party didn't hurt netanyahu. they were-- part of the idea was to create a center right party and they brought in elements, who brought in other players, who are very right wing. it didn't hurt netanyahu on the right, basically most of the votes, i guess, probably 90% of the votes that are going to blue and white are from the center left block anyway and didn't really succeed to move votes from the right. the other thing also that happened was the attorney gener general's three indictments recommendations and that also went by, like a brush on the shoulder of bibi. and the thing is, that netanyahu is probably stronger than ever. many israelis and especially his base, his base is very, very add firing and he's willing to forgive him for the corruption and is willing to buy his narrative and has a very low trust in media and in the law enforcement bodies after hearing basically three years of content incitement against them and a difference between 2015 and 2019 and that was the trump card. i believe that the trump

certainly has and so has netanyahu oh. i was following the prime minister is friends with some of the world's most powerful leaders. trump. in brazil. so a lot of israelis believe that netanyahu is the best person to lead israel right now. the right wing candidates who are running in this election position themselves by saying they are even tougher than he is on security and domestic policy. older. but it's netanyahu is also facing three different corruption investigations in the first the prime minister and his wife are accused of accepting expensive gifts in return for political favors. in the second investigators say that netanyahu tried to influence the publisher of a newspaper that ran stories critical of the government the prime minister is said to have promised to support legislation that would cripple the circulation of israel's most popular newspaper. in the third case netanyahu is accused of backing regulations that would have benefited a major telecom corporation a company executive was recently detained in the

he will certainly side with netanyahu. there may be some proposals in the plan that the right wing parties will complain about. implementing certainly won't be implemented before the israeli elections or after the elections for that matter. so i. describe it as a lot of hot air and it probably won't be very practical. poxy. well most of them truly understand it by the time it's done and this hasn't held parliamentary elections for more than a decade and then there's the ongoing palace struggle between hamas in gaza and fatah in the west bank. so israel may be right in saying that even if a peace plan were proposed they'd have no one to negotiate with. so i didn't plan this way a lot of here because all israel has made sure that there's no one to negotiate with. the divisions between fatah and hamas were caused to a certain extent by israeli policy. and the government wants those divisions to continue. all. of the life that will give them the opportunity to say there's no one on the palestinian side they can talk to. this k

a former netanyahu. you cabinet secretary and military prosecutor has recommended that charges be filed but has not yet actually done so. the. guy at work told me that people just aren't worried about corruption anymore. it's not new for politicians to take bribes. it happens all the time. we had a famous politicians who took bribes of five hundred thousand euros. for yes that's sad. that the accusations against netanyahu aren't all that serious and we've known about them for some time people have made up their minds are they they say that's terrible like we do or they say the politicians are always taking bribes . you think we've armed to the city of run nunna not far from tel aviv to meet with a modern orthodox family jenny until you have a man and the three children levi arians rosa thirty have jenny have in mind is active in the israeli liberal party and is using social media to try to get more young people interested in politics. those mere human lloyd to be pretty clearly still also the founder and

centrist and a former general is mounting a stiff challenge to fourth term prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his right wing likud party were in jerusalem for you and a harrowing experience the journalist who crossed the syrian border and she was seven months pregnant to film a friend who'd become a chore hardest janina fiend i said that was abducted and first in captivity she tells her story about a year and islamist attention. great to have you along everyone so it is crunch time for british prime minister tree some a she is on a whirlwind european tour ahead of a crucial summit tomorrow and just days before the u.k. scheduled departure from the block. she arrived in paris just moments ago to meet french president in my recall earlier she was here in berlin for talks with german chancellor angela merkel may once an extension to the leaving date as thought that berlin favors a long extension but paris once a short while the prime minister's office simply said she and merkel had agreed that britain should not leave the e.u. without a deal. just as with breaks it to resume his arrival at t

we know that in benjamin netanyahu. we know that in benjamin netanyahu, why did they vote for this man who is up against corruption charges during the term of office he is going to enter. the country is sick of in many ways, it is impossible to enter your 30th year of office —— 13th year of office. why did they vote for him ain? office. why did they vote for him again? they see in him a man who has stood up to the us president in obama and after obama's term of office he has one that because president ron has listened to him. —— trump. he spoke to him when he went to congress. he has stood up to us presidents who do not seem good for israel and he has shown that he isa for israel and he has shown that he is a great friend of the current president. should there be a prospect for peace in the trunk deal, he will be able to work with the president to bring that about. —— trump. maybe it's crazy —— might maybe israelis feel they have kept them safe. reduce the number of rocket attacks on the whole, kept them

