A new alliance in Israel could oust Prime Minister Netanyahu

Israeli ultranationalist Naftali Bennett appears poised to succeed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Alliance formed that could oust Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu [Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett, left, speaks to Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid in the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 2, 2021.] Credit: Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP Israel coalition Israeli ultranationalist Naftali Bennett appears poised to succeed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after a new and[fragile]( coalition has [come to an agreement]( to potentially form a government. Israel has held four elections in two years in which Netanyahu has remained in power as the country’s longest serving head of state. A late deal Wednesday among eight political parties ties together an alliance from a wide array of political ideologies that would oust Netanyahu if Israel’s Parliament ratifies the coalition in a confidence vote [in the coming days](. China vaccination campaign With new coronavirus variants posing threats around the world, many countries have faced challenges with vaccinations, including China, a country with 1.4 billion people. In March this year, [only 3.56%]( of the population had been inoculated. Now health officials in China have reported that in just five days in May, [the country administered 100 million shots](. Venus missions NASA has[announced plans for two new robotic missions]( to our solar system’s hottest planet, Venus. NASA’s first missions to the Venusian atmosphere since 1978 will help determine whether the inferno planet ever had an ocean and was possibly habitable, and also map the rocky planet’s surface, [administrator Bill Nelson said]( in his first address to the space agency Wednesday. --------------------------------------------------------------- From The World [Souring on peace marches, Myanmar protesters seek weapons]( [A man holds a picture of 19-year-old Kyal Sin, also known as Angel, during her burial in Mandalay, Myanmar.]( Credit: STR/AP/File photo Myanmar’s protesters tried to do it the nice way — through peace marches, singing protest songs, rallying to denounce the military, which seized power four months ago and locked up elected officials. But public outcry against the coup has been answered with bullets. This brutality has people — once inclined to protest — now asking that if they're treated as enemy combatants regardless, [why not take up arms?]( [COVID sparks a new 'right to food' movement across the globe]( [Food kits containing essential grocery items being provided by a local self-governing body is unloaded from a truck in Kochi, Kerala state, India, May 25, 2021.]( Credit: R S Iyer/AP Few countries recognize the right to food in practice, but the epidemic of hunger caused by the pandemic [has a new movement gaining momentum.]( In the UK, soccer fans have pushed city councils in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and Newcastle to formally call for the right to food to be a legal requirement. The UK Parliament is considering it. And in the US, last month, West Virginia legislators proposed a right to food amendment. 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