thank you very much for that for now that some of the nations from west jerusalem thank you. the prime minister of yemen has called on saudi arabia and its coalition to investigate recent deadly clashes in the coastal city of aden dozens of people were killed and many injured in three days of fighting between southern separatists and government forces last month the violence broke out as the saudi backed gov

they have even compared benjamin netanyahu's wife to lady macbeth and benjamin netanyahu as the obedient servant following her to his downfall. genie: you had a special guest at london fashion week. dheepthika: that guest was britain's reigning monarch, queen elizabeth ii. she was sitting next to another queen, the queen of fashion herself, anna wintour, which you see on the front page of "the daily mail." she certainly looks the part in a blue tweed dress and jacket with swarovski crystalals. she is not there just to admire the latest trends for fall 2018. she was also there to but still the inaugural queen elizabeth ii award to a young designer, a former do your in tour in turn dior intern who has been commended for getting back to the community. youe: i like the headline saw before. let's go back to france where the founder of the far right national front party, jean-marie le pen, has written a book about his life. it is coming out next week. dheepthika: it is the first volume of his autobiography. he claims it is really important because this is a guy who has been through a big chunk

welcome to the program on top story israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will continue to resist any iranian attempt to establish itself inside syria after an israeli fighter jet was down by anti-aircraft fire during an air raid in syria the israelis say the raid was in response to the discovery of an iranian drone launched from syria flying in space iran can reports from leicester asylum. in the early hours of saturday morning syria's war escalated to a new level for the first time in thirty years israel lost a fighter jet to enemy fire israel confirmed syrian air defense shot at one of its of sixteen fighter jets the israeli prime minister was blunt israel holds iran and its syria responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary. to protect our sovereignty and our security the crusher followed the shooting down of a drone israeli army video shows what they say is that iranian drone flying towards the northern golan heights before it was downed in retaliation the israeli air force at twelve targets in syria including the suspected drone c

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says nothing will come of a police recommendation that he be indicted on corruption charges plus. what we have seen so far is cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media. the united nations steps up the pressure on young must government over the crisis. we began to in south africa where police have raided the home of a prominent business family with toews to president jacob zuma and arrested three people the roads around the home of the family in johannesburg have been sealed off of the area designated a crime scene. president zuma is under investigation of alleged corruption linked to the family let's get more on this now our correspondent found in the minutes joining us live from johannesburg what more can you tell us about what's happening around the cop the family home and father. elizabeth as you mentioned the three people have been arrested so far we understand that one of them is a member of the group to family and one other it business associate just to give you a better idea who the spammy is and why this dev

israeli media is reporting that a former confidant of prime minister benjamin netanyahu will testify against him over corruption allegations shlomo felber a former director of the communications ministry was arrested on sunday it's thought he'll get a lighter sentence in return for his corporation brazil's senate has passed the decree which puts the military in charge of security in rio de janeiro the measure allows the army to take command of police forces in the crime plagued state where violence has spiked by eight percent in the last year well those are the top stories i'm going to have more news for you in just under half an hour do stay with us coming up next on al-jazeera its witness thank you for watching by.

netanyahu. this is something where you weird about about a country that is considered to be leading in height and in culture in everything when it comes to politics it seems that people have a two bit and the threshold is not even you know bribery and a clear accommodation of the police to indict him in other words. you would get if you go to the street and ask people what do you think they will tell you well there is nobody else that and you know is the best that we can come up was so he will play the his his popularity he will use his people and communication abilities and he will go to the end of the will take us reason canada's government says it's looking at changing the way juries are chosen for criminal trials this comes after an all white jury acquitted a white farmer of the murder of a twenty two year old indigenous man algiers daniel like has a story colton bushy was in a vehicle with several others when he was shot in the head by gerald stanley stanley said his family and property wer

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling iran the greatest straight to the world and mohammed zarif dismissed it as cartoonish and didn't deserve a response he was talking about the defeat of iceland he welcomed that but also that the root cause is still exist and they need to be addressed what iran wants he said reasons strong region and not a strong man and he called for fresh regional security architecture and multi lateral ism to step into place and also he said the nuclear deal is the only deal in town. so let's deal with israel first he really dismissed israel the comments made by benjamin netanyahu but he was still able to get a dig in wasn't. absolutely a.j. i mean it didn't take the iranians long to hit back the comments made by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you've heard a remark by the iranian prime minister mohammad joy is that if when his this is a. he does not deserve any response from the iranian government has basically been very critical of the israelis saying that they are the ones responsible for many of the atrocities committed against the s

