*Israeli PM's son sorry over secret tape*
The son of Israel's prime minister has apologised after an audiotape of him bragging about his father's role in a controversial gas deal was broadcast. In the tape - said to be from 2015 - Yair Netanyahu, 26, is heard trying to persuade gas tycoon Kobi Maimon's son Ori to lend him money for a stripper.
"Bro, my dad now arranged for you a $20 billion deal and you can't spot [lend] me 400 shekels ($116; £86)?" he asks. He now says it was "a bad joke" made under the influence of alcohol. The recording emerged as Israeli police investigate allegations of corruption against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He denies any wrongdoing.
Lawyers for the Netanyahu family tried to stop Channel 2 News from broadcasting the tape on Monday night, arguing that it was "cheap, vicious gossip" and part of a "witch hunt" against the prime minister. But the TV channel rejected the request. The recording was reportedly made two-and-a-half years ago while Yair Netanyahu was travelling through Tel Aviv in a government-supplied armoured car with Ori Maimon, another friend, a government-funded bodyguard and a driver.
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