how will that work out for benjamin neta nyahu ? how will that work out for benjamin netanyahu? he same results in april, we would say benjamin neta nyahu the same results in april, we would say benjamin netanyahu one. the reason we're not saying is because avigdor lieberman has broken rank considerably from benjamin netanyahu. he was foreign minister and aid with benjamin netanyahu but they have long had a bad relationship and avigdor lieberman sees benjamin neta nyahu relationship and avigdor lieberman sees benjamin netanyahu as a week and caving under pressure and i think he would be enjoying tormenting benjamin netanyahu. the three men we should be looking at— they are all mad dash benjamin netanyahu, avigdor lieberman and benny gantz, the leader of the opposition. some saying they should have a coalition. benny gantz is hoping to have an alliance with avigdor lieberman perhaps to oust benjamin netanyahu. there may be some rotation in the prime minister's office or with a deposed buyback and have another leader who may capitalise under significant strength but without the bag

can lieberman to oust benjamin neta nyahu. can they lieberman to oust benjamin netanyahu. benjamin netanyahu. can theyjoin with benjamin netanyahu netanyahu. can theyjoin with benjamin neta nyahu may netanyahu. can theyjoin with benjamin netanyahu may with some rotation in the prime minister's office or depose benjamin netanyahu and have another leader to capitalise under significant strength but without the baggage that benjamin neta nyahu strength but without the baggage that benjamin netanyahu brings. we are talking about exit polls at the moment. we're going hearfrom benjamin netanyahu imminently. you can see he's being greeted there by supporters and we are expecting him to mount that stage and some kind of speeds. so far, those exit polls following israel's second general election in five monthsjust following israel's second general election in five months just the results are simply too close to call. at the moment benjamin netanyahu's call. at the moment benjamin neta nyahu's party is call. at the moment benjamin netanyahu's party is predicted to get about 32—33 see

what is benjamin neta nyahu's route to presidency? lls are correct? there is really only two realistic scenarios. the first is that he can simply form a coalition with his own likud party and other parties of the right wing and other parties of the right wing and the religious parties. but he is never near that if the exit polls are to be believed. that leaves a second which is he needs the seats of the party of avigdor lieberman a formerfriend of the party of avigdor lieberman a former friend turned rival and former friend turned rival and former defence minister. he walked out of government before it began after the election in april and he objected to what he sees it as a dominance of the religious parties over the neta nyahu dominance of the religious parties over the netanyahu coalition. so avigdor lieberman would have to come back quite a long way on what he was saying before. he has suggested he simply would not sit with mr netanyahu simply would not sit with mr neta nyahu with those simply would not sit with mr netanyahu with t

polls are not always accurate but if so, then the benjamin neta nyahu's not always accurate but if so us remind you of the headlines on bbc news. supreme courtjudges have begun hearing two appeals to determine whether or not the prime minister acted lawfully when he sat down parliament for five weeks. at the lib dems conference, the new leader, jo swinson, pledges to stop brexit immediately if the party is in government. 30 years after a judge of the in ben stokes' family, he accuses the sun newspaper of being a moralfor its he accuses the sun newspaper of being a moral for its latest coverage. dash immoral. the trial of four people accused of murdering the girl scoutjodi chesney four people accused of murdering the girl scout jodi chesney has four people accused of murdering the girl scoutjodi chesney has begun. the 17—year—old was fatally stabbed in an east london park in march while listening to music with friends. two men, aged 20 and i9, and two youths aged 16 and i7 friends. two men, aged 20 and i9, and two youths aged 16 and 17 old denied the charges against them. dan johnson r

what benjamin neta nyahu what benjamin netanyahu said in this press c0 nfe re nce what benjamin netanyahus billed as being dramatic by his party aides in this election campaign, was that israeli policy would apply there but wouldn't include the palestinian —— palestinian city of jericho wouldn't include the palestinian —— palestinian city ofjericho and other areas. it is not clear as to whether this amounts to full israeli annexation but nevertheless, it is the boldest and most specific pledge from benjamin netanyahu about his israeli control in the west bank after the coming election and tied to that, as you mentioned, he said that the so—called deal of the century, that trump proposals or plans for peace between israelis and palestinians would be published in the days after the election. all of this, i think, the days after the election. all of this, ithink, is the days after the election. all of this, i think, is going to amount to a pretty dramatic period in those days after the elections as all of those things happens at once. also making news today: officials in iraq say at least 31

