israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a leadership contest for his ruling likud party with just about half the party's members voting netanyahu took 72 percent of the vote fending off a challenge by the former interior minister gideon saw our leadership challenge comes ahead of a general election in march it will be israel's 3rd in a year after netanyahu failed to form a government following the 1st to. its earlier we spoke with israeli political columnist akiva eldar he explained why 2 failed attempts to build a government and a number of corruption charges have not hurt binyamin netanyahu support within his right wing likud party. he was very attractive to people who much more. his adversary when it comes to selling people you. love and respect. he is very very professional. he doesn't have to talk about this he just have to use his home and convince people that he can is about them and indictments and peace. in the best carries. you know worst case they completely irrelevant that was political analyst akiva eldar joining us earlier from tell of th

and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu wins a leadership challenge in his likud party that's despite him placing criminal charges before another general election. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a passenger jet with 98 people on board has crashed in kazakhstan authorities say at least 12 people have been killed the back airplane came down shortly after takeoff from the city of el monte on route to the capital ton more than 60 others on board have survived with injuries. well joining me now from perth is aviation industry expert geoffrey thomas geoffrey what more can you tell us about the circumstances of this crash is there any indication what might have caused it. look there are a couple of scripts from asian from passengers from passenger interviews one person talked about a large bang just off the tiger off another person however spoke of a loud shot up and the plane vibrating now that could have been caused by an ice buildup on the wing the plane possibly may not have been dion asked and when the plane took off the air over the wing. broke up and we get into an ae

israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a leadership contest for his ruling party with just about half the party's members voting netanyahu took 72 percent of the vote fending off a challenge by the former interior minister gideon sawyer the leadership challenge comes ahead of a general election in march it will be israel's 3rd in a year after netanyahu failed to form a government following the 1st. i'm now joined by a key dar political columnist for monitor or israel in tel aviv akiva thanks for joining us so it's 2 elections without being able to form a government and facing corruption charges explain for us how does benyamin netanyahu still enjoy such support from his party. because he was very attractive to people who are much more then he goes is very when he comes to. people. and respect. he is very very professional. he doesn't have to talk about this he just have to use his home and convince people that he can it is about them and. peace. carries into. it was they completely irrelevant. so bibi's got a lock on leadership in his party give us an

israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a contest for the leadership of his ruling likud party that's now who gains 72 percent of the vote cast by party members fending off a challenge by the former interior minister gideon czar the vote comes ahead of a general election in march. turkish president. says he intends to send troops to libya everyone says the u.n. backed government in tripoli requested the intervention to help stabilize the country if turkey follows through the move could deep in an international proxy struggle in the north african country ravaged by civil war since 2014. after 8 months desperately fending off rival forces from the east of the country the libyan government is in need of help. we have the right to defend tripoli so we will officially ask the turkish government for its military support. the defense of the capital tripoli has so far been successful with a powerful and tangled web of cooperation on the insurgent side that includes russia and egypt libya's internationally recognized government is trying to form its own regiona

israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has won a landslide victory allowing him to stay on as leader of his ruling likud party netanyahu took 72 percent of the vote cast by party members fending off a challenge by the former interior minister gideon sar the vote comes ahead of the general election in march that will be israel's 3rd in a year. in india seeing fresh protests over a new immigration law that critics see as anti muslim it grants amnesty to undocumented migrants from 3 neighboring countries but only if they're not muslim india's prime minister narendra modi says the law aims to help religious minorities from neighboring muslim majority countries but many of india's own citizens are outraged at least 25 people have died in protests across the country. a sea of defiance it is the biggest challenge to new render a modi since he came to power in 24th for the thousands here it is a battle for india's constitution to look at what we are saying is that you're not so else you were raised differently i guess and was never also obviously hindu if this is a good deal with it in the r

israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu had to interrupt an election rally after a warning of an incoming rocket from gaza rally was taking place in the southern town of ashkelon just a few kilometers from the gaza strip israel says its air defenses successfully and intercepted the rocket. and friends ballet dancers took part in a strike against the government's pension reforms by performing parts of swan lake on the steps of the paris opera dancers currently benefit from a special retirement plan which allows them to retire at the age of 42 the government wants to replace privileges for certain workers with a universal point system. now pope francis has given his christmas address from the vatican in his annual or be at or be latin for to the city and the world the pontiff spoke about migrants and also people who have endured what he called unspeakable forms of abuse that was a reference to spiraling allegations of sexual abuse in churches around the globe he finished by blessing the catholic faithful who packed the st peter's square in rome. 50000 people gathered in st peter's square an

carried out from the gaza strip into the southern city of ashkelon can take a prime minister binyamin netanyahu was holding in his campaign rally there for the country's unprecedented 30 election in less than a year ago named reports from west ham. in april there were fireworks and a jubilant crowd as prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife took the stage to celebrate winning the largest number of seats in the israeli election. tonight is a night of an immense victory 5 months later in front of a sparse crowd a somber netanyahu addressed supporters once again after winning the most seats but failing for a 2nd time to form a government. there can't be and will be a government that leans on the arab and he's honest parties since then netanyahu has become the 1st sitting prime minister to be indicted for bribery fraud and popular breach of trust charges he says are politically motivated now he's fighting to retain control of his likud party. on thursday more than 100000 likud party members will decide if they'll put their support behind the man who's become the longest serving prime ministe