benjamin netanyahu fantasising, benny gantz. benjamin neta nyahu is a fantasising, benny gantz.in israeli politics and any politician who comes close to beating him has already had, a major victory tonight. what is also interesting is that benjamin netanyahu has, it will bea that benjamin netanyahu has, it will be a question of whether he finds the next government and if he doesn't, what will happen with benjamin netanyahu? we have not mentioned that, if he has not tap into it, he may have trouble with and his party keeping things together because there have been a lot of people who are waiting more than ten years to find new blood and the party so that is something that is interesting that came out tonight as well. notjust in his party, the corruption indictments which are pending, it is cases that the attorney—general has filed and he said of course that if the prime minister called an early election eight months early so he could try to beat the attorney—general to win a new mandate before the trade were announced by the attorney—general preempted him but he cloud is hanging

knesset and benny gantz is blue and white party on thirty seven so that puts him four seats ahead of the channel twelve as well so to two television stations here in israel and now reporting that that will put him four seats ahead it then becomes a question for the israeli president. rivlin as to who he believes has the easier path towards a coalition obviously benjamin netanyahu has a real advantage not in terms of his right wing support. thanks very much indeed we will come back to that. it was also the exit polls in israel as we go on but we are going to algeria to algiers where. speaker. who's acting head of state is addressing the nation. with my duty under the constitution and. tendin and willin to exert every effort to faithfully and firmly fulfill his task to serve our people the great people and their. legitimate aspirations here in the last few weeks. that where day is anywhere touch the. you can read three and the cohesion of the society at large has been confirmed which open to new horizon democratic corazon. which supports our national project. based on the statements of

if voters return into office on tuesday he's running neck and neck with former army chief of staff benny gantz will a sudden pledge sway voters also coming up in the bundesliga byron munich crushed their nearest rivals the variance put five unanswered goals past the recent dortmund to go to the top of the table tired are now posed to seize their seventh straight time. on next peiser welcome to the program israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to annex jewish settlements in the occupied west bank if he's reelected next week netanyahu has promoted jewish settlement expansion during his four terms as prime minister but until now he's refrained from presenting plans for the future of the west bank settlements which are considered illegal under international law netanyahu is locked in a tight race for the premiership with former army general benny gantz. there is only b.b. they shout for binyamin netanyahu is followers he's the greatest unique and irreplaceable even if he isn't campaigning alongside his followers on the streets of israel he's always campaigning alongside his pow

so we heard from benny gantz when claiming victory. but yet the final results are still not out so yet claim victory benjamin netanyahu also famed victory it could be a little premature we're just going to have to wait for the final results and probably those the king makers here are going to be told the attention rather would be just smaller parties just who would be able to go through that minimal threshold to enter the knesset the israeli parliament and those who would fall behind and then also you have the soldiers voters oppose that have to be counted and that will could make also a huge difference here pot benny gantz was standing on the stage behind me less than an hour ago next to him is kosher. feed and then did two other military and what part of this list are most lonely gabby ask him as a good clear victory but he also need to make it his message that his will be a a list or a government in case he gets that that will bridge to the visions that israelis have told against these divisions now and it's time to move forward you

well now that benny gantz has actually conceded defeat in the ten yeah. first of all we have to wait for the final results today was a day where the votes of the soldiers diplomats medical staff people in the hospitals were counted to more probably we would get the final results then you have the weekend and coming next week you the president rivlin will start consultation he will first meet with all the leaders of the different political parties they will recommend to him a think should be the prime minister of israel and that the end he will meet with benjamin netanyahu benjamin netanyahu will then have twenty eight days to form that government twenty eight days period can be renewed by another fifteen days in case he doesn't manage to then the president will have to someone else but that is very unlikely as older numbers show so far that he does have benjamin netanyahu does have the numbers to form a coalition and to be again prime minister of israel will it change the tone of what goes on in the knesset though because benny gantz go you know thirty th