ont netanyahu says from now it is annexed. we will be seeing more morelos just like the ones we have seen in the previous government -- seeing more and more laws just like the ones we've seen in previous governments. slightly more subordinate to the israeli legal system, make settlers little more closer israel to israeli citizens and all sorts of ways. it will be a gradual process and in no point will anyone stop and say, wait a second, we have annexed the west bank. amy: i want to ask diana buttu, there is a hunger strike that has begun in jails by palestinians who are imprisoned. you have the u.n. report saying gaza, theappened in response to the right of return marches that have been going on for a year, well over 200 palestinians have been killed. it looks something like 20,000 people at least have been injured. thousands of them shot by israel i military. what does this mean, the israeli election, for this? n netanyahu yet another grgreen light toto conte to do what hehe h has done agait paleststinia in the e gaza stri, a

this election was about benjamin netanyahu, a referendum, whether to vote and keep benjamin netanyahu or for him to leave. these projections show that there is a huge possibility of not having benjamin netanyahu possibility of not having benjamin neta nyahu as the possibility of not having benjamin netanyahu as the israeli prime minister. you mentioned the statement by benny gantz and his partner and this blue and white coalition, let me read it to use. we won, he said and!, the israeli public had their say. thinking to the thousands of activists and over 1 million voters. these elections have a clear winner and a clear loser. that is a very immediate reaction. a reaction that our victory in the elections that it is too soon to say they are too close too soon to say they are too close to call but he wants to send a strong message. it is the first election, he may need to learn to have a little patience and a little modesty until they count the votes. it isa modesty until they count the votes. it is a little early to say they won. it is notjust that, he wants to send a message because

israelis votes in a historic poll which will decide whether benjamin netanyahu returns for a fifth term in office. and i mean this is al jazeera life from london also coming up. in algeria after a member of the former presidents in this call is appointed interim leader. and sit on seven protests as they killed in major demonstrations calling for president alba she had to resign. and the u.k. prime minister seeks a european support for her plan to delay breaks it's a once again. so we begin in israel where exit poll results from the general election are set to be released voters have been cutting their ballots to determine if prime minister benjamin netanyahu will remain in office for a fifth term his main challenger benny gantz the country to embrace a new dawn when he voted in tel aviv previous opinion polls have showed a tight race between guns his centrist new and white party and netanyahu the right wing likud party. let's go now to hurry for cities lie for us from ben netanyahu could party headquarters in tel aviv and harry expecting exit polls anytime no. that's right you know we'r

between the two parties and benjamin netanyahu has the advantage in coalition talks . this is al jazeera live from coming up i. four days of protests against the president continuing that i did with the military is headed to surround the. algerians interim leader calls for elections within ninety days but still not enough. to grows in northern ireland was brags it hangs in the balance. with ninety nine percent of votes counted in israel's general election it's still neck and neck between prime minister benjamin netanyahu as they could party and his main rival benny gantz earlier on what to state both declared victory neither side has secured an outright majority though it appears netanyahu could secure the fifth term in office though with the support of smaller right wing parties her a force of reports from tel aviv. after a night of wild be diverging exit polls benjamin netanyahu waited and waited until it started to move in his favor at two in the morning he took to the stage to declare what he called an unimaginable victory. with already tonight i have started talks

you're there at the netanyahu hq in tel aviv. let's go to the opponent, to the chief opponent here, benny gantz, the letter of the centrist blue and white party and former chief of staff of the israel military and used that to brand himself as the anti-netanyahu, the anti-establishment political outsider. so for that let's go to cnn's michael holmes at the blue and white election night headquarters there in tel aviv. and so you tell me if those exit polls are trickling down to where you are and what the mood is? >> i could tell you when that exit poll -- and it is only one exit poll. let's be certain about that. when that dropped and went up on the screen behind me, this place erupted as you might imagine. people are chanting things like who is the next prime minister and they believe it is their guy. there could be different results from different exit polls. let's be veer clear about one thing. these exit polls are often unreliable. they are our first pointer as to how this election might have gone. go back to 2015, they were w