prime minister benjamin neta nyahu says general election. d talks on forming a coalition. his main rival has called for a broad unity government. let's discuss that further, the inconclusive israeli elections, and what is most likely to happen, if anyone can answer that question at this point, let's talk to richard, a political analyst based injerusalem and director of the britain israel communications and research centre. thank you for being on the programme. so israel are used to coalitions, but this situation seems to be more precarious. talk us through the possibilities. right, yes, good morning. a fascinating morning israelis are waking up to here. as you know, the background of the unprecedented second election after the april election, because of the stalemate, and at the moment it was looking like a stalemate again. we should caution that we are still talking about just we should caution that we are still talking aboutjust over 90% of the vote counted, so there are real results to talk about but nothing as yet final, so everything has

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financial times says israel is in political limbo and faces weeks of coalition talks, after benjamin neta nyahueck in the country's national election. so, all sorts of places we can start, but why don't we start with the guardian? and a very striking headline, saudis to trump: here's oui’ headline, saudis to trump: here's our proof, now world must respond to iran. daisy, of course, this is in the wake of the attacks on the saudi oilfields at the weekend, and the saudis today have produced some compelling photographic evidence of what they say are drones and cruise missiles prove iran was responsible. the iranians we must of course repeat deny any involvement. the iranians are denying it, but as you say, the saudis had this very dramatic press conference this afternoon, showing as they put it bona fide evidence that these drone attacks on saturday, which took out attacks on saturday, which took out a huge amount of the world's

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polls are showing that there is a tie between benjamin netanyahu that there is a tie between benjamin neta nyahu the polls show he is even a bit behind so that is not very good news for him, that is for sure. and he is going to now wait and see whether he will be asked to form a coalition and if he is in this position of being behind another party, it may not fall to him. a big question now what his political fate will be. he has been campaigning in a frenzy over the past couple of weeks, trying to get his supporters to come out to the polls, aware that he was not able to form government in the last election and hoping this time he will be able to is that we are all still waiting to see how this plays out. it is looking not very positive for benjamin netanyahu at this point. barbara in jerusalem, for now, many thanks. more in outside source. now the weather. many of us have seen some lovely september sunshine and it looks like it will stay for the next few days is about a week with a front in the far northwest. it means clear skies through the night allow temperatures to follow as it will be chi

the israel front pages are not the ones benjamin netanyahu pages are not the ones benjamin neta nyahuting pages are not the ones benjamin netanyahu was expecting after the second indecisive election injust five months, power is described as slipping away. he alone and political death spasms are among the headlines for that the promise for the last ten years with a three year stint before that in 90s, he has been reduced to urging the ex army chief who leads the new party, the largest of the tuesday pole, to join a unity government. he told them to push off. in a week when iran, country israeli promised it regularly bodes election as a reason it needs a strong government was blamed by the us for having saudi oil production. this in a week when iran, a country the israeli prime minister regularly invokes in elections as a reason why it needs a strong government, was blamed by the united states for halving saudi oil production with two drone attacks, claimed by houthi rebels in neighbouring yemen. before we talk about all of that, jonathan, just talk about benjamin netanyahu's fate. do y

perspective is that according to prime minister benjamin netanyahu, according to prime minister benjamin neta nyahu no one was injured, not even a scratch, as you say, but israel remained on full alert, and was prepared for any scenario. of course, as i say, israel had been anticipating this since it was accused last sunday of a drone attack in the lebanese capital beirut against what is thought to have been a hezbollah position in the city. israel hasn't confirmed or denied it carried out the attack, but in the last week it had warned hezbollah that it wouldn't allow the militant sheer group to assemble and manufacture of precision guided missiles in lebanon with support and parts from its key backer, iran, and thatis parts from its key backer, iran, and that is the israeli position at the minute, there was a war between israel and hezbollah back in 2006 in which thousands of people were killed, but for the time being, this incident appears to be over, and nobody on either side seems to want an escalation to what we saw back in 2006. it is likely we have two different points of view here. martin p

is benny gantz who is a challenging benjamin netanyahu. is benny gantz who is a challenging benjamin neta nyahu. let's is benny gantz who is a challenging benjamin netanyahu. let's hear what he has to say. translation: to my wonderful children who supported and accompanied me and saw me very little at home. they controlled me from afar. you are the most dear thing to me out of everything. thank you. i want to thank my partners, the leadership of blue and white alliance. i am the leadership of blue and white alliance. iam proud the leadership of blue and white alliance. i am proud to call you my friend. because it is not only a political pastor but friend. the most honest in israeli politics, i am proud to call you my partner and gabby, the leader, a man, a friend and partner who burnt the field. together with you, in all directions, i want to remind you that we were in tel aviv lately, i am not sure where you are now but i thank you from the bottom of my heart and i want to thank the members of parliament, raise your hand so i can see you. you all worked and acted in areas and communities throu

