This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Janet Jalil and in the early hours of Friday the 10th of May,

these are our main stories.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country can

stand alone after the US paused the delivery of bombs that could be used in a major

assault on Raffer. The Israeli contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest has qualified for the grand

final in Sweden despite large protests against Israel's participation.

Ukraine's President Zelensky has sacked the head of the guards responsible for his personal protection after an alleged assassination plot.

Also in this podcast, China's economy has been slow to bounce back from the

coronavirus pandemic but despite the gloom one sector is improving.

tourist numbers lately and not too bad.

Business is going well and it will only get better.

Domestic tourism.

We will stand alone and fight with our fingernails. The defiant words of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after President Biden said

the US would stop shipments of certain weapons if Israel presses ahead with a

full-scale attack on Rafa in the south of Gaza where more than a million displaced

Palestinians have sought refuge. For weeks now America has said such an assault

would lead to many more civilian deaths but Israel is adamant an attack is the only way to

destroy Hamas and secure the release of more than a hundred hostages.

Mr Netanyahu released this video statement.

We are determined and we are united towards defeating our enemies and those who seek to harm us.

If we ought to stand alone, we shall.

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