his former chief of staff, benny gantz, 37-33. that is a major defeat to netanyahu as he seeks a fifth term in office. as he seeks to become israel's longest serving prime minister. if these exit polls are accurate and they are notoriously inaccurate historically and we'll wait to see concrete results as they come in but if the exit polls are accurate, prime minister netanyahu has suffered a major defeat, and it does mean netanyahu was able to raise his number of seats from 30 to 33 with a furious get out the vote campaign but doesn't seem to have made a difference if these numbers hold his rival and former chief of staff benny gantz has come um with 30 seats and it is easy to look at results and say how did netanyahu pull such a big number despite the corruption investigations he's facing and despite the fact his wife has been indicted in a separate corruption case but for him this is a golden age with president trump openly campaigning for him and giving him gifts leading up to the election. two years ago it was recognition of t

benny gantz is claiming victory. his rival benny gantz is also claiming victory at this hour. folks, this is certainly very interesting at the moment. too close to call, let's call it that. netanyahu leads the right wing bloc of likud and of course, benny gantz leads the white and blue party which is more centrist. but he is no dove here. he is a general and he had the highest rank of all people in the israeli defense forces. to game how this election might go down and it does matter to the united states, we bring in former national security adviser john hannah who served vice president dick cheney here in a fox business exclusive. both are claiming victory at this hour? too close to call. you've got to tell us how you see it at this moment. >> i think you're right, it is clearly too close to call. but the fact is that israel is now a center right to right wing country and the big issue is who can form a government after the elections settle and i think the betting is still that prime minister netanyahu and likud with smaller parties to their right is going to have that best c

election of claim victory exit polls show that prime minister benjamin netanyahu and opposition leader benny gantz are neck and neck netanyahu is trying to remain in office for his main rival gun surge the country to embrace a new dawn when he calls his 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 thi

yes so benny gantz in israel actually is a well known figure because he was the army chief during the last gaza war so everyone knows him but of course he's new to politics but as part of his team he took a very very popular politician into his party so we have a number of interesting figures here who resonate very well with israeli voters especially because they stand for security and security something that benjamin netanyahu has always been able to. just this was what he was voted for was elected for in the past and that's why it's one of the toughest challenges coming now from any guns otherwise there these elections haven't been so much about content or about issues i think as we heard in the reports it's very much a referendum on benjamin netanyahu as leadership and of course pentagon has been playing on that has been talking about. corruption and has been calling for unity and accusing rightly or wrongly benjamin netanyahu of sowing division in israeli society so that's more or less been his platform right but arguably netanyahu literally has a trump card is that giving him an

another tantalising possibility, benny gantz, and benjamin netanyahu, possibility, benny gantz, and benjaminy, benny gantz, and benjamin netanyahu, they could form a unity government. possible? they could be more surprises but it's unlikely. the high street chain debenhams has been taken over by its lenders after the chain went into administration today. the company rejected a rescue attempt by mike ashley's sports direct. debenhams' stores are continuing to trade as normal for now, although 50 branches have already been marked for closure. our business correspondent emma simpson is in london's oxford street. debenhams fell into administration but was then immediately sold to its lenders in a prearranged sale, meaning tonight this chain is in the hands of its banks and us hedge funds. this is an important business. it has 166 stores across the uk, more than 25,000 workers, and last year it racked up sales of nearly £3 billion a year. but it has been struggling to make a profit. it has too high a rent bill and too few customers and way too much debt it couldn't afford. we have had this extrao

benny gantz a former army chief of staff has a chance of replacing him as prime minister. yet. the citizens of israel will have a prime minister who cares about their interests. not his own personal business. but in the name. clean handed yet tough on security that's how cancer presents himself and people are listening. he's a change for a new future for israel. the polls predict a close result. earlier i spoke to correspondent correspondent benjamin hammer and asked him how the pledge to an excel ments by netanyahu might affect the election but one thing is for sure this is raising the tension in an already tense situation and almost everybody in israel agrees that this is a tactical move when he was so close to the elections he's done this before he's doing it now and he's clearly aiming for right wing voters who could vote otherwise for other right wing parties polls show that the center right parties are probably going to be able to form a government but the polls at the same time show that netanyahu is likud might not be the strongest party the strongest party according to

vote they would wake up to a left wing government as if it was the end of days and if we're honest benny gantz is not left wing he is center almost center right very similar policies to benjamin netanyahu so this is the concern particularly if you ask palestinian israelis if you also palestinians in the west bank or are living under israeli occupation who couldn't vote. significantly after this elections we are expecting donald trump to reveal his deal of the century if you have a far more right wing government in place will they be making any concessions i think he's a question mark but yes certainly a concern here sammy that more and more the narrative and even the policies are going more and more right i know that it's expected he's going to form the next government is there any those sense of disappointment with the results within the next yeah. i think so i think for sure the political ego of benjamin netanyahu will have been dented why because as you say the two parties are at thirty five seats each and this is a man his opponent benny gantz who's a you come to the political stage