benjamin neta nyahu has promised to extend israeli sovereignty over the jordan valley if he's re—electedext week. in effect, the move would annex a large part of the occupied west bank. the palestinians say the move would bury any chance of peace for a hundred years. officials in iraq say at least 31 people have died in a stampede during commemorations for the shia holy day of ashura in karbala. one hundred are said to be injured. the crush took place as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims surged towards the golden—domed imam hussein shrine. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. british prime minister borisjohnson has positioned himself as the country's brexit champion, but his pledge to take britain out of the eu on 31 october is in trouble. parliament has passed a law requiring him to seek a deadline extension from the eu so either he negotiates a new exit deal in short order, or he attempts to defy the law. how is this british melodrama being viewed in europe? my guest is french mep and former europe minister, nathalie loiseau. has eu patience with british

a lot of people have seen benjamin netanyahu a lot of people have seen benjamin neta nyahu and donaldfriendly and they get on well. what has israel got from spying on the white house if indeed they did? most of are spy on each other. when i worked at the white house, we will wa nt worked at the white house, we will want this to —— —— the area was being spied upon. probably cuba, probably around, probably russia. we have a five eyes agreement in the uk and we agree not to spy on each other. we shouldn't spy on each other. we shouldn't spy on each other but we know in late 2015, there was a wall streetjournal article that the united states 's but —— was spying on regimen netanyahu but —— was spying on regimen neta nyahu about the but —— was spying on regimen netanyahu about the nuclear deal with iran. when we go to israel over this, they say, maybe we shouldn't have done this but you spy on us, too. in a statement from angevin net and yahoo's office, it says there was a directive from the israeli government not to spy on the us —— benjamin netanyahu. government not to spy on the us —— b

benjamin neta nyahu has promised to extend israeli sovereignty over the jordan valley if he's re—electedext week. the palestinians say the move would ‘bury any chance of peace for 100 years‘. and this video of an american adventurer becoming the first person to reach the deepest places in all five of the earth's oceans has caught people's attention on our website. in his finaldive, victor vescovo used a submersible to travel 5.5 kilometers down to the bottom of the arctic ocean. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm at stephen sackur. —— i'm stephen sackur. indonesia has big ambitions to be a 21st—century regional superpower. it has the right kind of assets in terms of population, natural resources, and strategic position, but there are clouds on the horizon. not least in west papua, the vast territory incorporated into indonesia after the end of dutch colonial rule. for five decades, jakarta has suppressed a papuan independence movement. in recent months tensions have flared into violence. my guest is benny wen

the diehard supporters of benjamin netanyahu. diehard supporters of benjamin neta nyahu. ers of benjamin netanyahu. they are determined to get him every vote and he really needs them. he is definitely having their vote. the powerful cultural orthodox parties have been flexing their muscle under his watch, protecting their exemptions from the military draft and shutting things down on the sabbath. again this election, they are showing their strength. if they don't want to keep each other‘s, you can go to america will stop that many israelis are fed up will stop that many israelis are fed up with this vision of the country. ——. but many israelis are using. netanyahu ——. but many israelis are using. neta nyahu has also ——. but many israelis are using. netanyahu has also grabbed attention with his pitch tojewish settlers. he made a rare official visit to the divided city of hebron and has promised to annex large swathes of territory in the occupied west bank. members of his audience was sceptical. you think that means that mr netanyahu is is siding with the jewish settlers? in

about all of that, jonathan, just talk about benjamin netanyahu's jonathan, just talk about benjamin neta nyahu'so jonathan, just talk about benjamin netanyahu's fate. do you think we are now witnessing the end of the netanyahu era? we definitely could be. but we also may not be. i think it is important at this stage that we think about it in that way. netanyahu we think about it in that way. neta nyahu has not we think about it in that way. netanyahu has not done as well as he would have hoped. these were elections he did not want. the kingmaker pulls the elections and then failed tojoin kingmaker pulls the elections and then failed to join the coalition. it is not looking good for netanyahu, it is not looking good for neta nyahu, but he it is not looking good for netanyahu, but he has proven that he is still a smart player when it comes to making coalitions. he got all the right wing parties and religious parties to agree. that puts him in a slightly stronger position because it means that effectively he has a block of 55 behind him and you need 61 to form the coalition. if we take every party