pulses predicted gunther netanyahu will compete next to name but netanyahu might have the upper hand to form writing coalition with smaller right wing parties. you know he's tanya kramer who filed that report joins us now from jerusalem tanya mr netanyahu has made a last minute election promise to annex settlements in the west bank could that tip the scales in his favor. well i think he's trying to reach out to this nationalist base and basically saying that rather than voting maybe for some of his potential smaller coalition partners smaller parties set up an extension they should rather vote when he could to the extent that these parties might not then make it over the election especially because every vote that goes to a smaller party would be lost for than he could and he's a bit under pressure because in all of the polls leading up to election day at the blue and white party house that the polls actually if he tossed all those polls that have not always been accurate having said that most pollsters predict that benyamin netanyahu has more possibilities in wider fighting bloc to

thank you for joining us benjamin netanyahu look sets for a fifth time as israel's prime minister this by the pointy of his main rival winning as many seats both code and the blue and white coalition of benny gantz have secured thirty five seats but it's now is expected to get the support of smaller right wing parties to form a coalition government we begin our coverage with this report from harry fawcett in tel aviv. after a night of wild be diverging exit polls benjamin netanyahu waited and waited until it started to move in his favor the two in the morning he took to the stage to declare what he called an unimaginable victory. with me already tonight i have started talks with the heads of the right wing parties our natural partners already tonight almost everyone declared publicly that they will recommend i form the next government they will recommend it to our president i intend to work quickly to establish a stable national government i want to make it clear it will be a right wing government but i intend to be the prime minister of all israeli citizens right or left jews and non

benjamin netanyahu's least for the time being. benjamin neta nyahu's last coalition least for the time being. benjamin netanyahu's last coalition was called the most right—wing in the country past history and his coalition that he set to put together now will be at least as right wing, if not even more, further to the right that it is now. he brought in the extremist party into the unified right wing parties coalition, and it seems that they will enter his government, so if anything, it is moving further to the right than it was in the past. joshua, of course, there was not much of a peace process for the palestinians really to speak of, how do you think it impacts on them particularly? is not great. but before the election, benjamin netanyahu before the election, benjamin neta nyahu put out before the election, benjamin netanyahu put out a message talking about wanting to annex all west bank settlements, not just in about wanting to annex all west bank settlements, notjust in the main settle m e nt settlements, notjust in the m

post as predicted guns and netanyahu will compete next to me but netanyahu might have the upper hand to form writing coalition with smaller rightwing parties. our correspondent china kramer who filed that report joins us now from jerusalem tanya this is a neck and neck race netanyahu has just close to an acceptance in the west bank could that tip the scales in his favor. well i think it's definitely a call to his nationalist days to his voters and also do some might rather vote for small the right big party said also want to get in stick knesset he wants to tell them basically to come out for the likud and not to nose any of those votes to smaller parties might then not posses the electros specials and netanyahu is under pressure as we've heard i mean it's posters predict a neck to neck race between his likud party and the new blue and white party by former army general benny gantz and of course in israel it's all about being able to build a coalition and if the trust of paul says we have to take always there is polls that grain of salt they're not always that accurate then the. righ

welcome back quick reminder of the top stories for you so far this hour benjamin netanyahu is main rival has conceded defeat in the israeli general election the announcement by benny gantz his people and white party well that clears the way for the prime minister to form a coalition government and score a fifth term in office against however promise to make netanyahu time in office a quote living hell. british prime minister to resume is in brussels asking the e.u. to accept a short breaks it delayed this is may want to move the deadline into june the thirtieth as britain faces crashing out of the e.u. without a deal on friday. one of the major sticking points in reaching a deal on bret's it has been the so-called irish backstop now that's a clause that syriza may agreed with the e.u. to prevent a hard border in ireland but as charles stratford reports people in belfast are feeling far from maria short single mom did recalls them and has been unemployed for more than two years she plays with noel one of her two children in a park close to their home in western belfast. she says she's exp