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who is locked in a tight race for the premiership with former army general benny gantz. there is only bibi they shout for binyamin netanyahu is followed was he's the greatest unique and irreplaceable even if he's not alongside his followers on the streets of israel he's been campaigning nonstop alongside his supporters in washington d.c. online and on t.v. his latest campaign promise. i will extend the sovereignty of israel to the settlements i won't hand this land over to the palestinian authority. he's talking about a partial an extension of the west bank music to the ears of right wing voters and netanyahu is coalition partners the opposition calls the pledge irresponsible they say netanyahu is desperate he's been dogged by scandals and accusations of corruption and now on security the most important issue in israel netanyahu is facing stiff competition. benny gantz a former army chief of staff has a chance of replacing him as prime minister. the citizens of israel will have a prime minister who cares about their interests. not his own personal business. but in the na

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summit also on the program israelis are voting in a closely contested election political newcomer benny gantz a centrist and a former general is mounting a stiff challenge to fulfill prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his right wing the koch body we talked to our correspondent in jerusalem. and guilty verdicts for the defined leaders of the pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong during a peaceful movement the socal a brutal movement to shut down the city for months in a battle political rights and greater autonomy from beijing. britain's prime minister to resign pleading her case for two of europe's key power brokers hoping to gain the support for yet another extension to beg beyond friday's deadline. stopped to see german chancellor angela merkel as with other aspects of beggs it didn't go as planned me arrive just ahead of schedule and method wasn't there to welcome it was only after me went inside that good leaders came back for the customary handshakes for cameras waiting to film that amazed visit comes before a stop in paris to meet present a man in the pool and ahead of the

also claiming victory, benny gantz, leader of the centrist blue and white party. he says he will form the next israeli government. britain's prime minister meets germany's chancellor to discuss a short delay to brexit. there are signs the eu favours a longer extension, which could mean more trouble for mrs may. still awaiting more details from the mueller report. the us attorney general says he will let congress and the public see a redacted version within a week. no pause in the protests in algeria, as a new interim president is sworn in. votes are being counted in israel's general election. exit polls suggest the blue and white alliance of challenger benny gantz is neck—and—neck with prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party. one exit poll by israel tv has likud winning 36 seats in the knesset, blue and white on 37, and labour coming next with eight seats. but, with 61 seats needed for a majority, coalitions with smaller parties are the norm in israel, and it is far too soon to predict who will come out on top. the bbc‘s yolande knell sent this report from

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excitement among backers of benny gantz when exit polls came through.hese have to be treated with caution. here among mr netanyahu's supporters, there is still high hope that he will stay in power with help from smaller right—wing parties. this vote has been a referendum on his leadership and has shown a country that's deeply split. yolande knell, bbc news, tel aviv. we will have more on those israeli elections on the programme. also making news today, robert mueller‘s report into russian interference in the 2016 us election will be made public within a week. us attorney general william barr told a congressional committee that he plans to release a redacted version of the report. a four—page note summarising its conclusions was released last month, sparking demands for the report to be released in its entirety. new protests have broken out in algeria after an interim head of state was appointed to replace president abdelaziz bouteflika, who was forced to resign last week. abdelkader bensalah is set to become the new leader but it's an unpopular choice w

benny gantz. and nothing more than that pollsters project that netanyahu may have more opportunities than the center left clark to form a coalition with other smaller parties on the right. that. joins me from jerusalem welcome john nash is a voting coming along was a turn out like so far. well we got some new figures from the central election committee and they're saying the vote to turn out stands at around twenty five percent and noontime that's about the same a little bit less than in two thousand and fifteen the last elections when the overall turnout was about seventy two percent at the end of the day now as i said in the report as well i mean it's a day off for his great. courage still to go out and vote and then it's a long waiting period until about twenty two hundred when the first exit polls are going to be published and ten netanyahu is hoping for a record fifth but his challenger the full genuine army chief benny gantz has been leading in pre-election surveys according to report how di

