this is a. political bombshell in israel benjamin netanyahu is charged with. making him the first sitting prime minister in israel to be charged with a crime. his political enemies of conducting an unprecedented which comes just weeks before parliamentary elections we'll get the latest from jerusalem also coming up sometimes you have to walk the words of u.s. president. after he cut short his her noise summit with him on. this

particular visit we decided that we had to walk. we'll see what happens. after the. partial denuclearization. that. pakistan tries to ease tensions over kashmir prime minister. offering to release the captured in the end. it's good to have you with us tonight israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is accusing his political opponents of an unprecedented witch hunt it follows a decision by israeli justice authorities to indict the prime minister on corruption charges in a. a defiant reaction to that decision netanyahu says that he will remain prime

minister for many more years decision to charge and follows more than two years of investigations into allegations of bribery fraud and breach of trust in three separate things ending comes just weeks before new elections to the israeli parliament the knesset. joining us now is gil hoffman he's the chief political correspondent with the jerusalem post good evening to you mr hoffman netanyahu says that this indictment is politically motivated that it's a witch hunt against him could these allegations alone could they darrelle his career absolutely and it's now his political career is very much in danger and he's one of the world's longest serving leaders along of course with chancellor merkel all the political opponents and that's in the hour last week united in an

effort to defeat him and that put them ahead in the polls thirty six eastern it's now twenty six seats and now with this big decision by the attorney general to indict him and then you hear not not quite indict him yet but and then of that hearing this could break down i mean the again they are strong we're talking about fraud bribery breach of trust and all of this in the run up to the april ninth election and is for real how can that how can he survive this political storm what will he have to do. well forty days until the election is actually a long time. so much news happens every day and says our people can forget about this between except if there are leaks from the investigations that are closer to the election. being not a lot of the. can argue that the economy is going very well the security

situation is better than it's been in a very long time and diplomatically. around the world the peace process and the peace process is expected to begin immediately after the election. the timing seems to be perfect for the main challenger. talking about benny gantz who formed the israel resilience party late last year i mean is he a credible threat to mr netanyahu. absolutely if you look back the last forty years when it's a party has lost an election it's been a former chief of staff of the israeli army and three former chiefs of staff in the running together and they challenged. him for so many years that he can make them feel safe. and that can help

them. and it's democracy you know. joining us tonight with the latest on these charges against the israeli prime minister thank you very much. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a un investigation has concluded that israel did violate human rights and may have committed war crimes in its response to last year's protests in gaza the inquiry says that israeli snipers targeted people clearly identifiable as children health workers and journalists israel has rejected the findings described him as hostile deceitful and biased macky sall has been reelected president of sinegal for a second term figures released by the national vote counting commission showed that he won sunday's first round outright with more than fifty eight percent of the vote

his closest rival former prime minister addresses that took just over twenty percent. venezuela's opposition leader. says that he will return to venezuela by monday despite threats from nicolas maduro his government why do the speaking after talks in brasilia with e.u. ambassadors and brazil's president both in our why do is seeking support for his bid to alst nicolas maduro. conductor composer and pianist i'm craig has died at the age of eighty nine and german born musical prodigy made his name as a jazz musician in hollywood films for composer in the one nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's he went on to leave some of the world's greatest orchestras and won numerous awards for his in chief. donald trump's former lawyer michael copeland is testifying before congress for a third day dissed time behind closed doors he's giving evidence to the panel

investigating russia's interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election on wednesday co-winner made damning allegations against the u.s. president accusing him of breaking the walls it was wrong has rejected coach testimonies calling them was. when u.s. president obama dropped in north korean leader kim jong. they have ended their highly anticipated somebody in vietnam early and with no agreement mr trump says the talks broke down after he refused to lift all economic sanctions against pyongyang in exchange for only partial denuclearization. there was no lunch and no signing ceremony instead president trump's motorcade headed away from the summit venue after talks broke off prematurely. the hanoi meeting was the second he's had with kim jump on after a summit in singapore last year critics called that one big on style and low on substance so this time donald trump was under pressure to deliver results a clear timetable from pyongyang for dismantling its nuclear program for example

from the outset he made it clear that he wasn't going to be rushed. very very much for giving that we've is not that important to be. found in perhaps the most public commitment to international demands yet a comment from north korea's kim jong un when asked whether he was ready to did new clear ice. you know filled with your generosity and that if i'm not really there that i won't be here right. there. it will be the best answer you've ever made but with p.r. nyang pressing its own demands president trump was left to explain why the talks fell apart so basically they wanted these sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldn't do that. they were willing to do new goal or church portion of the areas that we wanted but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that so we

continue to work and we'll see what we had to walk away from that particular suggestion we had to walk away from. it was a dispiriting end to a much more wanted meeting with the sanctions issue still far from resolved it appears the road to disarming north korea will be a long one. pakistan's foreign minister says they captured indian fighter pilots will be released tomorrow march first. told a joint session of parliament that the move to release wing commander. of the indian air force is a gesture of peace tensions between the nuclear armed neighbors and sword after each carried out air strikes against the other over the disputed region of kashmir . god is great and long live the pakistan army the soldiers and local villages behind them lies the writers of an indian fighter

jet shot down by pakistan's military on wednesday in the pakistan held area of kashmir and indian pilot survived but was captioned. i was with the colleagues and we call the name pilot. and he snatched his pistol and identity documents just a moment as soon as pakistani army soldiers arrived we handed him over to them called on by writing. to prove it pakistan releases video of the man they claim is the pilot. the decision to arrest and told him has incensed india. protests demanding the wing come on his release have been held across the country he's become the face of simmering tensions between the rival power as as the dispute is kashmir region has again brought the nucleus states to the brink of wool. the latest escalation began two weeks ago when forty

indian police were killed by pakistan based militants in a part of india controlled kashmir. on thursday pakistan's prime minister told parliament the indian pilot would be free and the stunt the pilot of the indian pilot is in our custody we will release him as a peace gesture and return him to india. although welcomed by the indian military the country is still on high alert i wish to assure the nation that we are fully prepared and in a heightened state of readiness to this point to any real location by pakistan. with hot line is on both sides of the border calling for a tough response the real challenge will be trying to keep the peace. you know the german empire controlled much of namibia around the turn of the twentieth

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me. and they convicted boy i was a devout christian his bible and went for most likely taken during a raid on his home by german troops and somehow they wound up and stood guard lyndon museum. for years germany has been negotiating on successfully with him in an effort to make amends for its actions during the country's colonial war numerous members of fifth boys ethnic group the nama have rejected their return to the bible as long as germany refused to pay any reparations this is. it's important not to make spanx crotchets huge because off to so many years when finally taking steps to come to terms with our colonial cost. the village elders decided to take custody of the bible in the whip even though they don't believe that this is the end of the matter. the sports news now premier league football club told them have fired their coach claudio ranieri with the team's battle against relegation looking

increasingly bleak they hired the italian coach back in november but a terrible run of form saw the one club when just five points in twelve matches and they're currently ten points from safety. is best known for leading leicester city to an unlikely premier league title by twenty six to the. the german city of cologne is kicked off the first of five days of carnival festivities. the massive street festival seems hundreds of thousands of people dressing up in all sorts of costumes the first day is known as. the women's car in front of the celebrated in germany's predominantly catholic west and south not here in berlin. you're watching news live from berlin coming up in business rival german carmakers

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