benjamin netanyahu confronts the iranian foreign minister over drone israel shot down in israeli airspace around foreign minister hit back calling the speech quote a cartoon or circus also on the program. a powerful drama about a ten year old girl torn between her birth mother and adoptive mother daughter of mind by telling director of the spirit premieres at the berlin international film festival. hello and welcome i'm michel henery good to have you with us israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that if israel feels threatened it could take direct action against iran netanyahu made the comments on the final day of the munich security conference and at the end of the week that saw iran and israel edge closer to open confrontation. israel's prime minister was in hawkish form when he took to the stage in munich in a blistering speech he slammed what he calls iran's aggression in the middle east. here's a piece of that iranian drone or what's left of it after we shot it down i brought it here so you can see for yourself. mr zarif you recognize this. you should be george you can

i'm brian thomas' a warm welcome to the show the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is future is in doubt this morning the country's police force is saying it has enough evidence to recommend he be charged with bribery fraud a breach of trust israel's turny general must now examine the police recommendation and decide whether to file charges and a live t.v. address netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing but remember lolo in my years as prime minister i have been subject to at least fifteen inquiries and investigations with the aim of toppling me from power to motion. those attempts resulted in nothing and this time too they will come to nothing. i'm sure it will really i will continue to lead israel responsibly and faithfully for as long as you know the citizens of israel jews me to lead you well the prime minister has been questioned a number of times over the past year and as a suspect in two separate corruption cases. israel's prime minister benjamin bibi netanyahu has held the post the ninety years but now his political future seems at best. for many months a special police u

police recommend the israeli prime minister's indictment on corruption charges for benjamin netanyahu says nothing will come of it. on untruthfulness in sydney well this of responding to the woman incidents recorded it will strike you as a refugee person it's. a low pressure is growing on south africa's president to step down from his own party but jacob zuma says he's not going anywhere right now president said he had proposed a longer transition period handing over power after june the a.n.c. rejected that plan and demand that he step down by thursday. so i found it very strange that i'm going to be told by my organization you now must go. because. we now have two new president thomas comey not to following any policy of the a.n.c. there's nothing of that nature i need a miller has more now from pretoria. this is the first time that south africans have heard from jacob zuma throughout this period we calls for him to step down and grown in intensity jacob zuma held an interview with the state broadcaster and he used that interview to explain his position and essentially defend himsel

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says nothing will come of the police recommendation that he be indicted on corruption charges. what we have seen so far is cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media the united nations steps up the pressure on myanmar's government over the russian crisis. began in south africa where police have raided the home of a prominent business family with toys to president jacob zuma and arrested one person the roads around the home of the gulf the family in johannesburg have been sealed for the area designated a crime scene where president zuma is under investigation of alleged corruption linked to the family he's accused of being influenced by the group those to make government decisions and cabinet appointments zuma and some of his family members along with the gupta is being investigated on charges of international money laundering and that's just one of many corruption accusations against the south african president he's been led to bribery over a nine hundred ninety nine on steel he was also accused of spending twenty t

benjamin netanyahu is being investigated and several corruption cases. one of them is the so called gifts affairs. it involves creams that he and his family accepted nearly two hundred and fifty thousand years and gifts. to billionaires. for now parties within his coalition government officially support him. some junior coalition partners however have spoken out more cautiously. lower court unfortunately receiving gifts of such a white officer loans is not meet expectations of israelis. hope however many are in a state of little and prime minister netanyahu has a resumption of innocence i will wait until the italian. hands down decision. c. reaction from the opposition leaders isaac airs on. now this. when a schism. the attorney general and wait to see his decision. to a recent poll sixty six percent of israelis believe benjamin netanyahu should resign if indicted. protest against corruption israeli politics which started over a year ago have intensified in recent month. the french are he does his without borders has admitted to firing stuff the sexual a

prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel seeks peace but will defend itself against any attack or it's him by iran to establish itself in syria. iran seeks to use syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying the us this morning iran brazenly violated israel sovereignty israel holds iran and its syrian post responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security. allies of syria and enemies of israel celebrated the downing of the warplanes. fighters from the pro iranian hezbollah group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on. the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism open but in neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this case the boss the loss of the jet comes as israel acknowledged for the first time and attack on iranian targe