well i think we've already seen how the kind of bromance if you like between trump and netanyahu. has really increasingly alienated many liberal democrats and has turned the issue of israel and u.s. policy toward israel into a into a part of that issue and what we're seeing happen in the united states is growing polarization between the more liberal democrats in the base of the democratic party and liberals generally in the united states and republicans republicans more really love netanyahu and obviously strong supporters of the relationship between trump and netanyahu whereas democrats have become really not only critical of trump but also of netanyahu personally and i think that's going to increase the netanyahu coming back into office so the partisan divide that's already been growing in recent years is likely to widen still further so is that something in that backfiring on netanyahu the fact that this is becoming such a partisan issue in the u.s. . i don't think it will backfire not netanyahu himself but it will certainly backfire on israel ultimately the u.s. israeli relati

of unionists live from berlin a last minute campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says hill and an express bank settlements if voters return to office on she just right now he's running neck and neck with former former army chief of staff benny gantz will a surprise pledge put him ahead also coming out. wrong remembers the genocide and honors its victims is a quarter century since nearly a million tutsis and moderate hutus were killed one hundred days. correspondent was at the ceremony. and are signs of peace afoot in the koreas foreigners flock in record numbers to north korea's premier tourist event the pyongyang marathon. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised to an extent settlements in the occupied west bank if he's reelected next week then yeah who promoted jewish settlement expansion during his four terms as prime minister but until now he's refused to talk about the future of the settlements which are considered illegal under international law netanyahu is in a tight race for the premiership with forme

benjamin netanyahu says hill and its west bank settlements if voters return him to office on tuesday he's running neck and neck with former army chief of staff benny gantz with a sudden pledge swing voters also coming up. remembers a genocide that honors its victims a quarter century since nearly a million tutsis and moderate hutus were killed in one hundred days. and in the. music crush their nearest rivals bavarians put five on answered goals possible it should dortmund to go to the top of the table fire now post their seventh straight type. of. welcome to the program. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to annex settlements in the occupied west bank if he's reelected next week netanyahu has promoted jewish settlement expansion during his four terms as prime minister but until now he's refrained from presenting plans for the future of the west bank settlements which are considered illegal under international law. who is locked in a tight race for the premiership with former army general benny gantz. there is only bibi they shout for binyamin netanyahu is followed wa

she used netanyahu's nickname >> no, no, no, no, not bibi. i want somebody that think aboup the , that take care about the people. >> yang: netanyahu supporters say they're better off now than befos re he ime minister, when the economy was slumping and palestinian suicide bombers were attackinisraeli buses-- e issue responsible for his first, narrow 1996 election as pr meister. >> ( translated ): i don't eve that someone else ca come in and improve. in my opinion, bibi is the right man in the right place. >> yang: in this campaign season, the market sees some good-natured debates. dozens of parties are fielding candidates for the 120-seat legislature, called the knesset. some are very small andery extreme. itamar ben-gvir, leader of the far-right, anti-arab party called "jewish power," did a little retail politicking at the market. the minor parties' results could be very important. polls show voters closely divided betweenantz and netanyahu. both parties could end up with rough oly the same numbseats in the knesset, which would give small pa

s in effect try to sabotage anything that mr netanyahu wants to do. well actually as you said we just heard from benny gantz and the other co-chair of the blue and white this year left the then you know you started by saying that he doesn't want to talk about the two thousand and nineteen election but he's already preparing for the two thousand and twenty election sort of hinting that benjamin netanyahu will not be around by then since he is facing corruption charges and could very well be inducted come july they both made it very clear that they will be make their voices very loud within that there will be a very strong opposition actually benny gantz the words of we will make. benjamin netanyahu as life a living hell so that gives an indication that they have no intention to. retreat he accused benjamin netanyahu of aligning himself with the extremists of this country but he said benny gantz said that he won't let that happen and he will make sure to be very strong opposition and to stop them at every movement holder thanks very much. white house co

