the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and his main opponent have both made victory speeches as partial vote tallies from tuesday's election showed the ruling likudlook likely to have enough seats to form a government without the support of smaller parties. eu leaders will meet in brussels later to consider a request by theresa may to delay brexit until 30 june. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has suggested that the uk may be asked to accept a much longer extension of up to a year. mrs may has been trying to win the support of germany's chancellor merkel ahead of the summit. the us attorney general, william barr, has said he intends to release a restricted version of the long—awaited report on russian election interference within a week.

blue and white alliance of challenger benny gantz is neck and neck with prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likudarty. one exit poll by israel tv has likud winning 36 seats in the knesset, blue and white on 37, and labour coming next with 8 seats. but with 61 seats needed for a majority, coalitions with smaller parties are the norm in israel. yolande knell reports from tel aviv. at the end of voting came the first predictions. speaking hebrew. this poll giving political newcomer benny gantz a narrow lead over the prime minister. but both men have now claimed victory. benjamin netanyahu, who has corruption charges looming, has been fighting a tough campaign to win a fifth term in office. his main rival, benny gantz, has won popular support with his strong military record and promise of change. some in israel vote along religious lines. others, on key issues like security. in this poll, there were more than a0 parties to choose from. the next prime minister will have to build and lead a coalition government. and this election could reshape the political landscape. reaching out to right—wing voters,

the prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party is neck and neck with the blue and white party of chief, benny gantz. both men declared victory after polls closed. yolande knell reports from tel aviv. at the end of the voting came the first predictions, this poll giving political newcomer benny gantz a narrow lead over the prime minister. but both men have now claimed victory. translation: the largest party is the one that needs to be mandated by the president and form the government. translation: i want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart. you have brought an amazing, almost inconceivable achievement. it is an almost unimaginable achievement, in the face of hostile media, and the likud has actually grown dramatically. benjamin netanyahu, who has corruption charges looming, has been fighting a tough campaign to win a fifth term in office. his rival has gained popular support, with his strong military record and promise of change. some in israel vote along religious lines, others on key issues like security. in this poll, there were more than a0 parties to choose from. the ne

a very narrow edge to benny gantz, the main challenger to the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, 37, 37, 36 and for likudahu, 36, 33, 36. so close. 50 this will be a long night. i am looking again, some merits that the left—wing party, on the israeli landscape for a long time, and they may be against the predictions still get into this party. some of the israeli examples are also saying that arab parties could actually get a representation in the parliament, based on projections, there was a concern with the alarmingly low turnout, they managed to get. 50 much has been focusing on these two main players that in fact almost equal importance is what will be the alignment of the left—wing and right—wing and far right, and he will be crucial players and the kingmakers and whoever formed the government. there are a few with benny gantz if he tries to create the government, he could pick off. he went in with the government and so he went in with the government and so right now, the parties are going to be looking at what the trend is in the first ones that are going to jump in the first ones that are going to

one of the two co-chairs of the blue and white list rather than benjamin netanyahu now he started the day by meeting a delegation of the likud no surprises there they put forward the name of benjamin netanyahu to become the next prime minister of israel then he met with the second party that won the most seats in knesset the israeli parliament and that's the one blue and white list of benny gantz and you're left pete now the president did ask those members of that list if they would consider and national unity government and they flatly answered no on the circumstances and then you have to remember that throughout the electoral campaign the blue and white lace really positioned themselves as attacking benjamin netanyahu as a person as they say his divisive policies his racial policies and also attacking came on these corruption charges and the looming in that come july now these consultations will continue for the next forty eight hours at the end of that process then president ridley will call in the person that was most recommended to form this coalition government and no surprises there it will be benjamin netanyahu becau

