>his is france 24. these are the headlines. p parliamentary electitions today. facing stiffnyahu competition from a new rival, benny gantz. lawmakers in algeria have named the speakaker of ththe upper hoe of parliamament as t the newew m

president. that is due to anger protesters pushing for an overhaul of the regime. with the brexit deadline looming, theresa may heads to berlin and pis to argue for .nother brexit delay with thehe chewing and throwingn brexit, we look k at why t the formerer prime m minister held e brexit referendum m in the first place. that is ththe latest inin our series. decision bys, a new the wto could mean ramping up of trade tensions between the u.s. and eu.

>> voting is underway insrael whwhere benjamin netanyahu hopes to win historic fifth term. netanyahu has overseen good economic growth in israel. bribery, fraud, and breach of trtrust have loomed or his campaign.. he faces stiff competition from benny y gantz, who pledged too clean up the governmenent. netanyahu has been fighting back to get voters onoard. our senior reporter has been covering the vote fofor us. mixed area. a 20% of voters are arabs. have you been talalking to them abouout theheir hopes for the electition? >> we have. we are outsiside a polli statation.- a popolling

here there is a mixixed popupulation. statition, they hope bebenjamin netanyahu does not win another term in office. we havave been speaking to nonon-arab israelis, telling us they hope he e will not get in r another t term because e they he had enough of corruption and his approach to the pretty much dead peace process. not in favor of t the prime minister, but benjaminin netanyu has been out, u urging his supporters to come out, saying voting is a holy act and necessary for dememocracy.. he has been trying to garner support in the l last few days. it has been a nasty election

campaign with h person attacks and negative campaigning. very intesting to sesee what t e results of this election wilill be. a t tight race between benjamin netanyahu and benny gagantz. tell us about coalition buildingng. > we expececto see a g greatl of horsesetrading. votesl get an estimatate o of after polling stations close after that, evereryone will be looking at thehe numbers, crunching the numbers to see who can form a coalition. has 120ael, pararliament seats. t to winhas ever managed a majority. it is about who has the biggest party andnd who can form ththe biggest b bloc in parliament and put together a coaoalition.

opopinion polls have b been givg an edge to benjnjamin netanyah's party in tererms o of capacity o build it a ruling coalition. ththere is a lot ridininon this. they have to get through the 3.25%% threshold to gain seats. there e is a chance netanyahuh's partieies on the far right could fail to get ththrough the threshold. wewe are goi t to have t to loot the numbers and the serious arithmetic and horsetrading will ststart. >> thank you. we have the latest on brexit. theresa may is meetingng the german chancelellor and thee frh presidident to drum up support r a new delay on the final day in the european unionon. leaders have an emergency summit

tomorrow to discuss her request to push back t currentnt brexit deadline. i is onset to talk about more. let's start with the eu. what is its position?? beenthe chief negegotiator has giving a p press conference is morning.g. cross party tatalks in the u.k. consnstitute a new element. heeems to imply these cross cononstitutedoes grounds for being flexible. he did not say that, but that was reading between the lines of his press s conference. newoss party talks are a a element. he repeated the withdrawal agreement cannot be reopened, but he i is stressing political declaration could be changed. is political declaration nonbindiding of the deal..

garninieren to michelle -- michele barnier.. union -- ahristians real customs union, a a free-t-e agreement. we agree with the british on frfree-trade agreements. ifif the u.k.. requests s such n addition, we are ready to do it. eu could offffer a customs lyrical that nonbinding declarion. the labour pararty's proposal includes a customs union a and there was nearlrly a m majorityr a cucustoms union inin a vote fr ththe british parliamenent. that w was tabled by ken clark. to passing.closest

may is meeting with the germrman chancellor as we as e e fren president. our germany and francnce on t te same page when i it comess too brexit? >> thehey do not sound as if thy are on the same page. tonone.as struck a hahard both countntries would be hit ba no deall brexit. german car manufacturers said no deal would be fatal. french small busisiness foror example, , thed not be able to afford the new tariffs. you would have job losseseat a time w when he i is supposed tow hehe is listening to ththe concs of less well-o-off p people in precarious sitituations. hehe has been n lobbied by polil leaders. they had been ururging him to sy pragmatic. irish last week with the

prime m ministe the meetingg will have highlighted the disasastrous impact of a nono deal brexit on the irisish economy. does m macron wantnt to o be ses the european leader that knocked the u.k. out? will this b be -- to britain?n? we do o not know. from is pressure on macron several quarters to show patience. >> thanknk you v very much for . to algeria.. lawmakers haveve n named an intm abdulazizt to replace bouteflika . the replacacement is the speaker of t the upper h house. he will be i in power for 90 da. let's bring in our reporter from algigiers. tell us about this move.

it is certain to come as a disappointment from demonstrators who were hoping for a regime change,e, not moref the same. hoping,are hoping g and but they arare surprirised. students whoho took to t the sts arare reacting tthis announuncement. they d did notot accept itit at. he is officially -- interirim fr 90 days. inindustries, the reactctions, e is no surprise. they arere asking for t the departure ofof the w wholeystem. -- l of these peoplple who were

of abdelaziz bouteflika. they are taken to the streets. for example in easastern alalgeria. people are taking g to the stres and reacting and expressing themselves, s saying they do not accept this nomination. >> will alalgeria gogo to elect?