. >> i stood with prime minister netanya netanyahu. benjamin netanyahu. how's the race going, by the way? how is it? who's going to win the race? tell me, i don't know. well, it's going to be close. i think it's going to be close. two good people. the incredible bond between the united states and israel has never been stronger than it is right now. >> let's get the latest on this election just two days away now from michael holmes. hello to you, michael. we just heard right there the support of president trump, an unpopular president in the u.s., but very much in support of netanyahu and israel. what effect is his support, do you think, having on this election? >> reporter: yeah, of course, natalie. we're in the final stretch now. 48 hours from now the polls will be open. israelis deciding their next prime minister. whether it's going to be the netanyahu coalition or the newcomer gantz. those comments on the settlements widely seen here as a pitch by a worried benjamin netanyahu. the polls are very close. he's trying to pull votes from the smaller right w

they show the gantz slightly ahead in the head-to-head with netanyahu, but netanyahu likely with the support of enough of those other smaller parties to get to that magic number of 61 seats. then it will be up to the president on the night to mike the call on who gets the chance to form a government first. interesting, he's no fan of netanyahu, but if the head-to-head is close, he will likely give netanyahu first shot at forming a government. if benny gantz wins the head-to-head convincingly, that opportunity could be given to him. so that's how it's going to work tomorrow when the polls close. >> all right. michael, you touched on this, but, again, mr. netanyahu's efforts to attract more far-right voters, is that working for him? have you heard more about how that's playing into the value of his campaign, given this very tight race? >> yeah, and that comes back to that settlements issue that he raised himself. that's where it gets interesting. that pledge was a lurch to the right by benjamin netanyahu. an attempt to pull votes from smaller parties on the right to his own likud, tryi

and benjamin netanyahu on the brink of a fifth term. will the israeli prime minister now annex parts of the west bank? my guests today, israel analyst jonathan sacerdoti, ian martin of the times, italian writer analisa piras, and abdel bari atwan, writer on arab affairs. welcome to you all. do not waste this time, said european council president donald tusk as the eu granted the uk a 6—month extension. but what constitutes time well spent in the context of brexit? ian, you first. let's look at a timeline for the next six months. i think we could usefully do that for everyone involved in brexit. so, for the next 10 days, mps have easter recess. now, are they going to use the time to reflect, as the prime minister suggested, or are they going to lie in a darkened room gorging on chocolate eggs? i think the latter, actually. i think that's what most people are going to do. anyone who has watched the farce of the last few months unfold, which has been like, as a friend of mine in america said because we can't have a third series of fawlty

this is news live from berlin a last minute campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he'll an express bank settlements if voters return into office on tuesday he's running neck and neck with former army chief of staff benny gantz will a sudden pledge sway voters also coming up in the bundesliga byron munich crushed their nearest rivals the variance put five unanswered goals past the recent dortmund to go to the top of the table tired are now posed to seize their seventh straight time. on next peiser welcome to the program israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to annex jewish settlements in the occupied west bank if he's reelected next week netanyahu has promoted jewish settlement expansion during his four terms as prime minister but until now he's refrained from presenting plans for the future of the west bank settlements which are considered illegal under international law netanyahu is locked in a tight race for the premiership with former army general benny gantz. there is only b.b. they shout for binyamin netanyahu is followers he's the greatest

no i think it's been completely instrumental and bolstering netanyahu netanyahu and all israeli prime ministers are stronger when they can claim that they have the backing of the us presidency and there is no doubt that this president donald trump has been hand in hand with israel's policies in the in the west bank and has been normalizing israeli actions against the palestinians whether that's in terms of recognizing. jerusalem as the capital and moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem or whether at bats been recognizing israeli sovereignty in the syrian golan heights the the u.s. has been handing israel gifts to bolster the netanyahu election bid and to strengthen him as a president because he is instrumental in the trump peace plan there is going to be a day of reckoning however because trump is also facing presidential elections in two thousand and twenty and he's going to want something in return for all that he has done to support to support netanyahu so you're going to see that you're going to see now the reverse in which netanyahu presents as the answer to the evang

this is artsy too close to call israeli election exit polls put a long time premier benyamin netanyahu and challenger benny gantz in a dead heat as both declare victory these are scenes from the supporters' camp for benny gantz where they already think they've got the election in the bag we'll have live analysis in less than a minute. president putin dismisses the investigation into the alleged collusion between donald trump and russia and twenty sixteen calling it total nonsense. from the ministration fires a fresh sell voted to european allies pledging to hit e.u. goods with tariffs worth as much as eleven billion dollars the u.s. says the moves are retaliation for subsidies given to boeing rival us. world news live from russia this is r.t. international ancona bray in moscow with the news this hour first of all we're tracking what's been happening in israel where voting is over in the general election but exit polls indicate a neck and neck race between incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his closest political rival benny gantz with both now claiming victory by looking o