political parties to decide on who will form the new government last week prime minister benjamin netanyahu likud party won thirty six of the one hundred twenty seats in israel's parliament putting him in a position to form a ruling coalition. new zealand has appealed for the whereabouts of a nurse kidnapped along with two drivers in syria almost six years ago louisa covey was working for the red cross delivering aid to it live when she was taken it's believed she's being held captive by ice so along with her to drive is the one priority all along has been luis the safety and as you say decisions have been taken always with us in mind and one of those decisions the security information as far you know out of the public eye as possible for the i.c.r.c. has has taken the lead and we've worked collectively together around when his plane is there is no right or wrong time in the assessment is maged that with the fall of the caliph ask that's the risk we really need to see by calling for action whether we can find out any more information at this point the u.s. secretary of state has met venezuelan re

and white party at the chinle follow a preliminary exit poll shows that prime minister benjamin netanyahu his likud party has thirty three seats and many counts as blue and white coalition party at this point in time thirty seven seats and remember the closer it is the better it is for the incumbent netanyahu let's join forces to use life from his new could party headquarters in tel aviv in a furnace in what's happening. well yes i'll have to do that through the prism of that lack of clarity that you were just talking about there is a real divergence in the exit polls which themselves have been found to be. to have been getting thing have got things are pretty badly wrong in previous elections so all of this has to come with really major caveats but yes in that one exit poll we have thirty seven seats and a hundred twenty c. knesset israeli parliament for benny gantz thirty three his party thirty three for netanyahu is the good others have it much closer one major channel has their results at thirty six thirty six a dead heat another thirty six to netanyahu is likud party thirty seven to benny gant

exit polls suggest no clear winner between prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party, and the bluelliance, led by the former military chief benny gantz. if the polls are correct, neither of the major parties will have enough seats to form a government and will have to rely on smaller parties to form a coalition. from jerusalem, our correspondent yolande knell. at the end of voting came the first predictions. speaking hebrew. this poll giving political newcomer benny gantz a narrow lead over the prime minister. but both men have now claimed victory. benjamin netanyahu, who has corruption charges and the men, has been fighting a tough campaign to win a fifth term in office. —— corruption charges looming. his main rival benny gantz has won popular support with his strong military record and promise of change. some in israel vote along religious lines. others, on key issues like security. in this poll, there were more than a0 parties to choose from. the next prime minister will have to build and lead a coalition government. and this election could reshape the political landscape. reach

forming a coalition, essentially to extract as many demands as possible from prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party when negotiations begin. there's speculation about what might happen. some smaller parties, right-wing parties or religious parties, might band together to try to get more strength, more leverage in the negotiations with netanyahu. the likud party in terms what was they demand from him for joining his coalition, for supporting him. that's how this process plays out until the president officially says it's netanyahu who forms the next government, then netanyahu has initially 28 days to figure out how his government looks and then everyone asks for a two-week expense so it's six weeks. a key question here is what happens to those corruption investigations if and when the attorney general here hands down charges against the prime minister? that will be one of the key questions in these negotiations, natalie. >> oren lieberman in jerusalem, thank you. >>> we are just learning about julian assange's life inside the place he called home for almost seven years. cnn's selma abdel aziz s

with two—thirds of votes counted in israel's general election, the likud party of prime minister benjamin netanyahube on course for a narrow win, with the help of far—right parties in a likely governing coalition. but his main rival, benny gantz, declared victory himself after polls closed. within hours, mr netanyahu is also due to hear details of corruption charges, which he denies. the bbc‘s yolande knell sent this report from tel aviv. at the end of the voting came the first predictions, this poll giving political newcomer benny gantz a narrow lead over the prime minister. but both men have now claimed victory. translation: the largest party is the one that needs to be mandated by the president and form the government. translation: i want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart. you have brought an amazing, almost inconceivable achievement. it is an almost unimaginable achievement, in the face of hostile media, and the likud has actually grown dramatically. benjamin netanyahu, who has corruption charges looming, has been fighting a tough campaign to win a fifth term in office. his rival has ga