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in the last half hour, the current israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has addressed his supportersying he's still awaiting the official results from the general election. exit polls suggest there is no clear winner, but the indications are it will be much harderfor mr netanyahu to build a governing coalition, bringing to an end his long run as prime minister. but he said he would work towards establishing what he called a ‘strong zionist government'. from tel aviv, the bbc‘s jeremy bowen reports. israeli tv exit polls showed no decisive victory for any side. the votes will be counted through the night, but it could take weeks of coalition horsetrading before the next government and prime minister emerge. the election has been a referendum on benjamin netanyahu's last ten years in office. he is israel's longest—serving prime minister. his main rival is retired general, benny gantz, from the blue and white party. some of his supporters fear he was politically naive not to press harder on corruption charges faced by mr netanyahu, which the prime minister denies. in opposition strongho

used to be a major ally of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and of the prime minister, benjamin neta nyahuu, and now they are opponents, even enemies. after the exit polls, mr lieberman's supporters were the only ones who we re supporters were the only ones who were celebrating. if the results back that up, and polls are not a lwa ys back that up, and polls are not always accurate hernando the netanyahu always accurate hernando the neta nyahu era always accurate hernando the netanyahu era in israeli politics is ending. well, i am at the headquarters of the likud party, mr netanyahu's headquarters of the likud party, mr neta nyahu's party, and headquarters of the likud party, mr netanyahu's party, and it is all geared up for a celebration, but it's not happening. he is not here and now there are many of his supporters, a sign i think of the mood in israel tonight, that things could, if the polls are correct, be changing. and there is another thing i think as well which will be giving mr netanyahu a long and difficult night, and that is that he is in court for those corruption charges at the

benjamin neta nyahu things mean that they can have some control. cing his second election this year in israel, he desperately needs to get his majority, he has threatened to an what is a third of the west bank, the jordan valley, to an what is a third of the west bank, thejordan valley, and he has actually said that donald trump says it is ok. it will actuallyjust... the americans, jared kushner, is expected to deliver his new middle east peace initiatives shortly. whatever is in that, but it has certainly closed down any chance of a two state solution. two on the question of the grand bargains or the grand different attic triumphs, what has happened to that deal of the century in the middle east we we re the century in the middle east we were expecting? it seems that in some areas they are moving ahead without an actual deal. for example the declaration of jerusalem without an actual deal. for example the declaration ofjerusalem is the capital israel despite all of the us counterterrorism resolutions. despite the world's anger about it, it still we

benjamin neta nyahu, israel's longest—serving leader, has said he'll annex territory in the occupiedlett usher reports. the veteran survivor of israeli politics has suffered a blow. benjamin netanyahu wasn't able to muster the majority to form a government. if the exit polls are right, his likud party may even have lost seats to the opposition. that leaves him fewer options to defend against possible indictments on corruption charges, but he's nowhere close to admitting defeat. translation: we are still awaiting the final results, but one thing is clear. the state of israel is at an historicjuncture in time. we are facing immense opportunities and immense challenges. security and diplomatic challenges, headed by the existential threat that israel faces from iran and its proxies. and we are fighting them tirelessly and fearlessly. a sense of victory at the headquarters of the main opposition blue and white party. its leader benny gantz is hoping the results will give him leverage to form a broad unity government, with likud, but without neta nyahu. those would be the opening terms, an

voting is taking place in israel's general election, with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu fightingonwide poll earlier this year. mr netanyahu has pledged to annex part of the occupied west bank — a move that critics say would do further damage to any prospect of peace between israelis and palestinians. our middle east editorjeremy bowen is in tel aviv this evening. jeremy. thanks very much. mr netanyahu has a reputation for making election promises and then not keeping them. but this time round, if he wins, he may keep that promise to annex land that palestinians want for a state. he has dominated israeli politics for the last generation and more than anything else this election is a referendum on mr netanyahu's record. in a feast ofjerky video, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has barely been off israeli social media. scoring selfies in hotspots of support and injerusalem's central bus station, urging his followers to get out to vote. he warned them that israel's palestinian citizens, around 20% of the population, were voting against him. his main opponent, benny gantz, a retired