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World Service,03 Jun 2021,49 mins

Israeli parties form coalition to oust Netanyahu

Newsday

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Is time finally up for Israel's great survivor Benjamin Netanyahu? If a multi-party coalition formed against him gets approval in the Knesset, his 12-year reign as Israel's longest serving Prime Minister is over. Pope Francis has made changes to Roman Catholic Church law to criminalise sexual abuse. What difference does it make and why now - we'll try to answer those questions. And it's 50 days to go to the Tokyo Olympics - the first athletes are arriving, the organisers insist they will take place, but the question over the wisdom of holding in the middle of a pandemic are not going away.

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