the party leader and incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu is likud's top candidates and he also has a good chance of winning the parliamentary election. in spite of us goes on to give you know but netanyahu is facing tough competition and he's also dealing with several corruption investigations as high as this election and the coalition negotiations afterwards promised to be dramatic extreme of wanting to be out of the nature of how out be talking with several guests about the election and what it means to them in the bible should own discretion historians motion or cinema or mum on the security experts area. imagine all the dots have a money family and arab israeli singer mariam two can. israel's fragmented society is reflected in the large number of political parties in the knesset or national parliament prime minister netanyahu is likud conti has been in power for years and now holds thirty out of one hundred twenty seats. the current government coalition is led by likud it into. several parties whose primary goal is to preserve their religious and social traditions another m

neighborhood by neighborhood street by street by house after house ok that's likud party leader and president benjamin netanyahu speaking at the likud party headquarters in tel aviv that's also where our correspondent gary fossett as ads listening in so far that essentially was sell the numbers the final count as an hour that essentially was a victory speech. yes the second victory speech that we've heard so far this evening the first coming from many guns his main challenger and now this one some hours later coming from the leader of the likud party. and so now the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu he was very clear in that speech that he had one that is looking. benny gantz and more importantly in terms of the pragmatic next steps that the israeli right and what he said the right along with the leadership of likud will lead israel for the next four years he called this an unannounced to move victory given the circumstances he pointed back here to with us in the media ranks. in even seeing a chorus of boos from the crowd below so he's saying that despite what happened earlier straightaway after the p

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political parties to decide whom to form the next government riven reverend met first with benjamin netanyahu is likud party which won the most seats last week netanyahu intends to build a coalition of the far right and ultra orthodox jewish parties later held talks with the blue and white alliance which came a close second. the u.k.'s most high profile breaks a tear nigel for rogers launched a new political party with the sole intention of leaving the european union it has already proven polarizing reports. the english seaside has always been a favorite location for brick says something about fate of glory perhaps a country in need of reminding itself how great it once was and bricks it's being metaphorically undemocratically broken on the rocks. the brand new bricks policy found an industrial estates in which to present itself to this ordinance the big announcement of this former captain of industry will stand in the european elections with a mandate to create i think what i would want to do is to make sure that british interests are protected and if we can help to reform the european union the proc

likud party. and so now the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu he was very clear in that speech that he had one that is likud. benny gantz and more importantly in terms of the pragmatic next steps that the israeli right and what he said the right along with the leadership of likud will lead israel for the next four years he called this all unannounced into a victory given the circumstances he pointed back here towards us in the media ranks. and even seeing a chorus of boos from the crowd below so he's saying that despite what happened earlier straightaway after the polls closed at ten pm local time some four hours ago. giving either a dead heat or a victory of some few seats to the rival blue and white party now shortly after that has been recalibrated by the two main news channels to give him a one seat advantage thirty five seats to thirty four to his likud is now saying this is a victory that he has in the past now to go to the president asked of him a new coalition government and rule for another four years. let's take a look at what happens next well there are a hundred twenty seats in

at this point it appears benjamin netanyahu's likud party has the pathway to do that. he would rely on support from ultra orthodox rate that govern. and this further push to the right, this swing to the right here inl only have an impact on local domestic policies but also world affairs and certainly a path to peace here in the middle east. palestinians have already expressed concerns over the last-minute campaign pledge made by benjamin netanyahu to annex settlements in the west bank. that is, of course, quite controversial because that land is seen by most of the world as occupied territory. norah? >> more there seth in tel aviv, israel, thank you. >>> the trump administration is laying out details of its tough new strategy on immigration. a senior immigration official said the white house wants the right to detain migrant children longer and make it harder for asylum seekers to get work permits. new government figures show more than 103,000 people were apprehended at the u.s./mexico border in march. more than 92,000 were between ports of entry. major garrett is at t

the latest numbers from israeli tv exit polls suggest the likud party of benjamin netanyahu and the bluehite alliance led by former army chief benny gantd are neck neck. knell reports from tel aviv. yolande: at the end of voting him the first prediction. this poll gives political newcomer benny gtz and narrow lead over the prime minister. both men have no claim to victory. benjamin netanyahu, who has corruption charges looming, has been fighting a tough campaign to win a fifth term in office. his main rival, benny gantz, has won pular support with a strong military record and promises of change. some in israel vote along religious lines, others on key security.e in this poll there were more than 40 parties to choose from. the next prime minister will have to build and lead a coalition government. this election could reshape the political landscape. re voters, mr. nine yahoo! made a campaign pledge to make jewish deaf mr. netanyahu made a campaign pledge to make jewish said -- mr. netanyahu made a campaign pledge to make jewish ments in the west bank. israelisupermarket, made their electi

