Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

Israelis protest their government's plans to overhaul the judiciary,

my exclusive interview with Israel's former ambassador to France

who resigned over her country's far right leadership.

Then rescue efforts wind down

as Syria finally opens up two more border crossings for quake aid.

I'm joined by the former US Ambassador to Syria

Robert Ford also ahead. I've never seen a moment when Putin shows any sign of

compromise, any negotiation, any reasonableness.

Once Russia's largest foreign investor, Bill Browder tells Walter Isakes and why the world

must prioritize defeating Vladimir Putin. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London where the British government joins the United States

and Europe condemning Israel's government plans to permit 10,000 new settlement units in the

occupied West Bank.

They say it'll quote, undermine efforts to achieve a negotiated two-state solution.

It is just the latest as Israel's new far-right coalition faces a barrage of criticism,

including from its staunches ally, Washington.

President Joe Biden took the unprecedented step of questioning any effort to undermine Israel's independent

judiciary telling the New York Times the genius of American democracy and

Israeli democracy is that they are both built on strong institutions, on checks and

balances, on an independent judiciary. Building consensus for fundamental change is

really important to ensure that the people buy into

them so they can be sustained. In a moment I'll be speaking exclusively about this

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