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israelis is the possibility of a national unity government between likud and blue and white list between benny gantz and netanya o. that ensures if not the neo does get indicted and cannot serve as prime minister that certainly in the first parts of whatever the national unity government arrangement is that bennett guns will be the prime minister so i think national unity government now for me judging from the from the exit polls is a real possibility between late cood and blue and white lists ok tell us is that more mo at a the role of the smaller parties and why that's critical and what's transpired is here and how voter turnout especially among arab israelis has relevance well in terms of out of israelis it's really very difficult to judge now what happened because palestinians in israel apparently went in massive way bit in the last two hours before before the ballots closed so we don't know exactly the final i've seen channel twelve say that one party or one coalition will get six of the other coalition would get six and the last election two thousand and fifteen together they got thirtee

final results are not yet instance both of the main parties those of netanyahu and former general benny gantz have won an equal number of seats in parliament though hasn't stopped netanyahu from declaring himself the mixer. this is a night of tremendous victory i was very moved that the nation of israel once again and trusted me for the fifth time already tonight i have started talks with the heads of the right wing parties our natural partners i intend to be the prime minister of all israeli citizens right or left jews and non jews alike all israeli citizens. it really would need something outrageous to happen for him not to be able to form this coalition he's likely to get sixty five seats out of a parliament comprising of one hundred twenty so that gives him a better majority than he had in the previous parliament where he stood with sixty one this will mean that his back will be less against the war he'll be able to perhaps move a little more clearly and not be choked by those in his coalition who are putting demands on him that he perhaps doesn't want to go to the election is large

israelis are voting in a closely contested elections political newcomer benny gantz a centrist and a fluid general is mounting a stiff challenge to floor time prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his right wing likud party. and the friggin journalists across the syrian border to film a friend who joined a jihad a school johnny duff and elizabeth was kidnapped to give birth in captivity she tells us her story a four year held in detention by extreme. i don't know of a warm welcome to you i'm on the chiba british from mr tourism a has just arrived in berlin to meet chancellor angle of machall she is expected to meet the french president in london mccraw in paris later in the afternoon she's on a mission to secure french and german backing for yet another brics extension on the eve of four key e.u. summit may once the e.u. to extend the deadline for the u.k. has been drawn to june the thirtieth as it stands now the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. within without a deal at the end of this week. for weeks the british parliament has been the scene of chaotic debates with prime minister terro

benny gantz and nothing more than that posters project that netanyahu may have more opportunities than the center left to form a coalition with other smaller parties on the right. all right let's get you latest now with merriam to god she joins me now from jerusalem very good to see you what's the voter turnout so far. the turnout so far the last numbers that i saw or heard about were around thirty six percent since the voting booths close to ten pm they're expected of course to rise and the general voter turnout in israel is very high around seventy percent one interesting thing arab or palestinian citizens turnout so far has been much lower or much lower than in the last elections at around twenty percent so far and there are various reasons for that but one thing is for certain the arab vote is very important in israel because it will also make a big difference to which party center the knesset the israeli parliament how many mandates they'll have and what coalition building options the winning party will have to marry him and netanyahu is of course hoping to secure a record fifth t

and his ratings of voting in a closely contested election political newcomer benny gantz a centrist enough for my general dismounting to stiff challenge to four term prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his dr think they could possibly be told truck correspondent in jerusalem. of a warm welcome to you i'm honored that shima a pleasure to have your company. pressure is mounting on libyan general khalifa haftar to stop his advance on the capital tripoli forces launch the general carried out an air strike on tripoli's only functioning airport on monday reports say the strike hit a run by causing casualties puffed out is trying to seize tripoli from the un backed government there thousands have fled the fighting. so who is general have and why has he started this offensive we have this report. the overthrow of colonel gadhafi and twenty eleven plunged libya into chaos for four decades he had ruled the country with an iron hand holding together libya's disparate groups including some one hundred forty tripes and clans his death left a power vacuum the government in the capital has limited powe

it's led by benny guns what does he want for israel. well if you're talking about this. statement on this no and that's and yeah who mr gans has. to israeli policy in conflict didn't really play a big role in the election campaign. mystic guns has not stated his vision he said he's pro peace but he also said that he would never give up on jerusalem that he would. also. retain some parts of the occupied west bank so he's pretty close and that's to. prime minister netanyahu but what he has been saying is that he wants to you know given as tentative to what he calls the polarizing politics and rest vesa makes of mr netanyahu he wants to you need. to come to you and get you know it's more or less and if you if you're on that boat between those two camps those who are released don't support us and say mr netanyahu be able to form another men should be the prime minister and mr gunson as an alternative to him ok so those are the two main parties in this election what other parties are running. but israelis have a huge range of party sacred to say from there's a record number o