call the numbers are very close 37 seats for the blue and white and 36 for prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likudarty. there are 120 seats in the knusset. this is a parliamentary system whether or not mr. gantz will do that remains to be seen. mr. netanyahu has managed to do that time and time again if he held on to the leadership position by july he'll be the longest serving in the country people are saying this isn't just about security. they are decided on the basis of security but you have two hawks holding the lead between mr. netanyahu and mr. gantz. this against a backdrop of a booming economy. folks on the ground are concerned about things of daily life, higher cost of living, making paychecks go as far as they can they feel they are the lead but when it comes to the economy may be voter fatigue for mr. netanyahu. >> hadley, thank you very much for that we look forward to a further update >>> pushing for changes at sony by dan loeb. david, what have you learned >> reporter: it's early right now at this point in terms of whether or not mr. loeb will have an activist campaign at sony it did

coalition it would mean a move towards the center left in israeli politics but the incumbent benjamin netanyahu and his likud party look to have a slightly better chance of cobbling together a coalition with the necessary sixty one seeds to gain the majority in the israeli parliament the knesset. despite all of that gunns was confident when he spoke to his supporters about two hours ago. that peak light is shining on our israel tonight. it's an historic day. more than one meaning people voted for us. i want to go to jerusalem our correspondent on your kramer she's burning the midnight oil for us tonight on this election night good evening to you and yes it's good to see that you can still smile tonight what about mr guns does he have reason to smile and celebrate tonight. well we could certainly here in his victory speech i mean he already gave a victory speech this time of the night when the final results are not even out i mean he could smile about the exit polls and at the moment you know the votes are being counted and slowly trickling in but the exit polls gave him and these three out of the four that w

ballot in tel aviv all the channel twelve preliminary exit poll shows that prime minister benjamin netanyahu is likud party has thirty three seats and many guns his blue and white coalition policy has thirty seven seats let's join of course one hundred i go home and who is at the headquarters of pentagon says blue and white. it's all connect to tight to cool too close to call it what suits the scene like there looks pretty quiet behind you. but actually what you see just behind me is actually the judus below that this is actually quite a crowd of people cheering they've been killed and many didn't even figure out this why and the list will be afeared here very soon as you said. yeah who have declared victory even though it's really not set in stone either for everything the final result has still nice house and really old attention now to this mall parties who managed to go up above that threshold that would allow them to mindanao for seats in the. parliament and. that so actually could. be winners or losers tonight however we did also hear from president rivlin we're at the end of the day like with

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 that the german chancello

prove that he's got the best chance of filmic a coalition and becoming prime minister benjamin netanyahu his likud party won thirty six at the one hundred twenty seats in the parliament that puts him in perhaps prime position to form the next government. an investigation by french media organizations has revealed the use of french weapons by the saudi emma rotty coalition in yemen leaked documents from france's military intelligence show that french battle tanks helicopters fighter jets and caesar artillery pieces have been deployed on the battlefield and in civilian areas the investigation found that since twenty ten france sold one hundred thirty two cs and guns to rehab and between march twenty sixth seen in december last year thirty five civilians including children were killed in areas that were within range of those weapons or the french government responded saying that as far as they know the weapons possessed by coalition forces and not used on the front line the trash about the risk has more now from paris well this report certainly seems to damage the credibility of the french government