president says he has spoken to netanyahu. earlier he told reporters a benjamin netanyahu victory was a step towards peace in the middle east no the fact that he was i think we'll see some pretty good returns that everyone said and i never made a profit. but everybody said you can't have peace in the middle east with israel and the palestinians i think we have it and i think we have now a better chance with bibi having won. the u.n. secretary general has called for a cease fire in libya to avoid what he called.

got a centrist and a former general is mounting a stiff challenge to for term prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his right wing likud party were in jerusalem. on the ark thank you so much for your company everyone. it is crunch time for british prime minister theresa may she's been on a whirlwind european tour ahead of a crucial issue summit tomorrow and just days before the u.k. scheduled departure from the bloc she met with french president in myanmar calm and paris and earlier she was here in berlin for talks with german chancellor angela merkel may once an extension to the leaving date is thought that berlin favors a long extension but paris once a short while the prime minister's office simply said she and meryl had agreed that britain should not leave the e.u. without a deal. just as with briggs it to resume his arrival at the chancellery didn't go as planned the british prime minister was obviously a little too early and merkel wasn't there to welcome her it was only after to resume a went inside that both leaders came back out for compulsory handshakes but smiles can't hide the fact

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he'll antics west bank settlements if voters return him to office on tuesday right now he's running neck and neck with former army chief of staff benny gantz could the last minute pledge put him ahead. roland up remembers genocide and on her since that is a quarter century since nearly a million tutsis and moderate hutus were killed and one hundred days to abuse correspondent was at the ceremony. on next peiser thanks for joining us the u.s. secretary of homeland security kiersten nielsen is resigning president donald trump confirmed the departure in a tweet. nielson seen here at a meeting in arizona earlier this week serving the position since december twenty seventh teen she was a front line defender of trump's controversial migration policies she received criticism for presiding over the separation of migrant families at the u.s. mexican border a polish policy which she denied exists. joining me now live from washington as our correspondent michael. michael how big a surprise is this departure well that is not really a big surprise trum

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israel's opposition leader benny gantz and prime minister benjamin netanyahu claim victory in a tightly fought election. i don't acknowledge this is a line from london also coming up the program algeria's interim president addresses the nation calling for unity alger's appointment support for the protests. in sudan seven protesters a killed a major demonstrations calling for president and i'll bet she had to resign. and the u.k. prime minister seeks european support for her plan to do a break sit down again. the. main kind of it's in israel's election have claimed victory exit polls show the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and opposition need to benny gantz on neck and neck netanyahu is trying to remain in office for. his main rival guns as the country to embrace a new dawn when he calls his ballot intended he said we're not. several winners and losers in elections but we have to win as we might be new but we're not naive we understand we've got to wait for the true results but within a few days we'll what's called a government as big as possible when israeli prime minister benjamin n

post as predicted gunther netanyahu will compete to make but netanyahu might have the upper hand to form a right wing coalition with smaller right wing parties. and we ended with some much needed good news for a group of captive whales in russia whose plight prompted an outcry from the public and even celebrities like leonardo dicaprio all authorities have signed a deal now with international scientists if we see the nearly one hundred whales the orca and beluga whales have spent months in cramped pens near the sea of japan for the hard copy that's after a company caused them to export them to china images of the whales sparked a campaign to free them and forced moscow to intervene. that is indeed very great news you're watching the news up next in business africa an energy crisis persists in southern africa or in south africa rather i should say just weeks before an election there. that story in a whole lot more coming up with ben fizzling and just a minute and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock by heading to our web site that's d.w. dot com i'

a centrist and a former general is mounting a stiff challenge to four terms prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his right wing likud party for interest of for you and eight harrowing experience for a journalist to cross the syrian border while she was seven months pregnant the film friend who had become a jihad is janine a friend actually was abducted and gave birth in captivity she tells us her story about a year and islamist attention. on way iraq thank you so much for your company everyone. it is crunch time for british prime minister theresa may she's on a whirlwind european tour ahead of the crucial e.u. summit that's going to take place tomorrow and just days before the u.k. scheduled departure from the bloc she's due to meet french president french president in money i might call any moment now earlier she was here in berlin for talks with german a chance on the america may once an extension to the leaving date and it's thought that berlin favors a long extension but paris favors a short one the prime minister's office simply said she and merkel had agreed that britain should not lea