israel's prime minister under fire after a year-long investigation, is really police say benjamin netanyahu took bribes and recommended that he be charged with corruption. we will go live to jerusalem for the latest and coming up, president zuma ups the stakes in south africa's political showdown. the ruling party tells them to go but the president says not yet. and germany's oldest political party looks set to decide on his new female leader. but can andre analysis unify the deeply divided social democrats? plus, ukraine's opposition leader vows to fight until the very end. after being forcibly deported to poland, he says he will continue his fight against corruption and rally political opposition from abroad. ♪ host: i am sarah kelly. welcome to the brea program. thank you for joining us. we begin with a report that is really police have enough evidence to recommend prosecutors charge benjamin netanyahu with bribery following a 14-month investigation for the recommendation has been handed to the country's attorney general. netanyahu denies wrongdoing in. a live tv -- wrongdoing. in a li

it's good to have you with us israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria this after an israeli jet was shot down by syrian forces on its way home from a bombing mission it was one of a group of planes targeting iran backed positions inside syria israel says it was provoked a charge denied by syria and iran. a burning israeli f. sixteen shot down by the syrian air force both pilots ejected one was seriously wounded. israel says the jet attacked iranian targets in syria after an iranian drone entered israeli airspace. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel seeks peace but will defend itself against any attack or it's him by iran to establish itself in syria. iran seeks to use a syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying the us this morning iran brazenly violated israel's sovereignty israel holds iran and its syrian post responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security the allies of syria and enemies o

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that if israel feels threatened it could take action directly against iran netanyahu made the comments on the final day of the munich security conference and at the end of a week that saw iran and israel edged closer to open confrontation. israel's prime minister was in hawkish form when he took to the stage in munich in a blistering speech he slammed what he calls iran's aggression in the middle east here's a piece of that iranian drone or what's left of it after we shot it down. i brought it here so you can see for yourself. mr zarif. you recognize this. you should it's george you can take back with you a message to the tyrants of terror on. do not test israel's resolve. netanyahu is a vehement critic of the twenty fifteen nuclear agreement negotiated between six world powers and iran and he sees it as a form of appeasement that will prevent iran from building a nuclear bomb or maneuvering to become the dominant power in the region. i think it's time to stop and you know they're aggressive they're developing ballistic missiles they're

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu brands iran as the greatest threat to the world, clutching the remains of what he says is an iranian drone shot down by israel. also, emma watson donates £1 million to a new fund aimed at making uk workplaces safe for women. ahead of tonight's baftas, the actorjoined 200 female british and irish stars in signing a letter calling for an end to sexual harassment in all industries. and click goes skinny dipping in the himalayas, as a remote village receives electricity for the first time. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. save the children says the widower of the murdered labour mp, jo cox, resigned from a senior role at the charity in 2015 before an inquiry into a complaint of inappropriate behaviour was completed. brendan cox this morning stepped down from two organisations set up in his wife's memory after admitting he had behaved inappropriately three years ago. but he rejects a separate allegation he assaulted a woman at harvard university in 2015. charlotte gallagher reports. the murder ofjo

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you know right now in tel aviv prime minister benjamin netanyahu and defense minister avigdor lieberman are meeting with army chief of staff got the eyes on the cot and the. entire army command at the defense ministry this meeting has been going on since the morning no one has come out netanyahu has muzzled his cabinet ministers and at the same time it's. been reported that netanyahu has gotten on the phone with his american and russian counterparts in an attempt to deescalate the situation netanyahu seems to have every intention of not escalating which is very significant for a number of reasons and when he muzzles his cabinet ministers that usually means that he doesn't want anything to come out in the israeli press which could trigger further escalation this is being covered constantly by the israeli news and it's all the country is talking about right now how serious is this incident in your opinion. it's a dramatic incident for a number of reasons first of all this is the first israeli plane that syria has down since one thousand nine hundred eighty two second of all israel is unab

it's good to have you with us israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria this after an israeli jet was shot down by syrian forces on its way home from a bombing mission it was one of a group of planes targeting iran backed positions inside syria israel says it was provoked a charge denied by syria and iran. and it's really just in flames an angry reaction from the army and two very different versions of what happened early saturday morning. the key question didn't iranian surveillance drones stray into israeli territory from a base in syria triggering a deadly response from israeli fighter jets syria says its allies drone was near the israeli border on a standard intelligence mission but israel disagrees it has released this unverified video which it says shows the drone in israeli airspace next they say it followed the drone across the syrian border and shot it down and then launched fighter jets like these to strike the drones base inside syria that triggered a syrian response the regime unleashed its anti-a