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 the chancellery didn't go

pre minister benjamin netanyahu's right-wing likud party is neck and neck with former military chief benny gantz's centrist opposition blue and white party. we will have an on-t f-ground repom tel aviv, later in the program. british prime minist theresa may is trying to persuade european union leaders to delay evbrexit once again, on thof their emergency summit in brussels. may met with german chancellor angela merkel in berlin, andd then traveleon to paris for talks with french president emmanuel macron. meanwhile in luxembourg, the e.u.'s chief brexit negotiator insisted that progress must be made in the british parliament if brexit is delayed once more. >> ( translated ): this extension needs to be useful. it needs to be useful to give more time, if needed, to make a success of the political process that i have talked about, to succeed in building this majority. >> woodruff: the 27 e.u. member states will decide tomorrow whether or not to approven another extens delay brexit. if it is not approved, britain will leave the e.u. without a deal on friday.l we wke a look at what's at s

political parties vying for one hundred twenty seats in the parliament prime minister benjamin netanyahu of the right wing likud party now seeking a fifth term in office he is the first sitting prime minister however due to be indicted on corruption charges continue to expand illegal israeli settlements no progress made towards establishing a palestinian state either so that's benjamin netanyahu his biggest challenges you have got the full military chief benny gantz and also ye of the blue and white coalition gans's interesting he led israeli forces actually during the gaza war twenty fourteen and on the campaign trail his focus has been on issues things like the rising cost of living and fighting corruption you've also got the gabay who is from the labor party which hasn't actually won an election in twenty years and there are. two palestinian israeli parties in the running kerry force it is our correspondent in west jerusalem looking at the battle for power. which of these men do israelis want as their prime minister for all the myriad parties and themes to loomed over this campaign the real fight remains ben

challenges of benjamin netanyahu well that is is not really clear this is what the authors of the report where is suggesting however this is not been confirmed and both netanyahu and his likud party have denied any links with this and also the elections committee has been looking into the matter they also said there wasn't enough evidence to prove such links what we can say is that it could campaign officials and even the son of. a year they have been sharing some of these fools rumors so even if they were in they reckon involved in public aid to them they have taken part in amplifying them that begs the question. was he the only one being targeted or were the other contenders and challengers also victim of these attacks well actually not i mean there have been observers looking into the spreading of fake news during this election campaigning they found many guns was the most targeted followed by the number two of the blue and white party. but then third place came on yahoo and this goes beyond this big bucks project report we've also seen interestingly that some journalists in israel but also outside of israel they said that they have been receiving fulls reports from acco

fourteen political parties are competing for one hundred twenty seats prime minister benjamin netanyahu of the right wing likud party is seeking a fifth term in office he is the first sitting prime minister due to be indicted on corruption charges he has continued to expand the israeli settlements and no progress has been made towards establishing a palestinian state that now its biggest challenges are from the so-called blue and white coalition led by people which include former military chief benny gantz who led israeli forces during the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen and the centrist candidate yet harry forsett reports now from west jerusalem on the battle for power. which of these men do israelis want as their prime minister for all the myriad parties and themes to loomed over this campaign the real fight remains benjamin netanyahu versus benny gantz israel has never had a better friend than you for israel's prime minister the strategy has been clear portray himself as the only politician capable of playing in the big league keeping israel safe and scoring wins such as last week's u.s. indorsement i

major political parties are competing for one hundred twenty seats by minister benjamin netanyahu of the right wing likud party is seeking a fifth term in office he's the first sitting prime minister though due to be indicted on corruption charges he's continued to expand illegal israeli settlements and no progress has been made towards establishing a palestinian state and the tenure whose biggest challenges are former military chief benny gantz and yaya lapid of the blue and white coalition against lead israeli forces during the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen on the campaign trail his focus has been on the rising cost of living and fighting corruption and then there is a from the labor party which hasn't won an election in twenty years to palestinian israeli parties are also running harry for some reports now from west jerusalem on the battle for power. which of these men do israelis want as their prime minister for all the myriad parties and themes to loomed over this campaign the real fight remains benjamin netanyahu versus benny gantz has never had a better friend than you for israel's prime m