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 j

general election with most of the votes counted he is running neck and neck with his main challenger benny gantz of the centrist blue and white party but netanyahu is in a stronger position to form a coalition with the support of a number of right wing parties across israel in a moment for the latest but first this report. there were a pirate technics music finetune yahoo when he took to the stage at the likud party event in the. to claim victory. i am very moved that the nation of israel has once again given its trust to me. and done so for the fifth time it will be moved to. be. they have again given their trust to us and to me. it's unprecedented. when did we ever get so many seats i don't remember much i could have been looking for a little man to go to to move to. a fifth term would make netanyahu israel's longest serving prime minister even surpassing the founding father of the jewish state. i have to voting and it exit polls appear to indicate a neck and neck race between netanyahu and his closest rival benny kens of the centrist blue and white and i n's indeed around the time netan

but his main rival, benny gantz, declared victory himself after polls closed.s, 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 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 th

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yolande: excitement among backersnt of benny ga when exit polls came through.hese have to be treated with caution among netanyahu supporters, there is still hope he will stay in power with help from smaller right-wing parties. this vote is seen as a referendum on his leadershi and a country that is deeply split. news, telell, bbc aviv. laura: for the latest we c cross live to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who is in jerusalem. both mr. netanyahu and mr. gantz are claiming victory tonight, but who is in the better position to form a government? lyse:eoe are doing the numbers. the magic is in the, numbet only which party has the greater number of votesve -- we will to wait until the morning to see whether that is the likud party of benjamin netanyahu or the alliance of benny gantz, but people ask what is the best chance -- what is the political color of the broader political landscape. right now people are saying that perhaps benjamin netanyahu stanza better chance, and that is why he said in his first statement that it s a victory for him, bu

he's facing a tough challenge from the retired military chief benny gantz. ahead, what's at stake ahead for israel and the united states. also, the "full house" actress, lori loughlin facing another charge in the college admissions school. there's word that even if she cuts a new plea deal, it could put her behind bars for years. reporting begins now. our reporting begins this tuesday afternoon with the attorney general, william barr, testifying on capitol hill regarding the mueller report. for you today, we have four headlines. first, attorney general barr says he expected to release the redacted report within a week. second, mueller had no part in the barr letter that we've seen on the matter. number 3, william barr will not release the full report to any committee of congress. fourth, barr refused to answer today whether the white house has seen the report or been briefed on it. lawmakers on the house appropriations committee grilled the nation's top law enforcement official on how he has handled robert mueller's findings on the russia investigation. the

excitement among backers of benny gantz when exit polls came through.these have to be treated with caution. likud headquarters were less crowded but the mood was positive. here among mr netanyahu's supporters, there's still high hope that he'll stay in power with help from smaller right—wing parties. this vote has been a referendum on his leadership and has shown a country that's deeply split. yolande knell, bbc news, tel aviv. and you can keep up to date with the election results as they come in, by going to the bbc website. you'll also find profiles of the main candidates — and a guide to ‘key things to know about israel's election system. that's all at bbc.com/news. you can also download the bbc news app. also making news today, robert mueller‘s report into russian interference in the 2016 us election will be made public within a week. us attorney general william barr told a congressional committee that he plans to release a redacted version of the report. a four—page note summarising its conclusions was released last month, sparking demands for the

polls show benny gantz with a slight lead, but mr. might have the edge when it comes to building a coalition. >> gantz thrived to rev up last-minute support on sunday. you see him there on the streets with a motorcycle. mr. netanyahu also using a last-minute tactic as well. he announced on saturday that he will be annexing the west bank settlements if he gets re-elected. let's go live to jerusalem. our michael holmes is on the story. michael, help explain the difference here between winning the role of prime minister, but also being able to build an effective coalition. >> reporter: yeah, it's a complicated system here, george, and it's worth sort of going back to basics in a way. you can't become prime minister in israel without a coalition. no major party's going to get enough votes for that. to form a government, a candidate's got to get 61 seats in the knesset, but that takes coalition-building. now for netanyahu's likud party and his chief opponent benny gantz in the blue and white party, that means courting enough of the other s

