In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to create a coalition government. There will be new elections in September. Talks broke down over a controversial plan to require military service for ultra-Orthodox Israelis, and Netanyahu was unable to win the support he needed.
Netanyahu met with senior White House adviser Jared Kushner on Thursday. Kushner is leading the U.S. effort to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians, though it’s not clear how any American peace plan might be affected by the turmoil in Israel’s parliament.
And a recent spate of deaths and traffic jams on Mount Everest has put into question whether the Nepalese government should limit the number of permits it issues to climb the world’s tallest mountain.
Eleven people died in only ten days on the mountain, Deadspin reported earlier this week. 2019 has been one of the most dangerous years on the mountain.
And parliamentary elections in Europe left some U.K. representatives hoping they might not have to show up to legislative sessions at all.
NPR’s Noel King asked a member of the new Brexit party, Belinda De Lucy, about why she was going to Brussels. Here’s how she responded.
I know. It’s a very good question. We all hope we’re not there for very long. And, you know, we’re like turkeys voting for Christmas, if you like. We’re very keen to do ourselves out of a job. But it is a platform for us, at least, to, if you like, re-educate Brussels on the virtues of democracy, how fragile democracy is and that it must be supported no matter the result, to re-educate our Parliament on democracy and also to send a clear message to our government. If you don’t implement Brexit, the next general election is going to be disastrous for you.
And basketball has made international news: the Toronto Raptors are in the NBA finals. Read about a Raptors superfan we fell in love with, Nav Bhatia. Here’s how Bhatia got started with the team:
When the Raptors joined the NBA in 1995, Bhatia decided to buy two tickets to the first game.
“I said, ‘let me try,’ because I didn’t have any hobbies,” he said. “I didn’t know that it would be that life changing at that time.”
He loved the never-ending entertainment.
“I think I got addicted the very first day,” he said. “I started cheering as loud as I could, I was one of the loudest in the arena.”
We wrap up the global news from around the world this week.
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Jonathan Tepperman, Editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy; author, “The Fix: How Countries Use Crises To Solve The World’s Worst Problems”;
Nina-Maria Potts, Director of Global News Coverage, Feature Story News; @ninamariapotts
David Lawler, World news editor, Axios; @davidlawler10
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