an almost unimaginable achievement, in the face of hostile media, and the likud has actually grown dramatically. benjamin netanyahuwho has corruption charges looming, has been fighting a tough campaign to win a fifth term in office. his rival has gained popular support, with his strong military record and promise of change. some in israel vote along religious lines, others on key issues like security. in this poll, there were more than a0 parties to choose from. the next prime minister will have to build and lead a coalition government. during this campaign, a pledge to makejewish settlements in the west bank into part of israel was mr netanyahu's way to reach out to right—wing voters. they are widely seen as illegal, and palestinians want this land for a future state. but, in this settlement supermarket, israelis made their election picks expecting a new approach to solving a decades—old conflict. yes, it's very important who wins this election, and who — and who will be handling that whole process. this shopper tells me she is surprised gantz hasn't really revealed his position. excitement among backers of benny

incumbent benjamin netanyahu and his likud party are hovering at around 26%. the prime minister may have an edge forming a governing coalition, but he's in a virtual tie with his main challenger, benny gantz and the blue and white party. it's been a hard fought election and both candidates have claimed victory. so let's get some more on this. turn to cnn's michael holmes who joins us live from jerusalem. good to see you again, michael. so as we've been reporting, both netanyahu and gantz claiming victory, but netanyahu does appear to have the edge here when it comes to forming a viable governing coalition. but it isn't over yet, is it? >> reporter: no, it certainly is not. and in fact, rosemary, it could be days before all of this is sorted out. you did have that bizarre situation last night where you had benny gantz, of blue and white. we were there at his campaign headquarters -- claiming victory and then benjamin netanyahu across town doing exactly the same thing not long after. one of them is going to be right. and, yes, netanyahu appearing to have the eas

centrist a former general is mounting a stiff challenge to for a time prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his right wing likud party are interested. only a hard thank you so much for your company everyone well it is crunch time for british prime minister teresa mayes she is on a world wind european tour ahead of a crucial if you summit tomorrow and just days before the u.k. scheduled departure from the bloc she's due to. meet french presence in many around my car any time now earlier she was here in berlin meeting the german chancellor angela merkel on may once an extension to the leaving dates it's thought that berlin favors a long extension while paris favors a short while all the prime minister's office simply said she and merkel had agreed that britain should not leave the e.u. without a deal. as with other aspects of brakes it maes arrival at the chancellery didn't go to plan the british prime minister was obviously a little too early and medical bills in there to welcome her it was only after theresa may went inside that both leaders came back out to do the compulsory home takes but the smiles can type

fourteen major political parties are vying for one hundred twenty seats prime minister benjamin netanyahu of the right wing likud party is seeking a fifth term in office is the first sitting prime minister to be indicted though on corruption charges he's continued to expand illegal israeli settlements and no progress has been made towards establishing a palestinian state one of his biggest challenges are former military chief benny gantz and yet a lapid of the blue and white coalition against lead israeli forces during the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen on the campaign trail his focus as been on issues like the rising cost of living and fighting corruption and then as. a from the labor party which hasn't won an election in twenty years two palestinian israeli parties are also running our aforesaid reports now from west jerusalem on the battle for power. which of these men do israelis want as their prime minister for all the myriad parties and themes to loomed over this campaign the real fight remains benjamin netanyahu versus benny gantz has never had a better friend than you for israel's prime minister t

people have been telling us they're voting with likud, benjamin netanyahu's party.ng they are not voting for benjamin netanyahu, those corruption allegations have tarnished him somewhat and some people think enough is enough in terms of how long he has been in office but plenty of support for him here. if you went down to tel aviv, benny gantz and his blue and white party would be the ones people would be saying they are voting more for. it's always about head-to-head here in terms of who's going to get the option to form a new government, pull together a coalition, and they've got to do that. there's more than 40 parties in this election. probably 10 to 14 of them will pass the threshold of 3.25% of the vote in order to get seats. and it's from there that netanyahu or benny gantz are going to have to draw allies and try to get to the magical number of 61 seats. there will be exit polls coming out just after the polls close at 10:00 p.m. local. that will be our first ne indication of how this has gone. >> michael we'll be watching all day. thank you, sir. >>> let's

