Israel’s Prime Minister dissolves the war cabinet

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved his six-member war cabinet, a widely expected decision that follows the departure of centrist opposition leader Benny Gantz and his ally Gadi Eisenkot.

Also on the programme: Migrant deaths in the Mediterranean allegedly at the hands of the Greek coastguard, we hear testimony from those who witnessed others thrown overboard; and the international effort to find hundreds of species of ‘missing’ birds

(Photo: Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu Credit: Gil Cohen Magen via Reuters)