this is t w news coming to you live from berlin israel will hold a national election to morrow with the country divided on whether to reelect prime minister binyamin netanyahu. i think it's a time for your the really the time has come to push parties and have called on blue and white and i think he has a great team they're doing fine and if baby is elected i was sleep well at night. netanyahu offers a controversial campaign promise to keep his job in the closest of races his top challenger is a centrist and a former military general we hear from voters less than twenty four hours before

polls are also coming up libya's capital under siege rebel libyan generals troops events on the city of tripoli dozens have been killed the government is launching a counter respects. hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program crucial elections in israel are now just a day away and there's no telling whether prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be able to stay in office he faces a stiff challenge from former military general centrist benny over the weekend netanyahu pulled out what many consider a sort of trump card to further his status with those on the far right a promise to annex jewish settlements in the occupied west bank the election has turned into a neck and neck race. benyamin netanyahu slick were suspended against blue and

white party is resurrection is said to be a tight race with voters remaining split including here in this close restore in jerusalem ilana benyamin hopes to be netanyahu as every phone calls to prime minister will form the next government she can see any i'll turn it. on and. i think b.b. has a great team they're doing fine and have babies elected i will sleep well at night we will move towards a safe future for me for my sons and grandsons it should be limited in chile another four years of unthinkable for this young student guggenheim voted for netanyahu is likud party in the previous elections but this time his vote for the go to the new blue and white party headed by former army chief of staff benny gantz i think the time is coming go to serve his country well i think after ten for years the really the time has come to switch parties that have been born white take the

premiership and move on to the hopefully better and more secure places. when israelis go to the polls on tuesday they have a wide range of issues to consider and a record number of parties to choose from economy and security are usually the top priorities for voters but this election is slightly different. in essence these are vital issues for israelis but they're not necessarily the big determinants of votes because we have a situation where the voters focusing primarily on the issue of netanyahu his ten year long governance over israeli society thirteen years in total and the corruption charges against him. despite facing an indictment on a string of corruption charges netanyahu can still count on a strong voter base. he campaigned on social media and by meeting foreign leaders with a clear message he's the only one who can keep israel safe and represent the country's

interests of groet. meanwhile pentagon's and his team of former army generals have been touring the country the centrist blue and white party has been ahead of the likud in almost all opinion polls. in a small community in southern israel with guns who served as military chief under netanyahu appears to voters there's only his party can move the country forward. prime minister netanyahu and his messages of busy dividing people and using incitement in order to survive we have busy reinforcing the security of israel and working towards a better future for our children. 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 form a coalition but i think mr netanyahu doesn't want to take an actual census to do is

any wrote what can you tell us about some of nessun yahoo's challengers in this election. well the main challenger he turns out to be benny guns and his new blue and white how do you that has they have flown this together with essentialist yes a tea party and both need to spend you've got it's number one and. number two would actually rotate the premiership if they would be successful now the question is you know whether they will be garnering enough to support to sway voters to vote for the most centrist approach to have been saying that they. want to unite to come see that they want to get away from the polarizing politics of prime minister netanyahu is so for many people you know it's hoped is actually they always say well anything but bibi as mr netanyahu has called you because of his do you go topless because of the uncertainty but also because he has been a premier for

a long time and the other people who is saying well i continue to vote for the likud and its support for parties after all but that's very personalized i want to continue to go to that you could and i want to see a prime minister netanyahu and another. tanya thank you so much for that tanya cramer in jerusalem. now to some of the other stories making news around the world today u.s. president donald trump's homeland security chief has resigned houston nielson was the face of trump's controversial border policies including the wall extension on the mexico border and the separation of migrant parents from their children i want she was also reported to be a frequent target of the president's top language and british prime minister theresa may says there's still a chance that her government could reach a compromise with the opposition labor party on a break that deal leaders are expecting to hear details of