one of the two co-chairs of the blue and white list rather than benjamin netanyahu now he started the day by meeting a delegation of the likud no surprises there they put forward the name of benjamin netanyahu to become the next prime minister of israel then he met with the second party that won the most seats in knesset the israeli parliament and that's the one blue and white list of benny gantz and you're left pete now the president did ask those members of that list if they would consider and national unity government and they flatly answered no on the circumstances and then you have to remember that throughout the electoral campaign the blue and white lists really positioned themselves as attacking benjamin netanyahu as a person as they say his divisive policies his racial policies and also attacking came on these corruption charges and looming in the i mean come july now these consultations will continue for the next forty eight hours at the end of that process then president ridley will call in the person that was most recommended to form this coalition government and no surprises there it will be benjamin netanyahu be

very disharmonious directions netanyahu denies a few division insisting his likud party has served the interests of palestinian israelis benjamin netanyahu is throwing everything he can at this campaign as he battles to stay in office face down corruption charges and cement his legacy but his opponents say that legacy will be permanently tainted by the way he's chosen to fight this election are a force that al-jazeera westerners civilians are being periodic lee barred from using a major highway in indian administered kashmir authorities are only allowing military and paramilitary units to use it for two days a week until next month the government says it's to prevent attacks similar to the one in fabry which killed forty indian soldiers and staying in indian administered kashmir or research a say government's attempts at blocking the internet during protests have hurt the region's development burnet speth reports. is reliant on the internet as most entrepreneurs anyway she sells a kashmiri dresses to customers worldwide but in india not administered kashmir this is sensual tool of modern business is cut sometimes several times

direction's netanyahu denies that these few division insisting his likud party has served the interests of palestinian israelis benjamin netanyahu is throwing everything he can at this campaign is he battles to stay in office face down corruption charges and cement his legacy but his opponents say that legacy will be permanently tainted by the way he's chosen to fight this election are a force that al-jazeera westerners. the iranian red crescent says he sanctions are preventing foreign financial aid from assisting flood victims iran special forces chief visited the flood hit south western khuzestan province on sunday the government has promised that all flood victims will be fully compensated least seventy people have died and more than eighty thousand have been moved to emergency shelters since the heavy rains began last month. thousands of supporters of the former brazilian president louis silva have rallied outside his present a year after he was jailed their existing is a victim of political persecution others though are celebrating a crackdown on the political elite that explains. i lula still has support across b

very disharmonious directions netanyahu denies that these few division insisting his likud party has served the interests of palestinian israelis benjamin netanyahu is throwing everything you can at this campaign as he battles to stay in office face down corruption charges and cement his legacy but his opponents say that legacy will be permanently tainted by the way he's chosen to fight this election are a force of al-jazeera westerners. now turkey's ruling ak party is demanding a full recount of votes cast in istanbul during last month's mayoral race in a major upset to president russia tired of on the party narrowly lost control of takis biggest city as well as the capital ankara the opposition's mayoral candidate in istanbul is urging the ak party to accept defeat as the foreman essentially of who's fighting financial misconduct charges has been sacked from the carmaker's board. on has been ousted at a shareholders meeting in japan's capital tokyo the sixty five year old had already been removed as chairman after his arrest in november korn and his wife have both been protesting his innocence he is reported to be appealing to the fre

the president, benjamin netanyahu his right—wing likud party, is in a tight race with the new centre—righthan 20 people have been killed in 4 days of fighting, around the capital tripoli. rebel forces led by general khalifa haftar, are trying to seize the city in defiance of international calls for restraint. the un has called for an urgent truce whilst the united states have demanded an immediate halt to the offensive. a campaign is being launched to raise awareness of a system to help people alert the police if they're in danger but unable to speak. the "silent solution" system, prompts the caller on a mobile to press 5—5 if they call 999 and can't talk to the call handler. peter cooke reports. just one of the 20,000 silent calls made to 999 in the uk every day. but many callers using a mobile are unaware of a system to inform police, without speaking, that they might be in danger. it enables someone who is too scared to make a noise or speak to press 55 when prompted. the system has been operating in the uk since 2002, but officials say it's not widely known to the public. the prompts,