8 000 police deployed for Peres funeral

Former US President Bill Clinton joined thousands of Israeli mourners on Thursday who paid their respects to the late Shimon Peres outside Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, as the country sombrely remembered the Nobel-winning politician who helped lead Israel during a remarkable seven-decade career.

Clinton is among the dozens of current and former world leaders, including President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, expected to gather in Jerusalem on Friday for Peres' funeral. The former Israeli president and prime minister died on Wednesday, two weeks after suffering a stroke, at the age of 93.