[00:52.97]The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to compensate Turkish families for their loss.
[00:58.33]Kevin Connolly reports.
[00:59.75]After almost three years of refusing to apologise for a military assault on the Mavi Marmara that left nine Turkish political activists dead,
[01:07.62]Benjamin Netanyahu’s change of heart is a clear indication of the diplomatic clout that the United States still wields with its two key allies in a turbulent region.
[01:17.24]Mr Netanyahu’s call to his Turkish counterpart was apparently made from a trailer at Tel Aviv airport while Air Force One sat on the ground waiting to depart.
[01:25.50]The unglamorous setting and the last-minute nature of the call suggests the deal may not have been easy to broker.
[01:31.57]The Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati has resigned after his divided cabinet was unable to agree on forthcoming elections.
[01:40.19]Jim Muir reports from Beirut.
[01:42.55]Announcing his resignation Mr Mikati said he had almost resigned twice before since taking office two years ago.
[01:50.01]The cabinet failed to agree on two important and hotly-contested issues:
[01:54.00]one was the establishment and membership of a commission to oversee general elections which are supposed to be held in June;
[02:00.73]the other was his request that the mandate of the chief of internal security