victory exit polls show prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his opposition the opposition leader benny gantz are neck and neck and netanyahu is trying to remain in office for a fifth term his main rival guts the country to embrace a new dawn when he cost his ballot in tel aviv well the channel twelve preliminary exit poll shows prime minister benjamin netanyahu could party has thirty three seats in benny gantz is blue and white coalition party thirty seven seats a lot of other vote counting to be done in other seats to be taken into account let's join of course one hundred four cities life from netanyahu so they could party headquarters in tel aviv and harriet still very much in the balance but as it stands how is it shaping up. for you i mean this is the look at h.q. as you say it doesn't really have the feel of a victory celebration there is there been some chance of b.b.b. in the background a little time ago people were throwing paper in the air but there's a sense of trying to will that to happen really rather than affirming that it has because as you say the results of very inconc

by the pointy of his main rival winning as many seats both code and the blue and white coalition of benny gantz have secured thirty five seats but it's now is expected to get the support of smaller right wing parties to form a coalition government we begin our coverage with this report from harry fawcett in tel aviv. after a night of wild be diverging exit polls benjamin netanyahu waited and waited until it started to move in his favor the two in the morning he took to the stage to declare what he called an unimaginable victory. with me already tonight i have started talks with the heads of the right wing parties our natural partners already tonight almost everyone declared publicly that they will recommend i form the next government they will recommend it to our president i intend to work quickly to establish a stable national government i want to make it clear it will be a right wing government but i intend to be the prime minister of all israeli citizens right or left jews and non jews alike israeli citizens. the proven master of israeli electoral politics well aware that his carefully

former military chief benny gantz from the centrist blue and white alliance is projected to win thirty seven seats while the official results may not come for days as this claimed victory calling it a historic vote. they said we will not go into politics and we did not say we won't commit what he did they said we want you not. to say we were mean and we will and we were. well the incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu of the likud party has also claimed victory there were celebrations at the party headquarters that asked the exit polls began to appear that anyone who is expected to address his supporters but we may see the vote as a setback for the long term leader who has promised to annex jewish settlements in the occupied west bank ahead of the polls. i'm very excited that the people of israel gave me their trust for a fifth time and a bigger trust them before. and they will move i'm telling you again the people of israel gave their trust for us and this is a president i cannot remember when we got more seats according to most exit polls the right are going will continue to lea

close to call israeli election exit polls put a long time premier benyamin netanyahu and challenger benny gantz in a dead heat as both declare victory these are scenes from the supporters' camp for benny gantz where they already think they've got the election in the bag we'll have live analysis in less than a minute. president putin dismisses the investigation into the alleged collusion between donald trump and russia and twenty sixteen calling it total nonsense. from the ministration fires a fresh sell voted to european allies pledging to hit e.u. goods with tariffs worth as much as eleven billion dollars the u.s. says the moves are retaliation for subsidies given to boeing rival us. world news live from russia this is r.t. international ancona bray in moscow with the news this hour first of all we're tracking what's been happening in israel where voting is over in the general election but exit polls indicate a neck and neck race between incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his closest political rival benny gantz with both now claiming victory by looking over the exit polls fo

challenge of benny gantz in a dead heat as both declare victory we'll have analysis of reaction in just a minute. president clinton dismisses the investigation into the alleged collusion between russia and twenty sixteen calling it total nonsense. the ministration finds a fresh salvo with its european allies pledging to haiti you goods with tariffs worth as much as eleven billion dollars u.s. says the moves in retaliation for subsidies given to boeing rival us. news live from russia this is. with the world news this hour first off for you then counting is underway in israel's general election but the exit polls indicate a neck and neck race between incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his political rival benny gantz with both now claiming an early victory looking over the exit polls in tel aviv here's our middle east correspondent. what we're hearing from the initial exit polls really confirms what we've heard from surveys and polls conducted in the run up to the elections and that is that the two leaders the incumbent israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main co