a plan at an emergency summit on wednesday u.k. is slated to leave the european union on friday. united states has called for an immediate halt to a military offensive by rebel libyan general hard to seize the capital tripoli troops loyal to our are reported to be advancing on the city after launching the operational thursday at least thirty people have been killed and dozens injured in the fighting forces aligned to the un backed government in tripoli say they have started a counter-offensive to defend the city. for more on this let's bring in chris stephen he is the guardian's libya correspondent chris what are you hearing about the situation on the ground in libya. well the fighting continues you know when i was as have been making some gains that pushing in from the southern suburbs of that meeting

a lot of resistance from militias in the city so yes is that the day and casualties are announcing how likely is it chris that general hostile actually succeed with his offensive and his march on the capital. i think it's hard to know i mean he has very. well says excuse me he's already captured the east of libya in the south of the b.s. that in tripoli is the is the finals so to stall but on the other hand is a big city a lot of forces there opposing him so it's a try isn't troilus tenth ruling. ok a trial the strength of the man who seems determined to seize power what would happen do you think if general hof todd did manage to take power in libya. well he said that he favors the moccasin but he has a very very strong roots wanted to be a very good at democracy and he pitched the libyan people as i can get rid of all

these militias and all this chaos and install regular army and police forces because libyans will think well dean does that make you mean that we come back to being a dictatorship. now the whole world is watching what's happening in libya saying it's still falling apart is there anything that the international community can do the united nations for example to help solve this conflict while the options are very limited the e.u. foreign ministers are meeting today in brussels it will be looking to them to see what they can come up with military interventions not on the cards sanctions could be could be absent. organized but there's a big split in the international community. countries including france russia egypt are supporting after so the internationals really the first step is to see they can get a consensus the european union has been working with libya to try to keep refugees

from from leaving the country and taking to the water on that perilous journey to europe where where what happens to the refugees in the middle of this conflict. yes the un is very concerned hugh have thousands of migrants in detention centers already in very grim conditions literally and they sort of lost contact with them so as a great deal of concern what happens to them chris thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was chris stephen there with the british daily the guardian. now to the work of former trump campaign chairman steve barrett and to expand his brand of politics here in europe he's formed an organization called the movement and most recently he's helped open a new training center for populist european politicians it's partly hidden in the remote italian village but bannon expects it will have a broad reach. this form

a ministry in trees altie in the hills of central italy has been revived with a new mission here benjamin hardwell has launched a conservative center called the institute for human dignity he wants to draw together christians and jews and fight against islamic fundamentalism young politicians will come to terms o.t. and trying to become a right wing populists resulting in the next generation is going to become the global headquarters of the fight to defend the judeo christian basis of western civilization so that's just not just in europe but right across the world. vision has won the support of steve bannon the former advisor to u.s. president donald trump the two devout catholics have met frequently in rome. i'm just honored used as me to help out and you know what i'm trying to do is add maybe a little organizational ability in and in to bring in donors faculty

people i would know throughout the world they could teach than and he's now trying to bring together right wing parties from across europe into a unified group called the movement he's hoping for a surge of support in the upcoming european elections this may because the party was national sovereignty movement as a great politician is a great message and now it is correct and that's what also maybe this will remain in the news groups say the nation's a stunning victory. some observers are concerned about the alliance between bannon's movement and the conservative training academy. was against east indian point that brings them together is an obsession with identity politics. yes it increased mission they say we are christians in the west and europe is based on judeo christian values which we have to defend against an invasion and aunts

died to get there is also resistance in trees altie many residents don't want bannan and his acolytes in the village the ministry is a pilgrimage destination and attracts tourists opponents want the italian government to prevent it being turned into a right wing training camp. why is a cultural location in our village being used for an ideological project. the monastery interest is being used as the foundation for a movement but one hundred scientists with whose money is it being funded to what is. han world's plan is clear his center interest should become a launching pad for right wing populism across europe he plans to open the doors to his first students this summer. it's just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today on the news with less than twenty four hours to go until polls open in israel prime minister binyamin

netanyahu is facing a neck and neck race with his main challenger a centrist and former military general benny. who has promised an extra which settlements of the off people at west bank it's really. up next our documentary film in the first part of a small series on rwanda's genocide. i. here's what's coming up for the book is we have plenty to talk about here you know it's hard to take a look at what all that means for the table of course.