paul says predict that gunther netanyahu will compete next to name but netanyahu might have the upper hand to form writing coalition with smaller right wing parties. israel's elections are all about coalition making this important note in recent years israel has sharply turned to the right which explains that west minute promise about west bank settlements from netanyahu. one of them is the new alter right national religious the who party of mushy franklin a former likud politician fake leins advocates for the legalization of marijuana and social economic reforms but also once for sovereignty of israel over the temple mount in jerusalem which is holy to choose christians and muslims now of the arc of the whole of the e.u. why connect with the things he says the liberty of freedom this is something that speaks to me his way his thinking about new. cultural i think if they can plan is the most realistic right now i mean i don't know if it's going to happen and tell us his prime minister but it's at least different than everyone else we've been trying the two state solution for thirty se

i believe that netanyahu has a much better chance of saving israel as an existing jewish country then benny gantz clearly it's for it's a referendum on the on our prime minister and you know but of course much more is on the line and where the future of the territories our relations with the palestinians the nature of israeli society the legal system a lot of things are on the on the table right now it's time for netanyahu to go he's been missed he's been successful certain kinds of things but the corruption and ugliness of the campaign i think is indication that it's time for somebody else so i think it's time for him to go prime minister binyamin netanyahu wants to be reelected with his likud party despite facing a possible indictment for corruption. netanyahu has been in office for ten years if he wins this time and lasts a full term he'll become is rose longest serving prime minister so far his main rival is former army chief benny guns whose newly formed blue and white party has led most of the opinion polls in recent weeks that is that what this election's about are about their

and even if netanyahu's necessarily manner. and even if neta nyahu's block still necessarily manner. and even if netanyahu's block still has a majority, he still needs those parties to recommend him to the president so as you alluded, we still have a process of the parties making the recommendations to the president. so far in israel's history, the president's judgement was mainly symbolic. the president never really needed to exercise his judgement. we are entering potentially the first time in our history a situation whereby if nobody has more than 61 recommendations, that the president will have to exercise his judgement and then who has the largest party will play as a factor. if these broad projections in these exit polls are correct, what else does it tell us about the political landscape in israel? so far it looks as though some of the new far right parties having to cross the threshold to make it into the israeli knesset. two right-wing parties, one of them ran a very un—israeli libertarian agenda and it seemed they m

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and for more also coming up a controversial campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he'll annex west bank settlements if you returned to office in next week's election. in the buddhist league crush the nearest rival to various put five unanswered goals past june should dortmund to go top of table fire now forces seized their seventh straight title. and a new documentary about the gate master at the legendary nightclub scene of the one nine hundred ninety s. they decided who got in who have to walk away. a michael ok welcome to the show. rwanda has begun one hundred days of mourning for the more than eight hundred thousand people slaughtered in the genocide that began twenty five years ago today national leaders and invited dignitaries have held a ceremony in gali to commemorate the lives of the tutsi and moderate hutus who were killed in a span of just one hundred days we have more from melanie. who's at that ceremony remember unite or knew where this theme runs have started a three month period of coming ration of the nine hundred ninety four genocide on april

a controversial campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells voters next west bank settlements if they return him to office in next week's election. clash with police on greece's border with north macedonians after false rumors circulate that the so-called balkan move to northern europe will . welcome to the show. where wanda has begun one hundred days of mourning for the more than eight hundred thousand people slaughtered in the genocide that began twenty five years ago today national leaders and invited dignitaries have been holding a ceremony to in kigali to commemorate the lives of the c. and moderate hutus who were murdered in the one hundred day killing spree we have more from melanie credible who is at that ceremony. remember the night we knew where this theme runs have started a three month period of coming ration of the nine hundred ninety four genocide on april seventh twenty five years ago government soldiers and what a militia commenced a systematic killing campaign which wiped out close to a million runs mostly to see today the country has come tog