>> he iss suppoposed to o pick e for the presidentiall elections. as i just saidid, we can have other annououncements comparingo otother weekeks, thiss i is thet titime people, the second timime people havave taken n to the sts days, theythis 900 are going to choose a date for the prpresidential e election.n. we do not knowow if he will l kp his position or n not. >> thahank youou for that. the u.n. has condemned an airstrike that forced closese te only functioning a airport in tripoli. the forces are conontinuing ther push to seize the capital from

the hands of thehe current u.n. backed government. closose to 50 havee b been kill. alalmost 30000 forced to fe. nick reports. flighghts.es halted they attacked two militaryry aircrcra. > we were instrtructed t to t one aircraft and t then anoththa helipterer that wawas n next toe jet. the aircraft were destroyed. we did n not target civil aviation. we did not aim to stop civivilin flighthts at the airport. >> fighters s have vowed to deft --, who used to be a general. >> we will protect this c capitl to the death. we will give our lives foror

tripoli. a they have called for temporary t truce. >> an unknown numbeber of civililians are e able to flee.. contactedl macrcron has the head of the accord t to express his opposition against the capital. the eu h has called for restrai. havedanese sececurity forces armydemonstrating outside

headquarters and into a fouourth day. these are the latestst in a sers of protests. >> protesters were sheltering in the military compound. witnesses say the army opened its gates to the prococesses and fired wawarning shots into the air. on monday, there were thousands of protesters. comentigovevernment protests after rising food prices. being beaten.fter

90 people were wounded. hundreds of protesters hahave bn jailed. of mingling with protesters, the tide may be turning. >> the u.n. is urging restraint. >> let's lookok at the top stories. israel is voting in its parliamentary election.

the uppeper speakerer of the hoe has been namam as the interim president. anger protesters. with a new brexit t deadline looming, theresa may is in berlin and paris to argue for an other -- for r another brexit delay. to stop and take a lolook at how we got here.e. cacatherine nourse trent h has e on why david cameron held the brbrexit referenendum in thehe t ace. >> one of the biggest t questios ??ouout exit is why why did david cameron c called e rereferendum when d did not h e to andnde was in favor of britain staying i in the eu.

hard-line u.s. skeptics have not gone away. they havee g grown m more v voch the signing of the treaty in 1992. they said it gave way too many popowers to brussels.s. inin the pararliament, skeptics voted against 6 60 times. after opposition, they were back in government in a coalitioion d --y

headlinene grabbing self-styled man ofof the people, nigel faraj became the leader in 2006. ground.started gaining theyey came ououon top witith 2f the vote. withmassive humiliation david cameron,n, t conservatatie mps defected. cameron pledged t to hold a rereferendum if f his party one absolute majority inin the election. >> we will deliver the referendum on our fufuture in europepe. far from sure.. he was in a coalition government.

cameron felt boundnd to carry ot the manifesto. this time, his strategy did not pay off.f. >> it is time e for a look at te top is this nenews. you are going to statart with te latest in n a legal battle beten ththe u.s. and the eu over competition between r respective aircraft g giants. >> the unitedd states isis considering g tariffs on $11 billion worth e europn n goods in responsnse to sububsidies.

europepe says claims of damamage frfrom the s subsidieses are exagaggerated. thee w wto decision comes s wees forter says u.s. tax breaks boeing amounted to illllegal subsidies. aircrcraft, seafood, chcheese, list clothing, some of the of imports on which the united states plans to slap tariffs. it is in retaliation for more than $11 b billion in damage doe by european subsidies to airbus. reach anal is to agreement to and inconsistent subsidies. whenen the eu ends these subsididies, the additional duts imposed inin response can be lilifted. >> w washington and brussels hae been engaged in a tit-foror-tat dispute, accusing each other of

toairly providing support airbus and boeing. the wto says bothh sides have paid billions to gain advantage. it has warned them of sanctions. the wto ruled whington hahad failed to stop unveiled -- unfair tax breaks for boeing. theu has put in plplace d duties for 3 billion euros of u.s. imports after donald trump cost reststrictions onoreign steel and alaluminum. europopean leaders are h holdig a tense trade summit with chin >> jean-clclaude juncker and donald tusk m meeting china and brussesels on trade and investmt plans. the eu is pushing china to speed up the o opening of markets in a bibid for aeciprocal economic

relationship. the first bilateral trade meeting bebetween the two sides since the eu named china a a ril that pushes domestic companies to expand oveverseas while blblocking fororeign access toto internal mararkets. facingean indexeses are headwind from the new threat of tariffs. airbus shares are trading down. investors are expecting disappointing results. some tepid gains at midday. commodities markets, crude oil slipping as renewed fighghting in libya tightens markets. brent crude trading just ovever $71 a barrel. saudi aramco bond market debut has drawn orders worth $85

billion. they expect to raise just t arod 10 billionon from the deal, puttining towards the purchasasf a saudii chemicals giant. -- is laying off 1600 employees. france's third-largest lender rs lookining to save in its corpore and bubusiness investment operations. 750 job cuts will come here in france. china is cononsidering a ban on bitcoioin mining. ththeyaveeen crackiking down on crypto currency since 2017, when reregulators band nenew coin offeringngs and shuttered local exchanges.

>> in africa, they arwarningg of an economic slowdown.. >> at issue, fallining prices on raw materials. o''brien has thisis report. lingers a as the economy fails to lift. year was weaker than expected. this year, it is the same story with the revised growth forecast of 2.8 percent. is increasing att a a slower rate than the population.. >> this slower than expected growowthomes from m domestic and global factors.. low bully, it will have -- byyally it is charactcterized rising t trade tension.

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